The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-07-07
BREvITEES
Interesting Bits Of News Gathered from
Various Sources.

The regular meeting of Court Ridge
dale, I. O. F., will be held next Thurs
day evening at s clock.
Gospel wagon meetings will be held
on Sunday at 4.15 p. m. on Green street,
and at p. m. on the park.
The Thomas Fl. Robinson property on
South street has been purchased by Mrs.
Mary E. Lowe for $4,000.
Charles Stobbe won sixth place and
second time prize in the Elizabeth-Rah-
way 20 mile road race on the Fourth.
It is reported that vein of first-class
anthracite coal has been struck at But
Ter and that company is to be organ
lied to mine it.
The regular business meeting of the
Owen Young Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union will be held Tuesday
evening, July II, at 7.45.
The Bayley Grammar School closed
last Friday for the summer vacation.
Each scholar was presented with souy-
enir portrait of Dean Flynn.
A workman employed by john Den
man in clearing the timber from wood
lot near Summit found Indian arrow
head deeply imbedded in stump.
An ice house has been erected on the
'O'Brien g. Lawless property near Albeit
avenue by w L.. Mills, the Whippany
ice dealer, in order to supply his Morris
town patrons
A lawn fete for the benefit of the
lo ri !
eral young ladies at the residence of
Miss May Sinclair on Morris street next
Friday evening.
j. A. Dahlgren, formerly of Dover. is
the new pastor of the Svensk Swedish
Church. Rev. L. Ackerson, who held
the charge until recently, has gone to a
new field at Woburn, Mass.
The fair held on the lawn of ex.Alder-
man Carrells residence on Western
avenue last Saturday was a success. The
proceeds, which amounted to $50, will
be sent to the Summer Shelter.
Next Wednesdays meeting of the Board
of FreehoIders should prove interesting
with the matter of site for the new
almshouse and the question of trolley
line for discussion or consideration.
Edwin j., the five-month-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Dodd of 80 Water
street died on Friday last. The funeral
services were held on Monday afternoon.
1nterment was at St. Mary's Cemetery.
Subscriptions for "Harpers Pictorial
History of the War with Spain," which
work is described in another column,
should be sent to Charles D. Plat, who
is the agent for Morristown and vicinity.
Some interesting speed tests are an
ticipated at the Saturday matinee of the
Morris County Driving Association at
the Driving Park tomorrow afternoon
Frank McEwan lead the bunch on Sat
urday last.
A. II. Hosmer, Special Supreme Dep
uty of the Fraternal Mystic Circle, is in
town for the purpose of showing the
advantages of that orders annuity ben
eft system and incidentally to organize
a local lodge.
Rev. Father Huntington o. Fl. c.,
preached in st. Peters Church on Sun.
day morning. He was conducting the
retreat services before the Episcopal
Sisters of Charity in session at the school
on Western avenue.
A Gospel Temperance meeting will be
held under the auspices of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, at s o'clock
tonight in the Salvation Army Hall.
David Barkman will lead the meeting
and a full attendance is desired.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of Mcclellan, the local dry goods
merchant, Some special bargains are
announced and the reputation of this
house for 20 years past is such that there
is good reason why you should visit Nc
Clellan's.
Owing to the heavy increase of mail
arriving and departing from Morris
town, Postmaster Fennell has petitioned
the postal authorities at Washington to
increase the letter-carrier force by the
addition of two new carriers.
A game of base ball worth travelling
some distance to see will be played at
Dover on Monday next when the team of
that place will have as opponents the
well known Cuban ex-Giants. The
Giants never fail to draw good crowd
and patrons are never disappointed in
witnessing a clever exhibition of the
national game.
A pleasant lawn fete was given last
Friday evening by the Ladies' Home
Missionary Society and the In-as-much
Circle of the Methodist Church. About
the parsonage lawn Chinese lanterns
and other decorations were arranged,
and refreshments were sold during the
evening. There was good sized crowd
in attendance and the event Melted $58
j. II. Carlson, who disposed of his
bicycle business here last week, will re-
move with his family to Stockholm, Swe-
den, where he will engage in the same
business. Mr.. Carlson expects to sail in
about two weeks and before going to
Stockholm will visit his parents at Verm-
land Sweden.
Out of the large class of nearly two
hundred teachers who were graduated
from the State Normal School last week
it is said that at least sixty have already
received positions for the coming year.
Among the graduates were Miss Made
line Hendershot and Miss Sarah Stone,
former graduates of the Morristown
High School, and Misses Helen Day and
Meta Parrot.
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