The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-07
LOCAL NE IFS.
Brief Mention.

High water to-day at 82s D. In.
 Mrs. John Adt has gone to Water bury for few weeks.
 Pierre J. Wurtz '91 S., is visiting at his home on Whitney avenue.
 Prices for tired purses at the Roya Shoe store; great leather sale.
 The Mothers Journal for February another excellent number, Is just out.
 Howell Osborn, whose mother gave osborn hall to Yale, died in New York city yesterday
 G. L. Sargent and F. L. Bigelow oi this city are at Tampa Bay hotel Tampa, Fla,
 Charles Dexter Allen will speak be- fore the Graduates club in this city Sat urday on Book Plates"
 Mrs. Hoadley B. Ives and Miss East man left Tuesday for journey which will include trip to the Orient.
 The Misses Harris of 161 Orange street offer their few remaining trim med hats at five dollars each. A rare opportunity.
 M. M. Bently, for few months past with M. M Clark in Simsbury, has made a business engagement with M. E. Ter Till of WestvilIe.
 G. J. Moffatt, the paper box manufac- turer, lost very valuable diamond out of his ring yesterday. He thinks he
 
 lost 1t on Orange street.
 Eli Whitney, jr., is somewhat better, although he is not yet able to leave his room, and it will probably be some days before he is able to be out
 Judge and Mrs. w. K. Townsend are at the St. James, hotel, Jacksonville, for few days Later they will go to points on the east coast of Florida,
 The grain mill of the Platt Mills com pany at Platt Mills Waterbury, was to- tally destroyed by fire yesterday after noon. Loss $1o,OOO; insurance $S,OOO.
 Miss M. s. Coe of Yalesville will at- tend a tea given in her honor by her friend. Miss Edith. verrill of Whalley avenue, New Haven, on the 9th inst
 Mrs. Oviatt, the mother of Sidney E. Oviatt, the real estate dealer in this city, died suddenly at her home in Or ange Tuesday night of heart disease.
 The recital to be given by Miss Mary Dudley Burk, the elocutionist of this city, in Warner hall Monday evening, February IS, will be one of rare excel lence.
 Mrs. Judith Prince of this city was in New London Tuesday looking after the repairing of the old Prince house on Main street. which she will occupy as soon as completed.
 The annual reception of Court Colum- bia, No 6,Ss6 Ancient Order of Forest CTS of America; was held in Harugari hall last night and proved to be both a financial and social success There were seventy-fve couples in the grand march. The first grand ball of the Shear makers association, eighteen of whom are employees of the Schollhorn Manu- featuring company, and are on strike, owing to reduction of wages, takes place at old Union armory tonight With good music and prompting very pleasant time is expected. The Scottish American of New York in speaking of Miss Mary Dudley Burk's recitations at the Caledonian's celebration of the anniversary of Rob- | ert Burns held in the Hyperion January 25 says: The way in which she ac- | uuitted herself in Burns Address to a | Haggis" made not few wish that l some more of her selections had been | in the Doric.
 The engagement of Thomas F. Bay ard, jr., son of Ambassador Bayard, to | Miss Dorothy Davis of Wilmington, is announced. Miss Davis is a relative of H. P. Scott, the banker. MT. Bayard is about twenty-five years of age, is a graduate of Yale, class of go, and now has charge of the extensive law prac- tice of his father. The wedding will probably take place in the spring.