Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-06
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.


speaking Of the plan of the Consolidated |
railroad to demolish four large brick |
buildings on Long wharf, said that he |
would find no difficulty in moving larger
buildings than these He says if it were
necessary he could move the Insurance
building on top of East rock if there was
a road wide enough up the incline. He
has moved hundreds of buildings, and
says he never was stuck on job too great
for him.
Two years ago the people of the Grand
Avenue Baptist church subscribed $4,000
to pay the debt on the church property.
The last payment was to be made October
1. At the close of the service yesterday
morning it was announced that all of the
subscriptions save balance of $50 had
been paid. A collection was then taken to
pay the balance and more than enough
was received.
Ex-Councilman Daniel Lawler Ia a dem
ocratic candidate for city sheriff 1t Is
said that he will have strong backing In
the convention.
John F. Sullivan and Augustus f. Maher
have been assigned as teachers for the
Woolsey evening school.
President Ives of the Fair Haven horse
railroad says that his company Is not
ready to introduce electricity as a motor
| as there is no perfect system at present,
but as soon as some practical system was
worked out the company would prob
ably avail of it. His company did not
| want to sink $150,000 upon an imperfect
| system.
Rev. D. M. James, Thomas Bickford and
Charles A. Bray have arranged the program
| for the meeting of Congregational churches
! that convenes in the Second church on
Wednesday at 10 o'clock. This Ia the one
hundred and eighty-first annual meeting
| of the New Haven East consolation
There was large congregation at the
First church last evening to listen to the
praise service that was so excellently rem
| dened by the choir. The selections had
been happily made and the rendition was
/ excellent. The members of the quartette
are Miss Hettie Bradley, soprano; Miss
Josie Bradley, contralto; w. l.. Pewtress,
tenor; Harry L. Lines, basso. Miss Matte
Griswold assisted in the quintettes. The
program was as follows:
hymn 49, ................. $500. Congr egation
Praise the Lord tqaintet) .udis
soiom" ass Cbassoo ...-., King
From Every wind THAT Blows ,c quintet
soioM4hy viii Be Done tsopfanoj: Bari
LORD ny ny GLORY 6quinte .soasthapd
Hymn $50. Observation-Disclosures. Congregation
]. B. Alcott jr, of % Wolcott street,
who was thrown from his bicycle in q
recent road race to East Haven and had
his arm broken, is improving rapidly.
Yesterday morning at the communion
service five new members were received
into the Ferry street church. In the eve
Il l. h
Sunday school. There was a large at
tendance and the services were very inter
esting.
Rev. E. G. Sage has been elected secre
tary of the New Haven County Baptist as
ISOLATION for the ensuing year.
The meeting of the w. G. T. U. at thu
Quinnipiac rink yesterday afternoon wal
addressed by Rev. A. ]. Smith of tn,
East Side NJ. E. church. The church
choir, composed of young men, rendered
some good music.
Under the will of the late Edwin Gran
Miss 81 900 was left to build concrete walk
in the village of East Haven, provided thi
amount was met by popular subscription
for the same amount Fred B. Street re
J Gently started out with a paper for subscrip
, tions, and enough has been pledged t
build a concrete walk five feet wide, boil
: sides of High street from the depot to tn
church, both sides of Main street from tn
church to the green, the balance to be ex
pended on Thompson avenue, west side
as far as it will go, the subscriptions com
ing from those living on or owning land
lying along these thoroughfares. At on
7 time it was feared that the people woul
not be benefited by the Granniss legac
: through a lack of interest in making col
l lections, but the success of this excelien
gift is assured. East Haven has long fel
the need of sidewalks, and the beginnin
8 will set the pace that will lead to more i
6 the same line.
St. Francis parish was well representa-
: at the dedication of st. Lawrence cemeter
yesterday. Rev. Father Mullholland pa
ticipated in the services.
v c. II. Conway, the druggist, returne
>. Saturday from New York. He has bee
% absent for a week on q vacation.
% The new car house for the horse railroa
e is nearly completed. The floors are dow
r and the tracks will be put down immed
/ ately.
Several open cars were running on I'll
horse railroad yesterday. 1t was an elegaI
q day for these cars and the large number
\ people who rode appreciated the outing
the bright sunshine.
r TWELFTH WARD REPUBLICAN CLUB.
g The republicans os the Twelfth war
met yesterday and organized with lare
membership, the meeting being very ell
l. thusiastic. Measures are to be taken in
+ mediataly to secure suitable hall for tt
clubs use. AS soon as the place of meetin
is secured the club will be opened for bus
ness and good results may be expected
The officers elected at yesterdays meetin
II were as follows:
=, President-w william KilIoy
Vice observation-disclosures Rees
o Recording Secretary-Robert Stewart
Financial Secretary-John Reilly.
Treasurer-John Connolly.
Recruiting.
= The United States recruiting station hel
;, is to open in a day or two. Lieutenant "
H. c. Bowen will be in charge. 1t will
.! permanent station here.
. INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS.
The Annual Contests to be Held at tn
New Haven Lawn Clubs Ground
8 This Week.
g The annual contests of intercollegia
70 lawn tennis will be held this week at IL
grounds of the New Haven Lawn club @
Whitney avenue. The contests will
among the most interesting ever hell
There are twenty-six entries, and thrice
9 teams are entered for the singles an
: doubles. The colleges at present in IL
:. association are as follows: Yale, Harvart
e Columbia, Princeton, Dartmouth, We
! leyan, Cornell, Amherst, Brown, William
- ord Trsp;fx, 7 ab;o,h opd tho ,