The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-09-22
LOCAL BREvITIES
Interesting Bits Of News Gathered from
Various Sources.

OOuH0CG1Cu6 IOI p0rlOu u buTeo
years.
Governor Voorhees, has decided that
under the laws of New Jersey, he has
no authority to proclaim Dewey Day
a legal holiday.
Adjutant Jennie Wright, of Dover,
will lead the meetings in the Volun-
teers' Hall on Saturday, Sunday and
Monday evenings.
The annual reunion of DIR. Osmun' s
Bible Glass will be held in Salvation
Army Hall on Sunday next. His sixty
first birthday is on that date.
The merry go-round at Speedwell
Lake Park has been removed to Pea
pack and from this place will be
taken by ]. W. Melick to Somerville.
The Board of Governors, of the
Field Club, have decided to abandon
the project of having floral parade
this fall as had been proposed some
time ago.
DR.. H. 9. Thompson, who served
so faithfully and efficiently as physi-
cal instructor at the Y. M. @. A. last
season, has been re-engaged for the
coming year.
Dr. John J. Cattannach, veterinary
surgeon, has dissolved partnership
with DR.. W. HI. Macintosh. DIR. Cat
tannach will have his Office at Lauen-
STEMS stables on Market street.
The stereopticon lecture on "Ben
Hur" which was postponed last Tues
day on account of the storm will be
delivered in the Morris Plains Presby-
terrain Church, Tuesday, Sept. 26.
John Chapman, manager of the
Star Coupon Stores at Dover, Madi-
son and Morristown, has covered his
territory so thoroughly that the store
at Newton has been included in his
district.
W. J. Romine's new house on Head
ley road will be ready for occupancy
about October 1. The structure is
most attractive and splendidly built.
S. Edison Gage, of New Y ork, is the
architect.
Ex-Sheriff Oscar Lindsey, who has
quite reputation as potato grower
brought two potatoes to Morristown
Wednesday. They were grown on his
farm at Green Village and weighed
respectfully, "a pounds and III
pounds.
1t is proposed to fire a salute of
seventeen guns, blow the whistles and
ring the bells in every town in New
Jersey the moment that Admiral
Dewey's arrival in New York is an
nounced by telegraph. Will it be
done in Morristown?
The committee of education of the
state Board of Education, will meet
Of Ln CAo1ray Oh
Saturday, Sept. 30th at IL a. M, for
the examination of candidates for the
position of County Superintendent of
Morris County.
A creditable performance was given
in the Lyceum, Wednesday evening
by local talent. "On Board the
Olympia was the title of the enter
tainment and the caste included Sc
veral young men who served in the
Spanish American War.
A special committee of Boonton S
Council has reported in favor of mu-
nicipal ownership of the electric light
ing plant. They say that an electric
lighting plant can be procured and
set up ready to use at a cost of
twenty-five thousand dollars.
The Y. P. S. g. E. of the First
Presbyterian Church, has elected
officers as follows: Pres. J. HI. Berry /;
vice-pres., w. f. Barkman cor. Sec,
Miss @. r. Crane; rec. Sec, o. @.
Pruden; treas. @. E. Smith; supt.
Junior 9. E., Miss City Voorhees,.
italian residents here celebrated
Wednesday, the twenty ninth ami
versary of the independence of their
rotiuo of
There were no parades or picnics as
in places where there are larger coll
onies of the "sons of sunny Italy.
An interesting entertainment was
given at the Baptist Church Monday
evening for the benefit of the organ
fund. r. G. Goldsbury, Princeton
graduate, and clever humorist and
impersonator, rendered creditable
program. He was assisted by a quar-
tette.
About thirty members of Loantaka
Council, Royal Arcanum, enjoyed a
feast Of hard and soft shell crabs after
the meeting on Tuesday night. A
quartette rendered several selections
and George Horn sang two solos.
Rain prevented large attendance at
the meeting.
The season approaches when the
awning man smiles, the ice cream
man grumbles and the soda fountain
owner is silent; the lawn mower gets
we'll earned rest, little Willie rides
his bicycle twice as much as he did
in summer and pa kicks because he
has to buy coal.
The fall convention of the Morris
County Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union will be held to-day at
Denville. There are three sessions, at
$50 a. M, q 80 p. m. and an evening
service, at which Mrs Emma Bourne,
a New Jersey w. O. T. U. President,
&swill give an address.
~ The committee in charge of the Y.
y NJ @. A. educational work, of which
Fred w. Cutler is chairman, has issued
a circular to members requesting the
latter to respond stating whether
they desire to pursue any of the five
subject to be taught. The subjects
are bookkeeping, penmanship, art,
German and stenography.
Albert Ortho, formerly janitor at
the Morristown School, was com
mitted to the county Jail Monday on
a charge of larceny. For several
months past small articles continued