The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-07
OF LOCAL INTER EST.

OF LOCAL INTEREST.
 Dr, Arthur Pearson and family of
 Derby have gone to Woodmont where
 they will spend the month of Septem-
 Der.
 The Sassett house, Derby, had a dis
 tlhsulshed guest at dinner Sunday in
 MS. Clara Louise Kellogg Strakosch,
 Mfs. Strakosch, or Clara Louise Kel- logg, as she Is better known to Connec-
 tlcut people, was accompanied by her
 husband, Carl Strakosch, and Miss L..
 $. T. Higgins, all of Hartford Mrs.
 strakosch was delighted to again visit
 Derpy, the home of her girlhood, and expressed a regret that she had not ar ranged to spend a portion of the sum
 mer there. Tn former years, when she
 was delighting audiences everywhere
 With her singing, she always came pack Tor few weeks. The party Sun day were driving from Woodmont to Hartford.
 Yesterdays Bridgeport Standard says: Colonel Tracy B. Warren and '. L. Gaylord will attend the eighty nrst anniversary of the New Haven Grays at Branford Point, September 13. Coionel warren was formerly a lieuten- ant and MT. Gaylord musician in the organization"
 hoWard Graham Of Ansonia, who had ms feet and legs burned in the foundry accident week ago, was brought to the New Haven hospital Sunday. He is said to be improving.
 The event of Vastardav ip was the annual field day and picnic of Woodland lodge, Uniform rank K. of r. A very interesting programme of sports was carried out.
 The Hartford Times makes inc an- nouncement of the engagement of Miss Belle Mayer to Dana w. Bartholomew poth parties residing in Hartford MT. baftholomeW Is an Ansonia boy, son of Dana Bartholomew. He went to Hart ford to locate about a year ago, engag- ing in real estate brokerage and fire and plate glass insurance with Jerome Mayer, under the firm name of Mayer x Bartholomew. Miss Mayer is the granddaughter of A. Hollander, one of Hartford's wealthy clothers.
 The mystery attached to the suppos- ed jewelry robbery at the house of Will liam Y. Beach, 59 Grove street. was cleared up yesterday morning when Mrs. Beach discovered her lost jewelry in a trunk, and Mrs. Price, the colored servant who was charged with stealing it, was released by the city attorney. The house was thoroughly searched before the woman was arrested, but notwithstanding that it was found after she had been locked up several days. She has returned to the Beach homestead, and all matters are being smoothed over. Her husband charged with stealing a wheel in Waterbury, is on bonds, awaiting trial in the upper court.
 Mrs. H. c. Plant, who has been occu- py1nS her summer home in Branford during the absence of Mr Plant abroad 1 will return to her New York residence to-day. MT. Plant is expected home at an early date.
 Rev. D. l.. R. Libby of Watertown. | N. r., whose talented wife, also a Uni | versalist minister, is suing him for di- vorce on statutory grounds in New York state, is we'll known in Meriden | and other parts of the state. He SUD- piled the pulpit at St. PauPs church in 1 Meriden many times during the pastor- ate of the late Rev. Dr. J. H. Chapin. MT. Libby organized the Universalist societies at New Britain and Putnam. MT. Libby is about fifty years old His wife, who accuses him of misconduct with a Watertown woman, is one of the most polished speakers in her denomi- nation.
 The funeral of ex-Judge John w Fowler of Milford took place at the family residence Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. A large assemblage of relatives and friends was present to pay their last respects to one who had been widely esteemed and loved during his lifetime. The Rev. MT. Hutchin- sons address was eulogistic of the de- and consolatory to the bereaved wife and children. The singing was remarkably sweet and tuneful Al the conclusion Of the obseuuies lonp line Of conveyances followed the re- mains to their last resting place in the