The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20
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with severe attack of sciatic rheuma-
 tism. This is Mr. Thompsons first ill-
 ness in a number of years His wife,
 the popular and gifted soprano of this
 city, has so far recovered from recent
 attack of the grip as to resume her position in the various musical circles l with which she Is connected, and will
 take part in the concert at the Hyperion
 on the afternoon of the 22d instant at l the celebration of the anniversary of Washington's birthday.
 A letter recently received by General
 E. S. Greeley from Rev. Dr. Phillips of
 the Church of the Redeemer, who is
 now in Florida recupera ting from a re- | cent severe attack of throat difficulties | states that his health is improving
 and that he expects ito be with his congregation again by the first of April l His wife will soon join Dr. Phillips in | Florida and remain there until his re-
 turn to this city.
 MT. E. F. Judd, the bookseller, who
 has been stopping at the same hotel in Florida with Dr. Phillips for a short | season, has returned home again and
 reports the health of Rev Dr. Phillips
 much better than when he left here. The many friends of John c. Parker
 and Helen Stack Parker will be grieved to learn of the death of their only ! child, John Clark Parker. The little fellow was but year and nine months old, and died of spinal meningitis after a comparatively short illness. The bur
 ial will be in Middletown this afternoon. MT. Parker is private secretary for
 President c. P. Clark of the Consolidat- ed road and resides at 24 Vernon street. Dr. Ruickoldt has recovered the use of his arm, which was broken some time
 ago, and has resumed practice.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Herz are at
 the Hotel del Monte, Monterey Cal.
 Rev Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Harwood
 are at the Charleston hotel, Charles
 ton, S. c.
 William c. Dole of Dole Brothers on Chapel street is i'll with grip.
 w. Wallace Ward, for many years superintendent of the West Haven road, is critically i'll at his home in West Haven. He passed a comfortable night Tuesday night and was somewhat im- proved yesterday.
 Hon B. G. Northrup, late secretary of the State Board of Education, and founder of Arbor Day, left for Japan on a lecture tour Monday morning, His journey will be via New Orleans, | San Francisco and Honolulu. MT. l Northrup was instrumental in securing for Japan an indemnity of $500, ,000 from this government, and will be the guest | of the nobility of the Island kingdom. |
 John Clyne, who has been confined | to his home Market and Monroe streets, with appendicitis, is suffi- ciently recovered to take short walks in the open air. He escaped an opera ton.
 Theodore H. Macdonald, clerk in the town agents office, is ill at his home on Chapel street with severe cold.
 Mir. and Mrs. Michael Gallagher, parents of Letter Carrier James H. Gallagher, both of whom were con sidered at deaths door with pneu- monia last week, are now slowly re- covering.
 David Schwartz was presented on Sunday with handsome desk by New Haven lodge No. 21, 6. B. A.
 Ex-Assessor Francis Donnelly is still very i'll at his home on Middletown INCAldCt WiGIG liS llctS IGSluGu lOT over thirty years. He was taken down with pneumonia a little over week ago, and as he is about eighty years of age his constitution does not readily withstand the attack of the disease. pr. M. A, Cremin, his son-in-law, is his physician Yesterday the sick man was perhaps a little better, but his condition is very serious.
 The marriage of Miss Florence l.. Hunt and Henry s. Staples will occur this evening at 7:30 at the residence of the brides parents, MT and Mrs. D. R. Hunt, 129 Henry street Only mem bers of the family will be present, on account of the severe illness of the brides father.
 HAS MANY CONNECTICUT FRIENDS
 The gifted and rising actress, Miss Hattie Ford, leading lady of the Sol Smith Russell company, which appears at the Hyperion tomorrow night, is Seymour, Conn.,, girl, born and raised n Seymour, where she has many friends She is also claimed as a New Havener by her many friends here. as she is a graduate of the Hillhouse High school and while attending the High school resided with her cousin, Mrs. Dibble, wife of s. E. Dibble, the Grand avenue stove merchant and plumber, ex-president of the Connecticut Plumb CTS association. Miss Ford after leav- ng New Haven studied at one of Bos- ,on's famous schools of elocution and afterward at a New York school. After Ter seasons work last year she spent several months in tour of Europe in { with her friend, Miss IIilliard, he elocutionist. Miss Ford while on me of her European trips several years tgo competed in the prize essay contest 'ffered by a leading London newspaper. { The theme was the return of the explor- z 1T Stanley from his rescue of Emin oasha, Miss Ford won first prize in a ong list of competitors. She is a very young lady and fortune las evidently much in store for her in Ter chosen profession, as she is as in- Iefatigable and persistent worker in Ter chosen calling as she has been in whatever else she has undertaken hith- rto, She will be a guest during her tay here at the home of Mrs. $. p. )ibble on Orange street, corner of Ed