The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
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Illness of Mir. Brown, the organist-- Pilgrim Church Quartette-Fixins Over the Parsonage-EpworthL Leagae RaIIy-Y. P. S. E-PersOnaI Items. Owing to the illness of William E. Brown, organist and choirmaster of the East Pearl Street M. B. church, there will be no rehearsal of the choir this week until Saturday evening, April SV. Rev. MT. Brown, the new pastor Of Pilgrim church, begins his work as pas tor May 1. He has been officiating at the church as preacher for weeks past. He will not occupy the parsonage of inc church at first, as it is undergoing improvements, including renovation and repairs at an outlay of about Souo. His coming as pastor gives universal satisfaction to the people Of the enurcn. On Saturday evening shortly after S o'clock a burglar was discovered Tn the cellar of the house 128 Lombard street. Maurice Cain, who lives at 135 Lombard street. was notified of the intruder and chased him about mile towards Mon towese. When Lewis bridge was reached the man disappeared and was 1 lost to Mr. Cain, who believes tnat ne ] jumped into the river. The man prop ably entered the house in the hope or ransacking it after the occupants had retired, but was fortunately discovered ! by two women, who chanced to De alone. This neighborhood, while quite thiekly populated, is very dark at night ! and one needs to keep a sharp lookout for these slippery fellows,
 The personnel of the quartette choir at Pilgrim church for the year begin ming May 1 will be as follows: Soprano, Miss Daisy Pierce; alto, Miss Ada Lins- ley; tenor, Frank IIutchings; bass, Harry Hylands; organist and director, Henry l.. Foote. Miss Pierce, who is at present singing in Summerfield M E. church, has a sweet soprano voice Of ! good range, and the committee is ex- ceedingly fortunate in securing her ser vices. MT. Hylands comes from Meri- den, having been soloist VI one of Mer- iden's Episcopal churches, and comes highly recommended. Miss Linsley and
 MT. Hutchings are re-engaged, both } being well-known singers. The organ { ist, MT. Foote, is musician of rare .-ste and ability. and under his direc- ! tion the music in this church for the coming church year should be of the 1 best.
 Unclaimed letters at Station A are as l follows: Miss E. T. Fields and Miss Mary Haney.
 | Don't forget the Epworth league ral- fly at Grace M. E. church, corner of Howard avenue and Portsea street, this evening. There will be a reception to
 the new ministers of the city, with five minute addresses from each. Wear your l badges.
 The Junior Christian Endeavor soci- letysof the Grand Avenue Baptist church
 will hold special missionary meeting this evening at 7:S0 in the Sunday school room. A letter from Mather school in South Carolina will be read, and many items of interest in regard to home mission work will be given. The mite boxes will be opened and the con- tents divided between state missions and the Woman's American Baptist
 Home Mission society. All interested are cordially invited to be present. i Live Oak council, R. A., will hold it's regular meeting at 25 Grand avenue to- morrow evening. There will be initia- ton and important business will be l transacted
 I The Bushnell Hall Motherhood club invites the friends of the club to attend a missionary tea this afternoon at 2:30 in Bushnell hall. Mrs. Hume will speak on India, and the missionary mite boxes Inr A ,,,lI preside and give a report of the state convention of the Mothers congress re- gently held in Middletown.
 T. Curtiss Hillhouse, of 3SS Grand avenue, gave stag party on Monday night and very pleasant evening was enjoyed. The time was spent in sing ing, playing games. etc. Refreshments were served. Those present were G. R.
 Sturges, H. s. Barnes, E. B. Sage, Le- { Roy Root, R. J. Doty, L. H. Blinn, L. l.. Lowe, E. Perkins, V. A. Beebe, T. B. Lyons, H. Baldwin, s. Hewitt, F., K. 1 Coe, H. Musch, jr, E. K. Roberts, E.
 B. Griffin F. L. Perley and Charles P.
 Hillhouse
 Patrick Gilleran has purchased from Conrad Schmidt the house and liquor business at the corner of Middletown and Clinton avenues.
 Mrs. Charles W. Kelsey, of Lenox street, will entertain the Young Ladies
 Mission circle of the Grand Avenue
 Congregational church this (Wednes-
 day) evening.
 large number of Fair Haveners
 will go to East Haven this evening to attend dance given in the town haii l by a party of New Haveners.
 E. B. Rowe, of the Heights, received
 two carloads of Iowa horses yesterday. l St. Anthony's guild of St. Francis
 church will hold whist in Polar Star hall in about two weeks.