Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-11
WEST HAVEN JOTTINGs.
What Is Going on in That Enterp
 ing RoFOUgh

! What Is Going on in That Enterpris- ing Borough.
 \ Mr. Edward Wilmot left Saturday en route | for Washington, D. O., where he has busi- ness to transact. From there he departs to Redland. Cal
 President George Kelsey is reported as be- { ing more comfortable now than he has been ! for some time previous.
 There were services as usual at Christ church last Sunday morning and evening. The Rev. MT. Whitney has not entirely reeov- cred from his late illness and was assisted by Rev. Oliver Prescott.
 As an instance that a hand fire engine is
 very much needed in West Haven may be
 mentioned that the recent destruction by fire of the Hinman House cost for five hours' ser
 vices for an engine from New Haven $250.
 There are plenty of young men in the bor-
 ongh who would willingly 'trun with the
 machine" if the authorities wonld furnish
 one without doubt.
 An owl was captured in foont of Mr. Chas.
 Skeele's residence on Beach street last We'd
 nesday morning by MT. Ira Curtis son. The
 bird was the largest one our informant ever
 saw and seemed to take it's captivity with stoical indifference. It was killed and is in the hands of taxidermist.
 MT. and Mrs. Fairbrother and their son and wife started Saturday for Cisco, Fla, on the Savannah line. Mr. and Mrs. Fairbrother are old residents of Cisco, having resided there some ten or twelve years, and own large orange groves. They did not go previous on account of the yellow fever. The son and wife make their first visit and are to remain during the winter.
 The Hills brothers are as busy as they can be daily furnishing game dinners for custom CTS. A call Sunday was made by the COURIER representative and it was raining hard. Mir. Jimmy" Hills said he knew a storm was coming from the yelling of the "coots" and other sea birds. They are his established
 "weather bureau" and never fail.
 The train due in West Haven at 6:30
 mornings from Bridgeport, and which
 brings working people to this city, so that
 they can be at the shop at o'clock easily,
 was forty minutes behind time last Satur-
 day morning. There are between fifty and
 sixty people that take that train from West
 Haven and some of them are obliged of un-
 dergoing the penalty of losing a quarter or
 half day, according to their tardiness. The situation was earnestly discussed Saturday morning and the conclusion arrived at that it would be well to forward letter to the officials, signed by all interested persons, requesting that a repetition of the occur renee be prevented, if possible, in the future.
 The Congregational church was well filled Sunday morning, notwithstanding the un- propitlous state of the weather, to listen to the special services previously mention in the COURIER. It was one hundred years sincs the death of Charles Wesley, the psalm I ist, and the Rev. MT. Squires preached in stead of regular discourse a motto sermon ss he termed it. The words selected were in | second Samuel, twenty-third chapter and part of the first verse: "And the sweet | psalmist of Israel" Incidents of the life of Charles Wesley were related from early child hood to 1ipe old age. The parents were peo- | pie of note of the period in which they lived, | the writings of the mother being especially l mentioned. There were eight children in | the family. Three composed the male DOT l ton. Samuel, the oldest, was a preacher, so
 also was John, and Charles was the psalmist. l When Charles was two months old the home | was destroyed by fire. All of the inmates were out in safety with the exception of John ! who was in the upper chamber. He let his | whereabouts be known by reaching 6 window | and shouting lustily for help. He was fnal- l ly saved by some persons getting on the 1 fathers shoulders and taking the child ont of I the window. The parent then said: "Neigh bor, let us pray. l am rich have saved my eight children" The household effects and manuscripts were all destroyed. The speaker said Charles and John Wesley were the Moody and Sankey of the present day. The late Henry Ward Beecher was quoted as saying that kings would die, but that the psalm ''I know that my Redeeme1 liveth," written by the eminent Charles Wes- ley, would never die. The sermon was full
 of interest from beginning to end. In con-
 cIuding, the speaker said the psalmist lived
 to be 82 years of age, his last writings being
 dictated by him to his wife. He left 4,000
 published manuscripts and 2,00O unpublish-
 ed