Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-21
FAIR HAVEN.
About Steamboat Racing-Church Ser- vices-The Elm City Club Fair Post
 

About Steamboat Racing-Church Ser- yfces-The Elm City Club Fair Post POned.
 A very interesting union temperance meet ing was held in the Second Congregational church last evening. There were a great many people present and the addresses and musical selections were particularly fine and appropriate.
 The town authorities have commenced sev eral long needed improvements on Prospect street. The railway. near Grand street is be- ing levelled up and a top dressing of crushed stone will be put on. Howard street and Shirland avenue have both been in an unsafe condition for teams to drive through in the night for long time and people living on those streets hope that they too will receive share of attention.
 During Judge Deming's absence Charles E. Steele will act superintendent of the Sec ond church Sunday school. The judge will be absent two Sundays in Baltimore, where he has gone as delegate at the unveiling of the Ridgeley statue.
 The new three masted schooner which is being built at Hanscomb's yard by John Doyle is rapidly assuming proportions which give fair idea of the size the vessel will be when completed It will be one of the larg est schooners ever launched from Fair Hay en, and the manner in which it is being put up indicates that it will also be one of the staunchest and speediest.
  pany to match their largest steamer against any other oyster steamer in the river for $500 side has not been accepted by anyone as yet, and it is not anticipated that it will be, as the Hoyt boat, though somewhat larger than most of the other boats, is swift iu proportion and has lines which peculiarly adapt her for a racer. In speaking about the matter the other day a gentleman who is captain of one of the dredges remarked how foolish it seemed for the steamers which were built exclusively for dredging, and which an- swered the purpose admirably, to be forever straining their boilers in a mad attempt to get ahead of some rival boat. Whenever one boat did get ahead of another, he said, nine times out of ten nothing satisfactory concerning the relative speed of the boats would be ascertained, as the engineer of the defeated craft would always have good ex- cuse for getting left behind in the fact that he did not have any steam on at the time, or that his water was low or something of the kind.
 A large number attended the services at the Grand street Baptist church yesterday and listened to the Rev. Dr. Phelps.
 Many people attended services yesterday at both the First and Methodist churches, while at Grace and St. James, Episcopal churches unusually large audiences were present.
 Arrangements for entertaining the noted temperance speakers and workers who are to attend the convention to be held here short ly have been nearly completed. The opening meeting will be held at the First church, and the pastor, Rev. Burdett Hart, will deliver the address of welcome to the delegates.
 The Elm City Bicycle club have abandoned their fair, which was to have taken place this week, on account of the grand tourna- ment of the Ramble1s, which takes place at Hamilton Park Wednesday. The club will probably hold tLe fair later in the season.
 A WILD CAT.
 William Schute, the old veteran fox hunter of Fair Haven, killed a wild cat in the woods Saturday which weighed thirty-five pounds and measured three feet from tip to tip.