The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-28

| land, janitor of Odd Fellows hall ir Crown street, when Svea lodge I. o. O. ! F., presented him purse. The purse was given in recognition of his faithful service during the past year, and as a mark of the esteem in which he is held by the lodge.
 John Williams, formerly proprietor of
 the Sterling house in Chapel street, and the Morton house at Mantle, has leased for term of years the Brunswick house, hotel of seventy rooms, in IT. tusvile, Pa. He left here for Titus Ville yesterday afternoon. Manager
 Williams has many friends in New Ha-
 ven who will wish him success in his
 new venture.
 Elk Commissioner Thomas R. Sullivan
 will entertain box party of friends on
 Monday evening, the 31st, at the first
 nights presentation of Monte CriStO,'
 at the Hyperion theater. James
 O'Neil, who is as closely identified with
 this dramatic character as is Joe Jeff
 ferson With that of Rip Van Wrinkle" !"
 have been an intimate friend of MT
 Sullivan for years, and he never comes to the city that he is not entertained In some special manner by the well
 known New Havener. MT. O'Neil will
 join the party after the play is oVer. This famous actor has played the title role of Monte Cristo' 4,0O0 times, but the present revival of it is declared to surpass in magniicence of stage ef- fleets, all previous efforts, finding the only parallel in the London production of Henry Irving.
 The marriage of Miss Emmeine Dug more of Ansonia and Cornelius M. Thompson of Derby took place on We'd nesday afternoon at the home of Wal ter S. Torrance of Derby, Rev. D. c. Fellowes performing the ceremony. The house was prettily decorated with ferns palms and cut flowers. After the ceremony the bridal party was served with dinner at the home of James F. Torrance. Among those pres ent were: Judge David Torrance and Mrs. Torrance, MT and Mrs. Walter A. Torrance, MT. and Mrs. James F. Tor rance, MT. and Mrs. H. F. North, all of Derby, and Mrs. H. E. Palmer of this city, sister of the groom.
 Robert c. Morris, of the Yale law school faculty, a resident of New York, was last night elected president or the county committee to suc- ceed General Francis Vinton Greene. MT Morris is lawyer and was a can didate at the November election for judge of the city court in New York. Mir Morris was graduated from the Yale law school in 1890. He is thirty six years old, and belongs to the Yale and Republican clubs, the Society of the Cincinnati and the Loyal Legion.
 Douglass Armstrong, the oldest son of Mrs. George A. Maycock, Is spend ng the Christmas vacation with his mother. He is attending school with his brother at military academy at Poughkeepsie and will be in New Ha- yen until after New Years His young 1T brother Is spending the holiday sea- son with young school friend
 The City Point Yacht club has elect d the following officers for 1901: Con- nodore, Lewis w. Barnes; vice commo- | lore, Charles H. Pond; rear commodore, ! James Swift, ST; recording secretary, Frank H. Simmons; financial secretary, |
  Iriss; treasurer, John J. Brown; trus- ee for three years, Henry w. Clark.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Mozealous of ' summit street announce the engage nent of their daughter, Lillian, to AL 'ert H. Clark of 271 Lexington avenue
 Among the guests from out of town | t the first subscription dance given by 1 'augassett council, K. of C., of Derby, Wednesday night at St. Mary's hall, were: Edward F'ennelly, William Me 7nerney Edward Burns and John H. lew Haven; w. J. Joyce, of North Attleboro, Mass; J. J. O'Donnell and J. 'ennett, of Seymour; John O'Connell, f North Attleboro, Mass; the Misses Jamie and Sadie Birmingham, Maud 'reen and Annie Rourke of New Ha- en; Miss Grace Cross, of Naugatuck, nd Miss Nellie Murphy, of Winsted. Mir. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, of lew York, will entertain a party of venty-fve at Shadowbrook, their coun- y house in Lenox, during the latter art of this week. Their guests will go , Lenox on Friday or Saturday, and eturn after New Years Shadowbrook
 one of the largest country places in le United States. It has a large and Is andsome ball room, and is popularly ' opposed to have one hundred guest 2 ,ome. The Stokeses have been in the '' abit of entertaining royalty. story lowing that Mrs Stokes is not at all verse to entertaining many guests Is q
 the effect that some years ago, when ar son was a student in Yale univer- ty, he telegraphed home as follows: Will arrive on Saturday with a party
 ninety-f1ve men," Mrs. Stokes, mis- 2 the class numeral for ' e number of the party, wired back: Better make it fifty. Other guests ., re" FUNERAL OF RICHARD RYAN. Ie