Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-05
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Sonb of Temperance eEntertainments-I l
 tkevival Meetings at the Baptist
 Chufch-Sehooner J. M. Seaman in
 Trouble-Death of H. F. Dunklee-
 MT. Hammett Com pletes Hts Term
 at the Gym.
 The members of the H. H. Benedict divi- sion, s. of T., will give an entertainment at the Four Corners to morrow evening. This division is in a prosperous condition and has just placed new plano in its quarters.
 The third anniversary of Hiram Camp division, s. of T., will be observed at Gen. tral hali Wednesday evening at 7;3O. The program. Piano duet, Harry Woodstock and Miles J. Barnes, duet, bones aud piano, Miss and Mrs. Terrill; duet, cornet and piano, MT. Ross and Miss Black; vocal solo, Edith Fowler; whistling solo, Miss Eva Pratt; duet, violin and piano, MT. Dingwall and E. E. Okeson; recitations, Mrs. Goodrich; vocal solo, Miss Clara Ford. The program will be intersperssd with speeches by officers of the grand lodge and by T. E. Murphy, who is a member of this division. The entertain ment will bs followed by serving refresh meHts.
 Doring the past four weeks extra meet ings have been held nearly every night at the Grand avenue Baptist chuzch and with very profitable results. Over twenty five are believed to have been hopefully con- verted. Yesterday morning the pastor, Rev. Dr. Sage, bsptised his two little sons, Truman, not quite seven and half years, and Eben, ten and half years, also Willie Jacobson As the father and his little boys went down into the bsptistry 1t was touching sight. Meetings will be contin- usd this week except this evening and Sat urday evening.
 At the Grand avenue Congregational church the pastor, Rev. J. Lss Mitchell, preached yesterday morning on Rsvela- lstion of St John; the Message to the An gels of the Churches" In the evening his | topic was, "The Prayer of a Man in Socl- l ety and of Man Out of It." Rev. D. M. James, at the Second church, | preached in the morning about "The Dis sribution of Benevolence," and in the ev- ening his theme was Breaking Away ! from the Old L,fe."
 There are now about 500 laboreIs em- | ployed by Contractor Ryan on the Fair Haven cut off, and they are composed of l Italians, who are in the majority, Ger ! mans, Swedes, Poles, Bohsmians, Irisnmen and Americans-very few of the latter. O. E. Hsmmett, wko has been the in- structor at the Y. M. O. A. gymnasium, has completed his term, as he is about to
 take charge of the "gym" work at the Lskevills preparatory school. l An exchange says: 'In the state of New | York the statute seems to be broad enough
 to back up the Bergh socisty, in requiring
 that oysters should be chloroformed bsfore
 taking"
 TEe schooner James M. Seaman, built
 by and named for the we'll known Fair
 Haven captain, is in trouble at New LoE-
 don, where she arrived Saturday afternoon from Brunswick, Ga with cargo of
 hard pine lumber for Boston. The cargo
 was consigned for Providence, but she
 has been ordered to Boston and the crew
 object without receiving extra pay. Cap
 tain Coembs Is awaiting further instruc
 titns.
 On the twenti=th anniversary of he,
 marriage Mrs. Ida M. Hendrickson of 5e
 Pine street. the worthy mstron of Myrtle
 chapter, No. 6, 0. E S., was presented by
 memo CTS of the chapter with silver tee
 set, set of spoons, china berry set, pane
 paintings, etc.
 Mrs. Charles Kellogg is visiting hel
 daughter in Syracuse, N. Y.
 J. Colyer of Perth Amboy, N. J., hal ! been the guest of E. G. Allis.
 MT. and Mrs. George Thorp of Hoiyoke
 Mass who have bsen visiting MT. ant
 Mrs. H. l. Fowler of Exchange street
 have gone to Florida for the remainder O , the season.