The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-09-07
LOCAL RREvlTIES

The association wheelmen will
make short run tonight.
The Morristown Library will reopen
Tuesday, September II, at~9 am.
The children's meetings will be held
at the Market Street Mission on
Tuesday at 4 O'Clock.
The Owen Y. W. 9. T. U. held its
regular semi-monthly meeting in its
rooms, in the Y. M. @. A. building on
Wednesday evening.
The Free kindergarten reopens next
Monday, in McAlpin hall Parents
are requested to send their children
on that day if possible.
A special session of the High Court,
/. o. f. of New Jersey will be held
on Friday, Sept. %, in Isham hall,
215 Broad street, Elizabath, at p. m.
Don't hunt squirrels during the
month of September, as the law has
been changed from last year and
squirrels are not lawful game until
October.
Orphans court was held this morn
ing. On motion of Senator Pitney,
counsel for the contestant in the
RICHARDSON will case, the matter was
laid over until October 5.
Loantaka Council, Royal ,Arcanum
kI.a
North Jersey Council of Madison,
to visit in body on the evening of
September IS.
The latest society fad is the collec-
tion of colonial pewter. OF course
pewter has not a high market valua-
tion, yet when found in old tableware
with authentic pedigree, its valuation
is equal to silver.
Frank Fitzgerald, Converted opera
singer, will sing at Market St. Mission
on Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Also at the Gospel Wagon Meetings on
Spring street, at Ais p. M, and on
Park Place at p. m. Sunday.
The gospel service at the Almhonse,
Morris Plains, will be conducted next
Sunday by the Y. P. S. @. E. of tire
A. M. E. church. Meeting at 4
O'Clock. All the societies are invited
to attend.
Engine No. 265, with one freight
car attached jumped the track in
front of the station on Monday after
noon, tearing up number of ties.
No one was injured, but it was some
time before the track was cleared.
New Telephone calls are as follows
DR.. H. A. Newbold, 1877; Mrs. w. j.
Looney, 41Sb. Connections have been
made with Peapack and station has
been opened in the store of Van Ars-
dale & Ballentine. Connections with
Gladstone will be made soon.
While Jessie Lynch was attemp-
ting to put up swing on Fort
Nonsense Hill, on Monday morning,
the limb of the tree on which he was
standing broke and the boy fell thirty
feet to the ground. He sustained a
fracture of his right wrist and sprain-
ed his left.
The thirty fourth annual session
of the Grand Lodge of the New Jer-
( sey, Independent Order Good Temp
lars, will be held in Florence, on
Wednesday, Sept. IL. The session
will open at 10 a. m., with Grand
Chief Templar Mcneil, presiding.
At the Republican state convention,
Hon. Mahlen Pitney was chosen as
Vice President from Morris County
Ex-Sheritf, E. A. Backer served on
the committee on credentials, Hon.
Jacob W. Welsh ON rules, Hon. S. l..
Garrison on resolutions and J. j.
Vreeland on permanent organization.
The regular meeting of the Morris
County Democratic Committee was
held at the Mansion House on Tues
day, week ahead Of the regular
date in order to anticipate the Tren-
ton convention. Chairman Willard
W. Cutler presided. Out side of the
regular routine work nothing of in
terest was done.
A number of persons were swindled
at the Driving Park on Monday, by
a man, the police are endeavoring
to find. The Foresters had arranged
to furnish the standing room for
horses free of charge. AS visitors drove
into the enclosure they were met by
a man who demanded a fee. He
reaped quite harvest and disappeared
H. @. Holmes has made number of
improvements to his Greenhouse
property, corner Pine and Morris
streets. New boilers have been intro
duced of the most improved make.
A violet house has been erected, which
with another house recently built
affords something over IL, 600 feet of
glass devoted exclusive to growing
purposes In addition to an extensive
stock of plants, flowers and ferns.
Mr.. Holmes is practical landscape
gardner, and the taste with which he
has executed number of orders, speak
well for his ability in this direction.
A handsome new Odell organ is