The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-25
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Death of Hiram +. HincIley, an Old Engineer of the N. II. & H. Railroad Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon- Ralph Pastore WiIl Shave the Soldiers --Mrs. Johnston Identifies the Body of Her Husband.
 Hiram B. Hinckley died at his resi- dence on Main street. near the Four Corners, yesterday morning. The di- rect cause of his death was a cancer, from which he had been a sufferer for two years or more. He was in his six ty-ninth year and was born in Nor wich. He had been in the service of the Consolidated road for over thirty three years, having hired out as an en- gineer to the old New Haven and Hart ford railroad in 1865. After twenty-five years of successful running as an en- gineer he was transferred on account of an accident, to the Belle dock engine house, of which he remained foreman until obliged to give up work about a year ago. The deceased was very pop ular with his brother engineers and his genial manner and familiar form will be missed by the employees of the road. He was a widower, his wife having died in 1892. He leaves a son, F. B. Hinckley, who Is an engineer on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad also four daughters, three of whom are married, the younger, Miss May, living at home. A brother is T. G. Hinckley of Springfield, also an en- gineer on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad for a number of years. The funeral services will be held from his late residence near Four Corners tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock. A delegation from Division No. IT, Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, of which MT. Hinckley was a member, will be present. The inter- ment will be in the East Haven ceme- tery. The funeral arrangements are in charge of H. w. Crawford & Go.
 Miss Catherine Grace of Newark, N. J., Is visiting Mrs. Henry Gesler of Front street.
 Miss Lulu Lennon of East Pearl street, a teacher in the Seymour high school, is spending two weeks in Pough- keepsie and Albany.
 Ralph Pastore, the popular barber, has volunteered to shave the sick sol- diers and will go up to the hospital for that purpose tomorrow.
 B. R. Farr of 45 Houston street is home after several months spent in the of Lie tyxy as a pnar1hpr If the Naval Militia.
 Work on the temporary bridge over Mill river at Chapel street is now being pushed by c. w. Blakeslee & Co.,, whose reputation as hustlers insures its speedy completion. MT. Blakeslee said yesterday that it would not take more than two weeks to complete the struc- ture, which will be six feet wide and for foot passengers only It will be nearly on line with Saltonstall ave- nue, with the western terminal on the New Haven Gas company's land. From there a plank walk will be constructed to the street. That section of the bridge which is to be used as a draw will rest on floating pontoons and can be lowed back out of the way in order to let boats pass up the river.
 The steamer Emily Mansfield return ed last night to her dock in the Quin- nipiac river after an absence of three weeks in Providence waters, where her owners are cultivating ground.
 The body which was found on the beach at South End, and which has been at Crawfords undertaking rooms for two days, was. positively identified yesterday morning by Mrs. Johnston of 52 Lafayette street as that of her husband, Joel Johnston, who had been missing since last Friday night. The funeral took place at 4:30 yesterday af- ternoon, Rev. Dr. J. Lee Mitchell off, ciating. The interment was in Union cemetery.
 Wallace s. Moyle and Dr. Burdette Adams are named as executors in the will of the late Dr. c. B. Adams.
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