The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-16
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LOCAL BREVlTIES


delivery wagon.
The rev Market Street Mission build
ing is rapidly nearing completion.
The lawn party and dance by the Y.
M. Catholic Association will be contin-
ued on st. Margaret's lawn this even
ing
James O'Brien of Bernardsville, was
arrested for being drunk and disorderly
Tuesday evening.
George E. VOORHEES, is having his sign
re-painted on the Bank street side OF
his store.
Culhane, Chace & Weston's Minstrels
will be the attraction at Lyceum Hall
next Tuesday evening.
DIR. w. G.. Sharpe landed five and
one-half pound Oswego bass at Budd's
Lake Monday morning.
The Baptist Sunday School will hold
their annual picnic on Tuesday, August
9th at Lake Hopatcong.
William Ell. Benson has taken a posi-
ton as book-keeper with the Morris
town Decorating Company.
Samuel Hall, a tramp was arrested on
Speedwell avenue Saturday night for
being drunk and disorGerly.
The DenviIle base ball team will play
the strong Boonton nine Saturday the
nth, at Denville. There will be music
furnished by the Boonton brass band.
A load of over $500 empty peach
baskets went through town Tuesday
afternoon. The baskets have been pur-
chased by the farmers around Mendham
and Peapack.
Arrangements have been completed
for holding the sixteenth annual reunion
of the Ninth New Jersey Veteran Vol
unteers at Somerville on Wednesday,
September goth.
The Presbyterian Church at Flanders
has recently been given number of
copies of "Christian Endeavor Hymns"
the gift of the First Presbyterian
Church of this city.
Hiram Lucky, janitor of the Speed.
we'll Avenue Public School, while wash
ing windows Friday afternoon, fell
from the second story of the building,
breaking both his legs.
While playing around his fathers
the son of Assistant Postmaster c. w.
Phillips, fell from hayloft receiving
severe conclusion of the brain.
The quartette of the Methodist Church
will have the next two Sundays vacation.
Frederick A. Trowbridge, precentor,
and Mrs. Annie Pierson White will
have charge of the music during their
absence.
The New York and New Jersey Tele-
phone Co. announces to would be sub
scribers that to insure the placing of
their names in the telephone directory
issued Sept. LIST, contracts must be signed
not later than August 23rd.
John McEntee secretary of the Retail
Dealers Pro iective League of New
Jersey, has issued the call for the
Retail Dealers Protective League will
be held in Turn Hall, Trenton, Sept. 10,
and will continue three days.
The various fire companies each ap-
pointed a committee of five to meet on
Wednesday evening to decide about
having parade this fall, and at the
meeting the committee were unanimous
in the opinion that parade would be
beneficial and arrangements for the
the same will be made.
Contractor P. H. Flynn, who has the
Jersey City water contract has 300 men
at work at Boonton delivering stone
from the quarry at Hog Mountain to
the site of the proposed dam at Boonton.
In a week or two it is expected that
about one Thousand additional men will
be put to work at the dam site.
AS George Hibler was coming down
Western avenue Thursday morning and
in endeavoripg to make short turn in
to Washington street, he ran into the
carriage OF E. Martin Phillippi With
rare presence of mind young Hibler
jumped from his wheel and aside from
his severe shaking up no injuries were
sustained.
Considerable excitement was caused
Tuesday afternoon on South street. A
horse belong to Augustus Tiger. one of
the local hackmen broke away from the
carriage along Madison avenue and
dashed up South street on a mad run.
When in front of Boniface's market the
animal collided with a heavy wagon
belonging to A. E. Pierson. With the
exception of few bruises no damage was
done.
Last Sunday morning about four
O'Clock Mayor Fox endeavored to call up
the telephone exchange and receiving no
reply sent Officer Meeker to ascertain
the cause of the trouble. Upon reaching
the central office the officer found the
operators asleep at the board He went
to the residence of District Manager I .
w. Pope on Pine street, who upon his
arrival at the Office, assumed the duties
of the operators. Mr.. Pope has sus-
pended the entire night force and, as yet,
no new operators have been employed
The annual meeting of the Dover Iron
Company was held in Dover Tuesday
at which time Senator John Kean, Sen
ator Mahlon Pitney, Frederick A. Potts,
Henry S. Little and Albert Richards
were reelected directors. Mr.. Little.
who is in poor health. was not present.
Senator Pitney was reelected president
of the board and Henry w. Crabbe was
reelected secretary and treasurer The
plant of the company is now closed for
its midsummer overhauling but will
reopen in about two weeks. The re-
ports showed an unusually profitable
year.
A grand Labor Day meeting of the
Dover Land and Driving Park Associa-
ton, will be held in Dover, N. j :, Mon
dav. September g. The events will he