The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-03-17
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
INSTRUMENTATION CONCERNING
NEW HAVEN PEOPLE


o'clock
The alumni of Eaton school will hold
their banquet and dance at Harmonic
hall Wednesday evening, April 6. A
fine time is expected.
Stephen Hughes. a clerk in the New
Haven postoffice. has been promoted to
a position in the Yale postoffice.
The many New Haven friends of
John Ryan, one of Waterbury's we'll
known citizens, will be sorry to hear
that he is seriously ILL.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Coonan, of 10S
Cedar Hill avenue. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss Dora
J. Coonan, to Edward Brady, Of this
city. The wedding will take place ear
~ in June.
Misses Margaret and Anna McNa-
mara, of Westville, will entertain some
friends at masquerade whist this
evening.
The first quartette has been engaged
to sing at the Church of the Redeemer
for the year beginning May 1, 1904, and
win be made up as follows: Soprano,
Miss Rena Theresa Barnes; alto, Miss
Bessie NJ Wheatley, of Meriden; tenor,
Dr. Arthur T. Barbour; basso, Francis
S. Hamilton, jr. The only change is in
the tenor, Dr. Barbour taking the place
of Mr.. Hendee, who has accepted po-
sition in New Britain. The second
uuatette of the church has not yet been
selected.
Assistant Postmaster William P. Tut
tie and his sister, Mrs. E. "A. Lewis, are
the donors of a handsome new baptis-
try of Devonshire marble, with brass
canopy and brass trimmings which will
be placed in Trinity church chancel af-
ter Easter. The gift is memorial to
the late Elizabeth C. futile.
Indications point to very large at
tendance at the annual ball to be given
by the st. Patricks T. A. and B. society
at Music hall tonight. Music for the
dancing will be furnished by Arpins
orchestra.
DR.. Karman, Of Centerville, has pur-
chased the place in Cheshire formerly
occupied by DR.. Myers, and he will
soon take possession and open his office
there.
Invitations are out for a colonial
dance to be given as a closing reception
by w. Gilbert Newell of Bridgeport, at
Harmonic hall tomorrow evening. Mr..
Newell has successfully conducted a
dancing class at Harmonic since No
vernber. and closes his season by this
reception which promises to be brill
liant.
The Cheshire Literary club will hold
its next meeting with Miss Calhoun.
Interesting papers on Bach and Mozart
will be read
The largest whist of the St Joseph's
series was the one given at the home
of Thomas Keyes on Edwards street
Tuesday evening, when thirty-two ta-
bles were occupied.
The members of the Hermann's Sons
Singing society, with their families. en-
joyed a social Tuesday night in its hall.
The occasion was the fifteenth annual
of the society and about two hundred
members, with their families, assem-
bled at the hail.
p Dewsbury, of the Edward Malley
company, who was operated upon for
appendicitis a few weeks ago, is again
able to be about.
The condition of Mrs D. w. Johnson,
of Branford, who is very i'll with pneu-
nonia, remains unchanged. The crisis
is not looked for until to-day. A train
ed nurse is in attendance.
The Misses Kane, of Lawrence street,
will give their brilliant whist to-mor-
row night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence ". Henderson,
of Branford, will be at home to their
friends this evening from until 10 at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. w. 7.
Flanders on Church street.
An exhibition Of the gymnastic work
oJo In
given at the Anderson gymnasium to-
morrow evening and will be followed by
a dance to which about twenty couples
have been hidden.
Mrs Henry E. Fowler, of Guilford,
searcher of records, has been at the
town hall for several days. Mrs. Fow-
Ter is at present engaged on the Linsley
genealogy.
The st. Lawrence T. A. B. society of
West Haven will hold banquet and
dance and ladies' night combined at its
club rooms this evening.
Mrs. Arthur Honce, of Bradford who
has been victim of the grip, left last
Saturday with her two sons for Lake
wood, N. j.
The Septimo assembly will reopen it's
season of dancing at the next assembly
to be held at Harmonic hall on Friday,
April Is.
Considerable surprise was occasioned
in this city among the friends of Miss
Minnie Theda Bird when it became
known yesterday that she was married
recently in San Francisco. Miss Bird
was for some time teacher in the
Zunder school, but got a leave of abb
sence last summer to visit her sister,
Mrs Matthewman, in Honolulu. Since
then she asked to be retired and her
resignation went into effect January 4.
Word has now been received that on
March she was married in San Fran
cisco to Stephen e. Thompson. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. J.
George Gibson, D. D., of the Emanuel
Baptist church. Mrs. Thompson's many
friends wish her the greatest Of enjoy
ment
William and Charles Nicholas, Po-
landers, have purchased the Desmond
business on West Main street, Bran
ford.
Miss Agnes Moran, of Westville, is
confined to her home by a bad attack
of pneumonia.
Mrs. M. "A. Newton will leave Bran
ford to-day for Killingworth to care for
Mrs William Terhune, formerly of
tBranford.
Mrs. Andrew Ericsson, aged thirty
seven years, formerly of Branford, died
in Hartford on Tuesday morning from