Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-19
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Personal.

Personal.
 Rev. Mr. Noble of Meriden, who has been ill, is able to walk out.
 Ex Mayor Lewis and MT. John Coe, of Meriden, are on trip up the Hudson.
 Manager Wells of the Hartford Y. M. c. A., left yesterday for a vacation trip to Plum Island.
 Principal Clapp, of Eaten, is spending the summer with his father, Professor Clapp, in Illinois
 Rev. MT. Barbour writes homo that the steamer on which he sailed was just in sight of Ireland July 9th.
 Mrs. s. O. Babbitt, of Meriden, is quite ill at Stony Creek A consultation of physicians was had on Monday.
 Rev. MT. Dullard. now at St. Patrick's church in this city, leaves shortly for New port, where he is to bs stationed for time. Emery Morse, of Wallingford, was fifty years old Sunday. He received a fine gold headed cane from his sons as birthday token.
 Hon. Charles Parker, of Meriden, left for Saratoga recently. He suffers somewhat from nervous prostration, but is better than ! he was.
 Conductor Tinkham, of the Hartford ex- press north, is quite i'll, and l.. w. Hart, of the afternoon accommodation north, has taken his place.
 l Rev. Jabez l.. Swan, of New London, now | in the Butler Insane Asylum, Providence, gets no better and little hope of his restoration to sanity is entertained. l The families of President Hendee and Sec- l of ha TYc pany, Hartford, spending few weeks at 1 the Lake View House in Litchfeld.
 Franklin H. Taylor, son of the late Daniel c. Taylor of Middletown and student in Wesleyan University, leaves soon for a two years trip to Europe. He will return in time | to graduate in 1884.
 Colonel J. Starr Dunham, formerly of Mid dletown, publisher of the Van Buren (Ark. Press, is in luck. He has been appointed 1 minute and journal clerk of the United States Senate and has entered upon his duties.
 Ex Governor Jewell telephoned recently from the tower on Talcott Mountain, Farm. ington, to Stony Creek, this city and Wood bridge, with perfect success. Messages were sent and received with as much distinctness l as in short distances.
 MT. Harry w. French, formerly of Hart ford and now of Boston, will make an extend ed featuring tour next season. He is to give a series of illustrated lectures, mater ial fol | which he gathered during his travels in In dia and other lands.
 By invitation of Mir. Clyde, of the Clyde Steamship company of New York, Rev. c. J.. Hill, son and daughter, of Middletown, are to sail Wednesday for San Domingo They will l be absent month more, visiting the prin. cipal places on the island
 1 Mrs. Lucy A. c. Ives died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Monday. She had many friends in Meri- den and was held in high esteem. She was 1 sister of Messrs. A. L. and Charles ollins of Meriden. The funeral takes place from 1 Meriden.
 Ephraim Legg, man about thirty five years of age, attacked by hemorrhage ef the lungs while at work at Wallace's, Mon day afternoon. He was carried to his home but died during the trip. He had no rela tions in Ansonia. He had lived there only four or five months.
 Mrs. Dr. Chapin of Meriden, who has beer critically ill, arrived at Maple Lodge Stony Greek, about 9 o'clock Monday fore noon, the journey taking about three hours and helf It is thought she is steadily gain ing The new house where she is stopping is called "Maple Lodge" and is at the waters edge in a grove about midway between Frinks and Flying Point
 The sermon preached by President Porter of Yale College, and the historical address o the Rev. Dr. Buckingham at the fortieth an ! IL of Springfield, Mass, have been handsomely published in pamphlet form. An appendix contains full notes Illustrating the history o the church. The pamphlet also contains very excellent engraved portraits of President Porter and Dr. Buckingham, and views of tht ] old and new church edifices.
 MT. Charles Denison Talcott, head of tht firm of Talcott Brothers, satinet manufac turers St Talcottville, died Monday evening aged 59 years. He had an attack of malig nant erysipelas few days ago, and develop ing into blood poisoning his physicians were unable to stay the progress of the disease Mir. Talcott was widely known in Hartford He was & white- haired gentleman of massive build He and his brother Horace w. bull up the pretty little manufacturing village ot Talcottville by their enterprise, and gave lib orally to the erection of public buildings ano to making the place one of the model villages ] of New England.