The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-05-02
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM BOTR
SIDES OF THE RIVER,
Marriage of Miss Cecilia Courtney to j. Il.
Breslin-May Festival, May IL, ~ and
IS, in Polar Star Hall.

Marriage of Miss Cecilia Courtney to j. IL.
Breslin-May Festival, May IL, ~ and
13, in Polar Star Hall.
A recent marriage was that of John
| p. Breslin of Grafton street and Miss
| Cecilia Courtney. Mr.. Breslin is a tel
egraph operator and began as messen-
| ger boy at the Fair Haven telegraph
office. He is now day operator at
Bridgeport, receiving the press dis
patches.
| Lieutenant p. f. Reynolds of the
Light Guard, whose home is at No. 251
James street, has been greatly bereav-
| ed this spring. He has just lost his
wife by death, and earlier in the season
| two of his children died Of diphtheria.
In attending the funeral of one the
parents returned home only to find the
other child dead.
Miss Phoebe 7. Ives, teacher in room
No. of the Union school, East Haven.
has just been installed as worthy pa
triarch of the Branford division No. 16.
S. Of T.
| Mrs. Edward F. Thompson entertain-
| ed Miss Pauline Leavens' literature
class at its last meeting. Mrs. Osborn
gave an entertaining talk during the
| first hour.
At the recent meeting of Charter Oak
lodge, N. e. o. p, the speakers includ-
ed Warden T. J. Meaney of Fort Hale
lodge, Past Warden Charles Jones and
Secretary John G. Hurd
The schooner Jennie E. RICHTER, Cap-
4 a in Sc IN
Johnson to Salem, Mass, loaded with
coal.
Superintendent of Street Lights Hop
kins will read his paper on the history
of street lighting before East Rock
lodge, A. Q. U. W., Thursday evening.
The lecture will be profitable, will be-
illustrated with pictures, and all the
members of the lodge should be pres
emit.
! The Children Of Mary, the young La
dies society connected with st. Franz
els R. G. church, will hold an enter
tainment and May festival in Polar
Star hall on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday evenings, May IL, IL and Is.
An entertaining programme will be-
| given each evening, to be followed with
dancing.
Rev. Isaac d. Schleman, a Persian
who has been studying in this country,
spoke in st. James church last evening
on the subject my Country--Its Peo-
pie and Needs"
The beautiful wealth Of yesterday
attracted great numbers Of people out
of doors to enjoy the warm sunshine.
Open cars were run on the street rail-
roads and were well patrOnized.
There were good sized congregations at
the churches.
Seven persons were added to the
membership of the East Pearl street
M. e. church and one member at the
Grand avenue Baptist church.
Rev. William McNicoll of the st. AM
drews' M. E. church preached at Park
chapel, Morris Cove, yesterday.
Rev. Frederick Bailey Of Howard
avenue preached yesterday at Grace r.
E. church. Rev. Percy Barnes, recent
ly rector of this church, began his pas
toral duties at the Essex p. e. church
yesterday.
Rev. DR.. Mitchell at the Grand ave-
nue. Congregational church preached
yesterday morning from the topic 1.-THE
Baptism of Water" and In the evening
his subject was "A Call for Men"
The annual parish meeting Of Grace
p E. church will be held in the parish
house this evening.
With continued warm weather the
colony Of cottagers at Morris Cove
will be considerably augmented this
week Several went down last week,
but they were sorry they did, owing to-
the terrible weather. At the present
time there are number of cases of
grip in the little settlement Some
| cottage people, not many, will not 60
down this spring owing to fear Of
bombardment of the village by the
Spanish. Their faith in the battery
now being erected at Lighthouse Point
is not very strong, although Adjutant
Hastings is gradually recruiting his
company of Morris Cove volunteers.
He says if there is to be lombard
ment his men at the Lighthouse Point
battery will give a good account OF
themselves.
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