The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-03-16


of his piano recitals at his residence,
81 South street. Wednesday afternoon.
F. G. Sultan has been appointed
cashier of the Morris County Electric
Company, for Boonton and Norris
town with headquarters in this city.
The members Of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union are invited
to hear Harry Wood, at the Baptist
Church, Sunday evening, March IS,
at z. 80 O'Clock.
A meeting of the Excise Beard was
held Wednesday evening when the ap-
plication of John Piper for the re-
newal of his license was granted
The application for a license in the
Old farmers Hotel was refused
The ladies of Morristown, who are
always busy in thinking up some
novel entertainment for charitable
purposes, have not yet taken up the
Rumage sales, +" which appears to be
quite the rage throughout the county.
The body of Private Cook arrived
yesterday. The funeral services will
be held in the Church of the Assump-
ton, Monday morning at 8 o'clock.
Several of Cookies comrades, from
Company M, of Dover, will attend
the funeral together with the Nor
ristown veterans of the late war.
Wednesday afternoon, Officer Bren-
non made a squirt and captured John
Carey, who was up before Justice
Gift for upsetting carboy of acid in
front of train at Convent. While
the Justice was writing Carey's COM
mittement, he made break from the
police station but fieet-foot Brennon
soon recaptured him,
At an auction sale of bank stock
held in this city yesterday, Messrs
VanDyke & Wise, auctioneers for
Willard W. Cutler, administrator of
the estate of the late Mrs Cornelius
Garrabrant, of Brookside, the prices
realized following: 20 shares of
National Iron Bank, par value $50,
$52. 80 per share; 10 shares State
Bank, Newark, $50, 800 so a share IL
shares $50 Newark City Bank, 800. 80
per share. M
The Quin Que Club, of Morristown,
have arranged for joint debate with
the Plainfield Y. M. g. A., to be held
in Plainfeld, on Monday evening,
April 16 next. The subject chosen is
that s'That American interest require
American fortification on the proposed
Nicaraugna Canal. It will be re-
membered that the Quin Que success
fully engaged in debate with the
Centenary Institute, of Hackettstown
last March, and it is hoped that they
will be as victorious in this en-
cOunfar aQ tbnv xuarQ then
New telephone numbers are E. T..
Caskey, 349i; Shupe & Simons, serb
Henry Schenck. shop, 46a, residence,
46b; E. l.. Durling, residence. 1884 a,
w. S. Letchford, 392; DR.. Pierson,
stables, 326b; Genung & Hedges, 3S7a
j. w. Melick, office, 383a, residence,
383b; W. A. VanDielen 1854; Rose
wear Brothers & Co., 395a; H. J.
Genung, office, 251a, residence, 251b
J. Henry Johnson & Co., 251a; Carl
W. Wrede, 251a. The present switch
board in the exchange will be enlarged
next week. F4beet
The Methodist Church will again
give musical treat on Easter Sun
day evening, and will enlarge the
chorus choir to do Stainer's great
work, "The Crucifixion - having the
assistance of celebrated New York
and Brooklyn soloists. Miss Mary
Mansfield, soloist at DR.. Storr' {
Church, Brooklyn, and Miss Bessie
Bonsall, of DIR. Minott's Church, New
York, have already been secured, and
Theodore Van YORK. the great
New York tenor, will probably be en-
gagged for the special ortorio work.
Barney H. Demarest, the well
known horseman. who leased the Nor
ristown Driving Park, is making ex-
tensive arrangements for an abun-
dance of racing at the course the COM
ing season. Sometime during the
month of June grand spring meet
ing will be held and will Guido any
previous meet held at the course.
Every Saturday during the summer
afternoon matinee races will be trot-
ted and Judging from the string of
trotters, Mr.. Demarest handles, some
fast stepping may be expected. This
week Mr.. Demarest is at Cambridge
City, Ind, selecting a stock of trot-
tiers and PAGERS, fifteen of which he
will ship to the Morristown Driving
Park. Among the number he has re-
Gently purchased is the new champion
half mile track horse, Prince Alert,
2.05A with record of 2.1514. This
horse, it will be remembered, stepped
in 2.091 at the fall meeting last year,
pacing the State record over the Nor
ristown track.
The funeral services over the re-
mains of Sergeant Patrick Moore, of
Company G, Twelfth United States
Infantry, who died on the transport
Missouri, while on his. return home
on February 10 last, were held in the
Church of the Assumption, Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock. Preceding the
procession were Messrs. Fred Schrau-
denback, Sidney Collins and Jesse La
pine the delegation from Torbet Post
drum crops and Bugler William Hessy,
of the g. A. r. The escort were
number of veterans of the Spanish
American War. They were William
Mack, Edward Rodermond, Fay Howe,
George Berry, Theo. Kinsey, David
Van Glider, James Sutton and Chas.
e. Letcher. The pail bearers, also
veterans, were Frank Meeker, J. H.
Boniface, A. W. Smith, Geo. Abers.
Rufus Whitehead and John Dempsey.
The escort was in charge of Sergt. J.
II. Morehouse. Interment was made
in st. Mary's Cemetery.