The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-07
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE FIRST
 CONGREGATIoNAL CHURCH.

The Church's Membershtp 7s4-A Trip
 to Nassnu-sai1or's Frozen Body
 Found and Buried-FuneraI of Mrs.
 S. IL. Bishop Yesterday Afternoon.
 Mrs. Hettie Bradley Kelly of Hartford is visiting at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. s. D. Bradley of Grand avenue. She came down to sing at the funeral of Mrs. s. R. Bishop and will sing in the city at a musicale this even- ing. She has engaged to sing this year at the Pennington avenue Congrega tional church, Hartford, and will begin her new dutiee April l. She has not been singing in churches for several years, her last engagement being with the Closson avenue church, Brooklyn. Last Sunday she sang in South Nor walk church. Next Sunday night she will sing the 'Infammatus" with cho- rus of fifty voices in a North Manches- ter Congregational church.
 The officers elected at the annual meeting of the Grand avenue Congrega- tional church were as follows: Clerk and
 
 committee, Lucius s. Ludington, c. B. Wills, J. S. Blinn, Mrs. Arietta Harri- son, Mrs. H. D. Franklin, Mrs. Martha s. Foster, Mrs. Frederick Baldwin, F. B. Buck, c. J. Upson; joint supply com- mittee, E. D. Smith, +. H. Hemingway, T. s. Coleman; auditing committee, l.. s. Ludington, T. s. Coleman. The mem bership is 7S4. There were forty-six new members admitted the past year; removed by death fourteen, removed by letter twenty, baptisms twenty eight. The benevolences for the year were $1,- O7O.S3, of which $397 was sent to foreign missions
 w. W. Kelsey and Frank s. Conklin will sail from New York February 20 for trip to Nassau, New Providence and Cuba. They will also visit Guan- tanamo, Santiago and Cienfuegos They also intend to visit Havana, remaining there about ten days.
 Miss Florence Barrows of Perkins street returned yesterday after visit in Waterbury.
 Mrs. Mary Johnson of Perkins street has received prize of five dollars from a New York Sunday paper for being the first person to solve the skating problem.
 The body of Thomas Mendelli the sailor lost from the schooner Nanset While bound to this port with oysters, was found in frozen condition among the rocks at Moves Beach, near Watch Hill. The remains were inferred in the Strangers plot at Westerly. Captain w. H. Davis keeper of the Watch Hill life-saving station, has made report to General Superintendent Kimball of the life-saving service at Washington concerning the disaster. The wind at the time was blowing sixty-two miles an hour, as reported by the weather bu- reau at Block Island.
 Lawyer William P. Niles of Lenox street is confined to his home by ill., ness
 On Sunday, February IS, the Advent society will hold baptisrnal services in the Grand avenue Baptist church, the latter having granted the privilege of holding afternoon services there. Five or more candidates will receive the rite of baptism.
 Extra services at the Household of Faith were held last evening" and there wip be another meeting tomorrow eve- ming. Elder H. M. Gowdy will have charge, assisted by MT. Beebe of New London.
 The funeral of Catherine Blatchley, wife of Samuel R. Bishop, was held yesterday afternoon from her late resi- dence, No. 93 Grand avenue. There was a large attendance of relatives and friends. Rev. Dr. Mitchell officiated. Mrs. Bishop had been a member of the Grand avenue Congregational church and was a useful member, worker and officer. pr. Mitchell spoke of her use- fitness in the church, the home and so- ciety, and of the great loss sustained in her death. Mrs. Hettie Bradley Kelly sang Abide in Me- and Sometime We'll Understand" There were many beautiful floral offerings from relatives and friends. The interment was in the Fair Haven cemetery. The bearers were nephews of the deceased, including the from Fair Haven: George Bishop, George Norton, William Jacobs and Frederick Jacobs. There were many relatives from out of town who attend ed the services.
 Rev. Dr. Mitchell also officiated yes- terday afternoon at the funeral of Aus tin Hull of Atwater street, which was held at the Memorial chapel. Mir. Hull was for many years member of the Grand avenue Congregational church, and many of the members were pres ent besides large representation of the relatives.