The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
LOCAL BREvITIES.
Interesting Bits OF News Gathered from
Various Sources.

The ward primaries will be held
this evening.
The summer time tables will be
issued on May 10Th.
E. A. Fleury is holding the posi-
tion of time-keeper with Meeker &
Lewis, a New York firm.
The members of Loantaka Council
are arranging for ladies' night to
be held in the near future.
Frank Bennett has been appointed
superintendent of the Rockaway
Valley Railroad Company.
A congregational prayer meeting
was held at the home of j. W. Coe on
Speedwell avenue, last night
The annual convention of the Morris
County Christian Endeavor Union
will be held in Succasunna, May H.
John Ritter is building fine tennis
court on the Wolfe estate, Normandy
Heights 1t will be 200 feet square.
a. W. Williver, former pastor of
the Water Street Chapel has been as
signed to supply the Rockaway Valley
Church.
SOu1Q 1t1lSOtld1Sy NO. ICO4, LAO0-
pendent Order of Forresters, held an
enjoyable smoker in their rooms last
night.
W. K. Muchmore has leased a
house on Wetmore avenue from A.
Fl. Lephrohn. He will occupy the resi-
dence next week.
f. B. Richardson, of Madison
avenue, has been named as member
of the Plan and Scope Committee
of the New Jersey State Exposition
to be held in Newark in 1902.
J. Arthur Wilson, formerly manager
in this city for the Colonial Insurance
Company, of Jersey City, has been
promoted to the assistant manager
ship at Washington, N. J.
Commander Darlington Booth and
Col. J. j. Keppel, of the American
Volunteers. addressed large congre-
cation in the First Presbyterian
Church last Sunday evening.
On Wednesday evening, April %,
there will be an entertainment in Ar
canum Hall, under the auspices of
Morristown Lodge, No. 121, Knights
of Pythias Admittance will be by
invitation.
Sturgis Brothers are building an
italian rose garden for D. Willis
James near Madison, at cost of up
wards of SIS. 900. Reeve g. Burr are
the carpenters and John Ritter has
the excavatlng and grading.
Next Tuesday. the gath, the several
Boards of Registry and Election will
sit from to 8 O'Clock p. M, for the
purpose Of revising and correcting the
registry lisss and adding thereto
names of voters who are not already
registered.
At the next regular meeting of Wat
nong Council, No. IS, L. A. B. A.
on Tuesday, evening, the resolution
passed by the Supreme Council will
be discussed AT this meeting Duty
No. 9 will be worked on several can
didates, six applications being already
under way. The Supreme and Grand
officers will be in attendance.
The Veteran Association of the De-
partment of the South and the South
Atlantic Blockading Squadron, State
of New York, held its ninth annual
meeting in the st. George Hotel,
New York. Major H. NJ. Dalrymple
and Collins Weir, who are members
of the association were in attendance
An interesting feature of the OCCASION
was series of stereopticon views
taken in the Department of the South
in 1862 and 1863
Hon. Hudson Hoagland, at a meet
ing of the Board of Directors, was
elected to succeed the late George
Richards as president of the National
Union Bank of Dover. and Cadwalla-
der R. Mulligan was elected to the
presidency in Mr.. Hoagland 8
place. Russell S. Penniman was
elected director. Frederick A. Can
field was elected to succeed Mr..
Richards as president of the Morris
County Machine and Iron Company
The great fall meeting which for
years past has been held at the Waiver
ly Driving Park in Newark, will this
year be held in Morristown. The
dates are October 2, g. A. and 5.
There will be five $500 stakes; five
class races for $500 each and $1,000
will be reserved for special attrac-
tions. The stakes will be: 3 80 pace,
2. 80 trot 220 trot, g. "a trot and 2. 16
trot. On Saturday, May 9Th, the open.
ing of the Morristown Park will
occur.
A union service will be held in the
Il 1rSU presbyterian OnurCn next sun
day afternoon at four O'Clock. An
address on the evangelistic work in
France will be delivered by the Rev.
DR.. Rossiter, who for many years
was Presbyterian minister in New
Y ork City, but is now director of the
Mccall Mission work in France. The
order of service will be: Voluntary,
Alkan; organ solo, Handel; Offertory
Msndelssohn' Frank Eaton; Post
lude, Dubois.
The annual parish election of the
Church of the Redeemer was held
Monday evening. John E. Taylor
and Francis S. Hoyt were elected
wardens and John H. Lidgerwood, J.
Stuart Mackie, Augustus L. Revere,
Pierre J. Smith, John r. Emery,
Charles d. M. Cole, Joseph r. Moody
and George E. Chisholm, as members
of the Board of Vestry; delegates to
the Diocesan Convention, John r.
Emery, J. Stuart Mackie and Albert
H. Vernam; alternates, Robert A.
Grannis, Elijah Laws and Charles d.
M. Cole.
The commencement exercises of
Drew Theological Seminary at Madi-
son will be held April 90 to 26 inclu
sive. The program as arranged is:
Sunday morning, Baccalaureate SER
mon in the Methodist Church by
President. Rev. Henry A. Buttz