Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-02
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

FAIR HAVEN NEWS. The First Autumn sabbath In the
 Churches-The Death of pr. Havens- The Ex-PastOrs of the old stone
 Church-A Little Girl Nearly DrOWns In n Bathtub-A Fair Haven Young
 Lady to Wed-LittIe Items of News
 and Some Personal Mention.
 The first Sunday in autumn was character ized by goodly congregations at most of the churches. After the pastoral vacations the religious work in the parishes is being re. sumed with considerable fervor. Three ot the local clergymen have returned from Vaca- tion and resumed preaching yesterday. At the Baptist church Rev. E. c. Sage preached from these words: 'sAt thy word will let down the net.H In the evening he preached to the young from the subject Beginning in Life."
 At the First church the pulpit was sup piled by Rev. E. M. Jerome, who preached from the words "The truth as 1t is in Jesus" !" In the evening the Christian Endeavor meet ing was held. Next Sunday Rev. Samuel Durham of Binghamton. N. Y., is expected to preach. During August the singing has been by the congregation. Beginning next Sunday the quartette choir, consisting ot Miss Hettie Bradley, Miss Josie Bradley, Samuel Hemingway and Will Pewtress, will furnish the music.
 At Grace Episcopal church the rector, Rev. E. T. Sanford, preached. He had just re- turned from his vacation.
 Rev. A. H. Goodenough, who with his ] family have been stopping in Litchfeld, filled his pulpit at the East Pearl street M. E.. church yesterday. In the morning the com munion service was observed and in the even- | ing the pastor preached on "The Power of the Gospel" Rev. Mr. Goodenough has two more Sundays away, but has not decided | whether he will be absent next Sunday or l not.
 At the Second church Rev. D. M. James preached morning and evening. The Lords | Supper was observed at the morning ser- l vice.
 This week Mrs. w. S. Johnson and daugh' | ter, Mrs. A. H. Goodenough, Mrs. Ezra | Healey, Mrs. F. J. Mansfield and E. R Slater and wife will visit Ocean Grove. Rev. D. William Ravens, who died at the | home of F. Foote Andrews in East Haven Saturday, at the age of seventy-ive years ! was pastor of the old stone church in that place from 1947 to 1877, and is we'll remem- bered in all this part of the State. He has been residing of late in Kansas. He will be buried in the East Haven cemetery, where ! all the other pastors of the church are buried. These pastors were Rev. MT. Hem- ingway, Rev. Samuel Clark, Rev. MT. Street and Rev. Stephen Todd. Dr. Haven was an earnest, vigorous, active pastor during all his service in East Haven and left mark fo, usefulness there which time cannot eface.
 John Hill the we'll known janitor of the Woolsey street school house, and family are home from Irvington, N. J.
 Mrs. Frank Hill and daughter have re. turned from North Madison.
 daughter of E. M Jerome, editor of the Shore Line Times, will be married at hel home, No. Sylvan avenue, to Rev. MT Burt of Biddeford, Me. The bridal toul | will be in the White Mountains, and about the middle of October the couple will begin Housekeeping in Biddeford, where MT. Burt is pastor of Baptist church.
 John Goodwin, a contractor at the rubber shop, has just occupied his new house or Blatchley avenue, near EXC hange street The house is two-story frame house anG l was built on lot bought of s. M. Thomson The property cost about $5, $500. s. M. Munson $l Go. filled an order oI Saturday for 1 200 pies for Holyoke, Mass.
 The recent birthday clebration given tt twenty-five relatives and friends at her hom' on the Heights by Mrs. Willard Mallory, wa ! to mark her 75th birth day anniversary. Mrs Mallory is still in good health. Every yea she celebrates her anniversary with fev friends, and these gatherings are alway pleasant reunions.
 Two of the oldest residents of Fair Havel are Decaon Willis Hemingway and Henr, Mallory. Both are in the dry goods business ! occupying stores opposite each other on tn East Side. Deacon Hemmingway has beel in business some forty-five years and MT Mallory forty years.
 w. H. H. Hewitt is to build frame hous two stories, and 22x38 feet, on East Chape near Blatchley avenue. The foundation wal is to be sixteen inches thick and eight feet il depth.
 A. L. Chamberlain and family returne, on Saturday from the White Mountains. r Mrs. Belle Underwood, of 372 Grand ave nue, who has been dangerously ill from in flamation of the bowels for week, was be lieved to be out of danger yesterday. Flo several months her little daughter Oracle ha suffered from heart disease, having frequen spasms. For the past few weeks she hal improved and was able to be arou nd. Yes terday morning when taking bath she be it was over an hour before she revived. Sh was discovered by her grandmother lyin upon her face in the bath tub, and but fo the prompt rescue the little girl must 500 have drowned.
 J. R. Smith of Walpole, Msss., Miss Llli Hodgedon of Summerville, Mass, and Mis- Minnie E. Goodell of Turnerville, Mass. al visiting at H. F. Smiths, Fair Have Heights.
 MT. and Mrs. George w. Black are in Chi cago.
 Rev. A. J. Wheeler of the Beers stree church addressed the temperance meeting 6 | the rink yesterday afternoon.
 A coal box was stuck in the Chapel stree draw yesterday, causing several hours inter ruption of travel.
 Representatives from Myrtle chapter, N I7, attended the reunion of the Eastern Sta
 chapters at Seaside park, Bridgeport, Satul day.
 This fall Miss Dollie Burke, daughter (
 Conductor Burke, will begin course
 study at Mt St. Joseph's seminary, Har ford.