The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-25
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
LTEMS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SIDES OF THE RIVER.

Samuel Bishop Had Narrow Escape
 from Death at Yesterdays Fire-Big
 Business Done at Station A, of the Post
 office-work on the Drawbridge Sus-
 pended Because of Cold Weather.
 Samuel Bishop of 95 Grand avenue, employed in the factory of Halsted, Harmount & Co.,, had narrow escape yesterday noon in the fire which de- stroyed their property. He was em- ployed as a joiner on the third floor and so rapid was the spread of the flames that the widows were broken by the fierce heat before he knew of the fire. He had time to grab his overcoat, hat and jack plane and ran down the stairs. The stairway was fast filling with smoke and the least delay might have cost him his life. MT. Bishop lost all his tools save one plane, and 1t would cost at least $100 to replace them.
 There was more business transacted at station A yesterday than on any previous day since the station was es- tablshed. The deliveries were very heavy and two substitute carriers James Hart and John Butler, Fair Ha- ven residents, who know the routes well-assisted the regular men. The af- ternoon deliveries were especially heavy and each carrier, besides the usual mail, took out on an average of 200 packages. There was a great rush of packages to be mailed up to 3 p. m., and then the business was nearly over. Several hundred packages were forwarded. This morning the carriers will be heavily ladehed with Christmas packages, and some will charter express wagons. There will be only the morning delivery and the station will close at noon.
 The death of John c. Bradley, refer red to at length in another column, will bring sadness to the hearts of large circle of friends He had the faculty of making hosts of friends, was of bright and cheerful disposition and popular citizen. He was public spirited, patri- otic and abreast with the times. His family will have the sympathy of all | his friends in the hour of their severe bereavement.
 Christmas services will be held this morning at Grace and St. James Epis- copal churches. The services at Grace church will include sermon and the communion
 The services at St. Francis church
 will include high mass at 10:30 a. m.
 at which will be sung St. Clair's mass. | There will be vesper service at 7:30 l D. m.
 1 Owing to the severe cold yesterday | the men quit work on the drawbridge i at noon.
 1 The Sunday school of the East Haven 1 Congregational church enjoyed it's 4 Christmas exercises last evening From handsome tree gifts were distributed | to every member, and there were appro- I priate and interesting exercises.
 A Christmas cantata for the Sunday i school was given in the chapel of the Grand avenue Baptist church Thursday I evening", The title of the production I was Santa Claus Surprise Party" and was participated in by about thirty
 members of the school. Robert c. Hart l impersonated santa Claus" The usu- i al gifts to the scholars and teachers
 were dispensed with this year and in- l stead Santa Claus received gifts to be
 distributed among the needy. The gifts
 from the children were placed in an inn mense stocking After the exercises ] cake and cream were served to the children.