The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-10-25


 AIr. and Mrs L. Koll of 256 Cedar street announce the engagement of thtir daughter, Miss Esther, to Morton B. Lessner. Their home Sunday even- ing was handsomely decorated for this occasion, and the many guests enjoy ed d very pleasant evening. B. M Ktrplan and Miss Annie Koll enter tained the guests with the latest songs of the season.
 One of the prettiest weddings of the season took place last Thursday even ing when Miss Carrie Louise Grum- man became the bride of MT. John Corsa Andrews. The ceremony was performed in the music room at the home of the bride, 197 Batchley ave- hue. The colors used throughout tne room were pink and green. The bride was attended by Miss Mabel Hall of Wallingford as maid of honor, and the Misses Lucy s. Sprague, sister of the groom, and Mary A. Robinson as bridesmaids. Mir. William R. Stuart of YOnkers, N. Y, acted as best man. The bride was gowned in white silk and carried white chrysanthemums. The maid of honor wore French lawn. 1 The ladies of Christ church will give 1 a supper and sale tonight at the par i ish house on Broadway.
 Mrs. H. s. Holcomb and family of 200 Oak street will leave this week for i California, where they will spend the, ] winter.
 l Mrs. F. Wallestrom, of West Haven, ] and baby leave to-day for South Berk- ley, California, to join MT. Wallestrom, who went to Califoria about five weeks l ago to accept a permanent position. Mrs. Wallestrom is daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Dunsing of Union avenue. 1 A Halloween dance will be given by i the Boardman T. G. $. in East Haven town hall Tuesday evening, October S1. i At meeting of the National band, | WalIingford, the following officers , were elected: President, Edward M. 1 Roche; secretary and treasurer, Will liam J. Hogan; sergeant nt-at-arms, Frederick Naufeldt. Frederlck w. Ranford was appointed leader in the placeof John T. McDonough, who has i resigned. Four new candidates were elected to membership.
 MT. and Mrs. l.. w. Beecher of West vile left day before yesterday for Will mington, where they will spend a few weeks.
 Mrs. E. A. Chatfeld of 355 WhaIley avenue left yesterday to spend the win ter in Rockledge,. Fla. Mrs. Chatfeld sails on the steamer Arapahoe of the Clyde lire.
 Friday evening the Young Peoples society of Dwight Place church will take thir friends on trans-continental tour. The trains, under well informed conductors, will star for Boston, Ply mouth Rock and Mt, Washington, Mi agara Falls, Chicago, Pike's Peak and the famous gold regions of California. Returning by the Southern Pacific route via Los Angeles, Great Plains, Florida, Everglades, Georgia cotton fields, the lumber lands and the great coal mountains will be visited. No pains will be spared to make the tour inter- testing and instructive.
 Mounted Policeman John McQueeney Of the Howard avenue police station fig ured in a runaway accident day before yesterday, and averted a possible ca- laulity He caught horse belonging LO IIlG MUlIdTCl lduuuEy IIltL was QdSLl- ing through Howard avenue.
 The little twins, Andrew and Triton, children of Mrs. George Doolittle of Spokane, Wash, who have been seri- ously i'll with typhoid fever at the home of Andrew B. Hendryx of Beach street, West Haven, are on the road to recov- cry. They were here on a visit with their grandparents when they contract ed the fever.
 William Bowman of Fitch street, Wastville, returned Sunday from Ash ley Falls, Mass, where he had been spending several weeks on hunting and fishing trip.
 MT. and Mrs. c. s. Mellen closed their house at Stockbridge, Mass, Mon- day, and went to New York for a few days. They are expected to return to this city this week.
 Miss Carolyn Hartman of Sylvan avenue has been called to Hampton,
 Mass, by the illness to her mother, Mrs. Ingham.
 Quite number of the Branford la-
 dies are greatly interested in the efforts of the graduate nurses of the New Ha- ven hospital to raise funds with which to establish home for sick or dis abled nurses, and are busily engaged making various articles for the bazaar to be held at Harmonic hall November 1 and 2.
 Miss Wilhelmina Inman has returned from Europe and is now located at the New Haven house. Miss Inman goes out every day in her elegant Mercedes automobile to superintend repairs on her summer home Castle Rock at Bran ford Point. B. F. Hosley is in charge of repairs and improvements, which in- clude the slating of Castle Rock. The Boys Brigade of Calvary Baptist church extend an invitation to all boys twelve years and over to attend the
 drills held Thursdays at 73O p. m. The : officers for this year are: Captain, A. W. Chambers; first sergeant, R. w. Turnbull; second sergeant, E. c. Earn ham; third sergeant, F. E. Van Buren; fourth sergeant, E. E. Dyson corpor- als, G. w. Banta, H. s. Warren, A. E. Stromberg, S. J. Farnham; color ser
 geant, w. I. Recor.
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