The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-07-28
MADISON.

The Field Club easily defeated the
Orange Valley Lyceum on Saturday last
by a score of 24-3. Tomorrow the local
club will play the strong Roseville Ath-
Ietic Club.
Edward Miller of Green avenue If
spending this week at White Lake
N. Y.
Arthur Harrington, superintendent OF
the Florham greenhouses, sailed fol-
England on Saturday.
Daniel Burns is erecting new house
on his property on Oak street.
The members of the A. M. r. Church
will give a barbecue in Brittin's Grove
on Wednesday, August 2.
Rev, William Russell Bennett, pastor
of the Presbyterian Church of this place,
sailed on the Fuerst Bismarck on Thurs
day for England, accompanied by his
father, where they will spend the month
of August.
The building owned by Edward Miller
on Kings road, which was recently part
Iy destroyed by fire, is being torn down
and fine new business block will be
erected on the site.
General Secretary William Fl. McBee
of the Y M. G. A. will leave on August
/ for Mortified, Mass. where he will
spend his annual vacation.
Jesse S. Keys, proprietor of Keys box
factory, has received orders for over
1000, 900 new paper board boxes which
are of pattern being sold all over the
country.
DIR. P. g. Voegtlen returned Monday
from Asbury Park, where he has been
attending the annual convention of the
New Jersey Dental Association.
Mrs. Mary F. Day died at her home on
Main street on Friday afternoon after a
lingering illness, at the age of so. Mrs.
Day was sister of the late Borough
Clerk G. E. Day and an aunt of Mayor
J. P. Albright The funeral services
were held from her late residence on
Monday afternoon.
Fire was discovered in the barn owned
by Nelson Sampson on Saturday last.
The fire department quickly responded,
but the blaze was extinguished before it
arrived. Stuart Peterson, who was
driving the single hose carriage to the
IRE, in turning the corner at Central av-
enue turned the carrirge completely
over. Peterson barely escaped serious
injury, and the hose carriage was con-
siderably damaged.
The Viola Social Club gave a grand
entertainment in the Y. M. G. A. Hall
on Friday evening.
Captain Coonan is looking for the mis-
creants who have been destroying the
seats in Baker Park.
Work on the new James Library,
which is being erected on the corner of
Main street and Green Village road, is
progressing rapidly. Edward T. Fields
of this place has been awarded the con-
tract for the electrical work
James G. Holden of Prospect street
will sail for Nova Scotia on Tuesday,
where he will spend the month of Aug
ust.
John Dryer, proprietor of the Ameri-
can House. returned on Tuesday from
three weeks trip through Massachus-
etts.
The Y. M. G. A. Wheelmen made a
bicycle run last evening to Hanover,
where they attended a church sociable.
The new administration building be-
ing erected at Drew Seminary is rapidly
nearing completion.
NJ B. Crane, the grocer, is removing
10 the grocery store recently occupied
by Stiner Brothers in the Burnett block.
The recently organized base ball team
known as the Madison Tigers. will jour
ney to Summit tomorrow to play the
team from that place.
James Goodrich's one-ring circus will
exhibit in this place to-day.
The committee in charge of the ath-
letic tournament to be given by the
Madison Athletic Association on Labor
Day have already begun preparations.