The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-07-14
LOCAL BREvITIES

Interesting Bits Of News Gathered from
Various Sources.
Trout season closes tomorrow.
The local grocers have decided to
close after July II at 2 o'clock the year
around.
j. G.. Kaminski has removed his cigar
store from Park Place to SO Speedwell
avenue,
Bay Ridge will be the visiting base
ball team at Morris Plains tomorrow
afternoon.
The annual excursion of the Methodist
Sunday School will go to Asbury Park
on August Q.
The Field Club baseball team will play
its first game away from home to-mor-
row, at Englewood.
An excursion to Highland Beach will
be run on July 18th, by the local lodge,
Knights of Columbus.
A pleasant dance was given at the
Morris County Golf Club last evening,
which was quite well attended.
The annual election of officers of the
Morristown Fire Department will occur
on Monday evening, August 14th.
The Y. NJ. G. A. Juniors defeated a
Mt. Tabor baseball team at that place
yesterday morning by score of 20 to H.
The sand pit on the Whippany River
Railroad owned by w. ). Rundio has
been sold to the Foreman Stone Supply
Company.
Mrs. Underhill, the mother of Daniel
Michael, William and John Underhill
died at her home on Mechanic street
this morning.
Joseph P. Lukeman, Leon R. Freeman,
Richard M. Boardman and King Sickle
Dram organized the Hamilton Law Club
Monday evening.
During the absence of Judge Vreeland
who is abroad, Judge Henry Huston of
Sussex County will attend to matters in
the Morris County Courts.
The regular monthly meeting of the
of the Woman's Christion Temperance
Union will be held in their room at Y.
M. G. A., Tuesday, July IS, at 8 o'clock
p. m.
John A. Carr, who was for many years
station agent for the D., L. & W. in Nor
ristown will remove West where he will
act in the capacity of buyer for Jacqui
* Company.
Augustus b. Sanders of this city is in
Detroit, Michigan, where he is engaged
in an important work for the American
Bell Telephone Co., with whom he has
been connected for number of years
past
Jail Keeper Orr took William Hardy
to Trenton Tuesday, where the latter
will serve one year in the State Prison.
Hardy was convicted of breaking and
entering freight car at Boonton.
Several young men met at the home of
W. II. Dennison in the Becker Block
Wednesday evening for the purpose of
forming musical organization, which is
to embrace glee, and mandolin and
guitar clubs.
Work was begun Tuesday on one of
the new buildings to be erected for the
McEwan Brothers Company at Whip
pany The structure is an extension
S0x160 feet to the Hanover machine
room. HOPPER & Grimes of Boonton are
the carpenters.
The Fire Department was called at
about one o'clock Tuesday afternoon in
response to an alarm sent in from Box
IA. The blaze, which was in the old
Lidgerwood House on Flagler street,
was soon extinguished. The house was
mot occupied.
W. R. Flanagan formerly clerk of the
Mansion House, Morriston, has accepted
a position in the Mansion House, Buffalo,
which hostelry is under the new man.
agement of Frank Virgins, late of the
Imperial, New York.
j, ]. Davis, who has purchased the
shoe business formerly conducted by
John Colley at McAlpin Block is show
ing superior line of footwear. The
''store around the corner" will offer in
'ducements to wearers of good shoes.
R. B. Williams, to whom the contract
was awarded for the Morris township
hall, declined to accept the work because
of raise in the price of lumber after he
had submitted his bid. The contract
has been relet to D. I. Pruden for SITS.
A subscription concert by Voss' Grand
Concert Band of Newark, is to be given
in Trinity Park, Mt Tabor, tomorrow
evening. An excellent program is to be
rendered. Trains leave after concert :
10 p. m. for New York and all way sta
tlons; 1920 p. M for Denville, Rock
away and Dover.
Joseph Stiner, formerly of Morristown,
has severed his connection with the firm
of Stratus & Stiner grocers at Washing
ton. Mr.. Stiner underwent an operate n
appendicitis at All Souls Hospital which
lis said to have been successful. He will
not engage in business until his health
improves.
Tomorrow will be DOLLS Day" at the
shoe store of Headley & Romine, 10 I'm
ion Row. To every girl accompanied by
an adult will be given pair of Vici Kid
dolls slippers No matter how large or
small the doll may be there will be a
pair for each. There will be no charge
or condition of any kind, the purpose be-
ing to advertise the merits of Vici Kid.