The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-04


 books and having to cheer him the congenial companionship of his wife, a lady of unusual culture and refinement, and the association of a few congenial friends, his declining years were spent, For many months past MT. Halls health had been utterly broken, and a year ago he was thought to be in a dy- Ing condition. He rallied, however, and had since fingered in greatly prostra- ted and enfeebled state, but his mind, however, remaining unclouded until near the last,
 MT. Hall came of good old stock His ancestors in direct line of the same name were freeholders in England un- der Oliver Cromwell and held several positions of authority, both being the reward for services to the reformer.
 In 1640 an ancestor landed at Ply mouth, twenty years after the May flower party, and settled in that dis trict, most of his descendants now be- ing in Ransom, Mass, and Believes Falls Vt. A grandfather of the de- ceased lived for a while in East Hart ford, but none of the family, until the life of the deceased here, settled in Connecticut.
 MT. Hall was born in Blanford, Mass, April II, 1874. His fathers name was Eli Hall, and his mother was Elizabeth Treat The father was physician of considerable repute. As a young man MT. Hall went west with MT. Kent in 1882, and graduated from Illinois col lege, with the degrees of B. A. and M A., in 1S3S, and from the Yale Divinity school in 1S41.
 He went to the Congregational church in Guilford in 1S43, having been or dained that year. and conducted an &C., tive and fruitful pastorate there for seven years, after which event abroad for rest In Geneva, Switzerland, in August, 1850, he married Cecile Malan daughter of the Rev. Dr. Caesar Malan Ca celebrated scholar and linguist, au- thor of various noted books), and they returned to Guilford in october of the same year.
 In 1856 he went to Europe again, re- maining there until 1S59 after which he came back to Guilford, where lie re- mained two years. While in Europe this time he was chaplain of the Amer ican church in Rome, Italy, Again re- turning to Italy from 1861 to 1866, he was superintendent of missions of the American and Foreign Christian union, in Italy, and chaplain of the American church in Florence.
 Then again he came back to Guilford and preached there for three years, and later preached for years in Mt. Carmel He can&e to Fair Haven Heights to live ,o+o ipn kat to the time of his death.
 MT Hall entered the Yale Law school, from which he graduated in 1874, but he never practiced. A week after his graduation he was injured in railroad disaster at Stony Creek, and from the injuries received suffered to the day of his death.
 MT. Hall had at different times been a member of the state legislature and was warden of the borough of Fair Haven East He leaves a widow and one son, Dr. E. c. M. Hall of S2 Grand avenue; brother, Henry Hall of Santa Barba- ra, Cal, and an adopted daughter, Mrs Alfred c. Holman of Chicago.
 The funeral will take place this morn- ing at 0:3O o'clock, with prayers at the l1OuSG. llc IlCN. o' l4CC AhilSiiCiA tbAiu the Rev. D. M. James will officiate The burial will be in Guilford at three o'clock.
 DEATH OF MARINDA HINE OF
 ORANGE.
 The death of Mrs. Marinda Hine of Orange occurred early Saturday morn ing at her home and was due to stroke of 5apoplexy sustained Monday night Mrs. Hine was sixty-one years of age and a very estimable lady. She leaves three daughters, Mrs Robert F. Bald win, wife of Town Agent Baldwin. Mrs. Mary s. Clark and Mrs. Charles s. Clark, both of Orange. Mrs. Hines husband, Charles w. Hine, who was a member of the Fifteenth regiment, c. ", died about fifteen years ago. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in Orange.
 DEATH OF AN EX-POSTMASTER.
 Lewis T. Webster. aged sixtyfive, for many years prominent and successful business man, and a former postmaster of Northfield, Mass, died there Satur- day. He was a representative in the Connecticut legislature in the seven ties, was a leader in town affairs, and in the Unitarian parish, and had man. aged many trust estates.