The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

Grand total, for school and oth-
 CT expenses ..............,.....$5 $53, $50
 On motion 1t was voted that the treas urer be authorized to borrow n1oncs and give notes in the name of the town.
 The following were elected fire com missioners for the ensuing year: First 1 Selectman sidney V. Osborn, Michael P. Rice, James H. Barker, Bernard s, | Wilford and John B. Russell, It was voted that $2CO be appropriated for the board of health and $60 for Mason | Rogers Post for Memorial day. 1 The meeting then adjourned. Monroe Brothers have the contract l for the repairing of Grace P. E. chapel at Branford Point.
 l In the town court this morning, the case against Charles Pfzenmayer, who was charged with auto speeding was continued at his request.
 Dr. c. H. Porter is spending few days at his former home in Fairfield county.
 The Holy Eucharist will be celebrat- ed at 10 o'clock in Trinity church, St. Luke's day, Friday; october 18th. 1 Members of the Ladies Sewing socie- ty will receive corporate communion on that day and will hold their first meeting of the season that afternoon.
 The funeral of Mrs. Russell Harrison will be attended at her late home In North Branford, Wednesday afternoon, l interment being in Barre Plains ceme- tery Deceased was seventy-two years old. She is survived by several chil- dren, one of whom is Mrs Marcus Benton of Branford.
 Quite a delegation of the local Knights of Pythias went to Bridgeport this evening to witness the comforting of the exempllfed third rank.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles White and child of Rogers street, are spending a vaca- ton of a week with Mr. Whites par ents, MT. and Mrs. James White of Branford.
 Two members of the Sisters of Mercy from New Haven were at St. Mary s church Sunday. They expect to organ ize society of the Children of Mary here in the near future.
 Miss Katherine McGrail of Stamford, spent Sunday in town.
 A social followed the regular meet ing of Ladies' Auxiliary, No 25, A. O., H., held in Music hall this evening.
 Alterations are now nearly completed at the armory. The basement has been fitted up as commodious club room and our soldier boys will have bath rooms, pool and billiard tables and a box bowling alley when the drill season opens the first of next month.
 Mrs. Warner, nee Newton, fractured her knee in alighting from trolley in front of pr. A. J. Tenness', Sunday af- ternoon.
 The funeral of Mary E. widow of Russell Harrison, who died on Mon day, will be attended this (Wednes- day) afternoon from her late home, in North Branford. Deceased, whose age was seventy-two years, was the daughter of the late Richard and Lu- cretia (Moulthropl Russell. She is sur vived by several children, among them being Mrs. Marcus H. Benton of Bran- ford Interment will be in Barre Plains cemetery.
 Monroe brothers of Branford Point have the contract for the repairs soon to be made on Grace P. D. chapel al that place. This chapel, which was not used for divine services for sew z eraI years past, was erected largely ir s consequence of the efforts of the late 5 Isaac Brown, for many years sextor a of Grace church, New York city Time was when Sexton Brown was an al most indispensable feature at fash ionable functions in Gotham. During S A long period of years MT. Browr \ spent his summers in Branford, anC X when a house of worship, for the cele < bration of divine services, "accordinI z to the rites and ceremonies of tn $ Protestant Episcopal church" wa d erected at Branford Point Sextol