The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-07
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEVIS
REGATTA ON oUINHrPIAo RIVER
 TO-DAY.

TO-DAY.
 Rules Governing she Racss-Quinni- ptac ConeiaVs, A. O. H., Meet-Crowds at the shore Resorts-severaI BuiId-
 inss Struck by Lightning Saturday.
 + is expected that many people VIII
 ba cn hanG this morning at Il o'clock tv
 witness the regatta on the Lulnnipiae
 r'rer The rules governing the races
 are as fellows: Boats will make flying
 start. time is to be taken as line Is
 cr1:'d' the starting line will he two
 flag sIs kes; boats must sass between th.e'as flags, thence over triangular
 course: tIst flag OH east side of the
 river, second flag near Camargo bridge, third flag and finish near Grand avenue bridge; the sloop boat Stranger and the sharpie Lizzie in no way restricted; rig as you please;" the first gun at high water is a preparatory; the second gun, one minute later, is to cross the line and start; if started to northeast, leave all flags to port; if northwest, leave all flags to starboard All who intend entering the launch race will
 confer with Captain Ira Fonda Messrs.
 Granniss and Blatchley have full charge
 of canoe races. The rowing race is in
 charge of Alva Granniss, the race to start about 11:3O The event of the day is between Captain Sears sloop Stran- ger and Captain Laraby's sharpie Liz
 zie. For the canoe race the entries are l l.. B. Granniss and Melvin Doty in lonote, A. Rice and c. Blatchley in Mo hogan and H. Dennison and R. Blakes- lee in Sagamore.
 The annual picnic of the Epworth
 league of the East Pearl street church
 will be held to-day at Mansfield's Grove. Many of the young people will leave on I the 10 o'clock car from the corner of I Grand avenue and Ferry street, and a
 large number are looked for in the af-
 ternoon. If the weather is fine a pleas Isant day will be spent in games, etc The regular meeting of Quinnipiac
 conclave, I. Q. H., will be held this eve
 ming in A O. U. W. hall at 8 o'clock.
 It is believed many of the members will Eattend. Refreshments will be served.
 The beautiful weather of yesterday
 brought many to the shore resorts, and
 the churches were well filled with con- lgregations who welcomed their pastors l to their fields of labor after months
 absence. It is expected that. should to- day be fair, many will enjoy them selves in various ways and many will no doubt take in the sail on the sound
 on the steamer Richard Peck this after moon.
 During the severe electrical storm of Saturday, which passed over this city
 about o'clock, lightning struck several
 buildings, among them being the Grand .E Avenue Congregational church. No l great damage was done and the irlhabi- ftants were very thankful when the { storm had passed.
 x Miss Mabel Staples, who has been the guest of Mrs. P. F. Johnson. of Blatch- ley avenue, during the past week, has . after a, pleasant stay. a5
 Rev. Merritt Farren preached in the .I Second Congregational church yester-
 day. MT. Farren is well known here, l having lived here many years.
 ], At the Grand Avenue Congregational ,. church the services were held both morning and evening and were con- ducted by Rev. F. B. Richards, of the Fourteenth Street Presbyterian church New York city. At the morning ser vice communion was held, and in the , evening special music was sung by the l duartette who have returned after g months vacation. Rev. R. w. Roundy ..I who has had charge of this parish dur 1. ling the summer months has gone to his
 home in Bellows Falls. SVrtt l., for a needed ;, rest before he commences his senior year at the Yale Divinity school, and ] the people of this society sincerely hope ' that he can be prevailed upon to assis l, them in their work as long as he re
 mains in this city.
 Rev. L. R. Streeter has returned tt his parish and conducted the commun : ion service at the East Pearl Street M l F. church yesterday morning. In tht : evening special music was sung by tn, ' Enuartette and chorus under Professor w. E. Browns direction, and a sermon l was delivered by Dr. Streeter. Mex
 Sunday at the morning service the choil i. of this curch will appear in vestments I which will add greatly to the appear, !, ance of the same.
 , Miss Florence Hollenbeck, of Englisf . street. has returned from trip to New :. York state, visiting friends at Pough, I keepsie. Albany, Catskill, Hudson ant New York.
 Miss Julia A. Barker, of IA Exchang, i. street. who has been spending part O ' her vacation at Amityville, l.. l., has re 4 E1 I=. . t-s : . . l 4s