The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-18


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 Men-The, Homing Club, Etc.
 Miss Jane Hogden. of 427 Grand ave- nue, tendered her bachelor girl friends a reception Monday night. Music, cards and a fine buffet luncheon left nothing to be desired. Among those present were the Misses Elizabeth Con nelly, Gertrude Lendroth. Marian Bol- ton, Josephine Daley, Anna Unmack, P. Smith, B. Smith, Catherine Murphy and Jane Hogden. The happy party broke up about midnight. The girls declare they had one of the best times of their lives.
 Considerable damage was done Mon- day to one of Smedley's baggage wag- |ons. which was struck by a trolley car at Grand avenue and Atwater street. The rear end of the wagon was struck with such force as to throw the horse and driver to the ground. Martin Flynn, the driver, escaped with a se- were shaking up and the horse was un- injured.
 MT. Manwaring has arranged an ex- |cellent programme for the literary and musical entertainment to be given in the Grand Avenue Baptist church this evening for the benefit of the organ fund. The entertainment will begin promptly at s o'clock and the pro- gramme is as follows:
 Part One.
 Piano solo-Master Ralph Everett. Tenor solo--E. S. Perkins Recitation-Mrs. L. Goodrich. Alto solo--Miss Edith Augur, with vio- lin obligato by Miss Bristol. Soprano solo Miss Edna Sims. Violin solo-Miss Edna Daley. Tenor solo-J. w. Phillips Part Two Piano solo-Master Everett. Soprano solo-Miss Sims.
 Tenor solo-Mr. Phillips. Violin solo-Miss Daley.
 Recitation-Mrs. Goodrich. Alto solo-Miss Augur.
 Tenor solo-Mr. Perkins. The accompanist will be Miss Ruth Wilson. Ice cream will be on sale at the close of the programme.
 The Peoples church will hold a so- ciable this evening in Bushnell hall. Every one interested is cordially invit- ed to attend.
 Quinnipiac conclave No. 313, Improv- ed Order of Heptasophs, has adopted the assessment books in the place of the postal cards which have been issued leach month, The books will be used for the first time on the June assess ment and contain notices for one year. This is an up-to-date method and while Fit will be hard for some to get used to it, it is believed it will work satisfac- torily. Any member losing a book can have a duplicate upon the payment of ten cents.
 The barge Finth arrived yesterday with 450 tons of coal for the H. A. Stew ems Coal company.
 Arthur J. Weld has sold his residence lon Woolsey street to Policeman Thom- as Trainor.
 Jacob Schlayer, of Eastern street, in the Annex, has been discharged from the New Haven hospital as cured
 John Ingoldsby has removed from 19S James street to 172 Lloyd street.
 Van Buren Lamb. who has been liv- ing in New York for some time, is vis- iting at his old home on East Pearl street.
 The Dayton Hook and Ladder com pany entertained their friends on Mon day evening, the affair being in the na- ture of an open meeting. Former Chief |J. J. Dayton after whom the company was named, acted as master of ceremo- nies in initiating some new members At the close of business the floor was cleared for dancing, which was the or der of the evening until midnight, when supper was served.
 A two-masted schooner is loading at the Adamant Plaster 2cornpany's wharf for a Providence firm. The last training fly of the Twentieth Century Homing club was started from Newark, N. J., at ' o'clock Monday for a fly of seventy-five miles. The pigeons came in in two flocks, the first flock, in which all the local fanciers had birds, arriving at 8:05. The first real contest of the season will take place next Sun day. The birds will be liberated at Brunswick, N. J., making the distance 100 miles.
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