Morning journal and courier., 1889-07-04
MllfOrds GREAT INTEREST ovKR THE REGATTA TO DAY BOATS ENTERED.

NilfOrd. GREAT INTEREST OVER THE REGATTA TO DAY BOATS ENTERED. July 3.-Mr. s. R. Ford has been qnite i'll at this home here during the past week. Miss Robinson, the teacher at Mir. Howe's private school, left for her home in Portland, Me, on Monday for a months vacation. Mrs. George MAllstt is having tenement house built on her lot on Reed street. Rev. Mir. Moore supplied the pulpit in Plymouth church very acoeptably last Sun- day.
 Mrs. s. N. L. Stone's select girls' school closed last Thursday for the summer vaca- tion. On Friday the annual picnic of the school was held at Merwin's Point. Mrs. J.B. Crockett and daughter Mary have been spending some time at Pembroke Hotel, Woodmont, and have been renewing some of their former acquaintanoes about town much to the pleasure of all.
 The Methodist Sunday school intends to hold their annual picnic at High Rock Grove July 16.
 The young people of St. Peters church give Glenney on High street, July Il. There will be musical and dramatic entertainment, also
 ice cream and cake for sale. Some of the stores about town have been
 appropriately decorated in honor of Indspen-
 denoe day.
 Mf. JOnn Ut. NOrLn was passenger on the
 train that met with the accident near
 North Haven last Saturday, but fortunately
 escaped injury. His kindness and sym
 pathy were extended in @ most welcome way to those less fortunate than he by acts of assistance.
 Miss Alvaretta Abbott has returned from Meriden where she has been engaged in teaching in one of the schools of that place. Rev. Wm. F. Markwick of the St. John T ~l1 preach to the Y. P. s. O. E. of the Methodist church here on the evening of July il. All are invited to be present at the meeting. William A. Buckingham recently passed successful examination before the civil ser vice commission in Hartford and has been appointed postal clerk in class l.. between New York and New Haven. The national tea which is to be given by the ladies of the First church in the Town hall on July 4th will be well worthy of pub
 lie patronage. The "Dairy Maids Concert"
 will be given in the evening by tho young
 people, and ice cream will be for sale both
 afternoon and evening, by the quart or dish.
 Admission 10c. The proceeds will be de-
 voted towards the expense of frescoing the
 church.
 The regatta which has been planned with
 SO much care and is to take place on the
 Fourth of July, is being looked forward to
 with much pleasure by those who are to en-
 gage in 1t as well as their friends. Twenty
 one boats have been entered for the different
 classes. The race Is to start at 3 p. m. One
 gun will be fired from the judges stand to
 get ready, and the second gun at 3 will be
 the signal to start. The course of the race
 will be from can buoy to Weloh's Point buoy,
 thence to Charles Island south buoy and in
 to can buoy. Twice the distance will be
 made for boats in classes A, B, 0, and once in classes D, E. The judges will be T. W. Stowe, w. B. Brotherton and w. Osborn. After the race the boats will proceed to Burns Point, get their friends and proceed to Charles Island where they will engage in contest of an entirely different nature. A basket picnic and olambake will conclude the programme for the afternoon. The prizes for the races will be psnants for classes A, C.aud E, apd nags fox classes B and D.