The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-25
COUNTY AND VICINITY.
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1t is feared that George Hardy, who
is employed in the mills of the Boon
ton Iron and Steel Company and who
was severely burned about the face by
a flash of sparks from one of the fur
naces will lose the sight of one eye.
Mrs. Emma Sutton, of Stanhope,
who was acquitted of numbering her
husband recently in the Morris County
court, was married in Newton on
Wednesday to John Lapoka, hostler at
the Cochran House. He is her fifth
husband.
A change has recently been made in
the Madison Express Office. Fred. A.
Smith who has been for some time
past an assistant in the office, took
charge of the Boonton express office
this week. He is succeeded in Madi-
son by John Daimler.
With his brother, Charles F. Squibb.
of WILDWOOD" Bernardsville, will
inherit $1,000, 900 from his father
estate. The elder Mr.. Squibb died
this winter at his home in Brooklyn.
He was the head of the noted firm of
chemists, Squibb & Sons.
Rumor says that Mr.. Hayden, the
popular manager of the Denville
Hotel. will leave on February 10Th,
and William HI. Peer, the former pro-
prietor, assisted by his son-in-law, j.
RICHTER Lyon will have complete
charge. Mr.. Lyon will discontinue
his store business.
1t is currently reported in Newton
that the gas and electric light inter
ests of that town have consolidated.
1t is impossible says the Register to
verify the rumor, but we do know
that that the owners of the electric
light plant would rather keep 1t in
home CONTROL by selling it to the
town.
1t looks as if the long talked of tele-
phone line which is to connect Hanover
with the rest of the world is rapidly
becoming realty, for company of
men employed by the New York &
New Jersey Telephone Company have
been engaged all week in stringing
wires on the poles between here and
Whippany.
Benny Cole is in charge of the small
locomotive engine which the Allen
Granite and Construction Co. have
placed on their temporary construc-
tion track, to pull the dirt cars back
and forth. This work has been done
heretofore by horses. The little en-
CINE takes nine loaded cars down the
grade from Sugar Loaf to the Mus
conetcong river and brings the same
number of empty cars back.
The Trenton Woman's Christian
Temperance Union has secured the
services of Miss Alice o. Smith
former teacher at the Hackettstow1
Institute, and well known music
teacher in Madison. Miss Smith is
greatly interested in the education Of
the young and the Trenton W. @. 7.
U. propose starting under her control
several Loyal Temperance Legions in
different parts of that city. She will
have an Office in Library Hall.
A plumber named Harry J. Brown,
who recently established business at
Hanover suddenly disappeared. On
Monday morning he left for Newark,
stating that he was going to the city
to collect some money, but when he
did not return at the expected
time it began to look suspicious.
Since then it has been learned that
before leaving, Brown not only bor-
rowed money from several of his
friends but cashed worthless checks
both in Hanover and Madison.
There are people in Dover as in Nor
ristown who are always ready to give
every new improvement cold shout
der. The Index commenting on the
proposed new depot to be erected by
the Lackawanna says: "We believe
that 99-100 of the people of Dover are
in favor of the Lackawanna's build
ing the new depot on Bergen and Els
sex streets, where all can walk
or drive up to it without crossing
the railroad tracks, which cannot be
done at the present dangerous, un-
handy and badly situated depot. The
new location is safe one for the ira
Yelling public, besides being easy of
access and centrally located