The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-07-13
PERSONAL NOTES.

Mrs. Ellen .Deming and family, of the South End, in Newington.
 p. R. Wilder has purchased the house in which he lives in Collinsvllle from Mrs. Mary Williams, of this city, for merly of Collinsville.
 The school board of New Britain has decided to recommend Miss Florence Raymond for teacher in the fifth grade in the South school in that city to | succeed Miss Crean, resigned. Miss Raymond lives in Darien. She is a | graduate of New Haven State Normal | school and has had three years ex- perience in teaching, having taught in 1 Darien and Taftville.
 Judge John Walsh, of New Britain, l the court stenographer, is spending most of his time at Cosey Beach. East | Haven. He has yacht and is accu- | mulating nautical knowledge. Judge | Walsh is thoroughly enjoying his out l ing at his cottage, which Is known as "Quesaquanash," and is named after l the counsellor of the Indian chief Mo- | mauguin, who was at the head of the | tribe which in 16O0 transferred the ter | %AScAJ NAlAS4l 44ON SllADl AN6W Ild- l ven, Wallingford and other places to | the colonists.
 Charles Battell Loomis, the noted hu- l morist, left his Torringford summer | home Thursday for New York, whence | he will sail to-day for Londonderry, Ireland. From there Mir. Loomis will l go to the Dublin exposition, and after | visit there he will start on a tramp | ing tour through Ireland. MT. Loomis l will travel alone this summer. Last | summer he made tour of England in company with Jerome K. Jerome. Mir Loomis will return to Torringford in September. The Big Nine" an organization of retail grocers from nine cities in Con- necticut and Massachusetts, held its l monthly meeting and dinner at shore house in Bridgeport Wednesday after noon. There were representatives pres- ent from Springfield, Pittsfeld and Northampton, Mass, and Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury, Meriden, Mid letown, New Britain and other Con- necticut cities. The meeting was orig inally planned for New Haven, but R. T. Whiting, who is one of the promi- nent members, induced the organization to come to Bridgeport. Matters of in- ters of interest to the trade were dis cussed.
 Edward A. Parsons, the well-known music teacher of this city, may lose the sight of one eye as result of an accident at Vineyard Haven, Mass, where he Is staying for the summer. In going from one room to another in the dark MT. Parsons ran into rack which projected from the wall The sharp point of the rack entered his right eye. rupturing an artery. There is hope, however, of his sight being saved.
 Mrs. w. s. Clark Mrs. s. L. Chappell and Mrs. w. S. Lewis, of Old Saybrook, were recent visitors in this city.
 s. A. Gardner, 8 travelling agent of the Connecticut Humane society, whose offices are in Church street, this city was in Stamford this week looking for disabled and ill-treated horses. Mir. Gardner found a number of horses whose condition led him to speak to their owners.
 < Last Thursday evening the marriage of Oscar o. Palmer, of this city, for Taerly of Norwich, and Miss Nora Tere- Ssa Donahue, of Norwich, took place at the rectory of St. Patrick's church, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Hugh Treanor. Miss Nellie E. Sulli- van, niece of the bride, was bridesmaid and Edward F. Comerford was best man. MT. and Mrs. Palmer left on the Bar Harbor express for wedding trip of several days, and will reside in this city, taking apartments in the Hotel Dnrant for the present, and will start housekeeping In the fall. Mr Palmer is now located in this city, where he has an excellent position.
 Mrs. Myron filling and little daugh- ter, who have been the guests of MT. and Mrs. Roger Vosburgh in West Ha- ven, have returned to their home in Norwich. They were accompanied by Mrs. filings sister, Miss Ollavosburgh, who will spend few weeks with her sister.
 "A wedding of considerable Meriden interest was that yesterday morning in St. Joseph's church, when Miss Bridget Carroll of 69 Foster street, became the bride of Patrick May, of Oakland Cal, The ceremony was performed at 6:90 by Rev. J. F. Donahue. There were no attendants, but the witnesses were Miss Ella Flynn, of Meriden, and William Afaloney, of this city. The couple left on a wedding trip and will make their home in Oakland
 The late Mrs, D. c. Whaples, of New Britain, whose death was announced yesterday, was a granddaughter of Ma for John Melgs, who was a Revolution ary officer who served with distinction Major Meigs had three brothers. These were Colonel Jonathan Meigs, Captain Giles Meigs, who was the grandfather of Noah Porter, the president of Yale college, and of Miss Sarah Porter, an6 Joshua Meigs, professor at Yale ant later president of Georgia university and the College of the District of Co lumbia. The wife of Major John Meigs was Elizabeth Henshaw, great-great granddaughter of John and Priscills Alden. Mrs. Elizabeth c. Whaples fathers mother was a daughter of Ma for Peter Curtis, of Harrington, an other brilliant officer of the Revolu tion.
 B. B. Hans, of New Orleans, Is tht guest of Mrs. J. 0. PaIlman, of Win throp avenue. MT. Hans is an ex-rep resentative of the Louisiana state leg islstI1re,