The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
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The services in st. Johns Church
last Sunday eclipsed any previous
Easter observance in that edifice and
the congregations at both services were
large. The boys choir of twenty
six voices under the leadership of the
choirmaster, Frederick Batten, rem
dered special music The collection
in the evening, was devoted to build
ing fund.- for the erection of a choir
room that will cost about 5000.
The bonds of the new water COM
missioners have been fixed at So, 900
each.
Prof. A. J. Titman has been elected
a member of the Board of Fire War
dens.
A letter from Douglass Broadwell,
formerly of this town, announces that
he is in the English army at South
Africa. Broadwell receives 81. so per
day for duty in cities and $1.20 in
the field. From the above amounts
the soldier buys his own rations, but
his clothing is furnished him without
charge. He says that at Port Elizabeth
eggs cost ~ cents a dozen and other
articles of food are correspondingly
high, but fruit is cheap and there is
an abundance of it.
Evangelist Mrs @. A. Pinnie, of
Brooklyn, began series of meetings
at the First Baptist Church Sunday
morning.
Miss Mary Drummer was united in
marriage to Edward Ackerson, of Jer-
sey City, Monday afternoon, by Rev.
W. W. Holloway.
The Mems Club of st. Johns
Church are arranging to hold another
reception in Elite Hail.
The first inspection and drill of the
Boys Brigade of the Memorial Pres
byterian Church was held Friday
night. The boys appeared in new
uniforms making a fine showing.
Rev. G. @. Woodruff, Drew 1900, q
son of Rev. G. S. Woodruff, of this
place, has been ordained a deacon.
He had the honor of leading the class.
He has been pastor of the Scotch
Plains Church for two years and at
the unanimous request of the official
board was again returned as pastor Of
the church.
The Republican delegates to the
State Convention and to the Congress
sional District Convention were Mayor
X. H. Beach, Councilman P. @. Buck
and Surrogate David Young. The
alternates were #. f. Apgar, Albert
Richards and Alexander Kanouse.
The delegates to the Congressional
Convention were f. f. Apgar, r. W.
Kirton, Alex. Kanouse, Albert Rich
ards, A. e. @. Mindermann, ]. i.
Vreeland and G. Fl. Bennett, and al
ternates P. @. Buck, f. H. Beach,
David Young, S. H. Berry John G.
Taylor, Chas, Hoskings and Chas.
Dickerson.
The two-year-old son of William
Burns died Monday as the result of
being burned. The child's clothes
caught fire and before the flames were
put out the child's body was horribly
charred.
The Jones Family Reunion, and the
Peak Sisters will be repeated by the
young people in the First M. E.
Church next Wednesday night.
Rev. Morris I. Gibbs, the new pas
tor of the Grace Church, preached
two excellent sermons last Sunday to
large congregations. Mr. Gibbs was
well liked by his former charge,
Irvington, and we bespeak for him in
his new field very prosperous year.
Col. Hadley, of New York, with his
assistants, opened a series of meetings
Tor TWO weeks III the BAKER Opera
House last evening. They are of a
religious nature and are under the
auspices of the National Blue But
ton Society.
Mr.. Harry Davis and wife, of Pitts
burg, Pa, are spending the week with
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel Davis, on Richards avenue
On Saturday, they will sail for
Europe, Mr.. Davis being sent there
on business trip by the Carnegie
Steel Company, by whom he is en-
ployed.
The Literary Society of the First
III. e. Church meets at the home of
w. A. Meslar, on East Blackwell
street, this evening. They will give
an Evening with Longfellow.
Fred S. Hart had charge of the
special music in the First M. E.
Church last Sunday and much credit
is due him for his endeavers. The
church was handsomely decorated.
After a vacation of several months,
James Roskrow, ST., started to work