The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-10
personal JOrrINGs.

tendent Morris of the clasp department
of Mayer, Strouse & Co., is visiting
friends in Springfield.
EX-P President James d. Dewell of the
Republican league has returned from
a trip to New York, where he attended
the banquet rendered Lieut.. r. e.
Peary, U. S. A., the Arctic explorer.
The dinner was served at Sherry's and
was given by Kane lodge, f. and A.
M. Lieutenant Peary presented the
lodge with handsome Masonic flag,
which he carried to the northernmost
part of Greenland.
Miss Edith Anne Porter of this city
has been engaged as soprano of the
Prospect NJ. L. church in Bristol. She
viii take the position on May /.
c. p. Jordan of West Haven, the
we'll known clothier, formerly for many
years in business in this city, is much
improved in health and is slowly re-
gaining it, He has not been in town
for two of three months owing to poor
health. He is now able to supervise
his chicken farming and will it is ex-
pected be fully restored to health ere
long.
Miss Florence Macdonald, daughter
of Alderman James H. Macdonald, gave
very pleasing dialect recitation We'd
nesday evening called 1.-THE Photo
grapher," at the fair in Town hall, West
Haven, given by Graham Hook and
Ladder company The piece is a new
one by the popular author, Miss Har-
riet Ford
Mrs. Sara T. Kinney, state agent of
the D. A. r., has organized two large
chapters of Daughters one in Milford
of thirty-nine members, and another
in Torrington with a membership of
twenty-six.
w. I. Babcock, who has been spend
ing the winter at Rockledge, Fla, has
| returned home greatly improved in
health.
Frederick B. Street, for a long time
| associated with S. H. Street e Co., the
| flour dealers and manufacturers of ce-
| reals, will become member of the firm
| of J. D. Dewell & Co. The details of
! the new firm have not yet been COM
| pleted.
| Governor Coffin has issued a writ to
| the sheriff of Fairfield county ordering
| an election for judge of probate in the
! district of Stratford in the place of
| Judge Robert III. Russell, deceased, to
| be held Monday, April 20.
E. B. Beecher, chief Of the mechanical
department Of the Diamond Match
company, and ]. P. Wright superin-
| tendent of the cornpany's machine
| works in this city, have just invented a
new automatic match making machine
which is said to be fine Improvement
Mrs r. j. Smith of Springfield, Mass,
will speak at Beers street chapel this
| evening at 7:30, subject, 1.-The Eastern
| Question"
| @. M. Sergt. Alfred Hustled of the
| New Haven Grays is quite i'll with the
grip. He has been sick since Good
Friday He resides at 1905 Grand ave-
nue..
| President Thomas G. Bennett of the
| Winchester Repeating Arms Co. is the
| inventor of a new method of making
forearms for rifles. The forearm is
made in two pieces instead of one, as
| formerly, which prevents Wrapping.
James E. Carr Of this city has re.
| Gently devised new method of joint
ing wooden rims for bicycle wheels
The invention consists of growing an6
longing the ends in a particular way sc
as to form particularly firm bond
Mr.. Carr obtained letters patent yes
terday drought Earle & Seymour.
Adolph Schatz of this city has in.
vented a new form of parallel jaw
| pliers. The jaws are parallel ant
"bite" with their entire length instead