The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-20
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
SELEC1uEN no CONSIDER CHANGE
or STREET NAMES.

The HutchInson-Thayer Wedding Yester-
day at Grace Church-Other Weddings to
Come-Eocle siastical Council Tomorrow
First of the Peoples Course of Enter
tainments Next Tuesday Night.
The first in the peoples course of en-
tertainments will be given in the Grand
avenue Congregational church next
Tuesday evening. On that occasion
Marshall p. Wilder of New York will
be present and an evening Of great
enjoyment is promised. Mr. Wilder
will be accompanied by his own pian-
list. General Grant said of him, "a real
genius" Sturgeon, "he makes men bet
ter with his humor," and Henry Irving,
"a wonderful student of character"
Quite party will go down to Brook
lyn to-day to attend the wedding Of
Burton H. Strickland and Miss Dora
IIobrow, which takes place in the
Church of the Redeemer at noon.
Walter Newgeon, the Grand avenue
Hveryman, is having built in New Bed
ford a new hearse to cost 81, 400. 1t will
embrace all the modern Improvements,
including pneumatic tires.
The annual meeting of the Ladies'
Aid society of Grace church will be
held tomorrow afternoon.
Several persons from the Grand ave-
nue. Baptist church are attending the
Connecticut Baptist convention in
Hartford.
The marriage Of Miss Helen Mar
garet, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. David
A. Alden of the Heights, and John
Richard North Yale '95, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John c. North, will take place
Friday at $3.50 p. m. in the Dwight
Place church.
An ecclesiastical council will convene
at the Second Congregational church
on Thursday at p. m. for the purpose
of Diminishing the pastor, Rev. ID. M.
James, agreeable to his letter Of resig-
nation. Seventeen churches will be
represented and the pastors of several
other churches will attend.
At Grace P. E. church, yesterday
noon, Miss Leah, daughter of DR.. and
Mrs John Hutchinson, and William
A. Thayer of Brooklyn, N. Y, were
married by Rev. Percy Barnes. The
bride was given away by her father,
DR.. Hutchinson. The bridesmaid was
Miss Mary Walker of this city and the
best man G. Thayer of Brooklyn, a
brother of the groom The ushers
were A. Dow and James Childs Of
Brooklyn and Charles Walker and
Frederick Joslyn Of this city. After
the ceremony a reception for a few of
the relatives and friends took place at
the home of the brides parents at the
corner of Grand avenue and Shelter
street
The mission which has been in prog
ress at St. Francis church for the past
two weeks closed Sunday night. The
service has been conducted by four
Redemptionist priests. During the
services many thousands of people
have been present Monday morning
at o'clock the bishop of the diocese
of Hartford made his annual visitation
to the parish. The service was large
ly attended and consisted of mass con-
Quoted by the resident priests and fol-
lowed with an address by the bishop.
The selectmen will hold a special
meeting in few days to hear persons
interested in the change of name of
several streets in the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth wards. The streets referred
to are duplicated by streets of the same
name and the duplication has caused
much confusion. In the Fourteenth
ward the streets to be renamed are
Brown, Center, Church and Davenport
avenues, and East, Grove, Howard,
Main, Meadow, Pleasant, Prospect,
Rose, South and Quinnipiac. Some of
these names should not be changed
Quinnipiac is a long street running
along the bank of the river of that
street and should retain it's name, ard
Center street has been laid out much
longer than Center street in this city.