Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-07-30
Friday, July 80, 1856.
SEVEN HUNDRED ABOARD,

The Startn Carries a Big Crowd to Glen
Island-The Taylor Church Picnic at
COngamOnd Lakes - other Church
Ptcntes and EXcursions soon to Come
OH.
The steamer John Fl. Starin carried the
largest crowd of the season to Glen Island
yesterday. The main decks and saloon of
the big boat were crowded, as we'll as the
lower decks. Every stateroom was sold long
before the start. Agent Conklin was happy
and thought one hundred more tickets could
have been easily sold. The party was made
up of members and friends of Canton Auro-
ra, Patriarchs Militant, Moses Mendelssohn
lodge and the Adelphi Literary society,
about 700 people in all. The committee who
managed the affair for the Aurora canton
consisted of F. Meyer, F. Plogher, II. Bueh-
ter, G. Lehr, Henry Hillman, c. Won Behren
and A. Parlow.
The committee of the Adelphi Literary
society were g. A. Rosenthal, M. Lesserman,
N. Fischer, j. Ortman, S. Sonnenberg, A
Rosenthal and A. Steinert
Among some of those who participated in
the excursion were: A. Buxbaum, A. L.
Chadbourne and wife, James Spellman and
lady, the Misses Schulafer, Miss Kohn, Henry
Ryder, Miss Goodhart, Samuel Goodman and
wife, Miss Lesserman, Miss Ida johnson, D.
Machol, H. Machol, Henry w. Asher and
lady, Councilman G. F. Schorer, David
Strouse, William Splitter, Miss Rousch, M.
Frank and lady, Louis We'll, Joseph Mann,
Edward Williams, Isaac Asher, William
Steinert.
High Rock Grove was visited by the Ger
man M. E. church and Sunday school to-
day. About 200 went and enjoyed them
selves under the management of M. Guldener
and John J. Kraft.
The Taylor Congregational church of Ham
den picnicked at Congamond lakes yester-
day. A Northampton train took the church
and Sunday school people to the lakes. This
was the second annual picnic of this society
to the lakes. A. A. Townsend,J. NJ. Knapp,
George Bassett, Thomas Parkinson, John E.
James and Irving Hamilton.
The pretty steamer Magnolia and the barge
Juno make daily trips to Pawson Park and
carry large parties of delighted pleasure seek
ers. The park has been fitted up in hand
some manner this season and has been visit
ed by thousands of people.
The Elm City will make another excur
sion to Mystic Island Saturday and will no
doubt carry large party. The fare for the
round trip will be only seventy five cents.
Thomas orchestra will furnish music.
Other excursions and picnics to come off
soon are the Twenty-seventh @. V. at Pot
Island, one of the Thimble group, Septem-
Der LIST.
The veterans of the Eighteenth G. V. will
tread the sands of Lyle's Beach August 18th.
Comrades of the Ninth G. v. will report at
the rooms of Merwin's post.G. A. R., in New
Haven at noon on August 9Th and then go to
Savin Rock
At the reunion of the Fifth G. V. in Mid
dletown August Chaplain Winslow will de-
liver an address on 'fThe patriotic services of
the rank and file during the war"
The Fifteenth CIV, which reunites in Wal
lingford August 25, will be provided with a
dinner by the citizens.
Other reunions will be: Seventeenth, Au-
gust % at Stratford; Fourteenth, September
II at Waterbury; Tenth, September 2 at
Meriden; Twelfth and Twenty fifth, Septem-
Der II at Hartford; Firstcavalry, August IS
at Meriden; Twenty-third, September IA at
Danbury.
Next Tuesday the John H. Starin will take
a very fine party of people to Glen Island
from St. Thomas church, Hartford, and also
some family parties from this city
The New Haven lodge of Elks will have a
clambake next Sunday afternoon at the foot
of Morris Cove.