The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-04-03
THE LOCAL
HAPPENINGS
Noteworthy Occurrences in and
About the Vicinity Of
Morristown
BRIEFLY AND TERSELY TOLD

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week. for the Easter vacation and
will reopen Monday.
Rev. Samuel Z. Batten, has moved
to the johnson house on Washington
street and Atno avenue.
j. S. Wilcox, has purchased the old
dye and cleaning establishment of Q.
G. Jansen, q Market street.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Board of Aldermen will be held in
their rooms, Savings Bank building,
this evening.
The regular meeting of the Woman S
Christian Temperance Union will be
held in their rooms at Y. M. G. A., on
Tuesday, April I, ats p. m.
Frank Chilar has moved into the
Sanders house on Morris street and
will conduct a clearinghouse to be
known as 1.-THE Orchards.
prince the faithful fire horse OF
Independents" has recovered from
his recent ailment He has returned
from pasture and is now on duty.
George Mutchler, lately employed as
manager of Turner & Co., has gone to
New York, where he has secured a
position in a wholesale clothing house.
In the Methodist Episcopal Church
next Sunday, the Rev. t. |. Coultas,
D. D., will preach in the morning, and
the Rev. w. E. Palmer, of Newark, in
the evening.
The Newark Conference Epworth
League anniversary will be held in
Franklin M. e. Church, Newark. Dr..
George Reed, president of Dickinson
College. will deliver the address.
The sixth of Mrs. COLES Tuesday
afternoon readings will be given next
week at Mrs. Willis X. Howell's resi-
dence, "a Hill street. 1t will, by re-
quest, be Browning afternoon.
DR.. Hurlbut's Bible class will meet
on Tuesday evening for the study OF
the Easter lesson on THE Resurrec-
ton" Il Cor. Is, 20, p, so. So Pre-
lude on The Events of Passion Week
in the Life of Our Lord. =
a Praying band was organized last
Friday night by number OF Chris
tian workers in this city. 1t will
carry out work similar to that done by
the Morristown Praying band. The
first meeting will be held May Bird.
The little paper called Boonton
was placed on file in the Morris
County Clerks Office. Clerk Daniel
S. Voorhees, performing the act with
his own hand and pen in the presence
of Rev. Allen f. DeCamp and G. A.
DeCamp.
John Hays, Harry Thatcher and
Clifford zimmerman, all of the School
ship st. Mary are enjoying a sixteen
days leave of absence prior to start
ing on cruise around the world. There
are about ninety cadets attached to
the ship. The first stop will be in Ire
land.
A little excitement was created in
town Wednesday morning when a
horse belonging to the Morristown
Decorating Company dashed out of the
lane next to their new store on South
street, just missing several carriages
that were standing in front OF the
markets. The horse was stopped be-
fore any damage was done.
A subscription dance win be given
in Washington Hall, April 18th by a
number of young men of this city.
Ray Shelley, Harry Grove, Sidney
Wilson, Arthur Mills and G. Book
oven are the committee. Their
dances given during the winter by
the boys have been very successful
and it is expected this one will eclipse
former efforts.
The regular monthly meeting of Nor
riStOwn Typographical Union No. 522,
will be held in their rooms in the Ma
sonic Hall building, next Tuesday eve
ming at 100 O'clock After the usual
business is transacted candidates will
be nominated for the various offices
and voted for at the next regular meet
ing which will be held the first Tues
day in May A full attendance is de-
sired.
The Dalrymple-EIastings Company
of this city are furnishing all the eX-
terror and interior limestone on the
Blair residence at Far Hills, n. j.,
and this fact has given them prestige
in the building trade which handicapS
competition. They are now equipping
stone mill at Morris Plains, where
they will be able to plane stone by
machinery. BY this piece of enter
prise they will be able to compete with
any company in the East in the de-
livery Of stone The firms enterprise
compels the success they are achiey-
ing.
At the First Baptist church Sun
day School, last Sunday, election Of
officers of the school for the ensuing
year was held. 1t resulted in re-
election Of the present incumbents.
Superintendent, Mayor Charlton A .
Reed, secretary: Theodore Pierson,
treasurer; Frank Burnett, librarian
George Gorton: assistant librarian:
Lewis Hays. A report on the condi-
ton of the school was read which
showed an attendance of LOG adults
Sc in primary department and Is on
the cradle roll. This is an increase
over last years report.
Probably the youngest person who
uses a telephone effectually in this
section of the country is little
Morristown miss Of twenty months.
Nearly every day she has an interest
ing conversation with her father over