Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-17
CATHOLIC onURC,4 BURNED.
Fire 1ln UnfonvflIe - A Hard Struggle w 1tbi The Flames InsufRcient AppaI'atus-LOss $2S, 1000 -Unsured For $11.5OO

Destructive Fire lln UnfonviIIe - A
 Hard Struggle w 1tbl The Flames
 Insumcfent Approximations $2S, 1000
 Insured For $11.50O.
 KNOXVILLE, Conn.,, Aug. 16.-St. Mary's R. c. church of this place, Rev. P. Fox pas tor. was burned this mo orning at 1 o'clock The value of the churct, was $29, ,OOO; in- sured for $11, 800. The frame fell in at 2:45. At the fremen had the flames under con trol and by daylight entirely extingu;shed them They had the best of the fire at san early stage of the conhagration, but the water gave out. There was no fire apparatus in the place worth speaking of Tk1s is the sec ond bad fire from the same cause in this place. The fremen and people had hard work to save adioini- ng valuable property The pumps from mills adjoining were tried, but the hose burst. The fire started in the vestry. How it started is mystery. Some think, the fire was of incendiary origin, There was no fire in the building except the usual Illuminating altar lamps.
 The Late Mrs. Timothy Fowler.
 PORT CHESTER, Aug. 15.-Mrs. Mary E., wife of Timothy Fowler, whose death was announced last week, was a woman whose qualities deserve more than passing men, tion The mother of family of eight chil- dren, all of whom, save one, lived to arrive at years of maturity, her influence for good in the world will long survive her. She was one of the most untiring in the faithful per- formance of duty that the world has ever known. Church, Sunday school and home each and all felt the uplifting and helpful power of her presence. Amid all the cares, labor and anxiety of 'tworking mans home,'' she always found time, strength and courage to keep the little ones interested in Sunday school, and promptly on hand at every session, and when the success to which she so largely contributed crowned her hus- bands business, she was still the faithful counsellor and worker as in the days of struggle and doubt. Busy every hour ID the manifold duties which her life brought, she nevertheless kept pace with the advance of the world and much of it's current literature, and to all of her acquaintances she was an extraordinary woman, while those who knew her intimately find words in which to express her affectionate loyalty, her abiding faithfulness to her friends, her family, and the principles. Mrs. Fowler was the mother of the late city sur veyor, Charles E. Fowler, and the unswerv- ing integrity which marked his life, and to which on the occasion of his death the city was ready to do honor, part of his inheritance from his mother, fact which he first of all would hasten to acknowledge He but carried into public life the tenets which in boyhood had been instilled by her teaching. It is impossible, without going in- to the details of private life, to convey any adequate idea of much of the extraordinary ability which marked her fife, but this trib- ute to her worth, her fidelity, her influence for good, her great unselfishness, and her loyalty to God is due as all who knew her will be glad to acknowledge. F. H. H.