The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-19
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
FUNERAL OF WILLT4M 1T. ROGERS
 WILL BE HELD TO-DAY.

Services from the Residence of His
 Daughter-3,OOo Tons of Ice VIII
 Probably Go to Waste-The Early
 Closing Movement.
 The funeral of William II. Rogers
 will be held this morning at 10 o'clock from the residence of his daughter,
 Mrs. William w. Kelsey, PTS Exchange
 street. The remains will be taken to ! Uncasville for burial. Rev, E w. 1 Stone, pastor of the Grand avenue Bap- tist church, of which deceased was | member, will officiate. The deceased l was eighty-one years of age. After the death of his wife three years ago he began to fail rapidly He suffered | stroke of paralysis Sunday morning, from which he never rallied. MT. Rog- CTS was a native of Salem, Conn. He resided in New London and Norwich, and came to Fair Haven seventeen
 years ago, and has made his home with his daughter and son-in-law. He was
 a member of Hartford lodge, F. and A.
 M, and of, Hammonassett lodge, I. o.
 R. M.; also of an Odd Fellows lodge in
 Norwich. His ancestors came from
 England and settled in eastern Connec-
 ticut about 1880. Besides a daughter,
 he leaves a sister, Mrs. Julia Cook, and
 a brother, Lewis H. Rogers, both of Norwich.
 A penny social and gramaphone con cert will be given by the Sunday school of the Grand avenue Baptist church Wednesday evening at o'clock. A novel feature will be the penny contest. Ice cream will be for sale by the la dies. The admission fee will be ten cents, part Of which sum will be re- funded. A very enjoyable time Is anti cinated.
 W. E. Crockett has returned home from New Orleans. He was in that | city during the Mardi Gras festivities.
 Next Sunday evening Bishop Brew ster will administer confirmation to several candidates at Grace P. E. | church.
 The 5000 tons of ice which was stored | in the house of the New Haven Ice company at Perry pond, destroyed by | fire few days ago. is likely. to go to waste. It was penetrated by smoke and is considered a total loss, although if could be used for cooling storehouses. It was foot thick, and the best ice cut in this vicinity during the past season. The ice still rests in a great pile and has melted very little. Previ- ous to the fire it was worth at least s3O00 The ice was owned by the Hy- genie Ice company, 1t having lease of the house that was burned.
 double team belonging to A. Foote & Co. ran away on Front street yester- day afternoon The wagon was loaded with empty barrels and was backed up at the storehouse of the Long Wharf Fish company, when 6 barrel falling from the wagon frightened the horses. George Chipman of Clinton avenue was thrown to the ground. His shoulder was bruised and the palm of one hand was torn by coming in contact with a 1ail The horses ran around into River street where they were stopped with no further damage. h
 The early closing movement, in effect ast evening, promises to prove a suc- cess. All the stores embraced in the { canvass, save one, were closed last ' evening at 6:30 o'clock. Another of the ( itores which held out against the move nent displayed a card in the window { yesterday announcing early closing (
 There is a proposition looking to the { ormation of an association composed ( 'f proprfetors of groceries, meat mark it's and the clerks. This Is intended so l hat the proprietors can the better be { leld to their agreement to carry out the ' provisions of the early closing agree l nent