The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-01
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ROTH
 SIDES OF THE RIVER,

several Recruits for the Blues Received
 Picnic of Grand Avenue Baptist
 Church at NIansfieId's Grove-Annex
 Fire Department wm Participate in
 Fourth of July Parade.
 It is intended to have a supply of the
 new trans Mississippi postage stamps for sale at station A in a few days.
 Clerk Mulvey tried to get supply yes terday, but was unsuccessful. Begin
 ming to-day every money order taken
 out at the station will require the at
 tachment of two-cent revenue stamp.
 News has been received here of the
 birth of a little boy to MT. and Mrs.
 Merritt T. Farren of Providence, for merly of Fair Haven. The newcomer has been named Merritt Freeman Far ren.
 Mention should have been made of the piano playing of Miss Isabel Prem tiss at the Strong school graduation exercises. She played the march for the pupils to take their places by, and her accompaniment for Kessels violin solo was played with great taste and judgment
 Ellsworth Bennett of Georgetown | made short stay in Fair Haven We'd | nesday. He is making a bicycle trip to Westerly, R. T., where he is to order a
 granite monument to be erected in the Lisbon cemetery to the memory of his | mother the late Mrs. $. J. Bennett, formerly of Fair Haven.
 Captain Smith, Corporal Stenger and
 Private Treitlein have been securing
 the names of several Fair Haven men
 to recruit their company, the Blues. Six | names were added to the enlistments in
 this locality
 Large shipments of heavy spiles are being made from the old Stowe dock,
 near the East Chapel street bridge.
 The barge Christine took away load this week.
 Rev. Dr. Sage on Wednesday officiat- ed at the marriage of Miss Frances A Bowers and George T. Sperry, both of Plantsville. The marriage took place
 at the home of Mrs Sperry, 57 Ferry l street. It was a small wedding, only a 1 few of the immediate relatives attend | ing. MT. and Mrs. Sperry will reside ir | Plantsville.
 The committee in charge of the picnic | of the Grand avenue Baptist church are planning to give a most enjoyable | outing for the children andthe Sunday | school and their friends The affair | will take place at Mansfield's Grove and | special cars will leave the corner ot Grand avenue and Ferry street at { | o'clock on the morning of Wednesday | June 13. The committee of arrange ments consists of Superintendent c. D. Manwaring, $. J. Latta, Mark Hare Mrs. c. c. French and Miss Evalina A l Jacobs. The fare is twenty-five cents 1 and fifteen cents. The Hope Baptist l church will have it's picnic at the grove 1 the same day.
 i The anaex fire department will par | ticipate in the parade on the Fourth ot July, turning out with seventy-two men l III 1lbW uIl1OIHlS lIlIOuSuOul bIlS
 marshalship of chief Robert Meacher and assistants D. Burton Brown and | Sidney Kelsey and Morgan Fowler | foreman of the Dayton Hook and Lad | der Company and William Meeker fore
 man of the Hose company. The Layer aft Drum Corps will furnish music. Ii | will be the first street parade with the ! new apparatus and the companies
 promise toi make fine appearance. | Both of the fire companies will enjoy l their annual excursion to Glen Island
 July 26. The committee consists of D | Burton Brown, Joseph Denton and Will i liam Meeker.
 | The sunday school of the Grand ave. nue Congregational church has obtain
 ed the exclusive use of the steamer
 Henry E. Bishop of Philadelphia ant of Pawson park for their annual picnic
 July 12. The boat will leave Wood wards dock at S:30 a. m. and Belle dock
 at g o'clock. The steamer will make z
 second trip from Belle dock only at | D. m. Holders of tickets can make botf
 trips if they wish. The committee or 1 boat and place is Charles F. McNeil ] refreshments, T. $. Coleman, J. H l Blinn, Arthur B. Brown, Miss Gertrude 1 Bradley and Mrs. George Kelley; com
 mittee on games, E. B. Manville ant | D. M. Smith. The sports will include { | baseball game between the members O.
 the two young mems Bible associations
 the customary track athletics and somt
 day fireworks presented by member | of the school.
 The Grand avenue Congregations l church is to institute for the month O
 July vesper service fifty minutes long
 commencing at o'clock. Elaborat,
 musical and responsive programme: | will be provided and the congregation | will be invited to make their voices
 heard in the evening worship.
 Next Sabbath morning Dr. Michel
 will preach a patriotic sermon ol
 Progress Through Friendship anc | War; and the annual collection vii
 be taken for the Sunday school work O l the church. The evening vesper servic,
 will also be chosen with regard to In
 dependence day, and entitled God il
 the Nation.''