The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07
LOCAL LIGHTNING SPARKS.
Daily Life of a Busy Town Done
in the Least of Detail.
IT Takes All Sorts of Happenings In All
Sorts of Ways at All Sorts of Times and
Places to Make All Sorts of Home News.


The Board of Freeholders meet on
Wednesday next.
The regular meeting of the Board of
Aldermen will be he held this evening
On next Wednesday evening the Ex-
else Board will hold its monthly meeting.
In the erection of double house on
Clinton street, near High, only Italian
labor is employed.
The Morristown High School football
team will play its opening game at
Madison October Is.
With watermelon feast as the attrac-
tion. the Y NJ G. A. Wheelmen took a
run to Hanover Neck Saturday night.
A Directory of Morristown Society"
has just been published, which is of in
terest to many persons in this vicinity.
Driver Amasa Keegan of Resolute
Hook and Ladder Company has resigned
and Eugene Kelly been employed to fill
the place.
d. S. Brink, the Washington street
harness dealer, is converting the base
ment of his place of business into room
for storage.
On Tuesday, in Morris Special SEES
sions, the case of Frank Mastick, charged
with larceny, was continued and will be
heard today
A pleasant sociable and dance was
held in the Parker building Wednesday
evening by Pride of Vanatta Council,
Daughters of Liberty.
A greater number of cyclists passed
through Morristown on Sunday last than
ON any day this season Many of these
stopped here for dinner.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
win be held in their rooms at the Y. NJ
G. A. on Tuesday at p. m.
The game law is now open on the
following birds: Woodcock, partridge,
grouse, pheasant, reed bird, rail bird,
marsh hen, geese and duck.
In the Spring Street A. NJ E. Church
this evening Miss Halle @. Brown,
NJ &c., of WHEREFORE University, Ohio,
will give an entertainment composed of
dramatic and humorous recitals.
Mrs. H. L. Wight has leased through A.
Evans Swartwout the Cater house, cor
ner of Maple avenue and Oak street, for
a period of two and half years.
At the morning service of the First
Presbyterian Church Sunday L. D.
Wishart will deliver an address on "The
Forward Movement of Missions"
1t is said the boys of Morristown are
to organize football team to do battle
with the representative organizations of
the kind in the surrounding towns.
An extra furnace for heating purposes
is being put in the basement of the Bap
fist Church, and electric lights are new
addition to the Boys Brigade drill room.
Health Inspector Van Dyke. who re-
ports the health of the city excellent,
says there has not been a case of infec-
tious or contagious disease since June
last
In Morris Special Sessions on Tuesday
Tony Quill of Flanders was fined SIS and
costs for the larceny of horse blanket
valued at So The plaintiff was Clarence
Thompson.
A surprise party was given to Eugene
Ketcham by number of friends at the
residence of his brother-in-law. George
Horne, on Water street Tuesday evening.
A pleasant time was had with games,
music and dancing.
The fire department was called out
early Tuesday evening to the house of
Maj. II. NJ Dalrymple on Hill street A
lace curtain had taken fire from gas
let, but the blaze was smothered out
before the firemen arrived.
Residents in the vicinity of Olyphant
Park have been annoyed recently by the
naneuvers of 'sJack the Pepper" The
police are keeping sharp lookout for
the offender and it is expected he will
be apprehended and punished as he
deserves.
Charles Wechlsler, whose condition
was considered dangerous, is recovering
from typhoid fever at the hospital in
Camp Shipp, Admission, Ala. He is a
soldier in the 14th N Y Volunteers and
his father, who lives in Morristown, is
Eugene Wechlsler.
L. D. Wishart, international secretary
of the Y. M. G. A., will be the speaker
at Association Hall Sunday afternoon at
4.15 o'clock. Mr.. Wishart has travelled
around the world in the interest of Y.
M. C. A. work and is an exceptionally
interesting speaker.
On account of the State convention of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, to be held at Elizabeth October
nth to 14th, the next meeting of the
-sOwen W will occur on Monday even
ing instead of Tuesday. All members
are urged to be present.
The number of soldiers at Mr..