The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-05-02
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
LOCAL BREVITIES

Kahdena Road Sunday.
The pickerel season opened yesterday
and will not close until November 30.
Somerset Inn at Bernardsville will be
formally opened on Saturday May II.
The Morris Canal has been opened
and boats are now making regular trips.
Three hotels and two saloons have re-
ceived licenses in Hackettstown and are
now doing business.
The Grass Tennis Court at the Morris
town Field Club has been placed in con-
dition and marked out to day.
Miss Bessie Crane is a recent gradu-
ate of the New York Dressing and
Manicuring School.
A ping pong tournament is in pro-
gress between the members of the Get
together Club.
Edward Bridges, former resident of
this city, died at the home of his mother,
in Brooklyn, on Tuesday.
The annual reception of Companion
Court No. 1929, I. o. F., will be held on
velly Building.
The May business meeting of the
Owen Y. w. G. 7. u, will be held at
the Y. NJ. G. A., on Tuesday evening,
May 9th, at 7.45.
The regular meeting of the Womans
Christian Temperance Union will be
held in their rooms at the YIN. G. A.
Tuesday, May 6, at 3 P. M.
Miss Trowbridge, teacher of music
at the Davis school was thrown from
her wheel yesterday severely ipjuring
knee.
Fred Titus formerly connected with
the American House at Madison has
taken a position with L. D. Guerin
proprietor of the Mansion House.
The Mendham Water Company has
purchased considerable property on
Mendham mountain for the purpose of
supplying the village with water.
The annual meeting of the Morris
County Christian Endeavor Union will
be held in the Hoagland Memorial
Church at Dover, Thursday, May %.
he Caught COlu Ill uChl0 MAY,
He died, alas, in balmy June,
These words are on his tombstone gray:
He changed his underclothes too soon.
The Rev. Thomas Houstin, the blind
Evangelist of Elizabeth, will hold a
series of meetings in Lippman Hall one
week, beginning Sunday afternoon, May
julius Schwartz, of New York City,
calls attention in another column to his
Rational System of Physical Culture
for busy men.
AT a meeting of the Board of Trade
held Monday evening further arrange
ments were made for the banquet
which will be held Wednesday evening
May 21.
Morris Lodge No. 100 I. o. o. F. cele-
brated its 83rd anniversary Monday eve
ming. An excellent program was pre-
sented after which refreshments were
served.
The Tapkaow bowling team was de-
feated by a club from Sommerville on
the alleys of the former Monday evening.
After the game refreshments were
served at Days.
A large number of Morristonians at
tended the piano recital of Ignaz Pad
erewski, the famous Polish musician, at
Kruegers auditorium in Newark Sat
urday afternoon.
The Lackawanna's summer time table
will be made with view to creating
the best possible train service to Hopat-
cong and other summer resorts along
the main line and branches.
The Board of Aldermen meet in the
Savings Bank building this evening, the
Board of Chosen Freeholders meet next
Wednesday in Freeholders Hall and the
Board of Excise Wednesday evening.
The annual fair for the benefit of
Memorial Hospital will be held in Nc
Alpin Hall next Wednesday. A few
vaudeville artists have been secured and
the ladies in charge anticipate great
success.
Mrs. Jennie Wren, accompanied by
her Woodworking husband, arrived in
this vicinity on Sunday last, schedule
time. When the oriole and yellow birds
reach us the list of summer birds will be
complete.
The well-known firm of Fairchild &
Oliver has been divided, Mr.. Fairchild
succeeding to the business. Mr. Oliver
will remain with the concern, having
charge of the contract and jobbing de-
partment, as heretofore.
A beautiful large American flag has
been presented to Rev. j. T. Brown of
st. Virgilius church, Morris Plains by
Mrs. o. B. Ferris. The flag will be
spread to the breeze on Memorial Day
with appropriate exercises.
A regular conclave of Odo de st.
Armand Commandery, No. 10, K. T.,
will be held on Friday night, the 9th
inst, when the Order of the Red Cross
will be conferred in full form. The
usual symposium will follow the work.
The Dover Land and Driving Park
Association has arranged for three
good races on Memorial Day, May 30,
with $240 in purses, as follows No. /,
$3.50 class, 800; No 2, 2: 40 class, 800;
No. 3, road race, $40. Entries close on
Friday, May %.
Memorial stained glass windows are TO
be placed in st. Virgilius church, Nor
ris Plains The glass comes from Jno
Hartman & Co the famous manufac-
turers of England. Father Brown
donated one of the windows and the
list of donors is now pretty well filled.
Beginning with next Monday, May 5,
no narson without license from the