The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-27
COUNTY AND VICINITY,
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Zion Lutheran Church at New Ger
mantown will celebrate its one hun
dred and fiftieth anniversary this
year.
From the returns made by the Elec
ton Boards canvass, the town Of
Boonton has within it's borders, 90(
voters.
Efforts are being made to have a
factory locate in Rockaway that will,
employ $50 men with a monthly pay
roll of $40, 900.
Samuel Mooney, who was injured
by the explosion in Aliens granite
quarry at Waterloo, had one eye re.
moved Saturday.
Ninety two patients have been trans
Morris Plains, to the new asylum III
Cumberland County.
The Township Committee of Sparta,
will hereafter place fine on all ped
dlers, who attempt to dispose of their
wares in that district.
G. S. Snyder, former Surrogate of
Warren County, has been appointed
an assistant commissioner of Banking
and Insurance at salary of 81, 500 per
annum.
John Valcichauk, of Rockaway, has
been committed to the county Jail to
await the action of the grand jury.
He is charged with robbery by fell
low workman.
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said, has refused to accept the appoint
ment allotted to him in Branchville
by the Methodist Conference. His
reasons are not made public.
Although a small town, Franklin
Furnace is the largest railroad centre
in Sussex County, 1T being in touch
with the Sussex, Lehigh & Hudson
and the Susquehanna railroads.
There is considerable talk of inviting
the 9th Regiment to hold its reunion
in Sparta on Memorial Day in con
nection with the dedication of the
Soldiers Monument on that day.
The vacancy in the Board of Exam
lining Surgeons of Pensions caused by
the death of DR.. John S. Cook, of
Hackettstown, has been filled by the
appointment of DR.. J. V. Price, of
Branchville.
The Presbytery of Newton has
granted the request of Rev. William
Hollinshed, pastor of the M. E. Church
at Sparta, for the dissolution of the
pastorate, and on June 3rd, the pull
pit will be declared vacant.
Gunner Cornelius Dugan, who for
duty at the United States Naval
Magazine at Lake Denmark, has been
transferred to Newburg, N. Y, where
he will supervise the construction of
a large storehouse.
The Prohibition organ, 1.-THE Church
and Home" will not be effected by
the removal of it's owner, Rev. Will
liam Stout, from Hibernia to Warren
County. 1t will be edited in Tran
guilty, printed in Boonton and pub
lished in Rockaway.
The decision in the contested will
case of the late David Cooper has been
handed in by Judge Vreeland, of
Morristown, who after hearing the
various witnesses, decided that Mr..
Cooper was of sound mind at the
time he drew up his will.
While riding his wheel on the Lack
awanna Railroad tracks, E. L. Linde-
bury on Wednesday fell over a culvert
near Washington. After getting him.
self together, he went to physician,
who found the bicyclist had broken
three ribs and dislocated his shoulder
blade.
A deposit of copper ore has been
discovered on the property of B. K.
and G. W. Sickle on the mountain
at Longwood, near Berkshire Valley
Hotel. Some specimens have been as
sayed and were found to be very high.
The extent of the deposit is not known,
but if an investigation proves favor
able, work will be commenced
Since the postoffice at Lake Denmark
was destroyed by fire last year, the
mail has been going to Mt Hope,
where, if it was not called for after a
certain time it would be thrown in a
waste barrel. The Mt. Hope postmas-
ter claims to have written for instruc-
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ton, but has received no reply.
The committee of Franklin Town
ship want the Phillipsburg Horse Can
Company to pay 2 per cent. of its
profits, per cent. if the property is
sold, $50 mile and to macadamize
the streets in the township for the
privilege of extending the trolley line
through the township. The company
would then be paying the committee
81, 600 year for the privilege. And
yet they want the trolley up there.
The tracks of the Central Railroad
encroach upon private property in
Rockaway and at the request of the
owner, men were put at work to re-
move them. Stakes were driven al
further point, but ON a public
thoroughfare. The Street Committed
of the borough sought counsel in the
matter and in short time an injunc
tion was served ON the foreman of the
laborers. AS a result work was i'm
mediately suspended.
Some time ago, Justice of the Peace
John B. Duntser, of Bernardsville
took exceptions to certain articles
published about him in the News, {
paper published in Bernardsville. HI
sued the editor for criminal libel.
The case came up last Thursday. Thu
editor caused thirty witnesses to b.
subpoenaed. The case was thrown
out of court. In return the editor
charged the Justice with extortion
Two indictments, one for extortior
and one for bribery, were found agains
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