The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-02-08
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
DEATH OF MINNIE f., WIFE OF
GEORGE W. KING.

MIR. Foote Receives Many Congratulate
tions-The Ice Harvesting-It Was a
Narrow Escape from Another Serious
Fire-Ladies Union Entertainment n
Fine Success-Other News.
Minnie r., wife Of George w. King,
died yesterday at the age of thirty
four years, after long illness from
consumption. She was a daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward T. Wilcox, of At
water street. She had been i'll for a
year and a half. She was away all last
summer and portion of the fall, going
first to Litchfield and later to Bethany
and was helped for a time, but there
was no permanent relief from the in
sdious disease. Owing to her poor
health, Mr.. and Mrs. King broke up
their home on Clinton avenue about a
year ago and she had been with her
parents since. She had had the best of
care and attention and every attempt
made to prolong her life. She leaves
besides her husband and parents, two
boys aged about eight and ten years,
brother and a sister, Mrs George
Mallory She was member of the
Grand avenue Congregational church.
The funeral services will be solemnized
at the Memorial chapel on Saturday at
2 p. m.
The friends of Representative =.
Foote Thompson, of East Haven, We're
congratulating him yesterday upon his
success in getting the nomination for
county commissioner at the legislative
caucus of the republican members from
New Haven county, at Hartford. On
the three ballots his vote was IL, IA and
| is. His friends felt sure from the Hrst
that he would be successful.
There are letters uncalled for at Sta
ton A. as follows: Mrs. Albert D. Can
field, Miss Mary McCabe, Miss Mary
Singett and Walter Vanpaten.
| Hundreds of tons of ice were packed
away in the ice houses in this vicinity
Yesterday There is a large gang ct
men at work at the Hemingway ponds
and ice Of fine quality is being rapidly
housed. With few more cold days the
large houses will be filed. The other
ponds include the Perry pond, Parker
pond, Palmer pond Newton pond and
Lake Granniss.
Fair Haven had one disastrous fire
this week, that which destroyed the
wire mill and the fire of Tuesday even
ing came very near being bad ONE
the latter, the blaze which destroyed
the barn Of e. T. Sanford, on East
! Chapel street, near Lloyd street. Inc
barn was in the rear and almost ad-
Joining the four-story tenement plocK
! formerly owned by the late o. j. Hull
IN this block Mr.. Sanford's grain store
is located. Had the wind been In an
opposite direction, this frame structure
with eight or the tenements, must nave
been pretty well destroyed, as the VINO
was blowing gale. 1t was fortunate
circumstance that the wind blew as II
did This block was on lire seVera
wears ago, but the flames were extln-
guished with but small damage. The
property is owned by one of the saw
insg banks.
The Ladies' union of the Grand ave-
nue. Congregational church should DC
congratulated upon the excellent enter
tainment. dramatic and musical, undel
their auspices, given in the SUNDAY
school room, on Wednesday evening
If was certainly deserving of larger
audience. The programme Throughout
was finely presented. Miss Edith May
Root in readings and Willard d. Howe
impersonator, were interesting and en-
Pertaining to high degree They are
both members of the Dramatic associ
alton which will soon present Tine
Drummer Boy in this city. Sevcra
fine soprano solos were given by Miss
Frances Heath in an artistic manner
she was ably accompanied by George
n 6;rks formerly organist OF TINS
church, and who also rendered piano
solo,
Several ladies of the Grand avenue
Raptist church attended the woman
Home Mission Alliance meeting hel(
Yesterday afternoon at the Howard
avenue church. The address was b!
Mrs Scott, colored woman, who SPOKE
interestingly of the work among ne
people in the south.
| Row Stone Newton, of lib Exchange
street was married to Miss Elsie
Maude, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
liam Robertson, of Paramount avenue
on Wednesday evening, at the parson
age 214 Forbes avenue, by Rev. DUANE
N Griffin. They will reside at lib Elk
change street.