The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-25
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

coat OF paint on Saturday.
Charles McCollum has rented the
old Adams s. Fairchild stable on Mar
ket stret + as reserve stable.
The hunt on Saturday started from
the Whippany River Club and rode
in the direction of Mendham.
J., q. Davis has placed chair for
polishing ladies' shoes in his shoe re-
pairing place 27S South street.
The Morristown School defeated
the MorristoWn High School at foot
ball on Saturday by the score Of II to s.
The annual bali of the u. S. Ex-
press employees occurs in Washington
Hall tomorrow evening. Grand
march at $50.
The ninth annual flower show of the
Morris County Gardeners and Florists
Society will be held in the Madison
Assembly Rooms October n and 28.
The election officers Of the seven
MOrfistown districts gathered last
Friday evening for instruction in the
operation of the new voting machines.
Daniel Jameson has sold to Mrs.
Julia A. Ray, wife of George s. Ray,
q house and Iot 50x24o feet in size, on
Ridgedale avenue. Consideration
81 200.
Sturgis Bros. have the contract for
the concrete drain on Wetmore ave-
nue. and across part of George Mac
about 81, 600.
Martin Higgins who broke his leg
in the barrOom Of the United States
Hotel last Saturday by catching his
foot in the foot rail, died at All Souls
Hospital Thursday.
Elmer Romine, Jr., has painted a
very ereditable life-size picture OF the
heads OF Resolute Ell. & L. Company.s
horses, which is on exhibition in W.
r. Days window.
The State Conference of the X. M.
C. "a. Boys Departments will be held
at Pla,nfield, October % 30. The
Women's Auxiliaries will meet at
Ridgewood on November 4.
Joseph Wharton has increased his
endowment of Wharton School In the
University Of Pennsylvania from 5000,
600 to S500,0C ssOld Penn 'eprints
his portrait and a sketch Of his life.
The twenty-third annual meeting Of
the Morris County Children's Home
will be held in the rooms of the Young
Mems Christian Association ON & We'd
nesday, November 9th, at 10,30Na. m.
Calvary Church, Summit4 will be
consecrated on Saturday, the services
beginning at ii a. m. Bishop Lines
will be in charge Of the services and
will have the assistance pfsseyeral
prominent clergymen. ssufH
The heavy rain of Friday flooded
streets and fields. The water in rum
ming away from the Lackawanna
station tore deep gutter through
the soft earth with which the low
land in the rear is being filled.
The local boards of registry and cleo
tions will sit for the last time on
Tuesday, November |. The county
board will sit on Thursday and Satur-
day of the same week. Ii you expect
to vote, see that you are registered
November !.
The car containing the Democratic
spellbinders enroute for Netcong on
Friday evening, became stalled three
miles this side Of their destination be-
cause of a dearth Of gasoline. The
candidates completed the trip on foot
and it was found that was no lack OF
gas when the hall was reached.
A new choral society has been or
gained to be under the leadership OF
Miss g. d. Miller, Of New York. The
meetings WILDE held in G.. A. r. hall
every Monday evening at 7.45. Any
one Wishing to join should apply to
Ellis Bower, the secretary, or at the
hall on the meeting night
One Of the most marked recent i'm
provements is the change in the pro-
perty on Morris street near Ford ave-
nue., recently purchased by Hobart
Garfield. The houses have been en-
larged and remodeled, the lots graded,
and stone sidewalks are being laid
from Ford avenue to a point beyond
the two houses.
J.. H. b. C0riell's horse SHE'D at the
sight of an automobile on Mt. Kemble
avenue on Tuesday evening and ran up
a bank. Overturning the vehicle and
dragging it for some distance. Mr..
COriell was thrown ont, but fortunate
ly escaped injary. The horse was cut
and bruised and the carriage damaged.
George Jaggers, a prisoner in the
Sussex County Jail awaiting sentence
for murder, committed suicide in the
jail Thursday morning hysftaking a
dose Of two ounces of carDolic acid and
aQuarter of an ounce of chl0rgform. 1t
is supposed that his wife Snuggfed the
poison to him on a recent visit. He
was to have been hung last April but
the case was carried up and decided
against him. A new date for the
hanging had not been set
Elmer King, of the firm Of Vree-
land, King, Wilson & Lindabury as
counsel for the defendants IN the suit
of f. S. Birch, Of Dover against
Austin King and Alfred Walton, in
the Supreme Court has raised the
question as to whether or not the
Morris canal and Lake Hopatcong is
not navlgable waterway and under
the Jurisdiction of the United States
rather than the State Government
At the Morristown Field Club on
Wednesday the preliminary round III
the women : golf tournament was
played with the following result: Mrs.
Shipper defeated Miss Adams, up
to play; Miss Macy defeated Miss
Smith by default; Miss Swords defeat
ed Mrs. r. w. Stevens by default: Miss
C.Willis defeated Miss Slade. up to
play; Miss Wallace defeated Miss
Miller by default; Miss Dean defeated
Miss Holmes, 7up 6 TO go.