The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-28
LOCAL lightning SPARKS.
Daily Life Of a Busy Town Done
in the Least of Detail.
It Takes Ali Sorts of Happenings in All
Sorts of Ways at All Sorts of Times and
Places to Make All Sorts of Home News.

ton meeting to be held In the Park
Saturday night.
Robert Brennan, former police officer
here, is now employed as conductor on
the Broadway, New York, cable cars.
Owing to the storm Wednesday night
the minstrel show of the Sahodalica
Wheelmen was postponed to Tuesday
next.
Work on the depot at Convent Station
has been completed and the residents in
that vicinity now go to the new station
instead of Madison.
Clarence, the four year old son of John
and Mary Moody of Washington Valley,
who died Monday was buried in Ever
green Cemetery on Wednesday.
The Womens Employment Society
will resume work for the winter on No
vember 4. at p. M, in the rooms of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
The new hall built by the ST. Virgilius
church at Morris Plains was formally
opened on Tuesday evening witha bazaar,
which will last until Tuesday next.
The entertainment course of the Y. NJ
G. A. for the coming season embraces an
exceptionally fine list of attractions.
Tickets may now be had by applying to
the secretary.
At recent meeting of the Bricklayers
and Masons' Union of this city resolu-
ton was passed protesting against the
employment of foreign and non-union
men upon public Improvements.
At Normandie Park and Heights
watermains and fire hydrants are being
placed in the roads. The water supply
is obtained from large standpipe stu
ated in Normandie Heights.
The usual notice of the oath of Edward
King has been posted in the Round
House at Hoboken. 1t is understood that
Jack English, one of the Oldest engineers,
will probably be named as Mr.. Kings
successor.
Three varieties of raspberries were
brought to this Office on Saturday by
Mrs. Albert Davis, of New Vernon
The vines have produced berries twice
this season and several quarts were
picked last week.
An entertainment under the auspices
of the Ladies' Aid Society will be held
In the Baptist church Monday evening,
October 81. The proceeds will go to
start fund for the purchase of a new
organ for the church.
The funeral occurred yesterday after
noon of Mrs. Electra J. Henderson, from
the home of her son-in-law E. l.. Foster
at Hillside. The deceased was so years
old and leaves son and four daughters.
Interment was at Hanover.
Charles A. Bottleberger, the United
States seaman, in whose honor recep-
ton was recently held, has written to
the CHRONICLE expressing his hearty ap-
probation and gratitude to all who
helped to make the event success.
a dance will be held in Masonic hall,
October 81, by the Morristown Inde-
pendent Guards. the committee of ar
rangements for the event being com
posed of Fl. Guerin, c. Phillips, II.
Wulff, j. Prudden and H. Whitehead
The building occupied by Jacob Wul-
fers, at II Market street, is being re-
moved, to be replaced by a two-and a
half story structure of gray colored brick.
Cooney & Dempsey are the contract
ors and the work is to cost nearly So 900
During the past week many persons
have admired the lastly arranged ex
hibit of toothsome game and delicacies
in theshow window of Vismara's restau
rant. The display is very attractive and
conveys in some degree an idea of the
possibilities of this popular eating resor
A meeting of the Morristown Auxil-
larry of the American Italian Society wa;
held in the chapel Of the First Presdyter,
ian Church Tuesday afternoon. Interest.
ing letters were read from the society's
Missionary in Naples and reports showed
the work to be in prosperous condition
The new law requires election officers
to be sworn in by notary public, jus
tice of the peace, master in chancery OF
some other person duly authorized te
administer legal oaths. Heretofore
election officers swore in each other or
the morning of registry and election
days.
Andrew Chessie. of A Battery, Second
Artillery, and who has made many
friends during a period of convalescence
here, left Tuesday for Fort Slocum, neal
Chicago Private Chessie was profuse
in his praise of the treatment at Mr.
Kountz's private sanitarium, where three
soldiers still remain.
The Tenth Annual Conference of the
Epworth League of the Paterson District
in Convention at Dover on Tuesday last
elected the following officers: President
C. A. Winans, Paterson First Vice Presi
dent, Samuel McCullom, Paterson
Second Vice President, Miss Lillian
Bowers, Hope; Third Vice President
G. S. Aldous, Passaic: Fourth Vice
President, Miss Grace N. Clark, Dover