The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-07
PERSON1L MENTION.

night, returned to New Haven yester- day.
 Mrs. McDowell of Kensington street has as guest her daughter, Mrs, McDuf- fee of Rochester.
 The health of Morgan P. Brooks, the well known halter, who is at saranac Lake, N. Y. is greatly improved and he is expected to return home soon.
 Hugh A. Keenan has been voted the most popular master workman of any of the city lodges of the A. o. U. w. Paul Gad,e of New York is visiting his cousin, Miss Gallagher, of sherman avenue.'
 Branford, but now of Stamford, spent Sunday in town, the guest of Mrs, John Hally.
 William Hasselbach and Captain Brewer of the Central station made a short business trip to New York yester- | day.
 | Cards of invitations are out for the wedding of Miss Edna, daughter of MT. and Mrs. F. c. Haywood of Cherry street, Milford, to Charles L. Stowe, of that place, which will occur at her home on Thursday, December 15, at p. | m. ..-... 1 Isaac Chalton who has been visiting Mrs. Lizzie Bright of 1,416 State street has returned to New York. where he will shortly embark for Ireland. MT. Chalton has been in America for about six months, visiting friends.
 MT. and Mrs. George Xavier McLana- han are the guests of Mrs. McLana hans people, MT. and Mrs. Dennng Duer
 Mrs. G. A. filling of Chapel street will entertain Mrs. Grace Salisbury S literary class this afte noon at 30 i o'clock. The subject will be Hawaii" This talk will be the second in series of four the first given last week at the home of Mrs. John H. Platt.
 Captain and Mrs. Jerome Donovan's S first wedding at home" will be held this afternoon at tier handsome rev home, 359 Winthrop avenue. | Thirteen tables were required for the Pequot Council whist meeting, the first of the season, held Monday afternoon at the house of Mrs. George G. Pown- ing. The first, purse, was won by Mrs i u. ID. lIOIS. N1IJ AUdIlSS Y. NGS- senger won the second prize, shell comb studded with brllliants. The third prize went to Mrs. Charles Larom; a sterling silver glove stretcher; and Miss Morse won the fourth, an embroidered handkerchief
 The second meeting of the Union Ex- prisoners of War Society of this city was held at the residence oi George E. Smith, 152 Grove street, Monday night Officers were elected as follows: Presi- dent, w. H. Warren; vice president John M. Grove; secretary and treasur- CT, George w. Smith.
 l Mrs. Harvey Harrison of Brauford is very sick at her home in Queach, threatened with pneumonia. Mrs Fos- ter Whitney of southington, daugh- ter, is caring for her.
 Owing to the indisposition of F. F. Jones and T. F. Hammer, no meeting of the corporators of the Branford library was held last evening. l Master Harold Law of 366 Elm street gave party for few of his friends on Saturday evening last to celebrate his thirteenth birthday. Those present were Mas CTS John Field, Howard Field, 1 Haro'd Barnes, Robert Langdale, Ie- Roy Mitchell, George Booth and Walter Pickett
 l MT. and Mrs. Halsey of 244 Whalley avenue, gave a card party to num- Der of friends Monday evening, in hon. or of their neiee Miss Clara Grlmstead of Booneton, New Jersey, who is visit ing them. Among those present were Misses Emma Hart, Millie Mitchell. II Iocc oah ao,.1 Toff Leila Kimberly; Messrs Shone, Hoff- man Elmoro Pratt, L. l.. Norton, George Valentine, Charles Spiegel and Frank Kimberly.
 T. Wesley Gordon, Branfor1. for min 2 years with H. W. Averill, has accepted a position with George Fields.
 Attorney David T. McNamara, who has been ill for ten days at his home, 21O Hami ton street. waa reported as seriously i'll yesterday. Dr. J. F. Luby, his physician, attributes his illness to prolonged overwork. The patient is af- f1icted with a serious stomach trouble and his nervous system is in-bad shape. i MT. McNamara, who is secretary of the democratic state central committee, overworked himself during the cam paign and was advised to take rest, and his syste gave away under the strain.
 Mrs. c. H. Ryder of Branford gave a birthday party Dec. 5, for her eight year-old daughter, Hazel. There were 1G little misses present with the young hostess teacher, Miss Grace Covert. Hazel entertained her little friends with music and games. The rooms had been very prettily decorated for the oc- casion with cut flowers and Chinese lanterns and presented fairy-lke spectacle. These present were' Ethel Moore, Esther Beach, Marguerite Cay lard. Frances Dixon, Mabel and Elsie Smith, Olive Pond, Georgiana McKean, May and Lucia, Benton, Josie Thomp. son, Lima Thompson, Flora Farnham, Eva Marsh and Eleanor Dolph.
 Patrick F. Quinlan, employed in the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad shops at New Haven, passed Sunday at his home in Greeneville.
 The Twentieth Century club met at the Hotel Eeublein, Hartford, Monday night with President W. F. Gordy in the chair. The subject of discussion was ''The Tendency of the Modern Novel" ] Professor w. L. Phelps of Yale read a very entertaining and suggestive paper which was much enjoyed by the large number present. Professor Henry Fer guson of Trinity and F. $. Van Ziie also spoke and then the discussion was talk