Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-07
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

May Lose Her Eye Public Temper ance Meeting-Labor Day-A Tedious | Storm-TO Improve Corner Butld- | ing Inlaying Another Oyster Steamer-Made 6 Tour of Mexico No Tidings from MT. SimpsOn-Ser. vices in the Churches-The Pastors and the Choirs Home Again-New Members Added - To Increase a
 Church Building Fund-Assisted In
 a Church Dedication.
 The injury to the fve-year old daughter of E. M Provost of Exchange street may cause the loss of one of her eyes. She was cutting dolls clothes when she acci- dentally punctured the eye with the points of the scissors.
 Last evening at Ferry street church 8 public temperance meeting was held under the direction of Harmony division, s. of T. There was special music of the choir led by N. P. Blair.
 Business will be quite generally inter- mitted to-day in deference of Labor day. After the morning parade many of the people will enjoy the day at the shore or in visiting out of town friends.
 Mics Lucy Edwardson has returned from stay of several weeks at Mapping Falls, N. Y.
 It was mean old easterly storm and diverted many plans. On Saturday the work of the oystermen was interrupted, although fewer oysters are dredged on that day than other days. Considerable damage to crops and fruit Is predicted
 Some important improvements are soon to be made to the Montgomery building at the corner of Grand avenue and East Pearl street.
 The oyster dredge steamer Spark, owned by David Parmelee is being heightened five feet at the Fair Haven Marine railway This is the fourth oyter steamer that has been enlarged or is in process of improve | ment.
 Miss Annie Ludington has as her guest Miss Nettie Seddon of Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss May Nunan, who last November went to Pomona, Cal, to reside, has just l completed tour in Mexico. She is sis l ter of Thomas E. Nunan.
 Nothing further has been heard from William o. Simpson, the Grand avenue ice | cream dealer, who mysteriously disap: peared about fortnight ago. He boarded 1 with Mrs. A, H. Forbes, B Grand avenue and this lady has been making some in | quiries in Danbury, where he formerly re l sided, but with no success. His personal effects remain at Mrs. Forbes house. | Communion services were held in mos l of the churches yesterday. That at the Grand avenue Congregational church was 1 held in the afternoon and the regular evening preaching service was omitted l Five persons were taken into membership At East Pearl street M. E. church sever persons united with the church. Rev. Dr
 Weston is home from his vacation ane
 preached as usual at the Second church
 Rev. MT. James preached for the first tint | since his vacation. The members of tn, | church choirs were also back again in thei
 places. During August the churches hav'
 either depended upon mixed choirs gath
 cred from the young people of the severa
 congregations, or had congregational sing
 ing. The choir of the Grand avenue Con
 gregational church, consisting of Fredericl
 Weld, Frederick Page, Miss F. Hetti
 Bradley and Miss Josephine Bradley, san for the opening anthem yesterday morn
 ing, 'Cantate Domino"
 Yesterday morning at the Baptist churcl
 the pastor, Rev. Dr. Sage, announced tha
 measures were soon to be taken to rais
 subscriptions for the building fund. H
 spoke of the crowded condition of tn
 present church building and of it's inabi
 ity to meet even the present wants of tn
 growing congregation, and mentioned tn
 effort of last winter, when over S1, ,00
 was raised as the nucleus of a church building fund, having for it's object ne' and more suitable ed1hce. The preser , plan to increase the fund is to issue sut ) scription blanks with coupons payabl monthly. The committee having the maj ter in hand hopes by this method to largel l increase the fund, so that in a few month
 the building of the new church may begi1
 Rev. Father Mulholland assisted at tt dedication of the new church of the A } sumption at Ansonia yesterday.
 Mrs. O. B. Parish of Springfield is visi : ing with Mrs. Jane Bennett of S7 Wolco street.