The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-20
PERSONAL JOTTINGS.

l ties at the department.
 1 MT. and Mrs. Edward Dudley and
 MT. and Mrs. Charles w. Dudley of
 North Haven spent Sunday With friends
 in Southingtpn.
 Professor Franklin E. Dexter, former
 secretary of the Yale corporation, is re-
 covering from the attack of grip which
 has confined him to his home in Pros-
 pect street the last week. It is thought
 that he will be able to get out during
 this week.
 The First Congregational church of
 Wallingford has voted to extend the Rev. J. J. Blair's vacation to three
 months beginning June 1 as per his re-
 quest, also to pay his regular salary. | Miss Grace Mckinley of Washington,
 niece of President Mckinley, arrived in
 the city yesterday as the guest of Miss
 Sue Ives of Whitney avenue. Miss Me I<inley, who is on her way back from
 visit to Mount Holyoke college from which it will be remembered she gradu- ated last June-the president going up to attend the exercises-stopped over at New Haven to visit Miss Ives, who was
 a close friend of hers in college. Miss
 Mckinley makes her home at the white
 house with President and Mrs. McKin-
 ley.
 Frederick F. States, ticket agent at
 the Union station in this city, has re- signed his position MT. States has held
 the position for many yearss
 Ralph Worsell, the son of Robert Wor sell, hoseman at No. 3's engine and who
 resides at 13 Dickerman street, recently went through a Successful operation for appendicitis at the New Haven hospital. The young man is about eighteen years of age. He is improving.
 The many friends of John Orr of Southington will be pleased to hear that since operated upon for appendicitis Saturday he has rested comfortably and indications point to a speedy recovery.
 Dr. Frank Parker is at the home of his parents at Branford Point to further recuperate He will remain in Branford for the present.
 Miss Anna Cowles of Southington, who has been suffering from a severe cold, ia improving.
 Mrs. Sullivan, wife of Bridge Tender William Sullivan of the Chapel street bridge, who is suffering with pneumo- nia, was much improved yesterday.
 MT. and Mrs. Walterl Clapp of Bran- ford are rejoicing over the arrival of son at their home on Bradley avenue.
 Ex-Selectman John T. Pohlman of Il Admiral street. who is quite i'll at his home. is slightly better. He is attended by Dr. Judson. He was taken ill last Wednesday.
 Charles Camp of Southington, who has been confined at home for several days, is better
 Dan Dean, the popular manager of the Savoy, has resigned his position there. He will take a trip south for a month or so, after which he will prob ably accept a position in New York, where he has several fattering offers.
 Mrs. A. c. Holaday entertained the members of the Contented Tea at her home, 1S1 Quinnipiac avenue, Wednes- day afternoon from 3 to o'clock. Whist was played and prizes won. The first went to Mrs. Hesse. Mrs. Twining received the second. Those that en- joyed the play were Mrs. Hesse, Mrs. Twining, Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Ammann, Mrs. William Gebbie, Mrs. T. Gebbie, Mrs. Scholl and Mrs. Holaday.
 Harry Vardon, the English cham pion golf player, has just sent word to Joseph T. Whittelsey, president of the New Haven Golf club, that he has accepted the offer to play a couple of on the links of the New Haven club. He will come to this city April 5 and 6, and will meet couple of Yale players on the New Haven links on Prospect Hill MT Whittelsey has been with Vardon for several weeks. Vardon arrived in New York from his southern trip last Saturday.
 The Rev. Chauncey J. Hawkins, who recently accepted a call as pastor of the Congregational church of Danvers, | Mass, preached his farewell sermon at the Ferry street Congregational church | Sunday evening. The church was crowded by the friends of the young pastor, who is soon to leave New Ha- ven. In addition to being pastor of the | Ferry street church the Rev. MT. flaw hins has also acted as assistant pastor of the Humphrey street church a few | years. He has resigned from the latter | position also. He has made many warm friends in both congregations, all of 1 whom are sorry that he is going away. | 1 llG ltdCuGIS Ol LllG IluIIlDIIcy olIbeL | church have presented Morris chair l md study chair to the assistant pas- | or, and the Boys brigade of the same | ,hurch gave him a handsome Bible. On Wednesday evening of this week the members of the Ferry street church will | ender their pastor reception and a has been appointed to select | suitable present. On that evening | Pastor Hawkins will say farewell to his The congregation of which he will have charge in Danvers s a very prosperous one The pastor will receive a salary of $2000 year and will have the use of a parsonage. His ! combined salaries at the Ferry street nd the Humphrey street churches mounted to $1 1600. He Is a young preacher, having been graduated from he Yale Divinity school last June. His nother will go to Danvers to reside 1ith him. He will take charge of his CIV pastorate April 1.
 This afternoon the bids for bricks for ne pavement to be laid on East Chapel Lreet from the Yale boathouSe to Ferry reet will be opened. City Engineer Jelly has informed Director of Public Works Troup that it will take 100000 ricks for the job, This evening at o'clock, in Christ