The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-07-21
LOCAL BREvITIES

Interesting Bits of News Gathered from
Various sources.
On Wednesday evening the Senior Y.
M. G. A. wheelmen rode to Monroe.
The Knickerbocker A. Q. baseball
team team will play at the Field Club
tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. M. w. Metler, whose husband
committed suicide, has received So 00C
from the Royal Arcanum.
About thirty members of the local
lodge Knights OF Columbus went tc
Highland Beach on Tuesday.
At Morris Plains Saturday the BAY
Ridge base ball team was defeated by
State Hospital by a score of 30 to 0.
A big parade is to be held in October
by the Washington Fire Department and
a number of visiting companies will be
in line.
Humane Engine Companys hose car
rage has been equipped with a set OF
patent brakes, furnished by the John H.
Schmidt Co.
The fair at the residence of Miss Sin
clair on Morris street last Friday evening
for the benefit of the Summer Shelter
was a great success.
Victor Brown and Joseph Curacao
were among last weeks recruits for the
28th Regiment which is being organized
for service in the Philippines.
At Trenton yesterday 26 prisoners
were given their liberty by the Board of
Pardons, 90 of the number being parol-
ed, and the remainder pardoned.
A neat little continuance sold at low
price permits one to make pure soda
water in minute. The apparatus is
sold by Thomas Wiss and may be.seen al
at the store of V. A. Wiss, Park Place
In order to advertise new method Of
fitting glasses, J. S. Hall, the ieweler,
will offer free ticket for the excursion
to Ocean Grove and Asbury Park, to all
persons purchasing pair of his best
quality spectacles or eye glasses
@James Fl. Myers the travelling sales
man, who was stricken with apoplexy er
Thursday, last is at All Souls Hospita
and there is said to be lutte hope for his
recovery. Members of his family have
been here during the week.
A house and lot of j. Soaring johnson
on Washington street was sold at Sheriff.
sale last week The property was bought
in by Andrew Il. Cobb who held the
mortgage in trust for Mrs. Julia Guerin
The bid was SO, 500 and the mortgage
and accrued interest amounted to SO 400
The regular Gospel Temperance meet
ing, under the auspices of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, will BIZ
held In the Salvation Army Hall tonight
at o'clock. Rev. Mr.. Kershaw, pastor oil
the Congregational Church, will preside
and full attendance is desired A very
interesting service was held Friday, July
with Mr.. Barkman as leader.
The flag made by Miss Josephine Null
ford of Madison, and which is SAID to be-
the largest in the world, is to be sold by
popular subscription. The fund is pre-
sumably to go to the maker while the
mammoth banner will be presented to
the government on the first anniversary
of the signing of the treaty of peace BY
the Peace Commissioners in Paris.
Supplies have been arranged for the
pulpit of the South Street Presbyterian
Church, during the pastors vacation az
AOliOW5' VuAy 81. new JOnn +. ErQmdn
July 80, Rev. j. B. Beaumont; August
9Th, the Rev DR.. Erdman will return
for communion. During the remainder
of the month the Rev. j. F. Riggs will
occupy the pulpit; on September LIST
the Rev. William Jessup will preach.
, Augustine D De Francisco, who elop.
ed with Jennie Parulli, Is years old, and
who was arrested for abduction before
they could be married, has gone away
and SO has the girl. They ell oped for the
second time. The young man was in
the county jail, and he procured bail
Tuesday afternoon. The girl was wait.
ing for him near the Jail. They ran to
the depot and purchased tickets fol
Newark.
Ben Sayre, the we'll known local black
face comedian, decided early this week
to try the fortunes of war and his name
is now on the roll of the Twenty.eighth
Infantry, one of the regiments recruit
ing to go to the Philippines. The young
Morristonian enlisted at Newark. He
will remain at Camp Mead, Pa, until
September 1, when it is expected this
regiment will be sent to Manila. Ben
had furnished amusement for many per.
sons here and it goes without saying that
he will be prime favorite with his fel.
low soldiers.