The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26
HAPPENINGS OF
LOCAL FLAVOR
Items Of General Interest Gath
cred in and About the
Town.
COMMITTEE FOR FIRE PARADE

Il l.
in town last Sunday.
Mrs. II. H. Fairchild has undergone
a serious operation for her eyes.
The Morris county golf club will
be open for play next Saturday, April
Both.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Dargavel have
gone on vacation trip to New York
state
James Grove has gone on a trip to
Canada expecting to be gone few
weeks.
Harry Owens has been engaged as
tenor soloist for the Methodist Church
quartet.
H. w. Lee, of Flatbush, L. l., has
rented the house 1876 Morris street
from May l.
Lial Jordon returned ON Monday
from a visit to his parents in Penn
Sylvania.
I'll. Randolph Whitman has returned
from Philadelphia, Pa, where has has
been on business.
Madison Chapter r. A. M. will con-
fer the royal arch degree on candidates
on Wednesday evening.
The local Hearst Club will be con-
tinued and has rented a room in the
old Banner Buildingon Washington st.
Arbor Day was celebrated by exer-
cises in the chapel of the Maple avenue
school, consisting of singing, readings,
etc.
Charles w. Roberts has returned
to Morristown from trip around the
world. He has been gone since last
October.
Mrs. George I'll. Brown, of Water
street, started on Saturday to join her
husband in their new home in the
far West.
Collins Weir and family were in
Gladstone on Monday attending the
funeral services of Mrs. Weir's father,
Henry Petty.
The ''Paper Trade Journal" states
that the McEwan Bros. will again en-
bark in the independent manufacture
of pulp board.
Local milk dealers report shortage
of milk, due to the backwardness Of
the season, poor hay crop, and the high
price of feed.
Naomi Rebekah Lodge, l. 0. O.
f., held masquerade on Tuesday
evening in the lodge room in the
Schmidt building.
The Current news club met on Mon
day at~the home of Mrs. K. p. Ford,
ELEPHANT Park. The club plans trip
to Caldwell on May 5.
Horace G.. Wolfe has sold his house
and lot, 80 feet front, on Early street
to Joseph B. Moodey and wife. The
consideration named was 81.
The Morris County Golf Club is ar
ranging to board the help and do the
necessary cooking, etc., in the cottage
formerly occupied by James Barber
A. e. voorhees, has purchased of
Aaron Adams, of East Orange, the lot
forty feet front on Bank street, adjoin-
ing the Armstrong stables, owned by
Mr.. Voorhees,.
The Chatham drill engine jumped
the track below Chatham about noon
on Saturday and succeeded in block
ing both east and west bound trains
for two hours.
Residents of Newfoundland are ex-
ercised over the report that the village
is to be wiped out to make room for an,
other great reservoir. Surveying par
ties are at work in the neighbOrhOod.
d. f. Sturges has appointed the
following finance committee for the
proposed firemens parade ". f.
Boell, w. +. Day, jr., Thee. Ayers, jr.,
G. Tiger, Thos. f. Welsh.
The chemical engine and truck
company's red wagon were called to
the old p. A. WEIGH house on Morris
streetThurSday morning to extinguiSh
blaze in the roof The damage was
small.
A letter recently received from Rev.
S. z. Batten, at Lincoln, Neb., tells OF
successful meetings held by Rev. Dan
lei Shepardson, eleven baptlsmS on
April II and about the same number
last Sunday.
The well known Kenyil Hotel was
burned to the ground Sunday night.
Nothing was saved from the building
and the proprietor, j. p. Day, reports
the structure only partially insured.
Rail connections between Morris
town and the Erie r. r. at Essex Fells
was made on Sunday A large force of
men is at work ballasting the new part
of the line, which will probably be in
shape by the middle of May.
Pierre Hulsart, of Dover, won the
22O yard dash and 300 low hurdle in
the annual spring games of the New
York University on Wednesday, The
sophomore class, of which HulSart is a
member, secured the point honors.
The eighth grade boys of the Maple
and Speedwell avenue public schools
PLAYED game Of ball on the Cutler
field on Saturday afternoon, resulting
in victory for the Speedwell avenue
school of IA runs to 7 in five innings.
The state board of taxation met
in the Freeholders rooms on Wednes-
day morning to instruct the local as
SCISSORS in the duties Of their office.
Commissioner Black and Clerk Usher
represented the state board.
The thirty-second annual meeting
of the Madison Young Mems Christian
association will be held next Sunday
evening. Edward w. Booth, general
secretary Of the New York association
will be the principal speakerof the oc-
caSiOn