The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-26
COUNTY AND VICINITY.
Items Cleaned From Different Sources
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On account of the drouth last sum-
mer hay has advanced two to three
dollars per ton. Butter is higher for
| the same reason.
In the rebuilding operations of the
Centenary Collegiate Institute at
Hackettstown over one hundred men
are finding employment.
At its meeting in Trenton the State
Council of the Junior Order United
American Mechanics decided to secede
from the National Council.
The Lackawanna had about 1876, 900
tons of coal stored at Port Morris
when the coal strike began. This has
been shipped at the rate of 40 to so
cars per day.
Mrs. Henrietta Robins, colored, the
Oldest inhabitant in eastern Pennsyl
vania, died at Easton last Saturday,
aged LOG years. She was the mother
of 81 children, only two of whom are
living
! The Central Railroad of New Jersey
has day and a night force working
at the coal storage yard at Hampton
Junction. 1t is estimated that 300, 900
tons of anthracite are now stored
there, which is rapidly being loaded
for transportation.
The New Jersey Baptist Preachers
convention will be held at Atlantic
City, October 80, 80, 81. Delegates
from all parts of the State will be in
attendace. Wednesday evening, Oc-
tober 81. the social union and banquet,
new feature of the convention, will
be held.
Somerset Inn closed a successful
season ON last Monday. During the
summer the Inn has accommodated
more guests tina ever before, it's capa-
city being taxed to the utmost during
the entire summer. The Inn is bound
to become more and more popular
each year under the splendid manage
ment of George W. futile.
Mandamus proceedings have. been
begun by the Attorney General
against Charles W. Shaw and William
W. Warrell, former county clerks Of
Sussex an Burlington counties, respec-
lively. They will be compelled to show
cause Nov. 7th why they should not
be required to turn over to the State
Treasurer the moneys collected by
them while in office, and alleged to
have been improperly retained.
The Republican County Convention
at Belvidere, on Wednesday of last
week, nominated E. Smith Hoover, of
Mansfield, and w. s. S. Percell of
Phillipsburg, for Assembly For
County Clerk. DR.. e. NJ Beasley,
of Belvidere, was named. For
Coroner, they ran short of material and
nominated Mr.. Sharps, of Oxford. who
was defeated in the Democratic con-
vention for the same Office the day
before.
A coin dated 1896 was found by a
workman under the Morris avenue
bridge, Springfield, Monday, in the
bed of VanWinckle' creek. The
face of the coin is stamped with
with representation of Washington S
head, with the word Liberty, +" and
on the reverse side is the words
Omitted States of America, one cent. -
and the date 1885, Other pennies,
dated 1881 and 1882, were unearthed
from the bottom of the stream.
The Fish wardens throughout
Pennsylvania say that because of The
prolonged dry weather all the small
mountain and valley streams are
almost totally dry, and all the beds of
the creeks are strewn with hundreds
of small and large trout, which are
dead from lack of water. Along one
small stream in the Allegheny noun
tains it is estimated that not less than
twenty thousand dead trout were
found in the distance of few miles.
The Colonial DANES of New Jersey
offer a prize of S.. 90 for the best essay
on Colonial site or building writ
ten by a student Of public or private
schools of New Jersey. Said essay
to be entitled IA Colonial Landmark
of New jersey and must be a des-
cription Of some historical site or
edifice known to the writer. Anecdote
and personal account of notable
colnial individuals may be embodied
in the essay and viii add to its in
terest. Essay to be not less than
seven hundred words, written on one
side Of the paper, and sent by March
l, 1901. to Miss Anna NJ Brakeley,
Bordentown.
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