The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-07
FAIR HAVEN.

East Rock Lodges Proporty-P etltion for a
 Drawbridge-The Poultry Show.
 The First Congregational church of East Haven has elected these officers: Society's committee, c. II. Treat, A. A. Paige and Gilbert Van sicBles; clerk and treasurer, Augustus Street. It was voted at the annual meeting to use the legacy left the society by the late J. Woodward Thompson to pay the re- maining indebtedness on the new or gan.
 Home council, No. 3, Brotherhood of Relief, has elected officers as follows: President, John G. Hurd; vice president, Charles o. Francis; secretary and treas urer, w. S. Rowe; sick visiting commit- tee, J. e. Hurd, c. O. Francis and Charles Hine.
 The Vestry club is an organization of about thirty-five young people of St. Francis church recently formed, with John McGowan as president. It is an outgrowth of the play recently given 44A NAAO AAJ pSA AOll ny LtllGHl HUH ClAC church. The club will probably given a play during the coming spring.
 Miss Lizzie Hine is visiting in Ips- wich, Mass.
 Miss Nellie Scranton has returned from a visit with friends in New York.
 TheNe was very heavy travel over the electricVoad on Saturday, the fine skat- ang at Saltonstall being the attraction.
 At the meeting of East Rock lodge, A.O.U.W., held last week. one of the trustees, J. P. B. Rieketts, made financial statement of the standing of the organization that was very inter- esting. The lodge is only six years old and has paid into the general benef- ciary fund the sum of $15, 414, and there has been paid to the heirs of deceased members on sixteeen deaths $S2,0O0. While in some years the lodge has paid into the beneficiary fund more than the amount disbursed to the families of deceased members, yet the aggregate of the latter Is over twice the amount paid into the general fund. The pres ent number of members is 2S6.
 The lodge has sick benefit fund, it being the only lodge in the Jurisdiction of Massachusetts, save one, that has such a fund. During the existence of the lodge about $25OO has been paid to members for sick benefits. There is a prospect that this sick benefit relief will soon be abolished. An attempt was made during the past year to do away with it, and 1t barely failed Of being carried. If it is given up, probably a similar benefit will be formed among some of the members, but with no connection with the lodge. The oppo- sition to benefit from the lodge arises from the fact that many do not want it, and do not wish to be taxed for it. Under an independent sick benefit so- ciety, to become a member would be optional
 The first year of the lodge, the gain in membership was 110 per cent. over tke number of constituent members. To- a lodge no older. 1t has had a won- d srful wrowth. The average gain has been at the rate of 40 per cent. per ys1r.
 The ice storm yesterday proved very troub !esome for the electric roads,and | there was considerable delay. On the | New Haven Street railway especially | the rails were so slippery that in Ferry | street and at other points 1t was neces- | sary to sand the tracks before the cars could run. By noon, however, most of l the trouble was overcome.
 The petition for draw bridge in i place of the present Grand avenue | bridge, and numerously signed by the | businessmen, will be at once forwarded | to Congressman Pigott at Washington, l who will see that 1t Is brought to the | attention of the necessary authorities. | It is addressed to the secretary of war.
 The members of Columbia castle, K. | c. E., are anticipating an interesting oc-