The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-12-04
THE LOCAL,
HAPPENINGS
Noteworthy Occurrences in and
About the Vicinity Of
MOrriStown
BRIEFLY AND TERSELY TOLD

BRIEFLY AND TERSELY TOLD
Elmer King is spending ten-days'
vacation hunting in the South.
Mrs. Frank Paterson was the guest
of Mrs. John Welsh, of Monroe, this
week.
Joseph VanDyke led the meeting at
the chapel in Monroe on Sunday
evening.
Sidney Shearin has been visiting
his grandfather at the latter farm in
Brookside.
Mrs. Joseph Melroy, of Newark, is
spending a few days with her daughter,
Mrs. Andrew Hixon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Taggart spent
Thanksgiving as the guest of Mrs.
Savadge, of BroOkside.
Marcus Burnett has moved from
Monroe to the Dalrymple house near
the Lackawanna depot.
James Mullen is the recipient of a
pension of So a month as well as back
pay amounting to $500.
Mr.. Hurlbut and son Clarence, of
Idaho, who have been visiting Mr..
Blanchard, have returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Mills
celebrated the 18th anniversary of
their wedding last Friday evening.
Miss Leah DeGroot is in Long
Island City as the guest of her great
grandmother, Mrs. Abbie Griffith.
The officials of the Rockaway
Valley r. r. have appointed W. e..
Goblet general manager at Watnong.
Willie Weir, the instructor of the
Morris County Golf Club, expects to
spend the winter months in Summer
vile, S. G.
Extensive alterations are being
made on the place of Mr. George
Grove on Clinton street and modern
improvements are being installed.
Mrs. Josiah Macy and sons, who
have been spending the summer and
fall in town at the Colonial, have
returned to New York for the winter.
The 10Th Century's Associations
Farmers Picnic will be held in Lipp-
man Hall on Monday evening, Decem-
Der 7. The concert will commence
at SIS.
Prof. A. De Varona Quesda gave a
lecture on the Spanish language,
Wednesday afternoon at 3.45 O'Clock
before the teachers in the public
schools.
The Levi G. Lathrop property, cor
ner of Franklin place and Franklin
street, is now occupied by Frank M.
Hurlbert and family who have recently
moved in.
Friends of Mrs. James Grove, of
Atno avenue, will be glad to know
that the treatment for her eyes that
she is undergoing with DR.. Wright,
of Westtield, is proving highly bene-
fetal
The Rev. DR.. George f. Dickinson
and wife have been spending few
days in Morristown. DR.. Dickinson
will have been member of the
Newark conference fifty years next
July.
An address in the interest of the
McAll Mission in France was de-
livered in the lecture room of
the South Street Church last
Thursday evening by the Rev.
Henri 'dAubigne, of Paris.
The following officers were elected
at the meeting Of the Morris County
Gardeners and Florists Society held
last week: President, Robert McMul-
len; vice-president, Michael McNulty;
secretary-treasurer, William Charlton.
A surprise party was rendered to
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wilkus, of Hill
airy avenue, last Tuesday evening
About fifty friends gathered at their
home, and pleasantly spent the even
ing in conversation and games
Light refreshments were served.
Independent Hose Company, No. l,
responded to still alarm at about
5 O'Clock Sunday afternoon when
Mills pond was full of skaters.
Some one evidently thought they saw
smoke coming from one of the two
icehouses, and this was the cause Of
the connection.
A musical and literary entertain
ment for the benefit of the building
fund of the Home for Colored, Age d
and Orphans was given by Blind
Tom the Second and Mr.. Charles
Burroughs in Y. NJ. G. A. hall on
Tuesday evening. An appreciative
audience was on hand to applaud the
efforts of the wonderful colored
singer.
Even in city, where a drug store
is always near, it is well to have a
medicine chest in the house. In the
country it is an absolute necessity
Poisons-Remedies, one of the
series of medical handbooks being
issued by The Mutual Life Insurance
Company, of New York, tells and
describes all the simple remedies
which it is advisable to have within
easy reach. The book will be sent on
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