Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-15
JOSEPH MURPHY.
Personal.

Mr. Charles Peterson was still further i'm proved yesterday, his condition being now very encouraging.
 Town Agent Reynolds is improving slowly.
 Senator Hawley addresses the Young Mems Republican club of this city at an ear ly date.
 Presiding Elder Wardell will probably take trip South for the improvement of his health.
 Samuel Brown, janitor of North college, was united in lnatrimony Wednesday even ing to Miss Susan Green at the Zion A. M. E. church, Rev. Mir. Anderson officiating. A reception was held at the home of the groom's mother, z10 Chapel street.
 Mrs. Nancy Sperry, of Marbledale, died on the 9th inst of dropsy, aged 59.
 Mr. Vruman H. Woodruff, an esteemed citizen of Washington, Conn.,, died on the 9th inst. of liver disease, aged 67 He was lieutenant colonel of the Twelfth regiment in the halcyon days of the old Connecticut militia.
 Dr. George E. Beardsley, of Birmingham, has been confined to his home by attack of illness which at one time threatened to be very serious. He is now improving. Bishop McMahon visits the Catholic churches in Birmingham on Sunday, June 18th.
 Will S. Maltby challenges Edward Leo. pold, of New Haven, to bicycle race in any rink in Connecticut for from $50 to $100. Mrs. c. F. Bunnell, of Milford, is having an addition built on her house by David E. Smith, of this city. Mr. Franklin Burton, of Ansonia, leaves soon for Idaho to be absent two or three months.
 Rev MT. McNichols delivers the Memorial l day address in Seymour at the Opera House, | which has been rendered by MT. Marion. the owner.
 Friends of the Rev. G. s. Thrall, late pas | tor of the Congregational church in New | Milford and brother of Rev. J.. B. Thral1 Qate of Derby, now of Salt Lake), will be pleased l to know that his late charges in New Mil \ ford and Washington have raised for him by
 subscription over $1,1O0. MT. Thrall has l been compelled to leave his labors for the present by reason of i'll health and has gone | South.
 Representative F. D. Jackson of Derby, | who has been quite ill, is now considerably I improved,
 Captain J. c. Abbott. secretary of the Se- curity company of Hartford, who had one of his legs broken some time ago by being
 thrown from his horse, is slowly improv- | ing.
 The marriage of Professor Henry E. Saw l yer, principal of Moody's School for Boys at Northfeld, with Mrs. Martha H. Bunce, sis
 ter of Mrs. E. G. Woodhouse of Wethers- field, occurred on Wednesday at the resi- dence of her father, MT. T. B. Rogers, in l Wethersfeld, Rev. Lewis w. Hicks oficiat- l ing. Mrs. Bunce was for sixteen year S
 principal of the Barrett school at New Brit ain.
 | Rev. Professor Westgate, of Wesleyan
 university, is in very feeble health, so much so that the trustees have been given leave of | absence and he will take a trip West to re- cuperate.
 l The marriage of Miss Mattie v. Adams and Dr. Charles M Wooster was celebrated
 at the Episcopal church, Tariffvills, Wednes
 day evening at 8 o'clock by the rector, Rev
 Jesse Heald. The church was profusely dec
 orated and we'll filled with invited guests
 besides spectators The bride and groom
 then returned to the residence of Mrs. Abe
 Adams, mother of the bride, where they re
 ceived their friends until 12 o'clock. The
 presents were both elegant and numerous.
 Rev. Charles J. Hill, formerly pastor ot
 the South Congregational church in New
 Britain, is to be installed pastor of Congre gational church at Stonington on Tuesday | naxt