The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-08
pERSoNAL JoTrINGS.

trimmings, firm of Stevens & Sackett. Clinton is his boyhood home
 F. H. Childs, formerly with B. A. Tucker, but late of the Marlin Firearms company, has accepted a position at the United States armory, Springfield, Mass. He leaves with the well wishes of his many friends.
 Former Lieutenant Governor Samuel Merwin and Mrs. Merwin have return ed home after a tour of three months covering 13,OOO miles, Mrs. s, L. Strong of this city accompanied them. They went as far as Cairo, Egypt, and had a most delightful trip. The general is in fine health and spirits. They visited Alexandria and Cairo, and returning, visited places in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France and England, seeing also little of Ireland. The general said concerning his observations: "1n all the countries which l visited found the sentiment universal in regretting that war had broken out. Everywhere it was felt that the war was an unjust one, that we forced it unjustly on Spain and that the United States could have obtained all concessions she asked had she waited. There was only a single exception to this regret. He was an American In France. But all Europe believes that Spain will be roundly whipped. Still, I saw little malignity toward the United States displayed, The general opinion seemed to be that the war was brought on by the yellow nd | seemed astonished that, with the bet | ter elements in this country all for peace, the nation should have war As | for my own views, am for standing | by the government now that we are at war, but the wishing that we were out of it is not confined to Europeans. There seems to me to be no fear that any na- tion visited will interfere in the war, that is, alone. If there is any interven- tion by European powers it will be in the shape of a coalition.'' Sergeant Gruener, formerly of the Grays, has written to friends in this city from Fort Preble, where his regi- ment is at present located. They are l comfortable up there, but they would prefer to be at the front, where they can perform service, There are about | twenty-five college men in the regiment from Yale, Harvard and Wesleyan
 Raynham Townshend, son of Captain Townshend of Church street, left yes terday for the Hotchkiss camp in the Adirondacks.
 Judge Sheldon who left yesterday for San Francisco to consult with other Red Cross authorities about the advis- ability of sending a Red Cross ship to the Philippines, of which he is heartily in favor, is one of the officers of the eX- ecutive committee. Judge Sheldon was one of the commissioners from this country in 1884 who signed the Geneva treaty for the United States govern ment, duty to which he was appointed by President Cleveland. Up to that time the United States had not been a party to the treaty of the Geneva con- vention which resulted in the recogni- tion of the Red Cross by almost every civilized government,
 Mrs. Richard Bradley of Montowese street, Branford, is entertaining at her summer home, at Bradley Point, MT. and Mrs. Charles Holcomb and Miss Fannie Holcomb of this city and Miss Charlotte Bradley of Branford. Congressman and Mrs. N D. Sperry are expected home from Washington to-day
 Mrs. P. Borgen and her daughter have gone to Atlantic City for their summer vacation.
 Mrs. E. w. Coe and family of this city are at their summer home in Litch- field.
 MT. and Mrs Edward l.. Phelan and family of Orange street are at Cosy Beach for the summer.
 Miss Maud Wright of 662 Orange street is visiting relatives in Brooklyn N. Y.
 Il A wedding not yet chronicled is that of Mrs. Elizabeth Fox, one of the staff of buyers of Malley, Nicely & Co., and Walter Vernon, a business man of New York, which was solemnized quietly last week. MT. and Mrs. Vernon will live il New York.
 Herman Augustine of Meriden, who was on board the cruiser Harvard, is sick with appendicitis at the Ports mouth, Va, navy yard.
 Mir. Halsey, manager for Pach Broth CTS in this city, has gone for his annual soiourn to Long Branch for the season MT. and Mrs. Halsey left town on Tues day.
 Rev. George L. Coburn, ex-superin'
 tendent of the State School for Boys has opened an undertaking establish
 ment in Hartford
 John E. Healy has decided not tt open his cottage at Madison this sum
 mer, as he intends to spend the seasor
 in the Maine woods.
 MT. and Mrs. Lewis H. English ant
 family are at Watch Hill, staying fol the season at Snuggery. Miss Elizabeth Brosnan has returned
 from a visit to her friends in Waling
 ford.
 At the Watch Hill house, Watch Hill are staying MT. and Mrs. Pierce N Welch and the Misses Welch of Wes Chapel street.
 Miss May McCaffrey of Jersey Cit, Heights is visiting her sister Mrs George Bulley of Blatchley avenue. ) Robert Bowman of this city, who i with Pach, the photographer, will rep resent the firm at Ocean Grove. MI Bowman's family will be with him thi ? | summer.
 Malcolm Danforth of East Orange. N J., who formerly resided at 66 Clarl } street. this city, is visiting friends o t Pearl street for a brief stay.