The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-03-23
COUNTY AND VICINITY.
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A magnificent residence is to be
erected near Bernardsville for Percy
r. Pyne.
The wages of the miners employed
in the mines at Hibernia have been
| increased.
The Standard Drop Forging Co., OF
Boonton, has gone into the hands OF
receiver.
A renewal pension of $6 a month
has been granted to John HI. Bescherer
of Marksboro.
1t is said that several capitalists
are considering the project of starting
rolling mill in Port Dram.
| Henry Mitchell, a miner of Mt
Hope, died Saturday from injuries re-
ceived from fall in tunnel.
If the weather permits, navigation
on the Morris Canal will be resumed
about the middle of next month.
Patrick Shay, an employee of the
High Bridge Steel Works had three
of his ribs broken by being hit with
revolving crank.
At an election in Newton last week,
the sum of 81, 800 was voted for the
purchase of chemical engine for
Sussex Company No. 2.
The employees of the Richard Mine
at Port Dram, have been notified that
they will receive an advance of
twenty five cents a day in their
wages
A premature explosion of a charge
of powder at the Somerville Copper
Mines Thursday night, caused the
death of one man and the serious in
jury of two others.
The sportsmen in Sussex County are
much interested over the appearance
of wild deer in the mountains in the
vicinity of Newton, several having
been seen within two weeks.
Thomas Terrell, of Mt. Hope, was
found dead ON the road Thursday af-
ternoon. Coroner Hagan, of Dover,
gave a burial permit and is of the
opinion that Terrell was frozen to
death.
The employees of the Cycle Compo-
nent Works at Rockaway are continu-
ally working overtime in order to fill
the demand for pedals for which the
firm has orders for several thousand
pairs.
Workmen are busily engaged putting
roof over the stacks of ice from
around which fire burned the building
two weeks ago at Lake Hopatcong
There was an insurance of $50, 900 on
the ice houses.
Next year all township business will
end in January. The law requires that
the clerk of each township publish in
two newspapers an annual report for
the preceding fiscal year on or before
the Goth day of February
Walter Bostedo, of Stanhope, was
instantly killed by train on the
Lackawanna Railroad Thursday morn
ing He was getting off train at
Waterloo and stepped on the track in
front of a passenger train.
large blast furnace at Stanhope means
chants of that vicinity. 1t is expected
that work will be resumed at the fur
mace about April first, when about 200
men will be employed.
During the present fiscal year,
about nine miles of road in Passaic,
Mendham and Chester Townships and
at Succasunna will be macadamized
at an estimated cost of $48, 26S. Last
year about eight miles of road were
macadamized at a cost of $13, 500.
Morris County is taking advantage
of the financial aid offered by the
State in building permanent roads.
The State Road Commissioner has
made favorable response to the re-
quest that the road from Budd's Lake
to Netcong be repaired this year.
A new Board of Health has been APP
pointed to serve in the Borough OF
Rockaway, of which three of the
members are physicians. The board
is composed of DR.. f. W. Flagge, DIR.
Foster, DR.. Dearborn, Mahlon Hoag-
land, Jr., E. H. Todd and William
May.
|
Shop, owned by Freeholder Thomas
Hoagland at Rockaway was destroyed
by fire Friday morning last. The &C
out of work. The shop will be re.
built. The damage amounted to sew.
eral thousand dollars and was fully
recovered by insurance.
Columbus Blanchard, whose clothing
and effects were recently destroyed Oh
the order of the Rockaway Board OF
Health ON account of the smallpox
which was in his family, has been sc
far unable to secure any compensation
from that body and the matter is at.
tracing interest, the people being in
sympathy with Blanchard.
The friends of Philip H. McTighe,
former member of Company M, U.
S. Volunteers, of Dover, who enlisted
in the regulars and went to the Phil
ippines have been alarmed over the
report of his death. A friend wrote
to the Secretary of War and a letter
from that official states that up tc
March 18th, no notice of McTighe'
death had been reported.
The district around Mt. Hope which
has for several years past presented 6
forlorn appearance, is once more tax.
ing on new life. The water is being
pumped out of the main mine anG
machinery being put in order, prior
to the beginning of operations, The
old company houses are being re-
paired and one enterprising merchant
has opened a general store.