The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-03-09

An election Of officers of Ode de ST.
Armand Commandery will be held at
its meeting this evening.
George Aldred has erected a two
story building on Pine street, which
he. will use as paint shop.
There is an effort under way to or
ganize an independent company of
State Guards. in Morristown.
CT r. Whitehead, of this city, has
been elected director of the New
Jersey State School Board Association.
The body of Sergeant Patrick
Moore.is expected to arrive in Morris
town from San Francisco this week.
Charles Morris, of the Glass of 1900
of Drew Seminary, expects to be ssnt
to Korea by the Mission Board of the
Methodist Church
Messrs. George Green and John
Chapman conducted an interesting
meeting in Union Chapel of Rocka
way Township, Sunday. .,f
At the regular meeting Of Loan
taxa Council, Royal Arcanum, Tues
day night, one candidate was admitted
and two applications received.
This evening Miss s. @. Very will
give the second of her illustrated
musical lectures at the home of Mrs
Herman BAhr. The subject will be
Vienna - i
Postmaster Fennell has applied to
the postal officials ut Washington
asking them to establish free de-
livery to Mendham via Washington
Valley and Brookside.
William Selvage, while engaged in
sport with Andrew Lewis in Horse
fields billiard room Monday, had his
thumb nearly cut off by his hand COM
ing in contact with window glass.
Work will shortly begin on the new
railroad station at Bernardsville. A
large force of men are now at work
preparing the ground for the building
and charging the layout of the tracks.
The officers of the Young Men S
Catholic Association announce that
hereafter the members will be re-
quired to supply themselves with keys
in order to gain admission to the
building.
FL. d. Schenck, who has purchased
the property of the congregational
Church, will convert the building into
modern carpenter shop. He will take
possession about April 1st The price
paid was 50, 500.
In st. Peters Church next Wednes-
day evening, DR. Henry G. Swentzel,
D. d., of ST. Luke's Church. Brook
lyn, will deliver his second weekly
lecture. His subject will be the
Basis of Religion.
Barney Demarest, the lessee of the
Morristown Driving Park is making
arrangements to hold an interesting
shoot at the race course next month
1t will be a tenman contest for a
thousand dollar purse.
On Thursday during Lent Mrs. Mer-
ill will hold sewing classes for the
benefit of Memorial Hospital and on
Saturdays classes will be held at Mrs.
E. @. Keasby's for tie benefit of St.
Barnabas Hospital in Newark.
Monroe Smith, the milkman, who
lives on the road leading from Morris
town to Dover, on Monday caused the
arrest of seventeen- year-old Bert
Thomas, on a charge of criminally as
saulting his eight-year-old daughter.
Peter Kahn, who for the past thirty
years has been one of Morristown' 9
leading furniture dealers. has decided
TO retire from business April first
Dudgeon & Co.'S. dry goods store will
succeed Mr.. Kahn as occupants of the
store
With the arrival of spring, the bicy-
Gle fever and the camera fiend will
H
has as usual complete line of bicy-
Giles, cameras and gramophones CO.
lumbia bicycles from $40 to $50, Hart
fords, $35, Stormers $S5 and Pennants
$25. All these wheels are fitted with
the famous coaster brake. The cameras
range from So to $85.
At meeting of the lot holders OF
Evergreen Cemetery Monday after
noon, Messrs. Theodore Ayers Charles
McCollum and David Wilday were re-
elected as trustees to serve three years
and Henry Cory was elected for two
years to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of the late John Thatcher.
The annual report of the association
is published in another column.
Fairchild & Oliver have been
awarded the following contracts: for
the timing, heating and plumbing
work at the residence of Louis A.
Thebaud at Morris Plains; the plumb
ing and timing at Mrs. J. f. Moore s
residence on Morris avenue and loca-
ting of hot water and steam heat in
the property owned by the Woodford
Land Company, ON Madison avenue
and occupied by A. H, Tiers.
Today marks the third anniversary
of the organization of the Owen
Young Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union and this evening a special
meeting will be held in its room in
the Y. NJ @. A. building which will
be addressed by the State Secretary.
Mrs x. Raphael. All active and
honorary members are requested to
be present and all young people in
terested in the work are invited to
attend
, The result of the primary of Boon
ton Township held Monday night is
as follows: James @. Carter, re-nomi-
mated for Freebooter; assessor, Geo.
W. Blanchard; collector, NJ Mutchler
township committeeman for one year,
Andrew Rincard for two years, JAS
III Hoppler !. for three years, William
R.Bailey; surveyors of the highways
N. L. Briggs and r. H. Richards
commissioner of appeal, N. A. Myers
constable, Mahlon Hitler; justice of
the, peace, George Anthony.
The officials of the Rockaway Valley
Railroad announce that on or about