The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-02-24
LOCAL NEWS IN BR|EE.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
Generally fair tonight and Saturd

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Generally fair tonight and Saturday.
Mrs Sarah Roe, aged "a, died at her
home on Mendham avenue Wednesday.
A free stereopticon exhibition will be
given at the Congreg ational Church to-
night.
Governor Voorhees, has re-appointed
Charles J. Baxter as State superintendent
of public schools.
j. s. Hall, jeweler. will remove on
April to the store formerly occupied by
j. Soaring johnson in Union row.
During the present week, one new
telephone subscriber was added to the
list The call is Samuel F. Beach, 1856 A.
A stereopticon entertainment on We'd
nesday evening was one of the interest
ing events of the week at the Market
Street Mission.
Rev. W. II. Kershaw, pastor of the
Congregational Church, will speak at
the mems meeting at Association Hall,
Sunday afternoon.
The Morristown hand polo team was
defeated at Dover Wednesday afternoon
by score of to 1. Babbitt and McVay
did the best work for Morristown.
The debate between the Quinque Club
of Morristown and Hackettstown Gen.
tenary Institute at Association Hall, has
been postponed from February "a to
March 10.
Iona Tribe of Red Men will hold a
t'smoker" in their wigwam tonight.
r.. w. Williams will exemplify the I'M
written work of all the degrees during
the evening.
George Udall gave pleasing exhibit
tion of stereopticon views, illustrating
the late war with Spain. at the Monroe
Chapel last evening. The proceeds were
for the benefit of the chapel.
Louis Baylor, who for twenty years
has been conductor on the D., L and
W. railroad, and is well known in Morris
town, died yesterday after an illness of
week His home was at Phillipsburg.
Deputy Postmaster Fox will take the
place of D. s. Calvert as manager of the
Union Pacific Tea store in McAlpin
block March 1. Mr.. Calvert has been
promoted to an advanced position in the
New York office.
Conductor Erastus D. Coe was in
charge of the special that conveyed guests
to the State Hospital Ball, Wednesday
night. He has been in charge of this
train every year since the ball began,
seventeen years ago.
j. Soaring .Johnson's creditors have
disposed of the stock in the South street
store. Bamberger & Co of Newark are
the purchasers, and the price was Sc 900.
This will allow about 40 per cent for
Mr.. Johnson's creditors.
Rev. Charles F. Stanley of Lansing
burg, N. Y, has accepted call to the
Fifth Baptist Church of Newark Rev.
Mr.. Stanley is brother of Frank d.
Stanley, who was at one time secretary
of the Morristown Y. M. G. A.
The death of Mrs. Frederick Hand
occurred at her late home, 1913 Washing
ton street. ON Saturday last. The funeral
was held on Wednesday. Rev. DR..
Hughes conducted the services. Inter-
ment was made at New Vernon.
Although the population increases the
death rate in New Jersey decreases every
year. There were 2,485 less deaths last
year than in 1897. The rate of mortality
is the surprising low figure of To- 10 per
1000, of population of $4,000.
On March IA the annual convention of
the Daughters of Liberty will be held at
Camden. New State officers are to be
chosen and it is expected that Mrs P Fl.
Packer, who is we'll known in Morris
town, will be chosen vice-chancellor.
The matinee and evening performance
of Len Spencer's MINISTRIES, Wednesday,
drew good houses, and the excellent
rendition of high class program was
thoroughly appreciated. A feature of
each performance was the graphophone,
which, for results, excelled any instru-
ment of the kind ever heard here.
The mysterious skating carnival did
not materialize on Wednesday, as had
been announced. This was probably due
to the poor condition of the ice on Speed
well Lake, but even that fact did not
prevent the promoters of the rather
ridiculous project from getting consider
able free advertising from several local
papers.
On Monday evening the Tapkaow
Clubs first team defeated the Montgom-
cry Bowling Club of Newark, two out of
three games. The second teams of these
clubs also played and Tapkaow won
three straight. The contests were bowled
at the Tapkaow Alleys. This club will
have as opponents on Tuesday evening
next, the Young Mems Catholic Associa-
ton. The Tapkaows defeated Summit
two out of three games here last night.
LOCAL ENDEAVoR UNION.
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