The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-05
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is an Improvement. Lit is much more
comfortable to walk upon than the
sole-piercing gravel walks that bound
the other three sides of the green.
The Bryant property on Morris
street has been purchased by H. HI.
Davis, whose place it adjoins.
The Morristown Fife and Drum
Corps will play for the First Ward
Hose Company on inspection day.
The W. G. T. U. will give parlor
social at the home of Mrs. Reed, II
Morris street Tuesday evening. Oct.
8, from to 10 O'Clock.
Mrs Abbie Sickle, an inmate of
the State Hospital, hanged herself in
her room on Tuesday morning. She
made moose from portion of her
clothing. She was sufferer from
melancholia and had suicidal
mania.
DR.. Henry w. Dustan and DR.. John
j. Cattanach, we'll known veterin-
arians of Morristown, will act as ve-
terinarians for the Morristown Field
Club Horse Show, to be held at the
Driving Park, Oct II, 10 and 10.
The members of Independent Hose
are rehearsing six nights week for
their minstrels which will be held
in Lyceum Hall next Friday evening.
The performance will excel anything
ever attempted before by amateurs
in this vicinity, both in originality
and point of excellence. Tickets will
be placed on sale at o'clock on Tues
day morning, at Smiths drug store.
A horse attached to dogcart and
driven by Miss Elizabeth Waterbury,
eldest daughter of John /. Waterbury,
became frightened at passing auto
mobile yesterday afternoon and ran
away. Miss Waterbury pluckily held
on to the reins and finally succeeded
in stopping the animal after he had
run about half mile. Two young
lady friends were in the cart, but
escaped injury, save severe fright.
One hundred and fifty veterans at
tended che reunion of the 27th New
Jersey Volunteers, held in Chatham
on Wednesday, large number of
whom were from Morristown. The
residences and public places of the
borough were tastefully decorated
with flags and bunting The veterans,
accompanied by fife and drum corps,
marched through the principal streets,
after which they sat down to table
spread to accommodate 300 guests, in
the Fish and Game Club House Hall.
Among the invited diners were the
members of the Chatham Borough
Council. After dinner an address
was made i'll the G. A. r. rooms by
the Rev. DR.. S. f. Upham, of Drew
Theological Seminary.
A rear-end collision occurred on the
Lackawanna road on Tuesday morn
ing. A freight train ran into the
Morristown accommodation, which
leaves here at 6.25. The FEAR car was
lifted off the track, and the freight
engines pilot was badly battered.
Travel on the east-bound track was
delayed several hours. East-bound
trains were obliged to switch over
and take side track to pass the wreck.
Miss Mary Boss, of Market
street, was in the car and was quite
badly injured. There were six other
passengers also, and seeing the APP
preaching freight train, they ran up
the aisle. Miss Boss had just left her
seat when the collision occurred. She
was bnlOWA I'LL w aIu vi nO1 lttSO anu
rece ived a number of bruises. she is
employed in Newark, and is yet undre
the physician careI
The steam yacht varuna arrived
from Havre on Tuesday with it's
owner, Eugene Higgins, and party
of friends on board. She made the
trip across the Atlantic in ten days,
experiencing spme very rough )wea-
ther. In addition to Mr.. Higgins there
were on board Mr.. and Mrs e.
Rollins Morse, Mr. and Mrs. Allan
Arthur and Miss Arthur and DR..
Mitchell. The yacht anchored off
the New York Club House at Stapel-
ton. The Varuna has been in foreign
waters for several months She made
an extended cruise on the Mediterran
can and then went to England. In
August she cruised on the Norwegian
coast, and when the Niagara, Howard
Gould's yacht, got aground the Varuna
fortunately was near by and succeed
ed in pulling the Niagara into deep
water. While the Varuna was at
Bergen, Norway, the Emperor William
of Germany, who was there on the
royal yacht, visited Mr.. Higgins and
spent two hours with him