The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-25

An engagement of unusual interest just announced is that of Mir. Walter L. Mitche II, youngest son of Donald G Mitchell of Edgewood to Miss Esther Buckner of New Orleans. MT, Mitchell was graduated from Yale university 1T 1885,
 1 Cyrus W. Jones and wife returned from New Preston yesterday. They have been several months in the coun- try owing ito MT. Jones i'll health, whict is now flu lily restored.
 The com'pany of Russian players now in this opdntry is to be seen here Fri day evening, February g, at the Hype- rion the,ater, in a play under the pat ronage of quite number of prominent people fin the university set The play decided upon is Ibsens "The Master Builder" It will in all probability be preceded by a tea for the very talented men alld women who make up this very interesting company. The players have been in New York the past few weeks and society there through Mrs Harry Payne Whitney, has become greatly Interested in them.
 A certificate of reinstatement has been filed recently in the Waterbury town clerks office for Rogers & Bro The officers are: President, F. 'P Wil- | cox, New York; secretary and treas urer, George Rockwell, Waterbury; di- rectors. F. F. Wilcox, George M. Cur 1 tis and J. I'M. Harmon, Meriden; C.. Berry Peets, New Haven, and George 1 Rockwell Waterbury. A fee of $25 has been paid the secertary of state as a | re-installment fee as provided by the last general assembly.
 A whist and entertainment will be given by the Queens Daughters in St., Joseph's convent on Greene street this afternoon at o'clock. The sale of tickets has been large and a goodly number of handsome prizes have been donated. The entertainment will in- | clude solos by Leola Lucy, one of the rising young sopranos of the city. The | Queens Daughters only last week made payment of $500 on the furni- l luT6 lUI tue lolSl6lS libHiO'
 The regular meeting of the New Ha- ven society of the Hall in the Grove will be held this evening at the Y. M. c. 1 A. parlor. Mrs. W. S. Osgood, who has spent many years in China, will | give an address on the Characteristics and Customs of the Chinese" The evening promises to be of unusual at traction and no Chautauqua graduate should fail to attend.
 | MT. Louis Sajous will give the first | of his series of lectures this evening at l the t,raaes street. studio on anatomy and physloi5ss -'N the respiratoTy or gans. Students of singing are cCTfaliy invited.
 At the rehearsal of the Peoples Choral union in City Mission hall to- night, a male quarttetta of this city will sing several numbers in the inter mission.
 Mrs. George w Johnson of Washing ton avenue, West Haven, and daughter, Miss Minnie Johnson sailed yesterday from New York for Daytonia, Fla, where they will spend part of the win ter months. They will visit several southern cities before their return north.
 This afternoon Terry McGoyern and Joe Humphries, his manager will ar rive in New Haven, and will be guests at the Hotel Oneco, Landlord Sullivan being an old friend of both of these well known sportsmen.
 F. E. Porter of this city is stopping at the New America house in Boston.
 The officers of Woodbridge grange No, 1OS, were installed last evening" January 24. The officers for the ensu- ing year are: Master, Arthur H. Doo- little: overseer Henry D. Baldwin; lecturer, Charles A. Bond; steward Henry Dickinson assistant steward Herbert s. Doolitte; chaplain, Rev Frederick T. Parsons; treasurer, VII. Ham H. Warner; secretary, Leroy c Beecher; gate keeper, Clarence R. New ton; pomona, Ida Williams; flora, Flu nice R. Augur; ceres, Mabel Bond lady assistant steward, Mary B, Shep herd.
 Mrs. Frederick Kutsoher has invited the members of the Literary and So cial club and their husbands for a SO cial evening Thursday at her home 34S Humphrey street. The members O. this club are Mrs. Henry ONeill, Mrs Harry D. Sutton, Mrs. George c, Jones Mrs. Frederick Fisk, Mrs. Elwyn Bry ant, Mrs. Irving Tinker, Mrs James Harlow, Mrs. Alexander Irvine, Mrs Lewis White, Mrs William Sanford Mrs. William Bates, Miss DebusseN and Mrs. George Palmer.
 MT. and Mrs. L. A. Bettcher of Or chard street have left for a months visit in Jamaica, West Indies.
 Among the West Haveners who at tended the campus whist yesterday afternoon at Republican hall were Mrs Elmer E. Somers, Mrs. Andrien c Heitmann, Mrs. Frank Wilcox, Mrs. T L. Cosgrove. Mrs. Frank Bradley, Mrs L. P, Langdon, Mrs H. s. Thompson Mrs, Harry Sutton, Mrs. Edward Dick. erman, and Mrs. O'Brien.
 The January meeting of the Women'' Civic Study club was held in Center Church chapel yesterday afternoon al 8 o'clock. Reports were presented by several committees and 8 very inter. esting paper was read by Miss Emily | Whitney on Pure Food" This sub. ject seems most timely, as the pure food bill is before congress this week. ] Evelyn Holbrook, the daughter of Mir. and Mrs. K. A. Holbrook of Blake