The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-22
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.P. H. HOFFMAN & SON

Miss Mary LAWN was married to
John Mulcahey in the church OF the
Assumption last Wednesday morning.
The Current Topics Club held a
meeting at the residence of Mrs. George
w. Sinclair, on Morris street, Monday
afternoon.
An engine ran off the track at
Morris Plains on Tuesday, causing a
delay of nearly an hour to trains due
here at noon.
While coming down the stairs in the
Bell building Wednesday afternoon,
Henry G.. Pitney Jr., fell and dislo-
Gated his shoulder.
The Rev. DR.. Phraner, of East
Orange, delivered astereopticon lecture
on China in the Market Street
Mission on Wednesday night.
Adjutant Lydia Lowell, of Bridge
ton, has been detailed to take charge
of the Salvation Army in this city.
She came here on Wednesday.
Francis Fay, pupil in the Bayley
Grammar School, is minus the tip of
his tongue because several boys dared
him to put it against the cold iron
gates.
| Ticket agent Flynn has the distinc-
tion of having the ticket box used in
the old Broad street station in New
ark. 1t came yesterday and is being
used in the local office.
A. A. Vance, of Ridgedale avenue,
sustained several painful bruises in
falling on the ice in front of his house,
on Wednesday. Mr.. Vance had just
stepped out to mail a letter, when he
slipped and fell.
| Justice Stilwell fined Peter A.
Apgar, a householder of Chester, $50
under the Cruelty to Animals act
yesterday. Apgar was charged with
abandoning his horse in a field near
Whippany last December.
There is to be a reception and dance,
under the auspices of the young women
of st. Virgilius parish, at st. Virgilius
Hall this friday evening. Cullen
will furnish the music. Free enter
tainment and refreshments will be
provided.
| William Miller, carpenter working
in Bernardsville, fell from the roof of a
barn yesterday afternoon and was
seriously injured. He was brought to
Memorial Hospital, where it was
found that several of the vertebr9 had
been fractured.
Messrs. Waller, A. L. Revere and N.
G. Toms have been appointed a COM
mittee by the directors of the Friday
Evening Club to act upon the resolu-
tions of the trustees of the Morristown
Library and Lyceum. The committee
will define, it is said, some arrange
ment for holding the club meetings in
the future.
At meeting of the Morristown
Field Club held on Monday, the follow
ing officers were elected: President
William B. Skidmore; president
Charles d. M. Cole; secretary, Ed
ward K. Mills, treasurer, William J
Romano ; governors, John r. Brinley
Frederick w. Ford, Thomas W. Cauld'
well, James S. Mackie and G. Wickliffe
Throckmorton.
1t is surprising what effect icy side
walks has on the politics of town.
This morning Republicans, Democrats
and Prohibitionists abandoned theil
allegiance to their respective parties
and joined the Populsts of the ''mid-
dle-of-the-road" stripe. Now and then
a "common-level' Socialist would
find his ideal when he struck the side
walk and then join the Populistic
forces.
There will be a meeting of the Nor
ris County Board of Agriculture in the
County Hall Saturday, January 30. 1t
is expected that Prof John B. Smith,
of the New Jersey Agriculture Expert
ment Station. will give an address on
the San Jose scale; also that Free
holder Ernest w. Shonenberger will
tell how much the Mt Freedom road
cost and why it is of great public con-
venience to the county. According to
the notice given out by the Society
those wishing to express an opinion
and unable to attend can address a
postal card to the secretary.
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Incorporated Hsrci. ord, 1874.