Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-10
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

The New Quarters of the w. G. r. u
Vagaries of the Election-Mr. Me-
serves Lecture-A Church's Jubilee
MIR. Hal,s Sudden Death-Pratse
Services Largely Attended.
The W.C.T.U. have just removed their
headquarters from the Central hall build
ing, where they have been located several
years, to the building at the corner of
Grand avenue and East Pearl street. The
lower floor, formerly occupied as a store,
has been fitted up and affords excellent
quarters for the society. On Wednesday
afternoon at O'Clock the members of the
union will give a ffteen-cent supper at
their new rooms, at which time they are
hopeful of having many guests, who will
be given opportunity to inspect the new
rooms. Yesterday afternoon the Sunday
afternoon meeting of the union was held in
the chapel of the Second church and was
addressed by Rev. E. G. Sage.
At the election on Tuesday in the
Twelfth ward some vagaries in the way of
voting were discovered when the vote was
counted. Captain Luzerne Ludington, re-
| publican candidate for representative, re-
one vote for sheriff, and Captain Sucher
received vote for comptroller. These
votes were accounted for by accidentally
placing pastors over the wrong name
Rev. &c. Meserve will deliver free lee
ture in the Ferry street church this even
ing; subject, ga Day in the Yosemite
Valley"
There was large congregation gathered
in the First church last evening to listen
| to the praise service. The music was very
| fine and was listened to with appreciative
interest. Following is the program of the
| service:
Quartette- Sing Unto the Lord. ...........B Buck
Bass solo-My Pilgrimage. ..................B Buck
Mr.. Harry Lines
soprano soloNMiss Hettie bradley N
Hymn-Congregation.
of the First church. has recently estab-
lished pastors box in the church, and
persons having communications for him
or who wish to have him call place their
notes therein. A recent request for him
to call was worded as follows:
Piace-Ths bottom Of the sea.
If Mr. Mitchell could do the writer of
that little joke any real spiritual good he
would not hesitate to try diving bell.
Tho new reading room of the Y. M. CA.
on the east aide will be furnished with
useful papers and periodicals.
Hereafter no children who have not
been vaccinated will be admitted to the
Grand avenue, Woolsey, Lloyd street and
Ferry street schools.
On the evening of Wednesday, Novem-
Der 20, jubilee sermon will be given in
the Baptist church to celebrate the recent
freeing of the society from debt There
will be a supper, to be followed by ad-
dresses, music, etc.
At the rooms of the w. G. T. U. on
/ Thursday evening, the Young Peoples
Guild of Grace church will give an orange
festival. A great attraction will be the
melononese, a banjo club consisting of
nine young ladies from Howard avenue
There will be on sale variety of useful
and fancy articles, also homemade con-
| fectionery. Ice cream and cake will be
served.
/ News has been received here of the re-
cent death of Clarence Gordon Hall, Sec
ond son of A. g. Hall, formerly of Fair
Haven, who was drowned near the mouth
of the Rappahannock river, Virginia.
With his brother, Henry, he was returning
from Norfolk to Millenbeck, when he was
knocked overheard by the boom of the
vessel. His body was found at Gloucester
Point nine days after the accident His
remains were inferred temporarily in the
family graveyard of j. w. Miner The
body will soon be removed to Beaufort,
N. c., the present residence of his par
ents. The deceased was young man of
| excellent character and the idol of his
mother.
There were three praise services last
evening: At the First and Second Congre-
gational and the Grand avenue Baptist
churches. These services were very
largely attended and were of great interest
throughout. At the Baptist church the
topic was The Light Of Life and was
arranged by the American Baptist Publ
cation society. The church was beautifully
decorated with cut flowers and fowerinc
plants. The exercises included responsive
exercises, music, etc.