The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-02
FAIR EATEN.
Funeral of Judge Bray-Grace Church Pews-N. E. O. P.-The Oyster Business The Calumets ts-Polar Star Lodge.

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 Pews-N. E. o. P.-The Oyster Business The Calumets Polar Star Lodge. The sale Of pews at Grace church, which took place this week, resulted very successfully The total sum real ized is ahead of the sales for last year, and the people of the parish are very much encouraged.
 The funeral of Eddie, the son of Mrs. Mary F. Kenny, will be conducted this afternoon from the new mortuary chapel in the Fair Haven cemetery. This will be the first time the chapel has been used for funeral services. Four candidates were initiated at the meeting of Fort Hale lodge, N. E. o. P, last evening.
 The Laden building on Front street, which is being demolished this week, is nearly all taken down. The site will be cleared away to afford room for the Saltonstall main that the water com pany is to lay across Quinnipiac river at that point
 F. Mansfield & Sons are catching about 600 bushels of oysters per day to transplant on their beds down the harbor. They have sold 1000 bushels of native oysters to be planted on the beach beds, and the stock will be deiiV- cred next week.
 Communion services will be held at A. a,, and it is expected that about dozen new members will be received
 The Fair Haven mission will hold a meeting in the W. c. T. U. rooms to- morrow evening.
 The Calumet club has elected officers as follows: President, Charles F. Bates; vice president, Charles S. Sco- vile; secretary, F. s. Conklin; treas urer. F. w. Prince; executive commit tee, w. H. Preston, c. D. Smith, John Hare. The club has voted to abolish the associate branch, which will reduce the membership considerably.
 The funeral of the late ex-Judge Charles A. Bray was largely attended yesterday afternoon from his residence, 336 Prospect street, Rev. D. M. James officiating. A quartet consisting of Mrs. George Block, Mrs. w. R. Downes, w. A, Hemingway and c. B. Rowe. sang several selections. The bearers were the sons C. E. and Evelyn Bray, and the brothers, Wells J. and James F. Bray. The burial was in the Fair Ha- ven cemetery.
 The historical representation entitled
 aThe Celestial Garland, or St. Dorothea the Martyr" was successfully given at Polar Star hall Thursday evening be- fore an audience of about 450 persons, under the auspices of the Young Peo- ple's Guild of Grace church. The mem bers of the guild appeared in the tab leaux, which were given under the di- rection of pr. Hills Cole of Bridgeport, who drilled the young people in the presentation of the same. The costumes were also furnished by Dr. Cole. The descriptive poem was read by Rev. Percy Barnes, rector of Grave church. After the entertainment cake and cream was served by the members of the ladies' aid society,
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 New Haven, No. ?, w. c. T. IT., is to hold their Sunday service in the East Pearl street Methodist church at D. m. The Salvation Army is to conduct it.
 Grove J. Futile. as administrator of the estate of the late Edwin Russell of Fair Haven, yesterday sold the house belonging to the estate, known as the Ralph Russell place. at No 36S Center street. to William H. Aliing of Fair Haven. The price paid was &, 900. MT. Alling will improve the property.