The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16
PERSONAL NEWS JOTTINGS.
NEVIS OF INTEREST REGARDING
 NEW HATEN PEOPLE.


 Party--From the Keystone state-Daniel
 CoIwell's Address-Other Notes.
 Pierce N. Maher, the newly appointed
 superintendent of mails at the loca
 postoffice, was sworn in yesterday and
 began the duties of his office
 Superintendent of Streets Doyle con.
 tlnues seriously sick at his home on Fer
 ry street, Dr. M. A. Cremin, who is at
 tending him, said yesterday that his
 patient had improved slightly,
 Attorney Jacob P. Goodhart yesterday
 purchased from Louis Rather the Rat
 ner flats on Oak street. The purchase
 price was about $3000O.
 Prof, Mather, principal of the Board
 man Manual Training school, attended
 a meeting held at the Pratt institute
 Thursday at which manual training in
 high schools was discussed.
 Congressman N. D. Sperry has ap- pointed Judge W. T. Elmer of Middle
 town, Prof, A. ". Phillips of Yale uni versity and Thomas l.. Axtelle of Water bury a committee to examine candidates
 for West Point.
 Julius Hermann, who Is proprietor of the cafe formerly kept by Theodore Martus on Church street, is dangerous | ly i'll at his home at No. 2S0 Orange street. MT. Hermann has been i'll for some time but he was taken Wednes- day with an acute attack of pneumonia. He has gradually grown worse, and while little easier yesterday his re- covery Is doubtful
 l The firm name of the Bowditch & Prudden company, the furniture dealers, was changed by Judge Wheeler yester- day morning to the Bowditch Furniture company
 William A. Cox, foreman of the New Haven gas works, was agreeably sur- 1 prised Thursday evening by his rela- | lives, who, having been reminded by his children that their fathers birthday occurred on the 14th instant, had as- sembled at his home on Dixwell avenue The party consisted of Miss Ina Cox Metlar Cox, his two children, his broth CT, T. Metlar Cox, and two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Tompkins and Mrs Rachel Brownell; eight nephews and nleces, MT, and Mrs. H. Newton Cox, MT. and Mrs William H. Harper, MT. and Mrs William A. Durant, Mir. and Mrs. Fred erick Bostwick, MT. Brockton and Mrs Lapham. Mir Cox is the seventh of a family of eight children, all of whom are living, four in this city and one each in Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Iowa.
 Police Superintendent Smith has sent out circulars to the heads of all the po- lice departments in this state and Rhode Island, asking them to express their opinions about the feasibility of com bination, so as to increase the police ef- ficiency of both states in the catching of thieves and criminals.
 J. Edward Geary was initiated Into Philip H. Sheridan council, Royal Area mum, Thursday evening
 S. Bissell '97 has been appointed cap tain of the Yale Basket Ball Team" by Instructor H. s. Anderson.
 A pleasant surprise party was tender- ed Miss Althea Reeves at her home, No. ITS State street, Thursday evening by about twenty of her schcolmates. Among those present were: Susie Baldwin, Louise and Lille Armstrong, Fannie Att kins Maud Smith, Maud Rowland, Ma ble Hall, Ruth Handforth, Lottie Hors- fall and Masters Frank and Clarence Smith, Walter Totham, Stanley Hall, Harry Merwln, Gussie Shieffele Willie Hyland and Everitt Bradley.
 Private John Brihley of the United States army, who was enlisted as a mu- sicihn about two years ago, and who is a son of Patrick Brinley of this city, Is winning honors as members of the Seventeenth Infantry band, U. S. A. The band recently gave a concert at Columbus, O.. and Private Brinley was among the performers, he rendering a clarionet solo with band accompani- ment, for which he was most enthusias- tically encored
 George M Grant has returned from Redlands Cal, where he has been for several months past. His health is much better than when he went away. He states that there wild be no fur ther dispute concerning his qualfica- tions as a commissioner of the board of public works.
 Mrs. Sutter of Cassius street gave a trolley party on Wednesday afternoon to some of her lady friends and their | children. The car was gaily decorated | and was photographed while standing | on the Howard avenue bridge.
 Those who will participate in a musi- | cal and literary concert given under | the auspices of Help chapter, Epworth | league, of Summerfleld M. D. church, i evening, March 20, are the | Misses Julia Green, Jessie Dyer, M. F. | Sharpe, Rita Palmer, Mary Belk, Min- | nie Stoddard, Anna Nettleton, Clara | Warner the League male quartet, | Messrs. Strack and O'Connell, Elmwood | quartet, w. Frey, Joseph Connolly, and | Messrs. Palmer and Lawrence,
 Edgar E. Seifert, son of pr. Seifert of Mauch Chunk, Pa, who met with | serious railroad accident some time ago, Is now in the city, accompanied by his father, for the purpose of having arti- fcial limbs applied by MT. George B. Hoggson of this city.
 Daniel Colwell has accepted an invit- ation to address the Catholic club of .he Sacred Heart church next Sunday l evening on "The Poets and Poetry of Ireland"
 Frederick Fl. Freiss, former chef mployed at TIeub1ein's cafe, was charg- 9d in the city court yesterday morning ,,;+b dofraudinsr w H Garde of Garde,s