The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-12
D0INGS IN FAIR HAVEN
RES UET or TIE EAST SIDES BoR-
0UGH ELECTION.

No Oppostuon-Ihe success OF the SiIi~
zens' Tieket-Popular Candldates-Con-
firmation SerVices-Funeral of John Il.
Kont-An Exciting Runaway,
The annual election in the borough of
Fair Haven East took place yesterday
in the engine house between the hours
of a. m. and l p. m, Ira e. Fonda
was moderator and V, e, Wright and
f. S. Mallory We're the counters. There
was no opposition to the citizens tick
ct, for which 81 votes We're cast. The
meeting was then adjourned until the
| first Monday evening in June, at which
time the annual reports will be made
and the tax laid Officers elected were
as follows:
| Warden-Frederck w. j. Sizer.
| Burgesses-George NJ. Baldwin, Willis
II. Farren, Joel M. Bradley, Richard G..
| Davis, Giles W. Clark and Augustus W..
| Wright.
| Clerk-Charles e. Bray.
| Treasurer-OrtonA A. Rose.
Assessors-Charles w. Hemingway,
| ASA ~. ctlAN l. iSNeNllNh -
Hemingway
Collector-LeWis A. I, Blake.
Bailiff-Charles N, Mack.
Confirmation services were held in
| Grace Episcopal church Sunday morn
| ing. A class of eleven-ten adults and
! one child--were confirmed by Bishop
Williams, who made an address to the
candidates. AT the evening service the
rector, Rev. Percy Barnes, congratu-
lated the members of the parish on the
success of the celebration of the TWEEN
| ty-fifth anniversary. Letters of regret
We're read from Rev. DR.. Brigham,
Rev. w. C. Roberts and Rev. Mr., Dens-
| low. The latter wrote a long letter in
| which he referred to his stay in Fair
! Haven and the several departments of
| work in the parish The collection for
the new aims basin, taken up last Tues
! day, amounted to $685. an amount Just
| sufficient to procure It,
j. H. Thorpe, the builder, is building
the two Wright houses on Brown
street.
The funeral of the late John f, Kent,
| son of Patrick Kent of Blatchley ave-
nue. was largely attended from the st.
Francis church yesterday morning.
There was a solemn high mas of requi-
EN-, Rev Fathers Mulholland, Stanley
and O'Connor officiating,
| Henry G. barrow Is improving his
! property at the corner of Houston and
Chambers streets, including the re-
painting of the barn, repairing of the
! fences, etc.
J,,I N tha annex
has just completed a new ritual for the
N. e. o. p
| A very exciting runaway took place
yesterday afternoon, the horse start
| ing on Grand avenue and running into
| the annex before he was stopped. The
1 team belonged to the New Haven Gas
Light company, the wagon containing
a number of meters and five year-old
/ boy In front of the post Office John
Hare attempted to stop the horse but
was unsuccessful, but one OF his hands
was injured, having been struck by a
! wheel. On East Grand avenue Dexter
r. Bradley jumped from his wagon and,
| holding his own horse by the bits, with
| his right hand grasped the runaway
horse and stopped him. 1t was a very
clever performance. and Mr.. Bradley
was much praised for his act The lit
! tie boy was still holding to the reins,
but when the horse stopped his forth
tude deserted him and he cried, big
crowd gathered at the scene. 1t is said
| that Mr. Bradley ran a considerable
risk in stopping the runaway horse as
he did.
Mrs James Whittlesey of Brooklyn
visited Mr. and Mrs. N. Irving Harri-
son of No 10 Perkins street on Satur-
| day.
Miss Florence Smith Of Exchange
street, who has been very Ill with pneu-
monia, is not improving as rapidly as