The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-22

Pastor, Declines Call to Brtdgepor
 Church--H0meC eCouncil-Death of Mrs
 Nathan Coon.
 As stated in this column a few Say
 ago, Rev N. G. Cheney. formerly pas
 tor of the East Pearl street M. F.
 church, was given a call from tho
 Washington Park M. E. church O
 Bridgeport, to remain pastor another
 year. He has declined the call, as vii
 appear from the following letter to the
 official board of the church: 'Deal
 Brethreni Since your visit to me or
 the night of the board meeting, an
 nounclng to me the practically unani.
 nous invitation to continue my pas
 torate in our beloved church, I have
 had time to fully consider the matter
 l hereby resign from the pastorate ot
 the Washington Park M. E. church, the same to take effect at the approaching
 session of the annual conference. Be lieVe me brethren faithfully and cheer- fully, yours in Christ, N G. Cheney"
 MT. Cheney stated in reply to an in- quiry, that he had been the pastor for four years; the limit in the Methodist church until recently, was three years lie simply wanted change. His rela- tionship with the members of the church had been of the most pleasant nature: in fact he had had four of the Of h fo f lao people of this church. His future plans depended upon the approaching confer ence. q forwarded my resignation to the church board two weeks ago, but they decided to invite me to remain an- other year. I considered the matter and decided my resignation should stand. There is no friction that know of and only the most friendly relations exist among the members of the official board and myself"
 One of the members of the board states that MT. Cheney is held in the highest esteem by the board and the church. MT, Cheney has been here four years. When we waited upon him he said he would be pleased to remain and we were surprised to find that he had reconsidered and insisted that his resignation should stand. He is loved by the great majority of the church. For the past few years the pastor has received a salary of $2,000 per year, out of which he paid the expenses of sub- stitute when he was away. Had MT Cheney remained as pastor there would have been no reduction in the salary.
 nf ho ac.T Pearl street M. F. church for period of three years and was succeeded by Rev. R. T. McNicholl, the predecessor of Rev. Dr. Streeter.
 William F. Morgan and family went to Norwich yesterday to attend the fu- neral of his father, the late Captain Griswold E. Morgan
 Rev. R. T. McNicholl of New Britain was here yesterday visiting with friends.
 The annual meeting of Home coun- cil No. 3, Brotherhood of Relief, will be held at S7 Grand avenue Wednesday, | January 20, at 8:15 o'clock.
 The annual installation of officers of conclave No. SIS, l. O. H., was held at their hall Monday evening, about 150 members and friends attend ing. The members brought members of their families and friends and all great ly enjoyed the exercises, and as usual with this conclave, the affair was a great success. The officers were in- stalled by E. F. Davis, district deputy archon, of Bridgeport, and E. p. Cooper, the alternate of Quinnipiac 7onclave. This was followed by an eX- ,ellent musical and literary programme, n accordance with the programme pre- ,iously published. There were short addresses by Rev. A. F. Irvine. mem- per of the conclave, Walter R. Downs, Deputy Davis, Elmore s. Wade and others A handsome jewel was pre- tented by Rev MT. Irvine to MT. Nor hrop, one of the past officers. At 10:30 | portion of the company retired to the | room. where a fine spread was { erved and later the tables were set | gain for the remainder of the company which did not disperse until midnight | The committee consisted of F. P. Tyler, | ). B. Connen F, w. Alderman and w. | l. Hadley. MT. Tyler presided
 Funeral services over the remains of | ITS FTdIlCGS A. CDnlleI were Ilelu ytS- arday afternoon from her late home on Hilton street, Rev. A. F. Irvine of1iciat- lg. The bearers were Anson T. Moul- hrop, Orton A, Rose, Rodney Bradley nd Lafayette Bradley. The deceased yas a widow of Captain Daniel Con- ell The couple were relatives of Mas au, N. F., and came to Fair Haven lany years ago. Captain Connell com- handed vessels in the coasting trade ut of this port for many years.
 Wallace N. Berry of Exchange street as removed to West Hartford, Vt.
 Mrs. Nathan Coon of Fair Haven [eights died Monday at the age of xty-nine years. The funeral will be cid this afternoon at ? o'clock from le residence of her stepson, Joseph enton, 115 Townsend avenue.
 William C. Fosdick of 60 Ferry street, ho has been i'll nearly two months, is owly recovering.
 Miss Lena Lang of Atwater street is sitting in Hartford.