The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-04
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Captain D. ]. Carr, L. S. A. from
Washington, D. c., is making a very
short visit with relatives in this city.
Professor Rice of Wesleyan and the
members of his classes in geology went
on Saturday in connection with those
from Harvard Yale and Amherst and
visited Mt. Tom.
General Frank D. Sloat of Washing
ton, D. c., who has been visiting in this
city for few days, leaves to return
to Washington to-day. During the re-
cent great G. A. r. meet in Washing
ton stranger noticing the Connecticut
badge General Sloat wore, stepped up
to the general who was standing on
costing him said thta he was a former
Connecticut man. General Sloat noted
that the mans face looked like that of
an old acquaintance and soon found
that the stranger was E. B. Andrews,
an old New Haven Gray. Mr.. Andrews
has resided in Washington many
years and is now retired from business
in comfortable circumstances.
Meigs B. Russell, for the past year
and a half a member of the reportorial
staff of the Union, yesterday assumed
the duties of city editor of the Brock
ton, Mass, Times. Mr.. Russell has
made large number of friends in this
city.
At the annual convention Of the
American Bottlers' Protective associa-
ton held at Norfolk, Va, last week, the
delegation voted to hold their next an
nual convention in this city. Daniel
Gilhuly, the we'll known bother of this
city, represented New Haven, and it is
principally due to his efforts that the
next convention will be held in this
city. Several delegates made enticing
offers to land the convention in their
respective cities. Mr.. Gilhuly presented
inducements in a neat speech, which
won the day, and in the vote for the
choice of cities which followed New
Haven secured 1872 against for the
other cities. The convention will be
held next November.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Eugene Hubbard of
Woodmont have issued invitations for
Friday evening, November IA, at which
time they will celebrate their twenty
fifth wedding anniversary.
Attorney Michael T. Downes, one of
Wallingfords nominees for representa-
tive was born in Waterbury. in 1875,
but is practically of Wallingford, haV-
ing resided there since he was thirteen
months old. From infancy he has
grown up in Wallingford. BY educa-
ton he is well fitted for the RESPONSE
bilities of a representative in the gen.
eral assembly. His early education was
gained in the local public schools, grad
uating from the Wallingford high
school, in 1898. He entered Yale uni
vers!ty, taking an academic course,
graduating in 1897. He then decided to
study law, and entered Yale Law
school, and graduated in 1899. For sew
eral years he was the prosecuting at
| torney of the Wallingford borough
| court and has since filled the position
of liquor prosecuting agent for the
district. Charles e. Yale. the other
| Wallingford nominee for secord repre-
| sentative, is we'll known in Walling-
! ford. For the past three years he has
| been a member of the board of select
men, and has always discharged the du-
| ties Of the office in a thorough, bust
ness-like manner During last spring
| he was acting first selectman, and his
courteou fair treatment Of all with
| whom he came in contact has won for
him host of friends
| Attorney C. Fl, Hayden was exhibit
! ing to his friends yesterday a descript-
i've book of Company G, Thirteenth c,
V, which was kept by his brotherin-
law, Charles Frederick Duntze in 1852
| He was stationed at the hospital and
this book was used in making a record
| of soldiers deaths. Many of the en-
| tries remain legible, but others have
been covered with pasted slips and
| pictures, as part of the book was sub
sequently used for scrap book. Mr.
| Hayden says he will present the book
to the Historical society.
The Rev. Father John Kennedy OF
St. Joseph's church will go to Hartford
to-day to attend the morning mass
which will be celebrated at the st. Jo-
seyh's cathedral for the repose of the
| souls of the deceased bishops and
priests of this diocese.
DR.. William F. Verdi of 172 st. John
street, who has been i'll for the past six
| weeks, is convalescing most encourag-
ingly, and hopes by the middle of this
week to resume his office practice.
Miss Julia Alling of Stevens Heights
gave a Halloween party on Friday
evening to several of her young friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Bartholomew Edge,
worth and family of Branford left yes.
terday for their new home in Canada
whittier the best wishes of host OF
friends accompany them.
Ruth Everett of George street, West
Haven, is sick with scarlet fever
Miss Emma Corcoran of MILFORD ave.
nue., Branford, is entertaining hel
cousin, Miss Lily Cain Of this city.
Patrick Crotty the man with the
broken back at the New Haven hospi-
tai, still lives, and seems to be gaining
in strength. Crotty broke his back il
Sargent's factory two months ago ant
since that time he has been at the
point of death. Now he is better thar
at any time since he was taken there
and his case is watched with great in.
terest by the hospital doctors.
The German Social Scientific society
of New York will on next Thursday
give a reception for Andrew D. White
who is to retire from his post as am
bassador to Germany. Mr.. White will
be seventy years old on that day, anc