The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-05
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Copies of the New Jersey game
laws can be had free ct charge at this
Office.
A new and greatly needed walk is
being laid from Washington street to
the nam entrance Of the Court House.
The members Of the Morris Minis
terial Association met at Whippany
on Tuesday last, and were entertained
by the Rev. /. A. White, of the Pres
byterian Church.
At the men S meeting of the Y M.
G. A., to be held next Sunday, Oscar
HI. Hawley will play two cello solos.
He will be accompanied by J. Fred
Runyon.
The marriage of Frederick D.Stein,
of Morristown, to Miss L. Samson,
Of New York, will take place at the
Waldorf-Astoria next Wednesday.
The Somerset County Republicans
have nominated Frank W. Somers for
County Clerk and Henry W. Hoagland
for member of Assembly.
Thirty three persons received their
l1udA uutu11lAAbt1Ou pttp6IS lIOlu JuuB0
Vreeland yesterday. One applicant
was rejected owing to his insufficient
knowledge of the English language
A large Morristown delegation will
attend the Republican meeting at
Madison tomorrow night. The prin-
cipal speaker will be the Hon. 0. f.
Williams, ex-Consul at Manila.
The funeral of the late Miss Rita
Mingus was held on Monday morning
at the residence of her step-father,
Aaron Schenck, on Early street. Only
relatives were present. The Rev.
DR.. Coultas, pastor of the M. E.
Church, officiated.
Phoenix like, Messrs. W. v. Snyder
& Co., of Newark, arose from the
ashes of great confagration, and, as
announced elsewhere in the Chronicle,
invite the inspection of the public to
their magnificent new establishment
and stock absolutely new.
At parish meeting Of the First
Presbyterian Church held on Monday,
it was voted to build an addition to
the chapel, the Improvement to be
made on the side adjoining the church
to which entrance will be had from a
covered passage way. ta@e
Among the announcements in the
Chronicle will be noticed that of John
j. Carroll, who is we'll known as a
frst-class plumber and timer He
has associated with him his son Will
liam, also a practical plumber and
timer. The Office Of the firm is at
No. Al Mill street. Telephone call
No. 1884 /.
The large show room in the Babbitt
building, formerly occupied by Oscar
H. Babbitt, will be divided into offices,
work upon which is already under
way. Lawyers Frederick H. Beach
and Edmund D. Halsey will occupy,
when completed, the offices facing the
Green.
Mayor Fox has arranged for a
public meeting in the Lyceum,
at which the issues of the campaign
will be discussed by Judge FL. Burdett
Herr, Republican candidate for Con-
gress, and Congressman Salmon. Both
candidates have signified their desire
to participate in the meeting, which
will be held on Wednesday evening,
the gath instant
The Friday Evening Club, which
uoAN SuJn n 6uJC0H6lul nlO6b1uE 1dSU
May, will resume it's meetings on
Friday evening, Oct. 10. The pro-
gramme of that occasion will be sent
out within two or three days. Arrange
ments are being made for the other
meetings of the winter. The gather
ings will undoubtedly be the most at
tractive Of their kind ever held in
Morristown.
The twentieth annual reunion of
the First N. Y. Volunteer Engineers
will be held at Red Bank, N. j. Octo-
Der 10, 1900. A business meeting will
be held at Arrowsmith Post Room,
Broad street, at IL. 30 A. NJ, after
which dinner will be served Mt
o'clock P. NJ in Town Hall. The
committee are making special arrange
ments to make the reunion one to be
remembered. A number of Morris
town veterans will attend the reunion.
Contractor John Depman was afro
ciously assaulted by Peter Johnson, a
negro laborer, last evening, near All
Souls Hospital. The negro, who was
intoxicated, was frightening some
children by furnishing an axe. Mr..
Denman demonstrated with him, and
the negro struck him a severe blow on
UllC bl0O VI bAl0 uC1u Will uu0
edge of the axe. johnson is now in
jail and Mr.. Denman is under the
doctors care.
A horse attached to Ang clio Ben
nell's delivery wagon, which had
been left standing in front of the
store, ran away on Monday morning.
1t had gone but few yards when it
collided with a horse and dogcart
belonging to Abraham Wolff, of Nor
mandie Park. The dogcart was upset,
the driver thrown ont, and the horse
knocked down. Mr.. Benefits horse
broke away from the wagon and ran
into the Mansion House stables The
young man driving Mr.. VOLTS horse
was not hurt.
The Democratic County Convention
was held in Dover on Wednesday. M.
L. Brewer, of Boonton, was chosen
temporary chairman. The usual COM
mittees were appointed. Permanent
organization was effected in the af-
ternoon, Charles B. Gee, of Madison,
being elected chairman. The nomina-
tions for Assembly were George
Pierson, of Dover, and John Bergen,
of Butler. Mr.. Pierson is Dover
merchant and former mayor of that
city, while Mr.. Bergen is a well
known saloon keeper.
Dover Democracy was driven to dis-
traction last evening, and the whole
CITY gave WaV to Republican en-