The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-11
PERSONAL JOTTINGS.

I ClldIleS E, CurllS, NlCe pIeSlueiit ol the City bank, and Philip F. Wells, li-
 brarian of the Yale library, sailed yes
 terday on the Kaiser Friedrich for a
 short trip abroad. They will return
 on the flyer Deutschland, which has a
 record of better than twenty three knots an hour.
 | pr. Rollin McNeil left yesterday for | Lake George on his annual fishing ex-
 petition. For several years past Dr.
 McNeil with a party of friends, has been accustomed to go up there during
 the spring for a short recreation trip,
 which is greatly enjoyed by the party.
 A party of fishermen, including Alfred | Ostermann, Charles Ostermann, Clare
 Smith of New York, Willis Mathews of Newport and Charles Ostermann, jr., of | this city, caught 316 pounds of flattish at Mansfield's Grove recently. | Charles H.. Weller, Yale '95, at pres
 ent instructor in Hillhouse high school,
 has been signally honored, He has just
 been notified that he has been awarded
 
 Archaeological Institute of America. The examination by which MT. Weller distinguished himself was held March 15. 16 and +, and was open to gradu- ates of all American colleges. There were ten competitors. The subjects of the examination were Archaeology Architecture Sculpture" Vases, :" "Epigraphy," "Pausanias and Topogra- phy of Athens" and Modern Greek. !" MT Weller is said to be the first gradu- ate to take this honr
 The engagement of Miss Lillian May Munson, daughter of MT and Mrs Wallace G. Munson of West Haven, to Arthur Henry Fields of this city is an nounced
 A delegation of New Haven Hepta sophs from the New Haven, Quinnipiac and West Haven conclaves made visit to Tina conclave of Bridgeport We'd nesday evening. Among the New Ha- veners were Clerk Frank Southworth of he police department, Captain Woodruff of the central police station, F. Blake, J. Dallas, Wesley Kennedy, N. Cooper, Peter McKiernan, Thomas F. O'Brien, City Clerk Henry Norris and John J. Brennan.
 M J. O'Mara Charles J. Boylan and Morris P. Lynch have been appointed a committee to arrange for the conven- tion of the Grand council Royal Area mum, which will be held in this city in 1901
 A birthday surprise party was given Miss Kathryn Rice at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Edward J. Rice of East Main street, Branford Monday evening. It was a very pleasant affair and was enjoyed by quite large party
 Miss Florence Cornwall of Milford and Miss Agnes Lttlejohn of South Norwalk were guests during the May festival of MT. and Mrs Isidore Troost- wyk at their Howard avenue home. Both young women are pupils of this violinist and their playing was fea- ture of the concerts in which they ap- peared
 Henry Erbe of South Main street, Southington, a machinist at Clark Brothers & Co., factory, svery i'll with scarlet fever his condition causing con- alarm. His children had the contagion in a light form several weeks ago, and it is understood that Mr. Erbe returned too soon after their recovery.
 A. J. Harding, the principal of the Business college, which for some time past has been running at S39 Chapel street, has closed up his school and has removed to Middletown, Conn. On Monday of this week the school was closed.
 Formal announcement has been made of the engagement of Alfred G. Wander bilt and Miss Elsie French by Mrs. Cor nelius Vanderbilt, ST, and Mrs. Francis Ormon French. The marriage, as fur ther announced, will not take place for a year. Miss French is now in London with her mother but will return to America late in July, when MT. Van derbilt will also return from school. MT graduated last June from Yale
 MT. and Mrs Morris Bernstein of 137 Congress avenue are the happy parents of bouncing baby boy
 Miss Edla Judson of Southington, who has been suffering intensely from ap- pendicitis was to have an operation performed yesterday for relief, having been removed to the mousse or J. H. Mum for the operation. Much sympa thy and anxiety is expressed for Miss Judson.
 Charles H. Wilford of Branford. who has been very sick with the grip, is now 
 Superintendent Kendall who has been Ill with malaria, was able to spend few hours at his office yesterday for the first time in over three weeks. He is still weak from the effects of the ill., ness, and 1t will be several weeks be- fore he entirely recovers. MT. Kendall ] will complete his list of teachers, which S to be presented to the board of edu- ,ation the latter part of this month, as soon as possible.
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