The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-03
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEHS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SIDES OF THE RIVER.

Grace Church Parish Aid Society--A Hay Load and Troliey-Tuneral of Mrs Farren-The Temporary Bridge-Per- sonal Jottings,
 Officers of Fort Hale lodge, N. E. o. P, will go to Guilford this evening to exemplify the work of the order before Sachem lodge of that place. This visit is made at the request of the grand officers.
 The Parish Aid society of Grace church will give supper in the parish building tomorrow evening, to be fol- lowed by an entertainment given by the young people of the parish.
 The regular meeting of the parish of Grace church, postponed from Monday evening owing to the storm, will be held next Monday evening. .......
 The schooner Henry Clay, which brought bluestone for w. A. Warmer & Brother, was lowed to West Haven yes- terday to unload the remainder Of the cargo, the firm having contracted to furnish 5000 feet of curbing for one of the streets in that village.
 Mrs. w. O. Montgomery left for Bal timore yesterday, and after short vis- it there will return to her home in Bell port, N. c.
 MT. and Mrs. Willard A. Granniss have returned from their bridal tour, and will reside on Center street.
 William A. Bradley of Canaan is vis- iting his brother, B. S.. Bradley
 B. P. Buck is removing from Center to Prospect street.
 F. Foote Andrews and sister, Mrs. N. w. Bradley of East Haven, have been visiting at Saugatuck.
 A load of hay in being driven over the temporary bridge Monday afternoon displaced one of the trolley poles, tenn porarily stopping the electric cars from crossing to the east side.
 The funeral of Mrs. ,Flavia F. Farren will be held this afternoon at 230 o'clock from the residence of her son, Roswell B. Farren, Mo- 349 Center street. The deceased died on Monday evening, after a long illness, from heart disease She was the widow of Captain Merritt Farren, who died about a dozen years ago. Captain Farren was a well known Fair Haven shipmaster and commanded a number of vessels. He was a brother of Captain William Far ren and Deacon John S. Farren, both deceased Mrs Farren leaves two sons, Roswell B. and Willis Farren; daugh- ter, Mrs. sherman Russell, died several months ago. Mrs. Farren had made Jo, death of the latter, when she went to reside with her son, R. B. Farren. When MT. and Mrs. R. B. Farren went west in the summer Mrs. Farren went to MT. and Mrs. Allen Huntley's, and having been taken i'll soon afterWard, she was never removed from there. She was in the eightieth year of her age.
 Portions of the curved rail at the west approach of the temporary bridge, hav- ing worn badly are to be renewed by the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad company. There are other indications which have led to a report that the drawbridge would not be ready for use until the coming spring. Director Beecher of the public works depart ment and City Engineer Kelly have re-
 
 state that it ought to be opened for traffic before New Years. They say that the advent of cold weather will make no difference with the work on the bridge, so far as the concreting is concerned, for the roadway is to be paved with brick and the work on the sidewalks can be postponed until spring. In an endeavor to hasten work somewhat, men were engaged in plac- ing the draw machinery Sunday. The mayor was requested to give pernis- sion, and he telephoned the police de- partment to allow the work to go on unless some person objected, and in that case the police were to stop work. The machinery in the dome is well ad- vanced, and shortly a bigger gang will be employed erecting the superstructuIe of the big draw. Contractor Mcdonald is to plank the bridge.