The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-05-03
NEWS OF
THE COUNTY
The Morris Canal opened for bust,
ness for the season last Tuesday.

The Morris Canal opened for bust
ness for the season last Tuesday.
Mrs. Louise d. Stephens, purchased
the stock Of her late husband, j.. ID.
Stephens and will continue the bust
ness at German Valley.
VIM. Phys, Of Stanhope, was brought
to Memorial Hospital on Tuesday Suf-
fering from shot wounds in his left
foot. He was hunting with shot gun
when the gun was discharged, the shot
penetrating his foot.
Thieves entered the Lackawanna
station at BernardSville on Tuesday
night securing about $50 from the safe
| In the ticket office and a much larger
sum from the q. S. express office. The
automatic telephone cash box was also
looted.
The spring institute of the Morris
County W0man's Christian Temper
ance Union was held in the First M.
&. church at Dover last Wednesday.
Among the speakers were Mrs. j. e.
Welsh, Mrs. III. NJ. milford and Mrs.
Agnes @. Pugsley, of Morristown'
One of the resolutions carried at the
recent congress Of the Daughters Of
the American Revolution committed
the organization to an effort to secure
a change in the manner Of celebrating
Fourth of July. Cannon irecrackerS
and other undignified features are
to be abolished, If the D. A. r. can
manage it.
Why smallpox. scarlet fever, ETC.,
prevail during the winter, is told In
Care of Invalids," issued by the
Medical Department. of The Mutual
Life Insurance Company OF New York,
and sent on request to those who adj
dress the Home Office of the Com
pany, Nassau, Cedar, William and
Liberty Streets, New York City.
The new school building for Succa-
Sunna and Kenvil has been accepted
by the school board after a thorough
inspection, and all of the six rooms
will be furnished ready for use. The
tdedicat0ry exercises will probably be
held at the opening of school In Sep
TENDER. Five rooms will be used next
year. Arrangements are now being
made by the township schools for the
commencement exercises to be held in
June.
The commissioners In the condem-
nation case of the Rockaway Valley
BY. Co. against John w. Melick have
awarded the latter S436.50 for a frac-
tion Of an acre at Mendham. j. w.
Melick at the time the road was built
purchased the land for the company
of M. d. Fickens paying $1,000 for it.
The Pidcocks who then owned the
road, would not pay Mr.. Melick and
the case has been dragging in the
courts for years.
The Christian Endeayorers of Morris
County are expecting to have an UNI
usually fine convention this year. 1T
is to be held at Mendham on May 18th
afternoon and evening Among the
speakers will be Rev. James I. Vance,
ID. D., of Newark. His reputation is
M. Shott of Scotch Plains. formerly
President of Baptist Young People, S
Union of West Virginia is to give an adj
dress. Mr.. John Z. Sproull, New Jer-
ey's new President is also expected.
The Naval Reserves Of New Jersey,
who are to row at the st. Louis Expo
Sition, have decided to send Ensign
Norbert III. Forst with crew of twelve
men and cook tits proposed to go
to Pittsburg, down the Ohio river to
Cairo, and then up the Mississippi to
st. Louis. On the return trip the
crew will row down the Mississippi
river to New Orleans, and return from
there by steamship. The crew expects
to leave in August and return in Octo-
Der. A double bank whale boatwill be
used, and the crew will camp enroute.