The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-08-30
COUNTY AND VICINITY.
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/ Mt. Tabor camp meeting closed Mon
day.
The Rockaway Club has installed
electric lights in its rooms.
4 Boonton boasts of five uniformed
baseball teams this season.
The mines on Mine Hill are soon to be
reopened by the Furnace Iron Co.
The Presbyterian Church at Morris
Plains is undergoing extensive improv
ments.
Rockaway has organized canoe
club, with E. w. Roegner captain anC
VIM. Ho1ridge secretary.
The annual inspection of the Boontor
fire department occurs on Labor Day
Companies from Bangor and castor
will be present.
The Saturday trains to Lake Hopat
cong are crowded to their utmost capaci
ty, even the platforms and aisles being
filled.
Eugene j. Cooper of Dover is erecting
a large dam on his property on First
street and will stock it with trout and
other fish.
Fl. P. rockingham may be seen on
many of the county roads enjoying the
new two-seated automobile he recently
purchased.
The Republicans of Union county are
arranging for an outing to be held at
Recreation Park between Plaintield on
September IA.
Among other contemplated improve
ments the Kenvil House is soon to have
an acetylene gas plant installed for
lighting purposes.
Mendham robberies have been so
numerous that protective association
has been formed to investigate such
thefts and book the guilty
The Dover Rolling Mill. which has
been closed for three months, during
which extensive repairs haveIbeen made
resumed operations Monday.
The Baptist Church of Bloomingdale
has been greatly improved, both on the
exterior and interior, and new entrance
and extension has been added.
Several acres of land near Boontor
have been purchased by Father Anslem
and will be converted into a cemetery
to be known as st. Anthony's.
The land recently purchased by the
Mount Rest Cemetery Association neal
Boonton on the road to Littleton has
been surveyed and the plots and drives
have been laid out
Among the many amusements
planned in this vicinicy for Labor Day
the races of the Dover Land and Driv-
ing Park Association promise to be OF
interest and entertainment.
The invitation extended by the Rock
away Presbyterian Church to the Nor
ris County Sunday School Association
has been accepted and its annual con-
vention will be held there Tuesday,
September "a.
Frank and Elmer King have leased
several hunting privileges in Roxbury
and Mt. Olive townships and are antici-
pating much sport with the cotton tails
quail and squirrels.
The flower show of the Boonton I'm.
provement Society has attracted much
attention. 1t occurred on Thursday al
the home of Mrs. J. M. Gardner. A
large number of exhibits were shown.
The fire committee of the Summit
Common Council is trying to arrange
with the Essex Union Water Company
for d steam siren whistle to be used il
connection with the fire alarm system
The Bethel A. M. E. Church of Madi
son is celebrating its sixteenth anniver
sary, the services beginning yesterday
and continuing until Sunday night
Rev. j. M. Buckley delivered the adj
dress last evening.
The beverages may be good, but who
invented the names for the summer
drinks which Doverites are drinking
"Sweet Sixteen" Pride of Port Gram
and "Rockaway Roly Poly" sound APP
petizing, but aren't they dangerous
Among the school improvements al
Rockaway another grade has been add
ed, making twelve grades in all. This
places 1T on what is termed the i'm.
proved list which is equivalent to the
first year in the State Normal School.
The Dover Boiler Works are now en-
gagged in work on thirteen bridges
three in Washington township, two in
Califon, one at Pennington, one in Mil
ford, three in Valley, one in Old Bridge,
one at Mt. Freedom and one in Dover.
Reports from Lake Hopatcong state
that the lake is too high for good fishing
aud that reliable fish stories are scarce.
An exchange says: Stories are plenti.
ful-too plentiful-in camp-and fish
are in abundance in the lake, and the
two do not seem to strike happy
medium"
Warren county has n patients in
the asylum at Morris Plains who are
maintained at cost of about SIS per
month each, says the Hackettstown
Gazatte. ''rhe idea of the county main
tanning own unfortunates has been
wisely abandoned. While thu aggre-
gate is large it would be impossible for
the county to provide the accommoda-
tons and expert care and attention fur
nished by the State institution at any
thing like the present cost"
Apropos Of the many Opponents IN
this vicinity recently an exchange says
The coatless man puts a careless ann
around the waist of hatless girl, as
over the dustless and mudless roads in a