The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-29
LOCAL BREvlTIES
Interesting Bits of News Gathered from
Various Sources.

that day. sss
The Jersey City Water Company is
making real estate purchases daily for
the reservoir near this town. Boon
ton Bulletin.
At the recent poulty show in Wash
ington, the first prize for pen Of
Buff Wyandottes was awarded to the
Whippany Poultry yard
The Male Quartette Of Morristown
will sing at the sociable to be held in
the First Presbyterian Chapel on the
evening of January 18th.
The regular meeting of the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union will be
held in the rooms at the Y. M @. A.
Tuesday, JAN Q, at 3 p. m.
The Directors of the First National
Bank have declared the usual semi
annual dividend at the rate of 5 per
cent. payable on and after January 2,
1900.
A fire suddenly broke out in the
show windows of the toy store under
Vismara's restaurant on Tuesday af-
ternoon. A few pals of water extin-
guished it.
Arrangements are being made for a
musical to be given in Dover the
night of Washington's Birthday, the
MorristOwn Club joining with the
Dover Club.
The next annual meeting of the
New Jersey Conference Epworth
Leagues will be held in st. Paul's
Methodist Episcopal Church, Ocean
Grove, on May 1914
The Lackawanna Company has re-
Gently py in operation nine disc
signals on the Boonton Branch be-
tween Paterson and Little Falls, pro-
tecting the curves between these
points.
One hundred and seventy four 12-
inch and nine finch army shells
were shipped from the Taylor Iron &
Steel Co., High Bridge, to the Gov
ernment works at Piccatinnny, one
day last week.
The Home Department of the First
Presbyterian Sunday School were en-
tertained at an Afternoon Tea"
given by the superintendent. Miss
Minnie Voorhees, at her home, Thurs
day afternoon.
The police have found that the per-
sons who robbed Henry Lisle on Elm
street, on Wednesday last were Lisles'
sister in-law and his sixteen year old
son. They have fed to Virginia.
The sister-in-law arranged the doors
and windows so as to place. suspicion
on outside parties.
There are 1874 Presbyterian Churches
in New Jersey and 400 ministers, with
a total membership of 69, 1856 From
April '98 to April '99, the amount
raised for all purposes was 81, $50, 806,
and for benevolences $411, 443. There
are rs, 500 scholars in the Presbyterian
Sunday Schools
The skating in this vicinity is ex-
cellent and the votaries of the winter
sport are enjoying the vacation period
days to the utmost Among the ponds
most frequented are "Olmsteads, -
which by the way has been thrown
open to the public for at least third
of century by it's generous owner,
the Field Club and Speedwell Lake.
Miss May Beach gave lecture
musical and tea to her pupils, at her
home last Saturday afternoon from
four to six O'Clock. The subject of
the lecture was Mozart illustrated
by selections from some of his most
important works. 1t was very much
enjoyed by all present
The concert given on Wednesday
evening at the State Hospital, Morris
Plains by the Quartette Clubs of Dover
and Morristown was we'll attended
and appreciated The selections rem
dered by both clubs were we'll re-
ceived, numerous encores being called
for. DIR. Evans assured the manager
of the Morristown Club that the CON
cert was we'll appreciated by all pres
emit.
ice-Chancellor Pitney has filed a
decision declaring that only blood re-
lations of a member of the Royal
Arcanum are eligible under the law
to be his benefciaries. The Vice
Chancellor holds that the word rela-
tive in the statute under which the
Royal Arcanum operates applies only
to- blood relations, and that the Ar
canunl, m making up a beneficiary
list, is limited to blood relations.
On Friday last, Mrs. Garrett Quirk
was suddenly stricken with astroke of
apoplexy. Her son, Garrett Quirk,
IOuuu n0r dying as ne entered bne
room at the dinner hour. She was
sixty-tive years old, native of Ire
land, whence she came to this country
in 1851. For the last three years she
has been q resident of this city. -Four
children Esurvive her, Mrs. John
Leary. Mrs. D. w. King, of Kearny.
Miss Lizzie and Garrett Quirlz, of this
place.
A party of friends gave a pleasant
surprise to William Babcock, of Wash
.ington street, Christmas night.
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. DeLong, Mr.. and Mrs. Osmun
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Theo Person,
Mr.. and Mrs George Grove, Mr..
Waldron, of Newark; the Rev. S. 2.
Batten, Alderman Conklin and wife,
and VIM. W. Beers, comrade of Mr..
Babcock's during the Civil War. The
Company was entertained by selec-
tions by the Crystal Quartette, of
Morristown, 8and 1.-THE mt Vernon
Glee Club
Respite For Howard Benham.
Albany, Dec Ex-Governor Roosevelt