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

Dr. Thomas J. Birch of Port Carbon, Pa., has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Haydon, S46 State street. for the past few days, and has been visiting the various shore resorts and other suburbs of New Haven. He joins in the general verdict that New Haven is a beautiful city.
 Mrs. Willis Strong of Woodbury will remove soon to New Haven to reside,
 The engagement is announced of Miss Alice Perrin and Burton Winter. Both are well known in New Haven and have many friends.
 Mrs William Horton and children or this city are visiting Mrs. Horton's sis ter, Miss Isabelle Osborne of East Der by.
 Miss Emma J. Granniss of Exchange street Miss Jennie Forbes of East Ha- ven and Miss Flora Bickley of Meriden spent Monday September 5, at Mount Tom, Mass.
 E. K. Dunbar of East Derby left on Wednesday for Michigan, where he will attend the Dunbar family reunion, which is to be held in that state during the present week. Michigan was select ed as the most central place for the Dunbars, who are scattered over the country. There are many in Conneci- cut
 Miss Maud Isabel O'Dwyer of War ren place and Burton W. Gibson of Yonkers N. Y, were married Wednes- day night by the Rev. Father Kennedy. Both Mr. Gibson and his bride are graduates of Hillhouse high school, MT. Gibson having also taken course of study at Yale. They will live at Yon- kers, where MT. Gibson is connected with the internal revenue office of that city.
 Among the New Haven people who attended the funeral of the late Simon c. Metzger in Hartford on Wednesday were Mrs. c. J. Metzger, MT. Metzgers mother; his sisters, Mrs Hattie Asher, Miss Hortense Metzger and Miss Fanny Metzger, and his brother, Silas c. Metz ger; Fire Commissioner Charles l.. Well, M. Sonnenberg, Simon Shoninger, MT. and Mrs. Albert Zunder and Benja- min Suggenheimer.
 Miss Jessie Hill Taite, daughter of MT and Mrs. Samuel Taite, and Ed mund James Silk of Il Lake place, as- sistant treasurer of the J. D. Bassett company, were united in marriage yes- terQay noon at Christ church. The Rev G. Brinley Morgan, rector of the church, performed the ceremony. Many of the near friends of the bride and bridegroom were present The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Ernest Taite of New York. Charles E. Cornwall stood as best man, and the maid of honor was the brides sister Miss Julia Harriet Taite. Besides the maid of honor the bride was also at tended by two pretty little nieces, Ma bel and Bertha Ray. The wedding presents were artistic. A wedding breakfast was served by Francis. Mir and Mrs. Silk left for Washington, D. C., and other place on their wedding tour They will be at home after Octo- Der l.
 F. E. S. Munger of New Haven made one of the speeches at a farewell ban quet given recently to the employees of the Delavan house, Albany which has been purchased by the New York Gen. tral railroad to increase it's facilities at that point. MT. Munger has been a clerk at the Delavan since leaving this city few months ago. Mir. Munger made a very happy address, which was roundly applauded. The dinner was one worthy the cuisine of the Delavan. This famous hotel will soon be a thing of the past. It Is well remembered by many New Haveners and by many old Grays, as the Delavan was the stopping place in Albany of the Grays, actives and veterans, on their notable visit to Albany, Saratoga and Lake George some twenty years ago or more, when the Grays were commanded by the late George $. Arnold.
 Harry G. Flemming of the J. T. To- bacco Plug company is in town for a few days.