The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-31
LOCAL. BREVITlES

night.
There are "a, 1873 Baptists in New
Jersey.
Harris N. Domb is occupying his
new store at Noe Washington street
The Somerset Hills Country Club
at Bernardsville closed for the season
last week.
The November meeting of the Board
of Aldermen will be held next Fri
day evening.
A Hallowe EN- dance will be held
in Mercantile Hall on Spring street,
this evening.
Rev. Franklin B. Dwight will
preach in the First Presbyterian
Church on Sunday.
The Society of the Children OF
Mary will give reception In Bayley
Hall next Wednesday evening.
An occasional furry of snow on
Wednesday helped to chill the at
mosphere which was by no means
warm.
Now and then few woodcock are
seen hanging in the local markets,
but the birds are scarce and bring
1925 pair.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Baptist Church, will lead the ser
vices at the County Almshouse
Sunday afternoon.
James A. Webb of Madison has
contributed $50 toward the i'm
provement of the concrete walk
around the Green.
Tuesday next is a legal holiday.
The postoffice will keep the custom
airy holiday hours and the banks and
principal stores will be closed.
A new counterfeit $40 bill of the
series of 1901 has appeared. 1t can
be distinguished by the poor work
of the engraver and the blurred APP
pearance of the buffalo.
A small fire in the restaurant OF
Joseph Lusardi necessitated calling
out the chemical engine Saturday
evening. The damage was slight and
the blaze quickly extinguished.
Electric Light Manager Lynch is to
be congratulated upon the successful
at the McOurdy reception which it
is said embraced about 1900 lights.
With the addition of the new even
ing express from New York to
Morristown the Lackawanna now
has twenty seven trains running each
week day to and from the metropolis.
Vice Chancellor Pitney granted q
temporary injunction this morning
in the suit of J. Fred Runyon
against the Messrs. Williams retain
ing them frsm publishing the Stan
dard.
The regular meeting of the Woman s
Christian Union will be held in
thor rooms at Y. M. @. A., Tues
day, Nov. 4th, at p. m. All mem
bers and friends are invited to be
present
Notwithstanding the immense
county, there are still hundreds of
barrels of fruit on the trees, while
thousands of bushels are rotting on
the ground.
The November business meeting OF
the Owen y will be held at the Y.
M. @. A. on Thursday evening, Nov.
4th, at 7.45. AS arrangements are
to be made for a fair, large attend
ance is desired.
The managers of the Women g EN-
ployment Society, will commence
their winter work in the Y. M. O. A.
building next Friday, November 18th,
and will be there every Friday after
noon from O'Clock until half past
four.
The Current News Club of Morris
town was represented by Mrs. Alex
ander Bennell at the annual meeting
of the State Federation of Women Is
Clubs held in Jersey City yesterday
The @. N. 10. is the only club in
Morristown belonging to the State
Federation
Postoffice Inspector Minch has been
in Morristown during the past week
mapping out route for rural de-
livery wagon from this city to Mt.
Freedom. 1t is expected that the
wagon invented by Letter carrier
George De Groot will be used over
the proposed route.
Next Wednesday evening, that fun
niest of comedys, The Blondells in
their sketch entitled Through the
Center of the Earth" will be pre-
sented at the Lyceum. 1t is the first
annual benefit Of the Quaker Baseball
Club which made a most creditable
showing during the past season.
Wednesday afternoon at Newark
the fifty seventh annual meeting of
the New Jersey Historical Society
was held. Several members were
present from Morristown. Rev.
James F. Riggs, d. D., who occupied
the pulpit of the South Street Pres
byterian Church during the month of
August, was the speaker of the &C.
casion.
A sneak thief who had gained access
to the second floor of the residence OF
Miss Ella M. Graves, on Tuesday night
while the family were at dinner. se-
cured jewelry to the amount of perhaps
$3.50 before his presence was detected.
A reward has been offered for the
return of the same, several articles
being highly valued as family keepsakes.
field Club Defeats South Orange.
Saturday afternoon the golf team
of the Morristown Field Club defeat
ed South Orange by the close score
OF 8 to 6. The score was as follows:
South Orange. Morristown.
Traviers 0 G. H. Ohadwell 3
E. Lethbridge 3 ]. r. Emett 0
Jenkinson 3 r. Shaw 0
Gordon 0 DIR. Griswold 2
G. Lethbridge L. Dixon 8
Total 6 Total 8
The individual championship of the
Fest Jersey Golf League will be held to-
day and tomorrow on the links of the
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