The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-10
PERSONAL MENTION.

! # 4 The friends of Major Theron A. Todd of 62 Whalley avenue will be sorry to l learn that he is much worse. His dis
 ease has taken a serious turn, and t is 1 feared he has not long to live. The adjutant general announces the appointment of John J. Butler of New
 London to be second lieutenant, Com
 pany D, Third regiment, vice Butler, | resigned, with rank from January 22,
 1900,
 George D. Seymour of the firm of Sey- ! mour & Earle, who has been in Wash | ington for the past two weeks, will probably not return before next Mon- | day.
 Mre. H. IT. Hurlburt of 100 Webster street, has been confined to the house | for two or three days with tonsilitis and grip.
 Among the well known talent to ap pear at the two nights midwlnter fes tival of the Young Ladies' society of l St. Francis church at Polar Star hall
 next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
 are Mrs. Wohlmaker. Miss Maloney, | Miss Agnes Carroll Miss Welch, Miss Wynne, Miss Hilda Keller, Miss Angil Blondn, Miss Sallie Gilmartin, Miss Jo sephine Hussey Riley Phillips, Charles O'Connell, Joseph Grab, William Stod-
 dard and Michael Bumster. Alexander F. Irvine will give a stere- opticon lecture on Ireland for the work ingmen of the Sixth and Seventh wards
 at Yale hall this evening at o'clock.
 Mr. Irvine illustrates his lecture with the finest set of slides on picturesque Ireland in this country. Tickets may
 be had free of charge from George s. Hurst, the superintendent of Yale hall,
 until this (Saturday) evening. 'The
 Lakes of Killarney will be sung by MT. Goodwin.
 very pleasant masquerade surprise
 party was rendered to Miss Carrie Bu-
 rian at her home, 155 St. John street, on
 Thursday evening by about thirty of
 her young friends. The evening was
 agreeably spent in games, music and
 singing.
 Professor Horatio w. Parker's
 1NUllllSIH Ddlldi [ Iul OlCHCSliu, uSNi- cated to Theodore Thomas, will be play ed by the Chicago orchestra at its con- cert this evening" on which occasion MT. Paderewsk will be the soloist, playing the Beethoven I1 flat Concerto No. 5.
 B. F. Brusstar of 2S Dickerman street, foreman of the mould room at Winches- ter's, who has been ill with typhoid fe- yer, is again able to be out. MT. Bruss- tar'e little son has been taken with the same sickness and is quite i'll, having been sick two weeks.
 MT. Aggett of 40 Sperry street, whose serious sickness was reported in these columns some time ago, is in the same condition, having been unconscious since last Sunday, when he was taken sick. The doctors give no hopes of his ulti- mate recovery.
 Mrs. Thomas Cummins of 364 Dixwell avenue, who has been i'll with pneumo- mia, is improving
 Mrs. George H. Watrous and Miss Maud Watrous of Whitney avenue are stopping at Lakewood, N. J.
 Mrs Henry F. Messinger of 364 Dix well avenue, who has been seriously i'll for some time with pneumonia, is recov- ering slowly.
 Officers of the National Folding Box and Paper company elected in New York Thursday were: David $. Walton and John s. Newgent, New York; Mor- ris T. Lynch, Brooklyn, N. Y; Hon. George West, Ballston Spa, N. Y; Fred erick H. Benton and James T. Moran, New Haven, and Thomas L. Cornell and E. N. Shelton, Derby. The meeting for the election of officers was subsequently held at the Wool club Officers were elected as follows: President, D. S. Wal ton; first vice president and secretary, Thomas l.. Cornell second vice presi- dent, John s. Newgent; tEeasurer and general manager, F. H. Benton. The company has factories in this city, Der by, New York and Ballston Spa. The capital stock is $1,250,000.
 The many friends in this city of Nell son R. Howard will be interested in the announcement of his marriage which took place in New York on Thursday The bride was Miss Anna Holmes Gal- pin, only daughter of William Dwight Galpin of Ansonia, Conn, and the bride groom, who is the son of Major Arthur l.. Howard of this city, is a Yale grad uate, class of '9S, and was captain of his freshman crew. Miss Harriet M. Stark of Worcester, Mass, was maid of honor, Miss Ella w. Shrober bridesmaid aud Robert l.. Galpin best man. A wedding breakfast at the Manhattan hotel fol- lowed the ceremony. After brief tour MT. and Mrs Howard will reside in Syd- ney, Cape Breton, where the groom is engaged in business.
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