The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-31
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Westcott of Hartford is visiting the Misses Whittelsey of Prospect Hill. Miss Lillian Huntington of Palmer, Mass. is in town with friends for the winter.
 John J. Mullen of Grand avenue has returned to his business after weeks illness.
 Miss Katharine Carey of this city is at Rockville, the guest of MT. and Mrs. Michae! Shea.
 Prosecuting Agent Niles is suffering with the grip.
 Professor and Mrs. Goodell spent Christmas at Rockville, the guests of MT. and Mrs. w. w. Andross.
 Major Luzerne Ludington is i'll with the grip at his home on Quinnipiac ave- nue.
 Mrs. George H. Watrous with Miss Watrous and her son, Elliott M. Wat rous, are at the Shoreham, Washington, D. c.
 MT. and Mrs. William B. Kimball of Enfield, Mass, have come to New Ha- ven for the winter.
 Miss Bessie Bailey of this city is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Walter Corner, at Holyoke.
 Frank P. Tyler has returned from Buffalo, where he has been on business connected with the Empire Knights of Relief, of which he has become the su- preme deputy for New England, East ern New York and New Jersey.
 Announcement is made of the en- gagement of Frederick s. Carleton of 617 George street, this city to Miss Nell lie Mabel Bugbee of Springfield, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Bugbee
 Mrs. Araninta J. Doty of 23 Lynwood street has served notice on City Clerk Lyon of a claim for damages against the city. She says she fell down on an icy sidewalk in front of the store of Edward Malley & Co.,, on Chapel street, on December 15, and sustained bad sprain of one of her wrists.
 Superintendent J. P. Wright of the Diamond Match company, who re- truned from European trip short time ago, has gone to Chicago to con- fer with the officials of the company. He will make known to the officials the result of his trip abroad.
 The Misses Rose and May Breen of 106 1-2 Washington avenue are very i'll with the grip.
 Ericsson Bushnell sang "The Mes siah" at Washington, D. C., on We'd nesday with the Choral society. This is the ninth annual presentation of Han ders great work at the capital in Christ mas week.
 Ex-Senator Graham of West Haven is president of New Haven mining com pany just formed, and the board of di- rectors is composed of Hobart L. Ives, w. J. Atwater, H. D. Clark, H. Kis- singer. Louis Geiger and l.. A. Babcock. The mine was discovered by L. A. Bab- cock of this city, who went to the Klondike several months ago. He was looking for gold, but he found some thing better in copper. MT. Babcock was formerly bookkeper for years for W. J. Atwater and later was in the real estate business here. He resided for years on Humphrey street. He was one of the officers of the state prohibition organization.
 Mrs. Frederick Hull Coggswell has returned to New Haven, leaving her husband at Richmond, Va. An old classmate of MT. Coggswell's when he was attending school at Suffield, Conn.,, is stopping at the same hotel and will re a companion for him. While Mir. CoggswelPs return to health is not so rapid as his friends could wish, he is much better than when he left New Haven His return is quite indefinite.
 The Misses Maud and Anna Gilhuly, daughters of Former Police Commis- sioner Gilhuly. are in New York for a fortnight's stay.
 Mrs. Van Alstyne of South Norwalk has been the guest recently of her sis ter. Mrs. Crofut of 6S Whalley avenue.
 Miss Emily Clark of Home Place and Miss Marie Kennedy of Cedar street are at Hartford. the guests of Mis- Bessie McManus.