The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-28

LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
NEW RAVEN BAPTIST ASSOCIA-
 TION'S ANNIVERSARY

NEW HAVEN BAPTIST ASSOCIA-
 TION'S ANNIYERS1RY At the Baptist Church, Wednesday and Thursday-The Program of Exercises Many Won Known speakers-Personal Items.
 The seventy-tirst anniversary of the New Haven Baptist association will be held with the Grand avenue Baptist church on Wednesday and Thursday. This association Is made up of thirty three churches. This will be the first time the body has met in Fair Haven. The exercises will be as follows;
 Wednesday Morning
 9:30-Devotional service led by Rev. r. D. Luddington of Shelton.
 10 o'clock-Association called to or der; appointment of the committees and nomination of officers; annual ser mon by Rev. D. W. Husted; reading of letter of the Grand avenue church.; re- port of the treasurer, F. B. BunneH of New Haven; report on ministers and widows fund by Rev w. D. Mckinney and Rev. H. NJ. Poyson; appointment of con mittees to report this year.
 Wednesday Afternoon.
 1:15-Meeting of Woman's Foreign Missionary society.
 2.15-Association reassembles; ap- pointmert of committees to report next year; reading of letters from the churches in Middlatown, Cromwell, Es- sex, Haddam, Chester and Deep River, and discussion of the needs of this ter ritory, led by Rev. w. P. Chipman, D. D.; reading of the letters from the Say brook, Clinton and Branford churches; and discussion, led by Rev. P. c. Wightlnan of Branford; reading of the lett4rs from the Waterbury, Ansonla and Shelton churches. and discussion of the needs of the territory, led by Rev. w. D. Mckinney of Ansonia; reading of letters from Meriden, South ington. Plantsville, Yalesville and Wal lingford churches, and discussion of the needs of this territory, led by Rev. J. c. Breaker reading of letters from churches in New Haven and Montow- ese, and discussion of the needs of this territory, led by Rev. E. M. Poteat.
 Wednesday Evening.
 7:30-Opening exercises and addresses by Rev. c. H. Spalding, D. D., and Rev. w. E. Witter of Boston; stereopticon lecture on home missions by Rev. F. T. Hazlewood, D. D., of Boston.
 Thursday Morning.
 9:3O-Twenty-first anniversary of the New Haven Baptist Bible School asso- citation; devotional service led by Rev. Harvey M. Ives of Chester; reports of | kt.o tha tive committee; discussion, "The Flu ture of the Sunday School Work of Our Association" opened by Rev. w. G. Fennell of Meriden; 'The Development of the Missionary Spirit in Our Schools" a discussion opened by Rev. R. Maplesden of Middletown.
 Thursday Afternoon. 1:15-Meeting of the Woman's Home Mission society.
 2:15--Association reassembles; reports of the committees on credentials, place and preacher, and new churches; re- port on state of religion, Rev. George F. Nichols; report on benevolence, Rev. w. P. Chipman; address, Rev. F. s. Evans; report of committees on obitu- aries and on resolutions; closing prayer service.
 Captain Huntley of Woolsey street took party of twelve out for sail on Saturday on the yacht Oracle. They went as far as Bridgeport and intend- ed to go to Long Island, but most of those on board were seasick. A. W. Wright of Brown street has gone to San Francisco to remain sev eral months.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Macarthur of Lloyd street, who have been in Scot land the past year, will sail on the steamer Furnessia, reaching home about October 15.
 MT. and Mrs. w. H. Rowe of Balti- more are stopping for few days at J. F. Merrow's on Clinton avenue. The funeral of the late Mary Squires was attended yesterday afternoon from the home of her son. c. E. Squires, 75 Houston street. The deceased was eighty-seven years of age. She had been visiting with her son, coming here from her home at Sag Harbor, Long Island. She died from stroke of par alysis.
 Dr. Hall says there is very much less malaria at present than a few weeks ago. There have been more cases of this trouble during the warm weather of 1895 and 1926 than since the season of twelve years ago. Dr. Hall believes that most of the malarial troubles are over for the present.
 The platforms are being constructed for two more of the drawbridge cais- sons. The big box for the center pier is built up twenty feet high, and when it is sunk into position five feet more will be added As soon as the dredger completes the excavation the central caisson will be sunk in it's place and the abutmert built up inside. ELEVEN MEN CAUGHT.