The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-04
VARIOUS PERSONAL ITEMS
DLSTING UTSHED RUSSIAN LADY
 TISJIOR,

EeOpic 70 tuner tiaceS, Etc.
 Matthew Mills, president of Yale uni-
 versity Y. M c. A., delivered an ad-
 dress before the Derby Y. M. c. A. yes-
 terday afternoon
 EX-Insurance Commissioner r. A..
 Betts and family have gone to Florida
 to stay for the winter.
 The engagement is announced of Miss
 Lda Adele Mitchell, the only daughter
 of Albert H. Mitchell of Cincinnati, to
 David Wakeman Fenton, son of MT.
 and Mrs. Benjamin Fenton of Buffalo, a
 graduate of Harvard university, class
 of '95, and in his day the champion long
 distance runner.
 Charles Dyer of the New Haven fire
 department, with Mrs Dyer is visiting
 the latter's parents, MT. and Mrs. Chris
 tian Ensle, in Southington.
 Edmund Zacher, counsel for the ex- cutors of the estate of the late John Beattie of Leete's Island, said yesterday that he had no knowledge in regard to the threatened contest over MT. Beat ties will. He also said he did not know how much the Beatte estate is worth | and he does not believe that anybody l knows.
 Professor Frank K. Sanders will speak in Dwight hall tomorrow evening on History and Growth of the English Bible" His lecture will begin at 6:45 o'clock. On Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock Walter s. Snow Of Boston will address the Engineers club of the rn versity on Mechanical Ventilation and Heating by a Forcer Circulation of Air"
 ] MT. and Mrs. A. A. Bassett of Clin tonville were the guests of their daugh l ter, Mrs. Mary Pruden of New Haven, Thanksgiving.
 Mrs. F. S. Whtcom of Brookfeld Center has been spending a few days with her sister, Miss Mary Bishop, in Clintonvile.
 Miss Annie F. Flynn of Humphrey street employed by the Edward Malley company, and John F. Balfe of 119 Eos ter street, a contractor employed by the Bishop Box and Paste company, were quietly married at St. Mary's church Thanksgiving morning by Father Lilly Immediately after the ceremony they left to spend their wedding tour in Washington.
 Relatives of Lieutenant Theodore A. Gruener of the Forty-sixth regiment, which sailed from San Francisco on the Pathan recently, have heard from him relative to his departure on No vember IA. Lieutenant Gruener left the Pacific coast with the troops, and is now on his way to Manila He will | probably remain for a few days at Ha- waii.
 
 Mrs Bennett Todd of Clintonville, | who has been in Wallingford since last | spring, is visiting friends in New Ha- | ven.
 Mrs. Walter Bishop has resigned her | position as teacher in Clintonville. | She will be succeeded by Miss Lillian Bishop who will commence her duties with the opening of the fall term. Mrs Bishop retires after teaching ten years, one-half of which she has taught in Clintonville.
 President John s. Hunter of the Hart ford water board and Engineer John son have been appointed a special com mittee by the board to investigate and report concerning the possibility of talk ing water from the Pennington river to meet the emergency that now exists in the city, with not much more than thir- ty days supply in the West Hartford system.
 The marriage of Miss Agnes M. Whit ney, daughter of Mrs. stephen Suydam Whitney of Fair Lawn Morris Plains, and sister of Mrs Robert Livingston Stevens, to Seymour Le Grand Crom we'll son of MT. and Mrs. Frederic Cromwell of New York and Bernards- vile, which took place at St. Peters church. Morristown, last Wednesday. was a delightful affair. The church was gay with chrysanthemums and fo- liage plants The bride entered with her brother, Arthur Whitney, who gave her away. Her dress was of white sat- in, with a long train. The bodice was high and the sleeves long, the trimming being of duchesse lace. Her veil was also of lace and was fastened on with beautiful feather, studded with dia- mods, the gift of the bridegroom. The were the bridegroom's sis ters. the Misses Gladys and Dorella the brides cousin, Miss Mary Kernochan; Miss Toffey and Miss Flu nice Ives all of New York. Their . Presses were of blue Liberty silk with ace applique, and their hats of blue were edged with sable. They all carried flies of the valley The ushers were D. Ahl of Boston, William c. -amman E. l.. Patterson and Frank S. Polk of New York, Archibald AleXan- z ler of Castle Point and Frederick Hunt ngton They wore punches of lilies of he valley in the buttonholes of their rock coats, which were of rough cloth Mr. Cromwells best man was George 1rswold Haven, jr A large reception olowed at Fair Lawn, the country & nome of the brides mother. MT. and drs Cromwell will spend the winter in New York. One of the social events of this week a reception and dance to be given by E Ar and Mrs. l.. l.. Rosenberg of AL E any, Oregon, who is spending the win Y CT with them. About 125 invitations e ave been sent out. Mrs. Rosenberg N will be assisted in receiving by Miss Isther Myers, Miss Sternberg Mrs and Miss Strouse and the blowing will act as ushers: Frederick Iyers, Sigmund Myers, M. Kleiner, w. : Myers, Henry Machol and Solomon IomDertZ. ID
 A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.