The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-02
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
REV. MR. CHALMERS AND FAMILY
 TO ARRIYE TO-DAY.
MT. Chalmers Begins His New Pastorate Next sunday-special Music for the De- casion-Baptist Convention Delegates

-CompIimentary Banquet, Etc. Rev. Andrew Burns Chalmers, the
 new pastor of the Grand avenue Con-
 gregational church, and family are ex- pected to arrive here from Saginaw,
 Mich, to-day. As before stated he is
 to reside in the Ives house on Quinni-
 piac avenue. The residence is now be-
 ing put in good condition, and while 1 this work is in progress MT. Chalmers
 and family will be entertained by mem-
 bers of the congregation. MT. Chalm-
 CTS will begin his new pastorate at the
 Grand avenue Congregational church
 next Sunday. The choir is preparing l special music for this occasion, to in- i clude the sacred cantata "Penitnce, l Pardon and Peace' by J. H. Maunder | The choir consists of Mrs. Elmer B. | Okeson, soprano and leader; Miss Ger trude Duell, alto; N. E. Smith, tenor,
 and Dwight Chamberlain, bass. This | choir has rendered excellent service this year, and their work next Sunday will doubtless win much approval
 delegation from the Grand avenue Baptist church will attend the annual meeting of the New Haven Baptist as- sociation to be held with the First Bap- tist church in Middletown to-day and to- morrow
 Peter J. Egan has bought of Patrick
 McCartin a lot S6 feet front on Pine
 street.
 Alderman w. s. Moyle, of Woolsey street, of Yale '91, will be the tenor so- loist at the bicentennia celebration, with student chorus, in the rendition of Dr. Goodsells ode.
 Moorhead & Donnelly have cold to William F. Goodwin the property 169 and I'll Blatchley avenue.
 The last few days of warm weather was not favorable for shipping oysters, and the result was that the trade fell off considerably. On several of the ear Her days during the recent cool spell the trade was very satisfactory and some of the shops had as much as they could do to fill the orders. Some of the Narragansett Bay stock is very fine this season and some is not up to last | years standard. There are worlds of stars on the oyster beds in Narragan- sett Bay,' is the report of one of the | planters. Some say that 1t is doubtful | if all the. two-year- old stock will be in | condition to market this winter, This | is due to the fact that the oysters are | not growing as fast as usual Some of | the oysters on the Beach in this harbor are pretty good the Virginias are the best. Oysters in the sound are in about the usual condition for this season of the year.
 Last evening complimentary ban quet was rendered to the borough off, cers by the members of the Quinnipiac Hose and Hook and Ladder company at the engine house on East Grand ave nue. good bill of fare was served and the banquet was followed by sev- eraI speeches. The officers who were the guests of the f1remen were Warden w. H. Kellogg, Burgesses Henry J. Hulce, Willett A. Hemingway, Angus Jus w. Wright, George K Clark, George M. Mackenzie and Elmore s. Wade, Clerk Charles F. Bray and Treasurer orton A. Rose The committee on en- tertainment was composed of Ira E. Fonda, Frank E. Mallory and Lewis 
 Announcement IS 1Ildue lLdI IIle mar 'iage of Hugh I. Finnigan to Miss Mar garet A. Eagan will take place at St. Francis church next Tuesday morning 1t II o'clock A reception will take place at the residence of Miss Eagan's lncle, MT. Kendall, on Poplar street.
 The many friends of MT. and Mrs. William M. Hyde, jr., of Il Farren ave- lue, are congratulating them on the birth of boy. MT. Hyde is letter arried at Station A.
 The rummage sale conducted by la lies of the Grand avenue Baptist hurch opened yesterday at S10 Grand venue. =
 MT and Mrs. Earl F. Johnson. of avenue, have returned home ' fter a two weeks stay at Indian Or : hard, Mass. D MT. and Mrs. Robert Richmond, who \ resided in the Hemingway and : sowe building in the annex which was | adly damaged by fire, in which they ustained serious loss in goods and lothing, desire to thank their friends nd neghbors for the prompt and kind 7 aid afforded them. il