The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-11
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
ITEMS OF INTERE EST CONCERNING
 NEW HAVEN PEOPLE
And Othor People Known in This City Local Social Events Here and Else- where

Mrs. Hattie Asher announces the en-
 gagement of her daughter, Miss Clara
 Asher, to Philip l.. BuXbaum.
 The engagement of T. C. B. Shell,
 Shelf. '91, son of MT. and Mrs. A. G.
 Shell of 165 Wooster street to Miss Car
 rie Mundy of Newark, N. J., has been
 announced. The marriage will take
 place in the coming summer Mr. Shell
 is well known in this city and in Hart
 ford, where he Is chief engineer of the
 Hartford Street Railway company.
 Harry Shell, his brother, Shelf. '97, is
 the first assistant engineer in the same
 compnay. The many friends of the
 young people wish them happiness.
 The Mayors associa tion of Connecti-
 cut will hold it's next quarterly meeting
 in Middletown Tuesday. December r..
 The mayor will meet at the office of
 Mayor Burr at ii a. m. and will listen
 to a talk by Mayor Cummings of Stam- ford on street lighting, after which
 Mayor Bassett of New Britain will ad-
 dress the meeting on sewage disposal.
 Rev. and Mrs. H. Frank Rall will re- sume their evenings at home to mem- bers of their congregation and friends this Wednesday evening, December Il.
 T. C. Downing of New Haven, travel ing freight agent of the Consolidated road, was in Norwich on Monday.
 The ladies of St. Johns P. E. church will hold their annual Christmas sale this afternoon and evening in the guild room, There will be an exceptionally large number of desirable articles both fancy and useful, and refreshments will be served. The church is situated at the corner of Orange and Humphrey streets.
 Rev. pr. Sheldon Jackson, United States general agent of Education in Alaska, will give talk before the New Haven Indian association at Center church chapel this afternoon at 8 o'clock. He will speak of other matters besides that of missions, namely the business prospects of the country and other matters which will be of interest to business men.
 Mrs. Mary Hansen of Darien, Conn.,, left Saturday for this city, where she is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Jeremiah Jarvis of this city.
 The Monday club met on Monday at the residence of Mrs. A. l.. Colburn of Bristol street The topic for discussion was "The Boer War; and was treated in an interesting manner by Mrs. Lau- rens Lennox. the leader of the club. Among the members are Mrs. Higby.' Mrs. Powning, Mrs. Hodgson, Mrs. Ben ham, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Nesbtt, Mrs. Beach, Mrs. Peck, Miss Peck, Mrs. Wy lie, Mrs. Hobson, Mrs. Colburn, and Mrs. McDermott. The next meeting will be held at the residence of Mrs. Higby on Dwight street.
 Connecticut pensions: Original, Oliver New Haven, $6; Erastus D. Smith, Stonington, $6; Levi Black man. Winsted, $6 increase, restoration, reissue etc., Cornelius w Lynch, Nor den, $8
 The marriage is announced of Miss Annie Maria Moran of this city to John g. Gallagher of Bridgeport at St. Mary's church. The maid of honor was Miss Lizzie Stanford, and the best man Oliver Edwards, cousin of the groom. The bride was gowned in blue silk ansdowne, with trimmings of mousse inc de soie, and carried bouquet of pride roses The maid of honor wore blue silk lansdowne, and carried a | of lilies of the valley. After | he ceremony an elaborate wedding | breakfast was served at the residence 1 if Michael Moran, after which the bride ! lnd groom departed on wedding trip | which will include New York and | Upon their return they | will be at home to their friends at 52 | James street, Bridgeport. I
 State Forester Walter Mulford of ] his city has received offers of land for | state park for forestry demonstration rom about twenty parties The offers re in response to a circular sent out in November explaining the act passed by he last general assembly, under which | le is empowered to purchase land. |
 Forester Mulford has just examined ract in Willington. He was accom- anied by Dr. Jenkins, chief of the Con- ecticut state agricultural station in his city. Property in Hartford county | as been offered, and tract in Litcl- eld county is also urged for the next urchase of property, The state owns
 sixty acre tract of plain land above ,ainbow, and at the Poquonock experi- 1ent station MT Mulford is raising of young pine and spruce rees to be set out on sandy waste soils the kind found on the Rainbow pur hase The law passed provided for the xpenditure of $2,000. In his recent work 'orester Mulford has consulted School und Commissioner Carnot o. Spencer l regard to tracts of land owned by le state.
 T. Henry King of Franklin is the assessor of two interesting old papers. ne is the Connecticut Gazette and commercial Intelljgencer, dated May ]. 1902, which is filled with quaint ad- and a variety of interest l lg reading matter. The news from urope bears date of March 25, and ] Ives an account of the signing of the eaty of peace between the French re- l lblic, the king of Spain and the Ba- Lvian republic on the one part and his aiesty, the king of the United King { ,m of Great Britain and Ireland on { e other. It is dated Amiens, March ] 1892, and is signed Napoleon, Corn ] allis. Azara and Scimmelpennick The ( cond paper is the supplement to the orwich Weekly Courier, dated Decem- $ 1T 26. 1855. This, too, contains varie- z