The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-12
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
CHARLES BURNS OF CHATHAM
 STREET KILLED BY FALL.

Many Craft Fitting for Service at Ma rine RaiIway-Pastor and Wife Re- ceive at East Pearl Street Church.
 Many Social Events.
 Things are rushing at Kings marine railway, 1sS Front street, of late in or der to put into shape many craft for the summer season. At the present time there are four launches awaiting the installation of engines. among them being Harry Leigh's naphtha launch Wanita. which is to have new Gray engine George Sturgis' launch, (tor- pedo stern), to have a Cray engine, and Mir Atha, a Yale student. is hav- ing an engine put into his dory. MT. Denrison is also to have a new engine in his launch, and Arthur Days boat is being overhauled. Albert Bishops new launch will be ready to take the water in about two weeks. Mir. King states that he has four other engines on the road and has all he can do in his line just at present.
 St. James Parish Aid society will serve one of it's fifteen cent bi-weekly IsuDoers tonight at the usual time and place.
 Charles Burns of Chatham street was killed yesterday afternoon about 8 o'clock in Pine Orchard, having fallen from a building upon which he was at work. Mir. Burns was about sixty years os age and was well known here, hav- ing followed the carpenter trade for
 may years. He was also veteran of the civil war. The news of his sudden death was great blow to the family, and spread rapidly about the business section. Undertaken Crawford went to Pine Orchard to bring the body here late yesterday afternoon. Besides a wife, Mir. Burns is survived by four sons.
 Arrangements are being made for a musical and literary entertainment to be given in the Grand avenue Baptist church on Wednesday, evening, May IS. This church is creating a fund to be used to purchase an organ and this entertainment is for the benefit of that fund Tickets can be secured at if teen cents, and ice cream will be on Esale at the close of the entertainment.
 The services at Grace church to-day ( Ascension day) will be holy commun- ion at 9:30 a. m; evening prayer and sermon at 7:30 D. m. The Rev. Orrolz IColloque, who is one of the clergy of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York city, will preach the sermon. Quinnipiac Hose, Hook and Ladder company held it's annual meeting Tuesday evening and elected the fol- lowing officers: Foreman, Jacob Froh- llich; first assistant foreman. John Hotchkiss; second assistant, Dwight Potter; secretary. Berne Russell; treas ure. E. H. Farren. D. M. Allen, the present chief of the department. was |again recommended to the board of burgesses for the position, and the recommendation will be adopted at the first meeting of the new board in June The committes on celebration which is arranging for the celebration iOL ttC dNQufctltcff LII tt ftW C1GIlllCdi |carriage net month, reported progress and appointed a subcommittee to raise subscriptions.
 Many attended the reception to Rev. land Mrs F. c. Tullar and family which was held in the Sunday school room of the East Pearl street M. E. church last Ievening. The room was prettily deco |ra.ed for the occasion, and a general |social evening was enjoyed by all. Light refreshments were served. Rev. F.. c. Tullar came to East Pearl street M. E. church from Seymour, where he served six years. He is capable man, a good speaker and young peoples worker
 A committee on base ball was ap- pointed at the meeting of Columbia Icastilc, K. G. E., Tuesday evening, which will meet in conjunction with similar committees from other city castles on Thursday evening, May 1s, lat the rooms of Rock Castle. Arrange |ments are progressing favorably for the |annual field day of the order, which is to be held some time in July.
 An interesting collection of relics is on ehibition at Hobart Towards S mark let on Grand avenue. The collection is the property of MT. Towards father, 'C. A. Howard, recently of California, but now residing here. A gun, which was dropped by a Confederate soldier in the flight after the battle of New bern. s. C., is highly prized by Mr Howard. In the collection is also a Bible which Mr. Howard carried through the civil war, and four-leaf clover which he plucked on the battle field of Petersburg. Va, is therein.
 MT. and Mrs. Chester Burroughs have removed rom Pine street to Leete street. West Haven, where they have purchased a house.
 Mrs. Hattie Waters of Perkins street has been chosen state inside guard by the state council of the aughters of Liberty, which has just closed it's ses- sion at Meriden.