Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-21
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

FAIR HAVEN NEWS. Saved Two Children From Drown .ing-The Bonding or the Distillery |
 PIant-Must obey the Cemetery 1 RuIes-St. Ignatfus Socfety's New
 Home-The1r New Offces-FaIr of
 St. Francis Church-The Twentieth
 Anniversary of . Sunday School-
 Very Interesting Exercises.
 The meeting of the Y. M. c. A. was attended by torty-eight people yesterday. Mr. Hopkins presided. The male choir of the M. E. church sang. The prospects for the new year ara very promising.
 Misses Nellie and Lilla Lewis of West vile, who have been visiting Miss Lena Duffy of East Pearl street, have returned home.
 In the rooms of Hiram camp division, s. of T., meeting will be held this even- ing at o'clock with the view of forming prohibition club.
 The Fair Haven Union Cemetery asso- citation has voted that in the future any driver who violates the bylaws of the as- sociation regarding fast driving in the cemetery shall be warned and if guilty of a second offense he shall not be allowed under any circumstances to enter the cem- etery.
 In the line of the settlement proposed to the directors, the Old Colony Distilleries company has given second mortgage to the United Growers company for $170, ,000. A week or more ago the first mortgage in | favor of George A. Butler, as trustee of some of the creditors, for $125, 1000 was l given. When all of the creditors have l given their consent. 6 per cent. bonds run ming five years will be issued to the cred l itors. These two mortgages practically | settle all the large claims. The company hapes to resume business by October 1. | The St. lgnatius T. A. B. society elect | ed officers yesterday as follows: President, 1 Francis Carroll; vice president, William Harty; financial secretary, James V. Illus treasurer, Rev. Thomas H. Shanley; ser | geat-at-arms, Michael McNamara; marshal, Thomas Kelleher.
 The people of St. Francis church will
 hold fair during the latter part of Octo-
 Der.
 l The Grand avenue Baptist church was
 crowded yesterday morning, the occasion l being exercises commemorating the twen
 tieth anniversary of the Sunday school
 Quite number of those who were active
 in starting the school or were scholars
 twenty years ago, were present, occupying
 seats in body. Rev. E. c. Sage, Ph. D.
 presided. Seated upon the platform were
 Deacons o. J. Hull, John McGregor ane
 Southington Deacon Hull spoke of the
 organization of the school September 20
 1871, prior to the formation of the church The Baptists of New Haven had for year.
 been looking over the field and remarkin,
 how promising territory it was for nev
 church, and the first stone was laid by tn
 late Jarvis P. Bunce, who wrote to the lat
 Rev. William c. Walker, then stat : missionary, who came and labored severa
 months in the field. After the holding o | twelve prayer meetings the first preachin
 service was held in Central hall, and ol September 20, 1871, the Sunday schoo scholars, Rev. MT. Walker having bee appointed temporary superintendent. Tn
 records of the first meeting alludes to tn organizers as "The Baptist people of tn ] Seventh ward," that territory being tn present Eleventh ward. Deacon Hu
 spoke of the opportunity presented of pul chasing at reasonable figure the old bric
 church, now the Grand avenue schoo
 but the opportunity was allowed to sli
 away. In November, 1871, Jacob F. Mel
 TOW was elected permanent superintendent } and in two terms has filled that positio f | for fourteen years.
 Deacon John McGovern, for many year the treasurer of the school, spoke of il : finances He said that it had always bee 3 liberal school. For several years in il 3 early history it supported a colored str
 dent in Wayland seminary in the soutl The total collections at the Sunday scho. sessions had been $3, ,571. .06 and on othe special occasions $403.96, or a total $3, ,97491 in twenty years. The expend !, lures had included the following: Dome g tic missions, $124.08; Baptist Publicatio society, 1.02; New Haven Bible schoo I $70.15; for the aid of the Grand Avenr : Baptist church, $447. 50; for the libr e ry, $509,31. Deacon J. P. Morrow ga, a retrospect concerning the schools spiri + ed history. For the two past years u :, statistics of membership were as follow 1890, teachers 3S, scholars 305, baptism : IT.; 1891, teachers 38, scholars 324, ba l. tisms 21. In twenty years 165 membe of the school have been baptized. M = Morrow also read list of the membe
 who have died. E. H. Andrews of Sout
 ington was the first secretary of u
 school. The exercises were closed with ,, short address by the pastor. There w l J. nie I. Beebe as organist and cornet accor
 paniment The church was prettily dec 's rated with towering and foliage plant B Upon the platform was banner bearil , , in white figures these dates: "18n-1S91 And another with the words: 'Gra1
 Avenue Baptist Sunday School-Organiz'
 1871. At the Sunday school session in u
 afternoon there were additional exercis e of commemorative nature. There we 7, congratulatory addresses by Giles Pott .e and E. H. Andrews; select reading # Nora Sage and song by Oracle Carpente ' The exercises were under the direction 3, Superintendent o. J. Hull.
 n William Sullivan, tender of the Char @ street bridge, assisted by another man, 'r Saturday afternoon rescued from bo ac that was drifting down the river girl oI six and a boy of four years, brother al 'S sister. residing at 169 Saltonstall avenu }. The girl, overcome by fright, jumped owe
 board and had nearly drowned wh
 rescued.
 The St. Ignatius society has purchas furniture and drapings to the extent L. $500 for it's new club house at 164 Fer Ill street. The society will open it's hou
 with reception about October 1.
 o At the Tabernacle.