The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-04
Sries Mention.

High water to-day, 1:59 D. m.
 Mrs. Edward Davis and son Harold Of West Haven are the guests of Mrs, Nel- lie Searles of Bank street, Seymour
 Mrs. Henry G. Simons of this city is visiting at the home of Clerk Linford G. Root of the district court, Water bury.
 Mrs. J. Downs, who has been visiting in Torrington, returned to her home m this city yesterday, accompanied by Miss Maude Dewey.
 Mrs. Moseley of this city with large party of friends is at her summer home, Airley Beacon, in Norfolk. They will return to this city next week
 Mrs Howard Leavenworth, of Sey- mour. who has been seriously ill with pneumonia, is now out of danger and rapidly improving. She has many New Haven friends.
 A number of the members of ]. C.. Lewis council, Daughters of Liberty, of Meriden, attended the installation and banquet of Goddess of Liberty council, this city, last evening.
 The engagement is announced of Miss Addie Elizabeth Rider, daughter of II. A. Rider. formerly of Seymour, and Rev. w. F. Markwick, pastor of the -Ansonia Congregational church.
 William S. Babcock, of lis Putnam street, the we'll known architect in the engineering department of the Consoli- dated road, has just returned from a stay at his old home in Evansville In diana.
 Four deaths within a week is an ex- traordinary occurrence for Seymour Horace Hurd was found dead in his bed last Thursday morning, Mrs. Forsey died on Sunday and MT. James and MT. Blossauer died on Wednesday.-Sey mour Record.
 The report that Dr. Bracket has ty~ phoid fever is erroneous. Health Otfi- cer Brennan with Dr. Darlington have decided that he was not suffering from any contagious or infectious disease. The principal trouble is apparently overwork.
 Miss Bertha Reuter- of Lawrence street, Waterbury, will assume her new duties as teacher in the central school district of Watertown on Monday. Miss Reuter- is graduate of the Water bury high school and has prepared for teaching at the New Haven normal school and the Bishop street training school.
 New classes are now being formed in English bookkeeping, stenography. physical training, cooking, fine sewing, dressmaking, embroidery, vocal and in- strumental music and home nursing at the Young Womens Christian associa- ton. Many of them will open the conn- ing week, so that registration should be prompt
 A meeting of the resident Knights Templar of Seymour was held Thurs day evening at the office of Hon. Carlos French to make arrangements for the funeral of Sir Knight George A. James, which takes place this afternoon at 2:30 at Trinity church, Seymour, attended by New Haven commandery, Knights Templar.
 County Health Officer Carleton E. Hoadley. of this city, appeared before the Meriden health committee at the town hall Thursday evening and gave the members a very interesting talk on matters relating to tuberculosis, which is holding the attention of town and city health officers in this state, and, in f,o+ i,, Nav E,ppland
 The fourteenth annual banquet of the Typothetae Association of Connecticut will be held on February 22. Wilson H. Lee will act as toastmaster, and rer sponses will be made by Mayor Stud lev. Hon. J. Sterns Cushing, of Boston, c. C. Woodruff. of Pittsburg, Rev. G. Fl Ferris, of this city and H. r. Pears, nresident of the Typothetae of Amer lea.
 The regular weekly whist of the twentieth Century Whist club was held at the home of Miss Gertrude pratt on Alden avenue Thursday ali ternoon. After two hours of play the scores were counted and it was found that Mrs Edward Todd held the highest. She was presented with a handsome mahogany tabouret. Mrs. Albert r. Miller was the second. and she was given a pair of gloves. Dur ing the afternoon light buffet lunch was served to the ladies. Among the clubs members present were; Mrs. Williab Pratt. Miss Gertrude Pratt. Mrs. Arthur Marsh, Mrs. J. H. Marsh, Mrs Mason Hotchkiss Mrs. Frederic peney. Mrs. Edward 4. Todd, Mrs. AIbert Miller, Mrs. Albert Read. Miss Sarah Mansfield and Mrs. Edwin Cow dy.