Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-12
PERSONAL NOTRs.

Insured for $1,O0O-A Pastor,s Poor
 Health-A Pianiss,s Generosity-A
 Bridgeporesf's Friends-A City Father
 or for Europe-Osher Departures
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 Haven Wedding.
 E. Fay Mills, the evangelist, is having much success with his meetings in Bridge port.
 Captain Charles B. Dyer of this oity, con- nnues to improve and his recovery is ex- pected.
 MT. Alfred Barron of Fairview street. New Britain, will sail for England on Wednesday, May 28. Will W. Hanna of New Britain is at Johnstown, Pa, experimenting the erection ot six monuments.
 Mr. and Mrs. Whittlesey of New Britain VIII soon take trip to Maine and will be absent about six weeks.
 Thomas L. Evans of Bridgeport, how holds the position of boekkeeper and paymaster with the Forepaugh show.
 ". A. Chapman of Portland, is fast losing aolu or H1e. He IS suffering from large cystic growth of the abdomen.
 Mrs. Giblin of Boston, nee Miss Minnie Brennan, IS spending few days in this city at the residence of her mother on Edgewood avenue.
 Rev. Dr. Chapin of Neriden will preach the sermon at the dedication of the Uniyer. salist church in New Britain the first week in June.
 Insurance Commissioner Fyler is now en- gagged in the qaadrennial examination re-. quired by law of all the life companies in the state.
 MT. Walter J. Hall has generously offered to donate the proceeds of his concert in Bridgeport Thursday evening to the Bridge- port Y. M. 0. A. building fund.
 Bishop AcMahon has accepted the resiena. tion of Rev. J. W. Tones as pastor of St. Ann's church, Waterbury. For more than year Father Zones has been in poor health.
 MT. M. Highland of Middletewn has re- turned from Jacksonville, Fla, where he has been experimenting the slating of several buildings. He reports building brisk in that part of the country.
 The late Henry M. Copp of Bridgeport, formerly of New Haven, was insured for $1 1000 in the Hartford Life and Annuity company and on Saturday Mrs. Copp re- ceived a check for that amount.
 Mir. P. s. Belden of Rocky Hill will prob. ably run the excursion barges this season. He expects to launch a new barge early in June which will probably take the place of the Frolic which was on the river lest season, and be run by New Haven parties to Fishers Island, Mystic and other excursion grounds. The Bridgeport Standard says: "The D. M. Read eompany's increasing business has ne- cessitated additional room and they have taken the three stories of the building ad- joining their store on Middle street." Sev- eral of MT. Reads friends in the Republican league, New Haven, expect to give him a call shortly and inspect the new addition. Nr. Normand Leslie, the assistant of Sec- retary of J. B. Pierce of the Steam Boiler In- surance and Inspection company of Hartford, will sail for Europe Wednesday, May 14, on the new steamer Majestic, and will spend 6 month at his old home in Scotland. He will return June 28. Leslie will go in company with the British vice consul at New York, MT. Cecil.
 On the 11th of next month MT. D. T. Nal. lett, the well-known hardware merchant, will lead to the altar Miss Aleine Rowland, daughter of ex Assessor John H. Rowland. Following this social affair, on ths 18th, will occur the wedding of Frederick L. Miner, . son of J. Harvey Miner, to Miss Fanny Sperry, daughter of Elizur H. Sperry, the builder. They are all prominent in social circles and the coming events will no doubt be elaborately celebrated. MT. Miner is at present in Chicago where he holds an excel- lent position.
 Councilman M. Sonnenberg, firm of B. Shoninger & Co.,, New Haven, and family will start for Europe next Wednesday on l the steamer Wes.ernland. They will travel through Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland and France, and will be absent foul months. The public will wish them pleas ant trip. Mir. Sonnenberg has been indefa l tigably engaged for twenty years in building | up the large music store and piano business now conducted by his firm in this city Waterbury and Bridgeport, and will all tht more enjoy season of relaxation.