Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
FAIR HAVEN.
Two Large Picnics-Many People
 Who Are Visiting-The Robert

Two Large F1cn1cs-M0ny Feople
 Who Are visiting-The Robert
 Morgan.
 Edward H. Ray, of Montclair, New
 Jersey for many years a well known and in
 fuential resident, arrived here yesterday,for
 a visit among friends.
 c. F. Clinton, of Clintonville, was in town
 yesterday.
 Captain Crossley, senior commander of the
 schooner Robert Morgan, which landed high and dry on the Jersey coast winter before last,
 is in town. His son John, captain of the
 large schooner Jane Royce, is also in town.
 He expects to leave next Monday for Norfolk, Va. His wife and a lady friend, Miss Porter, will accompany him on the trip. His broth CT, Captain Fred Crossley of Ehe Bessie Beach, is at Wareham, Mass.
 Lawyer John K. Whiting and family are on an extended tour through New Hamp- shire. They will spend much time at the White Mountains.
 visit to Ohio next week where he expects to meet his wife and son, who are now visit ing at Hardwick, N. Y. Philip Borst, the barber, has returned from a visit to relatives in Newark, N. J. Deacon Willis Hemingway and wife have got back from their visit to their son-in-law. Rev. Joseph Cook of Ticonderoga, N. Y., They stopped at Saratoga for few days on their return trip. The deacon met several Fair Haveners while he was at Saratoga. Willis Hemingway, of Clinton, Iowa, is visiting his father, Willett Hemingway. of North Quinnipiac street. MT. Hemingway is engaged in the spring bed manufacturing business in Clinton. He reports trade fairly good His brother, Dwight E. Hemingway, of Clyde, N. Y., is also visiting his father. He is a member of the extensive firm of H. Hemingway & Co.,, fruit packers. Charles Chase, the we'll known Baltimore ! oyster dealer, is visiting his father, Horace [ Chase of % Downing street It was rumored yesterday that Frank ! Smith was about to close out his extensive ' livery stables on account of pressure of other \ business.
 Edward Parmelee, of Syracuse, N. Y, Q former resident, is spending few days with \ Harvey Hemingway.
 John A. Robinson and family, of East Pearl street, are spending the summer at ! their cottage at Money Island. ! E. s. Swift, superintendent of the First I church Sunday school, is spending the sum | mer with his wife at Merwin's Point The principal streets are now well watered | every day to the utmost satisfaction of every body.
 I The funeral of the infant child of Walter Firing, of Pierpont street, took place yester- day.
 To-day the very impressive funeral cere- | monies over the remains of Cortez F. Watson | will occur from his late home on Ferry street at o'clock this afternoon. Rev. Mir. Jerome is expected to oficiate and Addphi ! lodge will attend.
 The excursion of the Methodist church to High Rock yesterday attracted a large crowd of picnickers, six cars being required to carry | them. Everybody arrived home sately and a good time was universally experienced. Among others present were Rev. E. 0. Gun nineha1n, A. S. Johnson and family, George
 Sandford and family, w. s. Dowd, superin- tendent of the school, E. c. Hill, Howard
 Bradley, Capt. George Lahfair, George Chip
 man, Misses Lucy and Jennie Griswold, , | Ivernia Hemingway, Miss --Buddington of l Springfield, w. P. Hovey and wife, Frank
 Crawford, Smith Grannis and N. S. Johnson. | About 250 people attended the picnic of the Baptists to Pawson Park yesterday and all | enjoyed themselves hugely. Among those | who went were o. J. Hull, superintendent
 of Sunday school; Deacon J. P. Morrow, A.
 H. Cargill and wife, Frank Humiston and
 family, Henry Barnes and family, F. B.
 Beebe and daughter, Misses Emma and Hat tie Smith, Miss Julia Bradley Miss Sallie l Huntley, Miss May Denison, Miss Stella Will | Hams and Miss Lillie Le We're. l An early closing movement is on foot
 among the clerks, which is meeting with
 some indications of success.