The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-27
PERSONAL NEyTTON.

Miss Frances Charlotte Bishop,
| daughter Of Judge Bishop, is entertain
ing party of young lady friends at her
| fathers cottage at Morris Cove. The
party started Thursday afternoon and
expect to return to New Haven the first
of next week. The young ladies, under
the supervision of their chaperone, Mrs.
Ives, have charge of the house and cook,
eat, wash dishes and other necessary
duties required in the cottage. For en-
tertainment this evening number of
young men have been invited to come
down and visit the young housekeepets
| and to while away the hours with music
| and dancing. The wall flowers on this
| occasion will be the men. as each young
| lady has invited at least three young
men. 1t is feared that some of the
| young men will not return alive to the
protecting roof Of Home, Sweet Home
if they are induced TO partake of the
fancy dishes which will, no doubt, be
prepared by the somewhat inexperi-
enced though altogether charming
cooks. The party consists of the Misses
Jessie Agnes Wyre, Edith May Fenno,
Harriet Finnetto Blakeslee, Grace Eliza
beth Walker, Villa Carey Noble, Har-
riet Wheeler Elliott. Minnie Martha
Kraft, Edith Marion Nichols, Julia No
bic Booth and Mabel Warner Stoddard.
James Terry, of this city has been
reelected a vice-president of the Con-
necticut Historical society. Charles j..
Hoadley, Of Hartford. was reelected
president The regular fund has a bal
80 sd ~
now amounts to s19,1249S. There are
now over a thousand family genealogies
in the possession of the society, and the
total number of books. pamphlets and
manuscripts received during the year is
2,91.
Invitations have been received In
Simsbury for the marriage of Miss Flor
ence Christmas Emo, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs John c. Emo, of New York,
and William Leon Graves, in the Con-
gregational church In Simsbury on
June at 4 p m.
Mrs. Abner Newton, of Middletown,
has issued invitations to the marriage
of her daughter, Miss Edith Harris. to
the Rev. Archibald Ravenscroft Baisley,
on Thursday, June L. at one o'clock
Mr.. Baisley is a graduate of the Berke-
ley Divinity school. and was until quite
recently rector of st. Peters church,
Oxford, but is now rector of Christ
church, Pert Henry, N. Y.
At the annual meeting of the govern
ing board Of the Vale University club,
officers for the ensuing year We're elect
ed as follows: President, Joseph Medill
Mccormick. 1900 of Chicago, H. vice.
11raCi1Gnt
of New York; treasurer, James Hutch
inson Wear, of ST. Louis, Mo-: assistant
treasurer, John Huntington Hord, 1901. |
of Cleveland, o.; secretary. William
Reynolds Hit, 1901, Of Washington. D. |
G. The election to the governing board |
resulted as follows: From 1900-Frank |
Dexter Cheney, of South Manchester, |
Conn; Frank Taylor Crawford, of owe |
go. N. Y; Frederick Charles Havemey-
err Of New York city; Thomas Andrews |
Howell, Jr., Of New York city; Malcolm |
Lee Mcbride, of Cleveland, o.; Percy |
Avery Rockefeller Of New York city.
From 1900 S.-Charles Bispham Levey,
of Elizabeth, N. j.; James Duane Ire
land, of New York city: Edwin Hill |
Clark. of Chicago III. From 1901-Wil-
liam Reynolds Hit. Of Washington, D.
c.; John Huntington Hord, of Cleve-
land O.; James Hutchinson Wear, OF
ST. Louis, Mo.
Local friends of Miss Alice Reynolds.
Of primary grades in the
New Haven schools. will learn with in
terest that she is to be retained, al
though the school board there is dis
missing supervisors from motives of
Norwich Bulletin.
Dexter l.. Bishop of Meriden has, says
the Meriden Republican, received word
from his agent in Cuba Informing him
that he has obtained for him forty
lays option on forty acres of land To-
9ated on San Juan hill, Mr.. Bishop
spent several weeks in Cuba soon after Y
he war was over, and his errand was
% look for land, like many other bust
ness men. While on the island Mr..
Bishop was very much interested in San