The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-01
FAIR HAVEN.

A EIeAsanr fafty Io-n1g ht--Alu TOT NeDras-
 ka Sufferers-Sexton Siebert Has Re-
 signed-Funeral of Mrs. Drew-Farewell
 Services by a Loved Pastor-The Coming
 Departure of Rev. MT. Hand.
 1 A pleasant affair takes place this eve- ming at the residence of MT. Miles Tut
 tie, No. no South Front street. A sup
 per will be served and covers laid for l ten.
 The Young Ladies Missionary society ! of the Grand avenue Congregational church, who recently gave a pound par | ty for the benefit of the Nebraska suf-
 ferers, were much pleased over the gen. erous responses. Every one brought a pound at least of something desirable and useful for the cause and some
 much exceeded the minimum limit. In ! addition $43 in cash were received. The l proceeds were forwarded on Saturday. Frederick Siebert, for eight years the
 sexton of the Fair Haven cemetery, has
 resigned, the resignation taking effect to-day. MT. Siebert has made an ex-
 cellent sexton, performing his duties with great efficiency and fidelity. Dur ing his term he has eXcavated nearly 800 graves and was able to be present at all but one of the interments. He succeeded the late Lester Mabry, the sexton for thirty years.
 At the Grand avenue Congregational church yesterday the pastor, Rev. J. Lee Mitchell, preached in the morning on the topic "The Growth of a Tenpta tion to a Passion" and in the evening
 his theme was 'The Girding of the Years"
 Preceding the sermon at the Grand avenue Baptist church yesterday morn
 ing Rev. Dr. Sage gave an interesting prelude on "The Month of Missions" The morning subject was "The Medium and Vehicle of Atonement" and in the evening Doing, Better Than Saying"
 "rhe Life of Our Lord" was the sub ject of an illustrated sermon at the Sec ond Congregational church by the pas tor, Rev. D. M. James, last evening.
 The funeral of Mary A., widow of the late Stephen M. Drew, was conducted yesterday afternoon from the residence of her son-in-law, Henry Hulce, on Quinnipiac street. The interment was in the Evergreen cemetery. The de- ceased was eIghty-six years of age.
 Rev. J. H. Hand completed his third year as pastsr of the East Pearl street M. D. church yesterday. The annual conference, which begins its sessions at Stamford this week, will assign him to another field and send another minis ter to the East Pearl street church. While the present rule of the Methodist church permits a minister to remain pastor of church five years, the East Pearl street church has adhered to the old three-year rule. MT. Rand has been popular and highly esteemed and his removal to another field is regretted. As it was the last time that he was to preach in the East Pearl street church there were large congregations at both services yesterday. Mir. Hand leaves for conference tomorrow, On the even ing of Wednesday, April TO- he will be given a farewell reception at the church under the auspices of the Epworth league.
 Captain Lawrence O'Brien, contractor for the new Grand avenue school house, has begun demolishing the old build ing. Saturday afternoon Captain O'Brien pulled down the tower of the school house and fully 1000 persons gathered around in the vicinity to watch the destruction of the old land mark. Contractor O'Brien's men fas- tened three ropes to the tower, which stood about twenty feet above the roof A number of the citizens caught hold of the ropes and when everything was ready they tugged and tugged. Soon the frame structure on the roof began swaying and in a few moments fell over the side walls. The crashing of 1 the timbers made loud noise that was heard for blocks away. A portion of l the brick wall on the east side came along with it and after it fell cloud ! of mortar dust and debris filled the | air |
 RUNAWAY IN FAIR HAVEN.
 A horse attached to milk wagon, the | of William I, Messick of Gen. ter street in the annex, was startled l by the breaking of a shaft bolt and ran | away yesterday. The boy who was driv- | ing held on to the horse until employees at the Fair Haven and Westville Rail- road company barn stopped it.