Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-06-01
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May 31.-Mrs. Alexander Cooper ia very
sick with pneumonia.
Mrs. M. Rockefeller received notioe of the
desth of her sister on Monday evsning at
New York
Mrs. L W. Tryon has been quite i'll
for several days.
E. A. Johnson of Fair Haven called on
Woodmont friends on Sunday.
Owing to go much wet weather and the
lateness of the season there Is quite an
amount of planting to be done hereabouts
yet.
Rev. George q. Hubbard, who has been
missionary at Foo Chow, China, for the
past nine years, is expected at his old homo
in Woodmont in a short time.
at shortening and improving the
Consolidated road at Woodmont Is being
pushed quite fast, most of the men work
ing Sundays as we'll as week days.
Cheshire.
MEMORIAL DAY Observation-Disclosures
JoTTINGs-corTAaE AT PINE ORCHARD
CHURCH NEWS.
May 31.-Ths members of the Grand
the graves of their late comrades on the
morning of May 30, concluding with ser
vices at the monument on the street. By
invitation they went to Southipgton at
noon to take part in the parade at that
place.
Mr.. George Bennett, brother of A. g.
Bennett, arrived from England on Monday.
The young people of Copper valsy
school had picnic at Laurel grove on
Decoration day.
There was ball game on the Watch
shop grounds Tuesday, May 80, Cheshire
vs.. Waterbury, the score was "A to % in
favor of Cheshire
Last Sabbath morning Alfred Bailey, a
pulpit of the Congregational church. He
took for his text the words "Whst Shall
it Profit Man if He Gain the Whole
World and Lose His Own Soul" His sub
ject was well handled and was we'll received
by attentive listeners.
Last Sabbath eve Rev. James Stoddard
delivered memorial discourse before the
Grand Army post and Sons of Veterans at
st. Peters church, members of which at
tended in body. His text was "Who
by Faith Wrought Righteousness, etc." It
was an instructive and impressive dis
course to those who having faith in our
were willing to fight and even to die for
Miss Nellie. Bishop of New Haven was the
guest of her father, D. D. Bishop, Decora-
ton day.
Dr.. E. T. Cornwall and wife, F. A. Ives
and wife, Rev. J. P. Hoyt and Arthur E.
Atwater are at the worlds fair.
Rev. g. s. Vets will preach at the NJ. E.
church Sunday, June 4.
The teachers of the Congregational Sun
day school held their regular weekly meet
ing on Tuesday evening at the house of
Frank N. Hall
Mr.. N. D. Hotchkiss is building q cot
tags for E. G. Andrews at Pine Orchard.
The Cheshire nine will play with the
Wallingford nine on Saturday afternoon.
Miss Lottie Hotchkiss, a teacher in one
of the public schools in Wolcott, and Miss
Mabel Hotchkiss, a student In the normal
school at New Britain, have been spending
few days here, and returned to their
places Wednesday morning.
Mr.. William A. Hotchkfss of New Haven
has been appointed executor of the estate
of the late Henry Hotchkiss of Cheshire.
Memorial day was unusually quiet and
undemonstratIve here. The Grand Army
post and Sons of Veterans marched to the
different cemeteries here and deposited
their offerings of flowers on the graves of
departed comrades. The monument on the
green was beautifully decorated, and here
the veterans gathered before leaving for
Southington, to which place they had been
invited by the Southington post to join in
the memorial exercises there.