The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-20
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
ITElISOFyTEREsT CONCERNING
 NEW HAVEN PEOPLE
And Other People Known in This City Local Social Events Here and EIse- where.

Local Social Events Here and EIse-
 where.
 Ex-Police Commissioner Lawton and family returned last evening after a stay of several weeks at Saratoga.
 Mrs. Van Bergen of Elizabeth. N. J., who has been visiting at the home of her nephew, Julius Gallery, Nash street, and at Mrs. Dietter's, 1S5 Wash ington street, has returned home. She
 was taken i'll at Mrs. Dietter's and was sick week there but was able to go home Monday. She was accompanied home to Elizabeth by MT. Gallery,
 whose daughter, Miss Nettie, is visit ing her aunt in Elizabeth. Misses Josephine and Loretta Ho- gan, daughters of MT. Hogan of Cedar street, are spending a three weeks va cation with friends in South Hampton.
 A dinner and reception was given last night by MT. and Mrs. Joseph A. Cush- man of 24S West Ivy street, in honor of their first wedding anniversary. Guests from New York and Boston were pres ent. MT. and Mrs. Cushman received many presents from friends in remem- brance of the day.
 Captain Tripp of station No. 3 has
 gone to New Bedford, Mass, on
 twelve days leave. Mrs. Tripp and
 Miss Carrie Tripp have accompanied him. Captain Cowles of the detective
 bureau is also off for a few days leave
 Of absence
 Attorney J. P. Goodhart has returned home from a driving trip through
 Litchfield county and the Berkshire hills. With Mrs. Goodhart he left this 1 city two weeks ago and drove leisurely through western Connecticut, making stops at Litchfield, Norfolk, Great Bar
 rington, Sheffield, stockbridge and l Lenox. Coming home the route was through New Marlborough and thence to Norfolk and Woodbury. Miss Gertrude Flower who has been the guest of Miss Mabel Winans of Westville, has returned to her home on
 Main street, West Haven. w. F. Donnelly and Mrs. Donnelly | left last evening for Boston to attend | the New England photographers con- vention which will be held in that city | for three days, commencing to-day. MT. I Donnelly will return Saturday. l Robert Cunningham, an aged man,
 residing at AT Spring street, and ern- ! ployed as a painter in the shops of the Consolidated railroad, was struck by a | train yesterday in the car sheds as he was going across the tracks to get a pail of water. He sustained a fracture of the right arm and various bruises. Yesterday afternoon at the New Ha- ven hospital he was said to be doing as well as could be expected. Elbridge L. Howe was reported yes- terday by Dr. Thomson as doing we'll, having rallied from the seriousness of the setback the day before. His tenn perature has dropped to 102 and while for the next three or four days he will
 be passing through the crisis, his phy- sician now sees every indication of his 1 ultimate recovery.
 ! Superintendent of Fire Alarm Tele-
 graph Grant returned to his desk at 1 fire headquarters yesterday after an
 absence of ten days, during which he 1 was confined to the house with an at- 1 tack of rheumatism.
 Miss Elizabeth Fowler, chief clerk 1 in the West Haven postoffice, left yes- terday for her vacation outing. l George R. Lutz, son of Frederick Lutz ! of 76 Sylvan avenue, is visiting relatives | at Borough Park, Brooklyn. 1 Mr. and Mrs. William Brainard and
 Miss Marion Brainard of West Haven
 will spend two weeks in North Acton,
 Mass.
 l Miss Abby M. Bishop of 399 Elm street is in the White mountains stop
 ping at the Hotel Agassiz for a few | weeks.
 1 A number of neighbors met Monday | evening at the hospftable home of MT. and Mrs. R. o. Hooghkirk of Orchard
 street and enjoyed a musicale. Among 1 those present were MT. and Mrs. H. R. Brueder, Mrs. Dyer Mrs. L. o. ] Hooghkirk, Mrs. Kirkland, and MT. Adrian. The musical numbers by Mir.
 and Mrs. Brueder were much enjoyed, also the singing of Mrs. Hooghkirk and | Mrs. Kirkland. Light refreshments
 were served. Mrs. R. O. Hooghkirk | leaves this week for two weeks visit with Thomaston friends.
 l The officers of the Northrop Publish l ing company, Bridgeport, enumerated | in the annual report of the company,
 filed in the town clerks office Monday
 morning, are as follows: President, | Catherine N. Loomis of New Haven;
 secretary and treasurer, Seymour c.
 Loomis of New Haven; directors, the
 above and Frederick s. Ward of New York.
 Miss Marguerite Graham and Miss
 Muriel Beckwith of West Haven, who
 have been spending two weeks in War
 ren, Mass, arrived home Monday even- ing from most delightful trip. 1 Samuel H. Ferris, one of South Nor walks oldest and most respected citi-
 zens, celebrated the eighty-fourt an-
 niversary of his birthday Sunday at his home in West street. MT. Ferris
 was employed by the New York, New
 Haven and Hartford Railroad company l for many years, but is now living at home. He is still hale and hearty with every indication that many more I years will be his lot.
 1 Miss Charlotte E. Hyde of George l street left yesterday for a ten days
 outing at Burrwell, Litchfield. She will
 be the guest of her sister, Mrs. George
 Richards.
 The Misses Edith and Ethel Merwir