Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-24
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

MT. and Mrs. Gridley Recently
 Bnrned Out of Their Home, Plcas-
 antly Remembered by Friends-An
 Aid Society Resumes Its Meetings-
 old Soldier.
 Gridley of 32 Exchange street were very pleasantly surprised by about fifty of their friends from Beacon lodge, N. E., Order of Protection, and Hiram Camp division, Sons of Temperance. MT. and Mrs. Grid ley recently met with the misfortune of losing most of their household effects by fire at No. Al Poplar street. During the evenings enjoyment MT. and Mrs. Grid ley were presented with willow rocker, an easy chair, six cane-seated dining-room chairs, two sets of dishes, one of which was handsome decorated tea set earned by their little daughter. There were also bed spreads, comforters and many useful articles of clothing. The presentation was made by J. B. Ellis, who spoke as fol- lows:
 MT. and Mrs. Gridley: It is with great pleasure that on behalf of your many friends from Beacon Lodge and Hiram
  present you these useful articles. It was with sincere sorrow that we heard of your recent misfortune, and as with 8 spontan- eous feeling of brotherly love we at once set about seeing what we could do to make up to you in an acceptable manner 8 DOT 1 ton of your losses, and show you that you l are appreciated and loved by our orders, of which Mrs. Gridley is mem 1 Der, and also to show to you that our brotherly and sisterly love is not in | name only, but something of a substantial I joy the good things of this world, and at | the close of life be prepared to enter that | better world above, where there is nothing l of sorrow, but eternal joy, is the wish and ! prayer of your brothers and sisters here 1 assembled"
 l After the presentation refreshments were served and during the rest of he evening all present enjoyed themselves immensely. Among those present were two sisters of Mrs. Gridley, Mrs. Haycock and Miss 1 Peters of New Brunswick, N. S., Grace M 1 Porter, Hattie E. Bates, Mrs. A. E. Neale, MT. and Mrs. J. H. Perry MT. and Mrs. 1 George E. Cornell, MT. and Mrs. F. w. | Kannehan, Hattie Baldwin, Lottie Latham, 1 Lena Duffy, Ella Young, MT. and Mrs. l Floyd, MT. and Mrs. Santa, MT. and Mrs. Charles Sherman, Mrs. Seeley Tom Perry, Otis Sperry, Frank Kanahan, M J. Barnes, Howard Waters, MT. and Mrs. Charles Hines, George s. Brewer, A. L. Collins and J. B. Ellis.
 l This evening the Ladies' Aid society of 1 the Second Congregational church will hold it's first sociable of the season in the church parlors; supper will be served
 from to o'clock.
 Yesterday Judge Studley heard peti- | cfaxy yofo 4Loo ~4
 Policeman Daniel Doody vs. William E.
 Johnston of Fair Haven. The defendant
 defaulted the case and Doody will have tc
 levy execution. The suit is for an alleged
 debt of $60. Johnston swears that Doody
 gave him the money outright.
 There was very large attendance at the funeral of the late Jesse H. Price conduct
 ed at the Grand avenue Baptist church
 yesterday afternoon at o'clock, brief ser
 vices having preceded at the residence O
 the deceased, 329 Exchange street. Dele
 gations from Admiral Foote post, G. A
 R., the lodge of Masons, Adelphi lodge, I
 rolling mills, occupied the body pews of th
 church. Rev. E. c. Sage, Ph. D.. conducted
 the services and chorus choir sang sev
 eral hymns. At the Fair Haven Uniol
 cemetery there were services by the G. A
 R. delegation and the Odd Fellows Tn ) bearers were John Hill and Wallace Hurl
 but from the G. A. R., and William H Shepard, Jacob w. Everett, Fred Smitl and N. A. Beebe. There were numerou
 floral tributes, including an offering fror his Sunday school class; pillow, bool bearing the words "Well done;" harI
 anchor with word "Hope," cross and pillo, ] combined with word "Shopmate." At tn l. grave the boys composing the Sunda
 school class taught by the deceased, stre, 3 l flowers on the casket. MT. Price was C English percentage, born in Wales in 1S4t r and sixteen years ago came to New Have1 . He had been married twenty-five year 3 He leaves three brothers and one sister.