The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
PERSONAL JOTTINGS,


 nent insurance man of New Haven,
 and now and for a number of years past In charge of the western Massa-
 chusetts department of the Mutual Life
 Insurance company of New York, ar-
 rived in town yesterday with his wife and are stopping at the Tontine. They will leave for home tomorrow. They were calling on old New Haven friends yesterday. Mrs, Sutton was former New Haven lady. MT. Sutton Is presi- dent of the Massachusetts Life Under writers association.
 Mrs. Peters, wife of Philip J. Peters
 of Nash street, and a member of Theo- dore Circle, Foresters of America, is quite ill at her home.
 Mrs. Hilton k. Doolittle, who has
 been very i'll for several days, is grow
 ing weaker gradually and her recov- cry is not probable. She takes but lit- tie nourishment and is failing. John Sheridan, one of the managers of the Beecher-Leonard company, who was dangerously i'll last week, is out of danger and recovering.
 Lillian Brown, Alice M. Bucking- ham, Lodia Bush and Nellie c. Platt will represent the Rebekah lodge at the state assembly to be held in this city Wednesday, April IS.
 Dr. R. o. Moody has removed a tu- nor from the side of Mrs. c. s. Allen of No. 15 Perkins street. He was as- sisted by Dr. Verdi and Mrs. Moody. Roger S. Baldwin, J. w. Bucking- ham, Edgar Van Horn, A. C. Tibbals
 are the committee of George Van Horn
 post G. A. R.. of Milford, by whom ar- engagements are being made for the ob-
 servance of the day.
 Captain Weiberg of the Salvation
 Army and Anna c. Anderson were
 married in New York on Thursday last. Captain Weiberg is attached to the local command.
 Judge Joseph Sheldon counsel for the Red Cross society, will endeavor to start fund for the relief of the sick
 and wounded Cubans. He will bring
 the matter up at the March meeting of the chamber of commerce.
 H. M. Bishop, the druggist of this city, is delegate from the state board
 of pharmacy to the coming Pure Foods
 and Drugs congress which convenes in Washington, D. C., on Wednesday of
 next week. MT. Bishop is secretary of the state board of pharmacy. He will leave for Washington next week. The friends of Leverett c. Hinman of Meriden are planning to bring him | forward as a candidate for the posi- tion of secretary of state on the re- publican ticket next fall. MT. Hinman Is a well known lawyer of Meriden, and | for eight or ten years was the partner l of Messrs. o. H. and J. P. Platt. Thomas Ward of Branford, who has
 been very i'll, is improving.
 | President B. L. Lambert of the board | of aldermen and ex-Alderman John
 Rattlesdorfer, who have been rusticat- | ing in log cabin at Mountain Retreat | N. C., have left for Asheville Hot | Springs, N. c. They report having had l a most delightful stay at Mountain Re- I treat They will return home in a few l days.
 Mrs S. S. Thompson left Saturday for l Washington to attend the national I congress of the D. A. R.
 | Mrs. Harry Ryder of Falls Village | was the guest last week of Mrs. Sarah | B. Hinman of Crown street. Mrs. Ky | der had been to New York to see her I husband off on years trip to China | Japan, Australia and England. MT | Ryder started across the continent go- | ing to China via the Pacific. He met | by prearrangement, Sergeant Myers i former chief of the weather bureau in New Haven, and they travelled in com- pany as far as Chicago. MT. Myers, as | is well known, is en route for Alaska | having been detailed by the United | States government to go there in the
 interests of the feather bureau depart \ ment. Mrs. Ryder returned to hel I home on Saturday,
 James Reilly of Bradley street, and
 daughter, Miss Katharine, left yester-
 day for their annual sojourn at Palm l Beach, Fla.
 | Miss Mary Cusack and Philip Smith were married yesterday morning at 1( | o'clock at St. Mary's church. There l was nuptial mass and following there
 was held a reception at the brides | home on Grand avenue, corner of Jef- l ferson street. The bridesmaid was
 Miss Della Brooks, and the best mar | James Colwell. They are all from Xii. | leleek, County Caven, Ireland. The lr'de and bridesmaid wore dresses o1 l organdie over silk; the bride in white | and Miss Brooks in pink. After the | ceremony their friends extended hearty | congratulations to the couple. | Mrs. c. Berry Peets will be in Wash
 ington for the great congress of the | D. A. R.
 | The solo parts in the sacred cantata | "BelshaZzar," soon to be given at Ep. l worth M. E. church, T. J. Ackrill direc- | tor and Miss Carrie J. Buckbee accom- 1 panist, will be taken by some excellent | singers, the important role of Belshaz. gar isl to be assumed by J. c. Criddle, who | is already familiar with the part, hay. | ing sung it at one or two previous mu. 1 sical affairs. Zerubbabel will be suns l by Frank O'Connell, a promising youns | local tenor; Daniel, William Sperry ] baritone; Nitocris and Antonia, a dou
 ble role, Mrs. T. R. Ackrill, soprano | Shelomith, Miss Edith Buckbee, alto Child of Zerubbabel, Miss Garvey; An gel, Miss Maud Driesback, soprano. The delegates from Connecticut who
 have arrived in Washington, D. C., tc
 attend the national convention D. A
 R. are ex-Governor and Mrs. o. Vincent
 Coffin, MT. and Mrs. Frank B. Weeks
 Mrs. James H. Bunce and James H
 Bunce, jr., of Middletown; Mrs. Sara T