Morning journal and courier., 1892-11-01
PAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Boys Br12ade-New Mausoleum Tor
the Cemetery-Mr. Porter's Critical
Notes.
The boys brigade, consisting of members
Of the Sunday school connected with East
Pearl street NJ. E. church, were drilled
again last evening by Frank Tompkins.
The company already has about thirty-fve
members, and is to be considerably in
creased. Several lads outside of the M. E.
Sunday school have applied for member
ship, but they were not eligible. E. R.
Slater is organizing a company of young
lady cadets in the same Sunday school, and
it already has twenty who will join, with
prospects of large increase. The company
will meet for organization next Saturday
evening. Mr.. Slater will probably form
the company into signal corps.
Home council Nos. 1, 2 and will meet
on the evening of Wednesday November 9,
with J. D. Mundelin, No. "a Exchange
street.
On Thursday evening at Central hall a
meeting of wheelmen will be held with the
object of forming Fair Haven bicycle
club. All local wheelmen are invited to
attend.
The condition of William T. Porter, who
Ia critically i'll, was unchanged yesterday.
His health has been gradually failing since
the summer months Drs. Bacon and W.
n. Thomson are attending him during his
present illness. They give no encourage
ment for his recovery. Mr.. Porter is well
known in Fair Haven, where he has re
sided for number of years. He was at
one time the owner of the Porter Stair
company, which years ago did business
| Just east of GAINESVILLE bridge.
Mrs. Fred Ward of North Branford ie
visiting her father, A. K. Brown OF North
Front street.
Robert Wilson went out into the woods
yesterday and brought in three partridgea
| and quail.
The ward registrars finished up their at
| tendance at city hall yesterday and are glad
| the work of making voters is over.
This evening State Secretary Cook Of
Bridgeport will meet the board of man
ayers Of the Fair Haven Y. NJ. g. A., Of
| which Rev. D. NJ. James is president. The
prospect of the association work for an
other year and the matter of ways and
means will be looked over. At meeting
| of the association next Sunday afternoon
| the state secretary and Wilbur A. Smith O.
| the state executive committee of Bridge
| port, are expected to speak.
The republicans of Fair Haven are mucl
disappointed because of the abandonment
of the parade which was to have takel
place this evening. As several of tn
march clubs had to 60 elsewhere this even
ing the demonstration was given up. A
it is now so late there will probably be nj
parade.
A mausoleum to cost about $4,000 is t.
| 1,o hp <ba
oyster dealer, on his lot in Fair Havel
cemetery. 1t will be of Vermont granite
1881 feet and 81 feet high. The founds
ton will be put in this fall, and the super
structure will be erected in the spring. II
} the Mallory burial lot are two mem oris
stones-one tall monument, the othe
; large granite block, carved in tn
shape Of a couch.
Contractor Carter has been he1
. to make arrangements for the wor
on the foundation, which ia to b
, done by New Haven masons. III
structure is to be of handson
and artistic design. On the mort
and south sides are to be two stained glas
windows and on the west handsome doc
will be placed. Tue entrance is to be
: rich and artistic construction. The int
rior walls will be handsomely polished
but the floor will be Of unpublished granit
Barre, VT, granite is being used in tt
construction. It is of good color and wi
: give very handsome exterior appearance
This handsome memorial structure will /
: the only mausoleum in New Haven, an
it's construction will attract oonsiderab
interest.
On the day that Unity commander
visited Bridgeport to participate in tt
Columbian parade, uniform trunk col
\ tanning q coat belonging to Mr.. Squire
who resides near the corner of Gran
b avenue and Front street, was stolen fro,
; the Bridgeport depot. The Bridgepo
J, police were notified, but Mr.. Squires b,
. not yet recovered his property which
{ valued at about $50.
: James McLay, jr., the carriage an
n wagon maker in the old Quinnipiao rim
:: finds the building already too contraete
i, and is putting another floor across the re-
!, of the building, affording additional roo
,; for q paint shop and a tin shop.
t Last evening at special meeting
Pulaski chapter, R. A. NJ, Rev. D.
James, Charles o. Francis and Chaunc,
% Clark took their final degrees.
a Empire Transportation company's bar
- No. 48, came in yesterday with $50 tons