The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-10-20
LOCAL BREvITIES
Interesting Bits Of News Gathered from

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in Morristown.
Miss Garrard's new house on Elm
street has been leased by George AL
len, Of New York.
Prof. E. M. Young and pupils will
give concert in the Baptist Church
next Monday evening
About 1876 was cleared at the Dewey
sociable held last week for the bene.
fit of the Collinsville Chapel.
Mr.. Frank Rassell johnson, Of
New York, will speak in the Market
street Mission on Sunday at 7. 80 p. m.
Mrs. George du B. Dimmick will
sing at the Sunday morning service
in the South Street Presbyterian
Church.
William Workman, for many years
past the wellknown proprietor of a
hotel at McCainsville, died there yes
terday.
Beginning November / the Lacka.
wanna railroad will sell Communication
tickets to New York at the uniform
price of ST. so per month.
Mrs. Watchinger and Miss Anna
McMullen, of New York, have beer
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
McMullen. Morris avenue.
A special service of song by the
Epworth League and Church Choirs
of the M. E. Church will be held Oh
Sunday evening next A quartette
will be assist.
Fred A. Smith, way-bill clerk in
the local office of the United States
Express Company has been transferred
to Madison. His successor here is f.
Lavalle, of New York.
Thomas Parulla and Michael De.
Pew were committed to Jail yesterday
on charge of stealing coal from the
yard of Pruden & Burke. Officer
Campbell made the arrest.
The old folks concert at the Metho-
dist Church Wednesday evening at
tracted very large audience and
proved as great a success as the en-.
tertainments of similar nature last
year.
Miss Marguerite Keefe, who re-
Gently finished course at the Coleman
Business College in Newark, has &C.
cepted position as stenographer in
the Morristown Office of the N Y. &
N. J. Telephone Company.
On Wednesday the police arrested
Bridget Murray and Kate Wilkins,
both of Columbus avenue on charge
of larceny of furniture from Mrs.
Tillie Vail. Both were committed tc
Jail.
The Morristown Whist Club was
defeated by the Rockaway Club Mon
day evening, by score of 46 to 0.
The match was played at White s
Meadow where a supper was enjoyed
by the participants.
Major o. B. Pruden, the affable
assistant secretary to President Nc
Kinley, was in town recently, renew
ing old acquaintance. The Major
spent few days in Dover, and Scran-
ton, returning to Washington yester-
day.
A young mems bible class is to be
organized in the Methodist Sunday
School This class is to have a room
to itself and P. M. Hall, a lifelong
student of the Bible, will be the
teacher Young men are invited tC
attend and have their names enroll ed.
The Union Bible Glass conducted
by the Rev. d. NJ Stearns will be
held hereafter in the chapel of the
First Presbyterian Church. The at
tendance was so large at the Market
Street Mission that it was thought
best to make this change.
On Wednesday the Morristown
School foot ball team played the
opening game and defeated St. George
Hall of Summit, by a score of 46 to 0.
Tomorrow's game at the Morristown
School will be with Columbia Gram
mer School, of New York.
+ Prof. S. T. Ford, in fun, pathos
and dialect, with j. j. Fisher, bari
tone, of New York, will render an
excellent program in Association Hall
on Wednesday evening next The en-
tertainment was arranged by the Y.
M. @. A. Reception Committee.
The Gymnasium Glasses opened fol
the season at the Y. NJ 9. A. on
Monday last, the boys at 80 p. m.
business mems at B.. Is and young
mems at s. 10. Teachers have been
secured for the educational classes at
the Y. M. @. A. and the schedule will
be announced later.
There will be mission in st. Vir-
gilius' Church. Morris Plains on
Sunday, Oct %, beginning at the mass
at 10. 80 a. m. and ending on Sunday
evening, Oct 30. Non-Catholics are
especially invited to be present. The
series will be conducted by Paulist
Father from New York City.
Through typographical error the
name of Lewis r. Sturgis was omit
ted from the list of members of In
dependent Hose Chemical Company
as published by the Chronicle last
week. Mr.. Sturgis has been mem
Der of the Company for many years,
and wears two service strips of ex-
foreman.
The Morris County Gardeners and
Florists Society will hold it's fourth
annual exhibition in the Assembly
Room, Madison, on Tuesday and
Wednesday, Nov. and s. There will
be prizes amounting to $3.50. The
officers of the society are: President,
W. Duckham; president, O. HI.
Totty treasurer, W. Charlton; secre-
tary, O. HI. Atkins, of Madison
The attraction at the Lyceum on
Friday evening next is the musical
comedy "Little Trixie. :" The Indian
apolis (Ind. Times said of the com