The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-18
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Young Peoples Gaiid-funsrai of Mrs
 Potter - Mr. Duffy Buried - General
 News.
 The members of the Young Peoples guild will meet Thursday evening to trim the Grace Episcopal church for Christmas, Adam Maekey is chairman of the committee, The work will be done under the supervision of R. w.. keast.
 The new parlors Of the Y. M. c. A. were used Sunday afternoon for the first time, They were formerly on the second floor of the building at the cor ner of East Grand avenue and North Quinnipiac street, but have been nov ed 10 the first floor. The new rooms are well fitted up, are more accessible, and the change will, 1t Is believed. prove very advantageous At the meet Ing held in the new quarters Sunday seventy-fve attended and all remarked on the improvement
 The steamer New Haven, which the New Haven Steamboat company agreed 10 sell to company in Virginia for $l2,0OO and upon which $2.00O has been paid. was built in the annex In 1866 al the old yard near the Fair Haven wire mill. The Northampton was built at the same yard at about the same time.
 The funeral of Clarissa, wife of Lev crett Potter. was conducted from her late homo. S02 Front street. yesterday afternoon, Rev. J. H. Hand of the East Pearl street M. E. church officiating. The bearers were Charles Thompson, Noah Allen, Anson Moulthrop and Wat son Belden. Mrs. Potter died from con- sumption after long illness at the age of fifty-six years. She leaves a hus- band, Leverett Potter, an engineer at H. Hooker & Go. s, and two sons. The interment was in the Hamden ceme- tery.
 At the funeral of Thomas Duffy, con- ducted yesterday afternoon from the home of his brother, Matthew Duffy, 21S Front street, the G. A. R. was well represented, the deceased having been a veteran of the War of the Rebellion. The interment was in the Evergreen cemetery and the veterans had charge of the burial service. H. w. Crawford X Co.,, undertakers, had charge of both funerals.
 Councilman Arthur H. Smith, who was ill with pneumonia recently, will leave for Florida on Wednesday for the benefit of his health and will be away several weeks He will go to Tampa.
 Charles Parmelee made several pho- tographs of the Shore Line bridge be- fore opera tions for it's removal began, and they are on exhibition at the store of w. A. Warner & Bro. Two of the views were taken with a train of cars on the bridge, and are very natural.
 Postmaster Moore reports that Christ mas packages for transportation for long distances are already beginning to be received at the branch post of flee.
 A small schooner from Chincon- league Va, with oysters arrived yes terday for east side dealers.
 The brig Mary Stewart, which arriv- ed from Nova Scotia with plaster, has sailed.
 On Thursday evening Hiram Camp division will have an entertainment fur nished by members in Company A, Captain T. O. Perry.
 Members of Perseverance council, Daughters of Liberty, will make a vst to West Haven on Thursday night up- on invitation of MT and Mrs. Newton, the latter being a member of the coun- ci.
 w. G. Waters will on Saturday open a stove store at 114 Grand avenue. He will also move his plumbing business from 15S Front street to that place.