The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-03-10
NORRIS COUNTY.
DOVER.

DOVER, March 8.-The dedication of
Union Hill chapel has been postponed
until April.
There has recently come in to the pos
session of Miss Lottie Soaring copy of
the Ulster County Gazette, printed at
Kingston, N. Y. by Samuel Fuer q
Son, of date January 4, 1900. 1t is print
ed in mourning for George Washington
and contains the account of his funeral,
State papers on his death, etc. 1t is
yellow with age, but in good state OF
preservation.
Mrs Augustus Langdon, who has been
in st. Barnabas Hospital, Newark, for
two weeks past, is very much worse.
On account of the health of Mrs.
Charles Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Clark will
break up house keeping and board with
their son, Samuel, who will move his
family from Bergen street to McFarlan.
Norman Snyder, who represents the
Western Electric Co, in Havana, is
visiting Mr.. Whitman, the superinten-
dent of the Dover Electric Light works.
Miss Eta g. Soaring has returned
from the National Kindergarten Conven-
ton, at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Fred Blanchard, who has been en-
ployed in the machine shop here, has
returned to his home in Morristown.
Hiram Sands of Morristown visited
his old home in Luxembourg last week.
McDavit Post, No. 81, G.. A. r, is
making arrangements to give an enter
tainment on March 81.
Frank Porter, who has been confined
to his home for the past month with
Bright's disease, is slowly improving.
One of our town papers last week
accused our Mayor of saying "d-m"
wicked Democracy Your correspondent
is able to say that our City Clerk says
there is no truth in the assertion.
On Monday night, the Royal Arcanum
gave an entertainment to its members and
friends. A professor in the "black art"
gave number of exhibitions of his skill.
Roswell A. Sampson, who died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Garrison
Bowlby, of Bright's disease, last Thurs
day afternoon, was buried in Rockaway
Monday. Mr.. Sampson was born in
Chesterfield, Mass, May 2, 1915. He
came to New Jersey about so years
ago and taught school in the vicinity of
Dover, mostly in Denville, at which
place he married Miss Mary Cooper.
He was a photographer in the South at
the outbreak of the civil war and moved
to Michigan, where he lived ten years,
when his wife died, and he returned to
New Jersey. For the past seventeen
years, he has made his home with Mrs.
Bowlby, his one other daughter, Mrs.
S N. Kenworthy, living in Denver, Col.
He was very active until two years ago,
when he had his right leg broken by
cave in of earth, and last January was
taken with stroke of paralysis He
was a member of Grace M. E. Church.
DIR. G. S. Woodruff, Mrs. Cornelius
Clark and Mrs. Mary Powell were guests
at surprise tea given at the home of W.
HI. Sands in honor of Mrs. Sands uncle's
Or. Edwin c. Baldwin, seth birthday
DR.. Baldwin is in good health and
and has twenty-five sound teeth.
He came here few years ago from
Baltimore, Md, where he was practic-
ing physician for over fifty years. He
was the Oldest member of the medical
faculty in the State of Maryland.
Mrs. Woodruff is attending the New
Jersey conference at Atlantic City
and spoke before the meeting of the
missionary society, Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Tippett gave
whist and eucher party to sixty friends
from Dover, Succasunna, Rockaway,
and Morristown, Friday night. First
prize was won by Mrs. Harry George
and second lady's prize by Mrs. Thomas
Baker. Horace Durham had the music.
Caterer Day of Morristown served re-
freshments.