The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27

dealer, is confined to his home with ill., ness.
 Mrs. Frank Palmer and children of this city are guests of Mrs. Palmer's mother, Mrs. Bishop, of Chestnut street, Branford.
 Dr. Cushing. principal of the high school. is i'll at his home on Cottage street.
 Miss Maud Mansfield of s5 Henry street was very agreeably surprised by group of about twenty girl friends, who assembled to tender her party in honor of her birthday anniversary last night. Music, games and recitations combined to form a very agreeable en- Itertainment and were followed by a dainty luncheon. Miss Maude Mans field, the hostess, delighted her guests with piano selections and her sister, Miss Martha Mansfield, sang in pleas ing fashion A very happy evening was spent by all.
 1 A meeting of the board of govern ment of the c. T. A. U. of Connecticut will be held in Waterbury to-day. Thomas J. O'Brien of Howard avenue, county director, has authorized William ! Cronin. county secretary. to call the meeting for the purpose of arranging sor the field day to be held in Water- l bury on June IS.
 E. S. Davis and wife, who has been visiting c. H. Ryder and family of Branford, left Monday afternoon for their home in Boston.
 At a recent meetin gof4 the board of directors of the Mems institute, it was voted to authorize w. 4. Wharton to arrange for the issue of new cata- logue, and the work will be commence ed at once. MT. Wharton will be assist ed by the library officials and clerks, and he hopes to have the work com pleted early in October.
 Charles H. Grannis left Monday night for his home in Trenton N. J., having spent two days with the Will ford family on South Main street, Branford.
 About 200 people attended the whist and dance Of St. Agnes Ladies T. A, and B. society given at Sassaeus hall Monday night. Fifty tables were oc- cupied, and whist was enjoyed from to 10 o'clock. The young ladies in charge of the sections were Misses Margaret Stammers, Agnes Moran Julia Brennan. Nellie Ryan, Anna and i Alice Lundgren, Mrs. Thomas F. Flood Mrs. Joseph Fletcher. The prize win ners were Miss Mary Houde, first, pot ted palms: May Hurley, second, knit ted slippers; Julia Brennan, third, fan; Anna Dunn, fourth, cracker jar; J. c i Kelly, first, smoking set; J. J. Me iLaughlin, second, tobacco jar; J. A, McLoughlin, third, playing cards; c Rockford, fourth, combination bank
 Daniel F. Brennan and Thomas Reyes acted as ushers. Cohen's orches- tra played for the dance programme ot eighteen numbers.
 A delightful little hostess was Miss Doris Damn Leopold, at a party giver at her home on Bradley street, in honoi of her fifth birthday. The small guests enjoyed themselves playing games, un. dangling spider webs" etc, after which a dainty luncheon was served them. The table presented an unusu- ally pretty sight with its decorations oi blue crepe paper and roses, and tht twelve bright little faces surrounding it. A fashlight photograph taken o them at the table will serve as a pretty souvenir Among the little folks at tending were Miss Martha Warehouse Walter Damn, Wendell Mansfield Rog CT Dam, Wesley Sloane, Misses Edwf land Geneva Leopold Edwin and Pau Fummel, Samuel Warehouse and Ed Twin Werts.