The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-03
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
CAPTAIN JAMES 1T. WOODHOTSE
 PASSES AWAY.
In His EIghty-third Ysar-A Prominent Fair Haven Citizen for Many Years Sketch of His Caresr- Other Notea.

In HIs EIghGy-thIFd YeaT-A Prominent
 Fair Haven Citizen for Many Years
 Sketch of His Other Notes.
 Captain James H. Woodhouse died
 at his home. 27 Perkins street. yester-
 day noon in the S3d years of his age.
 He had been in feeble health for years
 but was confined to his home only since
 the first of the year. He was a native l of Whethersfeld. where two brothers l and two sisters survive. He removed 1 to Fair Haven about fifty years ago, l and for thirty-f1ve years had resided in 1 the house in which he died, a fine resi- 1 dence which he built. Captain Wood- 1 house went to sea at the age of eighteen | years and followed the water until ! about thirty years ago. He sailed for | years in the foreign trade; also in the whaling business and later in large | schooners in the coasting trade. In his | early voyages he sailed entirely in the old time square-rigged craft and had commanded many vessel. When he left the sea he built schooners in Fair Haven and on the Connecticut river and launched quite a fleet. One of the schooners bore his name. He has sailed around the world and been in many foreign ports. Captain Woodhouse had collected a great number of curios of the sea and of foreign ports. He built quite number of houses in this city. Captain Woodhouse was fortunate in his vessels, which were particularly successful during the war of the rebel lion. His wife, who was Miss Brad ley, died last September. He leaves daughter, the wife of Dr. Frank H. Wheeler of this city. Captain Wood- house was the oldest member of Hiram lodge. His son, James Woodhouse, died about five years ago. His father, Humphrey Woodhouse, like himself, was a sea captain. MT. and Mrs. Woodhouse had been married more than fifty years. The funeral will be held on Wednesday at 2 p. m.
 The funeral of Mrs. Jane Perry of 77 Pierpont street took place Saturday at 2 D. m. The services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Sage, pastor of the First Baptist church, of which the de- ceased was a member. The burial was in the East Haven cemetery. The fam fly were remarkable for their longevity. Mrs. Perry's father lived to be ninety eight and her mother was ninety-nine years of age. She was one of twelve children, all of whom lived to be older than herself (eighty-six years and six months), one brother having reached the advanced age of 103 years.
 The regular meeting of Quinnipiac Hook and Ladder company will be held at the engine house this evening.
 George C. Bradley, the milk dealer, has been confined to his home on Quin- nipiac avenue for two months with grip and rheumatism. He Is now able to get out little.
 At the East Pearl street M. E. church Sunday four members were received on probation and two by letter.
 Large congregations attended relig- fous services at the Grand avenue Bap- list church Sunday morning and even- ing. At the communion service in the morning the pastor, Rev. E. w. Stone, gave the right hand of fellowship to one candidate. In the evening the right of Baptism was administered to a man and his wife.
 The, Motherhood club met at Bushnell hall, Ferry street. yesterday afternoon. The address on Home Occupation for Children" was by Mrs. F. K. Sanders.
 The estate of the late Herbert F. Van Name has sold the two-story frame dwelling on Sherman avenue at the foot of Maple street to James M. Wool son. The house was not yet completed when MT. Van Name died at his home on East Pearl street.
 Among the new houses to be erected this spring is three story house on Ferry street It will have stores on the ground floor and tenements above. The cost of the new house will be about S5,500 The house is for Hugh I. Finne- gan.
 The postoffice department has issued orders for an additional round trip of mail on the Fair Haven and Westville road between East Haven and Short Beach. The new service began yester- day. Provision is also made for an ex- tra trip from East Haven to New Ha- ven.
 Harry B. Winters of Lombard street. | the motorman who was badly injured in being struck by car in front of the car mousse oH IIailu avenue ldSt Week is reported to be improving by his phy- sician, Dr. c. H. Robbins. Winters suf- fered a concussion of the brain.
 The funeral of Miss Anna L., daugh- ter of Michael J. and Mary Grant, was held Sunday afternoon from the resi-
 dence of her parents, 31 Shelter street. | and later from St. Francis church. The services were largely attended. Miss | Grant, who was in the twenty-flrst year of her age, had large circle of friends | and her death has caused sorrow in | many haarts She leaves basidac bap |