Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-02
. FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Fired at With 8 Rifle - The PrOh1b1. ton Club Meeting-The M. E. Social Unfon-Lfve Oak Council Entertain. ment-Added to Church Membership Talked for Alderman-W. 0. T. U. Supper To-Night-The Oyster Steam- ers-Death of Rev. MT. Leomis.
 Recently as Wm. Rose, the Ferry street fish dealer, when peddling near West bridge, was fired at by an unknown lad who was armed with a rife. The ball passed through his coat sleeve, but did not injure him. Rose caught the boy and con- fscated the rife. Rose says he narrowly escaped being seriously injured. The prohibition club will meet this eve- ming in the hall of the Sons of Temper ance, Central Hall block. There will be good speaking. All interested are invited to attend.
 On the evening of Wednesday, Novem- Der Il, the New Haven social union will meet at the Trinity M. E. church and the East Pearl street church will be well rep resented. E. R.. Slater of Fair Haven is the efficient secretary of the union. Rev. Dr. Vail will give an address on "The Sunday School and It's Work" The Rev. Dr. Chapman will speak about the recent ecumenical council at Washington, and the Rev. Dr. Weston will talk about the work of the Epworth league.
 l On Thursday evening, November 12, Live Oak council, Royal Arcanum, will give complimentary entertainment at Odd Fellows hall. There will be music Grand Regent Hutchinson of this city and others. Generol Prentice of Hartford it is hoped. will be present. Two young sons of A. F. Schlacter will give specimen of their skill as drummers. Many people out side of the order have been invited. It is the intention to give people interested 6 knowledge of what the Royal Arcanum is and of the good it is doing.
 At the East Pearl street church yester day morning three persons were admitted to membership by letter, one was received into full membership and one on. proba tion. The Rev. Dr. J. B. Hamilton spok. in the evening.
 Adelphi lodge of Fair Haven will attend 8 masonic entertainment to be giver by Widows Son lodge of Branford in Gay lords opera house Wednesday evening. | William Graham of the Eleventh wart is talked of as 8 democratic candidate fol alderman.
 Many Baptists of Fair Haven attended the anniversary exercises at the Wooste place church yesterday.
 The w. c. T. U. will give 15-cent sup per in their rooms on the corner of Grant avenue and East Pearl street this evening All are invited.
 All the oyster steamers recently en larged, excepting the Sparle, have beer completed and are in commission again The Sparle, the smallest of the fleet, is be ing improved at the marine railway. Tn steamer, when completed, will have near ly double the former carrying capacity. asIntelligence was received here yesterda, of the death of the Rev. R. H. Loomis 8 Brook6eld, after short illness MT Loomis was pastor of the East Pearl stree church for two terms. The funeral ser vices will be held at Brookfeld this morn ing. Appropriate sympathetic referenc l to his death was made at the East Pear street church yesterday.
 MT. Loomis was 8 much beloved pasto and his memory will be long and warml held in remembrance by many to whom was intimately known in Fair Haven. H l was an admirable pastor and warm friend an earnest worker in his masters vineyard a genial, sociable, kind man, who loved hi work and his people and labored zealously His death adds another to the list of pas tors of East Pearl street church who hay done well their work and gone home t their reward, among whom one of the bes remembered was the late MT. Parkington