The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-05-18
LOCAL BREWTIES.
Interesting Bits of News Gathered from
Various Sources

A concert Will be given in Associa-
ton Hall, Friday evening, June 8th,
by the Cobalesa Quartette.
Several applications from Morris
town were received for the signal
corps now under organization in Jer-
sey City.
The annual foot ball game between
Lafayette and Princeton will be play
ed IN Easton this year. on Saturday,
October 20.
A reward is offered for good look
ing black mare. with white hind feet
which was recently stolen from John
II. Young, Succasunna.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will hold strawberry and ice
cream festival in it's rooms at the Y.
M Q. A., Wednesday, May 80, from
to 10 p. m.
A concert will be given in the Re-
formed Chapel at Pompton this even
ing at O'Clock, by Miss Bertha L.
Clark, violinist; Sidney A. Baldwin,
accompanist.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Baptist Church, will hold straw
berry and ice cream festival in the
basement of the church on Friday
evening the twenty-fifth instant.
Work has been commenced on the
new Centenary Collegiate Institute
building, at Hackettstown and will
be pushed rapidly to completion. 1t
is the expectation to have the building
finished by October.
Commencement exercises will be
held at Seton Hall College, Wednes-
day, June 10. The exercises will begin
with military drill followed by the
graduating exercises which will be
held on the college campus
1t is rumored that Morristown and
Madison will be represented at the
Atlantic City Horse Show, which will
be held July II, IL, 10 and 14th. The
prizes are valued at s., 900. The en-
tries promise to be very numerous
New Englanders are lamenting the
shortage in the spruce gum crop, one
of the standing winter crops of
Maine. Complaint is made that little
first class gum has been marketed and
that is at price considerably higher
than ever known.
With the thermometer at 90 in the
shade on Monday and Tuesday, the in
formation that the snow which fell on
the Pocono Mountains during the lat
ter part of the week had not melted,
caused sudden rush of guests in that
direction.
The closing reception of Prof. Holly's
dancing class was held last Friday
evening in the McAlpin Hall. During
the early part of the evening very
pretty exhibition was given by the
pupils after which the floor was OPEN
About 200 we're present.
Lovers of the toothsome shad will
be interested in learning that Captain
James A. Smith and his crew on board
of the United States Fish Commission
steamship Fish Hawk, which is lying
in the river near Gloucester, have col
lected 2S, 14S, 900 shad eggs and 16, 693,
600 young shad have been Matched out.
"Daintily shod' are those who
wear the Sorosis Shoe which Messrs.
Headley & Roman claim is the most
economical as well as the most sensi-
BILE and artistic women's shoe on the
market. They have all the new lasts,
culldUlS LUZ Ill OCCdSlOuS anu S6dSOuS.
In addition this firm are making big
drive on Messengers steel clad school
shoes for boys and girls.
Golden Star fraternity elected the
following officers at the annual con-
venton held in Paterson: Supreme
Moderator, Oscar Weiner, Newark
Vice-Supreme Moderator, 7. H.
Chamberlain, Paterson Supreme Sec
rotary, G.. W. Simpson, Newark; Su-
preme Treasurer, n W. Chandler,
Newark; Supreme Chaplin, E. H.
Hough, Newark; Supreme Medical
Director, G. H. Schureman, Newark
Supreme Councillor, Joseph A. Beech
er, Newark; Supreme Guide, J. Evers-
ley, Orange Supreme Assistant Guide,
A. M. Glennon, Bridgeport, Conn. !;
Supreme Warden, III. H. Warder,
Newark; Supreme Sentry, James G.
Broadwell, Newark.