The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-23
MORRIS COUNTY NEWS
MADISON.

Edward w. Morton. class of 1900,
of Drew Seminary, has accepted the
position of chorister at the Highland
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church,
of Sing Sing, N. Y.
Postmaster William HI. Larson and
committee of prominent citizens OF
Madison are making preparations fol-
the $40 dinner to be given next month
in the banquet hall of the new James
Building, in honor of d. Willis
James in appreciation of his generosity
in giving James Park and the Madi-
son Public Library, which Mr.. James
will formally present to the town
early in April.
Shortly after 10 O'Clock Thursday
night the barn belonging to ex-Street
Commissioner James S. Coleman OF
New York City, was destroyed by fire
at Madison. fire occurred ON the
same property August "a, 1894, destroy
ing outbuildings; and on June 26,
1896. the house was found to be on
fire and loss of 81, 900 resulted. All
of the fires are thought to have been
the work of incendiaries.
M. Palma is building a cottage
on Elm street.
Miss Mary McCord is staying with
friends in Millburn.
James Dunn, who has been
seriously i'll with pneumonia, is slowly
recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs j. Martin Shaw are
making trip through Florida.
The trustees of the Athletic Associa-
tion will meet next week to consider
the advisability of getting up pure.
ly local base ball team for the coming
season. 1t has been the custom of the
last few years to hire battery.
Negotiations have been opened
looking toward the building of a
separate church for the Italians of
this parish. Father Romanellio has
the matter under consideration.
The Amateur Minstrels gave an en-
joyable entertainment in the Madison
Assembly Room on Friday night be-
fore a large audience. The entertain
ment concluded with an excrucriat-
ingly funny cake walk, with Edward
p Holden, Jr., as the leader.
The pupils of the Devitalis studio
are to give public concert in the
near future.
p. G. Voegthen, of this place, at
tended the twentieth annual banquet
of the Central Dental Association of
Northern New Jersey, in Davis par
lors in Newark on Monday night. DR..
Voegthen was elected member of the
executive committee of the associa-
ton.
The Rev. Samuel +. Upham, pro-
fesscr of practical theology at Drew
Seminary and acting pastor of the
Calvary M. E. Church of East Orange,
is being urged by the members of the
church to be the regular pastor.
A meeting for the purpose of or
ganizlng an orchestra in Madison was
held in the studio of Prof. A. M. G.
Devitalis in the James Building on
Tuesday evening.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the local
Y. M. G. A. gave colonial supper
in the Madison Assembly Rooms last
evening for the benefit of the Associa-
tion.
Isabella Hawley Horton, the girl
preacher, delivered sermon in the
A. NJ E. Church on Monday evening.
Edward P. Elliott gave the closing
entertainment of the Y M. g. A.
star course in the Assembly Hall on
Monday evening" presenting Christie
pher, Jr.
Louis A. Noe spent last week duck
hunting in Maryland
Prof. E. T. Willis delivered a lee
ture on ''The Face at the Central
School Hall on Friday afternoon.
Court Lathrop, |. o. F., gave it's
first annual ball in the Madison AS
sembly Hall on Wednesday evening.
The Rev. Father Anthony H. Stem,
pastor of st. Vincent's church, is
seriously ill with pneumonia.
David e. Pruden has resigned his
position with John A. Tiger, the
grocer and is now connected with the
Prudential Insurance Company.
A number of local rose growers will
compete at the Rose Exhibition to be
given by the American Rose Society
at Eden Musee in New York City on
March 81, 2S and 80.
At the conference of the Republican
and Democratic Committees held on
Monday night it was decided to place
only citizens ticket in the field at
the coming election.
Hamilton NICK. Twombly and
family left on Tuesday Tor Palm
Beach, Florida, where they will re-
main for several weeks.
The Rev. Walter A. Brown, physical
instructor at the local Y. M. @. A,
has accepted the passionate of the
Methodist Church at Uneeta, Iowa.
Mr.. Brown will be succeeded at the
Y. M. G. A. by W. E. Armstrong, of
Drew Seminary.
Harry B. Green returned from his
annual hunting trip in North Carolina
ON Saturday.
The members of the Young Mems
Catholic Club are rehearsing for the
minstrel show to be given ON March
H. for the benefit of the club.
Arthur Harrington, superintendent
of the Twombly greenhouse, has re-
turned from Buffalo, where he has
been attending the annual meeting of
the American Carnation Society Mr..
Harrington will address the Morris
County Gardeners and Florists
Society on Carnations at their
March meeting in Masonic Hall,
The annual banquet of the Browning
Club of Drew Theological Seminary
was held at the Ridgedale House last
evening. The Drew faculty were the
guests of the club and Rev. Jessie
L. Hurlburt, d. D., of New York, de-
livered the address of the evening.
BERNARDSVlLLE.