The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-12-14
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and the applause was generous. The
singer was assisted by Louis l. Curtis
on the piano. Several selections on
the violincello were played by Oscar
HI. Hawley, accompanied by J. Fred
Runyon.
The third annual game dinner of the
Denville Game Protective Association
was held in the Mansion House last
evening, seventy-fve covers being laid
The story published in the New
York Press yesterday to the effect that
Charles G. Kip, of this city, had
suffered from a stroke of paralysis is
another one of those fake stories for
which Morristown correspondents are
becoming notorious,
The bowling teams of the Tapkaow
Club played against the Montgomery
Bowling Club, of Clinton street,
Newark. Morrlstown' first team
woa one game and lost two. The Sc
cond and third teams played two
games each and lost them.
Lackawanna detectives arrested
four tramps on Monday near Florham
Farms. Nothing was found on them
to implioate them in the recent burg
larry at Convent station. Charges of
disorderly conduct were preferred
against them and they were sentenced
to serve sixty days each in the county
jail
Postmaster Fennell has been au-
thorized to add another mail carrier
to his force. The present force num-
bers eight and Bert Carroll will pro-
badly be appointed to the new posi-
ton. AT present, he is substitute.
William Heath, who succeeds his bro
Their as money order clerk will be
entered upon his duties on Monday.
An expeditions meeting of the
Morristown Board of Excise was held
on Wednesday evening and licenses
we're granted to A. W. Theiler and
Thomas e. Lowe. Rev. Samuel q.
Batten called the attention of the
Board to the violations of the law that
had come under his observation. He
said ne had seen men, women and
children coming out of saloons with
kettles filed with beer and declared
he would mention names if necessary.
The Board took no action in the mat
ter.
Prof Hudson, of cleveland, o., has
been conducting meetings at Market
st. Mission during last week, The
attendance has been large. Consider
able interest has developed and is still
growing Mr.. Hudson's talks are
simple and direct, and his singing Of
gospel hymns mo t effective. He will
lead the evening meetings up to and
including Wednesday, and also the
mems meeting at 10 pm; on Saturday
and special eyange !istic meeting
on Sunday at p. m. All are cordial
ly invited.
Judge Vreeland on Wednesday
morning sentenced two prisoners
The first was Benjamin jefferson,
who was charged with stealing a
bicycle belonging to Barnard Harris
of Dover. The value of the wheel
made the theft petit larceny and the
court sentenced him to ten days
in the county Jail, he having already
been there for one month awaiting
trial Frederick Kelley, charged with
like offense, was given three
months in the county Jail Augustus
Naughton recently arrested on an old
charge was released under $500 bail.
An unusual number of tramps have
been in town during the past week,
making a general nuisance of them
selves. They solicit money from
pedestrians and are frequent callers
at back doors. Some of them have
established routes which they sys-
tematically canvas aud obtain food
and clothing from good natllred house
wives In certain towns in Pennsyl-
vania it is the custom to- corral these
" Weary Willies' and put them to
work on the streets, with a ball and
chain fastened to their ankles. Towns
where this is done, are given wide
berth by the knights Of the road. An
experiment of this kind in Morris
town would undoubtedly have the
same result
A gang of linemen employed by the
American Telegraph and Telephone
Company were engaged in placing
new poles on Spring street yesterday
morning when an accident occurred
which resulted in seriously wounding
p. Il. Kelly. one Of the workmen.
The poles are raised by means Of a
tackle, power being furnished by teams
of horses, and one OF the ropes was
made fast TO a pole on which Kelly
was sitting A rope broke ana the
leverage was such tilat Kelly was
thrown distance Of about thirty
teet lie was badly cut about the
legs and WAS taken 70 All Souls
Hospital in an ambulance.