Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-27
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Sunday Evening Services In August l
at the Second Church-Win Delay |
Until the Annual-To Canvass for
Oyster steamer "A
Stone Barge Loses Her Propeller
The Needful Rain-A Surrey Dis
abled-Mr. Moody Is the Vice Presi.
dent-Pulpit Supplies for To-mor-
row.
The pulpit of the Grand avenue Congre-
gational church will be filed to- morrow by
Rev. D. J. Clark of the Old Stone church,
East Haven. Rev. Mr.. Potwine will sup
ply at st. James church, and Rev. J. Lee
Mitchell will preach in the First Congrega-
tional church in Waterbury.
One of the twin babies of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joel Bartholomew of Chatham street, born
one week ago, is dead.
Miss A. G.. Goodsell of North Front
street is home from Block Island.
The Second church has usually been
closed on Sunday evenings during the pas
tors vacation, but Rev. D. M. James was
anxious to keep up the meetings this
month and arranged to have those in the
evening conducted under the auspices of
the Y. P. S. @. E. The plan has been
very successful, and the last of the ser
vices will be held tomorrow evening, when
there will be a missionary service conduct
Donovan of this city is expected to be one
of the speakers. There will be singing by
a male quartet. The Sunday following the
pastor, Rev. d. NJ. James, will resume
work. Mr.. James had planned to go to
his old home in Pennsylvania during this
month, but will not do so now.
In a few days committee from the Y.
NJ. G. A. will canvass for subscriptions
with which to carry on the associations
securing secretary to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr.. Otterson
will not be taken up until the annual
meeting in November. The religious meet
ings will be resumed the second Monday in
September.
Arthur Austin of James street is in
Litchfeld.
The Misses Minnie and Margaret Keane
of Woolsey street are at Lake George.
The oyster boats pass near the bark
from Egypt at anchor in the lower bay but
they have no fear that cholera germs are
on board.
Yesterday was a dissgreeable enough
day, but the people solaced themselves
with the thought that "the rains were
greatly needed"
Some needed repairs are in progress on
the boilers of the oyster steamer Pioneer,
which is laid up at Mansfeld's wharf.
At the Fair Haven marine railway the
barge Clifford is receiving repairs. This
boat is used in transporting stone to the
new west breakwater and the craft recently
lost one of its propellers.
Ex-Sheriff William Konold has sold two
of his new single tenement houses on At
water street; one to E. L. Strong, the other
to Mr.. Drury, employed in the car shops
near Union depot.
All through yesterdays rain work on
the Grand avenue sewer was in progress.
The contractor is in hurry to finish the
job, as it more or less stops traffic in an
important thoroughfare. At night the
section of the avenue between Poplar and
Ferry streets is closed to teams.
Late yesterday afternoon surrey con-
tanning three ladies and gentleman was
disabled one Grand avenue rear Fillmore
street, the horse having fallen down and
broken on of the thills. The party were
delayed quite awhile before the temporary
repairs were made.
L. w. Moody general agent of the North
western Mutual Life Insurance company,
has framed group showing the agents who
were in attendance at the recent annual
! meeting of the association at Milwaukee.
Mr.. Moody, who is vice president of the
association, occupies central position in
| the group