The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-09

l>' n, tlIcn ana J, I otouI, He eStap- lished a wholesale grocery house in State street, the firm name being Stout, Yale & Co. Two years later MT Finch sold out hls interest to Edward Bryan, and for one year the firm continued un- der the old name, At the end of that year MT Stout also sold his interest and the firm became Yale & Bryan, Under that name 1t continued for about thirty years, then the firm was made Yale, Bryan X Co. until five years ago, when MT, Yale, retiring from the bus mess, it became Bryan, Miner X Read.
 MT Yale leaves a widow and two daughters, Mrs. George l. Hopkins or Westville and Mrs. Fortis Fl. Allis Of New Britain, also a brother in Meri- den and two sisters in this city. While in this city he was a member Of the Third Congregational church until the building of Dwight Place church, which he joined He was of exceedingly gen. erous disposition, loved his home and never cared for public life His death will cause sincere regret wherever he was known The funeral will be held in Meriden, Monday, at 10 o'clock, and the remains will be brought to this city on the Il :52 train for burial In Ey- ergreen cemetery.
 DEATH OF WILLIAM R, HUBBEsI4L.
 William R. Hubbell for nearly forty years an esteemed citizen and one of the leading carpenters and builders of this city, died at his home, 37 Artizan street, yesterday noon, aged eighty nine years and ten months.
 Mir. Hubbell was born in Easton, Ct, in 1897 and learned the trade, to which he devoted the many years of his life of his brother, Zelmar Hubbell of Trumbul. He early showed marked aptitude for and proficiency in the car penter's trade, and while still young man was made superintendent of the Derby Building and Lumber company, firm which is still in existence. He remained in this position of trust for several years, performing his duties with the highest faithfulness and sue cess.
 Severing his connection with the Der by Building and Lumber company, he removed to Stratford where he went into the building business for himself
 
 He remained in Stratford for several years engaged in the successful prose cution of his business.
 In 1859 he removed to New Haven where he continued to reside till his death
 He here formed a partnership with George P Merwin on Eld street in the building business, which has continued for thirty-se years to the present time
 During this time the firm of Huhbel & Merwln and in recent years of Hub bell, Merwin & Co.,, has built up ant maintained a most enviable reputation 1 for excellent and honest work in thi; | city and locality.
 1 Many of the better class of residences ! in the city have been erected by this | firm besides many other fine edlfices 1 Some of the most recent buildings o1 ! thier contraction are the Kent hall or | York street, a fine student apartment | building, George Hughes new block or Congress avenue, and the Hon. Will { liam J. ClarkIs residence at Stony { Creek
  amount of building, not only in New Haven, but also in West Haven ant Woodmont, and other adjoining places | Mr. Hubbell was in much demand a' 1 an appraiser of real estate. for Whicf his integrity, sound judgment and bus, ! mess discretion i pre- -eminently fitted him. In this capacity he was called 1T 1 to appraise the value of many build ings injured by fire, and also in other real estate appraisals
 As man, Mn Hubbell was of the old sterling sort, one who could always be relied upon for honesty and upright ness in whatever he undertook ant these characteristics combined witf other lovable and worthy traits of char. ] acter. won him the esteem of all wht knew him.
 ! His physique was strong and sturdy and he continued actively interested 1T | the fine business until near the time of his death and up to three weeks agt was around actively engaged in thu ] superintendence of the construction O l buildings His death was due to { l complication of diseases combined witl old age.
 Despite his age, he bore his year with the appearance of a much young CT man, and when seventy years olC would hardly have been taken for fifty | five.
 | For several years he was constan | attendant at the old Third church prio
 to it's union with the United church While in Stratford he became a menlbe of the Masonic lodge, retaining hi
 membership until his death. He wa
 also a member of the Masonic Funera
 Aid association at the time of hi | death. He leaves a widow and fou
 daughters to mourn his death, Tn
 daughters are: Emily, the wife of ex
 Fire Commissioner E. R. Nichols; Jen
 nie, the widow of Engineer Hitch
 cock. who was suddenly killed by al explosion while employed by the Con
 solidated railroad near the New Havel
 roundhouse; Sarah, the wife of Arthu Ryerson of West Haven, who is ship
 ping clerk at Belle Dock; Florence
 wife of Frank Stevens. foreman of tn buckle shop in West Haven.
 The funeral services will be hel Wednesday at o'clock at his residence Interment will be in the Evergreel
 cemetery. The services will be attend
 ed by the employees of Hubbell, Merwi
 & Go. in a body. Some of the em
 ployes have been with the firm for
 score of years or more.