The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-07-06
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There will be gospel wagon meet
ing at Speedwell Iron Works on Sun
day afternoon at 4.15.
There will be no session of the High
Court of the Independent Order Of
Foresters for New Jersey in the year
1900.
DR.. James Griswold, of Maple
avenue, has been appointed physician
Of the county Jail, to succeed DR..
Wright.
The second team of rowlers from
the Young Mems Catholic Associa-
t1on defeated the second team of the
Tapkaow scluh, Monday evening.
The members of Humane Engine
Co., No. ?, have enjoyed good dam
cling two evenings. Tuesday and We'd
nesday, on O'Brien's ground, Lincoln
street. s
A rumor to the effect that G.. s.
Wyckoff had purchased the Office of
the Rockaway Record is denied by
that gentlemen. He intends going
south.
The Gospel wagon has made it's APP
pearance. Several meetings have been
held on tho park Services will be con-
Quoted at the Speedwell bridge Sunday
afternoon.
| The e. J. Ross Silk Manufacturing
Co., at Port Dram, has shut down for
a week in order that improvements
may be made to the machinery and
the boilers oyerhauled.
| At the.meeting of the board of mana
gers of the State Hospital, yesterday
morning, William H. Thompson, of
this city, was awarded the contract
for furnishing and laying storm
drains, water drains and fire hydrants.
Harry, the sixteen-year-old son of F.
+. Douglass, of Mill street, met with
a bad accident on the Fourth. He
was loading his rife when the car
fridge exploded, the bullet lodging
in his thigh. DR.. McCarroll, extrac-
ted the bullet.
The annual field day of Court Ridge
dale, No. 1864. 10. OF, will be held
Labor Day at the Driving Park. The
committee on arrangements is J. B.
King, chairman; VIM. Ennis, J. J..
Scherzer, Jr., P j. Howard, p. w.
Hogan, E. S. Schureman, Sec'y.
Deputy Surrogate Charles A. Gillen
was stricken with paralysis at his
desk in the surrogate's Office, Mon
day morning. Later he was removed
to his home in Dover. 1t is said,
this morning, that he is about the
same, but slight Improvement over
yesterday.
The committee of arrangements fol
the G. A. r. excursion to Rockaway
Beach, Wednesday, July 19, is as fol
lows: William Becker, William Hessey,
E. A. Doty, Fred Muchmore and
Luclus P. Hannas. Already more
than two hundred tickets have beer
sold. Needless to say the affair viii
be grand success.
Two deeds of properly thirtY-tivt
years old were placed ON file in the
county clerk office this week. They
were deeds of property from JOSEPH
F. Force and wife, of Lebanon, tt
William Teaberry, and from william
r. Hawk and wife to Conrad Davis oil
al, of Washington. The deeds lore
the revenue stamps of the civil war.
A well-known fisherman at Green
wood lake has discovered the cause Of
the mortality among the perch there.
While rowing party to fish he picked
from the water big perch which
was feebly kicking, and found upor
looking into it's mouth that the tongue
was partly eaten away by yellowisl
canker, " and that the same yellow
ish matter filled the throat and gills.
There was quite large gathering
at the Market Street Mission on tn,
afternoon of the Fourth. Superinten
dent Ironside presided. Vocal an(
instrumental music was furnished
Augustus W. Belr operated grapha
phone. Among those who made shor
addresses were Rev. DR.. Erdman ant
DR.. Owen. A committee of converts
and workers served ice cream anC
cake.
A reception was rendered Rev. Mr.
Parziale, of the Flagler street mission
upon his return, last Saturday will
his bride. Addresses were made by
DR.. Twining, J. S. Stearns, Rev. DIR
Erdman and Rev. Mr.. Batten. Aftel
the addresses. J. S. Stearns, the dona
tor of the building, was presented t.
the members of the mission for the
first time. The music was furnish
ed by the Misses Baird, Sherman an(
Fairchild. Refreshments were served
The Chronicle is in receipt of a flint
photograph, the gift of DR.. A. E
Carpenter, of Boonton. taken OF
board the steamship City of Rome il
September, 1898, just before the shil
was leaving to return to Spain tn,
prisoners of Admiral Cevera's feet
captured off Santiago de Cuba, Jul,
3, 1898. In the picture are shown