The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-17
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Russell G.. 'Smhh dleu at NO IVA South
Front street yesterday at the age of
seventy-six cans, after several years
suffering from "A cancer, which had
attacked one gitle of his face He
leaves a widow and three children
Charles Smith. walo lives in the west,
Mrs. Louisa Hollid ay and Mrs. Edward
Trenton of this clU v
The committee h, wing in charge the
arrangements for Il lie third season of
the peoples course entertainments to
be given in the Ora nd avenue Congre-
gational church, have planned for an
unusually fine Hters ry and musical
treat. The first ente rtainment will be
given on the evening of October s and
will consist of a caref ully selected pro-
gram to be given by tn e famous Mozart
symphony club of New York. The
other events will be- Miss jerry" a
picture play written by Alexander
Black, and portrayed by eighteen per-
formers, and to be given December
s; the Boston Rivals October 16 and
Herbert Johnson's Qui ntette club of
Boston in November.
There were two fatal ncidents occur
ring in the annex AT Hemingway
street a moving train We sterday struck
horse belonging to Patrick Ryan,
knocking the animal off :he trestle and
a COW that was being d rive in from
the country was struck n the evening
by an electric car and in sta ntly killed
Two more of Ryan's hor ses that We're
roaming around at will es, capped slaugh-
ter.
The communion service fh: the Grand
avenue Congregational church on Sun
day was one of the most: largely at
tended in its history, marry old mem
bers having been present 4 rom out of
town. Six young men we're received
on profession of faith.
The Ladies' Aid society of the M. e.
church will serve supper 10, party
of 225 from Trinity M. E. oh urch We'd
nesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Willet Hemins yway have
returned from very enjoyable trip
to Bantam lake.
Edward Barnes of Houston street
went to Southington on visit to- rela-
tives yesterday.
Mrs. F. w. j. sizer is vislt1rtg in New
York.
George A Bradley, formerly of Fair
Haven, at his home in Winche ster Mr.
Hemingway drove up forty miles in
one day.
The annual meeting of the womyen's
Foreign Mission circle of the M. E.
church will be held Tomorrow at 4
p. M
THE LATE NATHANIEL S. ENG
LISH.
The death of Nathan Spencer Eng
lsh, which took place at his home on
Ferry street on Sunday at the ad-
vanced age of eighty-four years, has
removed kindly old man who had
very many friends. HE was one of
the best known men I'M this section of
the city, where he lived so long. and
his acquaintance of which there were
so large a number, will be sorry in
deed to learn of his 6ecease. Mr.. Eng
fish had been prominent in the work
of developing Fair Haven as beau
tiful residential suburb, and had made
his home there for fc~ty-fve years.
He was a member of the old English
family, his father being Isaac English
of Columbus avenue, where Nathaniel
was born December 10, 1871. He was
one of a family of SIX. ha wing three
brothers and two sisters. He was the
only surviving member of the sons,
and Mrs. I. N. Prior of Washington
is the only surviving daughter. Mr..
English was cousin of the late ex-
Governor James English, being one
year older than the ex-governor.
When Mr.. English was seven years
old he was taken by the family to live
with a relative at Westerly, r. T., re-
manning there till after he attained his
majority, when he returned to this
city, settling in Fair Haven forty five
years ago. He soon became a large
owner of real estate there, and held
land extending from "river to river"
as he expressed it, his property run
ming from Mill river to the Quinnipiac
During his early life Mr.. English was
interested largely in the West India
trade, and dealt largely in drowes of
mules and horses, which were pur-
chased in the west by him, and driven
to this city by the overland route, being
shipped from here to the West Indies.
Mr.. English was about this time one
of the wealthiest men in this vicinity,
and was an active promoter of every
enterprise for the improvement of the
town. He laid out many of the streets
of Fair Haven, one of the largest be-
ing Ferry street. He planted all the
shade trees of that section of the town,
sustaining practically the entire ex-
pense personally. He started the first
petition for an electric railroad from
this city to Fair Haven. A street in
Fair Haven is named in his honor
MI English's wealth was invested in
real estate too largely, and in the de-
probation of land about twenty years
ago he was forced to sell much of his
property at heavy sacrifice. He also
lost much property through endorsing
notes of his friends. Mr.. English's old
home was the present st. Francis con-
vent on Ferry street, which has been
partially reconstructed since its sale by
Mr.. English.
Mr. English was twice married, his
first wife being Miss Hannah Stan
ton of Newport, and his second Miss
Marcy of Hartford. The latter and Mr..
English's OnJy son Edmund r Emo