The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-26
LOCAL BREvlTIES

Hank, bark, hear the dogs bark,
Bill Bryan is coming to town;
He'll utter sigh,
And tell Demmies just why
Wheat's up while silver is down.
The open season for New Jersey
game begins Thursday, Nov l.
Dewitt @. Flanagan brown geld
ing Klngwood won the freefor-all trot
cup at Gutenberg last Saturday.
A valuable English setter, the pro-
perty of Senator Mahlon Pithey, has
been sent to Statesyille, N. G., for
its health.
The Morristown members of the
Mystic Shrine are in receipt of notices
of the first meeting after the summer
vacation. which is to be held in Mecca
Temple, New, York, on Tuesday,
Oct. 80.
The Prohibition Club will have a
rally on the north side of the Park
this evening, at s O'Clock. Addresses
will be made by the Congressional
can lidate. William B. Osborne, and
others.
The many friends of John Leek,
& Hill for number of years, will be
pleased to learn that he has been pro-
NOTED, and is now in charge of the
dress goods department of that store.
William Kinney, a wanderer, stole
bag of potatoes from the rear of a
South street store, on Tuesday morn
ing. The man resisted Officer Rolf
when arrested, and Officer Brennan S
assistance was required in subduing
him. He was taken to jail.
A social will be held in the Baptist
\ Church this evening, for which a
musical entertainment has been pro-
vided. J.F. Runyon will play several
selections on the oragn, Miss May
Baird will be the soprano soloist, and
Oscar H. Hawley, 'cellist, will assist
Miss Baird and Mr.. Runyon.
A small fire occurred in the cellar
of the Court House, directly under
the steel cages, at noon last Sunday.
The fire was probably caused by a
lighted cigarette thrown through a
hole in the floor and igniting some
waste paper. The blaze was put out
with fire extinguisher by Keeper
Orr before any damage was done.
The managers of the Women's En-
ployment Society will resume work
in their rooms in the Y. M.
@. A. building on Friday, Novem-
Der 2, from three until half
past four o'clock, and will continue
to meet there every Friday during the
winter. The managers earnestly ask
the continued cooperation of the
people of Morristown in their work of
helping the poor to help themselves.
The chemical engine was called out
on Monday morning to extinguish q
small blaze in the operating room of
the N. Y. and N. J. Telephone Co.,
on Market street. The fire was caused
by a defective furnace fiue. and was
quickly extinguished. The damage
was slight. Although the operating
room filed with smoke, the young
women remained at their posts, opera
ting the switch board just as if no.
thing unusual was occurring.
From the list Of railroad employees,
now being prepared by Benjamin f.
Chaplin, OF the Railroad Employee,
we learn that in Warren there are 1866
railroad employees who reside in that
county; in Morris, COY; Sussex, 1871 /;
Union, 2,147; Essex, 1897 Bergen,
BIT; Passaic, 1929; Middleton, roo !;
Hudson, 3, 512. Nearly all are voters
in their respective counties. AS the
men are voters III their respective
counties, it will be seen that the rail
road employees who reside in this
State may play an important part in
the political field.
Tiffany & Co., the we'll known
jewelers. of Union Square, New York,
desire to inform their patrons in
Morrlstown and vicinity that man
giving the name of Howard has been
selling silver polish, in the form of
a ball. representing it as a Tiffany
product. Messrs. Tiffany have no
agents, solicitors, or other represen-
tatives Of any kind. The following
description of the man is given: tall,
about five feet ten inches in height !;
stoops slightly; wears derby hat set
a trifie back on his head; light com
plexion, with light brown hair; has|
fairly good address.
An UNDERGROUND cable road ten
hundred and fifty feet long has been
installed at the State Hospital for the,
Insane at Morris Plains. The road
connects the main building with the|
recent addition. The road will bel
:
used for passengers and freight, andI
was built by John A. Roebling's sons
Company, of New York. The cable
is operated from the shafting in the
engine room To make the return "trip
the engine is reversed. The tunnel,
which is just below the surface, is
nine feet in diameter and is lined
with brick. The car used is sixteen
feet long and five feet wide, the gauge
of the rails being thirty-s inches.
Messrs. Kelsey Burr Gould and A.C.
Christensen have purchased the Jen-
sen Dyeing and Cleaning establish
ment at 81 Market street. Mr.. Gould,
who will look after the customers and
the business management, comes from
New York city, where he has been in
business several years. Mr. Christen-
sen, who is the practical man of the
company, is thoroughly experienced
in this line Of work, having been In
the business some fifteen years and
been connected with some of the
largest Cleaning and Dyeing compan-
les near Chicago. Engagements and
improvements will be made from time
to time during the winter. The bust
ness will be conducted under the
name of the Morristown Cleaning &
Dyeing Co..
Lyceum Hall was comfortably filed
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