The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-09
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
rTEMsOFINTERESTC CONCERNING
 NEW WHAYEN PEOPLE

And Other People Known fin This City
 -Ins.rsstlng social Events Here and
 Elsewhere.
 Miss Bertie Meyer of Blake street was given a farewell party by her friends Thursday night. Dancing, reeitations and music were enjoyed. Miss Meyers father with others employed by the Consolidated road, have been transfer red to Readville, Mass. The family will remove next week. MT. Meyer has rented his house on Blake street and many friends hope he may again in the future occupy the same.
 Bishop E. s. Lines returned to New ark Thursday night, and Mrs. Lines left yesterday noon for her Newark home.
 MT. and Mrs Edward G. Buckland, who have lived in Providence for the past few years, have returned to this city. They will spend the summer in the Anderson cottage at Oyster river. Mrs. Buckland was Miss Sally Clark, daughter of the late Charles P. Clark.
 Cards received in this city announce the wedding of Harry Stephen Vorhis formerly of this city, to Miss Harriet Alice AIcCarty of New York city. The ceremony was performed in the Madi- son avenue Presbyterian church, New York city, on Sunday, March 27. Mr. Vorhis is Yale '96 graduate. He is now on the staff of the New York Sun. He was for several years with the Journal and Courier of this city and was later city editor of the Waterbury American.
 The serious illness of Mrs. Bruce Fenn of Whitney avenue is a matter of grave concern to her friends.
 Miss Mamie Trowbridge of Morris town. N. J., who sails for Europe on the 18th, is visiting her mother here.
 The engagement has been announced of George Flames Marstow, jr., of New York. and Miss Bertha Woodruff Kel- logg, daughter of MT. and Mrs. James c. Kellogg of Elizabeth, N. J. MT. Bar stow is Yale '97 graduate, and a mem Der of the St. Nicholas society. He is a grandson of the late Amos c. Barstow of Providence. R. I.
 President c. s. Mellen and other of ficials of the New Haven road, together with some of the trolley people, made an inspection trip of parts of the Fair Haven trolley system Wednesday. The party went over the Derby, Wood mont, Branford and Momauguin lines.
 The board os selectmen of Branford and East Haven have practically de- cided to close the shore road the 18th of this month for the purpose of commence ing the work of constructing the pro- posed drawbridge over the East Haven river. The matter will be finally deter mined at a meeting of the board of Branford selectmen tonight.
 The Rev. Alexander F. Irvine in an address before the members of the local Trolleymen's union at their meeting yesterday morning, made some sensa- tional statements in reference to the political situation locally and advocated the passage of law by which many municipal reforms could be accomplish ed. He referred to the dickers between the political bosses in the city elections shameful and told the trolleymen that they were the goods which each of the bosses delivered to the others on elec- tion day
 William Foote Farnham, the little son of Bennett Farnham, of Westville who is now in Atlanta, Ga, is progressing finely. He will soon be entirely recov- cred from his recent illness.
 A very interesting christening cere- mony was held on Tuesday last at the residence of Mrs. James English on Edgehill road. The year old son of MT. and Mrs. English was christened by Bishop Lines of New Jersey in the pres ence of thirty guests. He was named Benjamin Worth English His god mother was Miss Page of New York The day was the first perfect spring day and the ceremony one to be long re- membered by those who witnessed it.
 Mrs. Geary of Fountain street, West vile, is seriously ill at her home.