The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-08-12
SUMNER GUESTS IN TOWN
List of Prominent Hotel Boarders
and Summer visitors.

at Country Houses-Rush Expected
!. in September.
There is little activity in Morristown
boarding houses. as it is now between
the seasons, the great rush coming in the
spring and early fall; yet there are a
number of regular boarders and few
summer guests and transient visitors.
There are eight boarding houses on
South street down to the Seminary, and
the following is a record of present
guests
At the Misses Knauft, on the Miss
Mary Blachley place, though several
others have come and gone, only Mrs.
Freeman of Brooklyn is stopping at
present. Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Living
stone of New York, Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
Ford of Brooklyn and Mrs. Nichols of
Long Branch have been here earlier in
the season.
Across the way the Russell House has
it's usual complement of regular guests
and quite number of summer visitors,
including Miss Schmidt and nephew of
Brooklyn, DR.. Ward and family. of Pitts
burg and Mrs. and Miss Shelton of New
York Miss Eugenia Collins, deaconess
of the Church of the Redeemer, has re-
turned here from a two weeks visit to
Avon, and Mrs. and Miss Creighton left
in July to spend the remainder Of the
summer at Long Branch.
At ssThe Colonial" there are few guests
at present and preparations are making
for the large number who will arrive in
September. Those at the house just now
are Miss Graydon. Miss Drake, Mrs.
Chandler. Mr.. Chandler and @. B. Beck
with. All of the regular boarders are
away for the summer.
There are also very few at Mrs. Tunis'
for the same reason. Among visitors
here are Mr.. and Mrs. Knapp of New
York and Mrs. Knapp's mother, Mrs.
Westcote; Miss Wallace of Montreal
and Mr.. Fleming of New York. And
Mrs. Gambell has just returned here
from Washington.
At the Underhill houses just below are
Mrs. Rayburd and niece. Mr.. and Mrs.
Adams and Miss Packard, Miss Bruell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Croker, all of New York,
and Mrs. James of Philadelphia. Mr..
Choate of the Miller road, who has been
here during the absence of his family,
has returned home.
Mrs. Couse's house, 106 South ST., is at
present full of boarders and OVERLOOKING,
and among the regular and summer
guests are Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Halsey
of Newark, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Ennever
of New York, Miss Quicker of Newark,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Gore, and Mrs. Mer
chant of Newark, Mrs. Harry Crane, Jas.
S. Stearns, and Mr.. and Mrs. B. J. Crane
and family. Next door at Mrs. Wilson's,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fondey and Mrs. Fondeys
mother are stopping, and others are ex-
pected about the first of the month.
Down at the Seminary buildings, which
are used for boarding house purposes
during the summer, Mr.. and Mrs. Hodge
man of New York and Mr.. and Mrs.
Blanchet of this city are located for a
few weeks. Only the regular boarders
are at the Goliath House on South street,
but many others are expected.
There are the usual large number
of summer boarders at country places
about Morristown. The Iron Spring
House, formerly the Walton Cottage, on
the Sussex road, has about forty-five
guests, among whom are the families of
Mr.. Powell, the New York confectioner,
Mr. Nichols of the Standard Oil Co., Mr..
Davenport of Armour & Co., New York,
Mr.. and Mrs. Graft of New York, and
Nj. and Mrs. Lindsey and family and
Mis- Allen of Newark. Others are COM
ing daily, and the beautiful summer
grounds are being continually enjoyed.
Out at the Mills homestead on the
Mendlam road a number of families are
spending the summer, among them being
Mr.. ana Mrs. Hawkinson and family of
New York, Mr.. and Mrs. William E..
Taylor aid family and Rev. Mr.. Martin
of Asbury Park; Mrs. Kahn and family
and Mrs. and Miss Norris of Brooklyn,
VIM. E. Covie of New York and Prof.
and Mrs. Molenaer and family of
Morristown.
The city hotels report good season.
The usual number of transient guests ar
rive daily, and there is a large number
of summer visitors. At the United
States Hotel are Gen. j. L. Tophan,
Washington, D. G.; Joseph Kocarink,
New York; j w. Walker, Dighter,
Mass; F. w. Clark, Rome, N. Y;
Percy B. Isirel, Washington, D. C.;
Hon. E. L. Salisbury, Cleveland, O.; E.
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