The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-21
F4IR HAVEN,

The w. c. T. U. No. will hold their annual reception at their hall, No. r Grand avenue, where they desire to meet all who are interested in their work. All contributions of money, pro- visions or cast-off clothing will be thankfully received, as there are many families they wish to help. All dona- tions will be gratefully acknowledged.
 The members of Hiram Camp divis- ion, S. of T., went to the home of MT. and Mrs. William Newton in West Ha- ven last evening to attend a barn warming. s -a --~f f-----'.
 A Christmas praise service will be held in St. James church the Sunday evening after Christmas. The enter tainment for the children will occur on the evening of Holy Innocents' day, De- cember 2S. On Monday the young peo- pie of the church will meet to hang the Christmas greens.
 Prescott, the jeweler, makes a fine display of Christmas goods at his Grand avenue store. His windows are particularly attractive.
 MT. and Mrs. l.. F. Barnes are visiting friends in Stamford.
 Miss Wealthy Thompson, who resides at the home of her sister, Mrs. Freder- ick H. Kelley, 47 Atwater street, was stricken with paralysis Wednesday, af- fecting one side. She is considered very ill.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Grand avenue Congregational church gave a supper in the parlors of the church Wednesday, which was largely attend ed. Later in the evening there were recitations and music, all the selections being well given.
 A trolley party came up from East Haven over the New Haven street rail- way Wednesday evening and thence to Whitneyville. The special car was in charge of Conductor George Hubbard and Motorman M. Joseph Donlan. An other party, made up of ten couples, started out from Fair Haven in car GA, with Conductor Pierce. The party went over all the branches Of the road and took supper at Whitneyville.
 In the window of L. l.. Adler's store are some fine photographs of the Shore one view showing one of the spans just as it is tumbling into the river.
 Dr. John J. Seibold will leave for St. Louis next week. where he is to locate. He formerly resided there and for sev- eral years was connected with the dis pensary and one of the hospitals. His father is post chaplain at Jefferson City barracks, near St. Louis.
 The death of Willet G. Montague, which took place at his home, SIS Grand avenue, Wednesday evening, will be learned with sorrow by many friends. He had been i'll about ten days, having been taken with nervous prostration, which developed into brain fever. He was attended by Dr. Welch, but grow ing worse Drs. Whittemore and Bacon were called in in consultation. It was hoped if the action of his heart could be kept up that he would pull through, but in that the efforts were fruitless, although all that was possible was done for him. He was thirty-six years of age and was highly respected and had a great many friends. He had been for the past fifteen years shipping clerk at the rolling mill, where he was pop ular and valuable employe. MT. Mon- tague was member of the East Pearl street M. B. church and was much in- terested in the several departments there, and had been a prominent mem Der and officer of the Chautauqua cir cle. He was one of the constituent members of Live Oak council, Royal Arcanum, and. it's treasurer since its He was also a member and one of the trustees of Polar Star lodge, I. O. O. F. His wife is a daughter of Calvin Kelsey. and in little more than B year she has lost her sister, Mrs. John H. Linsley, her mother. and now her husband has been taken.