The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-03-11
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

Spring fever weather. Temperature
at noon yesterday zoe.
Present prospects indicate an adjourn
ment of the Legislature on March %.
A special meeting Of the Board of
Aldermen will be held on Monday
evening next.
A new typewriter folding desk and a
new letter press cabinet have been placed
in the Surrogate's Office this week.
The fog of the last three days has ma
teriaIly interferred with commuters and
the arrival of the eastern mails.
The managers of the Employment
Society netted nice little sum, over
5000, at their afternoon tea last Tuesday.
All the street fire hydrants of the town
were flushed on Tuesday, and are re-
ported in first class condition for service.
Stephen Luse, proprietor of the Colo
NAL House, has been confined to his bed
for several days past. He is however,
slowing improving.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
will be held in their rooms at Y. M. G.
A., next Tuesday, at p. m.
The tea and sale given by Mrs. Ropes's
Bible class last Saturday realized over
500. 1t will be used toward the expenses
of their trip to Mortified this summer.
Robert Jackson, homeless colored
boy of the town, or rather boy who re-
fused to go to his home, was taken to
the Reform School by Deputy Harry
Sven on Monday.
A party of happy friends gave birth
day surprise to Miss Hattie Darling at
her home on Mills street, Friday evening
the 4th. A merry time was had with
music and refreshments.
W. F. Gordinier has been transferred by
the U. S. Express Company, to Wilkes
barre Pa, where he will make his home.
Mr.. Gordinier was very obliging at
tachee at the local office.
Cards giving fire alarm numbers and
location of fire alarm boxes, also cards
giving description of the weather signals
displayed daily on the CHRONICLE build
ing, may now be had on application at
the CHRONICLE office.
The Teachers Club of the Morristown
Public Schools will give musical enter
tainment and Shakesperian Burlesque at
the Chapel, Maple Avenue Building,
Friday evening, March 18th.
Thomas Zindle on the general sd. and
D.' complaint last Sunday, was sudden
ly attacked by his charge, and came off
with badly damaged hat. zindle came
off with four days and costs.
]. K. Boniface has at his Market a
fine specimen of Strix Nyctea, the Da-
kota white owl, stuffed and mounted,
standing thirty inches, spread of wings
about As inches. He will present the
bird to Humane Engine Company, No. 2,
at an early day.
Next Sunday will be the last services
at which Mrs. Clara Henley Bussing
will preside as soloist of the FIRST Pres
byterian Church. By special request
she will sing Here Ye Israel" from
Elijah at the morning service and "With
Virtue Clad at the afternoon service.
The First Church Tower Clock was
illuminated again on Monday; the ex-
pense to be met by the city. During the
few weeks that the lights were out the
people learned to appreciate the work of
enterprising citizens who made the IL
Eliminating possible for nearly year
past without expense to the city.
About rs men and boys of the town
will participate in the gymnastic exhibit
ton at Lyceum hall this evening in class
drills and apparatus work, fencing,
building of pyramids, etc. F. w. len
barth, either soloist and Maj. J. Malloy.
baton swinger, of New York, will assist
in the entertainment.
Thomas j. Allen the we'll known con-
tractor, formerly a resident of this city,
has been making important improve
ments at hisquarry in the Sussex division
of the Lackawanna, near Andover,
comprising new drills, and improved
machinery made necessary by his rapid
ly increasing business.
Lot owners of the Evergreen Cemetery
Association in annual meeting on Mon
day of this week, elected the following
officers: trustees for three years, Ii. "a.
Freeman, P. G. Barker, M. D., and J. E
Parker. Other trustees are, Thee.
Ayers, ST., Geo. Fl. Rose, John Thatch-
er, David a. Wilday, Charles McCollum
and John D. Guerin.
| Carpenters in the employ of Coe &
Mitchell while at work in remodeline
the Stiles building few days ago,
hauled several old and interesting news
papers out of the garnet. Among them
were The Dollar Newspaper, Philadel-
phia, Wednesday. May s, 1874; Uiaclt
Sam, Boston, August 8, 1874; The Neat
4 World, August II, 1912.
| AS part of their sixth anniversary ex
ercises, the Salvation Army will hold