The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-14


 eral Miles last week owing to urgent en- agreements and his regret was sincere. 1 The Governors Foot. Guard, however was ably represented and the delega- tion from this city were Captain James M. Townsend, J. Edward Heaton and E. B. Baker. The affair was of a very brilliant character, as the accounts in the New York papers well indicate. | Hon. I. Garland Penn of Georgia, sec retary of the Epworth league of the M, E. church, addressed the Elm City chapter yesterday afternoon at 430 in the M F. mission on Webster street.
 Mrs. Thomas A. Bassett and Mrs. Leonard Hotchkiss have cards out for a tea to be given at Mrs. Bassett's next Friday afternoon.
 The engagement of Miss Lottie Rill, daughter of MT. and Mrs l.. H. Rice of 5S Lombard street, to Henry J. McGow- an is announced.
 Mrs. L. w. Dudley of Orange street is just recovering from severe bron- chial cold, which has kept her housed since her return from Falls Village, a week ago.
 Frank Jerold is confined to his home in Branford suffering with neuralgia of the heart
 The many friends of President c. M. Jarvis of the Berlin Iron Bridge com pany will be pleased to hear that he has rallied from the relapse which caused so much alarm. He overtasked himself after his attack of fever. The crisis is past and recovery assured. Mr. Jarvis ,. Wal z1o ,1rJ l. several weeks this summer at the Pe- quot club house with his family, and made many warm friends among the members.
 Henry B. Plant, president of the Plant system who was prostrated in his pri- vate car, is rapidly improving and is now considered out of danger. The engagement was announced on Wednesday of Miss Edith Palmer, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Charles Ray Palmer, to Arthur Foote, Yale '96, the eldest son of MT. and Mrs. Sherman Foote
 Congressman N. D. Sperry on Satur- day filed with the town clerk his return of election expenses as follows: To state central committee, $500; to w. H
  $50.
 Miss Marie E. Ives is located in town for the winter, having closed her hand some home on Fair Haven Heights and taken possession of her house, IA Olive street.
 The engagement has recently been an nounced of Miss Louise Spencer Fitch, daughter of Mrs. Josephine Merwin Fitch, and Lemuel R. Hopton Yale | graduate in the class of 96 S Miss Leah Blondid. daughter of Peter l Blondid of Dover street, Fair Haven has entered the Convent of the Good Shepherd in Brooklyn as a postulant The Convent of the Good Shepherd is under the supervision of the Order of Cloistered Nuns.
 A number of the friends and neigh bors of Mir and Mrs. Daniel F. Lndsley of Branford rendered them very pleas ant surprise on Thursday evening at their home on Indian Neck avenue The occasion was a double celebration | being Mrs Lindsley's birthday and the fourteenth anniversary of their mar riage.
 W. c. Beers, who went to New York last week expecting to sail Tuesday on the Kaiser Frederick for a stay of sev- eral months abroad, was taken serious | ly ill at the Holland house ands obliged l to return home. He is so far improved however, that he will sail this week on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse MT Beers was a '95 s. man. Judge William J. Mills, who came tc | this city to attend the funeral of his mother, will return to New Mexico ear | ly next week. The judge is located al Las Vegas and says he is delighted with the country and the climate thereof Judge Mills has already presided oyer many important cases and has a large amount of business on hand at the pres ent time.
 ] w. J. Rice of Branford has accepted a position with Father Frederick brother in Hartford, who is a govern ment contractor MT. Rice will leave l this week.
 | Mrs. Henry B. Sargent gave the sec ond of a series of November lat homes Friday afternoon. These receptions are l given to introduce to society Miss Eliz- abeth Sargent. Several members of the Sargent family were on duty, assisting in entertaining, and some of the society 1 girls, Miss Aurelia Hooker, Miss Susar l Wright the Misses Stoughton, the Miss. es Butler and Miss Katherine and Miss | Bessie Beers, were asked to be of the receiving party.