The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-31
E.iIR HAVEN.


 The feed wire of the Edgewood ave- nue running on the poles of the Fair Haven and Westvilie road through Grand avenue to Elm street broke down at the corner of Ferry street, yesterday morning, and required the services of the linemen several hours 10 replace it. There is another feed wire for the Edgewood avenue line. but this winter when the line was in need of more power, the Fair Haven and Westville road permitted the New Ha- ven street railway to attach the second wire 10 their poles in Grand avenue. after running from the power house up Ferry street.
 The Fair Haven and Westville road Is erecting it's wires through East Pearl and Chapel streets for the equipment Of that line.
 The young people have been debarred from the pleasure of skating on the larger ponds in the annex by the ice companies. The boys played polo on the ice and filtered up the surface so that 1t was necessary to prohibit all skating.
 The double rippers were out in large numbers Saturday. The coasting was fine and on some of the long hills In the annex there were large numbers enjoying the sport
 At the last meeting of Live Oak coun- ell, Royal Arcanum, Louis l.. brauiey was elected treasurer to fill the va cancy caused by the death of Willet G. Montague. John O. Shares was initiated into the membership.
 Miss Hettie Bradley will take part in the Jepson testimonial concert to De given in the Hyperion next Thursuay evening.
 Mrs. Richardson, the evangelist, ad- dressed the meeting of the '. M. C' A. yesterday afternoon Her home IS Tn Amherst, N. H.
 On Wednesday evening there Will De n New Years reception at the rooii's of the Y. M. c. A. for members ana their friends. The exercises are 10 ih- r1ude a gymnasium exhibition and en- terta;nment. The ladies of the auAlllary will serve refreshments
 An excellent Christmas cnoral ser'iee was given in St. James church last evening under the direction or the or- ganist, William J. Kraft.
 The services in several of the churcnes yesterday were adapted to the closihs of the wear. At the Grand avenue con. preeational church Rev. J. Lee Mltcheii nreached an interesting sermon Ill tne ,oorninp on "The New Years, ana III tbe evening his subject was Ana Al Nidnight There Was a Great Cry.
 Rev. Dr. Sage preached two exceiieh. sermons at the Grand avenue nap'is' church, the one in the morning V,' ."The Days of the Years or oui erin,sge," and the subject Ill the e'e"- ing, 'The Closing Year. ,
 Rev Dr. Munger spoke at the Secoiio church last evening on "Munlclpal fairs" and the service was unoel 'he charge of the Congregatlonal oro'heA hood of the church.
 On the evening of Thursday January 1o the Royal Arcanum will hold us onn,,al installation exercises at tnelr ,aaaa room in the Odd Fellows hall.
 Louis J. Bamberg, who IS tahihs 1heological course at Crozler seminar Chester, Penn., is spending Ihe Noi'- days here and assisted in the serVices at Grand avenue Baptist church yes terday morning. On Sundays ne Is supplving a small mission station neal Chester. ...,
 Catherine, wife of John H. Spittler died at midnight on Saturday al hei home, 96 East Chapel street. from con cestion of the brain. She was out II 1he afternoon and was apparently aS well as usual and was ill only lev minutes. She leaves a husband, foul sisters and two brothers. She was th' daughter of Mrs. Margaret Maloney