Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-16
KNIGHTS TEmPLAR.


F4fty-EIghth Annual ConcIave of the
 Grand COmmandery.
 The fifty eighth annual conclave of the Grand commandery, Knights Templar of Connecticut, will be held in the Asylum in Masonic building, this city, tomorrow. The committee of New Haven commandery, who are in charge of the entertainment of guests held their final meeting on Saturday and perfected their arrangements. This evening New Haven comtnandery will exemplify the work, after which the members of the commandery with their guests will sit down to banquet in the armory below. Seats will be provided for 300 and Barkentin will catef. The officers and members of the Grand commandery of the State, officers of the Grand commandery of New York, Mass achusetts and Rhode Island, also many dis tinguished Templars from all parts of the State will be present. During the early part of the evening the officers of New Haven commandery will e1emplify the work.
 Grand Commander Eli c. BiIdsey, of Meriden, will arrive in this city this afternoon and will have his headquarters at the New Haven House. His report is all complete. It will cover about thirty pages of foolscap and will undoubtedly be of exceeding in terest to all Sir Knights.
 RersonaI.
 Rev. Father Lawlor, of St. Mary's church, is confined to his bed with an abscess on his back, but is improving. His brother, Rev. Martin Lawlor, officiates for him.
 MT. Halsey c. Thomas, ex-superintendent of the Sunday school of the East Congrega- tiopal church, is confined to his house, No. 5 Nicoll street, with carbuncles on his neck.
 MT. John B. Roach, of Nash street, is con- fined to his house with threatened attack of pneumonia
 Rev. Dr. s. D. Burchard, of "Rum, Ro- manism and Rebellion" falne once received a call to the pastorate of the First Congrega- tional church of Bridgeport.
 Officer Keitel is laid up at home with swollen jaw caused by toothache.
 Gordon W. Burnham, ths millionaire part ner of the firm of Benedict & Burnham, of Waterbury, to be married on the 18th, resid- ed in Meriden sixty years ago and began his business career on capital of about fifty dollars,
 Rev. Selden Gilbert, of this city, preached at the Ci urch of the Redeemer, Hartford, yesterday.
 Daniel H. Rentor, of New York, formerly
 
 Columbia Law school, was in town Saturday on his way to Boston.
 Mary Wood, aged seventy seven, who has been an inmate at the almshouse fora month, died there Saturday from gangrene. She has relatives ill Westville.
 Mrs. Capt. Wm. Beach of Garden street, well known resident of New Haven, sustain ed severe fall down flight of stairs Satur- day. strainilg and breaking the cords of her right arm, bruising her head and lacerating her knee.
 Charles H. Mallory, clerk at the City Hall dining rooms, is seriously i'll at his home on Grove street. He was compelled to give up work week ago.
 Mrs. William L. Smedley, mother of the Smedley Brothers, is very low with heart trouble
 Mrs. May Coyle, aged forty-six, wife of John Coyle, died at her late residence, 145 Washington street, on Saturday She leaves five children, one, Frank Coyle, being stu dent at Holy Cross college, Worcester, Mass, and the others living at home. She was much esteemed.
 Mrs. s. H. Green, of Mansfield, is the owner of parrot which was brought from Mexico thirty-three years ago by Captain Henry Allen, of New Haven, and has since resided in the family.
 Harry N. Hall, who has been very i'll with typhoid pneumonia, is now considered out of danger.
 Ms. Hotchkiss, residing on Church street near the Tontine, has bought piece of land in Madison with sea frontage of 300 feet, and will erect a summer residence thereon.
 Miss Gaffney and Mrs. Craig of this city, Mr. McCabe of Hartford, and a young English lady harpist, take part in B concert in Southington St. Patrick's night.
 M. J. Shean won the foot race at Charter Oak Park, Hartford, for $25 Q side, his opponent being Harry Umlah. The latter went but half the distance. Quite crowd was out in the mud and snow to see the race. John Tyler, known as "Boss" Tyler, fell down a flight of stone steps in the rear of Bunnell's museum Friday evening. gash an inch and half long was dressed by Dr. Bissell. =. Mrs. Fanny Pinles, widow of the late Joseph Pinles, died at her residence, 69 Hill street, Saturday morning Four children survive her. Mrs. Fleischner, mother of Dr. Henry Fleischner, died Saturday at her residence in Congress avenue. She has been an invalid for number of years, suffering from a complication of diseases