The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-16
PERSONAL J0TTINGS.

William S. Beecher of Westville Wh
has been i'll for several weeks with ap
} pendlcitis is slowly improving.
Attorney David E. Fitzgerald of tn
firm of Fitzgerald & Walsh, and Mis-
Alice j. Clark were married quietl.
Wednesday evening at the rectory o
st. Johns church by the pastor, Rev
John d. Coyle. Only the immediate
friends of the families were present
The bride is the daughter of j. Fowler
Clark of Milford. She is graduate oi
the Milford High school and of MISS
Cady's in this city. Mr.. Fitzgerald was
graduated from the Yale law school IL
1896. The couple have gone on a we'd
ding trip to Washington Upon theil
return they will reside at 254 Winthrop
avenue.
Miss Eva Cooling, a trained nurse
who has been taking care of Miss Mat
thew Boylan of Scott street, Manga
tuck, returned to the New Haven hos
pital Wednesday. Mrs. Boyland is rap
idly recovering.
Dr. Francis H. Todd, Yale '95S., son
of the late Major Todd has been APP
pointed a member Of the regular staff
of physicians in the Paterson, N. j.,
General hospital.
Mrs Mary A. Curtis and Miss Isabelle
Pohlman of rs Admiral street, leave on
Friday for southern California to spend
the winter.
Wednesday was the twenty-fifth an
niversary of the marriage of Noyes and
Jennie Lewis Andrew of New Haven.
| A 10,
eral from New Haven called upon Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew at the home of her
father, James l.. Lewis of Lewis street
Wednesday, and extended congratula
tions.-Naugatuck News
Mrs. John N. Champion entertained
| the Neighborhood Whist club Wednes-
day afternoon at her home, 300 ELS
worth avenue. The guests enjoyed the
play, after which refreshments We're
| served. Among Mrs. Champions guests
were Mrs Frank Brazos, Mrs N. HUI
bnger, Mrs. j. Lyon, Mrs. N. Cox, Mrs.
Veesey, Mrs. Todd, and Mrs William
Harper
Invitations have been sent out by
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon b. Shoninger and
Miss Alice Shoninger for a large recep-
llpii anu ddlCG 10 ne given III I1dIIllOfllc
hall Tuesday evening, November 81.
Douglass Smith of West Haven has
returned from Woodmont where he
spent the summer and fall.
Miss Annie Mulligan was married on
Sunday evening, November H. to
George I'll. Harrison, an employee of the
Hyperion theater, by Rev. Father Nc
Keen, pastor of the Sacred Heart
church. The bride was attended by
Miss Josephine Leonard. The best man
was Robert Kelly After sumptuous
wedding supper the happy couple left
for an extended tour of the western
cities Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison will re-
side at II Gilbert street, where a num-
Der of handsome and useful presents
from their numerous friends await
their return.
Senator Plat is chairman of the SEN
ate committee appointed to make a |
thorough investigation into the govern |
ment expenditures on the island of |
Cuba since the American occupation, |
and the first part of the inquiry will be |
conducted in New York to-day when |
of War Alger will be ex-
amined.
Mrs. Elbiidge o. Howe has recently |
returned from three weeks stay in
Great harrington, Mass where she
went with her young son, who was suf-
fering from slow malarial fever. He
is much improved in health, but Is still !
weak and frail.
John w. Hendrie, Yale 81, the princi-
pal donor to the fund for the new Yale
law school building. is very i'll at his
home in Sound Beach, Conn Mr..
Hendrie was honored by the corpora
ton in that the new law school build
ing has been named Hendrie hall
The fiftieth anniversary of the mar
riage OF Mr.. and Mrs. Alpheus Porter
IF West District, Pennington, was cell
ebrated Tuesday at the ancestral resi-
Hence of Mrs Porter, where the orlgi-
nal ceremony occurred. Both are ma
lives of Pennington, Mrs. Porter being
he daughter of the late Deacon Hatch,
IF the Congregational church, who died
d few years since at the age of ninety
seven years. Mr.. Porters father, Ro
narAa Porter, reached the age of nine
.y-four years Fourteen guests of their
Wedding survive, three of whom were
present Mrs. Henry Barbour and Mrs.
Catherine Root of Pennington. and
William Porter of Hartford, a brother
If the groom Martin Porter of Avon,
| brother, aged ninety years, was I'M
.ble to be present Among the num-
rous gifts, including many pieces of
;old, was an exquisite box of flowers
rom the Misses Elizabeth and Maria
Porter, sisters of the late Miss Sarah
Porter, and daughter of the Rev. DR.
Joah Porter of Yale, who performed
he ceremony in 1850.
The second Of Mrs Arthur Twining
Iadley's receptions to the freshman
lass took place yesterday afternoon
rom until o'clock when the young
nen of the first year who were not en-
on Tuesday of this week were
invited to President Hadleys home on
Whitney avenue There We're the usual
lumber of young society girls of the
ity in attendance, and Mrs. Hadley
las assisted in receiving by Mrs. Hen
Y l.. Hotchkiss, Mrs John K. Beach,
IRIS. Henry w FaInam, Mrs Thomas
hatcher, Mrs. w K. Townsend, Mrs
w Williams, Mrs. W. j
Mrs. William c. Sturgiss
nd Mrs George Potter Wiltshire
Laurance j. Carmalt, Yale 'S9, is at
resent engaged in building the first
ectric railroad in Porto Rico. Ameri- 4