The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-15
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
MANY NOTES OF INTEREST HERE
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Death of Mrs. Emily A. Martin YesteF-
 day-E. Cobb Has Returned from
 the HospitaI-ConnecticH Baptist
 State Convention tn Grand Avenue
 Baptist Church.
 Mrs. Emily A.. wife of Hamilton $. Martin, died at her late residence, 294 Quinnipiac avenue, yesterday morning. She had been a great sufferer for sev- eral months and leaves besides her hus- band three children.
 Christopher Pagan of Blatchley avenue has returned from short visit with friends in New York.
 Robert L. H. Chalmers, the eleven year old son of Alexander o. Chalmers, of 1929 State street, died on Sunday of cerebral meningitis. The funeral will be held from, his late home this after noon at s:3O, Rev. E. w. Stone of the Grand avenue Baptist church officiat- ing.
 c. E. Cobb of 149 Dover street, who has been confined to the New Haven hospital with broken leg for the past seven months, has returned home. While the break was a serious one and very slow to heal his recovery of the use of it is ultimately expected. MT. Cobb was ship steward on the schooner John Booth, which was run down and sunk by sound steamer a few weeks ago. .t. .-........s .s s.s
 Rachel L. Craft, former resident of Fair Haven, died at her late home in Whitneyville Sunday afternoon at the age of seventy-eight. She was the widow of Charles Craft and leaves one daughter Mrs, A. R. Burwell, with whom she resided. The funeral service will be conducted in the Memorial Chapel of Fair Haven Union cemetery this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. L. R. Streeter of the East Pearl street church officiating.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry H. Todd and daughter Hazel of Chatham street, who have been the guests of J. E. Todd at Pine Orchard, Conn.,, have returned home tl .s3
 The Connecticut Baptist State con- vention will meet in the, Grand ave- nue Baptist church at it's next session next month. The. church people are or ganizing and getting ready for it's com ing. A large attendance is expected from all over the state.
 Clifford Wedmore of New Haven city spent Sunday with relatives here
 Columbia Castle, Knights of the Gold en Eagle, will hold its regular meeting in A. o. U. W. hall this evening at s o'clock.
 Rev. E. c. Sage, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, and formerly pastor of the Grand avenue Baptist church. rendered his resigna- tion as pastor of the First Baptist church on Sunday morning last. Dr. Sage has recently lost his voice being unable to utter sound above whis- per. He has many friends here who sympathize with him in his great afflie- ton. The First Baptist people did not take action on his resignation and the matter will be indefinitely postponed.
 Mrs. Henry Gessler of 21O Front street has returned from months va cation spent in Newark, N. J, and vicinity.
 It is expected that the Grand avenue market of E. Schoenberger & Sons will be open for business about October The fixtures have arrived and wifi be speedily arranged. The store will be a great convenience to this section of the city, and the building is an attrae- tion at the corner of Grand avenue and Lloyd street. . < The New Haven Baptist Ministers conference met in the First Baptist church yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. An excellent paper entitled Religion as a Cure for Drunkenness was read by Rev George B. Cutten of the How ard avenue Baptist church. Rev. E. w. Stone attended.
 Private George Jones of the 16th U. S. infantry, is home from Fort Slocum on furlough.
 Ex- Councilman John Kelly of the Fifteenth ward, is moving from Morris Cove to the house recently purchased by General George H. Ford at 331 Grand avenue.
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