The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-23
YlRTOUS ITEMS.

Arrangements Tor the annual dinner of the s. A. R. have been left in the hands of committee consisting of President Trumbull, Secretary Strong and the registrar, Judge H. L. Hotch- kiss of New Haven, with full power.
 The conductors, trainmen and engin- |eers employed on the Eastern division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad have been supplied with a new book of rules, which be- come effective January 1.
 G. Shelton Higgins of Hanover is home from the medical school of Yale college, suffering from an acute attack of grip, but is now convalescent.
 Walter H. Savory, well known to many friends here, who was formerly night editor of the Syracuse, N. r., Post, and late of the Newark, N. J., Advertiser has been made editor and publisher of the Dunkirk N. r., Grape Belt.
 Mrs. Jean Pardee Clark of this city, well known in literary circles, was at the capitol at Washington, Wednes- day. She is staying there for a few days on her way to Chicago. Recent Connecticut arrivals in Wash ington are: At the National, Leo H. Herz of New Haven; at the St. James, F. c. Olmstead of Danbury; at the Raleigh, Charles H. Field of Hartford Darius Wadhams of Yale has gone home to Torrington to spend his Christ mas vacation with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Abner Wadhams.
 MT. and Mrs. H. D. Taft of Water town came to New Haven Wednesday,. They expect to remain here a day or two and then start for Niagara, where | they intend to spend Christmas with friends.
 B. Griswold of New Preston met with a painful accident while splitting wood near his residence on December 9. His axe caught on a clothes line suspended ! too near his splitting block and caus- ed wound in his head as it glanced | in descent, closing one eye, which still needs a bandage and renders him una ble to perform any labor in hie shoe re- pairing shop.
 Triphene Wentworth of Mount Riga, a woman eighty-four years old, walked from her home Saturday last to do some
 Christmas trading at Salisbury. The l distance from her home to and from the
 Center is eight miles and all up hill one
 way at least. It is doubtful if many of our younger women would attempt 1 the long walk. Mrs. Wentworth, not withstanding her age, can be found at 1 her carpet room weaving from day to day. The old loom Is at least three
 times the age of Mrs. Wentworth. Iva
 terbury American.
 Frederick l.. Averill of this city yes- l terday served notice on ex-Judge Da-
 vid Callahan of his intention to contest
 Judge Callahan's election to the state
 senate The contest will be decided by
 the senate Averill gives as the ground for his contest alleged errors in the
 count in the Third ward.
 Chief Snagg of Waterbury was in this
 city yesterday holding a conference with other officers of the Connecticut Firemen's association.
 Rev. Dr. c. S. Wing, former New Haven pastor, now closing his sixth and
 last year on the Brooklyn South dis trict, has been invited to the pastorate
 of Grace M. E. church, Brooklyn.
 Rev. c. J. North, M. A, of the New
 Haven district, and Rev. pr. Beach, of the New York district, are closing their official terms on these districts,
 respectively, with the present confer ence year.
 The officers of St. Johns Methodist Episcopal church of New Rochelle, N. Y, have extended to the Rev. Arthur H. Goodenough unanimous call to
 continue his pastorate another year. The pastor has accepted the call, sub- ject to the action of Bishop Vincent. This will be MT. Goodenough's fifth year
 as pastor of the church.