The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-26
or LOCAL INTEREST.

Tor class of the Yale Law school, is one
of the new recruits Of the Sarsfeld
Guard. Blake was a member of the
Twenty-third New York, stationed at
Brooklyn, and saw service there dur
ing the strikers riots about three
years ago. He is manager Of the law
school baseball nine.
William McGinns of 23 Hill street
and Nellie Clemmente. were married at
the office of Justice Charles Kleiner in
the Exchange building yesterday morn
ing.
A meeting of the Holy Name society
of the Church of the Sacred Heart was
held last evening, at which action was
taken on the death of Patrick Dono-
van.
C. Frank Pierce has been engaged as
organist and choirmaster of the Ep-
worth M. e. church for the ensuing
year. He is pupil of Professor Fow-
Ter, sang as head alto in the Trinity
Episcopal church, and is the youngest
organist in town.
Mrs. w. s. Crofut of this city spent
Sunday in Norwalk, the guest of her
Pe'iCiitos Nll. anu 4lI .. u. ~. VI oWS.
At the Church of the Sacred Heart
Sunday morning Rev. Father McKeon
gave an account of his recent trip in
the middle and western states and
Mexico.
AT a meeting of the American He
brew Military association held Sunday
at Opera hall, 349 State street, the fol-
lowing officers We're elected: S. Gold
reyer, executive president; Fl. Shabshe-
lowitz, president, by unanimous vote;
H.. Fish, vice president; III. Flikelstein.
secretary; DR.. I. Blumstein, treasurer;
| DR.. H. Burstein, general; j. Wurewitz,
captain.
| "A. William Sperry of the civil engi-
| neering firm of Bogart & Sperry, and
of the Grays, has accepted commits
sion in the engineer corps of the army.
Mr.. Sperry's commission will expire at
| the close of hostilities with Spain, 1T is
said Mr.. Sperry has been working
with Major Leach making surveys
along the sound. He did the engineer
ing for the Notifications on the break
water and at Lighthouse Point.
| The grand officers of the grand en-
| campment of Odd Fellows are to insti-
! tute new encampment at Stony Creek
next Thursday afternoon at o'clock.
In the evening Sassacus encampment
of this city will exemplify the first and
! third degrees. Mayor Wheeler of
South Norwalk is the grand chief patri-
arch.
Harry Gideon Wells son Of Romantic
| Wells, who was for many years Fair
Haven druggist, has just won enviable
| honors in the Rush medical school, the
medical department of the University
| of Chicago. He is in the senior class,
and in the competitive examination for
positions on the house staff of the cele-
brated Cook county hospital he stood
! second, securing next to the leading
place. There were three hundred can
didates, many of them practicing ply
sicians of Chicago and vicinity. Mr.
Wells will begin his duties in the hos
pital June !. He has just been award
ed the degree of Master of Arts by
Lake Forest university for excellence
| in thesis, after extensive original re-
search, on the thyroid gland. He is a
graduate of Sheffield Scientific school,
class of '95.
Connecticut lodge No 1889, O. B. A.,
has voted to keep the dues Of all mem
bers who 60 to war paid up clear, and
| in case of death to give the widow $500.
| The lodge has a hundred members eli
| gible to service.
Mrs. Harry Doty of No. 23 Lynwood
street left town last week for her
| mothers home III Chester, Conn, for a
months visit.
Mrs. F, "A. Belts and her little daugh-
ter Dorothy will leave town for the
summer on May 9, going to CRANKY,
Cont, as they did last year. They
have large airy apartments at the
beautiful country home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Deming and take their meals at the
hotel near by.
Mrs. Francis S. Hamilton of Warren
street has returned from four weeks
stay at Vineland, N. J.
l. Tomorrow evening will be observed
as ladies' night at the Knights of St.
Patricks club house. There will be a
reception with an interesting pro-
gramme of exercises including dancing
by Sarah May Bodwell Little Sara.
At the hall of the Young Mems Repub-
lican club house dancing will be in or
der for the assembly.
] bH6GluE IpeecueT dCtlllS
structions from the court of common
council, has applied to the highway
4 commissioner for New Haven's share
of the good roads appropriation. The
share to which this city is entitled is
about $1,000 and New Haven, under
the terms of the act, will have to APP
propriate $500 more for the state read.
1t has been decided to use the appro-
priation on Dixwell avenue from the
end of the state road in Hamden to the
spot to which the city has already
hardened the street This distance is
trifle over half a mile.
Captain Charles b. Munson, of the
Clyde line at Jacksonville, arrived in
Key West Sunday night, having been
called for last Saturday by Admiral
Sampson to act as fleet pilot. The
Dolphin took him to the flagship yes
terday morning. Captain Munson is
we'll known in this city, his native
! place. He is son of the late Charles
Munson, mason builder, and was born
in the family homestead on George
street, and is cousin of the Munsons
of the National Paper Box company.
He was student in Russelrs Collie