The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-12-19
LOCAL eREvlTIEs

nro,-r rhr,.tmag next Thursday.

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Marrv christmas next Thursday.
New Years Day less than two weeks
on.
). Dr I. Neigh, of Bernardsville, has
aaen appointed on the auxiliary medi-
cal star of All Souls Hospital.
The Morristown Athletic Association
will hold banquet after the holidays
In honor of the football eleven.
At the January meeting of the Ex-
Nmpt Firemen's Association officers
will be elected for the ensuing year.
The annual election of officers of
Cincinnati Lodge, No. 3, F. and A. M,
will be held on Monday evening next.
Owing to the heavy downpour OF rain
on Tuesday the Public Schools held
but one session.
The new thoroughfare running
through from the Lake road to the Mt.
Freedom road and Kahdena Is COM
pleted and in use.
A small live alligator in the show
window of Albert Bowman's news
store, on Washington street, is attract
ing considerable attention.
Ice on the ponds in the vicinity of
Morristown is reported to be from six
to ten inches in thickness. How'd
you like to be the ice man" this year!
The New Vernon Presbyterian
) Church Christian Endeavor Society
will lead the services at the County
Almshouse Sunday afternoon.
The forty-eighth annual convention
s; Of the New Jersey State Teachers AS
l,1 al in 1o fof 70
NAL School, at Trenton, December
1891
Preparations are about completed
for the fourth annual ball Of Washing
ton Engine Company, which will be
held In MacAlpin Hall on New Years
night.
Two new signs in black and gold
denote the headquarters of the Re-
publican County Committee, in the
Chronicle Building, on Washington
street.
The stockholders Of the Morris
County Mortgage and Realty Company
have recently eelected as additional
directors Messrs. Samuel Freeman
q and Robert D. Foote.
At the recent meeting OF the Morris
Savings Bank Building, it was decided
to hold meetings every three months,
instead of semi-yearly, as formerly.
Frank w. Hayden, who during the
summer was connected with the Wash
ington Hotel, is now manager of the
New Prudential Hotel, which was for
mally opened last week in Newark.
All the banks and most of the stores
will be closed next Thursday. There
will be but one mail delivery in the
morning, the pest office keeping the
customary holiday hours.
The one thousand feet of hose re-
Gently ordered by the fire committee,
Of the Board of Aldermen, arrived Sat
urday morning. 1t was purchased
from the Eureka Rubber Company
N. r.
The manse at the First Presbyte-
rian Church is receiving a thorough
renovation for the Rev. William Rus
sell Bennete, who will probably oocu-
by 1t next week. The pastors study
will be newly furnished throughout.
A free dinner will be given in Sal.
walton Army Hall, Water street, from
IL to 2 o'clock, on Christmas Day; a
tree for the children will be lighted at
night. Donations for either will be
gladly received at headquarters.
Two ocean liners that left New York
for Europe on Saturday carried more
than $4,000 in postal m 0ney o ders
as Christmas presents to folks in the
old countries by relatives living ami
prospecting in the United States.
John Davenport and William Jen-
kins, both of Hibernia, retained Dep.
uty Surrogate Lukerman, Saturday to
bring suit against the Central Ra lroad
of New Jersey for $40 600 each for
injuries received recently upon that
railroad.
At recent meeting of the Morris
County Gardeners and Florists Soci-
ETY. officers were chosen for the ensu-
ing year, as follows: President, C. A.
Totty; vice president, Robert McMul-
len. Morristown; secretary, c. H. At
kins; treasurer, William Charlton.
On Tuesday evening the Republican
Committee of the First and Second
Wards organized and ele; ted officers
as follows: First Ward-Chairma
Emile Hurting; Treasurer. Richard
Boardman; Secretary. G. H. Dalrym
pie; Second Ward-Chairman JOS A.
Blanchard; Treasurer, CT aries Snud.
den; Secretary, Wilton Little The
committees Of the Third and Fourth
Wards will probably organize next
week.