The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-03-16
COUNTY AND VICINITY.
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The original pension of Andrew A..
Neal, of Hackettstown, has been in
creased to $50 month.
A meeting IF all the lodges Of the
knights of the Golden Eagle, in the
counties of Morris, Warren and Hun
terdon will be held in Hackettstown
on Wednesday, March 30.
Mary J. Renkle has been granted a
widows pension of SO month.
Civil engineers have been at Den
Vile looking over the ground for the
new location for the depot, which will
be removed to point near the juno
ton with the Boonton branch.
The members of the Rockaway Fire
Department presented their chief, John
Rjggott with handsome gold badge
Thursday evening. The presentation
was made by Assistant Chief Gillen,
of the Dover Fire Department.
In an explosion at the Smith Elec-
trical Works at Pompton Friday after
noon at half past one. five employees,
John RAIDER, John Merritt. William
Cadmus, William Talmadge and Per-
cy Jacobus were killed.
A Board of Trade has been formed
at Rockaway. 1t is composed of
Messrs. George W. Sickle, Mahlon
Hoagland, Jr. Elias B. Mott and Will
liam Gill.
The stockholders of the Boonton
Cooperative Canning Company, have
o1nofnA fha fol IN Cr
officers President, f. E. Morse; vice
Lewis VanDuyne; secretary, A. L..
Cobb auditors, M. S. Condit and t
J. Hillery.
The Common Coucil of Boonton
recently awarded a contract to the
Morris County Electric Company fol-
the lighting Of the town. When the
matter came before the Mayor for his
signature, he refused to sign. After
some discussion the contract was
passed over the Mayors veto.
The authorities of Washington
Township have not taken any definite
action on the proposed trolley roac
from Phillipsbnrg to Lake Hopatcong.
The matter will be decided next
Saturday and in all probability, the
franchise will be granted.
The New Jersey Iron Mining Com
pany at Port Dram have struck a GOOD
vein about six feet wide. A shaft
will be sunk at once.
Congressman Salmon, of this dis
trict, has been confined to his hotel al
Washington the past week.
The home of G. B. Jacobus at Gler
View was entered Thursday night anc
watch valued at $3.50 and $25 in bills
taken.
The Empire Steel and Iron Com
pany, owning the extensive iron works
at Oxford, Warren County, has leased
the rolling mill connected with the
works to company, who will take
possession in a few days, 1t is ex
pected that the mill will give work tC
300 hands.
At Lake Hopatcong, where severa
of the largest ice storage houses il
the country are situated, and where
ordinarily large enough crop is har'
vested to supply the entire population
of Greater New York, the ice crop is
so far total failure.
Two pupils of the South Side Pub
lie School at Dover last Friday broke
up the afternoon session. In order
that the rooms could be placed il
readiness for the session Monday
morning, the pupils were excused, anC
the building thoroughly aired. The
cause of all the trouble was that pre-
vious to going to school, two brother:
had captured skunk in trap.
S. S. Childs will erect a large bricl
block at Bernardsville for fiat anG
store purposes.
Eugene Courier, of Glen View
dropped dead last Saturday. Hear
disease was the cause Of his death.
The Rockaway Board of Health ha,
to enter the borough unless they cal
nit
The will of the late David Cooper
of Franklin, has been contested in tn,
Morris County Orphans Court severa
days during the past two weeks. Al
his death a year ago he was reputeC
to be worth $50, 900, which was be
queathed to numerous heirs next O.
kin. For several years previous tC
his death, Mr.. Cooper's affairs wer,
looked after by DR.. Flagge and 9. @
DeHart, of Rockaway. The two sons
are opposing the will on the grount
that at the time their father was no
capable of making his will. Judg,
Vreeland will give his decision later
Herbert Dormen, of Boonton wa
gazing down in a cellar at the ruins
of the Snyder building in Newarl
Monday, when he fell over the ropes
He came to the conclusion that his les
was broken and an ambulance wa
called. He was taken to hospita
where it was found that his leg wa,
not broken, but that he was suffering
from over indulgence in alcoholic
beverages 1t was a hard matter
however, to convince Dormen tina