The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-03-04
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

rlstown during the month of February.
By request the CHRONICLE publishes
in another column full schedule of the
arrivals and closing Of the Morristown
mails.
Article on fire department history,
real estate transfers, wills admitted and
other local matters will be found on
pages and 8.
The Pocono Ice Company has rented
offices over the store of J. P. Sullivan &
!, Son on Park Place, removing from the
Hoffman building.
sDick, . one of the pet canaries at the
County Clerks Office. died on Monday,
and was buried with honors in the court
yard Tuesday morning.
! Prof. E. M. Young, organist and choir
master of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Morristown. has offered his
resignation, to take effect on April 1st.
The Very Rev. Joseph M. Flynn is
putting in an electric light plant at the
Church of the Assumption. 1t will
light the church, Bayley Grammar
/ OCuOOl duU bu6 I6ClUTyss
The Sunday school of the First Pres
byterian Church will hold a Sunday
school social in the chapel this evening,
with an appropriate musical and literary
program. Friends of the school are
/ invited.
The will of Miss Frances E. Willard,
late President of the Worlds w. G. T.
u, whose death was accounted in the
CHRoEIcNE of last week, leaves her en-
tire estate valued at $4,000, to the W.
G. T. u.
The number of patients in the State
Hospital, Morris Plains, continues to in
crease. The month Of February closed
with 1928 patients 613 men and els
women, being an increase Of ten during
the month.
Loren r. beats was surprised on Mon
day evening in honor of his 18th birthday.
The amusements for the evening were
games, singing by the young people, q
solo by Charles Swick, dancing.and re-
freshments.
A number of local German music
lovers are advocating the organization Of
a German singing club. A meeting for
this purpose will be held in the lodge
hall in the old Banner building next
Wednesday evening.
Howard E Young of Alton has been
appointed superintendent of the Sabbath
Observance Department Of the Morris
/ County G. E.Union. Mr.. Young is about
to issue circular urging each society to
undertake special work for Sabbath OBJ
servance.
Congressman Pitney wishes to inform
the readers of the CHRONICLE that those
desiring samples of Government seeds
will receive same on writing to him at
Washington. The supply of seeds is
more limited than last year, and for this
reason preference will be given those
who write first,
The Supreme Court has decided that
the gas ordinance and lighting contract
recently adopted by the Dover Common
Council is illegal and must be set aside.
/ This is victory for Hon. Geo. T. Werts,
counsel for Mayor Pierson and George
Richards, and ends long and bitter
fight in the sister city.
The sale of the Muchmore property on
Park place to Francis E. Woodruff for
J $26, 900 as an investment shows that
Morristown property is not depreciating
/ by any means. The property has a
frontage on Park place of 25 feet; 1876
j feet deep.
Mr.. Wolff, who has recently been an
extensive purchaser of realty on Nor
4 mandy Heights, has bought the property
of Matthew Tanning which adjoins the
/ property recently purchased ofssB. Frank
Howell. 1t embraces twelve acres for
which 1900 was paid.
In some parts of the county the ice
companies have gathered full crops, the
majority, however. have harvested only
about two-thirds; 5000 tons were cut at
Camp Tabor pond, of which 1000 were
shipped and 1000 stored. At Estling
Lake % 900 tons are in house, and at the
Fox Hill ponds 10, 000.tons.
Mrs. Clara Henley Busting, who for
the past year has rendered splendid SER
vice as precentor of the First Presbyter-
ian Church, has accepted the position as
soloist of st. Ignatius Church, New York,
at salary Of 81 900 yearly. Her depart
ure from Morristown is to be regretted.
The golfing summary in The EUening
Post of Wednesday says The Morris
County Links are very convenient and
new golfers are coming to the front al
most daily. The improvement in some
Of the young players is remarkable"
Sister shaughnessy III.
Sister Shaughnessy, who as Sister
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