The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-04
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
Y. p. S. @. ". SERVICE AT BAPTIST
CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT.


Last Meeting of Old Board of Wnrdens
and Burgesses of Fair Haven East Held
Thursday--Mecting to Lay Borough
Tax-Fast Horse Purchased by George
G. Bradley.
The last meeting Of the old board Of
wardens and burgesses of Fair Haven
East was held Thursday evening. War
den George M. Baldwin presided, and
Borough Clerk c. e. Bray looked after
the records. Bills amounting to about
5000 were approved. At the next meet
ing of the board a petition for new
electric light at the corner of Grand
avenue and Russell street will be con-
sidered. The petition, signed by about
eighteen citizens, has been placed in the
hands of Clerk Bray.
An adjourned meeting of the voters
of the borough Of Fair Haven East will
be held in the engine house next Mon
day evening. A borough tax for the
coming year will be laid.
new walk of carbonized stone is be-
ing laid In front Of the residence of A.
L. Chamberlain of Grand avenue.
The ladies of st. James church will
hold a strawberry festival in the church
parlors next Wednesday evening. 1t
will be held under the auspices of the
Daughters of the King.
Mrs. George A. Bradley of Westches-
ter has been visiting friends on the east
side
Harvey r. Hemingway and Richard
G. Davis are repairing and improving
the Long building on Quinnipiac ave-
nue..
Mrs. Willis Hemingway has gone to
Holyoke, Mass, to visit relatives. She
will leave soon for Ticonderoga, N. Y,
on a visit to her daughter, Mrs Joseph
Cooke.
The service at the Grand avenue Bap-
fist church Sunday evening will be UNI
der the auspices of the Y. P. s. G. E.
of the church. The subject is Things
My Denomination Has Accomplished
the postponed Christian Endeavor top
ic. DIR. Sage will give an address and a
chorus choir will supplement the music
by the regular choir.
Communion services will be held in
the Grand avenue Congregational
church Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Henry Torrant of Lime Rock
will preach at Grace P. e. church Sum
day.
DR.. Benedict, brother-in-1aw of Mrs.
d oi,,~ Of OJIironiriQo
died at his home in Syracuse, N. Y, on
Thursday. He was the leading physi-
clan of the city. DR.. Benedict had WIS.,
tied frequently in Fair Haven. His re-
mains will be brought to Cromwell, this
state, for burial.
An important improvement is being
made in the highway at point known
as the Strong Hill, near Foxon. The
highway is being improved by East
Haven in conjunction with the state
appropriation. The grade of the hill is
to be cut down five feet and the ma
terial used in raising the grade In the
hollow near John Maloney's. Pierce &
Co. of Bridgeport have been awarded
the contract for the work at about ST.
O00
George G. Bradley has just purchased
in Clinton fine trotter with record
of 2.34. The new horse is a very prom
Using animal and the Fair Haven horse
men are anxious to see the trotter
speeded at Riverside park.
The funeral of Fannie, wife of James
B. Munson, was held from her home
on Grand avenue yesterday afternoon,
Rev. r. T. McNicholl officiating The
interment was In the Grove street GEM
etery. The deceased was a native of
Taunton, Mass
The funeral of Mrs. Martha D. Will
bur, wife of John L. Wilbur, will be
solemnized this afternoon at 2 o'clock
from her late home, 276 Ferry street.
Rev. Dr. Mitchell viii off1ciate, and the
interment will be in the Fair Haven
cemetery.