The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-12
LOCAL BREvITIES

The State Firemen's Convention will
be held at Bayonne, May 10th.
Rev. Franklin B. Dwight is to occupy
the pulpit of the First Presbyterian
Church Sunday.
The scholars of the Bayley Grammar
School will hold festival in the school
hall Monday evening.
Peter Casey received his appointment
this week as a night operator of the
n. Y. & N. j. Telephone Company
Richard Boardman has removed his
law offices from the Babbitt to the Ma.
tional Iron Bank building.
The hearing in the Smith will case set
down for Thursday did not come up, and
it has been further postponed until the
18th instant.
Lost Jip" was the title of the stere-
Opticon lecture at the Market st. Mission
Wednesday evening.
The seventy-fifth birthday of Thomas
Alexander was fittingly celebrated by a
gathering of his friends Wednesday
evening.
Samuel Swackhamer, of Ironia. has
thirty-o one thoroughbred Chesterwhite
pigs for sale. They are now about
three weeks old.
The regular meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be
held in their rooms at Y. M. Z. A.,
Tuesday, April 16, at p. m.
Watch the advertisement of Phillips
& Day in the Chronicle of next week.
1t will tell about seeds, fertilizers, gar
den tools and other seasonable matters.
w. E. Sharpe, of Birmingham, Ala
bama. this week accepted a position as
clerk in the office of District Manager
Pope. of the N. Y. & N. j. Telephone
Company.
Frank Meeker, an employ in Harry
Davis plumbing shop at Bernardsville
attempted suicide last Thursday by
swallowing muriatic acid. At the pres
emit time his condition is critical.
In our literary column this week is to
be found an interesting review of
''Clayton Halowell, Morristown story
by Francis w. VanPraag, which should
be of interest to all Morristonians.
Madison Chapter, Royal Arch Masons,
of this town is probably one of the bus
lest chapters in the State. At present IA
candidates are ''under way" upon six
of whom the degree of Mark Master Ma
son was conferred Wednesday night.
The Maeter Masop's degree were con-
ferred on Messrs. F. FL, Lutterloh and
George Fl. Dalrymple on Monday night
by Cincinnati Lodge, F. & A. M. A BAN
quet and social time later in the evening
was thoroughly enjoyed by all present.
A regular conclave of Odo de St
Armand Commandery will be held at its
asylum on Friday evening, April 18th,
1901, when the consideration of the
feasibility OF Trienlial Pilgrimage f.
Louisville, Kentucky. : uriug the present
year will he considered.
The next regular meeting of the Owen
Y. w. G. T. U. will be held Tuesday
evening, April 10Th The meeting will
be in charge of Miss Logan. and the
subject will be "Non-AIcoholic Medical
ton" A full attendance of both active
and honorary members is urged.
1t is the expectation of the Park Golf
Club of Plainfield to have the links in
order to play tomorrow. The profession
al in charge has taken hold and the work
is progressing rapidly upon the grounds.
The schedule for the year has not yet
been prepared, but will soon be put in
order.
The town has been thoroughly can
vassed during the past week by the pro-
prietors of Edwards Electric Metal
Polish,' which has no superior for
cleaning brass, copper and nickel. An
improvement is already noted as to
many push buttons and bell handles.
Grocers, hardware and harness dealers
sell it.
The plans for the extension to the
Market Street Mission building will
be ready for contractors to estimate on
next week. The extension which is
greatly needed, is provided through the
liberty of William E. Bailey, of Mac
culloch avenue, who has long been in
terested in evangelical work and espec-
tally in the work of the Market st. Mis-
sion.
The Boys Amateur Minstrels will give
an entertainment at the Lyceum,
Wednesday evening, April Gath, under
the direction of Prof. Curtis with George
Horne as stage manager. The patronesses
consist of Mrs. Robert Du Mont Foote,
Mrs. Henry E. Taylor, Miss Hopkins,
Mrs. A. @. Garretson. Mrs. Elliot Smith,
Mrs. Charles H. Hibbard, Mrs Louis
A. Thebaud, Miss Marie G. Bryce and
Mrs. George B. Raymond.
During the first year of New Jerseys
travelling libraries all but four of the
counties in the State have had them in
use, and they have been found to be of
great value. Each library contains fifty
volumes, and they are furnished on
formal application being made by Ger
tain number of resident taxpayers. In
several of the counties, small towns and
county districts have awaited themselves
of the opportunity offered by the State
of having good literature.
All the FARMERS" turned out Wednes-
day evening, in response to an invitation
from the Y. M. c. A. to attend Farm
er's Picnic Social. Every member of the
association was attired in his coun-
try clothes, as Sunday duds' were
strictly prohibited. The subjects under
discussion were all on agricultural
themes and the pink lemonade, pop corn,
ETC., so typical of country picnics was
relished by those attending. Stephen c.
Griffith, ST., was awarded the prize for
representing 1.-THE Truest Son of Soil"
New York business life Is being crowd
ed deep into earth as well as high in air.
The foundations of the Mutual Life In
surance company's new building in Ce-
dar street, whose cornerstone was laid
recently by President McCurdy, were