The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-04

LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
lfR, HAWKINS DECLINES PASTOR
 ATE OF SECOND CHURCH.

Free Public Library Proposed for East
 Haven-Committee Soliciting Funds
 Temporary Quarters Likely to be Pro-
 vided tn Town Hall.
 The schooner John A. Matheson, Cap tain Matheson, which for several years was in the Virginia oyster trade, has arrived at New York from Old Provi- dence with fruit.
 Next Saturday afternoon the mem- bers of the primary department of the Grand avenue Baptist church will so on trolley ride Afterwards they will be served with a supper.
 H, w. Crawford and wife and A. E. Mack and wife will attend the Knight Templars' triennial at Plttsburg, Oc- tober 8.
 James Girken of 34 Houston street has moved to 157S State street. MT. Girken has been attending the Insti- ute for the Blind at Hartford and has now begun the manufacture of brooms. He hopes to have plenty to do in this line as means of support and requests all who are willing to assist him to buy brooms of him. He is quite expert at his trade and makes brooms of all de- scriptions to order. He will attend to all orders promptly on notification. MT. Girken is very worthy man and it is | to be hoped his friends will assist by giving him their patronage.
 | The work of establishing free pub | lie library in East Haven is going along satisfactorily. A committee consisting of F. B. Street, Mrs. Nellie Chidsey, | A. A. Page and N. w. West has been | appointed to solicit funds This com ! mittee will report progress at the meet ing of the citizens in a few days Two or three sites for a library building I have been considered, the first propo- sition having been to provide a home for the library as soon as possible; but | at the last meeting the sentiment was favorable to providing temporary quar- ters in the town hall There are couple of rooms available that could be fitted up and utilized for time and it would afford central location. It is understood that one of the citizens of the town Is willing at some future time to provide a library building Should he do so 1t would prove a great boon, and the work of the citizens could be devoted to procuring books. A member of the committee says start could be made with $500 and the books could be added to from time to time The library plan is quite popular, as | the enterprise is one that is a demand of the times.
 | w. H. Moore, the ex-postmaster of Fair Haven, has been Ill for the past | two months, but has recovered and is | back at his post in the New Haven postoffice.
 | Dr. Sullivan of Exchange street is attending Dr. Brennan of Franklin l street, who has been i'll several weeks with typhoid fever. Dr. Brennans case has seemed more hopeful for several days past.
 Rev. c. I. Hawkins, assistant pastor of the Humphrey street Congregational church, has preached several times of late at the Second Congregational church, which has been without a set tied pastor for the past year. The people of the church greatly enjoyed his sermons and desire was expressed
 by many to have him for their pastor. The standing committee voted to invite
 him to the pastorate, but MT. Hawkins has decided that his duties are such he cannot accept. Besides being the as- sistant pastor of the Humphrey street church, he breaches Sunday evenings at
 the Ferry street Congregational church and is engaged there until May, 1900.
 He also has another year at the Divin- ity school. The committee made him a
 fattering offer which would undoubt- edly have been approved by the church.