The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-03
GERMAN VALLEY.

The measles are epidemic here now.
Miss Della Lance is on the sicklist
again.
There is a fine prospect for large
berry crop.
Assessor Sliker is making his annual
tour among us.
John Bird, Of Beattystown, spent
Sunday in town.
Samuel Swayze, of Chester spent
Sunday in town.
Elias M. BartIes is erecting new
house on his Pace farm.
Miss Ella Dilts, of Newark, is spend
ing few weeks at home.
DR.. Edward Sutton anticipates pur-
chasing new locomobile,
Jacob Weise, Of Morris Plains, is
rusticating among US for a few days.
Two excursions passed up the branch
last Sunday en- route for Lake Hopat-
cong.
Augustus w. Reukel is fitting up a
fine bathroom in his Main street prop
erty.
Miss Charlotte Knight, of Jersey
City, is spending the summer in our
village.
The Fourth will be ushered in here
by salute of thirteen small fire
crackers.
John n. Prone, has the finest corn
in this section; it is more than knee
high now.
John A. Hyde is driving the bakery
wagon for Arch. p. Down while VIM.
Durham is i'll.
Prof. John D. Brands, of Middle
Valley, was in town last Saturday call
ing on friends
Harvest is ripening rapidly and
promises to be an average crop through
out the Valley.
Leo Gray is wrestling with the
measles rather tough on a newly
made benedick, too.
Mr.. Rush and Miss Carrie Williams,
of Califon, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles W. Hall.
: Robert Millburn, of SuceaSunna, is
spending a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. |. Newton Smith.
Amy Lake, Of New York, is spend
ing few weeks of his vacation on his
farm near Naughright.
William e. Smith has just com
peted a fine spring wagon for our
t0wnSman, M. L. Welsh.
Lewis Dutford has set a good ex-
ample by removing number Of rocks
from the mountain road.
Mrs. John M. Slater and son, of
North Dakota, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Willard W. Apgar this week.
Chester Lodge, No. 209, | o. o. F.,
has procured fine new outfit of Off
GERS regalia of the M, G. Silley s. Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen and daughter, Of
Morristown, are boarding for the sum-
mer, at the home of /. Sharp Nescelius.
William G. Durham is confined to
his room with an attack of appendi-
citis. This is the third attack he has
had during the past few years.
Harry e. Coursen, of Stanhope, has
been engaged as principal OF our public
school for the ensuing term. Misses
Emma Nonamaker and Estella Mar
cellus will return as intermediate and
primary teachers.
Our boys have succeeded in getting
a suitable field to play ball in at last.
M. Il. Welsh has given them the priyi-
lege to play in the field adjoining his
place. Now we may look forward to
some good games.
The majority of our roads are in a
sorry plight now they have been
worked with the mud from the cutters
which is a needless expenditure of the
taxpayers money. If they would dis
pense with this Woodworking and use
gravel every year, how much better
and cheaper it would be.
A grateful public would bless and
posterity emblazon on the roll of honor
that congress which would appropri-
ate about sixty per cent. of the funds
Incorporated on rivers and harbors,
to building good roads. Enlightened
public sentiment demands roads that
shall be passable at all seasons of the
year.
Mrs. Naonie Wack, widow Of the late
Andrew Wack died at II O'Clock a. m.
last Friday Mrs Wack had reached
the ripe age of So years. She was
highly esteemed by all who knew her,
Her husband died at the age of 95,
just seven weeks previously, on Fri
day at O'Clock p. m. The funeral
services of both we're held on the fol-
lowing Tuesdays.
The following pupils of our town
ship schools passed the recent county
examination with good averages: f.
d. Moore, Jennie Hoffman, Nellie Ort,
Laura Ham, Lucinda Scales, Miriam
Ayers, Della Young, Arthur 5. Bark
man, j. Raymond Hamley and Ray
mond f. Dickerson. They represented
the following schools: Middle Valley,
Schooley's Mountain, Stephensburg,
Flocktown and Naughright.