The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-24
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
EAST PEARL STREET CHRISTMAS
CELEBRATION ON TUESDAY,

Watch Services at the Grand avenue
Baptist Church on the Last Day of tn
Year-Lurge Congregations Yesterday
The Sunday school of the East Pear
street M. e. church will have it's Christ
mas celebration on Tuesday at p. m
Some very pretty music will be suns
. under the direction of Mrs. John >
Sanford Cd and Miss Addie Nelson as
pianist There will be the usual recita-
lions and primary department eXerc1s-
es. The presents will be distributed
from a ladder and the exchange OF glfts
will be enjoyable for all,
There was big business at Station A
Saturday, and every outgoing mail re-
quired two extra pouches 1t is expect
ed that for Christmas morning two sub
stitutes will assist the regular carrier
force.
A dense fog settled down on the rivers
and harbor yesterday morning and the
fog whistles were sounding until past
the noon hour. Yesterday several YES
sells anchored in the lower harbor.
The Grand avenue paving job was
finished Saturday. c. w. Blakeslee &,
Sons furnished the brick besides doing
the work. so that the loss to the city
for the brick delay was confined to adj
ditional pay to inspectors and inconven-
fence to citizens.
The Fair Haven built schooner, Har-
old c. Beecher, Captain Low, has ar
rived at New York from Brunswick,
Ga, with lumber, after a passage Of
eleven days.
The Fair Haven and Westvlle Rail
road company officials says that no ne
gotiations are pending with the United
Gas Improvement company relative to
selling the property to that company, as
reported.
w S. Moyle of Woolsey street has
just been elected prelate of the New
Haven commandery, No. 2, Knights
Templar.
The members of Loyal Crusaders Co.
B, enjoyed their Christmas exercises
yesterday afternoon at w. c. T. U. hall.
There was singing and rectations by
the children and an address by Rev. A,
r. Irvine.
Many Fair Haven people are employ
ed at the New Haven Clock shop. which
closed its factory Saturday night until
Monday, January 7. This annual clos
ing down is for longer period than
usual
| F. W. Donnely of Blatchley avenue
| has bought of Frank Nussenholz the
four story granite building at 1i9 Con
gress avenue. IT cost $4,000 to build
but was sold Cor a much smaller sum.
1t contains a large store and six tene-
ments.
Mrs. Fannie Robinson of New Bruins
wick n j., formerly of this place, is
visiting relatives here.
At the close of Miss Carrie M. Chap
mans school, Ferry and Pierpont street,
Friday afternoon. Christmas exercises
We're held for the children. The chill
dren brought gifts for deserving fami-
lies which were placed in an immense
stocking. In miniature postoffice
Christmas presents were issued to each
child. A Santa Claus made great fun
for all. At the close cake and cream
was served
Watch services are to be held in the
Grand avenue Baptist church on the
night of Monday, December 81, to vel
come in the new century. The services
will begin at 10 o'clock. and the first
part will be a social hour The pastor,
Rev E. w Stone, will preside There
will be addresses by Rev. A. X. Foster
of Hope Baptist church, and William
e. Fenno, of the Railroad Y NJ C. A.
There will be good music and a very in
teresting service is anticipated
Miss Carrie NJ Chapman left Satur-
day for Putnam to visit her friend,
Mrs Scott Cain, formerly of Fair Ha-
ven, during the holidays
Joseph Granniss of East Haven has |
moved with his family to West Haven.
Several months ago he was badly in
Jured on the Northampton road, and he |
has brought a salt in damages for $10.- |
600.
There were large congregations at the
churches where special services appro-
pirate to Christmas Sunday were held.
In nearly all the churches Christmas
sermons were. preached.
The service at the East Pearl street
M. e, church in the morning included
a sermon by the pastor Rev r. r. Nc
Nicholl on Christ the Emmanuel"
Rev. E. w. Stone of the Grand ave-
nue. Baptist church preached in the
on 1.-THE Babe of Bethlehem"
In the evening there was Christmas
praise service by the choir, which was
assisted by a second quartet. An adj
lress was given by the pastor on "The
Christmas Festival"
Let us now go even unto Betble-
lem" were the words of the text from
which Rev. DR. Mitchell of the Grand
venue Congregational church preach
ID. In the evening a praise service was
leld the programme of song having
oeen preceded with several selections
or organ and violin.
William r. Lee has bought of the es-
ate of Mehitable Holt a lot on Front
treet.
H. Konold & Son have just received |
bout 1000 tons of coal. They state
hat coal is now costing $525 and $3.50 {
n board boat, and with freight of go to $
0 cents added it brings the retail price
retty high. They doubt if prices are I
educed this winter, as the heavy de-
land at shipping points and high $
reights will tend to keep up rates. 1t c
) believed that in the spring prices will a
e lower. I
The order of services at st. James
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