The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-07-22
farm HATEN NEWS,

An Exciting Game of Ball-heV. NJ a.
Cheney Preached to the q. A. h'-E' H.
Warner Appointed "Peach Neiiows in-
spector-Speeial Service Mt Grand Avenue
CONGREGATIONAL Churoh-Servloo at bap-
list Church.
\ The picnic of the Grand avenue
Congregational church Sunday school
will be held tomorrow at Glen Island.
f. w. Prescott, the Grand avenue
opticlan, left Saturday evening for
two weeks vacation to be spent at Blue
mountain and Long lake in the Adiron-
dacks,
An interesting and spirited game of
baseball was played Saturday after
noon at Qulnnipiac park, between the
Bay Views and the Sacred Heart T. A.
BIS. The Bay View club is composed
of local players mostly from Bigelow's
Boiler works. H. H. Franklin is the
popular manager. The batteries were
as follows: Bay views-M. Donahue,
pitcher; N. Brennan, catcher. Sacred
Heart t. A. B.s-J. Sullivan, pitcher;
M Foley, catcher. Arthur Feseenden
umpired the game. The features OF
the game were the pitching of Donahue,
the batting of Kennedy and the field
ing of MacNamara Of the Bay Views.
During the sixth inning MacNamara
made a phenomenal running catch, to
do which he was obliged the leap from
the edge of the river bank. Kennedy
made a three-bagger with two men on
bases. The game was witnessed by
about 500 people, and resulted in a
score of Is to in favor of the Bay
Views.
Arcl1 Van Buren,, clerk at Prescott's,
is unable to attend to his duties on
account of illness.
Ed Gilbert made successful fishing
trip up the Quinnipiac river Saturday.
He was armed with an eel spear in
quest of cells, and while polling his way
up the river came upon pair of
swapping turtles, which he captured by
lively work. The pair weighed about
twelve pounds, in addition to which he
secured thirty pounds of cells.
John Gridley, shipsmith who re-
sides on Houston street, was called to
Morses dry dock in Brooklyn Saturday
to work on the French steamer La Nor
mandie, which came in disabled about
a week ago.
At the Grand avenue Baptist church
yesterday morning the pastor, E. G..
Sage, Phi. D., spoke on the subject Of
helping the poor. The text was taken
from the story of the healing of the
cripple by Peter at the Gate Beautiful.
At the close Of the sermon Mr.. Sage
commended the methods employed by
the Organized Charities of this city.
The association is one of the benevo-
lent objects toward which the church
will contribute for the next three
months. In the evening the pastor s
subject was 'Some Things the Bible
Has Done"
Mr.. Brown, secretary of Beulah mis-
sion. gave Bible reading under the
auspices of the w. c. T. U. in Sons
of Temperance hall yesterday after
noon.
Mrs. J. Lee Mitchell left last Wednes-
day for her former home in Cadillac,
Mich, to remain until September l.
William e. Hitchcock, bool1keeper for
the New Haven Wire Manufacturing
company, started last week for Scow-
hogan, Me. AT that point he will join
a party Of cyclists, who will wheel to
Montreal, through Canada down the st.
Lawrence, and then back to Maine.
The trip will occupy about three weeks.
Last evening Rev, N. G. Cheney Of
the East Pearl street M. E. church
preached to delegation of G. A. r.
veterans. The men were escorted by
the Boys Brigade. The church was fit
tingly decorated with flags and musk
cts, and special music was rendered by
the choir.
e. G. Warner has been appointed
.'peach yellows" inspector by the state
board Of agriculture. Mr.. Warner has
several acres devoted to peach cultiva-
ton.
There was special eventide service
at the Grand avenue Congregational
church last evening. There was a re-
Spouse service called "The I Ans of
Jesus" Special music was rendered
by boy choir and there was cornet
solo by Mr.. John Gould. DIR. and Mrs.
Brown sang a duet.