The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-21

to leave to-day on her western trlp
 will not start until Friday of this week
 She is to spend the remainder of the
 winter in California.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank F. Corbin, of
 Grove Hill, left last week for Pasadena
 Cal, where they will remain for a few
 weeks, proceeding to San Diego. They
 will be accompanied by their daugh-
 ters, the Misses Bertha and Anna Cor
 bin. Their son, George w. Corbin, will
 join them at San Francisco. They will
 return in April
 The men who live at No. 1 Hillhouse
 avenue have given up their quarters
 entirely to their promenade guests.
 Those staying there are Miss King, of
 Syracuse, Miss Judson, of Brooklyn,
 Miss Leavitt, of Stamford, Miss Car
 penter and the Misses Carpenter, of
 New York, Miss Vanderhoef, Miss
 Moore, Miss Franchot, Miss Gibbons,
 Miss Heinck, Miss Florence Laws, Miss
 Norton, Miss Maxwell, Mrs. Levering
 Mrs. Vanderhoef and Mrs. Parks, of
 New York.
 Rev Grant V. Clark, of this city,
 preached al the Congregational church.
 in Durham on Sunday, morning and
 evening.
 Another engagement of prominent in-
 terest recently announced is that of
 Miss Elsie l.. Nichols only daughter of
 MT and Mrs. l.. J. Nichols, and Merle
 E. Towner, son of Edwin D. ToWner of Mill Plain. Branford. MT. Towner, who is in the auditing department of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, is prominent in church work in Branford and has charge of a very promising class or young men in the Sunday school of the First Congregational church. The class meets at one of the homes of the mem bers every Saturday evening for the study of the lesson, followed by so- cial hour. It was at one of those meet ings recently held at the residence of MT and Mrs. Nichols that MT. Towner announced his engagement to the young lady of the house. Miss Nichols, who was graduated from the art department of Pratt Institute, is teacher of draw ing in the public schools in Branford. | Miss Nichols is also prominent in | church and Sunday work and both the young people are very popular in soci- | ety. [
 Among the South Norwalk visitors is Mrs l.. A. Farnham, of New Haven, formerly Miss Edith Perry, of Nor t walk guest of her mother on Merwin street.
 An honor has been paid to Professor William Lyon Phelps, of the Yale Eng fish department, in his appointment as judge of the Indiana oratorical contest The contest is an annual state affair toJy ,,1a at Richmond Ind Professor Phelps will, however, not be required to go out to Richmond at the time of the speaking, which is to take place on the first Friday in February. He is to judge of the merits of the es- says submitted for the contest. These will be forwarded to New Haven where ne will read them and return them with his written opinion. Other judges ire to be provided to judge the speak ng.
 Hev. J. E. Adams of this city, presid- ng elder of the New Haven district, will preach at the Methodist church, this evening.
 Rev. T. F. Caskey, who has many New Haven friends, has been secured ' 0 assist in the work in St. Johns { hurcf, Meriden, until Easter. MT. ( yaskey has recently returned to this } from Dresden, Germany, ( where he was for years pastor of the 2 American church. He is an American ( nd has returned to this country with ( he intention of remaining her perma- ently
 Rev. George Dickerman of this city r ddressed the Sunday school of the e 'irst Congregational church, West Ha- f en, Sunday. MT Dickernan was a a ormer pastor of this church.
 New Haven visitors to Clinton Sun t ay were Misses Katharine Eliot with b CT grandparents, Miss Baldwin the a uest of Miss Paul and James Woodruff n ne guest of MT. and Mrs. Charles Grin- I ell
 Judge Lynde Harrison wife and o aughter of this city, are now in Ga. where they will oc- a upy the splendid mansion of Senator s lama during the entire season. The D Times Enterprise of Janu- b " IT says: Judge Lynde Harrison h nd wife, of New Haven, Conn, arrived it and will spend the winter in townsville. They have leased the Han u I residence, on Dawson street, and u i'll occupy the same to-day. Judge m arrson, it will be remembered is of le of the executors of the late H. B. 0O lant s estate and is also q director al
 the S. F. & w. Ky. He and Mrs arrison have spent several seasons | m ,re before and are very pleasantly re- IT en1bered by many of our people, all le
 whom will be pleased to know that m ey will be here again this winter ps rs. Harrison and her daughter will LII main al the Hanna mansion until tE ay. Judge Harrison will pass about he If his time with them, but will be es liged to be absent the other half is oking after important interests in ". aw York, New Haven and elsewhere. is one of the favorite win III r resorts of the south and the, eli GU GU ate is regarded as particularly i althful and delightful" i'' Professor R. c. Loveridge, who for i'o any years has been principal of the e,s en lie Business college, has severed his ol' with that institution. on ~ Mrs. James Herrick of Orange street "e t yesterday for Milbrook, N Y, lere she will spend two or three p9 eks with her parents. tl,, Frederick Jackson Of Main street, na est Haven, invited party yesterday ok visit the college grounds and build on ss, among the number being Mrs. tb, lbur Hum and her guest Miss Cur l f