The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-01-17

| Editor Foster of the Sussex Register
deservedly wakes patriotic over the adj
vent of q new flag as follows: "The
morning and evening sunlight now
kisses the folds of bright new flag fly
! ing from the 80 TT. pole on the public
school grounds.
The state convention of ST. Patrick's
| Alliance of America will be held in
There are over 800 branches of the al
lance in New Jersey and delegates will
| be present from the majority of them, it
is expected.
| A board Of officers has been appointed
| from the United States Ordinance De-
partment, to meet at the powder depot,
at Piccatinny for consultation with the
commanding officer in reference to an
| enlargement of the facilities for the pre-
paration and issue of siege and sea coast
ammunition.
Mrs. e. A. McAlpin addressed two
meetings in town Tuesday, one in the
afternoon to young ladies in the
South Street Presbyterian Church and
the other in the evening at the First
Presbyterian Church, both of which
were wellattended and much enjoyed.
Miss Laura,P ierson, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas B.ssPierson, of High
street, accidentally swallowed a dose
of muriatic acid Tuesday thinking it
to be different medicine she had been
taking. DR.. Douglass was immediate
ly called aud in short time had his
patient ont of danger.
The Valet, the cleaners who started
in on South Street some six mon this
ago are contemplating. enlarging the
Office and tailoring department and
running the cleaning and dyeing de-
partment entirely separate as the
present quarters are not large enough
nor very we'll adapted to the bust
ness. They contemplate moving now
before the busy spring season opens.
The Morristown. Flute and Drum
Corps held sociable Monday evening
at their rooms in the Chronicle build
| ing. Boniface's unsurpassed clam
chowder was served after which q
musical program was enjoyed. Next
Monday evening the corps composed
| of twenty pieces will go to
Orange where they will parade with
| the John Davis Association of that
place.
Enterprise Encapmment, l. O.O.F.,
at meeting held Tuesday evening
elected the following officers for the
coming year Chief Patriarch Joseph
f. Ruzickeer; high priest, John B.
Sturgis; senior warden, Edward
Murphy recording SCRIBE Harry s.
Sturgis; financial scribe, Sam. Kahn I;
treasurer. L. e. Apologize; Junior
warden, #. W. Street; trustees, II. J.
Gregory. Fred. Baker, John B.gStur-
gis. The new officers will be installed
at the next regular meeting, .:January
28, by District Deputy Grand Patri-
arch Hayes, of Newark.
At the forty seventh annual meet
ing of the New Jersey State Teachers
Association recently held in Trenton
officers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, Charles j. Baxter, Piainfeld
vice president, VIM. Cullum Cook,
Mt. Holly: second vice president, Mary
A. Burroughs, Camden; secretary,
Lewis O. Woolley, Trenton; treasurer
Otto 81. Sohults, Newark; railroad
secretary, w. Seymour Twitchell,
Paterson executive committee, Lydia
K. Ennis. Jersey City; Miss Emma
M. Cattall, Camden, and William
Rabenort, Paterson.
1t is said that there were 1856 lynch
ings in this country last year. Of this
number 1871 occurred in southern
states,
The whole number of legal execu-
tions was 118 or seventeen less than
l L. 80 II, /,