The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-16
PERSONAL MENTION.

Assistant City Attorney Howard c.
Webb was made full-fedged city at
torney yesterday by Judge Bishop Of the
| city court, to succeed the late City At
| torney Brown.
| Corporation Counsel Robertson gave
an opinion yesterday in which he states
that Superintendent of Sewers John H.
| Pigott is entitled to $1,000 instead Of ST.
500 year salary on the ground that he
took the position at $1,SOo per year. The
| salary of his predecessor was $1,000.
Horace Day, secretary of the board of
| education, is at Lakewood, N. ].
The appointments of Ensign Andrew
A. Russell lieutenant, Junior grade, in
place of Lieutenant Hutchinson, resign
! ed, and John X. Murphy quartermaster,
second class, in place of Russell, resign
| ed, for the local Naval Reserves have
been approved by the state authorities
| in Hartford
A valentine party was given by Miss
| Grace Whitaker at her home, 80 Lam
| berton street, on Wednesday evening.
| Among those present were Miss Lottie
Gourley, Miss M. Coyle, Miss f. Lee,
Misc Grace Ray, Miss Charlotte Sparks,
Miss Lillian Phillips, Miss Grace Whit
aker, Rudolph Kortia, Rollin c. Downs,
C. Turner, Herbert Seoville, Harold
Howard and Rolle Clark.
Director of Public Works Alexander
Troup, not satisfied with the report of
the committee from the common coun-
Gil appointed to investigate the Willow
street bridge scandal, has ordered an
investigation of his own into the mat
ter, which will be public and will be be-
gun next Monday evening.
Drs. Cheney and Granniss of this city
successfully performed a delicate opera
ton on Mrs Frank Sperry, wife Of Con-
stable Sperry of East Haven, yesterday
morning. The operation occupied sew
eral hours and the patient recovered
rapidly from it's effects Mrs. Sperry
had suffered from an internal trouble
for long time and the operation was
advised by DR.. Cheney.
Mrs, Sara T. Kinney, state regent OF
the D. A. r., left yesterday for Wash
ington to attend the ninth continental
congress of the national society Of the
d. A. R., which is to be held in Wash
ington next week. The congress opens
next Monday, the 18th, and the Off
GERS of the national society and state re-
gents gather several days beforehand,
as there is much business to arrange to
make ready for the big assembly next
week. Mrs. Kinney will etop at the
Hotel Regent, which will be headquar-
ters for Connecticut during the con-
gress.
Lamp Inspector Hopkins yesterday
received as a gift from Captain George
Conner a lamp such as is used by the
Esqumaux. 1t is a crude dish carved
out of soapstone, in which is placed
moss that is saturated with blubber oil
Captain Conner belongs in East Haddam
and has just returned from a three and
one-half years, cruise to Greenland. He
sailed from New London and made a
very successful trip.
Mrs w. H. Douglass of Orange street
opened her home last night to the Allie
gretto club and their friends, when the
works of Grieg, the celebrated Morse
man, were taken up for consideration.
Mrs Douglass was assisted in receiving
by Mrs Meigs. During the playing of
various selections by Miss Clara Horton
and Miss Ruth Olmstead photographs
of Peer Gynt in different roles were
pdSseu AMONG the guests. FOllONlllS
this Miss Lizzie Gaffney sang three
songs entitled Sunset" Good Morn
ing" and Itch liebe dich," by Grieg.
Miss Frances Heath sang Doris by
Ethelbert Nevin, with violin and cello
obligato, and the closing number on the
programme was THE Swallows by
Cowen, which Miss Gaffney sang very
finely.
Edwin l.. Smith, clerk in the store
of D. M. WEIGH & Son on Campbell ave-
nue., West Haven, has been confined to
his house by illness for several days
past, but is now improving.
The firm of j. D. Dewell & Co. has re-
ceived two cables from Mr. Dewell in
Puerto Rico. 1t was expected that he
would leave for home this week. but he
may be delayed. He says the weather
on that island is fine.
Julius Lempert, who formerly ran the
flying horses at Savin Rock, has bought
a ticket for Paris on the steamer Lain
Mr. Lempert, will visit the exposition,
and he will deal in optical goods while
there
A farewell gathering was given at the