The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-11-12

terday at st. Andrews M. E. Church
 Successful Rummage Sale at the First
 Church-- Other Items.
 At the Grand avenue Baptist church yesterday the sum of $35O was pledged
 by members of the congregation, the same having been a deficiency in the current expenses of the church The pastor, Rev. MT. Stone, explained the matter to the people and asked for pledges, and as they were given squares chalked on a blackboard representing shares of various amounts were cancell- ed the subscriptions being recorded by the clerk, Charles H. Curtis.
 The Farther Lights society of the Baptist church will hold their regular monthly meeting this evening at 80 at the home of Miss Libbie Smith, No 166 East Chapel street.
 The rummage sale held by the ladies of the Grand avenue Congregational l church netted the sum of $2S5.
 The ladies of the Grand avenue Bap- tist church will hold rummage sale beginning next Monday evening, at the Hemingway store, corner of Grand and Quinnipiac avenues.
 It is expected that the paving of Grand avenue will be finished in about two weeks.
 The ladies of the Baptist church will give New England supper in the chapel Wednesday evening; price of the supper fifteen cents.
 The recent gale made things pretty lively on the oyster grounds, and some of the boats, had pretty rough time of it. The gale of Friday, coming up so suddenly, found a number of boats un- prepared for the onslaught and the crews had all they could do to make things snug. It was necessary to quit dredging and the smaller boats made the best time possible for home.
 The sloop Jesse Johnson, dredging off the Stratford shore, in attempting to make Stratford river was obliged to an- chor near the east breakwater The soop shipped great seas and threatened to founder and dragged her anchor un- til it looked as if she would certainly be pounded to pieces on the breakwater., Finally a gasolene boat put out and all though it was hazardous undertaking, the men were rescued from the sloop, although nearly exhausted.
 The four-masted schooner Van Name & King, Captain Brown, has arrived at Providence from Philadelphia with 1,145 tons of coal.
 An election bet was arranged to be paid last Friday evening by William Powers, who agreed to wheel Frank Mo jealous from East Grand avenue through Qulnnipiac avenue to Ferry street and thence back to the starting place, but owing to the storm the af fair was postponed until tomorrow evening.
 The perigee tide Saturday morning, after the severe gale, made the water the lowest for years. One oysterman | says he never saw so low tide before | in all his experience around Fair Ha l ven.
 MT. and Mrs Howard Waters were | surprised by few of their friends Thursday evening at their home | on Perkins street. The evening was spent with music and games. A few that were present were Miss Mar :, ll1d I1dll, MISS LptlIt I1dii, MI ,. IASS iltp Preston, Mrs Belle Hoag, Mrs. Ella Miss Ella Mills, Miss Annie Dwyer, the Misses Miller, Harry Floyd, Edward Greenleaf, Matthew Murphy, Mr. Mills, J. F. Wetmore and Edward 1unn and George Smith of West Ha- yen
 Wallace w. Holmes of 23S Lombard street, who dislocated his shoulder tn stepping from a moving car at the cor Ter of Church and Chapel streets, is at ended by Dr. F. J. Mcclure. He is improving as rapidly as could be ex- )ected.
 Five preparatory services and a yrand hally have just been held by the Twentieth Century Wesleyan league at St. Andrews M E. church. Yesterday vas rally day and the services in the morning were led by Henry H. Bene- lict the president of the league, who delivered an address on "The Burden 1ifter' Tn the evening a mass meeting if all the leagues was held at which pecial music was rendered by the choir if the church.
 Mrs. F. Otis Hovey of New York, for nerly of Fair Haven, gave an address before the members of the New Haven At Holyoke Alumnae association Sat rday.
 The schooner Bessie c. Beach has ,een chartered at Philadelphia to reight five hundred tons of coal from hat port to Saco, Me, at $1.l0 per ton nd tonnage dues.
 
 FOTTNDERS OF YALE