The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-19
PERSONAL MENrloN.


 Lieutenant William Maltby Golf of Battery E, Sixth United States artillery has been ordered to and left for Ma nila. He is the son of Colonel William A. Golf, Yale '61, who served through the civil war, and is grandson of the late Caleb s. Maltby of this city. He graduated from Yale university in 1883 and was appointed lieutenant in the regular army nearly year ago ana sta- toned since his return from Tampa, at Washington, D. c. At his examination he passed thirteenth out of over two hundred, and stands high as solder and disciplinarian.
 As dispatch from Washington in our columns has announced, the presl- dent has appointed Lawrence Townsend of Pennsylvania to succeed Bellamy Storer as United States minister to Brussels, Belgium. MT. Townsend IS minister at Lisbon, and his transfer leaves a vacancy in the Portuguese mission, for which a selection has been made and will shortly be announced MT. Townsend is a son of Hon. Henry C. Townsend, prominent lawyer in Phil adelpha. His namesakes and friends of this city are proud and happy over his continued promotion and new hon. ors
 Mrs August Le Brun of Ill Hill street and her daughter, Mrs William J. Han son of Cleveland, O., who is east on visit, have gone to New York city for week.
 Mrs. Sara T. Kinney was among the speakers at the last of the historical ,iAt,r of New England Women at Delmonico's Monday. Mrs. Kinney spoke for Con- necticut. .
 Mrs. Minott Osborn and her daugh- ter Miss Kate Osborn. of Olive street, have gone to Wilmington, Del, for months visit with friends,
 Mrs. E. A. Chatfield of S55 Whaley avenue has just returned from Rock Ledge, Florida, where she has been en- toying the winter at her southern home.
 Miss Katharine Murphy has been en- gagged for next year by the Ferry street Congregational church to sing at the evening services.
 Robert Fuller, who is in his second year at the medical school, has been compelled to withdraw on account of i'll health and go to North Carolina, where he will remain until fall, or longer if necessary.
 Mrs s. s. Thompson and Riley D. Phillips have been engaged as soloists for the second concert by the Euodian society at town hail. West Haven, on Wednesday, May 3.
 The following quartette will sing at ,n1 nh ,rah beginning May 1: Miss Katharine Mur- phy, soprano; Miss Helen G. Williams contralto; Andrew Walker, tenor; F. s. Hamilton, ir., bass.
 Mrs. R. G. Hazard, who is occupying the Irving Fisher home on Prospect street during the extended absence of the owner and his wife in Europe, gave a luncheon Monday
 Miss Vesta Hardy gave a charming dance Monday evening at her home on West Chapel street. The floors of the three large parlors were covered with crash and gave ample space for the forty dancers present. The musicians were stationed in the library. Supper was served by Francis, Miss Hardy's guests were mostly all students of the Anderson Gym assemblies.
 Dr. J. E. Twitchelf will be the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Alice Twitchell Pratzner on Friday of this week. stop ping over on his way to Northampton from New York, where he will go to at tend the monthly meeting of the Con- gregational Building society, of which he is member of the committee.
 A successful benefit whist was given recently by Mrs. G. l.. Warren of 1884 Lawrence street. A large number of women were present, eighteen tables being filled Six handsome prizes, which were donated, were won by the follow- ing women: Mrs. E. c. Downes, Mrs F. w. Tinkey, Mrs. Manwaring, Mrs. Doolittle and Mrs. Webb, and the con- solation prize was won by Mrs. J. c. Gould.
 Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Belden, jr. who have since their marriage lived with the formers parents on Sherman avenue, will begin housekeeping for themselves on May at pleasant house on Elm street, near Winthrop avenue.
 Mrs. George A. Tibbals of 367 Wash ington avenue was rendered a surprise in honor of her fiftieth birthday Mon day night. Friends and members of the General Terry command, Union Veterans union, were present, and a pleasant evening was spent. Among those present were General and Mrs. Frederick S. Snow, Colonel and Mrs. Whittlesey, MT. and Mrs. w. Harvey, Major and Mrs D. w. Benjamin, MT.