The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-23

Elsewhere
 Mrs. William H. Moseley and daugh-
 ter, Miss Harriette Moseley, have gone
 to Norfolk, where they will spend the
 holidays at their summer residence on
 Laurel Way.
 Dr. George Streit, of the staff of the
 Connecticut Hospital for the Insane at
 Middletown, is the guest of lis father,
 Policeman Simon Streit, for the holi- days.
 Miss Loretta Tierney and Miss Eliza
 beth Began, of Muhlfelder's store, are enjoying their customary winter vaca- tion.
 Collector of Internal Revenue W.
 Frank Kinney, Robert o. Eaton and
 Frederick L. Gaylord were in town yes- terday.
 The St. Agnes Ladies T. A. B. soci-
 etyety has elected officers and nearly
 all of the old board were reelected for another term. MT. and Mrs. Seamon B. Smith, of
 AllingtoWn, entertained few of their friends Saturday evening in honor of their fiftieth anniversary. The house
 was very prettily decorated for the
 occasion, the parlor being done in holly,
 laurel, ferns and palms. In the draw ing room, where MT. and Mrs. Smith
 received their guests, were wreaths of l holly, with profusion of crepe paper
 in the Christmas <colors of red and
 green. In the dining room, where sup
 per was served, there were ropings of red and green. The table decorations
 were holly and pyramid bouquets of
 red carnations, narcissus and ferns.
 After supper the evening was pleasant | ly. spent in social enjoyment. Many prominent people of the city and state
 sent congratulations to the happy couple.
 William Coyne, of Olive street, has
 recovered from his illness, which lasted l two weeks.
 Miss Minnie TilIou, of College street, gave an infornliaI piano recital for her Branford pupils at the residence of A.
 B. Hammer in Branford on Saturday afternoon. Several of Miss Tillou's | New Haven scholars assisted. The pro- gramme was delightful one A feat
 ure of the afternoon was the playing of | Miss Vera Thatcher, forceful violin ist. She was accompanied on the piano
 by her sister, little Miss Marion Thatcher. The Misses Rosalind and
 Delphine Hammer and Miss Tillou also played. Miss TilIou is one of New Ha- ven's most competent teachers of piano and very ambitious musician. | The Mems club of the Bethel A. M. E.
 church enjoyed a grand Christmas off, fering and illuminated concert in the
 church, Sperry street, last evening, giv-
 en for the benefit of the. pastor, Rev. | w. H. Haxter. l Mrs. Caroline Dayton, of Stepney De- l pot, is spending the winter with her nephew, Ava J. TyrrelI of Blake
 street, Westville. | Miss Elizabeth Sheehan, of Brooklyn,
 will spend Christmas with Miss Emma | Daly, of this city. | Dr. Frederick Waterbury, of New | York, is the guest of his parents, MT.
 and Mrs. W. A. Waterbury, of Grand ] avenue.
 1 At St. Johns F. E. church in North
 Haven Miss Anna Carroll, of this city, | will sing at the offertory the soprano
 solo, ''The Birthday of a King" Christ
 mas morning. F. G. Wallmo, secretary to Congress- ! man Sperry, has returned from Wash- I ington. He will be married to Miss
 Bessie Jewell on Saturday evening. The wedding will be one of the social events of the week.
 Dr. and Mrs. Albert Sharpe, of Ger
 mantown, Pa, will spend Christmas | with MT. and Mrs. Daniel Sharpe, of Branford.
 General Henry A. Bishop, formerly purchasing agent of the New Haven railroad, has resigned his position as \ vice-president of the Western Mary land railroad, to which he was elected some months since, and has returned to ! Bridgeport to take charge of the exten- sive business interests of his father,
 Hon. William D. Bishop, the present | vice-president of the executive board of | directors of the former road. The lat l ter is not in the best of health. Word has been received here of the I death of Mrs. Chauncey Kelsey, mother
 of Miss H. w. Kelsey, the principal of the Westville grammar school. Mrs.
 Kelsey died in Clinton on Friday after l a. brief illness and was buried Monday | afternoon.
 1 H. L. Bennett, of Jacob Berry & Co.,,
 of this city and elsewhere, was yester- 1 day elected a member of the Philadel- phia Stock exchange.
 Miss Florence Warden, who is attend I ing school at the FIillhouse high school
 here, will spend the Christmas vacation | in Southington with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. w. M. Warden.
 James P. Bogart, the civil engineer, is ! confined to his home with pneumonia. MT. Bogart was suffering with cold | and exposed himself to soon to the cold. ! Pneumonia developed.
 The Boys brigade of Westville on Monday assisted the ladies of the Con- gregational church to trim the interior of the building in preparation for the Christmas exercises next Sunday morn \ ing and evening.
 Anson Phelps Stokes, jr., secretary at Yale, has returned to the university | after an absence of few days in New York city incident to plans for his we'd ding, which is to take place in Ber- ! nardsville, N. r., next week Wednes- 6ay. Rev. MT. Stokes will be at his of flee at Yale till next Tuesday, when he will leave for his wedding and short | wedding trip.
 The West Rock lodge, A. O. U. w.,