The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-27
pERsoNA1 MENTION.

street, MT. Lee is prominent silk dyer of Paterson and is connected with
 the firm of Lee & Sheahon of that city.
 Professor John F. Weir of the Yale Art school will deliver lecture in the main gallery of the Art school building
 this afternoon at o'clock; subject,
 "The Student of Art" The public is
 invited. The lecture will be illustrated
 with the hydro-oxygen lantern.
 Coroner Mix has gone to the peace jubilee in Philadelphia, and will parade
 with the Foot Guard, of which organi-
 zation he is quartermaster sergeant.
 He left in advance of the company in
 order to arrange some details as to the
 comfort of the guard while in the
 City of Brotherly Love-" The Hon.
 James M. Townsend the oldest living
 captain of the Grays, has gone also to
 Philadelphia with the Foot Guard, of
 which he is an officer.
 Richard w. Meigs, late secretary and
 treasurer of the E. Arnold company,
 state street, who was nominated by the
 board of seiectmen as trustee of the old
 almshouse farm in place of Herbert E.
 Benton, deceased, was confirmed in his
 nomination by the probate court yester-
 day morning.
 Clarence s. Thompson, formerly of
 the Journal and Courier staff, who is to
 go for a winters sojourn in Porto Rico and Cuba, will sail to-day on the
 
 various press articles while there to a
 syndicate of newspapers. His many
 friends wish him all success.
 The marriage of Miss Emma F. Ben
 edict, only child of Mrs. Sarah J. Bene-
 dict of 371 Crown street, took place last
 evening at her home to Wilbur C. Stone
 of 379 Crown street. The Rev Dr. Me
 Lane, pastor of Plymouth church, per formed the ceremony.
 R. B. Penny, who was made corporal of Battery A when the company was organized last spring, has been advanc- ed to a ieutenancy, because of the credtable record he made as soldier while at Mantle.
 Mrs. J. w. Murphy, Miss Martha D.
 Boler, w. Thomas Blount and John G. Anthony will sing at a prominent con- cert to be given November g by the
 Sumner club Mo- at Warner hall, with Mrs. George T. Murray as the accom- panist. William H. Hickman will rem der some humorous selections and Wells orchestra will furnish music. Mrs. Lennox's Authors club of twen- ty-seven ladies will meet with Mrs. Charles Smith, 49 Howe street, to-mor- row, to discuss Emerson. H. H. Wells Yale 1900, who has been serving in the United States signal corps at Porto Rico, has returned to college.
 Cards will be issued soon announc- ing the marriage ofrMiss Charlotte E.
 Reach, formerly of nthis city, now of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., to Dr. William B. Davis of Mt. Vernon. Dr. and Mrs. Davis were married at Mt. Vernon on Monday, October IT. They will live at 117 Glen avenue.
 Mrs c. L. Kirkland formerly so-
 prano of the Church of the Ascension, has been engaged to sing in the West
 Haven Congregational church. F. A. Fowler, organist and choirmas- ter of St. PauPs church. will give the first of his series of evening pro-
 grammes of sacred music at St. Paups
 church Wednesday, November 16 Men delssohn's cantata, Hear My Prayer"
 will be sung and the organ numbers will be from that composers works.
 s Miss Katharine Barnes of this city has accepted position at Philadel- phia.
 Mrs D. F. Beckwith has gone to Boston for a months visit to her sis ter.
 Miss Tessie Mulville of Waterbury is visiting friends in town. Mrs. John Milton Thompson of Grove street has left to join her husband
 Major Thompson, who is in charge of
 Fort Douglas, Utah,
 MT. and Mrs. Albert Butler of 214 Dixwell avenue will celebrate the silver
 anniversary of their marriage on Mon-
 day evening next.
 George w. Martin, Yale Law school graduate, and now a resident of New York, was admitted to practice by Judge Roraback yesterday morning on motion of George D. Watrous. The New Haven section of Jewish | women has reelected it's officers, as
 
 | Mrs. l. Rosenberg, senior vice presi- dent Mrs. I. KIeiner and Mrs. I. New man, junior vice presidents: Mrs. S. l Rothschild treasurer. At the meeting Mrs. S. Rothschild read the report of l the work of the Army and Navy | league, which worked during the late war in connection with the Connecticut | Sanitary and Relief association Mrs l William Machol read paper on Jew | ish Home Life" giving sketches from l the works of the German author, Leo- | pold Kompert, depicting Ghetto" life. At the next meeting, November 8, Mrs. | Leo Herz will read a paper on "Abra- | ham and His Time" and Mrs. George | Linde is to prepare and read a paper. | On November 9 the society will dis | cuss Isaac and Jacob and Their | Time.'
 | G. H. Furbish has been appointed n- l structor in machine work at Boardman school to succeed B. A. Lenquist, who resigned to accept a similar position in | Waltham, Mass, at an increase of sal | ary MT. Furbish will enter on his new position next week. He comes | from the New Hampshire State col lege, Durham, N. H.. and was formerly instructor in the Ringe manual training l school, Cambridge, Mass. He is a grad uate of Tufts college. Mir Furbish comes highly recommended.