The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-20
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 SIDES OF THE RIYER.

SIDES OF THE RIYER.
 Reception to Rev. Alexander K. Irvine
 and Wife This Evening in the Second Congregations! Church Funeral ot
 Merwin E. Palmer Largely Attended
 Yesterday.
 A reception by the church and con-
 gregaton will be given to the pastor,
 the chapel of the Second Congrega tion-
 al church tomorrow evening from 7:30
 to 9 o'clock MT. Irvine will leave for
 New York the same evening to embark
 for Europe and will be away about two
 months. The occasion will be an op-
 portunity to bid him good bye. During his absence the church will supply the pulpit. He will visit his father, who is | ninety-six years of age and whom he
 has not seen for seventeen years, at his
 home in Antrim, Ireland, and he may visit the continent. He expects to col lect many interesting photographs and
 material for Sunday evening lectures to
 be given next winter.
 Several of the local oystermen con- tributed specimens of oyster shells of
 various groWthS for the collection rep resentinf the oyster industry which the shell fish commission is to send to the American exposition to-day They also sent photographs of steamers, etc.
 F. E. Balls steamer Eric has been working the past week on his oyster beds in Quinnipiac river, near Lewia' bridge. This is proba bly, the first time a steamer has worked on the oystcr beds above Quinnipia'c bridge.
 MT. and Mrs. N. A. Beeba have been down to their cottage, "Yumah" at Hotchkiss Grove for two or three days making preparations for their occupan- cy later in the season.
 Miss Emma Husted, of Bridgeton N. J., is visiting the family of Rev. E. w. Stone, 190 Grand avenue.
 A special meeting of the Ladies' Aid society will be held this evening at 7:30 in the parlors of the Grand avenue Bap- list church.
 The funeral of Merwin F. Palmer was largely attended yesterday afternoon from the MontoWese Baptist church, Rev. Mir Jackson officiating. A delega- ton from Admiral Foote post No 1T, G. A. R., of which the deceased was a member, attended and the bearers were from that body-Luzerne r. Barnes. s. B. Thorpe, Isaac l.. Dooittle and Mir Marks. The burial was in the Montow- ese cemetery.
 The use of gasoline power for oyster boats Is being tried this year. In the Fair Haven built boats this new power has so far worked we'll but there was a little trouble on the Bilvalve, of the Bay fleet, a few days ago. This boat belongs to the Narragansett Oyster company of which Henry J. Lewis a Connecticut oyster grower, well known here is one of the principal stockholders The launch. a big one, was lying at the company's wharf in Providence and the engineer, Herbert | Horton was near Ehe forward hatch, when suddenly. in what seemed to be | one simultaneous explosion, the middle hatchway blew open and sheet of | flame came out of the forward hatch, ! setting the clothes of the engineer on fire. The rest of the crew standing near him promptly threw him over board for fear the fire might communi- cate to the gasoline tanks near where . ne was standing. An alarm was sound ed and the city fremen squelched the ire very soon and the gasoline tanks were not touched. But the explosion mashed the heavy galvanized piping supporting the awning, deck was torn ID, cabin damaged and the boat did lot go to the oyster beds that day. It III came from a leaking pipe from the ank. Gas was formed, communicating with spark or a lighted match-just what no one knows. An oak timber iix, inches square was split through, moving the great force of the explo- ion. The damage to the boat was bout $400. This is a lesson to local ystermen--to look out very carefully nd provide against leaky gasoline 'lpes
 At the Grand avenue Congregation hurch yesterday the pulpit was sup died by Professor l.. o. Brastow of Tale university. It was expected that Rev. MT. Hawkins, of Massachusetts, would preach, but he sent word late in he week that by reason of illness in is family he could not be present. MT. Hawkins was a former pastor of the 'erry street church and has preached I the Grand avenue church with such :, cceptance that some of his friends yished to hear him again, and as a andidate. Rev. pr. Hills, pastor of t Plymouth church, Brooklyn, was re- : uested to recommend some man as : andidate and mentioned clergyman ! l Minnesota, whom the church may ear at a later day. The committee has : le names of fully seventy-fve clergy len who have applied for this pastor- 5 te. or who have requested to be heard J s candidates. PENING OF THE ANSANTAWAE r