The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-12

Mrs. Thomas H. Lynch and family OF
| Woodmont have gone to New York tt
reside for the winter.
| The engagement is announced of Miss
Beulah May LalSin of Westfield, Mass
to Percy S. Gates of Springfield Miss
Lakin, who is the daughter of the late
Colonel Lakin, is one of the most popu-
lar girls in the Woodmont colony.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Frances X. Crane, only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, zenas Crane of Dalton, Mass,
and Samuel Gilbert Colt of Hartford,
youngest son of Mrs. James D. Colt and
the late Judge Colt. Mr. Colt is a grad
uate of Yale in the class of ga and af-
| forwards took course of mechanical
engineering at Cornell university. He
Is now mechanical engineer with McIn-
tosh & Seymour of Albany. Miss Crane
is a graduate of Miss Porters school at
Pennington, The wedding will proba-
bly, take place next spring.
c. c. May, president of the Big Bend
| National bank of Davenport, Washing
| ton, was rendered a complimentary din
ner at Cooley's hotel, Springfield, Mass,
| Saturday evening by W. Wallace Rad
cliffe the Springfield representative of
Graham, Garrett & Co. Among the
other guests We're John Olmstead, e. A,
Carter and e. A. Snowman Of SPRING
field, John III. Garrett of Spokane and
New York. James B. Smith of New
Haven and c. C. Graham of Spokane
Miss Julia Troy of Foote street is
visiting friends in Brooklyn
The projected trip of Superintendent
Cpr
Niagara Falls has been indefinitely
postponed owing to the Branford Lock
shop fire.
Mrs Daniel Scott Of Audubon street
has returned from three weeks vaca-
ton.
Captain e. e. Baldwin of Branford
Is organizing small party to go
down Stonington way for a few days
fishing in the White Star.
Miss May Foran of Franklin street
left Saturday evening to visit friends in
Meriden and Wallingford.
Rev. T. S. Dewitt of Branford is
away on his vacation and the pulpit ut
the Congregational church was occu-
pied Sunday by Rev Mr.. Osborn, who
formerly preached in Branford
Captain T. w. Lambert, in command
of the schooner Julia Frances of New
Haven, Conn, owned by ex-Governo.
Dewell, was in town Monday, accom-
panied by his wife and daughter Hattie.
says the Machas, Me-, Republican, His
vessel is now at East Machias taking
on cargo of laths for New York. Cap
tain Lambert is engaged In sailing be-
tween New York and Porto Rico. but
made this trip east to avoid the hurri-
cane season in those waters. This is his
trip here in six years
Secretary John A. Hull of the Ameri-
can Fish Hook company would not
state yesterday whether any offers had
recently been made for the concern.
but said no sale of the business had
taken place despite reports to that eft
feet. He stated that about four wears
ago representatives of English capital.
lists tried to buy out the business and
but the officials of the COM
pany refused to sell. 1t Is not known |
how much was offered for the COM |
pany by the Englshmen, but that the |
offer was unsatisfactory Is shown by /
the statement made by Secretary Hull
which is to the effect that
the business can be bought for the
right price. The offer from English CAPT.
talists came from manufacturers of fish
hooks at Redidge. Eng. More fish
hooks are made in Redidge than in all
the rest of the world The fish hook
company has an excellent business and
the works are running as usual.
DIR. Louis Hall, the dentist. who for
merly resided in Plainville, is very III
At his home in this city.