The Morris County chronicle., 1903-08-21
THE LOCAL
HAPPENINGS
Noteworthy Occurrences IN and
About the Vicinity Of
MorriStown
BRIEFLY AND TERSELY TOLD

livery business OF EDWARD Armstrong
on Bank street.
The gutter on Washington street in
front of the National Iron Bank Build
ing is being repaired
A strike of the weavers of the
Summit silk mill has resulted in the
closing down of the entire plant.
Clayton P. Chew has been elected
secretary of the Common Sense Sus-
pender Company.
The anniversary of the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society was held
at Mt. Tabor, on Wednesday
Lewis J. Martin, Jr., of Newton, has
been appointed assistant manager of
the Colonial Life Insurance Company
here.
Ensign Walter Bowen, of New
York, will address special meetings
of the Salvation Army Saturday and
Sunday.
The Morristown Library will close
for cleaning September l and open
September 16. All books must be
returned on or before August 81.
The Pastime baseball club went to
Madison last Saturday afternoon and
played a game with the Madison A.
A. and was defeated by a score of
8to2.
1t has been decided to hold the
reunion of the 33rd Regiment of
Civil War Veterans on September
3d. instead of Labor Day as previous
ly announced.
James Brown, who so efficiently op-
Grated the "key in the Western I'm
ion Telegraph office has returned. He
succeeds Caul Casey, of Bloomsbury,
Pa, who resigned
biography of the late John e. Par
ker, of this city, has been written by
the Rev. James e. Adams, of Brook
lyn, who was pastor of the Methodist
Church here for number of years.
McClellan's store will be the place
to buy your drygoods or carpets on Sat
urday and Monday, August % and "a.
They're going to give thirty red or
green stamps to you with every dollar
you leave there.
Chief of Police Holloway and Pa
trolman VanArsdale started on their
vacation Monday. Sergeant Morri-
son is acting chief. Patrolman Rolf
returned to work last Sunday after
pleasant vacation.
The Grangers will not hold their
annual picnic at Swinefeld Bridge on
the goth instant, as announced, on
account of the grounds being wet
from the heavy rains. They will
meet at Verona Lake August 27.
A. r. Durling, hackman, made COM
plaint against George Dolan, another
hackman, last Saturday afternoon
for violating the hack ordinance.
Police Justice Cliff, after hearing the
evidence, threw the case out of court.
James DeGroot, ten-year-old son of
letter carrier George DeGroot, was
taken to Memorial Hospital last Mon
day, seriously i'll with valvular
heart trouble. 1t was feared he would
die, but some hopes are now enter
tanned of his recovery.
Although tons of "yellow" extras
were sent to Morristown early last
Saturday morning with glaring ac-
counts of the prize fight between
Jeffries and Corbett, the sales were
few. To most people the tales Of
these brutal fights are repulsive.
At the old Collins homestead on
Ridgedale avenue the annual reunion
of the family Of the late Sidney Col
Inns was held last Tuesday afternoon
and evening. Eighty persons we're
present, siXty-four of whom were di-
rect descendants of Sidney Collins.
The amateur circus given in Sum-
nit last Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday evenings, under the auspices
of the Chemical Engine Company
and Hose Company No. 3, drew big
crowd. The tents were pitched on
the grounds opposite the railroad
station.
Frederick p Olcott, president OF
the New York Central Trust Com
pany, was married at his home,
Ground Top Farm" Bernardsville
last Tuesday, to Miss Sarah Gross
Howarth, of New York. Rev. Johr
Reeve pastor Of the Basking Ridge
Presbyterian Church, performed The
ceremony.
The rational treatment of wounds
of whatever nature, is bit of prac
tical information contained In "Acci
DENTS" one of the series of medica
handbooks being issued by Tht
Mutual Life Insurance Company, o
New York The book will be sent OF
request to any who address the Home
Office of the Company, New York City
Patrick O'Neil, of Netcong, was ar
raigned before Justice of the Peace
Stilwell yesterday morning, charged
with having wounded cat with {
shotgun and after leaving it for sew
eral hours, stabbing it with pitch
fork, then throwing it into brook
He was fined S5 and and costs, amount
ing to S12.14, which he paid.
"ChristIan Citizenship" was th'
subject considered at the social hell
by the Owen Y last Monday evening
Patriotism of the real kind was th
keynote; flags composed the decora
tions, and each guest received tin,
flag as a souvenir. The programme
was as follows Singing America y