The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-25
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
ITEMS OF INTER EST CONCERNING
 NEW HAVEN PEOPLE
And Other People Kn own Here-vari- - ous European Trips and Local Social Events
Events

iicL. H. IN, LOOIlllS ana IdHliy
 New Haven are being entertained b.
 the professors mother, Mrs. J. H. Bur
 Till, at Liberty Hill Lebanon.
 Miss Nellie O'Brien of this city re turned from Washington, D. C., yester
 day, after visiting for the past montl with Lawrence Cullen and family O
 that city, who at one time lived il
 New Haven for quite good many years
 Invitations are out for the marriage of Miss Alice F. Skaats, a former StratfOrd resident and a graduate O. 1.-the Stratford public school class ot | '95, to John Lee Walcott. The event tt take place Wednesday evening, Octo
 Der Q, at the First Methodist church ir
 Bridgeport.
 Miss Barbara O'Sullivan is the guest
 of her brother, James P. O'Sullivan of Main street, Bridgeport.
 Miss Helen Flynn, formerly of the
 New Haven Normal school. went tc
 New Britain Monday where she ex- poets to enter the State Normal | school.
 Attorney E. P. Arvine is in Paris and is to sail from Antwerp for home | next Saturday.
 Miss Anna Groeschner daughter of
 MT. and Mrs. Ernest Groeschner, of Fort Point street, East Norwalk, who is studying to be nurse at the New Haven hospital, is spending a month at her home in East Norwalk.
 Congressman and Mrs. N. D. SDerry left Monday for a ten days trip to the Pan American and Niagara Falls. A visit to relatives of Mrs. Sperry,
 whose native place is in that section
 of the country, will be combined with
 the trip. Invita- tions have been issued for the
 wedding of Mary, daughter of Patrick
 H. Fitzgerald of New London, and
 Daniel Reynolds of New Haven. The
 ceremony will be at the home of the
 brides parents in New London October 1. MT Reynolds is a well known com mercial salesman.
 Miss Caroline Brayton of George street entertained a party of friends with a social whist party Saturday evening" Three tables were played and at the close of the evening prizes were awarded. The first prize for highest ladies score went to Miss Jessie Prentice Miss Ida Bentley took the consola tion prize. In the prizes for men, George Forster won first and Ab- ner Gray took the consolation Re- treatments were served.
 Mrs F. A. Hall of Melrose, Mass. returned home from West Haven yes terday, after flying visit to her par ents, Col. B. F. Judson and wife Mrs oil bar Io 1oI,f will Saturday next from Boston on the Sax onia, Cunard line. They will be absent about four months and make quite an extended tour on the continent.
 Rev. pr. Maher, rector of St, Jos eph's church, South Norwalk, son of Mrs. Ellen Maher of 29 Nash street, New Haven, was given gracious sur prise Saturday evening, when he was presented by his parishioners with a fine Cornish carriage and new set of harness. The handsome outfit is val ued at about s250, the buggy being of the most standard make of the Colum- bia Carriage Works, of Columbus o. Edward Flynn, one of the church trus tees, who has been active in the can- yass for the purchase of the gift to the rector, made the presentation, in the name of the parish. Dr. Maher was deeply moved by this new evidence of the good will, devotion and spontan- eous generosity of his people towards him and at both masses Sunday In St. Josephs church he thanked his par ishioners in touching words and ex- pressed the great qualification he ex- perenced in accepting their splendid gift.
 Miss Grace R. Watson of University Place, accompanied by her brother W. L.. Watson, have gone to Windsor, Vt., to spend several weeks with relatives. |
 Miss Florence Main of West Haven l Is attending Miss Bradleys school on Whitney avenue, New Haven.
 Frank Kelsey of New Haven is | spending a few days with relatives in l West Haddam.
 Miss Carrie Jarvis and Miss Agnes | A. Prentss left for the Pan American | morning. They will stay | way for a week,
 The Rev. Charles H. Buck, D. D., | of West Haven, and en- feared to many here, said as introduc- ory to his sermon before large au- Hence at the Methodist church in New Britain Sunday morning that it would ,e twenty years this spring since he vas pastor of the local church It was hirty-six years since he lad been reaching in the New York East con- erence and he had been the pastor of inc different churches. He felt that e had home in each and said that he bought it great advantage of the Iethodist preachers to make so many riends. Miss Mollie Mahaney, who has been sitting her father, Alderman D. J. of Bank street, Waterbury, aturned to her studies at the New [aven Normal school Monday, George B. Cutten and wife have re- lrned from Buffalo where they spent
 most delightful vacation of about , lree weeks, taking in the sights of la Pan- American exposition. Miss Mary R. Bond, the new teacher leaged for the commercial course at I le high school department of the orth Main street school, arrived in f Saturday afternoon from f alden Mass, and began teaching I 
 The little -year-old daughter z ! Mrs George l.. Smith of Howard | T venue. gave birthday party Monday 'ternoon to number of her friends 1 !, nd playmates Refreshments were r rved and each lttle guest was pre- 9 nted with souvenir of the day, r