The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-05-04
LOCAL BREvITIES.
interesting Bits Of News Gathered from
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Aldermen will be held tonight.
l. B. Dickson has opened marble
and granite works on Water street.
While playing baseball Saturday,
Homer Ayers fell and broke his arm.
Next Saturday the Yale University
team will contest on the Field Club
diamond.
The Tuesday afternoon dancing class
will hold its closing dance on May
9th from s to 10 in McAlpin Hall.
A ball game will be played at
Orange Decoration Day between mines
from the Morristown telephone dis
trict and the Orange districts.
A still alarm called out Chemical En-
CINE and the Patrol Tuesday evening"
to extinguish chimney blaze at the
residence of Byram Sherman on Sher-
man Hill.
The members of Loantaka Council,
Royal Arcanum, have accepted an in
vitation to work the degree on three
candidates in Bernardsville Lodge,
next Monday evening
Guerin Pruden who last week at
tempted suicide by shooting himself
died Sunday. He was removed to the
State Hospital at Morris Plains,
Saturday and died in that institution.
Mrs. Julia Reese COLES will read a
paper on IA Forgotten Historic
Nook before the meeting of the New
Jersey Historical Society in Newark
tomorrow.
D. P. Mcclellan has made an i'm
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store on Market street side, which will
be used as mating and oil cloth de-
partment.
Chace and Morris, of the Morris
town School were competitors in the
interscholastic tennis tournament at
Columbia University Saturday. Nor
rls defeated his opponent.
A number of Odd Fellows from this
city attended a meeting of Chrystal
Lodge, No. $50, of Summit, last even
ing, when the initiatory degree was
conferred upon five candidates.
The Lake Hopatoong Club House
will be opened as hotel on June 80,
by Alexander and Samuel Proskey, of
New York, proprietors of the Hotel
Cecil, of that city. Up to the present
date, 100 guests have been registered.
Harvey j. Genung, successor of J.
Henry Johnson e Co., has sold John
b. Ayers cottage, No. SO South street,
near Elm street, lot 36x110 to A.
S. Murray. of New York City, con-
sideration being $4,000.
The Misses Mary Golden Hoffman
and XiEginia Southard Hoffman, of
London, England, have sold their
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street to John B. Ayers and wife,
through the agency of Harvey j.
Genung, real estate broker.
John Roman, who has held the
responsible position of rear brakeman
on Conductor Sanderson's train, the
8.25 express. since it was first sched-
uled, seventeen years ago, has re-
signed and will hereafter devote his
entire time to the interests of Headley
& Roman, shoe merchants
The last entertainment of the sea-
son will be given at the Baptist
Church Monday evening, May 7th
Miss Weber, humorous reciter assisted
by Miss May Katharine Baird, and
the quartette from the church, will
ing. Silver collection will be taken
At the annual meeting of the lum-
bermen of this district held in Days |
on South street Monday, William
Salmon of Boonton, was elected presi- |
dent and George Dalrymple, of Nor
ristown, secretary and treasurer It
was decided that owing to the state of
the wholesale market that the pricei
of lumber should remain the same
The annual parish meeting of,fthe |
South Street Presbyterian Church was
held on Tuesday night. Rev. J. B. |
Beaumont offered prayer and was af-
forwards elected chairman and H. |
Byram Hoffman, secretary. Messrs. |
Henry M. Smith. Andrew G. Phillips |
and Willard W. Cutler were reelected |
trustees and Messrs W. L. Thompson
and Cortland Belts to vacancies in |
the Board. The treasurers statement |
showed that the financial condition of |
the church was in prosperous con-
dition.
Court will open on next Tuesday.
The first case to be tried will be that |
of George Bigelow and James
Bigelow, appellants and the Board |
of Street and Water commissioners of
the City of Newark, appellees. On
appeal. The following jurors were
empaneled to hear it. Augustus Mum
son, Henry Baldwin, W. H. Grimes,
Eliza M. Bartles Henry FL. Davis, |
Charles W. Ennis, VIM. Becker, Ste |
phen f. Bryant, VIM. W. Cook. Wal |
ter McKinon, Chas r. Whitehead, |
John L. Talmadge.
The Estling Lake Fishing Associa-
ton of Morristown was organized last |
week. The membership was limited |
to twenty-five and it took but week !
to form the organization. The stream
has been well stocked and the lease
for the property was signed on Tues
day. The officers are. D. P. Nc
Clellan, presidents Fred Muchmore,
vicepresident secretary and treasur-
err, HI. A. VanGilder; trustees, Samuel |
Freeman, J. f. Haas. Chas A. Baker,
Henry Fl. Davis, d. P. Mcclellan,
Fred Muchmore, H. A. VanGilder;
Executive Committee, d. p McClel-
Ian, Chas. A. Baker, Henry Davis.
Interest in the Irvington- Milburn
90 mile road race to take place Mem
orial Day, May 30, 1900, is being
shown more and more each day as the
time approaches for the great Ameri-
can Cycling Derby. Racing men can
be seen daily plugging over the
"Slster Hills" taking advantage of |
every days training in hopes of being
the 1uclxv winpprs 0f soma nf tbo