The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-31
pERsoNAZ MENTION,

| celVed an appointment as visiting lec- turer to give a course of lectures in the | English department at Yale university during the current academic year. Dr. Reids subject will be Phrase Studies in the Poetry of the Present Century" The lectures will be given on Friday evenings, and they will begin in No vember.
 Miss Mary Johnson and her brother Edward of Goshen will visit friends in New Haven this week.
 Mrs. Beach and her daughters of l Goshen come this week to New Haven, where they will spend the winter. Miss 1 Jessie Beach expects to take course at Yale.
 l Charles Murphy of Battery c, who was stricken with typhoid fever at NJ antic, is just able to be out again, and ! came from his home in Naugatuck to | this city on Saturday to be mustered out.
 Mrs. w. J. Moore and her daughter, l Miss Cora Moors, of Unionville, spent 1 yesterday with New Haven friends. | MT. and Mrs. Frank H. Lewis cele- ! brated the tenth anniversary Of thelr wedding Saturday evening at their new ! residence 52 Pond street, which MT. Lewis built this year. They but re- gently moved into their new place. which is quite a tasteful and well built ] family house. The house was filled with friends, and there were music and dancing, also a fine supper, and there were many gifts from friends in token of their regard for MT. and Mrs. Lewis, | MT. Lewis is valued employe of the l Winchester armory.
 1 Miss Pauline Smith, daughter of Mrs. ! Alice Smith of Branford, will spend a l few days in this city this week visiting l MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Lucke of 6l i William street,
 | MT. and Mrs William F. James of this city are spending few days with relatives in Stamford.
 Mr. and Mrs. James P. Donnelly of this city are visiting Mrs. Donnelly's parents in New Britain.
 Mr and Mrs. Timothy J. O'Donnell of | 54 Sylvan avenue celebrated the tWen- 1 ty-fifth anniversary of their marriage ] Thursday night. There was large at 1 tendance of friends, and an elaborate entertainment, was furnished The af- fair was brought to close at 2:30. The offerings were numerous. The occasion l took on the appearance of reunion Of old friends and was much enjoyed. Sup per was served at Il o'clock, after which Miss Irene Reynolds recited with credit to herself. Miss Rafter, Mrs. Wallace Sperry and MT. Myers assisted | in the musical part. Miss Fox recited The Sign" very happily.
 | Mrs. Mary Kirby of this city is visit | ing friends in Norfolk.
 J. A. Hendrick and R. U. Strong play ed a 300-point match game of balk-line l billiards in McCaffreys billiard parlors | in the Grand Annex Saturday after noon. MT. Strong is Yale man and an expert with the cue, but he met his match in MT. Hendrick, who defeated him by a score of 300 to 174. MT l Strong's highest run was P. Mir. Hen | drick put up brilliant game, making l the circuit in 46 innings an average of 6.52.
 Dr. R. L. Bohannan of Stamford has ] been attending the field trials of the | National Beagle club at TIillsdale, N. J. l He took two of his prize dogs, which were entered in several of the trials George P. Johnson and Miss Harriet M Warner will be united in marriage next Wednesday evening at the groom's 1 home, 1500 Whalley avenue, near the | Pond Lily paper mill The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. pr. J. E, | Twitchell of the Dwight Place Congre- | gational church. Miss Amy Johnson, sister of the groom, will be the maid of
 honor and Miss Florence Christy of | Hartford will be the bridesmaid. Carl c. Johnson, jr brother of the groom, will be the best man.
 Mrs c. l.. Gibbs of this city has re- | turned from a stay in Winsted. Captain F. J. Breckbill of Bridgeport,
 commanding Battery B, Heavy artil-
 lery, Connecticut Volunteers, has re- ceived word from the department of the
 east at Governors Island to the effect
 that general orders had been published for the final mastering out of the bat
 tery No date was given. It is be- lieved that the battery will be given a furlough of thirty days before being | mustered out.
 Mrs. James Kingsley Blake read a
 very interesting paper Saturday after
 noon at the meeting of the Woman S
 School association. Mrs Blake is an
 enthusiastic advocate of vacation
 schools which does not of course inn ply that teachers who have taught ten
 months will be expected to do so the
 entire year. As these vacation schools are in a measure ''industrial,' teachers
 of specialities will be required. Mrs. Moody gave very pleasant account at
 the meeting of the early work of the
 Five Points Industrial school of New
 York. A committee was appointed
 consisting of Mrs. Moody, Mrs. Sheldon,
 Miss Ives and Mrs. Troup, to secure
 school visitors question cards from
 other cities. Mrs. Abbott of Waterbury spoke in behalf of the Federation of Clubs and gave the school association
 warm welcome. Mrs. Abbott who is
 a Vassar graduate, is very pleasant
 speaker The entire meeting was very
 enjoyable.
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