The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-14


 , take the place of Third Lieutenan
 Leonard Bostwick, who has resigned
 and has been transferred to the retired
 list.
 G. A. R, Hair and William Stone re
 turned home to Branford from a hunt ing exposition in Clinton Thursday witt
 a fine string of rabbits.
 At the meeting of the West Haven A
 o. U. w. Thursday evening the follow
 ing nominations were made: Master
 workman, John Condon; foreman, Jo-
 seph Savage; financier, Gus Lausen;
 receiver, Thomas McCay.
 At the annual meeting of Mason Rog-
 CTS post, G. A. R., Branford, held in
 Armory hall Thursday evening, the
 same board of officers were reelected
 for the next year: Commander, F.. D.
 Sheldon; senior vice commander, $. G.
 Cook; junior vice commander. E. l.. Milford; quartermaster A. B. Barker;
 surgeon, H. M. Whitney; chaplain, H.
 M. Hubbard; officer of the day, N. K. Terhune; officer of the guard, w. Cob
 leigh; adjutant, J. F. Towner; s. M,
 F. c. Johnson; G. M. S., E. J, Bird
 Mrs. Judson of Woodbury is the | guest of Dr. and Mrs. M. J. Adams of
 Elm street West Haven.
 i Addison Cook of Branford was given
 a surprise party on Wednesday even
 ing by a party of his young friends from the center, they going out to the home of the honor guest in a hay rick. The evening was very pleasantly pass ed with games and music, but not the least feature of the evening was the spread that followed. Those in the party were Ethel Plant, Majorie Will ford, Luella and May Benton, Clara Terhune, Irving Fields, Harry and AL fred Terhune and Myron Munroe. Miss Margaret Williams of Branford has returned home from long visit with friends and relatives in Weather by, Pa, her former home.
 c. S. Howell of the Brooklyn Chess club, who was member of the Ameri- can team in the international match with Great Britain last winter, will give simultaneous exhibition of chess against the Yale Chess club next Tues da yevening.
 The West Haven Friday whist club met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. H. D. Sutton.
 William G. Comstock of East Hart ford, who is hunting on his game pre- serve in South Carolina, was sitting on a fence the other day when he made an exceptionally good shot. He turned round to receive the congratula tions of his companion aud fell off the fence. The stock of his gun was broken. The fences in that part of the south are not very high, and MT. Comstock fell in an unusually soft spot and escaped in jury Mir Comstock reports game to be very plenty, and the party having ex- ceptionally good sport. Fortunately MT. Comstock always takes two guns with him, one to be used in case of emergency, az he would have missed | two weeks of good sport. Last year MT. | Comstock shipped a large box of game north to his friends, but when it ar rived the box was empty, the game having been stolen.
 A delightful affair was the coming | out reception Thursday of Miss Mabel | filling, the only daughter of MT. and | Mrs George Alverson Alling of Chapel | street. Miss filling finished her studies last year, taking course at Mrs. Ha- zen's school at Pelham Manor. N. J., She is an attractive girl and looked | fresh and lovely in gown of white crepe de chine, beautifully fashioned. She carried a large cluster of violets. Mrs. filling received, assisted only by her daughter She was gowned in grey crepe de chine, made with appiques of chiffon. Quantities of flowers were to the young hostess, pink roses predominating, with a liberal sprnking of carnations and violets. An immense basket of La France roses stood just at the entrance to the draw ng room, and these beautiful flowers were scattered about with June-like A mass of them adorned he center of the table, which was in ,harge of Mrs. John H. Platt who pre- { sided at the tea urn Mrs. Platt was 'ichly attired in a silk costume in black md white effects Miss Eleanor filling, ! niece of the hostess, served the frappe 1t the opposite end of the table. She wore white, as did the beautiful group ' if young girls, who passed the cups md ices They were Miss Margaret ewis. Miss Ruth Corbn, Miss Eunice : Parish. Miss Kathryn Manross, Miss Nellie Monson, Miss Helen Mason, and { Hiss Cecil Barnum. Others assisting I n entertaining the numerous callers { were Mrs. Frank Monson. Mrs. A, N. filling, Mrs. John Henney, Mrs. John { Fowler These ladies were all in ele- ant afternoon costumes. | Colonel H. Holton Wood of Boston, of Derby, gave dinner at / he University club in New York city ast evening in honor of Colonel N. C.. Osborn, the delegate from this city to I he constitutional convention. Colonel I Wood when member of the Connec- $ icut legislature from Derby was an q arnest constitutional reformer and ad- g coated resolution calling for con- | ention Besides the host and the guest f the evening the following were an- I ounced to be present: Schuyler Merritt f Stamford, also a delegate to the con ( ention; Hon. George M. Gum of Mill I ord Professor E. V. Reynolds of this ity, c. F. Nettleton of Derby, William ( L. Law of New York, formerly of this ity; Julian w. Curtiss of Greenwich, A ohm w. Curtiss of New York, Melbert |. Cary of Ridgefield, who has been a r rominent advocate of constitutional eform; Julieu Maltpy of Waterbury, red Wallace of New Jersey, formerly