The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-26

A., took the place in Bridgeport yester-
day of the Rev. Harvey e. Burnes, for
merly of this city, who is still confined
to his home by illness. At the 1890 ser
vice Mr.. Fenno spoke on 1.-THE Christ
Controlled Life His subject at the
o'clock service was THE Simplicity OF
the Gospel"
Miss Mary e. Woolley, president-elec1
of Mt Hoyoke college, who came to the
city Saturday to attend the semi-annua
meeting of the Mt. Holyoke Alumnae
association is the guest of Mrs. j. Will
cox, So Park street.
Rev. DR.. Frank Woods Baker, rector
of Trinity church, said yesterday morn
ing in response to inquiry that no sue
cessor to the. Rev. Clarence Bispham
had been called yet, although the name
of the Rev. Mr.. Baker of Louisville
Ky, was being considered with the
names of number of other young cler-
gymen. 1t was correct, he also said,
that there will be three curates appoint
ed to the work of the church instead of
two, as at present.
Miss Marian Whitney, daughter of the
late Professor w. d. Whitney, sailed
| Thursday for Japan to be gone four or
five months.
Center church will have a quartette
composed of three of the old singers,
namely, Mrs. Seymour Spier, Miss
Madge Roberts and Wallace Moyle, and
William E. Morgan, who has been sing
| ing in the quartette at st. Mary's, will
take the place of DR.. Griggs. d. S.
Smith will remain at the organ.
| MI H., o+oi,- o1,n
rus choir, with Mr.. .Birge as director.
The organist will, be Mr.. Thompson,
assistant editor of the Alumni Weekly.
The only singer for the fret quartette
yet decided upon is Miss Edith Mac
Phee, contralto.
C. w. de Lyon Nichols, formerly of
New Haven arrived from Europe on
Thursday by the North German Lloyd
steamer Kaiserin Maria Therisia from a
six months sojourn in Rome, Paris and
London, with short visits to Florence
and Milan and to Windsor and Ampthill
Great Court, England, and while in
Rome taking three courses of lectures
at the Gregorian university and living
at the Collegio Canades on the Qurinal
hill, near the royal palace, most of the
time. He was delighted with Rome and
it's ecclesiastical institutions, and was
present at ST. Peters at the ceremony
of the opening of the holy door on
| Christmas eve.
Mrs. James e. English its spending
part of the winter with her niece, Mrs
Henry F. English of Hillhouse avenue.
Miss A. Buchanan of 343 Grand ave-
nue. is quite i'll at the private hospital
of DR.. B. Austin Cheney. 1t is expect
ed that an operation will be necessary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanders w. Hart have
been quite i'll with the grip for two
weeks, but are now convalescent. They
will leave next week for New York to
be away several days.
Miss May Ryan, who has been visiting
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Pratt in Clinton the
pest few weeks, has returned to her
home in Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. Washburn and Miss Washburn
of Greenfield, Mass. mother and sister
of Mrs. Walter Whitcomb, are guests
of the latter at her home on Church
street.
John J. Parks, jr., of stratford, has re-
turned from visit with relatives in
this city.
81 captain fdlTlCh ~ dTIell Oh WASH
ington, D. c., formerly of Hartford is
reported to be arranging to make poli-t
ical speeches for the democracy in Con-
necticut during the coming campaign.
He is said to have left the republican
party owing to his objections to impe-
rialism
Miss Jennie A. Merwn of Sherman
avenue this city. now the guest of Pro-
fessor and Mrs. Tolman Of Vanderbilt
university, Nashville, sang with great
success, with other singers of note, at a
musicale given by the Womans club of
Vanderbilt Sunday in the largest Epis-
copal church in Nashville, Tenn Miss
Merwin is pupil of Professor Lee of
New York.
Miss Chittenden of Tallahassee Fla,
has been visiting Miss Leila Ives of 704
Whitney avenue during the past week.
She returned Saturday to Boston, where
she is attending the New England Con-
servatory of Music.
The Hon. Radcliffe Hicks has pur-
chased the Foskit property on the west
side of Holland street in Rockville. 1t
is the site of the old Mansion house,
which was burned three years ago.
This is one of the best locations on the
street, and it is not yet known just
what use Mr.. Hicks will make of the
property.
The friends of Rev. DR.. e. b. San
ford, the former pastor of the Congre-
gational church in this village, are glad
to learn, through announcements in
New York papers, that he has again
been chosen to act as permanent sec
rotary of the national conference in the
interest of federation among Christian
workers throughout the United States
at the last meeting of the executive
committee. Since October last Dr. San
ford and family have made their home
in Brooklyn, N. Y.-Deep River New
Era.
Mrs. Frank d, Trowbridge, who has
been spending the winter in Bermuda
with her daughter Mary, returned last
week and has been warmly welcomed
by her many friends in the city.
Colonel N. G. Osborn of this city was
the talker at the Waterbury club smok-
er Saturday night.
Mrs. Arthur T. Hadey has gone to
Augusta, Georgia, for a two or three
weeks stay. Her Mondays at home
will therefore be discontinued until af-
ter Easter.
Master Harold Woodruff of Milford
was given a very pretty surprise party
last Thursday night by many of his