Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-28
MEMORIAL DAY.

Celebration of the Day The Preliminary Exercises To .mor- row Night at the Hyperion-Suspen- | sion of Bus1ness to a Considerable l Extent-The Postoface. l
 Tomorrow evening the religious exer- cises in connection with Memorial day oc- cur at the Hyperion. The program, as printed yesterday: Comrade Brandt gives the opening address. the singing will be by Madame Oertel, F. Woshlert, Miss Mary Sullivan, J. c. Criddle and F. H. Maurer. Rev. A. v. Higgins will offer prayer, and the oration will be by Hon. w. E. Simonds. Mallon's orchestra will contribute music also. The exercises are under the auspices of the joint memorial committee of the G. A. R., the Naval Veterans association and the Sons of Veterans.
 Mondays parade will be fine one, and by request we republish the route of march, which Is as follows: Out of the south gate on Temple street, down Chapel street to Olive street, up Olive street to Grand avenue, Grand avenue to Elm street, up Elm street to Broadway, to junction of Dixwell avenue, thence to Whal1ey avenne, down south side of upper green to York street, to Chapel, down Chapel to Church, to Elm, to Temple, thence into the green where the parade will be dismissed.
 All the banks will be closed Monday, it being legal holiday. At many of the shops the hands will work only part of The merchants will observe the day to a large extent. Wm. Nicely & Co.,, F. M. Brown & Co.,, Mcintyre & Co.,, the Charles Monson company, Howe & Stetson, dry goods houses, will all close their stores for the day at 12 o'clock noon. The report WAS current that the stores would reopen in the evening on account of the usually large Monday evening sales, but this is erroneous, the stores remaining closed all day after 12. General Ford was closing, and said: Certainly, our store will be closed Monday all day, in accordance with our custom for years past of closing all day Decoration day" In other branches of trade many of the stores will be closed during the afternoon. Kirby's iewelry store, MT. Kirby announces, will be closed all day Monday: Marsden c. Perry. the fancy gooda.dealer, also closes all day Monday
 Tomorrow, Sunday weather permit ting, will be great day for visitation of the cemeteries and the decorating of graves with flowers
 Mondays parade has a source of inter est in the fact that it will be the last pub lie parade in which the fire department can take part, the city authorities having so voted, on account of the much greater danger of fires becoming destructive with the department in public parade away from it's regular base.
 THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES IN FAIR HA- The committee having in charge the cere- monies in Fair Haven cemetery are Will liam E. Morgan, Wallace Hurlburt and John W. Hill. Flowers donated are to be 1 left at the store of Henry w. Crawford, | No. 1O1 Grand avenue. between 7 o'clock | and 9:30 8. m., where the ladies under the direction of Mrs. Martin will arrange flow CTS into bouquets. At 10 o'clock a short parade will be made before entering the cemetery, in which the scholars of the schools and veterans will join, escorted by 8 detachment of Sons of Veterans led by Bunnell's drum corps. After the decora- 1 tion of graves the regular Grand Army ger vice will be performed and at the conclu- sion Rev. Mir. Hand of Pearl street Method. ist church will make brief address, Let Fair Haven take an interest in the day and it's duties.
 AT THE PosToFF1CE.
 Memorial day, Monday, May 30, the postofice and branch at Fair Haven will close at 12 o'clock, noon, except the stamp window at main office, which will remain open until 1 o'clock p. m., after which hour stamps will be sold at the box win dow.
 The carriers will make one trip only after arrival of morning mail from the
 west.
 1 Carriers window open as usual from .
 to 8 o'clock p. m.
 | IN ORANGE CENTER TOMORROW.
 There will be memorial services at the
 Congregational church, Orange, on Sun
 day morning, May z9, at il o'clock. Af
 ter the services at the church, which vii
 be appropriate to the occasion, the grave, of the veterans buried in the cemetery vii
 be decorated with flowers.