The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-22
PERSONAL MENTION,

MT. and Mrs. w. P. Futile will spend Christmas with friends in New York city.
 Miss Alice Brinsmade of Birmingham has been in town for few days, coming in on Monday for the Symphony con- cert and Christmas shopping. Henry c. Alvord of Morris and Miss Viola M. Jenks of this city were quietly married on the 18th. Mrs. Nathan Bronson of 119S Chapel street was hostess yesterday afternoon at the fourth and last of the series of talks given by Mrs Grace Salisbury to about seventy-five women,
 MT. and Mrs. James F. Wheeler have returned from their wedding trip and are already in their new home, S9 Wall street.
 Miss Elizabeth c. Gaffney, the well known soprano, has been engaged as the Christmas soloist at Christ church, Ansonia. She will be heard at both services.
 Nliso Shiuocyt WuO lietS DCCu luh ooiAie weeks at the Morris parsonage with her sister, Mrs, Monson, has returned to her home in this city.
 Mrs. w. A. Harris has gone to Provi- dence to spend the holidays with her father. She will be Joined by MT. liar ris on Saturday. MT. Harris formerly resided in Providence.
 Professor J. c. Schwab of Yale will read a paper on Prices in the Confed- crate States During the War at the meeting of the American Economic as sociation to be held in this city Decem- Der 27-29.
 Captain and Mrs. Jerome r. Donovan gave their second lat home" at their residence, 359 Winthrop avenue, yester- day afternoon. Many of their friends called during the afternoon and were handsomely entertained. Professor A. T. Hadley of Yale will read a paper on the Relation Between Economies and Politics. at the meeting of the American Economic association to be held in this city on December 27- 29.
 Mrs. w. A. Demarest of Edgewood avenue entertained the Book and Thim- ble club yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Lennox talked while the women en- broidered.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Curtiss of War ren are in this city visiting their daugh- ter, Mrs. McNeil.
 R. L. Zink and G. c. Woodruff repre- scented Litchfield at the meeting of the County University club in Winsted last Friday.
 Mrs. James Coburn Smith will give her usual holiday reception to her pu- pills on Saturday, the 31st. The chill dren's dance will be from to 6, the older pupils from to II o'clock. Har- monie hall will be the scene of the fes- l tivities.
 Mrs. George M. Woodruff, who has been quite i'll at her daughters, Mrs. Alexander McNeil, at Flushing, N. T., 1 is much better. 1 Professor Irving Fisher of the depart ment of economies in Yale university | has been forced to give up his work on l account of ill-health. He has applied 1 himself with great diligence for several months and is now very i'll with ner- l vous prostration. He expects to spend
 the winter at Lake Saranac, where he
 now is.
 Mrs. John c, Barnes of Branford is one of the latest victims of the grip. l Miss Sara Bragg of Branford left yes terday for New York city, where she will be the guest of Mrs. Eugene Adams
 during the holidays.
 | Mrs. George Sheldon of Branford
 whose condition from peritonitis was SC l la, n,. Tn1t 1tA,
 Skiff of this city was called in consult ation with Dr. Evans, is now somewhat ] improved.
 Baggage Master Terrence Brennan .oi i Conductor Bradley's train on the Berk- | shire division Is confined to his home
 He first had the grip and then his old | trouble-rheumat matism--developed, and Il 1 is feared that he may be laid up for
 some time.
 Mrs. Charles A. Futile will spend part
 of the winter in Florida with her broth | CT, Judge Cromwell Gibbons, at Jack. sonville.
 Mrs. M o. Babcock and daughter ot Branford returned yesterday from 2 l visit to Anson Babcock in New York | city. Mrs, George Parker has also beer l visiting her son, Dr. Frank Parker oi | Manhattan hospital. While in New York the entire Branford party were l entertained at dinner by Rev. Melville
 K Bailey at his home on Eighty-fourtt | street.
 Assistant Baggage Master Kilduff oi 1 the Ansonia depot is confined to his home with an attack of grip. He has been ailing several days. A seven-pound baby boy has arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. H Babcock, MT. Babcock is with the w 1 A. Beckley company. l Governor Cooke has announced to hi; staff that he desires a portrait group | made in front of the capitol at Hart 1 ford, and in accordance with his wish l the photograph will be made on Jan. l uary 4. The governor will then tender
 a dinner to his staff at the Unte1 S es | hotel.
 1 Conductor Herbert s. Beers of the Derby road is quite ill at his home or
 Howe avenue, Shelton. He was seized
 with a eongestive chill on Tuesday eve
 ming and before physician could be | secured he was in a critical condition The physician worked over him for sev- | eral hours before it could be told that he breathed, but finally toward morn
 ing he rallied and yesterday was much
 better. It is believed that he will now pull through all right.