The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-04-19
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Miss Grace e. Burd's kindergarten
opened for the spring term Monday.
w. A. Robinson, special agent of the
N. Y. & N. J. Telephone Co., ia in
town this week.
10. Phillips, of Newark, surveyor
for the N.Y.& NJ Telephone Company,
was in town Tuesday.
Augustus Pierson has succeeded Luz
cius P. Hannas as an election officer IN
the Second District of the Third Ward.
Douglass H. Frapwell has been APP
pointed an election officer of the First
District of the First Ward in place Of
Oliver K. Day, resigned.
Mrs. Z. A. McAlpin of New York,
will give a Bible Reading in Market
Street Mission on Thursday, 25th inst,
at 7.45 p. m. All are cordially invited.
A lunch counter has been established
in the lower floor of the Plainfield High
School building for the benefit of the
scholars who can not go home for their
dinners.
was seen this week in the first appear
.
they are of many colors.
Persons having occasion to use bill
heads for the Board of Freeholders
should destroy the present ones and So
cure supply of the new form adopted
on Wednesday, before the May meeting.
The old bills will not be received.
"a Woman of Yesterday" by Caro-
line A. Mason, which is one of the new
books added this week to the Library
should be of interest to those who knew
its author when she resided in Morris
town some few years ago.
A large number of friends and rela-
tives OF Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Sturges of
Morris street called on them Wednesday
evening in order to celebrateathe 28th
anniversary of their marriage. A very
pleasant evening was spent.
Blackman's quartette which was
to give two nights entertainment in the
Y. M. G. A. Hall, failed to put in their
appearance Wednesday evening, they
sometime during the day Jumped the
town" leaving some unpaid bills behind.
Mrs. E. A. McAlpin of New York will
give Bible reading under the auspices
of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Young
Mems Christian Association in Associa-
tion Hall on Thursday April %, at $50
p. m. All ladies are cordially invited
to attend.
If nothing happens the new draw for
the Lackawanna bridge over the Passaic
River at Newark will be placed in po-
eition next Sunday between seven and
ten o'clock. The new draw weighs 800
tons, replacing one which weighed only
1926 tons, and it is up to date in every
respect.
The committee having in charge the
missions of the synod of New Jersey,
which is composed of the chairman of
the presbyterial committees, met in the
Monday, to look over the work for the
quarter,
The Morris County Veterans Union
has been organized in Morristown Vet
Grams of the Civil War. who served not
less than one year compose the Union,
which will be beneficiary. The officers
are Colonel Haggertson, colonel; Samuel
Brown, lieutenant colonel f H. Langdon,
quartermaster; John NJ .Haines, adjutant.
The annual mothers meeting was held
at Market Street Mission Thursday after
noon. AS it was the closing meeting of
the season, speeches appropriate to the
occasion were made by DR. Dwight and
T. B. Ironside. The annual report was
meeting social hour was enjoyed by
all.
A social and entertainment was given
by Naomi Rebekah Degree Lodge, No.
80, l. o. o. F., in Odd Fellows Hall
last Tuesday night to dispose of mono
gram quilt for the benefit of the organi-
cation. The winner was former Alder
man John T. Lines. Over five hundred
names were in the quilt. About one
hundred guests were present, who in
dulged in singing and dancing.
Frederick q. Burnham, James s.
Stearns and Rev. Kinsley Twlning have
secured tract of land adjoining the
Flagler Street Mission from John M.
Mills. The purchased property was
formerly owned by Mrs Eugene Fair
child. She failed to pay the 1898 taxes
on the land and it was purchased by
Mr.. Mills who in turn disposed of it to
those named above.
The combined musical club of Column
bia University and the University of
Pennsylvania gave a most successful
concert and dance in the Astor Gallery
of the Waldorf Astoria on Monday even
ing Dr. Ray w Welsh of this city at
tended the concert and brought back
with him as his guest Lucius F, Curtis,
a member of the Glee Club of the Uni
Versity of Pennsylvania
Rev. Edward Fairbanks, who recent
ly returned from India and who is well
known in this city, will occupy the pull
pit of the First Presbyterian Church
Sunday At the afternoon service at
four o'clock Mr.. Fairbanks will give his
personal knowledge of the famine in
India and will tell of the use of the
money donated and sent at that time by
generous Morristonians All who are
interested are cordially invited to at.
tend.
At recent meeting of the Board of
Trustees of South Orange, communica-
ton was received from President Trues-
dale of the Lackawanna, in reference to
the improvements along the railroad in
the vicinity of the Oranges and west.
ward toward Milburn to the effect
''that any improvements which might
be made by the company would be for
the greatest number of people and not
for any particular town or city. His in
fention was 70 make imDrovamanta