The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-22

low Farm cottage on the WOodmont road to 125 of his friends. Chowder was served at Il o'clock in the forenoon, and the bake was opened at 3 o'clock.
 Herman Riotte, one of the best known German American elocutionists of the present age, has arrived in this city and intends to spend several days here. He recently returned from Germany, where he for nine years has studied the va rious dialects prevailing in different sections, and has for the past few years toured Germany, giving entertainments i'll various places.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank Shell, who are occupying the Tyler cottage on Beach street, will not return to their home in this city until October l.
 Charles L. Parker of Howard avenue left New Haven Saturday noon on lengthy shooting trip in the Wilds of Montana. MT. Parker, who is an active sportsman and a successful hunter of big game, will pay especial attention to this class of shooting, and upon the conclusion of his hunting tour will go to San Francisco. He will spend DOT ton of the coming winter in southern California.
 John Mahoney, who several weeks ago was taken to the New Haven hos pital, suffering with appendicitis, is im- proving.
 Rev. E. E. Aiken and Miss Rose Ethel Merrill will be married Sunday, Sep tember 2S at the Howard avenue church. Rev. Mr. Mutch will officiate. The ceremony will be performed at the close of the morning service. Miss Merrill formerly resided in West Ha- ven. In October they will sail for China, where Mir Aiken is stationed.
 Frank G. Ball, who is in business in Durgy, N. C., has been north on busi- ness trip. His wife and mother return ed with him for a months visit, leav- ing West Haven on Thursday.
 W. w. Plankinton of Milwaukee, who has been i'll with typhoid fever at Dr. Johnson'se sanitarium, Hartford, has fully recovered and has left for his home with his parents. Recently his mother gave a dinner at the Heublein for three of the nurses who took care of him during his illness, Miss Eleanor D. Hunt, Miss Mary White and Miss Abbey Colby. Mr. Plankinton entered Yale college this year, but owing to his illness will not come back until next year.
 Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Gammack with their son returned to the rectory in West Haven on Thursday from sum- mer spent at Bantam Lake, Litchfield.
 Frank Jerald and wife have returned from a short visit to Mount Vernon< N. Y, where they were royalty entertain ed. They relate many interesting incl dents of the trip.
 Miss Fannie Putnam, who has been spending the summer with her uncle, w. H. Putnam, at his summer residence on Beach street, has returned to Hyde Park, Boston, where she is teaching school.
 Dr. John P c. Foster, Mrs. Foster and Miss Josephine Foster are back in town after several months absence.
 MT. and Mrs. w. W. Farnam of 3S5 Prospect street, who have been at Northeast Harbour, Me, since early in July, have returned home.
 Mrs. Quinlan of Chicago, H., who is visiting friends in the east, came to Branford Saturday for the purpose of seeing her nephew, Daniel O'Brien, whom she had not met in thirty years. But they did not meet as MT. O Brien is at present in Europe. However, he is expected home next Saturday.
 Willard Gibbs Van Name has ar- rived in this city, where he will resume his duties in the Sheffield Scientific school on Wednesday.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Fogarty, for merly of Branford, but now residing in this city, are visiting friends in Wes- terly, R. l.
 President Hall of the Consolidated railroad and his family returned on Monday from Willimantic, where they have spent portion of the summer. The judge returned to Willimantic from Maine Saturday.
 Miss Mary Albinger, who has spent the summer at Schroon Lake, has re- turned to Branford and will resume her duties to-day in the cloak department of the Gamble-Desmond company in this city.
 Charles Chabey, formerly of Bran- ford, has moved his household effects from this city to 4S3 Pacific street, Stamford, where he has accepted po- sition with the Yale & Towne Manu featuring company.
 Justus S. Hotchkiss of 23S Church street has returned from Paul Smiths in teh Adirondacks. Colonel Frank l.. Bigelow and family of Whitney avenue returned on Friday from Camden, Me. as did Professor o. H. Richardson of Orange street, who with his family have been at Randolph, N. II. Pro- lessor L. o. Brastow of the Divinity school, with his family, was another of Fridays arrivals.
 MT. and Mrs H. l.. Hargrave, who have been residents here for the past year, left Saturday for Tallahassee, Fla, where MT. Hargrave has accepted chair in English.
 The clerks and other employees of the Howe & Stetson stores will give their second annual dance and enter tainment at Music hall, October IA. This hall was selected because the Harmo- nie hall in Elm street was found last year, to be entirely too small for the crowd that attended. The decorations for this years event are in the hands of Matthew Callan. All arrangements are in the hands of the executive com mittee, which comprises the following: J. T. O'Connor, chairman; Misses Mae