Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-29
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Christmas Tree Entertafnment-D
ferred Festival for the Children-A
Livery Team AbandO M. G.
A. Reception-Death In Many a
Household.
Hon. Hiram Camp was quite comforta-
BILE yesterday, but is not out of danger.
A Christmas entertainment for the Sun
day school of the Grace P. E. church was
given last evening. The program has
heretofore been published.
Tomorrow evening at $50 O'Clock a
Christmas tree entertainment for the pri-
mary department of the Second church
Sunday school will be given, under the di-
rection of Mrs John Parker. The Christ
mas services by this Sunday school were
held Sunday evening. The young people
of this church are arranging pantomime
entertainment, entitled "Under Mistletoe
Bough," to be given in Central hall the
middle of January.
E. L. Thompson of Portchester has been
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. P.
Thompson.
Last Thursday young man giving a
fictitious name hired o horse and buggy at
Allen & Friedale's stable. Mr. Allen final
ly recovered the rig yesterday, it having
been picked up at the Derby toll house. It
seems the horse ran away and the driver
decided to abandon the pursuit. The car
riage was somewhat injured.
The Y. NJ G. A. will have reception at
| their rooms on New Years night There
will be program of exercises and a COLA
| ton will be served.
There were nine persons lying dead in
Fair Haven yesterday morning, all of them
| adults. Probably this number at one
| time has never been exceeded. II.
| w. Crawford, the undertaken, had
eight funerals on hand yesterday and
| trimmed six Baskets at his establishment.
Miss L. A. J. Alden of SO Howe street,
who was buried in the Evergreen cemetery
| yesterday, was formerly school teacher
| in Fair Haven, having for thirty years been
| Thomas g. Sloan on Pierpont street The
| funeral was attended by the Rev. DIR. Wes-
ton. The funeral of the late Mary j., wife
of Morgan H. Clark, was conducted from
| the residence, 174 Grand avenue, at p.
M, the Rev. J. Lee Mitchell officiating.
The bearers were: Fred Bishop, Zebalon
Rowe, Joel T. Rice and Edward Wood
ward. The deceased leaves husband and
two children, Chauncey Clark of this
| place ana MIS- MARSH, VINO resides out OF
| town.
George W. Chadeayne died at his home,
| 1877 Prospect street, yesterday noon of
| pneumonia. He was plumber by trade,
veteran of the Fifteenth regiment, G. ",
and of the GAR.
Mrs Mary S. Watrous, widow of the
late Colonel Joseph B. Wilcox, whose
| funeral will be conducted from her late
| residence, rs Perkins street, to morrow at
| 10 o'clock, leaves four children-Mrs w a.
Beers, Miss Mary Wilcox and Joseph and
| Alfred Wilcox.
The late Mrs. Almira Turner of 10 Down
ing street was the widow of the late John
B. Turner, and children of the deceased
| are Mrs. James Bishop and Mrs. John D.
Goodsell. The deceased was in her eighty
| fifth year.
After several years Of invalidism, Mrs.
Mary j., wife of John P. DeForest, died at
her home 45 Atwater street yesterday.
| Children of the deceased are Charles E.
| DeForest, the druggist, and Miss Matte
| and Emily Def Forest, the latter teacher
| at the Grand avenue school. The remains
| will be taken to Woodbury. for interment.
The funeral of the late Jane E., widow
of Eli Morris, jr., who died at her home in
the Annex on Sunday in the eightieth year
of her age, will be conducted from the
Davenport church this afternoon at $50
o'clock.
Six of the singers in the cantata of s'The
Berry Pickers" have been taken ill. and
the entertainment has been deferred. 1t
was to have been given in the Grand ave-
nue. Congregational church this and to-
morrow evenings.