The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-22
LOCAL BREvLTlES


Gle readers.
The Post Office at Walden has been
discontinued
The Morristown School will be clos
ed for the holidays from Friday, Dec.
% to Monday, January 8.
The public schools close today and
will reopen on Wednesday, Jan. 3,
1900.
Miss Dana's School closed yesterday
for the holidays The school opens
again Jan. 9, 1900 at 9 O'Clock.
Street Commissioner Meskill has
placed greatly needed crossing lead
ing from the Post Office to the Green.
''The Truant'' published by the
pupils of the Misses Hickok School is
from the press of the Chronicle. Your
attention is called to it.
DR.. w. H. Dustan inspected on
Tuesday herd of twenty cattle pur-
chased for Inamere Farm which he
found to be free from all signs of tu-
berculosis.
There was collision about 6. 30 We'd
nesday evening on South Street be-
tween buggies, No one was in
jured but the vehicles were damaged.
Harrie York is with wholesale
hardware concern in New York where
he has been for some time. Joseph
York, Jr, is interested with his
father in the Summit store.
A charitably inclined grocer recent
ly sent to the Market Street Mission
sixteen orders each for twelve
pounds of -four to be distributed
among worthy poor families.
The converts and workers of the
Market Street Mission will hold open
house on Monday afternoon from two
to half past five o'clock Music and
refreshments. All are invited.
Postmaster Fennell put on the sub
stitute mail carriers for the holidays
yesterday. On last nights mail eight
bags of second-class matter were sent
out. Christmas Day there will be
one delivery by wagon.
Die chairmen of the Ward Republi-
can Committees in Morristown have
been elected, with the exception of
the 4th Ward. as follows: 1st Ward
E. Hurtzig End Ward-Thos Malley /;
Bird Ward-L. o. Stiles.
A rural customer yesterday after
watching the new trolley cash deliv-
cry in operation at w. f. Days, drew
long breath as he remarked "Well
I'll be burned if that amt one of
them new-fangled credit mobilyears,
and it runs as sleek as grease. -
Charles f. Axtell, of this place, was
appointed receiver of the Morris
County Folding Box Company, of
Whippafiy,by Chancellor Stevens, Dec.
49, John M. Mills made the applica-
ton, representing Judge w. w. Cutler,
attorney for William J. MCGEE,
president of the concern. The assets
are SO, 500 against liabilities amount
ing to about 81, 600.
The eclipse of the moon Saturday
was observed over the State under
most favorable circumstances The
sky was cloudless and the progress of
the shadow across the face could be
marked carefully. The whole was
not obscured but tinged an old rose
color with thin line of light on the
right hand side at the time of the
greatest eclipse.
Tuesday morning horse owned by
Mr.. Sturgis Of Mendham, was
frightened by a collision with Harry
Piper's team and ran away. The
driver was thrown out but received
no injuries. The horse ran down
Speedwell avenue to the green where
he took to the sidewalk. The buggy
was left at the watering trough while
the horse ran across the green to Bank
street where he was stopped.
The University of Pennsylvania is
considering the adoption in the cur
riculum of a plan of education for
consular and higher commercial work.
Prof. Wharton has conferred. with
the Civil Service Commission and the
plan decided upon includes the study
of history, theory of commerce and
foreign exchanges, public and. inter-
national law, and modern commercial
languages.
The first Lafayette dollar, the
unique specimen authorized by Con-
gress in aid of the fund for the cree
tion of the Lafayette Monument in
Paris, was struck off at the United
States Mint in Philadelphia Wednes-
day. This coin will be presented by
the President of the United States to
the President of France.
As was expected additional cases of
small pox have developed in the Hulen
house on Race street, where the first
case made it's appearance. Hulen,
the father of the first patient and Mrs,
Hulen and Depew, visitor, have
small pox. The disease in the cases
of the men is of mild form and the
patients are in the annex at Memorial
Hospital. Mrs. Hulen is being nursed
at her home by a woman who has had
the disease. The house is watched
night and day and the Board of Health
are of the opinion that their will be
further outbreak.
The scholars of the Free Kindgar-
ten were entertained by the Lady
Managers on Wednesday morning,
when each child received present.
On Thursday the children enter
tanned their mothers. Under the di-
rection OF Miss Burrand her assistants,
Miss VanDyke and Miss Belts, the
children sang the kindergarten melo-
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