The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-21
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 At the colonial party which the La-
 dies Aid society of the Grand avenue
 Congregational church will give in the
 church church parlors on Wednesday,
 evening several interesting features are
 promised, chief of which are Klon-
 dike sale and an art exhibit and sale.
 The pictures for sale are reproductions
 of the works of famous artists. The
 exhibit will also contain collection of
 original drawings from Harper Broth- CTS including specimens by George Wharton Edwards, w. A. Rogers, F. W. Dumond, A. J. Kellar, Harry Fenn and others. The small admission fee entities everyone to all the privileges of the party, including cake and cream.
 The Ladies Aid society will give an old fashioned Martha Washington sup per in the parlors of the Hast Pearl
 street M. B. church, Wednesday eve- ming.
 Mrs. Luzenre Ludington and Mrs. H. A.. Stevens are among the patronesses selected for the formal opening of the new Music hall in Court street, Febru- ary "A.
 A surprise party was given Miss Celia Quinn at the Morris Cove hotel,
 Saturday evening, by the children friends of the young lady. There were recitatfons, games, music and colla- tion.
 The Empire Whist club members,
 with the husbands of the ladies, all in costume, suggested by Valentines day,
 paid visit to Mrs. Lines of 123 Ex-
 change street, and assisted in celebrate
 ing her birthday anniversary. On Friday afternoon and evening many friends of Mrs. Rebecca l.. Bron- son called upon her to assist in oele- brating her ninetieth anniversary. Mrs. Bronson resides with her daughter, | Mrs. Sylvester Gilbert, "A WooIsey
 street. Several of the Sunday school class of which she is member pre- sented to her a box of out flowers and nearly all the callers remembered her in like manner, among the sweet to- kens having been roses and orange
 blossoms. Mrs. Gilbert served to the callers light refreshments of tea and
 cakes. Among the callers were Mrs.
 Jane A. Dibble, Mrs. Joel M. Bradley,
 Mrs. Arrietta Harriosn, Mrs. George
 Kilbourn, Miss Elvira Hubbard, Mrs. John H. Manwaring, Mrs. Kate A. Cor liss Mrs. Paulina R. Gibbons, Mir. and Mrs. N. A. Beebe.
 The committee who gave the recent
 dance at town hall, East Haven, have
 been requested to repeat the affair. The committee consists of Ami Ludington, William F. Hubbard, George Bradley and MT. Hotchkiss.
 On May l, Eugene S. Willis, the choir director of the East Pearl street M. E. church, will leave for Springfield to study Y. M. c. A. work fitting for
 the position of general secretary. Edith White, one year of age died | at her home, 8s Townsend avenue, from measles.
 James Acton Miller has returned 1 from Washington. He Is an inventor of method of improved iron forifica- l tions, for which great merit is claimed, | and he has been in Washington on bus mess pertaining to the same, the army board of ordnance having his invention
 under consideration.
 Thomas F. Coyne is planning to build on an eighty-foot lot located on Ferry street, purchased of Conrad J. Raba- nus.
 A building permit has been taken out by R.. c. Lowe to build a house at | Grand avenue and Shelter street. Captain Lewis has cleared his schooner, W. W. Converse, from New York for Fernandino, Fla, to load lum- Der for northern port. Yesterdays storm affected very ma l terially the church attendance. At
 some of the church less than two-score
 persons were present in the morning. Members of the Grand avenue Bap- tist church conducted the religious
 services at the Home for the Friend- less yesterday afternoon and the sing
 ing was by mebers of Charles Butts
 Sunday school class.
 Helen, the two-year-old daughter of
 MT. and Mrs. Frederick Hammond of
 Hartford, died Saturday from pneu-
 monia and the remains will be brought
 here for burial to-day. The other two
 children are very i'll with measles and
 Mir. Hammond has been quite i'll. Mrs Hammond's brother, John s. Sanford,
 2d, has been with the family several
 days. The funeral will be held from the residence of John s. Sanford, I'd, 54 East Pearl street, this afternoon at 3 o'clock.