The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-16
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
FUNERAL OF W4LTER GEER THIS
AFTERNOON.

Meeting of tho Home of the FriendIcss
Yestrrday-short Beach Cars VIII be
Run This Week-Heptasophs Com
mtttee Meets.
The funeral of Walter, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Geer of No. 10 Woolsey
street, will be held this afternoon. The
lad, who was nine and a half years of
age, was killed in lumber yard on
River street, near Ferry street, Satur-
day afternoon by pile of lumber fall
ing and crushing his head. After the
accident the remains We're taken to the
undertaking rooms of H. W. Crawford
& Co. to prepare for burial. The pa
rents are much Frustrated by reason of
the sad fatality and have the sympathy
| of their friends.
Perseverance council No SO, D. of L.,
has installed officers as follows: Angus
ia Pardee c.; Louise Newton, A. c.;
Rosa Simmons, "; Fannie Maybry, A.
"; Jennie Damn, A. r. S.; May Bailey,
G.; Hattie Chapman, I, G.; Charles
| Hotchkiss, o. G.; Mary Walker trus-
tee.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Kelley of Atwa-
ter street leave to-day for Plymouth,
Hill.
| Henry Mozealous of the east side,
who has been in poor health Of late, has
| gone to Massachusetts for the benefit
of his health.
The meeting at the Home for the
F'riendless yesterday was conducted by
people from the Grand avenue Baptist
church. Mr. Lane was the leader.
Henry Alonzo Stevens, the well known
coal dealer, died at his home on Lenox
street Saturday afternoon after long
Illness.
Several new cases of measles have
appeared on the east side during the
past week Some of the children have
been quite i'll.
1t is expected that cars will be run
ming to Short Beach during the week.
This will be great accommodation to
the Fair Haven people who have sum
mer cottages there.
The Smelling business is now at full
tide. For the past few days a good
sized two-masted schooner has been
IoebtllS IIblI one VI lHc IOlLl
street wharves above the Grand avenue
drawbridge, and has to go through two
drawbridges before she can get down
to the sound. 1t is rare that a sehoon-
er IS seen above Grand avenue bridge,
but there are those who predict that in
few years there will be considerable |
marine transportation in that section
and that sailing vessels and barges will |
be common affairs along the river
wharves
Mrs, f. A. Burroughs of Perkins |
street is visiting her mother at West |
Farms, Northampton Mass, and will |
remain two or three weeks.
Messrs. Bowden & Clark have leased |
Mrs. McClure's quarry land in East |
Haven and intend breaking out stone
there. A good quality of stone Is found |
there and in large quantity.
The committee of Heptasophs which
held a meeting recently to arrange for
forming state association will hold
another meeting this evening at eight
O. clock at the rooms of Quinnipiac con-
clave No. 313 Mr. Winnans of Winsted
Is chairman, Alexander Troup, jr., of
New Haven secretary and Frank South
NOilll VI 4N6N maven treasurer. II 10 |
to have an outing at the New
Haven shore in August and preliminary
will be made this even
ng. There are thrty-five conclaves in
the state, and it Is expected that sew
aral hundred Will be present at the
summer outing next month.
The w. C. 7. U. will hold a parlor
meeting tomorrow afternoon at three
o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Ezra
Healy 1877 Exchange street. All mem
oers are requested to be present
Several weeks ago Mrs. Helen J. Doc
title of 1853 Quinnipiac avenue fractur-
cd her hip, having been knocked down
~ a bicycle. She has suffered a great
leal of pain and is now improving slow
" or as fast as could be expected. Her
friends have been very kind in calling
Turing her illness and she wishes to ex-
press sincere thanks to all for their
Sindness.
The Jefferson company, who took sew
raj contracts for painting school build
ngs for the New Haven school district
AVE begun work repainting the Qun-
lipiac building and will soon begin work |
IN the Ferry street building.