The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-30
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the flood. Three hundred families
still need aid.
The South Bound Brook Fire Com
pany will have chemical engine to
cost 5000. 1t is being made in New
York and is expected to be housed by
the company November 16.
The roof of the new Presbyterian
parsonage at Chatham caught fire
Monday afternoon from defective
flue. The blaze was extinguished by
painters who were working on the
house.
Roswell Pier, William Shoemaker
and James Odell, of Rockaway, were
fined 800 each for capturing the bass
and pickerel left in Cooks dam, in
Rockaway, when it broke during the
recent flood
The Newark News printed a picture
OF Rev. Jesse L. Hurlbut last Satur-
day as an officer of the State Sunday
School Association, whose convention
will be held in Newark next month.
DR.. Hurlbut is State Normal super
intendent.
State Senators will be chosen from
the following counties at the coming
election: Bergen, Cape May, Hunter
don, Middlesex, PaSsaic and Sussex,
and the Senators chosen will vote in
1905 for the successor to United States
Senator John Kean.
Summit milk dealers have decided
to increase the price of milk from
seven to eight cents a quart Novem-
Der l. The dealers claim the advance
is rendered necessary because of the
scarcity of milk and high prices
charged for feed.
The Rev. Carl Girtanner, pastor of the
German Reformed Church of Newark,
whose resignation has been asked for
by the Chassis because he permitted
beer to be sold at his church fair for
the benefit of the church financially,
said he had not yet made up his mind
what to do. He admitted the beer
was sold, but could see no harm in
that.
Representative of the American
Machinery and Export Company, To-
Gated at Atlanta, Ga, have been nego-
tiating with the Hackettstown Board
OF Trade for the removal of their plant
and business there. The report to the
board shows that the town has excel
lent prospects of securing the enter
prise. The company is said to be very
successful and will employ large
force of skilled labor.
When John B. Vreeland is sworn
into the Office of United States Dis
trict Attorney for New Jersey on No
vember 2, Cortland Parker will go out
of office both as United States Dis
trict Attorney and as an assistant.
Nothing is known as to the coming
assistant, but there are number of
candidates. Among them is Thomas
l.. Gaskill. of Newark, son of Judge
Gaskill, of Mt. Holly.
The trustees of Mt. Tabor Associa-
tion are considering the advisability
of enlarging the Arlington Hotel by
the addition of sixteen sleeping
rooms. 1t is planned to keep the
original part of the hotel for the ac-
commodation of ministers during the
extra service session. At present
for ministers are so
Anticipated that very few of the
leading preachers care to visit Tabor.
Harry w. Lichtenstine, of Millburn.
has instituted suit in the Chancery
Court, at Trenton, against EbeneZer
G. Lyon, of Boonton, charging him
with fraudulently deciding his prop
erty, through his daughter, Lena, to
his wife, in order to deprive Lichen-
slime from realizing on a Judgment
held by the latter against Lyon. The
suit is instituted for the purpose of
having the transfer declared to be OBJ
tanned through fraud and made void.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Mary
Crosby, of Summit, against Michael
j. Kenny, retired in the district
court at Elizabeth, and by direction
of Judge Atwater returned verdict
in favor of the defendant. Mrs.
Crosby brought suit to recover 800
from the defendant for alleged viola
ton of contract, and with having
unlawfully taken possession of her
apartments, obliging her to vacate.
At the former trial, Monday, Sept
ember IA last, Mrs. Crosby obtained a
verdict of S25, whereupon the de-
PENDANT at once appealed and Sc
cured a new trial.
Listen to this from the Democratic
candidate for mayor in Paterson:
ELECT me for mayor and you will
never have any more floods or fires or
tornadoes, every wOrkingman Of Pat
erson will be receiving ten dollars
day for six hours work with the whole
of Saturday thrown in as a holiday.
Elect me for mayor and you may pur-
chase first-class suit of broadcloth
for 1899, coal will be So ton, carried
in, beef four cents pound and bread
one cent a loaf, with dollars worth
of trading stamps thrown in on every
purchase. Don't vote for the Repub-
lican candidate if you want this state
of affairs.'
A mortgage for 100000 was filed in
the Registers Office in Newark last
Friday in which the Morristown and
Erie Railroad Company appears as the
mortgagor and the Brooklyn Trust
Company as the mortgage. The rail-
road company is the recently CONSOLE
dated Whippany River Railroad Com