The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-05-03
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Apgar 81 Lee are erecting bicycle
repair shop opposite the Whiponone
Hall in Whippany.
Gen. E. p. Meaney has decided tC
postpone the erection OF his new house
on Madison avenue.
Woodruff NJ. Vance has taken a
position on the city staff Of the New
ark Evening News
e, b. Richard has purchased the
Worthington Whittredge place or
Summit, avenue, Summit.
Philip Bartle has been appointed q
member OF the board of election OF the
first district Of the first ward.
Last year at this time we were in
the midst of a dry season Of fifty two
days continuing into June.
J. ). Kleine Of New York was in
town on Saturday looking after the
care Of his farm on Mt. Kemble ave.
Erastus L. Ross, son of the late
Thomas Ross of this town, died sud-
denly at New Brunswick on Wednes-
day.
Charles w. Roberts has returned
to Morristown from a trip around the
world. He has been gone since last
October.
There will be meeting Of the coun-
.ty board of examiners of Morris coun-
ty, at Dover, on May 9th and It'll, at
$50 a. m.
Mrs. Eleanor Potter, Miss Helen u.
Lawrence and Mrs. S. a. Adams re-
move from Atno avenue to Troy, n.
Y, tomorrow.
The town authorities put a large
force of men at work on Monday scrap
ing the mud from Washington street
and Park Place.
The carpenters and bosses have come
to an agreement and averted a strike.
The men will receive So, but have
abandoned other requests.
Albert Stobbe, well known as a
bicyclist, a few years ago, died in
Brooklyn last Thursday of pneumonia.
He was sick only two days.
Mrs. Edith Parker johnson, who has
been in Korea for some years past was
in MorristoWn calling on some OF her
old friends on Friday afternoon.
T. A. Trowbridge attended the first
annual BANQUET OF Battery a.. Veteran
Asso. Of New Jersey held at the Cafe
De Jianne, Newark, on "Wednesday.
DR.. and Mrs. Buckley, DR.. and Mrs.
Buttz, DIR. and Mrs. Upham, and DR..
Eaton have gone to Los Angeles,
Cal, to attend the Methodist Confer
ence.
The McEwans are clearing away
the old Downs mill at Malapardis pre-
paratory to the erection OF a new pulp
board mill with capacity Of fifty tons
day.
The chemical engine was called to
the residence of Ferd Titus, 81 Wash
ington street, by a chimney fire on
Monday afternoon. Little damage
was done.
An awning in front OF w. ]. Looney IS
shop on Bank street took fire on Sun
day afternoon. Neighbors discovered
the flames, lowered the awning and
extinguished the fire,
Angelo Fl. Bennett, of the First Ma
ti0nal Bank staff, will go with the ST.
Mary's on the annual cruise to Europe
leaving May 8. His place in the bank
will be filled by Ebert Egbert.
Edward Rollins, late engineer of the
Morristown plant of the United Elec
trio co. has secured a position in
Springfield, Mass, and with his wife
will remove to that place this week.
Isaac j. Allen, Of Morristown, in a
iished on Monday, writes Of the trip
of the ! Colorado" across the Pacific,
the first steamer to cross that great
sea.
The Current News Club is arrang-
ing to attend the meeting of the Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs at Cald-
well next Thursday. The local club
members plan to drive over to Cald-
well.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. G.. Torrey, who re-
Gently took a trip to the West Indies
and Porto Rico, have returned to their
New York city residence. They will
remove about May to their country
home, Hilltop, Stirling
The white and black steamboat
lines on Lake Hopatcong have each a
single boat running on the lake. The
hotels and private establishments are
being put in shape for the summer
campaign.
Ellsworth Childs has sold his res
taurants in New York and Newark to
the Child'S Unique Dairy Restaurant
Co. which now controls about fifty
restaurants. Senator Childs Is the
president of the Unique Co.
A reception will be given the Rt.
Rev'd. Edwin s. Lines, d. D., Bishop
Of Newark, and Mrs. Lines, by st.
Peters Church and the Church of the
Redeemer at Washington Hall, on
Saturday, May seventh, from four
o'clock until six-thirty.
s. A. Baldwin accompanied Messrs.
Bland and Bert0n, tenOrs, at the con-
cert given by the choir of An Angels
Church, New York, of which he has
been assistant organiSt, last Friday
evening. The concert was given In
the Astor Gallery Of the Waldorf AS
roria Hotel
L. Stiner has started the work Of
altering the Fleury house on Speed
well avenue. E. B. Chamberlain has
the contract. Mr.. Stiner has also had
plans drawn by Collins Weir for a
brick store building on the vacant lot
between the Fleurg honse and truck
house.