Morning journal and courier., 1889-11-18
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

FAIR HAVEN NEWS.
sunday In she Churches-The RevI.
val Services at the Methodist Church
success I'm Raising O Church Debt
The ssCIippers, - Entertainments
Oyster Raising In TIverton-No Oc-
casion For the s'Green Oyster's
Scare-P0pularity OF the Seaside
Park Movemens-Other Matters OF
Local Interest.
Rev. Mr.. Thayer Of the Yale Divinity school
preached at the First Congregational church
morning and evening yesterday. His morn
Ing discourse was founded on the parable of
1.-THE Ten Virgins" There was fine music
by the quartette, and Miss Hattie Bradley
sang two solos with great sweetness. Next
Sunday Rev. Gerald-H. Beard of the Divini-
ty school will supply the sulpit.
At the East Pearl street NJ. e. church Rev.
A. II. Goodsnough preached yesterday
| morning on "Entrance Into the Church"
The discourse was very timely in view of the
approaching addition of about forty persons
to the church. The extra meetings that have
been held for the past two weeks by Rev.
Mr.. Goodenough, assisted By Rev. s. G..
Neil of Guilford, have been very earnest and
| thoroughly evangelical, and great interest
| in spiritual things has been awakened. Last
evening the last.of these special services was
held. Rev. Messrs. Gcodenough and Neil
conducted the services.a Mr.. Neil sang sew
| eral selections. 1t Is expected that at the
next communion service, the first Sunday in
December, the candidates will be received on
probation. The membership is now 525, and
1t is expected that it will reach fully 600 next
year. The profits of the champion Lady
Cadets" entertainments Melted 1926, and has
been applied to the organ fund, upon which
$4OO additional is to be raised. In January
the church will put in q $4,000 pipe organ
that is now building. The first Sunday of
this month report was made that $500 of
the church debt had been paid the present
year. The debt originally. $16,0 900, has been
reduced to about $4,000, which could be
easily cleared up at any time. The church
property is worth between $50, 900 and $780,
600.
Rev. s. G.. Neal addressed the temperance
meeting of the w. O. 7. union in the East
Pearl street NJ. E. church yesterday after
noon. The rink was so cold last Sunday that
| it was decided not to repeat the meetings
there for the present.
Lillian, eldest daughter of Rev. Mr.. Goode-
| nough, who has been dangerously ill with
rheumatism of the heart, is now out of dam
ger.
The third annual festival and entertain
ment by the Clipper base ball club will be
given at Quinnipiao rink on the evening of
Wednesday, November 20. During the even
ing there will be the following events:
Fifty yards dash between Dodd Kinsella of
New Haven and an unknown; 800 yards dash
open to members only; quarter mile run open
to all, for a purse (Thomas Leahy has entered
for this race); potato race open to all, for a
purse. There will also be an exhibition of
club-swinging and juggling by Richard Gar
vey. Music will be furnished by the Elm
City orchestra and prompting for dancing by
Prof. Foley. Each lady attending will re-
ceive numbered coupon on entering the
rink, and during the evening drawing will
take place for double friendship ring. The
committee of arrangements consists of f.
johnson, N. Burdick, M. Naughton, J. Kim
sella, Il. Coogan, j. Marinaw, A. Burdick and
G. Piatt.
Our oystermen will be interested to learn
of the attempt down at Tiverton, r. l., to
improve an oyster plot. For number of
years past there has been much talk in the
town of Tiverton about opening the creek
and thus connecting Nonquit pond with the
Seaconnet river. Formerly the pond was
we'll stocked with oysters, and by opening
the creek it was hoped that the pond would
become re stocked with oysters, and also fish.
So a party of thirty-fivs men, some with
teams, was organized and entered into the
enterprise. They succeeded in digging a
channel from the old creek into the Seacon-
net river, distance of two hundred yards
and ten feet wide. The work is still in prog
ress.
The chrysanthemum exhibition was quite
literally patronized by Fair Haven people,
who were delighted with the beautiful types
of autumn's latest flower. Since last years
exhibition quite a number of people have
been induced to cultivate the flower, and if
Fair Haven could have chrysanthemum
show of her own 1t would be an exhibition |
not to be despised.
The "grsen oyster" scare Is not very much |
of reality so far as the damage to the crop |
is concerned. The oultivators say there are |
fewer of the green oysters than last year;
that the strange coloring is due largely to |
vegetable growth and does not injure the |
oyster In the least. This peculiarly tinted |
oyster is found principally in the river beds,
although there are few out in the Sound.
The planters deprecate the agitation of the |
affair, claiming that as the quality of the
meats IL not injured there should not be an
attempt to iDjure the trade, which is not |
very satisfactory this season at the best.
Charles L. Rogers, who died in Denver last
week, was nephew OF William Fl. Rogers Of
street, and son of Lewis II.
Rogers Of Norwich. His death was very
sudden from heart failure. BE was thirty
one years of age, and was formerly engaged
in the drug business in this city. He was
assistant engineer In q cable railroad COM
pany in Denver.
Julius Twiss, during the past year, has
built seven houses on East Grand avenue,
eighteen months he has built nineteen houses
in various parts of New Haven, and has
several In the works now.
The agitation of the scheme for seaside
park at James and Chapel streets, east of the
boat house, is increasing and determined
effort will be made to secure the plot of land
necessary for the proposed breathing place
Callahan are enthusiastic over the enterprise
and the ward councilmen will give their earn
est support. 1t is said that if park is to be
established at the point named the land
should be secured soon, else 1t will be appro-
priated for other usea. The improvement
would not be completed at once. but the work
Of filling the flats would require years, and
much Of the plot would be used
for gathering place of the people. The
Eleventh ward has no park and as the site
proposed Is about the only available spot that
,an now be secured there should be no bait
IN the scheme until it is accomplished
At the Grand avenue Baptist church four
Ioung ladies were baptized last evening. The
Ladies' society will meet with Mrs. Howard
R. P. Baldwin Wednesday afternoon and
'venipg.
This evening there will be rehearsal by !
he members Of "The Old Deestrict Skule,"
Who expect to give the entertainment in |
1aylords Opera House Thursday evening. &
Arctic Houses OF Refuge.
NEW LONDON, Nov. 16.-New London
Vhalers were notified this week that an
ARCTIC House of Refuge" has been recently /
opened at Point Barrow, Alaska. and is in
'harge of Capt. g. B. Borden. The building
las been heavily stocked with salt, cured and :
AIMED provisions, flour and small goods, !
md it will accommodate 100 people. Here.
ofore when shipwrecked crew were res
ued it was the custom to scatter the men
mong the whole whaling fleet. Hereafter
hey will go to the House of Refuge. 9
1t is expected that other houses of the I
ind will be provided soon at East Cape and :
'oint Hope, the one projected for East Cape 2