The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-05

l New Milford, where she has accepted a l fine position in the Boston Dry Goods House. Mrs. Russell will remove her | family to New Milford as soon as she
 can secure house,
 Ray Armstrong, son of Mrs c. A.
 Mayeock has as his guest his school 1 friend, Winslow Bell, of Poughkeepsie. Beth attend a military academy in that
 city and will shortly go back for the spring term.
 Miss Mamie White, of Guilford has
 been a guest of Miss. Florence Rowley
 in this city.
 Mrs. J. H. Foster, of PAS West Ivy
 street, announces the marriage of her
 daughter, Louise T., to George E. Eek
 els April ?, 1902, in New York. MT
 Eckels is a son of the late Major M. H,
 Eckels, U S. A., and graduate of the
 Georgia School of Technology Mir. and
 Mrs. Eckels will reside In New York
 city after their return from Atlantic
 City.
 Mrs, Clarence Ryder of Montowesa
 street, Branford has for her guest Miss
 Susie Ryder, of St Johns, Canada
 Earl H. Hotchkiss, of this city, who
 was recently appointed manager or the
 Winsted and Torrington divisions of the
 Southern New England Telephone com-
 pany, has arrived in Winsted, accom-
 panied by his wife They are boarding with Mrs. Nellie Turner on Hillside ave- nue.
 The Tuesday Afternoon Whist club of Branford met this week with Mrs. Frederick Augur, of Meadow street. All II. In Mrs, Hamre. Mrs Thom s, cf this city, a guest of Mrs. Hamre, was substitute. Partner favors were little pictures tied with baby ribbon. The significance of the day April 1, was somewhat in evi- dence in the refreshments served by the hostess and the jokes were highly enjoyed,
 MT and Mrs. Charles w. Blakeslee, jr, of Sherman avenue, entertained their whist club of twenty-four players evening. Mrs. William Sam mis won first prize for the woman. a half dozen of Haviland cups and sauc- CTS, Mrs. C. F. Messinger taking sec ond, a half dozen napkins. R. G. Bald win was the most successful player among the men, receiving a box of fine MT. Messinger winning second prize and getting thermometer Sut per was served at the conclusion of the game.
 Mrs. Edward l.. Frisbie, jr., of Wa is staying in Atlantic City and | saw the great confiagration, but luckily | was not at one of the burned hotels. | Frederika Kellogg, daughter of John P. Heilcgg, left Atlantic City early Thurs day morning to return to New York, | some time before the fire | started.
 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Holcomb, of | celebrated the fiftieth anni- | of their marriage at their home asst evening. Members of the family, | 'elatives and friends were present. MT. md Mrs. Holcomb were married in | Rainbow, a suburb of Windsor, this 'tate, in 1852, by Rev. c. D. Everest, | pastor of the Congregational church. The bride was nineteen years old and he groom twenty-two. MT. Holcomb is in the Peck Stow & Wilcox Plantsville factory, He nov d his family to Southington in 1871. Trs. w. Fl. Barnes and Mrs. F. R. Up- on are daughters of MT. and Mrs. Hol- omb, and Frank, of Boston, is their nly son. He is employed by Delano, Potter & Co.
 Miss Ida Lucy Morse, the only daugh- CT of ex-Senator and Mrs. George N. Horse, and William A. Stoddard, for ner acting agent of the Meriden freight nd passenger station, were quietly married in New York city Thursday fternoon by Rev G. c. Houston, an Episcopal clergyman. Mir and Mrs. toddard arrived in Meriden Thursday fight and went directly to the groofn's ome on Grant street The young cou- le have wide circle of friends in this ity to wish them happiness MT. Stod- ard is the son of William l.. Stoddard Teridens former veteran station agent 1. 'ho is now residing in Florida. The , oung man recently returned from {, isit to his parents. The announcement , the marriage will be a surprise to the 'iends of the young couple, although 2 ley have been keeping company for ,me time MT Stoddard has received ! n offer of s fine position in New Ha- . en, but is yet undecided whether to \ ccept He expects to reside in this | ty later. Several men identified with the Wool y orth company have been in Water try during the past few days supervis- U g the opening of the big new Wool t orth store there. They were c. c. riswold, of New York, general inspec- Y 1T of the company; E. z. Nutting, the t anager of the New Haven store; T. H. !, reighton, of Springfield, E. J. Naylor !,
 Bridgeport, and H. A. Bracey, of n anbury. General Inspector c. c. Gris- |, old, of Woolworth & Co., s siXty-seven ~ fe and ten-cent stores, stated yester- :, " that the destruction of the store h
 Atlantic City will result in a total fl ss to the company. None of the build c gs carries insurance, as the insurance h mpanies refuse policies to those 5tu- h ed along the board walk. The loss to O e Woolworth company is between ri 1 900 and $15000. ii Horatio Parker, Battell professor of c usic at Yale university, who has been n 'ered the honorary degree of doctor n,
 music by Cambridge university, S lgland, has accepted it and will be ir esented in June. h. Miss Clara May Gardner, daughter of Il ev. and Mrs George H. Gardner and ot nest F. Fitch, of New Haven were al arred at the brides home on Church ci 'eet Huntsville, on Thursday noon. fc fly relatives and immediate friends m