Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-13
ALONG THE QUINNIPIAC.

ple-Church Services Yesterday-Peo' I pie Who Are Visiting. | John Stepney's little daughter has beer | suffering for some time with bad attack ot l the whooping cough. The complaint was | made worse in this case than usual as the | little girl is only just recovering from bro- | ken arm.
 Captain Andrew J. Bassett is reported as | being trihe better.
 The Grand street Baptist church and Sun | day school have decided to hold their annual I picnic at Pawson Park this season. They \ will leave on the barge Juno. Pawson Park | is noted being most delightful picnic ground, and it is expected that many will I take advantage of the opportunity afforded and visit it.
 Mrs. Freeman Wiser, of Exchange street, to-day will leave for Chicago, where she in tends to spend the summer among friends. As many as half a dozen Fair Haven young ladies are said to be expert banjo players, while as many more are taking lessons on the captivating instrument. A large number of people took advantage of the remarkably fine weather yesterday to visit the East Rock Park. Several Fair Haveners are said to have narrowly escaped injury from falling off the rocks directly in front of the cafe on the rock. cit has been suggested that an iron railing be placed there.
 Rev. E. NJ. Jerome preached very accepta- ply at Clinton yesterday. He has occupied the pulpit there for several Sundays. Mrs. Charlotte Wyatt, formerly a much esteemed resident of Fair Haven, but lately resident of East Bridgeport, was taken with severe stroke of paralysis last week and her death is looked for. A large congregation present at divine service at the Methodist church yesterday. The Episcopal, Congregational and Baptist churches were also well attended. At the Second church Professor Norton took the place of Rev. MT. Blakeslee, who has not yet returned from his vacation.
 An old river man Saturday gave it as his opinion that the Quinnipiac river had visibly decreased in size, that is, in the volume of water that it contains, in the past fifteen or twenty years. He thought the cause of it was not so much the result of evaporation as the consequence of the vast amount of sand that has washed into the river in that pe- riod. He believes that something will have to be done soon to prevent the further fill ing up of tho river beds.
 Basserman's Park has been engaged by the Socialists of New Haven for July 20, on which date they will hold their annual pie nic.
 MT. Cook, son-in-law of Rev. Dr. Vib- bert, is visiting sthe latter with his fam fly.
 Considering the warm weather the tenn perance meetings at the rink have been well attended. Yesterday many heard Sylvanus Butler speak The orchestra was not on hand, but Mrs. Taylor delivered recitation in very creditable manner. There were four signers to the pledge.
 Rev. Mrs. Phoebe Hanaford did not speak at Central Hall yesterday afternoon. She will speak tomorrow evening instead
 Chester Wooster, of Westville, is visiting Mrs. w. S. Green, of East Grand street.
 One of Mrs. Orrin Doolittle's little daugh- ters is quite sick with the measles.
 It has been commonly thought that the tide in the Quinnipiac river rose on an aver age of six feet twice in twenty four hours The divers who have been engaged on the railroad bridge have demonstrated the in teresting fact that this estimate is too small. feet is the average tide.
 MT. and Mrs. Winters, of Springfield, are visiting MT. and Mrs. Isaac Woodford of Ex- change street. They are on an extended sumner trip which will include number of cities.
 Yesterday @ gentleman heard some chil dren screaming on the banks of the river on South Front street. He thought that some one must be drowning and rushed down and found that one of Henry Dorman's little boys had fallen overheard and was pluckily cling inp to the side of @ rowboat The little fel- low was rescued.
 Mrs. George Corbin and little son are wis itinc at Hontwick, N. Y., where Mr. Corbin will join them shortly.
 One of Miss Etta Lancraft's school friends at Mt Holyoke seminary is visiting her at her residence on the Heights.
 The cars will come to the Center street crossing next Thursday morning to take the Second church picnickers to High Rock Grove.
 Excitement Yesterday at South End