The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-13
PERSONAL JOITINGS.

| The condition of ex-Captain Johr
 Gutt of the City Guard, who was sud
 denly stricken on Saturday night, ant
 who was unable to either speak ol
 move on Monday, is now much better
 and there are good chances of his re
 covery. Dr. Park diagnosed the cast
 as apopleXy, and states that unless MT Gutt suffers another shock he will re-
 cover. The patient was resting com fortably yesterday.
 Postmaster James A. Howarth o1
 New Haven and Hon. John Stiles Jud-
 son of Stratford arrived in Washing
 ton Monday evening to attend the
 meeting of the executive committee o1
 the republican league,
 The wedding of prominent Yale
 man, graduate of the academic class
 of '92, and of the law school in the class
 of '94, took place yesterday afternoon
 Percy Findlay, now practicing lawyer in Memphis, Tenn, married Miss Aman-
 ta Electra daughter of Judge Oliver John Semmes at Mobile, Ala the home of the bride. The wedding took place at Trinity church at 1:30 D. m. MT Findlay was one of the scholarship leaders of his class.
 Captain John Pitt Stack, former lead CT of the Second Regiment band, is in this city the guest of his sister, Mrs. J. G. Parker. Captain Stack is now bandmaster at the National Home for Soldiers, Marion, Ind. The position was formerly filled by Captain Stacks fla ther, who in his day was well known in this city, and who for meritorious ser vices as bandmaster during the civil war was appointed bandmaster at the Marion National Home. At his death the younger Stack succeeded to the po- sition.
 pr. Charles G. Osgood. Yale '94, a former instructor in the department of EnglishNat Yale who went to the Uni- versity of Colorado somewhat more than a year ago as professor of English literature, has returned to the city much benefited in health. He will shortly re- sune courses of instruction at Yale. \ Mrs. Sara T. Kinney who has just returned from Washington, D. C., re- ports successful trip, the principal ob- ject of which was attending a meeting of the officers of the National society of D. A. R.'s to make arrangements for the annual congress in February. The appointed, but will be at the January meetins throughout the country
 A committee of three consisting of John c. Kerrigan, F. J. Cronan and M. w. Leahy has been appointed by the Knights of St. Patrick, to select an executive committee of seven who shall have entire charge of the coming grand ball of the Knights. These three gen. tlemen are to report the names select ed by them to the board of governors next Monday night.
 A very pretty tea was that given Monday afternoon by Miss Bishop of Church street for her friend, Miss Burnstead of Cambridge. The spacious rooms were decorated with quantities of carnations in all varieties of colors and presented a very pretty appear ance. Receiving with the hostess and her friend were Miss Katherine Trow- bridge, Miss Maud Watrous, Miss Emily Mrs. Albert H. Barclay, and Mrs. Herbert Fisher. The hours were from to G. and during that time the following among many others call ed. Miss Marian Whitney, Mrs. Ed ward Whitney, Mrs. N. F. Comstock, Mrs. MacLaughlin, Miss Brush, Miss Miss Seymour, Mrs. Cort- andt Trowbridge, Mrs. Ely, Miss Pat -erson and Miss Strong.
 Paul Nathan of New York read a pa- per Monday night at the Connecticut Typothetae's monthly meeting at the Hotel Garde, the title of which was For the Good of the Craft" J. Clyde 1 Oswell of New York spoke of the con- Hilton of the trade. and c. S. Warehouse )l this city read an article from the Outlook" on arbitration It was voted 1t the meeting to invite the employers ,f the state to attend the next annual which will be held next