The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-17
PERSONAL MENTION.

 morrow evening under the auspices of the Ansonia Art club, Professor Weir, it is needless to say, is one of the best authorities upon art in this country. William J. Kraft of this city, the or ganist and choirmaster of Trinity church, Seymour, has won the M. Stein ert scholarship prize in Yale, which en- titles him to a course in organ playing and theory free for the ensuing college year.
 Jacob Garfunkel, the boy who was so seriously hurt Tuesday, is improving. Dr. Gompertz stated in the city court Saturday that he would be able to ap- pear October IS, the date set.
 The wedding of Miss Tittie Spittler and Charles Hedges, both of this city, will take place on Wednesday. Friends from Ansonia and other places will at tend.
 A. M. Curtis, the Meriden wheelman who went to New York Saturday to try for the record between that city and Boston, did not make the start on ac- count of the wet weather. He will try to-day.
 Miss Clarita Clark will leave the first part of this week for Chicago to be the guest of the parents of her fiance, E. w. Blatchford.
 Rev. Father James H. O'Donnell is to give up his parish in Watertown to em- bark on the missionary work of preach ing to non-Catholics.
 Mrs Bookmiller wife of Lieutenant Bookmiller of the United States army, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Bart lett of College street.
 The late Lieutenant Redmond V. Beach was taken care of during his last illness by Miss Hasson, the nurse sent to the front by the New Haven chapter of the Daughters of the American Rev. olution.
 Mrs G. Foster Prentiss, wife of Rev. MT. Prentiss of the Davenport church, who has been very ill, is now convales- cent
 The Misses Newton have returned from their long sojourn in Europe and are once again domiciled at their Pros pect street house occupied last winter by MT. and Mrs Lewis Welch. MT. and Mrs. Welch have taken Dr. and Mrs. Sturges' house, the latter having gone abroad with their children for about six months.
 Samuel c. MacLaughlan of the Mac Printing company went to New York Saturday to meet his wife, who was ex- pected home on steamer from Eng land. She has been in Scotland about three months.
 l.. H. Jenks of the Ansonia Telephone company, who has been i'll with mala- rial fever for near week, was brought to his home in this city by his father Friday afternoon. He is still quite sick.
 The Rev. Henry N. Wayne, rector of St. Marks Episcopal church, New Brit ain, has handed in his resignation and a meeting of the church parish has been called to be held on Thursday evening of this week. It is generally believed that the resignation will be ac- cepted.
 Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Bishop will go to Hartford on Wednesday for the wedding of Mrs. Bishops brother, Charles E. Hubbard, son of pr. Hub bard of Essex, to Miss Mary Chamber lain, only daughter of Samuel Cham berlain of 15 Prospect street.
 Joseph P. Peaker of this city attended the ratification meeting of the Afro American league at Lenox Lyceum at the corner of Madison avenue and Eff ty-ninth street, New York city, Friday evening. T. Thomas Fortune presided at the meeting.
 Rev. A. c. Johnson, who has recently been called to the Plantsville Baptist church, entered upon his pastorate yes- terday, preaching both morning and evening.
 On Thursday, November 3, Miss Su- san Sherman White, youngest daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Charles A. White, will be married to William H. Leonard Edwards of New York at the home of the bride, ST Trumbull street, in the presence of the nearest friends of both families Mr. Edwards was graduated at Williams college in the class of '93. After their marriage MT. and Mrs Ed wards will live at country place near New York.
 The services of Robert Shields, not ed authority on golf, have just been secured by the board of managers of the Country club as green-keeper and instructor. MT. Shields has for two years past been at Paul Smiths asso- CiateQ With SC. E[eSlS CluD.
 Professor Karl Budde of Strasburg will continue his interesting course of lectures by talk on Priests, Prophets and Kings as Champions of Yahweh' this evening in Osborn hall. He will also lecture Friday evening on For eign Powers and the Written Prophecy of the Northern Kingdom" Saturday night he will talk on '"The Conflict in the Southern Kingdom"
 Sub Contractor Jackson, who has been laying the brick on the Maple street bridge, Ansonia, finished his work Friday, and, loading his tools onto his wagon, returned with them to this city in the afternoon. He has bids in on three or four more bridge contracts, similar to the Maple street bridge, but does not yet know whether he can se- cure the jobs.
 Rev. William Roberts of this city preached in the Huntsville Congrega- tional church yesterday morning and evening.
 The wedding of Miss Adeline Porter, second daughter of MT. and Mrs Jo-