The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-09-01


 done to relieve him.
 Leonard w. Thompson, who has been spending part of August at Great Bar
 rington, Mass, has returned. R. w. Eusted. assistant purchasing agent for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company. sent his resignation to President John M Hall yesterday, the same to take effect to-day Mr. Busted was purchasing agent of the Old Colony Railroad com- pany at the time it was absorbed by the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad company in 1898, with offices in Boston, and came to this city as as- slstant purchasing agent for the system at that time. He is treasurer of Boston I university and resigned to devote his time to the duties of that position.
 The Rev. w. G. Thomas, the new pas tor of the Essex First Baptist church, has moved his household goods to Es- Y sex from Newark, N. J. MT. Thomas will commence his labors there next Sunday. The parsonage has been re- modelled in the interior.
 H. F. Baldwin has gone to Durham, Conn, for two weeks.
 Mrs. Thompson, widow of the late Hon. Don s. Thompson, who has been spending most of the summer at Sara toga Springs, has gone to the Ocean View hotel, Sheepshead Bay, for short say.
 Miss Grace Weeks, who has been spending August at Holderness, N. H., is expected home the first of Septen- her.
 1 Peter Schonhorst of Quinnipiac ave- nue. who has been visiting his old home in Germany, will return about Septem- Der 10
 Wilson H. Lee and family of Chapel street are at Ataol, Mass. Henry J. Lewis of 8 Edwards street, clerk at the office building of the Con- solidated road, returned last evening from a trip to New York. Jersey City and adjacent points.
 Mir and Mrs. w. J. Kloek of Meriden and their parents, MT and Mrs. | B. Klocl1 of this city, have taken cottage at Pine Orchard for the coming two weeks Miss Jennie Kloek will be their guest until the public school open, Sep tenber 6.
 Harry Alexander, druggist employ ed by Arthur J. Pratte of Waterbury,
 
 drowning at Walnut Beach Wednesday afternoon. Alexander was in bathing, when he was seized with a cramp and sank. Miss Mamie Morgan of South Main street, Waterbury, who was standing on the pier, saw him going down and gave the alarm. A man named Fulton, who was watching the bathers. sprang into the water and held Alexanders head above water until boat arrived and lifted both young men out of danger.
 F. II. Flanders of Nassau, N, H., is visiting his son, w. T. Flanders, in 1 Branford.
 Mrs Valdemar Hammer and sister, | Miss Josephine Mabbitt of Branford, ! left there on Wednesday for New Bed ford
 Engineer Charles H. Nichols of the | shell fish commission has just complet- | ed survey of the summer residence | of J. Kennedy Tod, New York broker, | at Sound Beach, near Greenwich. The | estate covers three hundred acres and l is one of the finest on the New England | coast.
 Mrs. Thomas Ward of Branford has | for her guest her aunt, Mrs. Louis Bradley of Nebraska.
 Miss Annie Palmer of this city is wis., fling at her old home in Mill Plain, Branford.
 Wooster the -year-old son of D. w. Humphrey of 30 kensington street, was thrown from his bicycle Thursday noon and sustained bad fracture of the isft arm.
 Archibald Scott of Southington is vis- iting Clarence Henderson of Church [ street, Branford.
 MT. and Mrs B. Seagraves of South | Coventry are the guests of Mir and Mrs. Charles Harrington of Hopson avenue, Branford.
 Attorney A. D. Penney is slowly i'm proving from appendicitis at his home in Southport A letter received yester- day stated that he was not yet out of danger. His physician states that if the trouble recurs an immediate opera ton will be necessary.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. Holcomb and Mrs. s. N Allen have been guests of the week of Mrs. D. F. Linsley in Bran- ford
 A. McC Mathewson, clerk of the shell fish commission, has returned from an outing at South WoQdstock. His fam ily will return about September 15.
 MT and Mrs George H. Reeves of N. J., are visiting MT. and Mrs. c. O. Beardsley of No. 792 Chapel street. Mir. Reeves is large contractor in Newark, N. Y.
 Superintendent Carney, who has re- signed from the Branford Lock works after twenty-five years of service is a similar position in New Britain.
 Robert Martindale has gone to the AdirGndacks, where his wife and chill dren have been stopping during July and August. Miss Margaret Nash of Columbus avenue is spending her vacat tion in Tor rington, the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Charles Tobin.
 Miss Marie and Miss Lizzie Horan of Mo- s3 Greene street have gone to Win sted
 Miss Mabel Mead and F, H. Jarvis are spending q few days vacation in Danbury. Miss Fannie Gardner of Providence is the guest of Mrs. Henry Averill in Branford. , Miss Josephine and Miss Margaret Hogan of Broadway have returned y,lo l1t cN.p i-, [ |