The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-09
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
DELIGHTFUL ANNUAL SUNDAH
 SCHOOL PICNIC
Of the Grand Avenue Congregational Churoh-StrOng School Graduating Glass to Picnic at MaMsheld,s Grove-- Visiting CIergymen in Several Local Pulpits Yesterday.

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 visiting CIergymon in Several Local
 PuIpits Yestorday.
 The annual picnic of the Sunday school of the Grand avenue Congrega- tional church was held at Mansfield's 1 Grove Saturday. Five carloads of ex-I cursionists went down, leaving from inN front of the church at a. m It was a very hot day, but in the grove, famed by the breezes from the sea, the day passed very enjoyably. There were games, first class picnic dinner and the picnic was a great success through- | out.
 John J. Siebert and family of Water4 bury, are visiting his brother, Con- | stable Frederick Siebert of Exchange street The visitors will make frequent trips to the shore during their stay. James P. Pierpont and family of New Britain are occupying cottage at Savin Rock His brother, General w. H. PierDont, went down yesterday to stay with them two months.
 Fred Mouhhrop, Miss sImogene Moulthrop and Miss Mabel Gillespie of New York city are visiting the family 'tof MT. and Mrs. Walter E. Jacobs of Saltonstall avenue, and will remain for two weeks.
 On Thursday about forty members of the class of 1900, Strong school, will go on a picnic to Mansfield Grove.
 Mrs. Alva H. Granniss of Front street has returned from Baltimore af- ter stay Of several weeks with rela- tives. She has been in poor health, but Is now greatly improved.
 At the corner of Grand avenue and East Pearl street a new hydrant has been put in It was much needed in that locality
 \ The sen1iannual meeting of the Home council, No. 3, Brotherhood of Relief, will be held on Wednesday eve- ming at o'clock at 91 Grand avenue.
 MT. and Mrs John w. Hill of Wolcott street are visiting relatives in Utica, N. r. Their daughter, Miss Mamie Hill is visiting in Guilford.
 Miss Eva DeMatty of Perkins street Is visiting in Hartford.
 George Linsley of Quinnipiac avenue is stopping with his family at Cosey Beach.
 The draw of the new Chapel street bridge is still opened, and several boys have established a boat ferry, charging five cents for each passenger transports ed. The people will watch with inter- est the contest between the Berlin Bridge company and the city.
 A meeting is to be held on the event ing of July 16 in the rooms of Quirl- nipiac conclave, l. O. H., to arrange for a state Heptasophs day and gathering at the shore in August There is about 1000 members of the order in the state and there is prospect that such an outing would be largely attended.
 Case & Belden. grocers, have bought out the store of Dwight Allyn, Popuar and Exchange streets. MT. Allyn had been in business many years and retires on account of poor health.
 Rev. F. E. Snow of the First Congre- gatlonal church, Guilford preached in exchange with Rev. Alex. F. Irvine Of the Second church yesterday morning,
 The pulpit of the Grand avenue Con- church was supplied yes- terday by Rev. Dr. A. B. Chalmers of Saginaw, Mich, and Rev Dr. Mitchell who is spending part of his vacation in Michigan, preached in pr. ChaI- mer's pulpit
 Rev. Horace Hall Buck of Foxboro, Mass, preached in the morning at St. St. James church.
 The second in the series of short ves- per services was held in the Grand avenue Baptist church last evening, Rev. MT. Stone preaching in the series of "Old Stories With Modern Applica- tion."
 For the past two Sundays there has been quite change in the makeup of the choir of the Grand avenue Baptist ,hurch Earl F. Johnson has played he organ, and the regular organist M. J. Barnes. has sung tenor in the ab- sspce of Harry V. Santry. Bertie Diver, who has sung bass, has gone to 1s home in New York state, and his place is being filled by Harry Knowles. The Sunday school of the Baptist church has decided to hold its annual picnic at Mansfield's Grove Wednesday, If next week.
 The ladies of this church will give an ce cream festival on the church lawn Wednesday evening.