The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-09
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
SAD EATEMENY TO MR. AND
 MRS. HOB1RT HOWIRD.

MHSs HOBIRI HOWIKO.
 Graduating Glass at Strong School VII
 Number 10O--Letter from William A.
 Warner Who is In nCuba-Evangelistic
 Meetings ut Grand Avenue Baptist
 Church.
 Claribelle, little daughter of MT and Mrs. Hobart Howard of "A Russell street, died Wednesday at the age of seven months The little one had suf- fered with pneumonia. The funeral will be held to-day by Rev. R. T. Me Nicholl will conduct the services.
 Dr. c. E. Strong, the dentist, says he is not to take that reported trip to Montana. He says he will remain in Fair Haven to attend to his dentistry business
 The barge Rancocas arrived yester day with 1,5o0 barrels of cement for the Warner Miller Go. A portion of the cargo was put off at the Mill River wharf, and the barge came up into the Quinnipiac river in the afternoon to discharge the balance at the wharf on South Front street. This is the first steam barge to come into the Quin-. nipiac so far this year.
 From present prospects it is expected that class of about 100 will graduate at Strong school at commencement. Last years class numbered about l1O. It was expected that nearly 125 would graduate this year, but it is feared that nearly twenty-five will not be able to do so. Principal Mirick believes in thorough work and while he would be glad to see all graduate, he believes that another years study for quite num- Der will be required and that it will be time well appropriated,
 R. T. Warner yesterday received a let ter from his brother, William A. War ner dated Cienfuegos, Cuba, where he arrived on the steamer Saratoga. MT. Warner says that owing to the severe storm that retarded the ship, she was two days behind the schedule on arriv- ing, but he intends to sail from Hava- ma, as he first determined, on March 10, He vii. go by rail from Cienfuegos to Havana. He had a stay of several days at Nassau. At Santiago MT. Warner procured piece of the barb wire fence used by the Spaniards on their defense works al San Juan hill.
 Mrs. Jillson has rented her cottage at Pine Orchard to G. w. Hallock, who has moved his family there.
 The funeral of Cordelia A., widow of Major L. Peck, will be held from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. E. c. Thompson, Lighthouse Point, this af- ternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
 Henry E. Lowe has purchased of Joseph R. Story lot 155 feet on. Peck | street.
 Captain Andrew P. Culver is at Mo- | ank getting the schooner Silas Brain | ard in readiness for transporting seed | oysters from this harbor to points east.
 East Haven grange 106 has adopted on the death of one of it's prominent members, s. w. F. Andrews. The committee which reported the res buttons were c. w. Bradley, Marietta Zoe and Grove J. Futile.
 The evangelistic meetings held at the Grand avenue Baptist church this week nave been largely attended very inter- ,sting The pastor Rev E. w. Stone las been assisted by Rev. w. J. Swaf- field of Jersey City, the latter preach ng every evening. On Wednesday eve- hing the meeting was intended particu- arly for the Sunday school, and the ,hurch was completely filled. dele ,ation of eighteen from Branford was present. Mir. Swaffield is an earnest md convincing speaker and his work n Jersey City has been very successful his winter Last Sunday he extended he right had of fellowship to forty lew members.