The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-09
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
PICNIC OF GRAND AYE. CONGREG4-
 IT0NAL SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Free TicIets-Programme of Outdoor
 Sports and Daylight Fireworks-Icr-
 bert Harness Chickens Not Stolen as Reported-PeRch Crop Reported Fair. In addition to issuing a free ticket to every member of the Sunday school, the picnic committee of the Grand avenue Congregational church have arranged the following programme at Pawson park July 12. The games will take place immediately on the arrival of the boat and will include these events:
 5Oyard dash for boys under twelve years.
 50-yard dash for boys under fifteen years. ....
 1oO-yard dash for boys over fifteen years.
 50-yard dash for girls.
 Standing broad jump for boys over fifteen years.
 Standing broad jump for boys under fifteen years
 Running broad jump for boys over fifteen years.
 Running broad jump for boys under fifteen years.
 High jump for boys over fifteen years.
 High jump for boys under fifteen years.
 Potato race for girls. Three-legged race for boys of any l age.
 At o'clock there will be an exhibi- tion of twelve pieces of day fireworks, and at 2:30 o'clock the ball game will take place.
 Clerk Mulvey has disposed of 1,500 of the new trans Mississippi postage stamps and has exhausted the invoice received He expects another consign- ment in few days He has several hundred of the new one-cent stamps on hand.
 Herbert Barnes has discovered that his fifty fine Plymouth Rock chickens that he reported had been stolen from his hennery few night ago were real ly not stolen at all. The chicks crawled under the barn floor through broken plank and were found three days after the night they were missing. The chickens were all right, but very hun gry
 Rev Dr. Mitchell of the Grand ave- x,,;JI change with Rev. R. T. McNichon of the East Pearl street M, F. church to- morrow morning.
 Rev. Dr. Sage of the Grand avenue Baptist church will preach in exchange with Rev. Dr. Poteat of Calvary Bap- tist church tomorrow morning.
 Herbert Barnes leaves to-day for Sar- atoga He will also stop in St. Law renee county, New York, before his re4 turn.
 Not only are our local oyster planters buying shells in Virginia, but several cargoes from Narragansett Bay have arrived this week.
 Several fishermen have cast their lines from boats anchored above the Grand avenue drawbridge this week, hoping to catch striped bass, but the catches were very small. It is time for these fish in the Quinnipiac, but they do not seem to have struck the river as yet
 Miss Bartzat, daughter of Ernest Bartzat of this place, lost 8 relative on the ill-fated La Bourgogne, The rela- tive was Miss Bartzat's sister-in-law, Mrs. Hummell, and her two children. Mrs. Hummell was the wife of the chef at the Tontine.
 E. c. Warner of North Haven took up load of 1,S0o peach baskets to his farm yesterday. He says he will have fair crop of peaches.
 Morris Cain is away on his vacation He was in New York for a week, but Is now home. James Hart Is substituting on his route.
 'The Days of Thy Youth is the sub- ject of Rev. Dr. Mitchelrs eventide ad- dress at the Grand avenue Congrega- tional church tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. There will be some good sing ing.
 The members of East Rock lodge, A. o. U. w., held their first meeting at their new hall in the Jefferson building Thursday evening. There was a good attendance, every seat having been oc- cupied. Four candidates were initiated and several applications were received. There were speeches by l.. J. Mundelin, J P B. Ricketts, F. S. Wade R. s. Farren and T. D. Bailey. All who spoke congratulated the members upon having such a beautiful lodge room. L. J. Mundelin presided at the social hour. The acoustic properties of the hall are first-class. The large framed pictures of l.. J. Mundelin and J. P. B. Ricketts, recently procured by the lodge, were hung on the walls. There was some good singing by quartette led by A. B. Clinton.