Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-02-27
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

From Virgfnia-Don't Want the |
High school Removed-The Cars |
well Lecture-A Granite Sarcopha- |
gus-Cemetery Avenues Blocked
With Snow.
Mr.. Peckham of East Haven has been
transferred to the train dispatohers' Office
at Union depot
Rev. DR.. Sage at the Grand avenue Bsp-
fist church preached an interesting sermon
yesterday morning from the text, "He
must increase. but must decrease"
Mr.. and Mrs Alvin Ames are visiting in
Westfeld, Mass.
Frank P Ryan has resigned as president
and member of the Allegro Bicycle club.
Postmaster Moore is slowly improving.
A schooner with oysters for Lsncraft
Brothers has arrived In the hsrbor and an
attempt was made on Saturday 10 tow her
into Quinnipiac river, but owing to the ice
the effort was not successful. Captain
Lancraft says he will have plenty of
southern stock for the remainder of the
season.
Rev. D. NJ James at the Second church
preached yesterday morning very interest
luPly on Inc Call TO membership LII LILO
| Divine Kingdom" The topic of the even
| ing sermon WAS The Kind or Fasting that
| Feeds the Religious Life"
Fair Haven patrons of the high school
are satisfied with tbs institution where 1t
| is, rather than have it further removed
| from the center of the city. II the plan
| to remove the Canal road, and have 1t
enter the city over the West Haven flats is
successful, the present high school could
be enlarged. To compel the Fair Haven
pupils to go out to the outskirts to attend
high school would prove great hardship
to this section.
The pupils of Deacon w. Hammond,
teacher of class 7 in the Grand avenus
Baptist church, paid him visit at his
home, sc Woolsey street, Thursday even
irg. aud presented him with a pretty oak
arm chair. The presentation speech was
by Miss Lille Amman.
| On Thursday evening at 7:30 in the East
| Pearl street NJ. E. church Edward Carswell,
the eloquent temperance lecturer of Can
ada, will deliver an address 1t is expected
that brief addresses will also be made by
the Fair Haven pastors
At the twentieth anniversary exercises
Of the southwestern conference of the
Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary soci.
ETY. of Connecticut to be held in Calvary
church on Tuesday Mrs. E G. Sage will
lesd the early evening meeting for the
young people.
Arthur Leete of Leete's island has been
taking the placs of Station Agent Frank
Conger during his absence.
Rev. F. D. Ludingtou preached in the
New Milford Baptist church yesterday
He proposes to remain e couple of week,
to hold series of ratio meetings there.
| A large granite ssrcophsgus has bsen
placed in tbs Blatohley lot in the Fair Ha
ven cemetery.
Schooner John N. Brown of the Hans
com feet has arrived at New York with
cargo Of railroad ties from Charleston
s. @.
il Prior to the recent funerals come of tn
avenues in the Fair Haven cemetery wer
impossible with snow drifts, and con
siderable amount of digging on the part q
, Sexton Siebert was necessary.
The Schooner Grace Seymour has arrived
at Belle dock with coal from Philadelphia
, This Is the frat time the schooner has beef
: here since early in the winter, when extern
, sive repairs, lasting several weeks. wer
made to the vessel at one of the From
, street wharyes.
, Mathematical Illustrations of Truth
) was the subject of an interstins sermon b.
) Rev. j. Lee Mitchell at the Grand svenu
, Congre gstinnsl church yesterday morning
In the evening Mr.. Mitchell gave his fourt
} sermon il the "Pilgrim's Progress" series
A number of men crossed and recrosse
' the Qainnipiac river on the ice just sbov
: the drawbridge Saturday.
SouthingtOn.
6 Feb. a5.-Charles Phillips Of Chicago is
| town.
The Bowditch & Prudden Co. of New Have
I | have the contract for furnishing the new Unit
, | council, o. u A. NJ, hall.
Newton Beers and company in 'Lost in Lor
D | don," drew fair audience at the town hall Sa
urday evening. Mr.. Beers was formerly res
I dent of this town and numbers of his old friend
, | were on hand to greet him.
l The Me, iden praying band held services at tn