The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-23
Personal MENTION.


ployed as a clerk at the factory OF
Peck Bros. in this city for a number of
years and has been promoted to the po-
sition of manager of the New York
office, will begin the duties of his new
position this week.
Miss Isabelle Cromwell returned on
Friday from Hampton. Va, where she
spent five weeks with Miss Anna Rich
ards Miss Richards, who has been i'll
there for fortnight past, is still too
i'll to travel.
Leo Badel, private secretary to Cen
eral SWiegard, superintendent of the
Philadelphia and Reading road, is visit
ing his sister, Mrs Henry Hopkins, in
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin G. Russell and
Mr.. and Mrs. Minotte e. Chatfield have
returned from a ten days trip to Old
Point Comfort.
David c. Saunders, the letter carrier
who has been assigned to take charge
of one of the postoffice stations in Por-
/ to Rico, has received his commission
from the postoffice partment at wash
ington and will start for Porto Rico the
first of next month on a government
! transport from New York.
Mrs. Henry L. Hotchkiss has for her
guest over the Prom. festivities Miss
Margaret Keene, daughter of the dis
tinguished surgeon, DR.. Keene of Phila-
delphia. On Friday Mr.. and Mrs.
Hotchkiss will leave for New York and
I on SATURDAY. how will tJo r. oic
| Wilhelm III for Europe.
Congressman N. D. Sperry has recon-
mended to the president John L. Elliott
for reappointment as postmaster at
Clinton. The Clinton office pays a sal
airy of SLIGO year,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Camp are con-
templating a trip to Lakewood and
Washington and will probably start in
week or two.
Mrs. Joseph R. Hawley of Hartford
is in Washington for a short visit. rhe
general and Mrs. Hawley will not keep
house there the remainder of the sea-
son.
In Governor Lounsbury's box at the
Old Guard ball at the Metropolitan on
January 26, will be among others, Col
onel and Mrs. John Lowe and Colonel
Steiner of Norwich, who will have with
him his sister, Miss Steiner. Several
suites have been reserved for the gov
error's staff at the Normandie.
Fred Brown, popular young man
employed as a clerk in Kirbys jewelry
store, is seriously i'll with tumor in
his right leg. He has been taken to the
hospital and an operation will probably
be performed this week
Miss Mabel Patterson and Miss Caro-
Ign Hooker are in Washington, d. c.,
where they are the guests of Congress
man and Mrs. N. D. Sperry, at the
Buckingham.
j. E. Northrop, the grocer, is still in
precarious condition. He is at the home
of his daughter in Plymouth, Conn,
where it is hoped that rest and change
of air will restore him to his former
state of health. Worry over his finan-
cial affairs was the cause of his illness
and prostration.
Professor Myron T. Scudder, principal
of the Hillhouse high school. has a
scrap book filled with interesting speci-
mems of drawings and colored paper
clippings representing birds and ami
mails, the work of Professor Scudder's
A-yCdI-Olu uduBDIST from the time the
child was three and ona-half years of
age. The collection has been attracting
the attention of several instructors of
drawing in public schools and colleges
in the country where it has been on
exhibition The book has twice been
on exhibition at Clark university at
the request of the faculty and also at
the Westfeld, Mass, normal school
Professor Scudder has been asked by
the University Of Wisconsin for the
loan of the book and it will be sent on
there this week
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew De Forest had
as guests over Sunday Major Alexander |
Shaler and Mrs Shaler, who were mar
ried last month at the West Presby- |
terrain church, New York, and for whose !
wedding number of New Haveners
went to the city Mrs. Shaler was be- |
fore her marriage Miss May Leveridge, |
a popular New Haven society girl Ma |
jor Shaler and his bride will sail the last |
Of this month for Europe, and will spend |
part of their honeymoon trip on the
They will travel for six
months.
With Miss Gertrude Harrison is
merry house party of girls to be chap
eroned by Mrs. Lynde Harrison On
Saturday night Mrs. Harrison gave
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