Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-06
FAIR HAVEN.

Funeral Servfces-PersonaI Mention
 Real Estate Notes-General Items of
 Interest.
 Miss Emma Fowler died of pneumonia
 Monday night.
 The funeral services over the remains of
 Captain Horace Chidsey will take place to-
 day.
 Civil Engineer R. NJ. Stevens has leased D. A. Jones' cottage on the heights for term Of
 five years.
 There were twenty-five confrmations in
 Grace church by Bishop Williams Sunday night. The funeral services over the remains of the late Henry Blair took place yesterday af- ternoon. The services were held from his late residence at o'clock. The funeral of Robert Donaldson took l place from his late home, 90 Woolsey street, yesterday morning. The remains were taken to Tariffville, Conn.,, for interment. s'The Last Loaf" is to be one of the feat- ures of the entertainment to be given at the East Pearl street church tomorrow night. The ladies of the W.C.T.U. are much op- posed to the idea of Samuel Bronson moving into the store under the old hotel building for the purpose of keeping saloon. MT. Bron- son has been in the saloon business on the east side for term of years and has always been credited with keeping respectable place. When the Granniss block was burned down Bronson was burned out. He recently
  of the west side store he has leased. The county commissioners supposed he wanted license for the old stand and readily granted it. When the W.C.T.U U. heard of the matter they acted promptly and opposed the case. There was hearing Monday, but the con- missioners reserved their decision. Rev. Father Mulholland has been laid up for few days. with an attack of rheuma- tism.
 Arthur Weld is building house oa Wool sey street.
 The annual ball of Polar Star lodge will be held 8 week from Thursday. Mr. James Russell of Fall River has been l in town for several days past visiting friends on East Pearl street.
 MT. Sherman Russell has purchased the house on South Quinnipiac street recently occupied by Attorney William H. Ely. B. s. Dayton will hold rafle for tandam trycicle on February 15. Fair Haven ladies are still agitated over the spirit of ''Jack the Ripper" The other evening several young ladies were returning home on Exchange street near East Pearl street when 8 man crossed the street, went between the ladies and accosted them with several improper remarks. The young ladies escaped from the fellow and reached home in safety. They told several of their experience and learned that many other ladies of the neighborhood had been insulted in the same place and manner on the same night The fellow appeared about thirty years of age, fairly we'll dressed, and has been seen prowl- ing about the same locality for several nights. About the same time these cases occurred lady living on East Pearl street was ac- costed near her home by a man who WAS at least six feet tall. He made some remarks not refecting much credit upon the suppo- sition that he would be a gentleman and grasped the lady by the arms. She strug- gled to escape and was turned completely around by her assailant before she could get away. At the same moment she caught sight of a man upon the front lawn of a house near by, who was one of her neighbors and called to him. This frightened the tall fellow and he was glad to skip off at 8 un- commonly lively pace