The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-29

Dr. Gardner T. Swarts. secretary of the state board of health of Rhode Is- land, who is attending the conference of the state and provincial boards of health of North America, which is be- ing held here, is. with his wife, the guest of Dr. Lindsey, of 15 Elm street, this city.
 Mir. and Mrs. Eugene Buckman cele- brated the fifth anniversary of their marriage at their home, 6S Lake place, Monday evening. Mir. and Mrs. Buck man received hosts of their friends from until 10 o'clock, during which time delicious lunch was served by Stewart. Dancing formed the main feature of the evenings pleasure, and the whole affair was thoroughly en- joyed.
 Miss Edith Dennis, of Greenport, L. l., who has been spending a months vacation with MT and Mrs. Daniel H. Lippincott, of 326 Howard avenue, re- turned yesterday.
 The ladies of the Allingtown chapel will serve 25-cent supper this evening at the chapel There will be a literary entertainment after the supper, which will be included in the price of the SUD- per. The proceeds will be used for the debt incurred while remodeling the chapel.
 Of the thirty-nine pupils entering the Yale Medical school this year ten were pupils at the Booth preparatory school, of this city. This is an excellent record and reflects great, credit on MT. Booth, the principal, as owing to the increased requirements, fifteen counts being nec- essary, it is one of the hardest depart ments at Yale to enter.
 Dr. L. F. Wheeler addressed the Yale Physical club last night regarding pa- per entitled Phenomena of Moving Systems" The address was delivered in the Sloane laboratory. Professor Mendel spoke before the Yale Philo- sophical club on Some Chemical Feat ures of Nervous Tissues" in Herrick hall
 Harry c. Oviatt and family of New Haven, will return Friday of this week and make Milford their future home. MT. and Mrs. Reichel, of River street the parents of Mrs. Oviatt, are looking forward with much pleasure to their arrival
 Miss Harriet Janet Austin, of this city, will give a song recital at the Con- gregational church in Wethersfield this evening. Willis H. filling, of New York, formerly of tbis city, will accompany the singer and will also play two piano TNI rx-in f,.iI ta one or two songs to the excellent pro- gramme.
 Mrs. William L. Welch. of No. 254 Lombard street, announces the mar riage of her daughter. Miss Ida M, to John J. Callahan, son of Mrs. Timothy J. Callahan, of No. 5S5 East street, this city.
 Mrs. Frances Sheldon Polton presi- dent of the New Haven Mothers club and editor of the Mothers Journal, and Mrs. S. H. Street went yesterday to New York to attend the first days ses sion of the New York Congress of Mothers, which is holding a three days convention in the hall of the board of education, Park avenue and Fifty-ninth street.
 The fall convention of the American Mathema tical society was held at Co., lumbia university, New York, Saturday and scientists from all parts of the country, repre- senting score of colleges and universities. attended. Papers were read and discussed by Dr. Edward R. Hedrick, of Yale, Dr. Ernest V. Hunt ington, of Harvard, Professor Peter Field, of Carthage college, Illinois. Dr. Edward Raster, of Columbia, Professor Maxine Bocher, of Harvard Dr. Virgil Snyder of Cornell. and Professor Frank Nelson Cole, of Columbia. The dele gates and visitors were entertained at luncheon by the members of the Colum- bia mathematical department in the college commons in University hall.
 The engagement of Miss Harriet Fliz- abeth Bradley. of Branford, to William Henry Hoadley. of the National Tradesmen's bank in New Haven. is announced.
 Rev. Karl A. J. Martin, of Branford, will attend the meeting of the mission ary board of the Swedish church at Middletown It will be held tomorrow and Thursday.
 1 Among the social doings of the week in Branford will be whist on Friday afternoon given by Mrs. Edmund Zach CT for the Twentieth Century Whist club.
 Frederic l.. Burnham, superintendent of drawing in the public schools, will lecture on Mature and Color" illus trated by color sketches, at the Y. w. C. A. this evening MT. Burnham's abil- ity is too well known to need any com ment, and members and friends of the association are cordially invited to at tend.
 Next Friday evening, Halloween eve, the Howard Avenue Coon club will en- joy 8 private masquerade in Teutonia hall, Crown street. Special preparations are being made for the event by the committee in charge.
 Robert A. Benham and Mrs. John Greenwood and daughter, of this city, are now located at Dayton, Fla. for the winter.
 Policeman Dennis Ahern, of West vile, who has been spending a week with friends in Boston and New York, has returned to his home on Whalley avenue. Mrs. Ahern, who has been vis- iting friends in Branford, returned on Monday.
 Miss Margaret Grannis of the Lin den. Crescent Bluff, has for her guest Miss Johnson, of New York.
 Miss Kate Beecher, of Central ave- nue, Westville, who has been spending several days with friends in Orange,