Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-20
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Made by the American M. .E. Conference Last Night-The Conference 50 close
 

Made by the American M. E. Conference Last Night-The Conference 50 close To-Day.
 The American N. F. conference which has been in session during the past few days at the UniozeAmerican N. E. church on Web-
 ster street will close tonight. Three ad- dresses were made at the church yesterday, that in the morning being delivered by Bishop Williams, after which Thomas A. Brown of New York city was ordained dea-
 con. In the afternoon the future pastor of the church delivered an able address, as did also Rev. William N. Thompson of Springfield, Mass, in the evening. At the close of the evening seryice the following ap- pointments for one year were read by the secretary of the conference:
 Gai1Sl Camden, N Rev :.1 Andrew drew ;, ,is Gsston Belleville, N. J., Rev David N. Mills. Swedesborough, N J, Key Thomas Oliver: Providence, k. I, Rev William c. Jackson. New York city, Rev. James H. Cooke
 Nineiand Hnw JonR Re-, ss IsmueI I IL LonaeK Traveiing missionary in Eastern district, Rev. George R. Burton.
 Rev, Martin L. Dufin, who has been ap- pointed to the Union church comes from Barleytown, N. J., while Rev. Lemuel L. Lomack, former pastor of the church, goes to Vineland,N N. J. The conferenes will close this evening with supper, which will be given the visiting ministers by the ladies of the church. During the day there will be only one service, that being at missionary session this morning at 10 o'clock. The con- ference next year will be held in New York city.
 FLOWERS FOR PATRIOT DEAD. Preparations Made by AdmiraI Foote rM al Ia a Rf a
 Day-A Sermon by Dr. TwitcheIl Next
 SundaY-The Posts Coming Visit to
 Brooklyn.
 Preparations for Memorial day observances
 were begun at the meeting of Admiral Foote
 post, G. A. R., at it's meeting Saturday night.
 The post will attend Dwight Place church in
 body next Sunday evening, when Dr.
 Twitchell, the poAt's chaplain, will preach.
 On the Thursday following, which is Memo rial day, the usual decoration programme
 will be carried out. Commander Tisdale will
 have charge of the detail at the Grove street cemetery, Senior Vice Commander N. I. Strickland for the Evergreen cemetery, J unior Vice Commander William E. Morgan in Fair Haven and A. A. z. Down in Westville. The members of the post will meet at 9:30 o'clock and the decoration will be at II.
 General Frank D. Sloat has charge of the parade in the afternoon, in which the local G. A. R. posts, military companies and fire department will take part. The parade will be larger than that of last year. After the parade exercises will be held on the Green. | Speeches will be made and there will be sing ing by a chorus of school children.
 The post is completing arrangements for l the visit to U. s. Grant post of Brooklyn on | June IS. The veterans take the steamer Northam at midnight, returning by the Con- tinental the following evening. The recep- tion in Brooklyn will be upon grand scale | and the ceremonies will probably include g l day trip and dinner at Coney Island, with | mammoth bean bake at post headquarters in | the evening. The U. s. Grant post is one of | the wealthiest Grand Army organizations in | the country, while Admiral Foote post is | one of the largest in numbers. The commit | tee meet to complete arrangements to-mor- row evening at the Rapid Transit printing | office on Chapel street. 4 committee com posed of E. E. Tisdale, William E. Morgan, N. I. Strickland, D. s. Thomas and G. W. Sharpe has charge of the trip.