The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-19
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
MRS. EDWIN y. BUTLER DIES OF
OF CANCER.
Husband, Mother and Three Children
survive Hcr--Epjoynblo Trolley Ride
ofthe Y. T.. .. C. E.-Improvemcnis ON
WoIcott Street.


Work has begun on the improvement
of Wolcott street, which Is to be mar
dened with broken stone. The dirt is
being carted from the roadway to give
room for the stone; the material has
been carted on to Pierpont and Cham
bers streets, which have been rounded
up and much improved and Houston
street is now being similarly treated.
few days ago Captain Hathaway
employed on one of the oyster boats
in Narragansett bay, while standing
by an open window in the pilot house
during a thunder storm was instantly
killed by a stroke of lightning. George
Mallory, who was in the pilot house,
was rendered deaf for time from the
effects of the bolt. Captain Hathaway
was well known by some of the Fair
Haven oystermen and Mr.. Mallory for
merly lived here.
There was brush fire over back Of
Fair Haven Heights yesterday after
noon. There was big smoke for a
time, but the fire was finally extin-
guished.
Miss Marion Preston Of Clinton ave-
vacation in a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs Fl. e. Strassburg, for
merly of Fair Haven have removed
from Wallingford to this city. Mr..
Strassburg is employed in one of the
city drug stores
The Y. p. s. C. e. of the Grand ave-
nue. Congregational church enjoyed
their annual trolley ride Monday even
ing. The party rode around the city
and visited the principal shore resorts.
The ride was thoroughly enjoyed and it
was proposed to have another moon
light excursion in the near future.
Among those in the party were Rev.
DR.. Chalmers of Michigan, N. A. Tan
ner, Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Hemingway,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hanover, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Foster, Miss Mary Girls
void. Miss Hattie Deninson, Miss
Field, Miss Lena Gierding, Miss Pond,
Miss Lillian Abbott, Miss Newell, Her.
bert Clarke, Irving Hurbut Fred Gut
brod Clyde Chase, Chauncey Epson,
Fred Smith
Miss Margaret M. Cochrane and John
Stevens of Oakdale, l.. l., are guests of
Mr. and Mrs. s. c. Burwell of so Per-
kins street.
Sloop Fl. F. Simonson, Captain Coch-
rane. from Oakland, L. L., has dis
charged a cargo of round CLAIMS and
little neck clans for The S. C. Burwell
company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gray of Hartford are
receiving congratulations over the
birth of a daughter They are stop
ping at the home of Mrs. Grays par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. L. p Mallory,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. j. Sizer left yes
terday for the Berkshires to remain
several weeks.
Captain Harvey Barnes Is home from
Narragansett Bay for few days.
Dick Powers caught striped bass
weighing four nd half pounds in the
Quinnipiac river on Tuesday
Lewis Tyrrell of the Jefferson COM
pany will try days fishing at Short
Beach to-day. Last year Mr.. Tyrrell
made some good catches there.
BY the will of the late Timothy
Blackstone of Fair Haven, one Of the
nieces, Mrs. Emma Pond of Fair Ha-
ven, receives $4,000
Yesterday was the hottest day of the
ScdSOi III L dlI IldNell, lHt
ter showing a maximum of 9S degrees
in the afternoon. About .. m. the
wind shifted to the north, causing a
drop of several degrees.
Mrs. Susan A., wife of Edwin B.
Butler died Tuesday evening at the
home of her daughters, Mrs B. w.
Phelps, 119 Exchange street She leaves
a husband, a mother, Mrs Emily r.
and three children, w. A.
of Wolcott street, Mrs EN-
Dry l.. Smith and Mrs. b. w. Phelps.
There are also two brothers, William
Fl. Pollard and Charles E. Pollard
She was a member of Hiram camp di-
vision, S. of T. She has been confined
to her bed for about six months from
the effects of cancer. She had suffered
a great deal, but bore her sufferings
with great forttude. The funeral will
at