The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-02
PERSONAL JOTEINGS.

for tWenty-th years. When work on
 the bridge at Chapel street was start
 ed, MT. Rood went to the Bpidge street
 crossing. Altogether he has been in the
 employ of the Consolidated road for
 tWentynlne years. He lost his left leg
 by an accident while employed as a
 brakeman on the road by losing his hold
 and slipping under the wheels while
 climbing up on a car at Berlin MT.
 Rood served all through the civil war,
 enlisting April 22, 1S61 and being dis
 charged May 16, 1865. He was in the
 navy all through the war, serving in the
 South Atlantic squadron, his vessels be- l ing the Wabash, Mohican and PaWnee
 and never received a scratch although in many engagements, such as the
 naval battles at Hatteras Inlet. Port
 Royal, Stono River and in land battles
 at Honey Hill, s. C., Pocataligo, S. C.,
 Tillatinny Cross Roads, s. C., and sev-
 eral skirmshes.
 1 Superintendent Spier of the depart
 ment of charities and corrections has i received the resignation of Dr. M. J. [ Sheehan of 333 Grand avenue, Fair i Haven, as city physician. pr. Shee- I ! near future. It is said that he Is to wed Derby lady. The appointment of pr.
 Sheehans successor will probably be made next week.
 | Miss Josephine Considne of Haw- thorn street, Stamford, has been visit 1 ing her parents in this city. | Tn this city on Thursday last a son was born to MT. and Mrs. Harry Coe. Mrs. Coe was formerly Blanche Me Donald, daughter of pr. Mcdonald of i New York city, and granddaughter of MT. and Mrs. George M. Southmayd of Middletown. This child has living two grandmothers, four great grandmothers and one great grandfather.
 Miss Anna Studelbein, a talented elo- cutionist and musician of New Bruns- wick, is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Rob- ert M. Bowman of Carmel street.
 Ex-Senator Dwight w. Futile writes home from Indian territory that he will be in New Haven some time this month.
 President Hadley, who was president last year of the American Economic as- socation is succeeded in the presidency of that society by Richard T. Ely of the University of Wisconsin, The socetys annual election was held at Ithaca, N. Y., recently. The next meeting of the association will be held at Detroit, in December, 1900, in conjunction with the meeting of the American Historical association.
 Clifford T. Wedmore, former clerk in the Guilford postoffice, commences his new duties this morning with Clark. Chapin & Bushnell, wholesale grocers, New York city.
 The Naugatuck News says: Miss An nie Pillion of Cherry street, who fell and broke one of the bones in her leg about seven months ago and who has been at the New Haven hospital for about six months past, was brought home last night. It is said that the bone was not properly set and that Miss Pillions condition at present is not much better than it was when she left here. Her relatives intend to engage Dr. Sweet of New Haven to attend her. It is thought that the bone will have to be broken again and reset
 Sherman Hart and daughter, who have been spending the holidays with the sheriff and family in Guilford, left yesterday morning for their western home in Nebraska.
 Many of the military men in this city yesterday received invitations to the Old Guard ball, which will be held Thursday evening, January 25, at the Metropolitan opera house. in New York A number of officers will attend in uniform.
 Rev A. Hall of Plainville, who left New Haven last week for a trip south will make a sojourn in the southern pines region in North Carolina.
 John R. Monroe of Guilford is en route for Riverside, Cal, where he spends the winter
 Miss Jean Malley, daughter of Ed ward Malley, entertained with an elab- crate dinner the other New Haven pupils of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Manha ttanville, at her home on Derby avenue on Saturday evening. Fancy dancing by Miss Jean Maley, who is grace personified and by her brother Arthur whose artistic talent is quite unusual, combined with some excellent music made the evening pass most delightfully."-. Those attending lIllS dcduGIly, WHDS6 NdCdtlOll expires on Saturday next. are the Misses Jean Malley, Helena Grifing and Georgia and Elsie Troup. Miss Leddy and Mrs. Troup were chaperons.
 The engagement was announced New Years eve of Miss Lena Cans, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Cans of No 191 ' Meadow street, to A. Winter of Harr- ford A reception to host of their friends was held Sunday evening, at which function MT. Cans presented the betrothed couple with check for a large sum. Those present were: MT. l and Mrs. M. Cans of New Haven, MT. | and Mrs. s. Cans, MT and Mrs. M. | Auklin, F. Cans, MT. and Mrs Winter of Hartford, MT. and Mrs. s. Kennedy of Meriden, MT. and Mrs. Strouse, MT. | and Mrs. Feldman, MT. and Mrs Sill | ver MT. and Mrs. Dorman, Miss Annie | Dorman, MT. and Mrs. Shakowitch, Mr. | and Mrs. Goldreyer, MT. and Mrs. Gins | berg, MT and Mrs. Levine, Robbi and | Mrs, Levine and daughter.
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