Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-10-05
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

New Debating Club Formed-The |
/. Banjo Club Organizes-To See the /
Great Yacht Race-Funeral OF 7. A.
Blackstone-Judge Demingss Leo |
ture.
At the Y.M.C.A. rooms debating club |
was organized Tuesday evening. The first
debate will take place next Saturday even
ing at 8 o'clock; subject, ''Should Young
Man Without Means, Contemplating Bust |
ness Life, Seek Classical Education,"
Disputants: Affirmative, William w.
Wright, E. D. Chapman; negative, Henry
Huntley, Edward Fsrren.
The Y. N. O. A. Banjo club organized
Tuesday evening, elscting F. W. Prescott
president, O. W. Rowe vice president and
T.. D. Chapman secretary and treasurer. A
committee was appointed to arrange with
an instructor to teach the class. The next
meeting will be held Tuesday at $50 p. m.
The club has twelve members. Any mem
Der Of the Y.M.C. A. may join the club.
J. J. Dayton, the popular express agent,
with his wife will leave next Monday on
short vacation. The trip is taken largely
for the benefit Of Mrs. Dayton, whose
health has been poor of late. They will
make most of their stay at Syracuse, N Y,
ana WILL Vlb16 NlhSAIa 6llb.
A party of three east side Runners went
out for squirrels Tuesday. They saw one
poor gray, but did not get shot at him.
The Epworth league meeting at the East
Pearl street N. E. church this evening will
be especially interesting, as an entertain
ment has been arranged.
A new furnace is soon to be put into st.
James Episcopal church.
Undertaken q. W. Crawford had charge
of the funeral of John A. Blackstone held
from his late residence in Branford yester-
day afternoon. There was good repre-
sentation of friends from Fair Hs-
ven and East Haven, as the depart
ed was we'll known here and
the widow WAS Miss Minerva Andrews of
East Haven. The funeral was largely at
tended, Rev. Mr.. Dewitt Officiating The
burial was in the East Haven cemetery,
Rev. D.sJ. Clark officiating at the commital
services.
The Ladies' Aid society of the NJ. e.
church will meet in the church parlors
this afternoon.
Fair Haven will have delegation at the
international yacht races in New York har-
Dor. Among those who expect to see one
| or more Of the races are Captain John bod
man, J. J. Dayton. q. J. Pond and William
A. Warner. DR.. J. T. Hillhouse and wife
will go down Saturday night and go out to
Mondays race.
The Young Peoples guild of Grace P. E..
church will begin its work for the season
next Wednesday evening, the gathering to
be held at Mrs. Hollowsy's on Lloyd street.
| ladies' sociable will be held in the
chapel Of the Second Congregational
church this afternoon. Supper will be
served from to 1880 and the tickets are
twenty-five cents. At 8 o'clock All illus
trated lecture 1.-TWO Months in Central
America" will be given by ex-Judge L. P.
Deming In the church. The lecture will
be illustrated by 100 fine views taken by
Judge Deming during his recent tour in
Central America. Seats free.
The many friends of Alexander Rowe,
formerly for nineteen years OF more drug
clerk for his brother, Daniel Rowe, in Fall
Haven, will be interested to hear that he
has the responsible position of druggist al
the big hospital for the insane at Danvers,
Mass, not far from Boston. The hospital
cost So, 100000. Mr.. Rowe ia recovering
from severe injury. While about des-
cending stairway at the hospital to retire,
after completing his budget of prescrip.
tions for the night, he fell through hatch
way, badly breaking his ankle. The direc.
tors of the hospital last week, in evidence
of their appre citation of mia faithful ser
| vice, voted him continuance of his sal
airy for the entire time of his enforced alb
sence from duty. Mr.. Rowe was formerly
druggist at the Butler hospital, Providence
R. and in years past served in a like
capacity at the hospital at Wards leland
He was also for four years druggist at tn,
sanitsrium of DR.. Hallock at Cromwell
Conn.