The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-06-20
LOCAL BREvlTlES

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mer Monday.
Daniel Hughey has been engaged
as driver for the Independent Hose
Company.
Rev. J. M. Buckley, D. D., will
occupy the pulpit of Che First Pres
byterian Church Sunday.
On the Vailsburg track +at Newark,
Sunday, Oscar Stobbe captured Sd
prize in the half-mile open
Rev. franklin B. Dwight will &C.
oupy the pulpit of the South Street
Presbyterian Church Sunday.
Rev. A. P. Meeker, of Clarence, N.
Y, will occupy the pulpit of the
Congregational Church next Sunday.
Entry blanks are out for the annual
Railway Elizabeth road race, a
twenty-fve mile affair, to take place
on July 4.
The Forest House at Budd's Lake
owned by the Sharp estate, has been
leased to A. T. Jones, who will open
the hotel Monday.
The ladies of Trinity Baptist
Church held a strawberry and ice
cream festival in the tent on Water
Street Wednesday evening.
John W. Simmons, who was injur-
ed by falling from his produce wagon
on Washington street last Friday
lies in critical condition.
Look over your stationery and if
nearly out give us call. We will
please you in both neat and attractive
work and make the price to suit you.
The Chronicle office has lately been
equipped with all the leading type
faces of modern manufacture and is
in position to turn out frst-class
up-to-date work.
Owing to various unsatisfactory
arrangements including railroad
transportation the Board of Trade
has been obliged to give up the pro-
jecred Merchants Day.
During the summer the G.. A. R.
will meet but once month instead
of each week as is the custom during
the winter. Meetings will be held the
first Tuesday of each month.
During Friday evenings thunder
storm lightning struck two houses in
Oollinsville, one owned by Patrick
Nalon and the other by j. H. Am
brose No damage was done.
John Diel, of this city, an employee
of the Postal Telegraph Company,
fell from tree while stringing aIwire
at Morris Plains Monday, breaking
his arm and injuring his spine.
William Reed, who robbed Dairy
man Bowen, of the Mt. Freedom
road of several hundred dollars and a
horse few months ago was captured
by the police in Newark on Monday.
A small fire occurred Wednesday
noon at the old gas house on Water
street. The blaze was caused by a
naptha tank overlooking. The
damage which was principally to the
roof was slight.
A small fire occurred in a house
owned by Patrick Welsh and &C.
cupied by P. J. Ducy at 23 Morris
street Tuesday morning, The blaze
was quickly extinguished with the
help of several neighbors.
The Chronicle Office is equipped for
all classes of book and pamphlet print.
ing, bylaws, etc. If you have any.
thing in this line or in fact, anything
to print from an envelope to poster,
let us show you what we can do fo1
you.
The private school for boys in the
Farrelly Building that has been
conducted by Mr.. Tallmadge and
Mr.. Hazen will be continued next year
by Mr.. Hazen and an assistant. Mr..
Tallmadge has given up active school
work
Flag day was generally observed
in and about Morristown From
nearly every building around the
park and many private residences
along South street and Madison aven.
ne the Stars and Stripes were dis
played.
Sands & Co., the we'll known coal
dealer were in good shape to meat
the coal strike having large amount
of coal on hand, of which some 500
tons remain. They handle Lehigh
exclusively and they are now filling
customers orders at SO. so per ton,
while at the same time all transient
trade is promptly looked after.
G. Ledyard Blair, of Far Hills, near
Peapack, wishes the name of the lat
ter place changed to Westminster.
The name Peapack is an old Indian
name, and the town is named from
the old Indian Peapack trail. The
residents of the place are equally di-
vided over the proposed change. A
public debate will shortly take place
upon the subject
Following the election on Tuesday
night of Miss Nora Pruden as secre
tary and Raymond Coghlan treasurer
of the Christian Endeavor Society Of
South Street Presbyterian Church tt
fill vacancies, an informal sociablC
was held in Glass Room 56; Mis-
Casterline presiding. The floral dec
orations were unique, including
bachelors buttons, roses and daisies
The closing exercises of the Browning
Loyal Temperance Legion, composed
of goodly number of young boys
and girls of the town, was held in tn,
Y. M. @. A. rooms Friday afternoon
An interesting address was given d,
Rev. j. L. Hurlbut followed will
music and recitations by Miss Grace
Stone, Miss Grace Lu, Miss Emil,
Carroll, Miss Helen Hoffman an(
Edward Clark.
Lackawanna ticket agents have jus
received for free distribution to tn,
public a little pamphlet entitled
Cranberry Lake Pleasure Resort. ;
1t is one of the most attractive publ
cations that has been issued by thi
railroad and is the work of W. P
Cotton, the new Advertising Manager
1t contains a number of high clas
photographs, views of scenes on the
lake as we'll as descriptive write-uI
of tho oyourciop resort