The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-08
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
FUNERAL OF MRS. Charles T..
WILLARD HELD YESTERDAY.
North- ElIenberger wedding at Grace
Church Last Night-Storm Interfered
win Work ON East Chapel Street
Bridge Other Items,


Bridge Other Items.
The remains of Mrs. Julia A., widow
OF Charles T.. Willard, will be taken to-
DAY to West Mortified, Mass, where
The funeral services will be held. I'm
dertaker H. w. Crawford will be in
charge and will accompany the funeral
party to West Mortified. The deceas-
ed resided on Exchange street, but Of
late resided on Rock avenue. Mrs. Will
lard died at the New Haven hospital,
where she had been under treatment,
at the age Of sixty-one years. She was
Tor several years a teacher in the New
Haven schools and for several years at
Woolsey school. She leaves two daugh-
tiers, Miss Laurette L., and Miss Mabel
c. Willard, teacher in Miss Cady's
school,
The friends of Thomas I. Kinney,
formerly of Fair Haven, are booming
him as the democratic candidate for
comptroller.
Judge Deming Monday evening at
Old Saybrook delivered his lecture on
Egypt and the Nile"
The photograph will be exhibit
ed at an entertainment given in the
parlors Of st. James church under the
auspices of the Young Peoples social
chapter this evening. There will be
other attractions, and ice cream and
cake will be served.
The marriage of Miss Esther North
and Henry l.. Ellenberger took place
at Grace church last evening, Rev. f.
r. Sanford offfcia ting. Several hundred
invitations were issued for the cere-
mony and despite the storm there was
a large attendance. After the ceremo-
ny a reception was held at the brides
home on Exchange street.
The storm yesterday interfered with
the progress of the work on the foun-
dations for the new East Chapel street
bridge The mason work on the center
pier is we'll advanced, and work has be-
gun for the foundations of the west
abutment. A mud digger is excavating
for the foundations where long pilings
will be driven for a support for the
masonry. This mud digger rests on the
scow recently built by the contractors.
This is to be a large abutment and the
one on the east side will be even larger.
Bridge Tender William Sullivan of
late has had considerable trouble in
pulling aside the pontoons in the tenn
porary drawbridge over Mill river, to
allow vessels to pass up to the wharves.
Occasionally there is considerable float
ing ice in the stream which impedes the
removal of the pontoons 1t is neces-
sary to remove two pontoons to allow
the vessels to pass, but the work Is
done very well under the circumstances.
Indeed, the temporary bridge is serving
its purpose better than was expected,
although in heavy storm the pontoons
are occasionally driven out of position
and compelling pedestrians to walk up
to Grand avenue to cross the river.
The work of preparing the foundation
for j. B. Moran's new laundry building
on Grand avenue, is attended with some
difficulty. 1t has been necessary to
drill two feet through the frost and re-
move the surface earth in great blocks.
A good start has been made, and the
work will progress rapidly as soon as
the weather serves.