The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-09
NORRIS COUNTY NEWS
MADISON.

pointed Superintendent OF the Morris
County Public Schools to succeed
Martin Luther Cox.
The February Critic contains an ex-
cellent and interesting article on
James Macarthur, of this place, for
merly editor Of the Bookman, who is
the London representative OF the new
publishing house Of Doubleday q
Page.
Rev. Olin A. Curtis, of Drew Theo-
logical Seminary, will deliver a SER
mon at the dedication services of the
Wesley NJ E. Church, at Belleville,
on Sunday morning.
Harry B. Green left for his annual
hunting trip in North Carolina on
Saturday.
The local letter carriers will attend
the annual meeting of the State Let
ter Carriers Association at Morristown
ON Monday.
The Rev. William j. Hampton, pas
tor of the Chatham Methodist Church,
delivered the address at the Y. M O..
A. meeting ON Sunday afternoon.
Fire was discovered in the residence
of Robert h. Holmes on Park avenue
on Saturday morning The fire de-
partment responded quickly to still
alarm and extinguished the blaze.
The damage was slight.
Borough Collector George E. Bardon
has completed his annual report which
has been examined by the FINANCE
Committee OF the Common Councll:
The taxes for 1899 amounted to $o2, OoO
which has nearly all been collected
by Collector Bardon.
The Rev. DR.. A. B. Leonard, OF this
place, secretary OF the Methodlst
Foreign Board OF Missions, addressed
the Judiciary COMMITTEE OF the
House OF Representatives at Washing
ton on Tuesday on Polygamy:
Miss Bertha Wlldman, the librarian
OF the Madison Public Library, is
busily engaged cataloguing the books
for the library which will be opened
to the public on April l.
Hamilton Nick. Twombly and famlly
of New York, have been spending
several days at Florham. their country
residence near this place.
Henry Bardon is slowly recovering
from his recent illness at his home on
Main street
Harvey e. DeHart has purchased
the residence owned by Sllas =. Wheat
on Green avenue recently occupied by
w. Reginald Baker.
The Madison Choral Society resumed
rehearsals in the M. o. A. hall on
Wednesday evening
The Madison Football Club Will
give their minstrel show IN the Madl-
son Assembly Hall ON next Friday
evening.
The second annual dance of the
Young Ladies Auxiliary OF the Young
Mems Catholic Club was held IN the
Madison Assembly Hall ON Monday
evening.
The Ladies' Auxiliary OF the Y M.
y. A. sent several boxes OF magazines
and other reading matter to the
soldiers in the Philippines on Wednes-
day.
James f, WEIGH, organlst OF the
Presbyterian Church, renders one OF
series of celebrated melodies at the
evening services held Sunday evening
President Henry A. Buttz, OF Drew
Theological Seminary, delivered the
dedicatiory sermon at the Wesley M.
Il. Church of Bellville, on Sunday last.
Recorder Cook and Officer Burnett
visited several places on Sunday last
where 1t was alleged the Sunday ordl
nance was being openly violated. NO
arrests were made.
The Dewey Social Club has dis
banded owing to financial troubles
A special meeting of the Borough
Democratic Committee was held on
tuesday evening to determine the
course of the party i'll the spring cleo
ton.
The Madison Board of Health has
adopted the formaldehyde generator
for disinfecting purposes. 1t has been
used during the past week successfully
III scarlet fever cases.
Borough Clerk Myer has nearly com
pleted report OF the earnings and ex-
penses OF the light and water plants OF
the borough since their inception, to-
gether with their cost.
The following books have been re-
celved by Miss Bertha 5. Wildman
Tor the new public library at Madison
Thackeray, IL volumes; Charts Reade,
II; Hawthorne, ID; Kipling, 10;
Stevenson, 81 Dumas, 20; complete
of Frank r. Stockton's works and 80
volumes of w. Q. Stoddard's stories.
w. y. Stoddard, Jr., son OF w. ..
Stoddard, the author, accompanied by
Mrs. Stoddard, has left for Kansas
City, where he has gone to install the
plant of the Pure Food Company, of
which he is manager.
Rev. William J. Hampton, of Chat
ham, addressed the mems meeting of
the Madison Y. M. @. A. Sunday af-
ternoon, in Associations Hall.
The anniversary meeting of the
Thursday Morning Club of Madison,
1n k.11I lo1N,