The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-18

l
 the pastor showed a large increase il
 membership, which spoke we'll of tht
 excellent work Rev. Mr. Carpenter ha:
 done since he took charge. The confer.
 ence by rising vote unanimously re
 quested the annual conference to ap'
 Boint MT. Carpenter to Trinity church
 for the coming year.
 James Hayes, who resides with Fred.
 erick A. Durant of the Nut Plains
 district, Guilford, presented himself al
 the office of Town Treasurer George S
 Davis of that town Monday evening
 and claimed the bounty which was vot- ed by the last general assembly for the | killing of wild fox. This is the sec
 ond occasion that this young man has
 claimed this reward during the present
 season.
 The Friday Whist club of West Ha- | ven will postpone their meeting until 1 January 3.
 At the concert to be given by Ply
 mouth church, Sherman avenue and
 Chapel street, this evening, Mrs. Ed
 ward Nettleton of West Haven will | give a reading.
 Cyrus w. Futile will leave in a few days for Richmond, Va, to spend the holidays with his daughter, Mrs. J.
 Walter Young. MT. Futile will return early in the new year.
 | The Monday Afternoon Whist club l of West Haven met at the home of | Mrs. James Peck Monday. The substi- | tutes were Mrs. Ford of Milford, Mrs. Albert Coe, Mrs. Knapp of Danbury, and Mrs. George Peck. Mrs Louis Lampson won the first prize, burnt leather pocketbook, and Mrs Josie Whitney the second prize, Turkish vase.
 MT. and Mrs. J. w. Nichols, Jr., of Branford, accompanied by Miss Carrie Hoadley, have gone to the Bermudas for the winter.
 Mrs. M. s. Day of Main street, West Haven, is ill with bronchial trouble. Dr. Hutchingson of Park street, this city, is attending her.
 Miss Fannie Camp of New York is the guest of her nephew, William Brown of Center street, West Haven.
 Miss Florice M Chase, a pupil of J. Jerome Hayes, and at one time the solo soprano at the Humphrey street Con-
  gently been engaged as soprano of the Lafayette Presbyterian church at Buff falo. She succeeds singer who will go to the West Presbyterian church in New York, at which Ericsson r. Bush- nell is the basso, and w. H. Rieger the tenor. The position secured by Miss Chase is said to be one of the best in New York state.
 Mrs. Wilbur G. Towne gave an en- joyabe whist at her residence at No. 272 Exchange street, Monday evening. There were four tables and those pres ent thoroughly enjoyed themselves The whist was started at s o'clock and at 10 o'clock was stopped. When the scores were counted it was found that c. O. Peck had won the gentlemens prize and he was presented with pretty bronze mirror. Mrs. J. A. Peck carried away the ladies' prize and was given a beautiful bronze thermometer. During the evening light buffet lunch was served to the members Among those who were present were MT. and Mrs. w. G. Towne, Miss Towne, MT. and Mrs. c. D. Peck, MT. and Mrs. J. A. Peck and Mrs Billiard.
 The Foot Guard have promoted Cap tain D. O. Lombard to take command of the third setcion, vice Captain I.eon- ard Bostwick retired. To succeed Cap tain Lombard, the company elected Sergeant Major Smith G. Weed to be captain in commanding the fourth sec tion of the Foot Guard
 J. Edward Heaton continues to inn at seems to be out of danger. His con- dition has not been alarming at any time since the operation for appendi- citis was performed.
 The Russian American club at q meeting Monday evening at Foresters hall electd officers for the ensuing year Its president in 1902 will be Philip Gas man. The other officers elected are: Secretary, Woolf Levy; treasurer, Da- vid Levi; chairman of the executive committee. A. D. Steinbach. The members of the committee elected are as follows: Dr. Blumstein, Philip Cohn, L. M. Plutkin. On January the ball committee will make a report on the preparations for the annual event.
 Captain Ernest l.. Isbell of the Blues has just enlisted another recruit into the company. The little soldier arrived at the home of the genial commander on Saturday last and was warmly well comed.
 The late Josiah H. Bssell of Chicago, whose will was probated Monday in that city, leaves $1O0,O to relatives and in miscellaneous sums, and the balance of the estate he leaves to Yale and to Smith college, Northamp- ton, to be equally divided between I them. The money left to Yale is to be 1 devoted to assisting needy students who are members of the university. The bequest to Smith is to go for a depart | ment of physical culture. The ap- | pointment of the two colleges as his 1 legatees has proved unsatisfactory to | his relatives who feel that they were | practically cut off. They have already announced that the will is to be con- ' tested and it seems certain that Yale | must therefore be obliged to put up | another fight to obtain q bequest. At | the university nothing definite is yet known relative to the Bissell bequest. MT. Bssell was graduate of Yale in the class of '65 in the academic depart ment. Among his classmates were Will bur R. Bacon, the famous rowing coach. Holm DaIzaIJ tho 1oo6ipc con-