The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-06
LOCAL BREvITIES.

occupy the Livingston house on Madl-
son avenue during the summer.
Mi. and Mrs. William Armstrong
entertained at their home on Mount
Kemble avenue Thursday evening.
There will be a lecture in the Mar
ket street Mission on wednesday
evening next on "Our Animal Friends"
to which all are invited.
Seventy members Of the Morristown
School attended the Hamlet matinee
Wednesday and were received by Mr..
Sothern on the stage after the play.
Miss Florence Meeker entertained a
number of friends at her home on
Clinton street Saturday afternoon.
Many of her young friends were pres
ent.
Mr.. Walter Lewis and family who
have been guests of the Mansion
House for several months past have
again taken possession of their home
on Franklin Place.
The Bloomfield team found it i'm
possible to be present for the game
with the Y. M. G. A. team OF Norris
town last Tuesday evening and the
match was postponed.
Mr.. Eugene Troxell who recently
took possession OF the Mansion House
has made number of improvements.
He contemplates many others which
he will put into effect soon.
Frederick Childs, brother of State
Senator Samuel Childs, had his arm
severed at the elbow last Friday after
noon while operating feed cutter,
at his farm near Bernardsville.
At Ills last Friday night the Chem
ical engine was called to extinguish a
blaze in an apartment house occu-
pied by colored people at "a Spring
street. The fire started from the, up
setting of lamp. Little damage
was done.
Miss Mabel Colley, of 20 Court
street has finished her course in the
the Training School for nurses and
has accepted the position of Night
Supervisor of the Newark City Hos
pital from which Institution she is
graduated.
United States Consul Sawter, APP
pointed to succeed the late Thomas
Mast to Guayaguil, Ecuador, returned
this country with Mrs. Sawter on the
same boat that landed him in Ecua-
dor. He was not satisfied with the
sanitary conditions as he found them
there. =
Saturday one of the heaviest rain
storms known to this section in re-
cent years visited Morristown. Tues
day the streets of the city were in
many places dusty. All of which be-
speaks the fickleness of the weather
clerk who has charge of things in this
section.
Monday night the MorristOwn
Drum Corps celebrated its Incorpora-
ton with smoker The even
ing was enjoyably spent in song and
story. OF course, refreshments were
served and decidedly pleasant even
ing had The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Presi-,
dent. Nicholas Arrowsmith; vice.
president, George W.Cory; secretary,
F. Headley; treasurer, j. B. Nielsen;
leader, Fred Schraudenbach executive
committee, George Green, l. w. Corey,
Jr., and Edward Beam.
Richard V. Lindabury, of this city,
is now located in the law Office OF
Lindabury, Depue and Faulks in
Newark. The law firm of Linda
bury, Depue and Faulks who now oc-
cupy offices at 776 Broad street, Ne
wark, expect soon to move into new
quarters in the Prudential building.
The Rev. and Mrs. Philemon T..
Sturges, of st. Peters Parish, were
guests of the Morristown School at
dinner on Sunday last. Mr.. Cochran,
of Princeton, talked to the School on
Saturday evening last about Japan
and China, showing colored views
taken by himself in the Forbidden
City.
John Bremen, a groom employed
by G.. F. Cutler of Kadinah, was
thrown by horse he was riding on
Wednesday morning last. The beast
threw Bremen in front of the Bah
bitt building but Bremen held on to
him and he did not get away. Elk
cept for the jar and some dirt Oh his
clothes, Bremen suffered no injury.
The culvert recently built on Morris
street, over the stream running
through the Ford estate is still in
sufficient to carry off the surface
water. During the heavy rains OF
last Saturday morning, the water
damned up and oyerflowed in front of
the culyert causing damage to side
walks and roads, and carried debris
into the front yards of the houses in
that vicinity.
A new dancing class has been formed
and meets every Monday evening in
Washington Hall. The following are
members: Mr.. and Mrs. A. II.
Lynch, Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Tompkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Axtell, Mr.. and
Mrs. George l.. Clarke, Mrs. c. A.
Muir, Miss Clara Cobbett, Miss Mech
ling, Miss Weld, Mrs. Fred Schmidt
and Miss Katherine Timmons,
Messrs. John Fl. Madigan, F. b. Cob
bett and Angelo Bennell Jr.
Michael Callahan, one Of the hack
men who ply their business about the
depot was arrested last Saturday upon
complaint of James E. Welsh, agent
of the society for the prevention OF
L.. T. AL