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

William Rawles, son of Joseph Rawles, who had an operation for ap- pendlcitis at the New Haven hospital a month ago, is recovering and will re- turn to his home on Bishop street in about a week.
 pr. Seaver of the Yale gymnasium was expected home yesterday. His as- sociate director, Dr. William G. Ander- son, is expected to-day.
 Captain Manson, James [. Wheeler, J. E. Todd and families have closed their cottages at Pine Orchard and re- turned to their homes in the Elm City.
 MT. and Mrs. John Erbsen of Hum phrey street announce the engagement of their daughter, Marguerite Eliza beth, to John Edward Knecht. The wedding will take place early in De- tober and they will go to housekeeping at AS Bishop street.
 Attorney Louis E. Jacobs left for At lantic City yesterday as a national representative of the National council, o. U. A. M. The council will meet at I. O. o. F. hall from Tuesday until Friday of this week.
 l.. F. Farmer and family, who have occupied the Hotchkiss cottage at In- dian Neck this summer, and wko were obliged few weeks ago to leave for their home in Orange, N. J., on account of Mrs. Farmers illness, have returned to the shore, where they will spend the remainder of the season.
 The Sunday school of the United church held their annual picnic at Dou- ble Beach Saturday. There were about two hundred present, including the children of the New Haven orphan asylum.
 John Macrille and family will not re- turn to their West Haven home until about October 1.
 Professor Thomas H. 'Lounsbury has returned to this city.
 Adyices received from Charles T. Brooks of Shelton, who is located at Taos, Taos county. New Mexico, are to the effect that he is suffering from a bad case of lead poisoning caused by lead contained in the canned goods. which form the principal articles of diet in that place. MT. Brooks has been ill for the past three weeks. but is now slowly recovering.
 Professor and Mrs William Lyon Phelps are back in town from a twelve weeks vacation.
 Victor Uberti. an artist of Water bury, has handsome portrait of Col onel |. F. Burpee on exhibition in one of the show windows of BurralPs furni- ture store on Bank street in that city. MT. Uberti came to this city Saturday to finish the portrait of Congressman N. D. Sperry.
 Ralph W. Cutler of Hartford enter tained the members of the Connecticut Bankers association at the Hartford club, Friday. Those present were Charles s. Mersick of the Merchants National bank, New Haven; Charles w. Gale, Thames National bank. Nor wich: !. s. Norton. Home National bank. Meriden. and Charles S. Tread way, Bristol National bank, Bristol After the dinner business meeting was held. One of the important mat ters considered was the abolishng of the present exchange charges by New York city banks upon Connecticut checks. A letter was formulated and forwarded to the clearing house com n1ittee of the associated banks of New x York city relative to the matter.
 John Hays Hammond, the South African mining expert, Is to arrive here to-day. He has been at his summer residence near Gloucester, Mass, for several months. He telegraphed here for apartments for the present at the < lo, spring accepted an offer to become the head of the consolidated courses in mining engineering at Yale and he will take charge of the courses on his ar rival here.
 The Misses Anna Gaylord, Mary B. Hutchinson, Eugenia Milford and Mad olin Zacher of Branford have returned to Poughkeepsie, where they will re- sume studies at Vassar college.
 Miss Kathryn Bristol of this city and MT. and Mrs. Bryan of Milford were among the out of town guests at the wedding Thursday in South Norwalk of Miss Ada May Foote, daughter of Mrs. Foote of South Norwalk. and Clifford Smith Bristol, son of MT. and Mrs. A. H. Bristol of Milford. It was a very pretty wedding. The happy pair came to New Haven and from here will go to Hartford for their honeymoon trip.
 pr. w. A. Croffutt of Washington, D. C., with his sisters, Mrs. Fidela Hine of Derby and Mrs. Emma c. Thomas Of this city, have been spending few days with their sister, Mrs. D. E. Rog- CTS, 156 Deer Hill avenue, Danbury. MT. Croffutt was years ago in this city.
 Mrs. Frederic Danth and children of Second avenue, West Haven, are visit ing their uncle's family in Hartford.
 MT. and Mrs. Prouty of Center street, West Haven, have engaged rooms in Washington, D. C., for the month of October.
 Chairman Ullman of the republican club committee has receivedletters from Henry Roberts of Hartford, the repub- lican nominee for lieutenant governor, accepting the invitation extended him to attend the clambake at Morris Cove, September 23. George L. Lilley of Wa terbury, candidate for congressman-at- large, has also accepted an invitation.
 Mrs. Edward Richards, who accom- panied her daughter to Wilbraham, where she will attend school, has re- turned to her home on First avenue, West Haven.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert (. Lightborn,