The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-12
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
OIL S1OTE CA USED BLAZE IN HOME OF MRS. PTERPONT.
Explodes and Sets Fire to the Carpet Interesting Services Arranged for To- morrow in the Churches-shippimg E

Rev. c. w. Jackson of Montowese has been invited to deliver a memorial ser
 mon in the Union Baptist church Sun day evening, May 27.-The Veteran Sol
 diers' association of North Haven will attend in a body, as well as a delega tion from this city. Before the evening
 service the veterans will proceed to the cemetery and decorate the graves of their comrades.
 Yesterday morning an oil stove ex
 ploded in the house of Mrs. Rosette F.
 Pierpont, 23S Quinnipiac avenue, setting fire to the carpet and the door leading
 from the hall to the sitting room, The
 bell of the Second Congregational church was rung by Albert Bradley and the borough fire apparatus was run out, but the blaze was extinguished with pails of water. Lewis Pierpont in at tempting to extinguish the blaze burned his left hand and arm to the elbow The fire was put out by Policeman Mack and Albert Bradley. The door and ceil- ing of the room were badly scorched, and the loss will probably amount to $25
 About 300 tickets were sold for the en- tertainment given by the Boys Min strel company at Polar Star hall Thurs day evenig.
 MT. Dowd of Chestnut Hill, Killing worth, is bringing in this season many loads of hoop poles for the New Haven meat packing houses. He came in yes terday with load The round trip is about fifty miles and MT. Dowd starts from home at a. m. and does not re- turn until about Il D. m. The poles are of hickory and oak
 On Thursday large amount of oys- ter seed was shipped from the lower harbor Four vessels loaded, one Bath schooner of about 5000 bushels capacity. The fleet carried away about 10000 bushels of seed, most of it for Narra- gansett Bay.
 The steamer Cleo of F. Mansfield & Sons fleet has just received a new boiler from New Jersey. Other repairs have been made and the steamer put i'll first class condition for the seasons oyster business. The steamer was inspected Thursday by United States Inspectors Dennis and Wright.
 The new power boat building here for the Narragansett Bay Oyster company has a Globe gas engine installed, and the work of completing the boat is be- ing pushed ahead. The engine was fur nished by Frank l. Hitchcock of who formerly resided in Fair Haven.
 Rev. F. w. Stone at the Grand ave- nue Baptist church tomorrow will preach in the morning on the subject Blooming Flowers and Singing Birds" and in the evening the subject will be Success and Failure"
 At the Grand avenue Congregational morrow morning on "The Life Alone" and in the evening the sermon will be the second in the series on Night Scenes from the Bible" subject, "Sauls Visit to the Witch of Endor."
 At the East Pearl street M. E. church tomorrow the pastor will preach at l0:30 a. m. the second in a course of ser mons on "The Ecumenical Missionary In the evening at 80 his 1 subject will be "The Address of the 1 Bishops to the General Conference" l There will be special music by the new choir.
 Matthew Duffy of IS Front street | was very low last evening, having been | ! great sufferer for months from rheu- ma tism He is an old soldier and a member of Admiral Foote post, c. A. R. |
 Mrs. John P. Hopson and Mrs. Henry [ Blair, who have been residing in Kill ingworth for the past year, are expect ed here to-day on a visit with rela- lives.
 Deputy Sheriff w. E. Beach of Mon ,owese is driving a fine pair of four year-od colts recently purchased in Litchfield county