The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-08-14
HoPATCONG LAKE NOTES.
The End of the Lake Season Nearing,
CARRIED in Religious Mantling. The
Heralding of the Closing Scenes.

to their winter h0mes Even New
ark is almost unrepresented in the
camping element, although there are
numerous visitors at the various cot
tages. The Morristown contingent
will leave next week. The several
camps at Sperry's Spring, composed
mostly of Orange, Montclair and Nut
ley people, will probably hold down the
rocks till Carnival night August
20, and then take their departure. The
Mitgebracht {" bring it with you ~
Club, composed of theatrical stage me-
chanicS, win "take it with them "
next week, being summoned to rejoin
their companies prior to August 20.
Camp Feediswelln inhabited by
three Philadelphia schoolma ans, will
also fit next week. This ends their
third season here
The yacht race slated for last Satur-
day morning was sailed in light wind,
and the " Arthur K, owned by Her
man Kohlbusch, captured the pennant.
There were a dozen entries, but only
six lined up at the starting hour.
In the power boat races in the after
noon, the Estelle, Tilt brothers,
took the prize in the third or largest
i class; San Toy H." w Barron, won
in the second class, and the Alice, y
w. B. Kellar, was victor in the first
class There were twelve entries in
the first class, among them the Ar
| CO. owned by E. A. Quayle, of this
city five in the second and eight in
the third.
There are sixty-eight power boats of
different makes -naphtha or gasoline,
alco-vapor and electric-on the lake,
ranging from Is to 45 feet in
length and from II to l6 horse power.
Morristown is represented by three of
these "plutter boats the Argo, y
E. A. Quayle, eighteen feet long, two
horsepower the Gertrude" w. t.
Lewis, seventeen feet, three horse
power, and the Maisie, F. w. Jaqui,
seventeen feet, two horsepower.
Special religious services, under the
direction of the Hopatcong NJ. E.
Church, were commenced at the Lake
Pavilion picnic grounds, Nolan's Point,
l.
day night. The clergymen conducting
the exercises are Rev DR.. Charles S.
Ryman, presiding elder of the Pater-
son District; Rev. John r. Wright,
presiding elder of the Jersey City Dis
trict Rev. Charles Waldron, of Phil
lipsburg M. E. Church; Rev Dr. T. l.
Coultas, of Roseville Newark NJ. E.
| Church, and Rev M. T. Shelford, OF
the First Baptist Church Dover. The
supply pastor for the season, Hollis r.
Scott, a student at Drew Seminary
4 will preach Sunday evening. Commun-
ion service will be held ON Sunday
morning Rev Charles A. Gilbert,
of Madison, will assist in the special
music.
Mrs. Mark Eustace, the owner OF
Kingston Haven on the Styx, is
making substantial improvements on
her pretty summer home
Six automobile parties from Newark
had dinner at Schaefer's Hotel Villa
on Sunday
The CHRoNIoLE can be obtained Of
William Chaplin, newsdealer, Mount
Arlington.
Mrs John Gordon, wife Of Captain
" Jack Gordon Of the Black Line
steamboat Mystic Shrine, returned
to her home in Newark Saturday after
a week s visit with relatives at Nolan,
Point
Alderman jerome Knight, of Orange
was a guest at Camp Bradford Sunday
A fayorite aldermanic dish, turtle, wai
served for his delectation
A colored camp-meeting commenced
holding sessions i'm the grove near Sut
tons farmhouse, Sperry's Spring, las
night, under the direction of the Bap
list Union of Newark, with Rev Mr.
Bush IN charge, and will continue /
) week or more. 1t viii undoubtedh
attract visitors from all parts of tht
lake.
The canoe race will take place at tw,
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon. Their
is a greater number of these midget
. now on the lake than for several year
past, and should there be a stiff breeZ
blowing the contest win prove exciting
as well as interesting.
Miss Georgia Lawrence, who is unde
Z engagement with Maxine Elliott thi
] year, Mrs. Leander Richardson (bette
known under her stage name of Carri
: Andrews, whose husband is widel
( known as a magazine writer and VIII
! lam Won Gerichten, an agent of tn
( Paterson breweries and a well-knowl
director OF sports, are at the Espanon
z this week.
The Harris floating photograph es
tablishment is now moored at tn
Breslin dock
There is murmur Of dissatisfaction
concerning the reward paid for the re
, coyery of the body Of Harry Seage
! drowned in the River Styx nearly thre
weeks ago. The proprietor of tn
Washington Hotel cafe in Phillips
B burg, where Seager was employed, gay
, $50, the young mans uncle added 81
) and the Barkeepers Association Sl5
2 a total of S75. The finders of the bod
5 say that this amount was given to tn
justice Of the peace who acted as col
oner, but that they received. only $50
T and intend finding out What became 0
the other S25 They viii also preSen
bills to the Sussex county board 0
freeholdeTs for watching the bod
] from the time Of recovering it on Fri
day evening until the acting corone
assumed charge Saturday morning.
Miss Cora Love, of Netcong, was tn
guest Of Miss Emily FehrS at the Attn