The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-14

| granite and insurance man, is very sick
 a his home in Hartford and his condi-
 tion is so serious that the members o1
 his family who have been spending the
 summer at Pleasure Beach were sum-
 moned home Thursday. MT. Battersor | has been for years extensively engaged in the granite business, having quarries | at Westerly and at Concord. He built l the capitol at Hartford and also the Congressional library at Washington | He is also very prominent in insurance
 circles, being president of the Travel
 CTS company of Hartford.
 Miss Emily Drake of Branford re- turned home Thursday evening from a delightful trip to the Pan-American
 and Niagara. Miss Drake also spent
 some little time in New York city at
 tending the autumn openings.
 Mrs. Leverett R. Goodyear of West
 Haven, the contralto singer at Trinity
 M. F. church, will take a two weeks
 vacation, being absent from her church
 position the coming two Sundays. Mrs.
 Frank c. Ball will substitute for Mrs.
 Goodyear during the latters absence.
 Percy Kelsey is i'll at his home In
 
 is reported comfortable, with all things favorable towards speedy recovery.
 The whist given at the residence of Mrs. Pratt. at the corner of Whalley avenue and Harrison street, was great success, both financially and so- cially. Those winning with the highest scores were: First, Mrs. George Hunt CT, a very handsome photograph frame. Mrs F. H. Lewis carried away the sec ond prize, which was a spool stand, and Mrs Albert Reed won the third prize, q very pretty colored picture During the afternoon ice cream, cake and lemonade were served to all pres ent. The money made at this whist is for the benefit of the church. It Is hoped that money enough can be raised to pipe the church for gas and fix the interior of the church generally. Among those who were present were Mrs. Mill Ter, Mrs. H. l.. Hotchkiss. Mrs. W. H. Forsyth, Mrs. F. H. Lewis, Mrs. Albert Reed, Mrs. Todd. Mrs. Gowdy, Mrs. A. M Marsh, Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. George Davis, Miss Gertrude Pratt. Miss Sarah Mansfield. Miss Louise Todd and Mrs. A. N. Pratt.
 EnOcn frye Bell or LeOHllHSleT, Mass, and Miss Anna Elizabeth Bow man, daughter of Peter F. Bowman, of the New Haven ter minal of the Consolidated railroad were married at 5:30 o'clock Wednes- day afternoon at the Bowman resi- dence, 46 Edgewood avenue, by Rev. H. Frank Rall, Ph. D., in the presence of a few near family friends and relatives. The bridegroom was a graduate of Yale academic class of '92. Among those 1 present at the wedding were Mrs Bell, the widowed mother of the bridegroom; Peter F. Bowman father of the bride; | Samuel N. Spring, Yale '9S, and wife, | of Chicago a sister of the bride; Ar l -hur W. Bowman, Ernest F. Bowman, Miss May Crockett, Miss Grace Leon- f ,rd. The bride was gowned in white. There were no bridesmaids or best | nan. The ceremony was made as sim ole as possible The house decorations were of golden rod, China asters and . palms. The bridal pair left soon after he ceremony on their bridal tour. They will make their home In Auburn, N. Y,, while MT. Bell Is finishing his prepara- ions to enter the field of foreign mis- ion work