The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-19
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST CONCERNING
 NEW HAVEN PEOPLE
And Other People Known in This City Local soc,al Events Here and EIsc- where.

carving which are carried on by Mrs
 Brewster in connection with the Mount
 Carmel library will give an exhibit and
 sale of their work this afternoon and
 evening. Miss Murdoch, of Edinburgh
 who has studied in the art schools of
 Paris and Berlin, conducts the class in
 wood- carving, and the embroidery class
 is instructed by Miss Thorson, of Nor
 way The exhibit will be held at the
 library rooms, Mount Carmel.
 Assessor Theodore H. Macdonald,
 chairman of the republican town com-
 mittee, is i'll at his home, 113 sherman
 avenue. The assessor was seized with
 severe dysentery Saturday evening and
 has been confined to his home since.
 MT. Macdonald is still seriously ill.
 William G. Redfeld, assistant cashier
 of the New Haven County National
 bank, who has been confined to his
 home on Ed street by illness the past week, Is recovering rapidly and expects
 to be back to his business in day or
 two.
 It was reported yesterday that Miss May Plunkett, the trained nurse, and
 daughter of the late Senator Joseph D.
 PIunkett, is improving after an illness
 with scarlet fever in Stonington. She has passed the crisis in the fever's prog ress and hopes of her recovery are en- tertained.
 Rev. Father Kennedy. pastor of St. Josepbs church, left for Bridgeport yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Stapleton, a friend of his, who died on Sunday afternoon.
 Mir and Mrs. Herbert Chamberlain have arrived home from their western trip, and are with Mrs. Chamberlain's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Cummings, of West Haven.
 Miss Grace Yeomans, who has been quite i'll at her home on Austin street, suffering from a severe attack of dlph- theria, was reported yesterday as being trif1e improved
 Clarence B. Davis, of Washington avenue, West Haven, has resigned his position with the Fair Haven and Vest vile railroad and accepted position with the $. $. Thompson Baking com pany, of York street, this city, as book keeper.
 c. L. Grant, of Hartford, is putting in the new refrigerating machinery in the Weidemann brewery in Allingtown.
 Melvin Tyrrell, of Valley street, westville was fixing horseshoe in his fathers blacksmith shop on Whalley avenue recently When striking a nail with the hammer a piece clipped off and flew into his eye. He thought noth- ing of 1t at the time and resumed his work. Tuesday morning his eye pained him so that he decided to go to a doc +p D,, llino York street, and a piece of steel about the size of a head was removed from the eye.
 Golden Rod chapter, Order of Eastern Star will have a sale of fancy articles this afternoon and evening at the home of Mrs. James w. Rowland 216 Camp bell avenue, West Haven Coffee and cake will be served to all present during the evening.
 Ericsson r. Bushnell, of the grocery firm of Clark, Chapin x Bushnell, of New York, was in South Norwalk Tues | day.
 On Christmas eve, December 24 at , o'clock children's service will be held at Christ church, West Haven. Carols | will be sung, and there will be a brief [ address and distribution of gifts from | the Sunday school At the door of the | church there will be hampers and the { children will be asked to bring presents In the form of money or food for the | poor and playthings for the less fortu- nate children in the parish and in the hospitals.
 The Trefry Sash Tightener and Hold ST company, 57 Golden Hill street, has taken contracts for fit ing up the Wheeler school in that city With it's tighteners and holders; the 7roment and Smith residences in Greenwich, an office building in South and schoolhouse in New Haven on trial. This apparatus is won- lerfully practical for keeping out the old air and doing away entirely with torn sash and weather strips. This invention is owned in part by T. c. -refry, the well known druggist on State street, corner of Edwards street, his city.
 Rev. w. H. Hayes, q graduate of Wesleyan university and Yale Theolog- cal seminary is q candidate for the astorate at the Congregational church t Andover and meeting of the church nd society has been called for Sunday ftprnOOn to COllSlueI llit uueSllpl bL attending him call.
 Mrs. C. B. Lomas, of West Haven, is he guest of Miss Orr in Washington. ,n her return Mrs. Lomas will be ac- ompanied by Miss Orr. who will be her uest for several weeks T. w. Rockwell has sold to $. W. ] Tart. of this city property at the cor ar of Beacon street and Capitol ave- { ue extension. Hartford 7 Superintendent of Charities and Cor ,ctions Rattlesdorfer returned yester { ay from two weeks vacation in , yashington. Old Point Comfort Balti- . lore, Philadelphia and New York. He l .ated that he hadn't had time to inves I gate any of the occurrences in the ' larities department which had trans | fred during his absence. i Mrs. F. J. filling, of Christian street, l Xford was called to Norwich the fore k art of last week to attend the funeral a the wife of her son, Wilbur s. AL a ng. who is well known as former t xford boy Mrs. filling, his wife, who ,arded last summer in Red City, died \ the home of her brother, l.. w. Tiff f nv in Winsted Tuesday morning, De- M mber 1O in her forty-third year. The f 1rial was in Norwich Thursday after h ,nr1