The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-29
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST CONCERN
 ING NEW HAVEN PEOPLE


 Interesting Social Events Here and
 Elsewhere.
 Alexander c. Dingwall of 115 Willard street announces the engagement of his daughter Anna DeNoon, to Wallace DeForest Field, formerly of this place. Both of the young people are very pop ular, an dtheir many friends congrat- ulate them in most heart ymanner.
 Supervising Principal Frank O. Jones, of Dwight district school of this city, will discuss Reading and Arithmetic at the annual meeting of the Eastern Connecticut Teachers association in New London on May S.
 J. l.. Barber, agent of the New York Life Insurance company, gave a din ner to the employees of all the agencies in the state at Heublein's yesterday.
 George Meme, an instructor in the Yale gymnasium and also director of the Meriden Y. M c. A., received g. handsome watch fob Wednesday from the members of his classes in Meri- den.
 If it is pleasant to-day Roy Taylor and Russell Reed of Westville will go on fishing trip to stephenville, Conn., 1 They will return Saturday night Mrs. Knodel of Diamond street, who has been i'll for the past few days, is considerably improved. She has been under the case of Dr. Winne.
 Martin M. Mccarthy, sixty-five years old, of West Haven, fell while crossing State street, near Chapel, Wednesday afternoon and received cut in the back of the head and sprained ankle He was crossing the street, carrying a I heavy bundle, and slipped on the wet car track
 1 At a smoker Wednesday night, in Insurance building, a wrestling match tok place. Frank Speh of Derby, and Kid Noll of this city. were matched. In lfifty-fve minutes Speh scored a down. There were scheduled three bouts, but at the finish of the first Noll quit The preliminary bout was a fifteen-minute draw between Al George and young Anderson of this city.
 Mrs. c. w. Shumway of Harrison street, who has been seriously i'll with infammatory rheumatism, is so much improved that she was able to sit up Tuesday for the first time.
 A party of young ladies known as the May pole girls have planned to Igive an informal dance in the West Haven town hall Tuesday evening, May A. The young ladies are the Misses Rose Dehmer, Bessie Bohan, Lulu Cor coran. Mae Dehmer Mary Rourke, Katherine Sullivan, Amanda Rock, Ida Eaton. Marie Rock.
 Elias F. Merriman and son, Charles, lof Alden avenue, are both suffering from the grip.
 Dr. William G. Anderson, director of the Yale gymnasium, who has been in Washington since last Monday, will re- turn to-day. Dr. Andersons trip to Washington was for the purpose of ob- taining money from the Carnegie com mittee in that city.
 Mrs. John Malacrida of S02 First ave- nue left Thursday for trip to Toronto, Canada, where she will make a stay of several weeks with her father Accom- panying her is her daughter, Miss Ger trude Malacrida.
 Miss Anna Buckley of 29 Hallock lstreets, is on a months vacation visit ling her sister, Mrs. R. H. Leehner of Indianapolis. On her return she will visit Cincinnati and Covington, Ky.
 Abraham Peck of Blake street is quite i'll at his home.
 Mrs. John Daggett of New York is the guest of Miss Charlotte E. Hyde of George street, West Haven.
 Dr. William N. Winne of Westville lis entertaining his mother from Essex.
 Senator w. J. Clark and family of Prospect TIill who have spent the win ter in the south, are expected home in Stony Creek next week.
 The two young children of MT. and Mrs. Beesley of Harrison avenue, Westville, are afflicted with the whoop- ing cough.
 Rev. MT. Thomas of this city will of- ficiate at the Church of Christ, Stony Creek, next Sunday, the pastor, Rev. $. F. Bloomfield, formerly of the Jour- lnal and Corier, being absent on va ication, which he is spending in the west. His condition is reported very critical
 w. H. Lanphier and Anson Babcock of Branford have a new launch which
 Twas built for them this winter by
 Claus A. Johnson of Short Beach. The
 boat was brought up from Short Beach to Branford Point Sunday with H. R Hutchinson in charge, and worked very satisfactorily. A speed of better thar . eight miles an hour was shown. George Hall of the Boston Institute , of Technology is spending a ten days : vacation with his parents, Captain ant Mrs. Henry Hall of Stony Creek. , Benjamin F, Hosley of Branford is : seriously ill with a severe attack ol , the grip. He was taken i'll quite sud : denly Tuesday afternoon. James c ? Palmer is nursing him. Dr. Stark 2 weather is the attending physician. The Polish Benefit society of Bran 3 ford will give a dance in Pythian hal l tomorrow evening.
 Announcement has been made tha l the Rev. Elmer E. Ferris of La Crosse
 Wis, will speak next Sunday afternoon
 at the mems mass meeting in Foy au
 ditorium. MT. Ferris will speak on "A National Peril.' He is a brilliant talk