Morning journal and courier., 1889-12-23
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

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 A Christmas entertainment will De gwen TOT me Sunday school in the Grand Avenue Baptist church, tomorrow CTuesday) evening, at 2 o'clock. The programme Is as follows:
 Singing .......,.... ...............Choir Singing ....................,;...: Choir pisiosSSc-"what S is Chri.tmasia .....s. :.., Misses MinilIe Huntley, Jessie Kay, Lula Hoiton,
 Elm na Ludinston, and Edie woodley. Disicsas-awhisn wili the snow Comes"..
 Oracle Carpenter and Bertha Tsever. Primary class exercises. pisoaSa.onr;istmaa: fp,nS,nS Adventure: ao'. MT. and Mrs Santa Claus and two children, Walter Distribution Of 6iits.
 church, will have their annual Oh istmas enter tainment in the church on Christmas eve, The io~ins S1 scme S S brief sasrcisss gifts Viii be distib
 The cnristmss praise service given ia East Pearl for which was published in the COURIER, was HIS ,is. tened so Sy very sgSenis IS LRe bie Crane, pr. M. J Adams. and Fred Weld.
 The weather has been favorable the past two Christmas decoration in some seasons the severe cold and the covering of deep snow has maze ' lne Of Ssy Ss decora ton of tho churches at Christmas has been hradual.
 falling on on account of the he large for the Sunday school entertainmsnt.
 In the Second csurSh yesterday afternoon the he Rev. R,ss.s '. J. J. Clark of Fact Haven. -. :. Mr. Smith, . Yale divinity student, preached at 's are sss Gerald Will eept the call t9 the pastorate rendered SO en. man nnstiIss to fiii tSis - responsible SD m situation Herbert Barnes. of Strong, Hart. Barnes %. ,at en,y es ,s.s of %as GsSps Ais sideraby improved and he writes that he is enjoy
 | iucius Rowe, of Lucius Rowe & Co, the east side merchants who, owing to throat troubles has been
 ssys New EId in winter .%s for So, spend @ the winter in southern California. :, The East Haven grange of thirty-hve members is in very prosperous circumstances and their winter meetings arc attended with interest and profit. A dozen applications for membership are now pend fhe past week the big white lettering on ground from the "Atlantic Dsillery co" to 1.-The .. old Compressed Yeast" remains.
 The "Majer Strong Guards" company of fifty learning the manual of arms and marching. has been dissolved A few meetings for drill were held | Omc9r6 were prospect that uniform would be secured and a be made of tho venture but for lads or in- terest the affair has been given up.
 The splendid four-masted schooner James ID. Beecher that Is to be launched to-day at Hanscom yard is one of the finest vessels built in Con necticut. As she stands on the stocks this ponder, ous coasting schooner is beauty. A big crowd will gather to witness the launch if the weather Is pleasant Constructor Hanscom has been and no doubt he will yet build as large . craft as the Tscumseh Of 2,G6t tons and the John Paull of 2,502 tons, well known Massachusetts coasting schooners. Recent ly fulLrigged ship arrived at Portland, Me with these two schooners, carry ing only about half the amount of either schoonsr's cargo.
 William N. Shepard, for several years the sex ton at Grand avenue Baptist church, has resigned tho pcsi!ion and has been succeeded by Hsnry taking sexton. flo has recently been given charge of the packing room at the rubber shop.
 The Sunday school of the Second Congregational church will have Christmas praise service next Sunday evening.
 John Sanford of South Front street fell into Q slulceway under Grand avenue near the river Fri day night He was rescued by Officer Mack. It was very dark night.