The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-09-02
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


notary public.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Aldermen will be held on Fri
day evening at o'clock.
Messrs. Munson & Co.. contractors of
the Basking Ridge road. have the work
completed as far as Hoyt's corners.
George Ayers, of the u S. Engineer
Corps, and who was wounded in Cuba,
is the guest of relatives in Morristown.
j. w. Melick, who recently resigned
the secretaryship of the Consumers Coal
Company, will continue the sale of Le-
high coal.
The Presbytery of Morris and Orange
will hold its fall meeting in the South
Street Presbyterian Church on Tuesday,
September 30
On Saturday last at Morris Plains the
State Hospital baseball nine defeated the
Puritan baseball club of Newark by
score of to o.
At the next meeting of the Brother
hood of United Trainmen committee
will be appointed TO make arrangements
for the annual ball.
George Seals, a young man living in
Mount Olive township. was yesterday
adiudged insane and sent to the State
Hospital at Morris Plains.
Mrs. F. w. Welch has received a
check for 81 900, the amount of insur-
ance held by her husband. from the
Mercantile Insurance Company.
Frank Cihlar is about again, after
a severe illness of three weeks, the re-
suit of over exertion and exposure at the
Doran fire on Western avenue.
Many parents will have children at
Speedwell Lake Park Labor Day, where
tons Several handsome prizes will be
awarded.
George Lincoln Curtis, choirmaster of
st. Peters Church. has returned from
sojourn in the Adirondacks, and full
vested choir will be present at the Sun
day morning service.
The fall term of the majority of the
public schools in Morris county will be-
gin on Tuesday. September g. In Pas
sale township and and several other dis
tricts the date is week later.
James Babcock. Morristown boy
with the Second Regiment New Jersey
Volunteers. now at Jacksonville, Fla. is
reported to be in the hospital at that
place i'll with typhoid fever.
Hope League will hold a fruit social
in the G. A. R. rooms Wednesday even
ing, September T. The League has sent
eleven dozen glasses of jelly to the front.
half of which they shared with the Red
Cross.
James Francis Kelly of Rockaway and
Miss Mary B. Miller of Boonton drove to
the American House, Bloomfield, on
Saturday night and were soon made
husband and by Justice of the Peace
Post
Robert Barrett, residing on Speedwell
avenue, was burning some bees nests in
his barn on Monday when some over
jealous persons thought the building
was on fire and turned in an alarm from
box %.
Deputy Clerk Daniel S. Voorhees, is
kept busy these days attending picnics
and discussing matters connected with
Morris county politics. Mr. Voorhees,
meets with friends everywhere through
out Morris in his canvass for the Repub-
licau nomination for the clerkship
George Dolan, the ten year old son of
ex-Policeman w. A. Dolan, was on
Monday attacked by bull dog owned
by Charles Marshall of Huyler's lane.
The boys left arm was terribly lacerated
and he suffered considerable pain DR.
Douglas was the attending physician.
The Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue has ruled that artificial mineral
waters put up in siphons and labeled
ssVichy, Settler" etc., if not held out
or recommended for any ailment, are
not considered to be medicinal, but
simply beverages and table waters, and
are not taxable
DIR. Stephen Pierson recently pleasant
ly entertained party of boys in honor
of his nephew. Norris Pierson, a son of
DIR. Samuel Pierson of Stamford, Conn
A target shoot with air rifles, some feats
of ledgerdemain by Frank Pierson and
generous refreshments afforded much
pleasure to the youngsters.
Charged by Police Officer Rolf with
disorderly conduct about the railroad
depot on Monday, Edward McGoldrick.
his son Frank and Alexander Kelly were
arraigned before Police Justice Cliff
Ex-Assemblyman O'Brien appeared as
counsel for accused, who were hackmen,
and the trio was discharged with a re-
primand.
The Three County Picnic was held at
Netcong on Wednesday in Wills grove;
probably eight thousand people were in
attendance Judge Hughson of Newton
made the principal address. The Hon
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