The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-05
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Yale crews on the HarbOr-A ecIdsBt at
 Steel & Wire Company's Works
 BurIaI of Capt. James H. yVOOdhOuse.
 The morning of yesterday was very u2- promising with thick, heavy fog that en- shrouded everything. The fo gwhistles were
 blowing internationally in the lower harbor and for a time navigation was attended
 with difficulty. There was promise of a
 rainy day, but as the morning progressed
 the sun came out and it really proved quite
 springIike and one of the best days of the
 season.
 For some time past the management of
 the Ladies' Aid society has had in c0ntem
 plation the installing of new windows in
 the parlors of the East Pearl street NJ. F. church. This work has just been completed
 at a cost of $6O. The work was very sat
 isfactorily done by John S. Sanford, 2d.
 The services for to-day in the Lenten ser
 ies will be evening prayer at 430 in the parish house of Grace church, and on Friday
 evening there will be evening prayer at 7:45 at St. James church, with sermon by | the Rev. N. C. Jones of Mystic. MT. and Mrs. John & Sanford, 2d, have
 returned from a short trip to WallingfOrd l and New Britain.
 Rev. +. H. L. Hammond, formerly of Fair Haven, and now pastor of the Wallingford NJ. F. church, is conducting very success full revival movement in that church. There were fourteen additions to the church last Sunday, and it Is expected that the total in | crease will reach between thirty and forty. The funeral of Captain James H. Wood house was conducted from his late residenle, | 27 Perkins street. yesterday afternoon. The .&nII AVo1R Burns Chalmers of the Grand avenue Con gregational church. There was large at ] tendance, including many of the older cap l tains and former seafaring men of this sec | tiOn. Captain WOOdhOuSe was the oldest ! member of the Hiram lodge, F. and A. M., and delegation of about twenty memeberS | were present and conducted the Masonic | burial services at the grave in the Fair Ha- ven cemetery. The bearers Wef a!So mem- | bers of the lodge.
 Three of the Yale boat crews were out
 for a spin on Mill river and the upper mar | bor yesterday afternoon. It was the best ! day of the season for rowing.
 l Mrs. George Chipman of Clinton avenue who has been ill several months, IS failing ! rapidly. ~.,
 1 Robert Scranton and family, formerly of side, where Mr. Scranton has been sent by l a New York concern to have charge or thelf l business.
 | Frank Carroll, the letter carrier, who has
 been i'll several days. is able to be ont again. | He expects to resume work soon. The accident caused by the fall of stag | ing at the works of the National Steel and | Wire corporation yesterday morning caused quite a sensation in that neighborhood. It | was at first believed that the three men who went down with the platform were ser l iously injured but although they were in ! great peril they fortunately escaped serious ! hurts. The men were at work on one of | the company's new buildings and took q drop of about fifteen feet. John J. Maher | of 251 Hamilton street was the most severe l ly injured, his hurts consisting of painful 1 bruises. None of the men received broken 1 bones.
 1 The W. c. T. U. of Fair Haven will have
 q very interesting meeting this afternoon I at 3 o'clock at 1T Grand avenue; the legion | will also meet at 1 o'clock: All are invited.