The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-14
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
STREETS STILL EXCEPTING 1TTEN-
 TION FROM SUPT. BALDWIN.

South Front Street Being Hardened
 With Crushed stome-Mr. and Mrs. w.
 R. Downs Leave for the South Grace
 r. F. Church Elects committees for
 the Ycnr-FuneraI of Mrs. William s. Johnson--OtherI Items.
 Edwin F. Strickland of 1S3 Wooster street, who died on Wednesday, was an uncle of Lorenzo c. Strickland, the grocer, of 99 Grand avenue. He was well known conductor for twenty years. The funeral will be held this morning. and the remains will be taken to West Brookfield, Mass, for ipterment. An account of MT. Strickland's life appears in another column.
 Elmer F. Culver of Quinniplac ave- nue is to build two houses on his prop crty at the corner of Quinnipiac and Barnes avenues. Elizur Palmer has taken the contract to build the houses.
 Fred Dayton of Saltonstall avenue, who has been very i'll with pneumonia, is able to sit up little.
 Rev. F. R. Sanford of Grace church will resume his Friday evening lessons on the Sunday school lesson this even- ing. These lectures were omitted dur ing Lent.
 The Ladies' Aid society gave fine supper in the parish house of Grace church last evening. Following the supper was an excellent entertainment by the Young Peoples Guild.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter R. Downs leave on their southern trip to-day. At At lanta they will attend the convention of the International Sunday school as- sociation, and will visit MT. Downs mother, Mrs. Charles Downs, at Orange Park, Fla.
 Mrs. C. B. Adams and her mother have removed to their former home in Denver, Col. They go out principally on account of Mrs Adams health, which has not been good in the east.
 At the annual meeting of the ves- try of Grace P. E. church committees were elected as follows: Committee on music H. H. Nettleton, c. H. Smith, William Broadbent; committee on sex ton J. H. Fenton: committee on re- pairs, s. J. Gilbert, J. H. Reeves, A. J. Weld ]. H. Fenton; committee on in- surance, William s. Rowe, Thomas Rog- erson, John Keast.
 James F. Malone will on May 1 re- move from 190 Grand avenue to 25 Wooster Place.
 The funeral of Mrs. Mary J.. widow of William s. Johnson, was solemnized from her late residence, 2S York Square. yesterday afternoon, Rev. Dr. Levi Gill bert officiating. Mrs. Johnson formerly resided here and for years was mem Der of the East Pearl street M. E. church, Many Fair Haven friends at tended the funeral. The interment was in Evergreen cemetery.
 The Second Congregational church and the chapel are to be reshingled.
 The work of hardening South Front street with crushed stone has begun. This street has been in about as bad a condition as any street in the city.
 Superintendent Baldwin and a gang of men were over in Fair Haven clean ing some of the streets of the Twelfth ward yesterday.
 Jacob F'riedel, the liveryman, leaves on Monday for Providence, where he is to manage large stable. He will take along couple of horses and several carriages He will leave his business here in charge of one of his men.
 James King of Gainesville, O., is to build residence on Russell street Mir King was a son-in-aw of the late E. s. Fowler, and the building site is. on the Fowler farm.
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