The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-10-18
LOCAL BREvlTIEs

Stetson's "Uncle Toms Cabin" played
to packed house at the Lyceum Tues
day evening.
William Welsh picked apple blossoms
from a tree in his garden on Clinton
street Monday.
Horse thieves seem to be operating
with great success in Dover and vicinity.
The Prohibition club of this city, will
hold mass meeting at Brookslde to-
night.
The portrait of the late President will
be placed upon the next issue of $40
bank notes.
Miss Helen Clark of the Mott Street
Mission, New York, addressed a meet
ing in the M. E. Church last evening.
James M. Seymour, Democratic can
didate for Governor, will speak in Ly-
ceum Hall, Friday evening, Oct. 25th.
The High School football team will
line up against the Madison Academy
tomorrow afternoon on Randolph's
field.
Among the improvements on store
fronts along Washington street, may be
noticed that of Kersting's bakery and
George III. Green & Son.
Monday ended the thirty days mourn
ing for the late President. The drapery
was removed from the buildings and the
flags raised to full mast
On Monday night the police raided B.
F. Howells barn on Hill street and
captured four tramps who had been
lodging there for some time.
The seventeen-year variety of locusts
are due next summer. According to
State Entomologist John B. Smith, the
brood will be the largest ever known.
Rev. J. E. Werda of Collinsville gave
a very interesting lecture at the chapel
in that place last evening, His subject
was Persia, the Land of the Shahs."
The season for shooting hare, rabbit,
quail, partridge, grouse, English and
ringneck pheasants, grey, black and fox
svuirrels opens the first day of Novem-
Der.
The Women's Association of the Nor
ristown Memorial Hospital will hold a
Rummage sale early in November.
Timely notice of date and place will be
given.
Next Wednesday afternoon the Nor
ristown School football team will play
the Newark Academy. These teams are
old rivals and good game may be ex-
pected.
J. S. Tichenor one of the Inter
national Secretaries of the Y. M. c. A.
of New York will speak at the mems
meeting in Association Hall Sunday
afternoon.
The fifteenth annual reunion of the
New Jersey Association of Union Ex
Prisoners of War will be held at Bloom
field Thursday, October a. There will
be camp fire" at $50 p. m.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Lumbermen's Association was held at
Days Friday. All members present
spoke of business as being at IFS best,
although there is great scarcity of ma
terial.
During the Horse Show Saturday a
horse which was tied in one of the park
ing spaces broke loose and ran into DIR.
Harry O'Reilley's gray gelding "Sunny-
side," cutting him severely in several
places.
The Moristown Business College has
had a valuable addition to its corps of
instructors last week in the coming of
Prof. H, Weiss, instructor in penman-
ship and all kinds of ornamental pen
work. This school is rapidly attaining
the success it deserves.
A syndicate composing Frederick P.
Olcott of Bernardsville, president of the
Central Trust Company of New York,
James Stillman, Henry Siegel of Siegel-
Cooper CO.. and other we'll known capt.
talists, have purchased the stock and
new building of Simpson, Crawford q
Simpson for a sum approaching
81 100000.
AS many Morristonians enjoy hunt
ing in Pennsylvania each year we pub
fish as follows the game laws of that
State: Wild turkey, pheasants, grouse,
partridge, quail, woodcock and prairie
chicken, from Oct. Is to Dec. 15;
elk, deer and swan, month Of Novem-
Der; rabbits and hare, November to
December IS; gray, black and fox
squirrels, October Is to December 10.
The High School football team sus-
Udluou OilOiI bHll0 OOAoSSuOANO NOANoO
Saturday, their opponents being the
Summit High School. In the first half
neither side scored, but in the second
the Summit boys, by steady line bucking,
carried the ball the length of the field
for the only touchdown of the game.
They failed to kick the goal, however,
and the game closed with the score so
in SummiI's favor.
The annual meeting of the New Jersey
Historical Society will be held on We'd
nesday afternoon. October 80, a.
o'clock, in the Library building on West
Park street, Newark The business
meeting will be held at o clock to hear
reports of officers, and for the election
of five trustees and such other business
as may come before the meeting. At
close of business meeting there will be
a luncheon, and at 8 o'clock an address
by Hon. Francis j. Swayze of Newark.
About seventy-five attended the dime
social given by the Owen "Y" on We'd
nesday evening, at the residence of
Mrs. Logan, Early street. A program
was rendered as follows: Solo, Charles
Swick; recitation and reading, John Ii.
Berry duet, Miss Helen Lawrence and
Fred Davis; recitation, Miss Hull; Solo,
Mr.. Swick; recitation, Miss Hull; trio,
Misses Lawrence, Wise and Mrs. Lee
phron. The evening was concluded
with game, refreshments and social