The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-09-23
LOCAL lightning SPARKS
Daily Life of a Busy Town Done
in the Least of Detail.
1t Takes All Sorts of Happenings in All
Sorts of Ways at All Sorts Of Times and
Places TO Make All Sorts of Home News.

This evening the Y NJ C. A. Wheel
men will hold a run to Hanover Neck.
O.C. Jensen is building double house
and single cottage on Mt. Kemble
avenue
The annual ball of the. United States
Express employees will be held in Meal
pin Hall October 49,
Hickory nuts and walnuts are scarce
this year The chestnut crop will be
about an average one.
George UdalI will remove his shoe
store and intelligent Office to the Hessey
building. No. 5 Water street, October /.
j. Harry Boniface, who was drug
gist on the hospital ship Relief, has OBJ
tanned his honorable discharge from the
service.
The annual reunion of the survivors
of the Fourteenth New Jersey Volun-
teers will be held at Railway on Thurs
day, September 20.
Miss Annie A. McIlwane, who has
been a teacher at the Maple avenue
school for a number of years, has re-
signed to accept like position in Yon.
kers.
A number of the members of the
Knights of Columbus and their lady
friends attended reception in Orange
on Tuesday night given by the society
of that place.
The party of seven Y NJ c. A. mem
bers have returned from Culver's Lake,
Sussex county, where they spent two
weeks camping. All report having had
a delightful time.
Theodore Lowey pleaded guilty to a
charge of larceny and JudgeVreeland on
Monday sentenced the prisoner to fifteen
months. Sheriff Durling took Lowey
to Trenton yesterday.
On October 4 next the Coachmen's
Driving Association will give its four
teenth annual entertainment in the lee
ture room of the Spring Street Church
for the benefit of the church treasury.
Very little cider will be made in this
State State this year, the apple crop being SO
short that many cider mills will not be
operated. In Morris county the price
paid for cider apples is Is cents per
bushel.
The friends of George Berry, of Com
pany NJ. Second New Jersey Volunteers,
were glad to meet him, he being here on
sick furlough from Lees corps at jack
sonville He is rapidly regaining health,
however.
The Sahodalica Wheelmen are arrang-
i1o for q r,,irotro1 ,oarfor,,,apoo fr, he
given in the Lyceum about the middle
of October. Home talent only will par
ticipate and the event promises to be
successful one
G. Frank Axtell was delegate from
the Firemen's Relief Association of this
city to the twenty first annual conven
ton Of the New Jersey State Firemen's
Association at Atlantic City on Tuesday
and Wednesday.
The fall term of the Centenary Insti-
tute at Hackettstownopened on Tuesday
with more applicants for rooms than
could be accommodated A number of
Improvements have been made during
the summer months.
Interest continues to grow in the
forthcoming exhibition to be held in
November by the Morris County Garden
ers and Florists Society. The exhibit
already assured will be one of the finest
ever seen in New Jersey
Comrades Fl. G. EmmelI, George F.
Baylis, Edward Pruden, Samuel Lyon
and John N. Bruen attended the re-
union of the survivors of the Seventh
Regiment New Jersey Volunteers held
in Newark on Tuesday night.
Persons desiring naturalization papers
should bear in mind that they must be
procured from the courts thirty days be-
fore election, and their names must be
fled with the Township Clerk ten days
before they apply to the court.
Miss Estella Walker daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Fl. Walker of this city,
won the free scholarship at Wilberforce
University. Miss Walker was the first
.colored girl graduate of the Morristown
public school, and she has always had
high record as student.
James C. Timmons recently won
second money at successful pigeon
match at Midland Beach, killing TWEEN
four out of twenty five birds, the
twenty fifth falling dead out of bounds
In other matches Mr.. Timmons has been
shooting remarkably well.
a sermon will be preached to Tyrian
Todoe No. "a, F. and A. NJ, at the
.snrino Street A. NJ E. Church Sunday
aqeninc by Rev. H. P. Anderson, fol-
loTed bv an address by Grand Secretary
Charles n. Robinson. of Camden. Special
s,,,,sic viii be conducted by the church
choir.
Daniel Batson and Edward Ween, who
no near Flanders, were brought to the
l so,,nty Jail yesterday where they will
osraif the action of the Grand Jury.
n : a. zorro wanted for assault and bat
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