The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-04
LATEST B,AIIt HAVEN NEWS.

Haven which is promised in the spring
 is the laying of a pavement of vitrfied
 brick on Chapel street, from East street
 to East Pearl street. This section of
 roadway has been in need of improve
 ment for years and the people will vel
 come the change. The building of the 1 bridge over the railroad tracks and the
 new drawbridge has interrupted travel
 in that section for months, and when
 the street is newly paved 1t is to be hoped that there will be no further ob- struction to travel there for years to
 come.
 The funeral of MT. and Mrs. AleXan- der Craig and two daughters, victims of | the railroad accident at Paterson, N. J., which was held at the Grand avenue Congregational church Saturday after
 noon, was one of the saddest and most impressive funeral services ever held in
 this city. There were about thirteen
 hundred people in the church and fully two thousand at the Fair Haven ceme-
 tery, where the four bodies were buried
 in one grave.
 The services began at o'clock. The LkGN. J. ICG IllClICll, pdcltl lN IIE
 church, assisted by the Rev. D. J. Clark
 of East Haven, conducted the services
 at the church. At the cemetery the
 Episcopal services were read by the Rev. Dr. F. $. Lines of St. Paups church.
 There we're two sets of bearers, one for the parents and the other for the children. The latter were selected from among the young associates of the lit- tie girls while they lived in this city. The following acted as bearers for the parents: Frank Sperry of the firm of Sperry & Barnes, Professor Sydney I. Smith of Sheffield Scientific school, Ed ward Thompson of East Haven, George Paynes. Clarence Deming and Charles A. Futile.
 The bearers for the children were Herbert Nelson Frederick Smith, Will bur Smith and Frank Page.
 Among those in attendance at the funeral were Editor Levi s. Richard of the Scranton Tribune, and wife, and MT. and Mrs. Lambert s. Quackenbush of New York, whom the unfortunate fam fly were on their way to visit when they met their death.
 Organ selections were rendered by Harry Jepson, but there was no sing ing. The remains were inferred in one large, evergreen-lned grave in the Fair Haven cemetery. The four cask- cts were lowered simultaneously by patent Lowering apparatus. Flowers were sprinkled upon the caskets before they were lowered into the earth. There were number of beautiful floral offer ings.
 The New London Day in referring to well known Fair Haven four-masted schooner says: Here is another New Haven schooner in trouble, the Van Name and King She has arrived at Savannah from Brunswick, bound for Philadelphia, waterlogged. The Van Name and King was blown half way across the Atlantic in the blizzard of year or so ago and it cost several thou sand dollars to refit her then. Her owners will have another opportunity to go down in their pockets now. The Van Name and King is thirteen years old and has seen her best days.'
 MT and Mrs. C. w. Kanahan and family have returned from a visit to their children, Mr. and Mrs. Straley of Bridgeport. There were fifteen of the family who sat down to their Thanks giving dinner last Thursday in Bridge port.
 Professor William J. Rohan, choir master of St. Francis' church, has been engaged for over five weeks in rehears- ing his choir in the Christmas music At the 10:30 a. m. service the choir will render Mozart's Twelfth mass quite difficult composition, and will be assist ed by an orchestra.
 The Home for the Friendless is great | ly in need of the services of a nurse at | this time as one of the old ladies is very | ill. If some of the friends of this ex- cellent home felt it in their hearts to k pay for the services of a nurse they would be accomplishing a great good. It is not expected that trained nurse will be provided, but anyone who has had experience i'm nursing desiring a home and reasonable compensation would be very welcome at the home If the means could be provided. With the large increase in the number of inmates the services of permanent nurse at the home are much needed.
 Lyman B. Bradley has been elected junior vice commander of Admiral Fotoe post, G. A. R.
 The annual election of Quinnipiac of Heptasophs will be held this evening.
 The tugboat Rambler. in command of Captain John H. Hewitt, while towing 3 schooner down the river from Lan- craft Brothers wharf Saturday after noon played sad havoc with the trolley cable of the Fair Haven and Westville under the Quinnipiae draw bridge. The propeller caught the cable and a long stretch of it was carried town the river The street ears were