The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-24
PERSONAL JOTTINGS.

Charles Cady, youngest son OF ex-
Lieutenant Governor Cady, is seriously
i'll with pneumonia at his home on
Pennington avenue, Hartford. He was
taken home from Yale university, where
he is in the junior class, on SATURDAY
ana the disease developed rapidly HIS
father has been suffering from the grip
but has recovered so as to be out. HIS
case is considered quite serious.
D. Webster Humphrey, who is en-
ployed in the tuning department of the
Mathushek Piano company, West Ha-
ven, has been confined to bis home, on
Kenslngton street, this city, with the
grip. eli l
The Norwich Bulletin says: Nor
wich friends of the former pastor of
Broadway church, the Rev. Leander I.
Chamberlain. have been appraised that
he is to leave New York, having decided
to return to his native place, West
Brookfield, Mass. He will locate there
with his brother, Ex-Governor d. Fl.
Chamberlain at Elm Knoll farm, at the
head of Wicka boag lake. In 1897 ex-
Governor Chamberlain bought the farm
which was the old Chamberlain home
stead, from his brother, Lyman Fl.
Chamberlain. He has made many i'm
provements, remodeling the house into
a modern residence. Now that Rev..
l.. T. Chamberlain has decided to To-
cate in West Brookfield, large addi-
ton will be built on the west side of
the house, overlooking Lake Wick
aboag, and a number of changes will
be made inside the present house DR..
Chamberlain will occupy a part of the
house as a summer residence spend
ing his winters in New York"
A farewell supper was given Thurs
day evening al Hills Homestead at
Savin Rock in honor ofsDr. Richard M.
English, who this morning leaves for
the Philippines to enter upon an APP
pointment as surgeon in the regular
army Among those present We're DR..
Nettleton, DR.. Brinsmaid, E. A. Mum
sell, William Hackett. Edward Linch,
DR.. Pond, Mr. Payne and Messrs. Smith,
Hablaine, Glinn and Shepard.
Mrs. Amanda Dresser of Coventry
will soon celebrate her ninety third
birthday. She uses no spectacles and
can thread the finest needles. Her
health is good and she passes much of
her time in making toy chairs and dolls.
She has lived in her present home six
ty-siX years.
The chairman of the music committee
of the Calvary Baptist church yesterday
announced that for the ensuing year
three of the members of last years choir
will be retained, namely, the soprano,
Mrs. Kate Hofer- White, the alto, Miss
Helen Kennard of Meriden, and the
tenor, Charles H. Zimmerman. In
place of John r. Booth, the former
basso, Warren Williams, who for the
past two years has done very accepta-
Bile work at the Grand avenue Congre-
gational church, has been engaged.
Ulysses d Tenney, who has painted
many pleasing portraits for New Ha-
ven people, has recently completed
very fine portrait of DR. Edward Hitch
cock, the dean of Amherst college. Mr..
Tenney received many compliments for
the portrait, which was eminently sat
to all, and very especially to
Prof. HitchcockS family, and to Prof |
Tebbitt's, the professor of mathematics |
at Amherst,
There was a progressive whist Thurs |
day night in Harmonic club house, the |
players composing the members and |
friends of the club. There were thirty |
tables and the prizes were won bv |
the following: First ladies prize, Metz
ger; second ladies' prize. Miss Wise; !
first gentleman's prize, James Cohen; |
second gentleman's prize, Joseph JJH- |
nan. AT the conclusion of the whist
there was dance.