The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-01-07
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Many Deaths in Fair Haven-Commun-
ion Services at the Various Churches
This VIII be Week o Prayer
Chaplin Brennan Has Returned to
Charleston Navy Yard-AIderman
Brown Back From Florida.
For the week ending Saturday night
there were seven deaths in Fair Ha-
ven, interment of which were in the
Fair Haven cemetery or whose burial
there will soon occur. John S. Sanford,
sexton of Fair Haven cemetery, stated
yesterday that this was the largest
number of burials for the same period
since his term of several years as sex
ton. DEFENDERS death rate was not
above the usual ratio but this month
promises to show a larger rate of
The death of Mary E., widow of jon
athan A. Barrows, occurred at the home
of her son, George F. Barrows "a Shell
ter street, Saturday night, at the age of
eighty years. Mr.. Barrows was ma
tive of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. but had
resided here many years Her parents
were the late Mr.. and Mrs William
Raymond. The funeral will be attended
at her late home tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock, Rev. e. G. Tular officiating,
and the burial will be in the Fair Haven
cemetery.
:, Another death Saturday night was
that of Frank A. Allen, son of Martin,
which occurred at the home of the lat
ter, 204 Lenox street. Mr.. Allen was a
painter. by trade and was fifty-two
wears old. Heart trouble was the cause
of his death. His funeral will be at
tended at his late home tomorrow aft
ernoon at o'clock and Rev. R. E.
Brown will offieiate.
Funeral services for the late Henry
f. G. Ponsbach, who died at the New
Haven hospital, were attended in the
memorial chapel yesterday afternoon
and the Episcopal service was read by
Rey. Mr.. Burrows, ,Adelphi lodge, a.
and A. NJ, of which the deceased was q
member, performed the Masonic burial
service and members of the lodge We're
the bearers.
Communion services were held at sew
eral Of the churches yesterday andd at
the East Pearl Street M. e. church four
new members We're received by letter
and three We're received at the Grand
Avenue Avenue Congregational church.
AT the Grand Avenue Baptist church
yesterday Rev. Frank i. Sullivan, of
Boston, who was a guest of the pastor
of the church, assisted in the services
and preached last evening, Mr.. Sulli-
van is in this part of the city taking
subscriptions for the Waterman, one of
the UNCONVENTIONAL papers of the Bap-
lists.
The week of prayer will be observed
in several of the churches and services
will be held this evening at the East
Pearl Street M. e. church, the Grand
Avenue Congregational church and the
Grand Avenue Baptist church. AT the
Baptist church this evening at o'clock
Rev. DR.. Ford, pastor of Olivet Baptist
church, will preach On The Deepening
Of Spiritual Life" The meeting at the
Methodist church this evening is in be-
half Of the movement for normal sun
day school instruction and the grading
of the Sunday school work.
The New Haven Baptist Ministers
association will meet this morning at
the Grand Avenue Baptist church. and
the topic is In the series on the Old
Testament; subject, I'm the Psalms and
Wisdom Literature" A paper also will
be read by Rev, r. A. Ashworth. Aft
er the meeting the ladies of the church
will serve luncheon.
Patrick Gillern, of Middletown ave-
nue. is very Ill, sueffring from pneumo-
After VISIT at his home on Shelter
street Chaplain e. j. Brennan, u S. N,
has returned to the Charlestown navy
yard
teenth ward, has returned from Florida
purposely to participate in the organ
fzation Of the board of aldermen this
evening and to give the republicans the
election of the officers. 1t Is understood
that ne will soon return to Florida,
where he is staying several weeks for
his health. 1t was stated yesterday
that Alderman Marlowe. of the Twelfth
ward was the democratic candidate for
president of the board
M Lanigan, of Atwater street, Is con-
fined to his home from the effects of a
fall sustained several days age.
After spending the bb0dayS at their
East East Haven. F. B. Street and family
have returned to the city
Rev D. ]. Clark, Of East Haven. who
has been i'll from the grip for several
days, was reported yesterday as Inn
Hugh Christie has purchased lot
forty feet frontage on Exchange street,
with the buildings thereon, from Emile
One crop of Ice has already been har-
vested by E. B. Rowe, Of the Annex, and
he is OF the opinion that the weather
during the remainder of the winter will
ensure a good amount housed. With
the first opportunity to house ice that
is sufficiently thick. the local dealers
will lose no time in securing the same
This evening Quinnipiac conclave Of
Heptasophs will hold its regular meet
ing in it's hall, 20 Grand avenue There
will be initiation by the degree team,
and large attendance of members is
desired
Some of the weatherwise people state
that the variable weather for January
is proving just what the calendar day
for the month foretold. An upstate
Of the goose bone, states that at the
close of the month there will be a mild
spell extending Into February; then
there will be another wintry SPELL fol-
lowed by wintry storms Around here
many are of the opinion that there will
be some zero weather yet, and that an
opportunity will be given for making
an ice crop. With so many predictions
1t is better to take the weather as it
comes,
Roy and Alfred PARCELS, of Clinton
avenue, have just returned from Brook
lyn after visiting their grandparents
during the holidays.
HIS SKULL FRACTURED.
His skull fractured by the falling Of