The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-21

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is spending a couple of weeks in New
Haven visiting old friends and scenes.
He is the guest of his mother, Mrs. b.
G.. Lake. Mr.. Lake has been in Chica-
so for eighteen years, and is assistant
manager of the big Chicago office of
the Waltham Watch Co. His many
friends are glad to greet him.
| Invitations are out for the wedding
of Miss Louise Peck of Ansonia, and
Z. J. Highly, clerk at the F. Hallock
companys store, Derby. The wedding
will take place on Tuesday, October 2,
at 4:30 o'clock, at the home of MIR. and
Mrs Fl. A. Peck, So Franklin street,
Ansonia.
Leo Morris and son Charles returned
yesterday from the shore.
Mrs Mary Jane Carpenter of Monroe,
and her daughter Mrs. Mills, and her
three children, have been in New Ha-
ven visiting a brother and uncle for a
week or more. They all started for
Chicago Monday morning, where the
daughters home is, and where Mrs.
Carpenter will make her home in the
| future.
John Bradley of the Salvation Army
quarters in State street was 101 years
old Wednesday, He was born In Kerry,
Ireland He looks about eighty.
Francis p. Stanley, an old printer,
formerly one of the best in the city,
was committed to the insane hospital
by Judge Cleaveland in the probate
court yesterday Stanley, through his
attorney, j. P. Thompson, opposed the
effort against him, but Drs. Flynn
Daggett and Kenna testified that he
was unbalanced mentally. 1t appeared
in the testimony that Stanley had wild
designs to get up great inventions, one
of which was to provide a chemical
process 20 allow a man to eat Goals of
fire and to walk on live Goals with his
bare feet.
Mrs George NJ Smith of Plantsville
is ill at her home.
Miss Me.sick of Chapel street return
ed Wednesday from her summer spent
in the country
Dr. e. T. Johnson of 12S High street
has returned from his summer vaca-
ton spent at Narragansett Pier.
F. w. Orr is to stump the state for
the republicans this fall. having been
employed by Chairman Fyler after
consultation Wednesday. He will talk
in Milford this Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs Justus S. Hotchkiss Of
23S Church street, who have been
spending the summer at Paul Smiths
in the Adirondacks, are expected home
to-day
Selectman Fay, T. B. Atwater Will
liam Pearce. and W. II. Cowles of
Southington, will attend the state dem
ocratic convention in Hartford to-day.
Mrs Edwin Sherman of Munroe, who
Is afflicted with heart trouble. was very
low last Friday and Saturday. Her
friends, by close watching and con-
slant care, kept the breath of life in her
and on Sunday she was more COM
Portable
C. Edward Alling, jr., of Sherman
avenue, has returned from Bantam
Lake where he has been spending two
weeks.
very pretty wedding took place in
Christ church Wednesday evening.
The contracting parties are Miss May
Horton Baniff and Henry Benjamin
Beardmore, both of this city. The Rev.
G.. B. Morgan officiated. The bride is
the niece of DR.. w. S. Horton, also Of
Mrs. S. l.. Cady, well known residents
of this city. After the ceremony the
bride and bridegroom left for Niagara
Falls, and upon their return they will
live at 292 Lenox street.
Mrs. Frederick Swagirt of Westport
has closed her bake shop, and accord
ha ta
Conn, from whence she came. She does
this with regret, having made many
pleasant acquaintance during the six
or more years of residence in West |
port The whereabouts of her husband, |
who left Der about five weeks ago, and |
has not been heard from, is unknown. |
He was 1t is reported seen last in New |
Haven With Mrs Swagirt will be |
her father Mr. Loveland, a pensioner |
Of the civil war, aged eightysix years, |
and three children.
Mrs rockingham, daughter of Con-
gresham Sperry, has just passed the |
crisis of o very severe illness and now
S thought to be on the road to recovery.
Tuesday evening, when she retired, she
vas seemingly in her usual health, but |
1t o'clock Wednesday morning she
aroused the family and was suffering
rom a very acute attack of peritonitis.
Dr. Frank Whittemore was summoned
ind responded Immediately. He was
With his patient the greater part of
Wednesday and Wednesday night, but
morning at the house it was
laid that Mrs. rockingham was
bought to be out of danger
Mrs. Charlotte Baker celebrated her
eventy- fifth birthday Wednesday, Sep.
ember 10, at the residence of her
laughter, Mrs Joseph b. Hooghkirk, SO
street. Many of the older
esidents of Fair Haven attended to
wish her many happy returns of the
lay Those present were Mrs San
ord, Mrs Upson, Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs.
harrison, Mrs. Barnes Mr.. and Mrs. C.
!. Hooghkirl, Mrs. Thomas, Mr.. and
lrs. L. NJ Hooghkirk, Miss Marie
Ioaghkirk, Mr.. and Mrs. r. f. Qinley,
A. and Mrs. Bridge, DR.. and Mrs.
ninth, MI and Mrs. Rufus Hooghkilk,
Ir and Mrs. John Sanford, Mr.. Fin
ster, Mr.. Field and Mrs. Allyn.
The Young Girls Bachelor club ten
cred a farewell reception to Miss
josephine Beecher in the parlors of
anfords hotel, Savin' Rock, Wednes-
ay evening Miss Beecher, the popu-
lr daughter of Alderman John Beech
I of the Seventh ward, rendered her
to the Bachelor club, as