Morning journal and courier., 1886-08-27
WEST HAVEN SHORE.

A Big Picnic TO-Day-Six or Seven
 Thousand People Expected at the
 Shore-The Coming Big Picnic of the
 0. E. S. - Other Excursions The
 Waterbury odd FellOWs-A Presenta-
 tion-TWentIeth 0. V. Veterans D1s-
 appointment.
 To-day the big State picnic of the Carpen- ters' union takes place at Savin Rock. Many towns in the State will be represented and over one thousand excursion tickets have been sold in Hartford alone for the affair. An attendance of six or seven thousand peo- pie, big and little, feminine and masculine, is expected. The New Haven Carpenters union at the picnic to-day intended to rafae off the tools left by the late William Pierce for the benefit of his widow. Pierce was the man who shot himself in the boat some time has the tools in his care, declines to turn them over to the union, and states that he will only give them to the administrator.
 Quite number of the veterans of the Twentieth 0. V. came to Howes' rink yester day and with blank faces learned to their disappointment that the reunion of their old command, originally set down for yesterday, had been postponed by the committee until the 2nd of September at the same place. One of the number came all the way from Gal weston, Texas to attend. Somehow notice failed to reach them of the change in the programme There were members present yesterday from four or five towns in this State.
 Coming notable events at Savin ROCK of interest to the public the big State picnic of the Order of Eastern Star, which will be August 31 at Howes' rink. Hartford, Meri- den, Waterbury, Danbury, Derby, Bridge port and many other towns in the State will be represented. September 6 the State pie nic of the Typographical and Cigarmakers' unions will take place. Also September Ii Sheridan lodge, Knights of Columbus, of Waterbury, will make an excursion to the Rock, for whom MT. Howes has made ar engagements. There are @ number of other events of interest to occur at the Rock, in cluding the sharpie race next Tuesday.
 Yesterday large party of colored people, children and their parents and others en- joSed themselves at the shore. The children belonged to juvenile mission band. Also yesterday Miss Jennie Houghton, the famous skatorial queen, arrived at Howes' rink and gave an exhibition of her wonderful success as roller skater. She gives 8 matinee ex- hibition at the rink to day and another this evening"
 The Waterbury Odd Fellows enjoyed them selves at the shore Wednesday. The Amer can yesterday says Of the affair:
 An exceptionally good shore dinner, an early re- turn G:16pm.l an opportunity of witnessing hours of pleasure at Savin Rock were some of the features of the very successful excursion of the Odd Fellows to that popular resort & yesterday The beginning at II shortly after the arrival of the party, and was son won by eHn the ;nniIpag umpir after continuous change of positions by score of IA to 5. The party had the use of the skating rink for Howes great shore dinner and for dancing md aft0rward, dinner broke up the ball game and another was started afterward, lasting two or three innings. Some glowing accounts of both innings were pied on further use.
 Yesterday at Howes' rink three young men of West Haven, Ned Donnelly, Charles Dyer and another, in fancy racing costume contested in 8 mile race on the rollers. Dyer easily won in about five minutes, the mile being fifteen times around the rink.
 A pleasant surprise and pleasing occasion took place Wednesday when Mrs. Delano, the popular cashier at Howes rink, was com p1etely surprised and presented with beau tiful gold ring studded with garnets and pearls. It was the gift of the employees of the rink, the boatmen and others as a mark of their appreciation of her politeness and courtesy and civiiities extended in the dis charge of her official duties. It was suitably engraved and MT. Smith, son of Captain Smith, oficiated as spokesman. The gift was bought at Durant's branch jewelry coun- ters at Howes' pavilion.
 A man had narrow escape from drown ing Wednesday night while in bathing off the shore. The bathing house people res cued him after he had gone down for the third time. His name was not known.