The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-15
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
REV. DR. MITCHELL'S SERIES ON
 THE CLOSING CENTURY.

A New wArriva1-FuneraIo of James P Bray This fternoon- n-surprise Visit tc
 w. Maynnrd-Live Oak CounciI-Neys | Vesttbule Car Run on BranfOrd Road
 At the Grand avenue Baptist church | tomorrow the pastor, Rev. E. w l Stone will preach in the morning on | Wine, or Spirit Filled' and for the
 evening the subject will be "A States | mans Queer Choice"
 | At the Grand avenue Congrega tional
 church, Sunday morning, Rev. Frank
 R. Luckey will preach in exchange
 with Rev Dr. Mitchell. In the evening | Dr. Mitchell will take up a series of
 subjects suggested by the close of the century. The topic next Sunday will | be Salt and Incense of the Closing Century,"
 Heart. Versus Brain will be the topic at the Second Congrega tional
 church Sunday evening. The chief pic-
 ture will be Raphaers great painting
 of the School of Athens" The usual illustrated song service will be given
 In contrast to Raphael's picture of the
 philosophers will be several beautifully colored views of home life Service be-
 gins at 7:90; all seats free
 Wilbur T. Jefferson of The Jefferson company was receiving congratulation
 yesterday. There arrived at his home, CT Atwater street, boy weighing
 eleven pounds.
 Deacon Lauren D. Lyman, who has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. pr. Holbrook of East Haven, has returned to his home in East Hampton.
 The funeral of James P Bray will be held from his late residence, 545 Quin- nipiac avenue, this afternoon at o'clock. Elder Whitney of the House. hold of Faith will officiate. The burial will be in Motowese cemetery. Rela- tives of the deceased will act as the bearers-C. E. Bray, Evelyn T. Bray Lester P. Mallory and Carl B. Ives.
 The schooners George Carmen and Maria Ann Belle are due to-day from Bay with 5000 bushels of oysters for Isaac F. Brown & Co.
 Dr. Holbrook said yesterday that the condition of ex-City Sheriff John Cole man was about the same. He is con scious only a part of the time
 William Maynard of 26 Forbes ave- nue was rendered a surprise visit by about fifty of his friends Thursday evening. It was his twenty-frst birth a m, ,sio and dancing after which supper was served
 Fred Brown, state inspector at the dumping beds, arrived home from yesterday. He has been en- gagged for three months as inspector for the state at Bridgeport, the job being the making of channel near Seaside park for the Automobile company The channel is 800 feet long, 100 feet wide and 12 feet deep at low water. The dredging has been done by the New burgh Dredging company.
 Live Oak council No 1,027, Royal Ar canum, held it's annual meeting on Thursday evening and elected officers as follows: Representative to grand E. A. Howard; alternate, R. o. Bright; regent, Charles P. Hillhouse; vice regent, w. N. Bowen; orator A. E. Porter; past regent, E. M. Butler; secretary, John w. Kessel; collector, George Oldershaw; treasurer, George H. Adams; chaplain, G. M McGuigan; guide, B. w. Phelps; warden, c. A. Gosoh; sentry, MT. Kean; trustee three years Robert Macarthur, jr. The in- stalatidn will occur the first meeting in January.
 Car No. 125, one of the new vestibuled | 2ars for the New Haven and Branford | route was run out on Grand avenue late afternoon. It has been in the 1 ,ar shops for a week to receive the motors and other attachments and is | low ready for running. President Par | neiee of the Fair Haven and Westville | 'ailroad came over and inspected the | ar and found it all right.
 The Grand avenue dlaWbridge was ittle out of order yesterday afternoon md it was necessary to adjust it. Sev- ral cars and teams were delayed and hose who waited in the cold were in- lined to be a little out of sorts. But he tinkering did not take long and the ridge is all right again.
 It was cold work catching oysters 'esterday, but some of the boats had o work. There was a gale prevailing utsed and the sea was rough
 Mir. and Mrs Pierpont have returned reeks visit in Boston and suburbs.