The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-06-16
LOCAL BREvITIES
Interesting Bits of News Gathered from
Various SOURCES


The tennis season opens at the Field
Club on Tuesday and Wednesday next
when the ladies singles for the salad
bowloccur.
Fred Schraudenbach, the w Washington
street music dealer, has placed a So, 500
orchestrion in the ball room of the Dem
vile Hotel.
Another game of polo will be played
at Kadenah tomorrow afternoon be-
tween the Morris County Club and
Somerset County.
A base ball team composed of Morris
town High School students will play the
Chatham Juniors at the latter place to-
morrow afternoon.
John A. Carr, who for 90 years past
has been station agent here for the D., L,
q W. was succeeded on Wednesday by
James Elliott of Montclair.
The regular meeting of the Womans
Christian Temperance Union will be
held in their rooms at Y. M. G. A.,
Tuesday, June 20, at o'clock.
The Postal Telegraph Company have
was compromised by levying $500 in
Interesting closing exercises were held
at Mrs. Decker's school Hill street on
Monday morning. An excellent musical
and literary program was rendered by
the scholars.
A larger pipe is being connected with
the water main on Court street for use
in the county Jail. With the old size
the supply was deficient during the
summer months.
On Saturday afternoon the ladies of
the Baptist Church gave lawn fete at
the home of Mrs. G. H. Vernon on Ridge
dale avenue. The event netted over $50
for the organ fund.
A loan collection of curiosities is being
made at the Morristown School, This
collection was begun about a month ago
and already contains large number Of
valuable specimens.
Fl. G. Reynolds, protector of the In
terurban Railroad lines was present at
the Freeholders meeting on Wednesday.
he says he is obtaining rights of way
daily for his trolley scheme.
The picnic held by the German Lieder-
kranz at SpeedweIl Park Wednesday was
a great success. About 400 were present
and dancing was enjoyed after 8 p. m.
Zimmerman furnished music
Local letter carriers are proud of their
new summer hats, which are not unlike
the campaign hat of the American SOL
diers. They are of brown and have the
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The newly elected Board of Directors
OF the Tapkaow Club has organized with
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A slight fire occurred at Price & Guer-
ms stables on South street Monday
morning but was extinguished by men
about the place. A horse was badly
burned. The blaze started in some straw,
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James Blackford died on Sunday at 70
Mills street aged "a. He was .carpen-
ter by trade and for many years was
constable. The funeral was held from
the house on Wednesday afternoon with
1nterment at MT. Freedom.
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there will be Service of Song at the
First Presbyterian Church, to which
members of all other churches are cor
QldllY Invited. IQ0rG Will De Special
organ music, and the soloist will be
Harvey Genung.
O. p Pruden. whose snmmar boma 10
at Mt. Tabor and who is we'll known 70
horsemen in this comfy has sold his
splendi1 team kitty Wilkes and Liz
re. Inc pair can go IN S;3o to pole.
Inc purchaser was an orange man ana
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Interesting Children,s Dav exercises
were held Sunday in the South Street
Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist
Churches There were floral ,iecorafions
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az aao , naps.sl Gnuiones' al eacn cnurcn
tno pastor SloAo'
Edison's moving pictures and the
great picture play Of Ben-Hur. by Prof
Fl. Theo. Chamberlain, will be presented
in Odd Fellows Hall, CHRONICLE Build
i ing, on rrioay evening next Edisons
.asess anu ues. moving pictures WIN De
snown; nshu1 ni many scenes from tne
oiii''ist' III oupa'
At the annual meeting of the teachers
of the First PRESBYTERIAN Sunday-school
Monday evening, these officers were
elected: Superintendent, George E.
Voorhees, first assistant, F. HI. DeCos.
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