The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-19
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
SERVTCES IN THE CHURCHES TO-
MORROW.

hofu WIZ occur To-day Horse Fell
Down and Had to he KilIed-Mrs.
Christian Anderson Dead
Clarissa Elizabeth, widow of Jairus T.
Sanford, of 81 East Pearl street, whose
death was briefly mentioned yesterday.
was one of the oldest and most highly
respected residents of Fair Haven. She
died at the home of her daughter. Ber-
tina. wife of Rev. f. Fl. L. Hammond,
OF Wallingford, having visited there
since Christmas She leaves two other
children, John S. Sanford, I'd, who, with
his wife, had made his home with his
mother for several years. and Edward
L. Sanford, of Chambers street. She
was seventy-seven years of age. Her
father was the late Joseph Chapman,
who died in 1861. The old homestead
was on Grand avenue, the estate occu-
plying the ground on which now stands
the stores of H. w. Crawford and
Charles O. Francis and the Bishop prop
erty. Mr.. Chapman was a we'll known
wheelwright. Mrs. Sanford leaves a
brother, William Chapman, who was a
well known builder and now resides at
Greene and Chestnut streets. Jefferson
Chapman a we'll known builder and
Joseph Chapman, who was Fair Ha-
ven oysterman. both now dead, were
brothers of the deceased Her husband
died in 1890. Mrs. Sanford was a mem
Der of the East Pearl street M. T.
church since 1S43 and was always in
terested in it's welfare. Her mother
Mira Chapman, was one of a class of
thirteen who organized the church. The
funeral will be solemnized this after
noon at 1880 from her late home No. "a
East Pearl street.
AT the Grand avenue Baptist church
tomorrow morning the pastor, Rev f.
w. Stone, will preach on THE Soldier
in the Great War" and in the evening
his subject will be Great Lessons from
a Wonderful Story"
Loring Burwell, the boy soprano, will
sing as solo for the offertory "The
Holy City" at the morning service at
Grace p. e. church.
Ben Hur, Tale Of the Christ" will
be concluded at the Second Congrega-
first part will be run rapidly through
the lantern so that those who missed it
may get the illustrations of the entire
story. George Chadwick Stock will sing
several selections, and popular and we'll
known devotional hymns will be sung
from the screen. Doors open at and
service at 1880.
Mrs. Christina Anderson died at her
home on Grand avenue yesterday az the
age of siXty-three years. Funeral SER
vices viii be held Monday morning and
the remains will be taken to Portland,
Conn, for burial
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Willmott, of
Woolsey street, have returned from a
stay Of few days in New York
John Hopson, North Branford char
coal peddler, drove in two horses at
tached to load of coal yesterday, and
on Grand avenue near Front street one
of the animals, smoothly shod, fell |
down. The horse was twenty eight |
years old and had outlived it's useful
ness. All attempts to get the animal on
its feet were unsuccessful and it was
killed and then carted away to the bone
yard.
Liz ttilhudl supper VI 81, JdileS ,
church was held on Thursday evening.
There was an attendance of one hun
dred and fifteen, and the affair was
very successful.
Amos Gilbert. of Lenox street, broke
his hip by severe fall the other day
and was attended by DR.. Sweet Mr..
Gilbert is over eighty years of age.
At the Grand avenue Congregational
church tomorrow evening the Rev. DR..
Mitchell will preach on Twentieth
Century Personal Success The music
will be furnished by quartette com
posed of Mrs Clara Okeson, soprano;
Miss d. Gertrude DUEL, alto; N. Il.
Smith, tenor, and Dwight Chamberlain
bass. In the morning the subject will
be "a Governors Private Interview
With Jesus"
At the East Pearl street M. F. church
the evangelistic services which COM
nenced on December 81 and which have
been held every evening since (Satur-
lay eXceptedD will be continued proba-
by till the close of the month. The
meetings will be of special interest next
week, as the pastor expects assistance
rom other ministers and lay workers.
The cantata on 1.-THE Messiah" given
IN Sunday evening, December go will =
~ special request be repeated to-mor-
ow evening. The subject of the pas
or's sermon tomorrow morning will be
The Nineteenth Century, Look
Back"