The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-05-20
or LOCAL. INTEREST.

perintendents' union will be held in the
Asylum Avenue Baptist church in that
city Wednesday evening, May 25. II.
IL. Taylor, president of the New Haven
Superintendents' union, will be present
and speak.
The Misses Lillian and Annie Dris-
coll, who are attending the academy of
the Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, are
in town for few days. Miss Annie
Driscoll is convalescing from an attack
of the measles.
Burglars entered the office of the
Peck & Bishop Co. in Union street
Wednesday night, but took nothing.
They soaked the iron fence in the rear,
forced OPEN the back door, ransacked
a desk and scattered books and papers
all over the floor.
The East Haven Congregational
church gave an entertainment and sup
per at the town hall In that place last
evening.
On Thursday, June 2, will occur the
marriage of Miss Alice M. Chaplin, one
Of the teachers in Webster school, and
Leroy Clark of the First National
bank. 1t will be quiet home wedding,
only relatives attending.
The employees in the wheat roll de-
partment at the Farrell foundry are
nothing if not patriotic. Tuesday
morning from twenty-five windows on
the west side of their room, In plain
sight of Maple street bridge, twenty
two good sized American flags were
hung out, eliciting the admiration of
every patriot who crossed the bridge
during the day.-Derby Transcript.
Miss Martha Pavious of 2SS Crown
street will sail tomorrow for London
on the steamer Alexandria. She will be
abroad for several months and will
travel extensively on the continent.
The West Side club gave its last 'la-
dies night" at their pleasant rooms on
Howard avenue Wednesday evening.
The house was beautifully decorated
with flags and palms and the event
was one of the most enjoyable given by
the club this season. There was a very
large attendance, and the entertain
nent, the card playing and the dane
ing were all greatly enjoyed.
An engagement just announced is
that of Ten Eyck Wendell Yale 49, to
Miss May Dwight Foote of New York
Mrs. James r. Cornwall of Paterson,
N. j., is the guest of her son, Matthew
p. Cornwall on Crown street.
Rev. D. M. James, formerly pastor of
the Second Congregational church, is
visiting friends in this city.
At meeting of members of Ethel
chapter, No. %, held in Masonic hall,
Westville, Wednesday evening, at
which sixty or seventy We're present,
an excellent entertainment was pro-
vided. There was music, singing and
recitations, after which a banquet was
served. There were visitors from sew
eral of the sister chapters in the vicin-
ity.
Officer McGrath yesterday found a
bicycle which had been left at the cor
ner Of Chapel and Day streets, which
belonged to Roy Thompson of % Elm
street. There was also a wheel found
on Wallace street that belonged to
George Reihn of 50 Hudson street.
Both these wheels had been stolen
and found by police officers.
Acting Quartermaster MacNeilIe of
the detail of the Naval reserves to the
U. S. Wyandotte is i'll with pneumonia,
contracted on board.
The Grace hospital whist party to
take place at Warner hall is announced
for Monday May %, instead of Tues
day. as previously announced.
A mass meeting of Yale university is
called for this evening at Ills o'clock in
College street hail. The cruiser fund
committee having completed it's work
will make it's report and the university
may take action to formally present
her gift to the government. The meet
ing will be one of all Undergraduates
undergraduates and faculty-many of
whom have made plans to be present.
Informal speeches will be made by a
few graduates and undergraduates De-
tails of the committees work and the
amount raised up to date are to be re-
served for this meeting.
The New Haven Orphan asylum asso-
citation will hold it's annual meeting
next Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in
United church chapel. The president,
Mrs. George Curtis, will present her
report, as will the treasurer, Mrs. Ives,
The officers for next year will be elect
ed.
Colonel T. J. Murphy, commanding
the Hibernfan rifles, has written to
Governor Cooke offering the services
of himself and men to the war with
Spain.
A game of baseball has been arrang-
ed for Decoration day between the At
lantics and the Quinnipiacs. The line
up of the Atlantics will be: D. Duffy,
p; Maley, 1b; Devlen, 2b; Maley, 3b;
Rourke, SIS; Maloney, If; McMahon, IF;
Callahan, CT. The manager of the club
is j. Davey of 1886 East street.
Captain Charles H. Butler, superin.
tendent of the capitol, was married or
May II to Miss Effie Summers Var
Gonpf, the daughter of Willard C
Gompf of Hartford. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. ]. H. Twichel
at the brides home. Mr.. and Mrs. But.
Ter left for visit to Washington, D
c., and places of interest in the vicin-
ity. They will return in a week anc
will then visit Captain Buffers home
il Oxford.
Thomas H. Pratt of Clinton has pur-
chased of New York parties the fast
sloop yacht Nymph, which was de.
signed by the late Edward Burgess Of
Boston and built In 1886.
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