Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-31
Personal.


 Personal.
 David R. Brown, of the firm of Brown $ Stillson, architects, who has been ill with rheumatism since last Thanksgiving day. has attend to his business during the present week. If the weather should be favorable he will be in the city to-day.
 Dr. P. A. Jewett is confined to the house with erysipelas.
 Robert Osborn, an elderly and esteemed citizen, and an old member of the New Haven bar, is dangerously ill.
 The Hon. T. M Waller has been in Wash ington for several days, in company with other distinguished men of this State pre- sumably on pleasure trip, but New Lon doners suspect the trip has some relation to the Thames bridging project. Edward A. Freeman, the historian, will lec- ture in New York the coming month in aid of a charitable enterprise
 Lieutenant w. A. Glassford, formerly in charge of the signal service station in this city, has been appointed signal officer of the | department of the Missouri. He will be To- | cated at Leavenworth, Kansas. Charles Clapp valuable old citizen of Wethersfeld died Saturday morning. He was in his Seth year. David Crane, of Weth- ersfeld, died Sunday morning, aged 55. He had many friends and no enemies. W. o. Buckley, of Buckley Bros, Hart ford, is going to visit Florida N. E. Coates, of Hebron, has killed 2S coons this season.
 l J. A. Brand, of Norwich, has 6 curious collection of birds nests as they were built. l On one small limb of tree are the marks of five humming birds nests in the space of two successive years, Illustrating their attach ment to single locality.
 The Hon. H. c. Robinson, of Hartford, has been confined for week or two in doors on account of disorder of the eyes; but 8 New York oculist now reports the case im- proving, and promising favorable result. l Mir. George Douthwait, who has been em- ployed for the past sixteen years at the Cal houn Printing company's works, Hartford, was presented Saturday with a complete set of the Waverly novels from his fellow work | men.
 Rev. M. H. Houghton, of New Hayen preached two interesting sermons at Unity church yesterday. During his stay in Hart ford MT. Houghton was the guest of Mir. E. A. Perry. -Harttord Post.
 It is expected that at the Governors Foot Guard election this evening Captain John C.. Kinney will be unanimously elected major, and he will doubtless accept the position. The feeling in favor Of this election is said to be very strong.-Hartford Post, 3OM.
 Rev. MT. Everts, pastor of the South Bap- tist church, Hartford, is delivering course of lectures at his church. He spoke on sItaly'' last evening from notes made by himself while on a visit to that land.
 The course of biennial lectures delivered by Bishop Williams at Trinity College, on the Bedell foundation, will be published soon by George F. Putnam's Sons The title ot the volume will be "The Worlds Witness to Jesus Christi" and the motif is to show the power of Christianity in the development ot modern civilization.
 Hon. William D. Bishop and his family, of Bridgeport, went to Philadelphia on the I special car
 William H. Taft, the son of ex Judge Taft, who has just been appointed collector of rev. enue at Cincinnati, is only twenty four years of age. He was graduated at Yale in 1878, where he was the best boxer, the best 'trusher " and the most popular man in his class, as well as the class orator and salutato rian. He also rowed in the Varsity crew He was graduated from the Cincinnati Law school in 1880, standing first. He then began the practice of his profession, and was ap- pointed assistant prosecuting attorney o1 Hamilton county. He was also the law re- porter of the Cincinnati zTnaes for about 8 year. He weighs about 225 pounds and is about five feet eleven inches in height.
 An exchange gives P. T. Barnum's age at GIL This must be an error, for if correct il would make the great snowman child in arms when he first perpetrated the Fiji mer- maid joke, and @ creduIous youth in his teens when he exhumed Joyce Heath The figures should doubtless read II.