The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-22
PERSONAL MENTION,

 Adirondacks. Melvin J. Parkhurst and sister, Miss Leila, of this city, are the guests of Charles T. Sabin and family in Put nam,
 MT. Bissell of Springfield has taken | the place of MT. Woodruff in the Clin- | ton bank MT Woodruff has accepted | a position in New Haven bank. Charles Baldwin of Merden is spend- | ing a few days with Louis Traver of this city.
 Mrs. Frank Birdsall, who has been | qpite seriously i'll for several weeks past at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. D. M. Finch, on First avenue, 1 East Norwalk, with congestion Of the lungs is now much improved and has returned to her home in this city. Miss Josie Bryan, the well-known 1 dressmaker, of 91 Olive street. is spend- ing a few days in New York, combining business with pleasure.
 l Miss Ida, daughter of MT and Mrs Frank l.. Beckley of Camp street, Mer- iden, and Robert Watson Otis of Nor wich were married yesterday afternoon at the home of the brides parents.
 Mrs John R. L'Hommedieu and son Earle of East Washington street, Nor I walk, are in town, the guests of Mrs. William Bishop.
 Miss May Elliot of Clinton will att tend St. Margaret's school at Water bury this winter
 George Lawton of Clinton has been chosen captain of the Morgan school football team for the coming season. David Fox of Clinton, former base ball pitcher for Wesleyan university at Middletown, will leave Wesleyan and attend the School of Pharmacy at the University of Pennsylvania this winter.
 Among the Meriden people who wit messed "The Little Minister" at the Hyperion were Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Bradstreet, Mir and Mrs. Floyd Cur tis, Mrs, George M. Curtis, Rev and Mrs A. T, Randall, Rev. and Mrs. A. S. Ashley MT and Mrs. E. E. Smith, MT, and Mrs. E. H. White. MT. and Mrs. T H. Warnock MT. and Mrs. A. B. Squire, Arthur Rogers and Rev. J. Fl. Grant.
 Miss Maude Adams, who ended her engagement in "The Little Minister at the Hyperion last night was the guest of honor at small luncheon given yes- terday by Miss Sara Converse at the home of Mrs Edwin M. Somers, Miss Converse's sister, at 51 Lake place. Miss Margaret Gordon of the same l company, who is being entertained dur ing her stay here by Mrs. Somers, was present at the luncheon. Miss Gordon is charming and promising young l actress.
 The executive committee of the com pany of the Boys Brigade just formed at the Olivet Baptist church. Rev. AL Ian K. Foster Edwin Sweet, and c. l.. Parker, and they have appointed Lewis B. Brown the captain of the company. The commissioned officers will be se- lected from the members by Captain Brown. The name and title of the or- ganization will be Go. B of the Second regiment.
 c. M. Hall of Broadway department store, has recovered from an attack of illness.
 Frederick Sherman, the member of Co. K, of the First c. V., who is very ill with typhoid fever at his home in West Haven, was still alive yesterday morning, and owing to his strong vital ity his physician, Dr. Barnett, had hopes that he may yet recover.
 Report says that William Grabb, the well known basso of St. Mary's choir will join the Bostonians and hereafter sing in opera.
 Mrs A. R. Morrell of Pittsburg, who has been spending the summer witt her son, George Henry Smith, Yale 99 at Chester, N. S., and in New Haven has returned to her home.
 Jacob Walker and wife of Hoyt Montgomery county, Pa., are visiting Assessor c. A. Baldwin. Mrs. Walker is sister of Mrs. Baldwin.
 Rev. MT. Penfield of Brooklyn, who with his wife and daughter have beer spending the summer at the Vale Cheshire, presented the mission witf fifty new hymn books.
 c. B. Wadleigh, a patent and clain attorney of Washington, has written tt Town Clerk Brethauer asking for thu address of Mrs. George Shaw, a resi- dent of this city at one time something over a year ago. She Is the widow O Orrin G. Shaw late of the 14th U. infantry, and any information concern ing her will be gladly received by Towi Clerk Brethauer or by MT. Wadleigh. MT. and Mrs. Frederick Brill gave delightful progressive euchre party a | their residence, Oak and Asylum street ! Tuesday evening. Those taking tn \ first prize were Miss Theresa Brill ant ! MT. Mustarde. After the game a colla tion was served.
 Mrs. Newton Cox, who has been t Newport, R. l., for the past month wi return home to-day.
 , Lafayette Mendal, professor of phy , siological chemistry at Shelf, has re i turned to town. Prof. Mendal spent tn l holiday months with his people at Del hi N. Y.
 Insurance Commissioner F. A. Bett and wife and Lawyer James T. Mora and wife have returned from Milwau kee. They were in attendance at tn convention of the insurance commis sioners held in that city. Mr. Bett 6 was among the speakers.
 Miss Edith Sanborn, daughter o Mrs. c. M. Sanborn of Worcester, Mass and William E. Morgan were marie I at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon b the Rev. Edwin NJ. Poteat of Calvar Do, ,-t ok h 1f ln FE