The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-24
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
POWER LAUNCH DESTROYED AT
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Owned by Alfred Perry, Rod Mill Super intendent at National Wire Corpora fion-Grand Avenue Congregational Church to Assume Charge of Ferry Street Cbureh-Funeral of John s. Moran To-day.
 At a meeting of Live Oak council, Royal Arcanum, on Thursday evening" a visit will be made by L. Erwin Ja- cobs, supervising deputy. It is also expected that there will be some dis cusslon concerning the change of rates.
 John W. Kessel, secretary of Live Oak council, paid an official visit to Hillhouse council. Royal Arcanum' Thursday evening. MT. Resell is su- pervising deputy for hillhiuse' Beacon Hill and Sheridan councils of this city and Alfred H. Hill council of Meriden'
 Yesterdays rain will prove of benefit to the crops, some of which were ter ribly burned up during the recent heat ed term. With temperature ranging between 50 and 70, the air was most agreeable.
 The storm had its effect upon church attendance yesterday morning, but there were larger congregations as- sembled in the evening.
 A delegation from the Grand Ave nue Baptist church conducted the re- Iigious services at the Home for the Friendless yesterday afternoon.
 Charles H. Phelps, who died at his home, 335 Grand avenue, will be buried this afternoon, services to be held at his late residence at 2:30 o'clock. His age was 66 years. He died from the effects of heart disease and had been in poor health for several months. He conducted g. tailoring establishment on Grand avenue and was at his work the day of his death. He leaves two sons, one of whom is B. w. Phelps of Fair Haven.
 A power launch valued at $1,5OO, owned by Alfred Perry, superintend- ent of the rod mill of the National Wire corporation and who lives on Pierpont street, was destroyed by fire Saturday evening. The boat was lnoored near the public wharf. One of the men on board, looking for a leak in the tank, used a lighted Ian tern, which ignited the gasoline and burned the boat. There were narrow escapes for those on the boat. The craft was thirty feet in length and nearly new. 5z .. ...-
 Another fire Saturday night just be- fore midnight was in a grocery store owned by J. F. Jones at 1s9 Chapel street., An alarm was sent in at box I'll The fire was soon eXtinguished; the damage was not over $50 or S1OO.3 The Grand Avenue Congregational church has voted to accept the offer of the Cedar Hill union relative to as- stunning charge of the Ferry street church edif1ce. It is probable the Grand Avenue Congregational church will establish Sunday school there. {, MT. and Mrs. S. c. Burwell of East Pearl street are entertaining George. Oakes and family of Gloucester, Mass.
 pr. Forest Budd of 329 Grand eve- nue has received word that his broth CT, Lieut.. A. D. Budd, U. s. A., was recently thrown from his horse at Fort Porter, near Buffalo, and it is feared he is fatally injured.
 Mrs. C. c. Denison, formerly of Clin- ton avenue and now of Barberton, O., will soon visit his daughter, Miss Hat tie Denison. Mrs. Denison will be ac- conpanied by her daughter and the husband of the latter, MT. and Mrs. e. F. Wright. The funeral of John S. Moran of 291 Blatchley avenue will be held at his / late home this morning and also at { St. Francis church. He was a son of MT. and Mrs. Jeremiah Moran and also leaves five brothers. He was for many years car starter for the Con- solidated railway and had been i'll since March.
 Mrs, Harriet E.. Spohr of S1 Cham bers street has been visiting her sis ter, Mrs. J. A. Stannard of Westbrook the past week.
 Charles Stoddard, who lives at 219 Pine street, was thrown from a troll ley car near the corner of Quinnipiac and Grand avenues at S:45 o'clock Saturday and sustained a slight scalp wound. He was trying to board a moving trolley car and was thrown off. The patrol wagon was called from Grand avenue and we was taken to his home.
 Mrs. John F. Sullivan and sister, Miss Dollie Burke, have gone to Mil lerton, N. Y, where they will spend the summer, returning in September In August, Dr. Sullivan will join them mi ioI1t vs,it1
 MT. and Mrs. James l.. Baldwin of Chicago are here for few weeks with MT. Baldwins mother, Mrs. M E. Baldwin of S96 Quinnipiac street.