The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-08

hon of Wooster street were married
 last Sunday evening, They will reside in Bridgeport, where Mr Drehr is in business.
 ] Under the change contemplated by 1 the New York Mutual Life Insurance 1 company regarding it's agency in this city, John w. Nichols, who has been
 the general agent for years, will retire the first of January next. He rendered | his resignation to the company several
 months ago but consented to remain
 until the first of next year. After Jan 1 uary 1 the cashier for the Mutual com | pany in this state will have his head quarters at Hartford. The New Ha- ven agency will be managed by Waiter
 R. Nichols and John W. Nichols, Jr.
 The Jolly Eating club of West Haven had an outing last evening in the way of straw-ride towards Centerville and a supper at Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gill bert's on sylvan avenue. Those who went were the Misses Isabelle Tolles, Meta Judson, Ella Thomas, Alice Bar rett, Carrie Miller, Bessie Moore, Miss Goggins, Harry and James Tolles, Charles McClelland, Harry Richards, William Thomsen, George Tucker, Har- ny Barrett, MT. and Mrs. Edward Gill bert and MT. and Mrs. Arthur Kirsch- ner.
 Carl Stoeckel, who purchased the John Brown homestead near Torrington some time since, and has held it pend- ing the organization of the John Brown associat on, has just turned the prop aft " to he iot oh The place will be preserved as his torical landmark by the association.
 Mrs. Edward Lovesey and daughter Myrtle of Townsend avenue have re- turned from ten days visit spent with friends in Boston, Springfield and Merden.
 Chief Rufus Fancher of the fire de- partment, who is confined to his bed at his residence on Lyon street suffer- ing from an attack of chills and fever, is better and in a few days will be about again.
 Secretary Samuel F. Thrasher of the Law and Order league returned from a flying trip to Europe yesterday morning. He came over on the White Star Line steamer Oceanic, which broke ilel ICtOId u lOl liC NtSltlI petSodSC across the Atlantic The flyer came over in five days seventeen hours and eighteen minutes. On the first day out a sailor hand named William Falvey of Cork met with distressing accident which caused him the loss of his right foot by getting it caught in cog wheel while at work. Secretary Thrasher, who was a sailor himself early in life passed a subscription paper among the ships company and raised over $900 for Falvey. Among those who contributed were William K. Vanderbilt, J. W. president of the Equitable Life Insurance company; August Bel mont, the Earle of Albemarle, Prescott Berry Wall, Robert H. Me Curdy, J. B. Mcdonald, the New York and many others. MT. Thrasher declined to go into the nature 0f his business matters which took him | abroad He went to England in the in$ terest of the clock company which he | formed some time ago. It is under | stood that he was successful in his ven- -ure. MT. Thrasher said further ''I | nave been gone just three weeks, and | 70 all who care to know I wish to state hat the Law and Order league is still loing business at the old stand It has | lot discharged it's agents we are oper- lting in several places at the present ime, I have not retired to private life, tnd no material change has taken place within our breastworks."
 A surprise party was given by his ,arlshioners to Rev. E. D. Henderson, ector of St. Luke's P. F. church, last Tuesday evening at his residence, 356 yrown street. About 125 were present.
 At the drill Wednesday night of Com ,any F, Second regiment. known to all New Haveners as the Grays each man vas presented with a copper souvenir f the eighty-fifth anniversary of the ompany. The souvenir is a pocket iece of original design and was pre- ented by Captain James M. Townsend ne of the oldest and most enthusiastic eterans The souvenir is perfectly ound, about the size of half dollar )n one side is the state coat of arms n relief, while on the reverse side is he inscription around the milling, New Haven Grays' S5th Anniversary" n the field of the medal is the inscrip- ion:
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