The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-26

Saunders has just returned from New
 Haven, where he has been employed in
 the oyster establishment of Henry
 Rowe, Where eighty hands are employ
 ed in opening oysters. He stated that
 there is pile of shells in the yard for
 ty feet high and about one hundred feet square.
 The amateur opera company which is
 rehearsing The Mikado' meets once
 each week for drill The date of its
 first presentation will be on Washing
 tons birthday at the Pequot club
 house. The company includes many
 who gave "PinafOre" so successfully
 last season, although there are some
 changes among the principals and sev
 eral additions to the chorus. G. Frank
 lin Pierce, who did such good work last
 season, is again drilling the singers, the, l final dramatic coaching to be given by
 Mrs. Nellie Carey Reynolds, of Hart
 ford, who will sing the leading part of 1 Katisha Other soloists will be: Yum Yum, Mrs. Charles W. Mix; Pitt Sing,
 Miss Ida May Hendee; Peep Bo Mrs. l N. P. Bishop; Nanki Pooh, Edward , Hendee, jr.; Koko Dr. Arthur Barber;
 Pish Tush, Edward Smith; Pooh Bah, w. F. Creevy, Yale Law school gradu-
 ate: Mikado, Frank P. Reynolds, of Hartford. The company is rapidly
 bringing the opera into shape and dur ing the remainder of the time will per-
 feet the work and be well prepared for
 public appearance by the 22d of Febru- ary.
 Mrs. M. L. Dorn, Miss Matilda E.
 Smith and Frank Dorn, of East Nor walk. spent Christnes with Rev. A. J. Smith, of this city.
 Rev William Francis Clark, son of Mrs Mary E. Clark, of South Broad street Meriden, and former resident of that city, is to be married next Tues day noon to Miss Catherine Suydam at her home in Fleming, N. J. MT. Clark was recently ordained pastor of the Baptist church of Waverly, Pa, and will reside at that place upon return ing from wedding trip. He spent his boyhood days in Merden and attended the high school one year. Then after leaving school for a short time he re- sumed studies at Suffield Institute and was graduated from Yale with the class of 1897. He attended the Yale Divinity school for over year and completed his theological studies at Union in 1900. I The bride is graduate of Vassar and | is credited with post graduate course at Cornell and withal very popular { wherever she is known. A number of | relatives from this city will be present ! at the ceremony.
 A marriage license has been issued in Meriden by Clerk Hess to Abraham AL { bert. of New Haven, and Ida Levin, of . Meriden.
 Cashier Jacob M. Layton of the City National bank of South Norwalk, re- membered the officials of the bank with Christmas presents at the close of business yesterday. Janitor Charles P. Addison was not forgotten. Hour.
 c. c. Buckley and daughter Flora, of Meriden, spent Christmas in East Ha- ven.
 Announcement is made of the ap- wedding of Miss Gertrude M. Ryley, of Bridgeport. and Charles J.. Avery, of Waterbury, to take place at the home of the bride on New Years at o'clock.
 Mir and Mrs. Walter R. Denison. of ,frOt0n, nave declQeu that instead or spending this winter In Florida they will join an excursion party which will cave on the steamer Celtic February 8 and which will visit Egypt, the Holy Land. Gibraltar and other points of in- crest in the Mediterranean. ..
 Miss Julia B. Lockwood, one of Nor walks best known society girls, ap- pears in photograph of the basketball cam of Vassar college in the Ladies Home Journal this week. It is an ex- client picture of the young lady, and he records show that she is an excellent f! player. Miss Lockwood is the daughter if Colonel and Mrs F. St. John Lock- wood.
 The Norwich Bulletin says in its Put ,am notes: MT. Jackson, dancing eacher of Ashford called on Putnam riends Thursday. The fact that MT. ackson is oyer eighty years old still caches dancing, and that he walked rom Ashford to this city, q distance of welve miles. on Thursday and returned Friday morning, ne.kes his visit of un- sual interest MT. Jackson taught ] -