The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-10
PERSONAL MENTION.

terday and his physician, Dr. Luby, has hope of his recovery.
 President J. M. Marlin of the Marlin Gun Co. was slightly improved yester- day and though he Is still very weak, his physician, pr. Paul Skiff, has hopes that he will recover.
 John H. Muldoon, the we'll known builder and contractor, is seriously ill at his home on Grafton street With malarial fever. He has been confined l to his bed for ten days.
 Mrs. Beniamin, a well known Water- town lady, is in town visiting friends.
 Mrs. Thomas R. Trowbridge of Elm street is steadily improving and ad- vancng toward complete recovery.
 Mrs. Rollin s. Woodruff, 1404 Chapel street entertained her whist club Thursday, There are twenty members, but only four tables were filled. The first prize was won by Mrs. w. F. Tut te a pretty chatelaine purse, the sec ond taken by the hostess, hand-paint- ed address book.
 l The Bronson &: Townsend company has been organized as successor of the DdIu cS Iati lASot tSh So', wholesale dealers in hardware, having purchased the business from Receiver Isbell. The company is capitalized at $24 coo of 960 shares of S25 each, of which John w. Townsend holds 240 w. ] w. Bronson 480 and G. H. Bishop 24O. MT Townsend has been in the hardware business for over forty years. He was with r. s. Bradley in war times and lately was with the Yale & Towne Manufacturing company in the Bran ford lock works. Mir. Bronson has been with the Eradleys for 25 years, first with k. B. Bradley. then with Bradley & Damn, and the Bradley, Damn &s Darlington Co.,, also throughout the re- oeivership with MT. Isbell up to date, and he has thorough knowledge of the trade. MT. Bronson's principal work has been on the road and he will con- tinue in that capacity. MT. Bishop re- sides In Woodbridge and is silent partner. The president of the company Is w. w Bronson, and the secretary and treasurer, John W. Townsend
 W. R. Foote of Branford Is confined to his home on Montowese street by illness.
 Mrs. c. A. Maycock expects her two young sons home from the Poughkeep- sic military academy for the holidays. bringing with them two school chums aa guests.
 Mrs. Harvey Miller of East Main street, Brsnford. lis visiting Mrs. Lucy Ives of Meriden.
 Mrs. Luke Alexander of Portland, this state, is visiting friends in Bran < ford
 Mrs Lucy Harrison of Mianus is the guest of MT. and Mrs. James Barnes, of Branford. Mir. Barnes is convalescs mt from a recent attack of vertigo, which was feared would result in paralysis.
 Mrs Morris, F, Tyler returned on Wednesday from months absence visiting friends in St. Louis, and is greatly improved in health,
 Milo Todd of the Aetna Life Insur- ance company, Hartford, was in Rran- ford the first of the week the guest of his s.ster, Mrs. Edwin Duolittie. Mrs. Dwight Baldwin will entertain the Whalley Avenue Whist club next Wednesday evening at her Park street residence, The majority of the m m- bers reside on the avenue, hence the , name.
 
 A. G. Smith of New Britain, who have been visiting friends in Branford have returned
 The condition of Harry Rogers oi Battery A, whose home is in Branford i'll at the New Haven hospital with pneumonia, for seven weeks shows very little improvement. His friends are be- ginning to fear that there Is little hope of his ultimate recovery.
 In the new Yale catalogue the follow. ing new names appear as members o1 the faculty and instructors: Notion A Cotton, instructor in French: Frank H Chase, Ph. D., tutor in German; Edwr B. Gager. B. A., instructor in mort gagea and equity; Warren J. Mouton : B. D., assistant in Biblical literature | John J. Morton, Jr., E. A., laboratory assistant in chemistry; Isaac K. Phelps Ph. D., assistant in chemistry; Freder 2 ick o. Robbins, B. A., instructor 1T : French; George T. Selew, Ph. D.. in t structor in mathematics; Thomas 2 | Stearns, Ph. D., instructor in ancien [ philosophy; Meyer Wolodanssy, Ph. B. . assistant in Rabbinic literature. 1 Rev. s. H. Watkins of Calvar, | church, New York, who preached at tn 0 united Advent service ill the Church o 0 the Ascension last evening, was form e erly rector of that church and ha h many friends in this city who wer d greatly pleased of an opportunity to SCI - and hear him again.
 I Dr. Harry Little Welch of this city : son of Dr. and Mrs. William c. Welch I whose engagement to Miss Annett . Vail of New York was announced
 few weeks ago, will be marie,
 Wednesday, December IA at the bride
 home. Two days after the wedding Dl
 Welch and his bride will sail for Europ
 to remain abroad for two years, whiel
 time Dr. Welch will spend in finishing
 his medical studies
 Miss Mary Wrinm of North Colon
 street, Walingford. is visiting New Ha v ven friends.
 e. At Warner hall last night, the first o
 the seasons assemblies, took place
 The patronesses were Mrs. Henry | , Sargent Mrs. William w Farnhan
 Mrs. William Lyon Phelps Mrs. E
 Whitney and Mrs. George H. Watrous IT Moore had charge of the decoration d. for the season, and Francis served sup IS per Robinson's orchestra officiated le The flowers for last night were Ameri Te can beauty rosaa