The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-09-16
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


Places to Make All Sorts Of Home News
Judge Vreeland will entertain the
members of Loantaka Council, r. A., at
their next meeting, September 20.
At the meeting of the Excise Board
Wednesday night licenses were granted
to Joseph York and Frank E. Lippman.
The cobbling of the cutters along both
sides of Washington street below Atno
avenue, which has been in progress
several weeks. is about completed.
The Morristown Library will close for
its annual cleaning and repairs for two
weeks, commencing September 10, open
ing October 5. All books must be re-
turned by September II. -
Byram Glass of this city is in attend
ance at the convention of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Trainmen which is
in session at Toronto Can He is dele
gate from Hoboken Lodge.
Samuel Karn and Charles. Oliver of
this city will attend the annual conven-
ton of the Sovereign Grand Lodge Of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
to be held at Boston next week.
The Park House has been filed all
week with guests for the golf tourna
ment. Among the arrivals are Mr.. Mel
son and family of New Brunswick and
Mrs. j. S.V. Holden of Port Royal S. G..
Loantaka Lodge, No. 93s, Royal
Arcanum, has paid the death claim of
the late Alfred Rigby amounting to
So, 900. The recommendation for pay
ment was made less than two weeks
ago. Mr.. Rigby had been member Of
the order for six years. Heleft widow
and two children who reside at Speed
well place.
The annual reunion of the surviving
veterans of the Thirteenth New Jersey
Regiment, which served in the war of
the rebellion from August, 1862 to June,
1866, and participated in many battles.
both in the army of the Potomac and
with Sherman's march to the sea, will
be held in Paterson on Wednesday, the
21st inst.
s'Don't forget your parcels" is not
heard so often nowadays on the Lack
awanna, although the large contingens
of passengers who alight : at Hunt
ley and New Providence and Commuter
Buckley, the famous bundle carrier Of
Succasunna, are still cautioned concern
ing their observation-disclosures relative to
market and grocery supplies.
]. Harry Boniface, who is a druggist
on the hospital ship Relief, spent Friday
and Saturday last with his parents in
this place. Mr.. Boniface expressed great
satisfaction with his position and the
experience will prove useful in his
chosen vocation The Relief is now in
New York harbor, having arrived there
after leaving her $50 passengers at Phil
adelphia. Four deaths from typhoid
occurred on the voyage from Porto Rico
The Relief returns to Porto Rico at once.
Pastor D. M. Stearns of the Reformed
episcopal Church Church of the Atone
ment), Germantown. Phila. who viii re-
sumo his Union Bible Glass in the South
Street Presbyterian Church on October
3. has been visiting during the summer
the Rev. Andrew Murray of South
Africa, and is now in Scotland and Eng
land, expecting to leave for this country
on the 2lst. Mr. Stearns teaches seven
teen of the classes similar to the ons
held here last winter. and the contribu-
tions for missionary work through this
channel amounts to thousands of dollars.
These classes are largely attended in the
cities where held and are the means OF
helping all in the knowledge of the Bible.