The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-27
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

IueE6 AEe SSYenly-SlA pupuS eAFOlleQ
In the Hillside schools.
The Lackawanna ferry boat, Paun-
peck, burned In HObOken on Wednes-
day night.
The entertainment Of Bethel A. M.
r. Church will be held this Tuesday
evening.
The annual convention Of the New
jersey Society of Christian Endeavor
8 will be held ID MorristCwn Next Octo-
Der.
D. p. Mcclellan has one of his store
windows filed with the heads, etc. Of
game secured on some Of his hunting
trips.
Testimony was taken before P. p.
Piers0n as special master last Tuesday
In the tax appeal case Of st. Eilzape th,S
Convent.
Collins Weir is drawing plans for W.
III. Dntton's automobile garage; Ill
Will be 32x100 feet, one story high
with basement below
A large number Of the gas lamp
Dosts have been fitted with the new in
6 canlescent mantles increasing the CAM
die power OF the lamps largely.
Open house was kept at the Market
Street Mission yesterday afternoon,
with an informal program of music,
recitations, etc, followed by refresh
ments.
Torbert Post has received a con-
signment of overcoats to use next
Thursday when doing guard In con-
nection with the execution OF Frank
Bectsa.
The holiday business Of the u. S.
Express Co. was much larger than
usual but distributed over longer
time SO it did not prove the burden it,
usually is.
In the Baptist Church on Sunday
evening Rev. Mr. Horsman read a
: story in place Of the usual sermon
Four candidates were immersed DUR
ing the service.
The Tribune's Sunday Magazine
for December rs contained a Chris
tmaS Message to the Sunday School
Pupils Of America, from the pen Of
Rev. j. Il. Hurlbut.
The thirtieth annual meeting Of
fhe New Jersey State horticultural
Society will be held at the State
House in Trenton on Thursday and
Friday, January and 8.
Christmas programs were rendered
in all the churches on Sunday as an
nounced last week. The stor M y
weather interfered considerably with
the attendance at the services.
AT the State Hospital at Morris
Plains a vaudeville entertainment
was given on Saturday night and a
patients dance on Monday evening"
"A Christmas dinner was served.
J. X. Kronenburg lost a basket Of
oysters last Saturday. While one OF
his wagons was on the lower part Of
South street during the absence Of the
driver, some tramp made OF with the
goods.
The 6 Dog wagon" found a new call
ing last week, when 1t was engaged on
s two evenings to 60 to the Whlppany
River Club and supply hot coffee,
frankfurters and sandwiches to the
coachmen waiting there.
At meeting of Chatham base ball
enthusiasts at that place IT was stated
that the Chatham nine will be trans
fered to MOrristown, under some SORT
Of Joint arrangement, the name not
being decided as yet.
Frank ID Baldwin, who has been as
sociatad with H. B., Genung FER the
past SIX years, left his employ Sat
urday and will engage in the real
estate business from January LIST, at
l29 Morris street, telephone 4l9 4.
The West Orange committee has re-
ouested the Essex Freeholders to con-
tinue Central avenue up the mountain
to Livingston, a distance OF two and
half miles. Papers seein it the extern
sion of the Central avenue trolley on
to Morristown.
The police made five arrests yester-
day. cOlOred woman for stealing a
string Of beads from the residence OF
j. Frank Lindsey and another FOR re-
ceiving the goods, two men Tor ngIlt-
ing in the Arlington flats and nlpn1
for being drunk and disorderly.
John Naughton met with severe
accident Thursday. He was drlving8
near Ledgewood when a runaway
team overlook him broke ms slelgn
and injured him so that he became
unconscious. Mr.. Naughtan was cared
for and later brought home where ~
was found that no bones were broke
but he was severely bruised.