The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-08-03
LOCAL BREvlTIES

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Sidewalks are being laid on Speed
we'll Place.
| The gas company will shortly build
a new and larger boiler room at their
works on Water street.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Alderman will be held at the
board rooms tonight at o'clock.
Drain pipes will soon be put in
| Speedwen place to carry off the water
which floods the street at every rain.
The Methodist Sunday school.excur-
sion to Asbury Park Wednesday
carried 96S people. About 5000 was
Melted for the school.
The summer schools at Princeton
University opened on Monday, and
the indications point to the largest
attendance ever known.
The Bicycle Club of the YIN. @. A.
will make run to Monroe Wednes-
day evening, August s and attend the
festival in Monroe Chapel.
The annual camp meeting in the
Missionary Farm Grove, two miles
south of Hackettstown will be held
from August to IL inclusive.
Charles Dudgeon has sailed for
Paris where he will visit the EXPOSE
ton. While abroad he will purchase
his stock of fall and winterimillinery.
Robert Reilly, proprietor of the
Alpton, suggests that the word "news"
comes from the initial letters of the
points of the compass, north, east.
west and south.
The members of Torbet Post are
happy over the result of their excur-
sion to Rockaway Beach. The net
proceeds are over $3.50 and the returns
are not all in yet.
Sunday afternoon, while driving on
Morris street man was thrown from
his buggy and quite severely injured
He refused to give his name or go
to hospital and was driven away by
friend.
A fair and festival will be held in
Monroe Chapel, Wednesday evening.
Aug, s. The proceeds are for the
benefit of Monroe Sunday School If
stormy the festival will be held the
next fair evening
A delightful children's party was
held at Mrs. P. Byrne's, No 9 King
street, Friday afternoon, in honor of
her little nephew's birthday A num-
Der of children were present and all
thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Young George Benjamin of Mend
ham avenue was accidentally injured
while playing with q sickle last Sa-
turday. The point of the sickle
struck him in the back of the head.
DR.. McCarroll closed the wound with
six stitches.
Walter Doremus, who has conducted
a photograph gallery on Washington
street for the past two years, has gone
to Paterson where he will take charge
of his fathers large gallery. Mr..
Doremus made many friends during
his stay in town.
The will of the late Dr. S. r. Os-
nun was admitted to probate by Sur
rogate Young Tuesday. Guy Minton
and Anna @. Osmun were appointed
executors, and the real and personal
property was divided in equal shares
between the four children of the
deceased.
On account of the prohibition rally
at Mt. Tabor, August and 7, the
regular meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of this
city will be held Tuesday, August ID
at p. m. W. @. T. U. Day will be
observed at Mt Tabor, Wednesday,
August 8.
Happy Days" Pitman, who refereed
the first annual Trowbridge ten-mile
road race on July 4th is expected to
give his decision very soon. He has
gathered all the evidence possible,
and should the decision be in favor of
Stobie legal steps may be taken by
Richman, present holder of the prize,
to retain it.
1t is the fad at the seashore this
year for both sexes to wear their
sleeves rolled up above their elbows,
after the fashion Of tennis players.
The young ladies, as rule, go with
out head covering, so in addition to
getting lasting coat of tan on face
and neck, their arms will also bear
the same hue-after the blistering
period is over.
The Moore Brick company of Whip
pany is filling an order for one and
half million bricks for Wharton Fur
mace at Port Dram. The company is
making 40, 900 bricks day, and the
quality of brick is much harder than
those shipped along the Lackawanna
road from southern Jersey. In addi-
ton, the clay is so superior that pot
teries in Newark and Middlesex
County are buying largely.
WEATHER.
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