The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-08
PERSONAL MENTION.

| superintendent Wflnn OIL the ponce
force received a complimentary letter
from Colonel Burpee of the Second reg
iment yesterday praising the New TIa-
ven police escort, which did duty for
the regiment at It's parade here May rs.
In his letter Colonel Burpee says 1t
has been my fortune very often to pa
rade in the streets of city under police
escort, and it gives me pleasure to say
that I never have seen the duty per-
it was by the platoon of police of your
department at that time.
Dennis Keane secretary of the Quin-
nipiac Brewing company, his sister Mrs.
Halpin, and his niece, Miss Conlan, will
sail next week for Ireland. They will
be gone on the trip six weeks. Mr..
Keane will visit his native place after
an absence of fourteen years.
| Commodore Seymour of the New Ha-
ven Yacht club is expected to arrive
from Washington to-day. He comes
to confer with the officers in regard to
the annual cruise Of the club. which
is to take place in July. 1t Is his desire
| to make this cruise the best ever held
and an unusually large number of
yachts will sail east. Commodore Sey-
mour's family are stopping at Pine Or
| chard.
| Charles H. Gardner, for years medi-
cal director of the Kelley institute
at West Haven, has retired to 20 into
private practice in West Haven. Many
| friends in West Haven were urgent to
have the doctor remain here. Colonel
| j. e. Mowbray continues as manager
| of the institute.
| Rev Father David O'Donnell of New
London was the guest of his parents Of
| this city yesterday. He Is on his way
to Hartford to spend few days.
Mrs. Sarah d. Blinn, the former con-
| tralto singer of New Haven, but now
Of Milford, moved to her Woodmont
cottage yesterday for the season.
Policeman Fennah w. Watrous, who
was appointed by Superintendent Wrinn
for bicycle duty on Orange street and
Wooster street. to watch for soorchers,
went on duty yesterday
Captain Donovan of the Sarsfied
Guard has decided to drill his men in
schools of company from now until the
brigade goes to camp at Mantle The
Sarsfields are now in excellent shape.
Mrs Dwight Blakeslee was chairman
of the supper committee at the straw
berry festival at Trinity M e. church
last evening. She had a large number
of assistants, including Mrs H. B. Arm
strong, president of the Union; Mrs. t.
A. Wyre, Mrs. Dexter Hubbard, Mrs.
Everhardt and Mrs. Bushnell.
The testimonial concert by Eugene
Bernstein, the pianist, to Louis W.
Busch, the young painter who is go
ing abroad to study for three years,
will take place on June 10.
James ]. Carr, registrar of vital sta
tistics, has just received a letter from
Colonel William A. Glassford, chief Of
ficer of the signal corps in the depart
ment of Porto Rico, ranking as colonel.
Colonel Glassford for many years was
at the head of the weather bureau in
this city. He asks to be remembered
to all of his friends In New Haven,
and they are legion. He speaks very
kindly of Captain Daniel Carr, brother
of j. j. Carr. Mr. Carr was with Colo
mel Glassford for some time, but the
condition of his health necessitated his
removal to Santiago.
City Attorney Frank j. Brown. who
has been in the south for several weeks
hoping to recover his health is now in
a New York hospital having recently
been compelled to undergo an operation.
Although other complications have set
in Mr.. Brown expects to be back in town
to resume his duties by the first of July
Thomas Taylor and Miss Lizzie Han
lon of Wallingford We're married at $50
O'clock yesterday morning at the Holy
Trinity church in that place
Miss Florence Seeley of Branford ia
confined to her home by illness.
T. Wesley Gordon of Branford smash
ed three of his fingers by catching them |
in the sprocket of his wheel when clean
ing it on Tuesday.
Oscar w. Palmer of Norwich began
work Monday evening as trainman on
the New York, New Haven and Hart |
ford railroad. He has been assigned to |
the steamboat train.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Byrne of Palmer
town attended the graduating exercises
of the Connecticut Training school of |
the New Haven hospital where Mrs
Byrne's sister, Miss A, r. Clark, grad
uated on Tuesday.
Rev. e. T. Matthison of Ansonia, as
sisted by Rev. j. R. Atwill of East Mis-
souri, and son of Bishop Atwill of that
state, is to conduct services at st. Pet
er's church, Oxford, next Sunday after
noon. The holy communion is to be cele-
brated.
The New London Globe says: The
Rev. P. P. Shahan of Norwich is on the