The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-06-30
LOCAL BREvIT les
Interesting Bits Of News Gathered from
Various Sources.

Tuesday. 1t has new meaning thi
year.
The Board of Aldermen will meet mex
Friday night.
A festival will be held on the lawn Of
the Methodist Church tonight.
A base ball team has been organized
by the Juniors of the Y. M. G. A.
st. Margaret's school closed on Mon.
day last for the summer vacation
The local dry goods stores have decid.
ed to close at s p. m. on and after July
9th.
Street Commissioner Meskill is busy
making improvements on Spring and
Mills streets.
The Stock Exchange will remain
closed from Saturday noon until Wed
nesday morning.
The Prudential Insurance Co. base ball
team will play at the Field Club to-
morrow afternoon.
At Morris Plains this afternoon the
State Hospital baseball team will have
Boonton as opponents.
Gospel wagon meetings will be held
on Sunday at 4.15 p. m. on Flager street,
and at p. m. on the Park.
Last Friday evening the Association
Wheelmen were entertained at Madison
by the Y. M. G. A. of that place.
Architect Frank w. Meeker is erecting
two frame houses on Willow street
which he intends for renting purposes.
Chief Engineer David r. Fox has pur-
chased a handsome new Bundy gas
lantern, which he will use in the fire
service.
Both committees of the Board of Free
holders will go to Succasunna tomorrow
to look at another site for the proposed
new Poor House.
United States Commissioner John
Whitehead, of Morr;stown, has received
the degree of L. L. D., from Wilberforce
College, of Ohio.
Basking Ridge and Whippany will
have Fourth of July celebration At
Whippany the Jr. O. U. A. M. have the
program IN charge.
Chris B. Opie of Albeit avenue was
committed to the county jail Wednesday
where he will remain pending an exami-
nation as to his sanity.
The converts and workers of the Mar
ket Street Mission will keep Open House
on Tuesday, July 4th, from p. m. to
p. m. Music and refreshments.
Jail-keeper Orr took Harry Baker, who
was recently convicted of forgery to
Trenton on Tuesday. Baker was SEN
fenced to 18 months in State Prison.
The Morristown Public School base
ball team did not play the PASSAGES of
Chatham on Wednesday as was expect
ed. The game will occur on Wednesday
next.
W. J. Mckee and Walter B. Pierson
have rented their cottage, Cricket
Lodge" at Lake Hopatcong, to Mrs.
M. A. Skidmore of Orange, for the sum-
mer.
A conference of the bosses and the
striking masons was held on Wednesday
evening and short meeting was held
last night. but the. differences were not
settled.
Alex. Bennell & Company have their
mineral water plant running at its full
capacity and the consumption of these
popular waters promises to exceed the
sales of last year.
The Association Wheelmen will make
a run of four miles about the city to-
stop at the festival on the Methodist
parsonage lawn.
Frank W. Milford meesured scienti-
fically, the fall of water during the "a
hours ending at noon yesterday, the re-
suit showing downfall of 2 and one
twentieth inches.
Douglas Frapwell won the time prize
in the five mile road race at Rockaway
on Saturday. He started from scratch
and secured third place in IL minutes,
471a seconds.
Lacey, the photographer, reports
business brisk and it looks as if Morris
town had its share Of vanity for at the
Park Side Studio in one day recently
there were 149 patrons.
The Prohihitionists of Morris County
will hold picnic at Hibernia on July
18th, morning, afternoon and evening.
Singing by the Beveridges and a bicycle
parade is part of the program.
At the recent meeting of the Washing
ton Association a badge was worn by
one of the lady guests which had ten
bars and each represented an ancestor
who was Colonial Governor.
The marriage of Robert Mack and
Miss Mabel Hays, both of this city, oc-
Cured at the residence of the bride. "a
Grand street, Wednesday evening. The
Rev. DIR. Erdman officiated.
Wesley Mullin was fined $40 by JUS
tice Stilwell tuesday for ill-treating
horse. The complaint was made by the
Morristown Branch of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
While the Gamewell fire alarm system
was being examined on Tuesday after
noon the alarm struck twice and some
of the local firemen started to sprint to-
ward their respective houses, but were
soon informed of the mistake.
The drouth was of untold benefit to at
least one crop-the cherry This luscious
fruit was so abundant that oar veracious
neighbor, George c. Smith, declared that
even the chestnut trees have cherries this
year
If we are to have the trolley, the
county authorities must deal generously
with its projectors. Guarantees of a
substantial character should be given by
them, however. Everywhere this is
demanded. Morris county should not
be an exception. -Boonton Bulletin
The Boonton Bulletin remarks: "Mor-
ristown is to have new large and hand
some hotel. It takes the county seat to