The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-06-21

LOCAL AND
PERSONAL

80
Mrs. Alexander Bennell has gone to
Asbury Park for month.
Seton Hall College has conferred the
degree Of L. l.. D., on Dean Flynn.
B. Laid Waldron will spend his va
cation in Maine and in the Adiron-
dacks.
Kanouse g. 90. win open brokerage
Office in the Runyon building, Park
Place.
Elijah Laws is improving Mills
street by Tagging his extensive stretch
of walk.
The Pastime 8. B. g. will play the
BOontons on the Randolph field Sat
urday afternoon.
William Leslie has been engaged as
sexton of the First Presbyterian
{ Church.
Elmer King has been chosen Dor
ough attorney OF Stanhope, Sussex
county.
The work Of oiling the pools in the
Speedwell region has been commenced
for the season.
The commencement exercises of st.
Elizabetll's Academy at Convent were
held Thursday.
]. Bertea has removed from South
street near Elm to the new store in the
Gas company building.
The presbytery of Morris and Orange
will meet in the First Presbyterian
Church on Tuesday, June Il.
Ten tickets to st. Louis have been
sold at the local LackaWanna ticket
office since last Wednesday.
The ruins of the burned golf club
have been covered over to the great
improvement Of the grounds.
Flag day was celebrated by general
display Of Old Glory on the various
public and private flag poles.
Boonton mechanics declare that
eight hours will constitute days
work in Boonton after July l.
Louis d. Day. will graduate from
Wesleyan College this month, receiv-
ing the bachelor of arts degree.
Madison defeated Chatham at base
ball In an exciting game at Madison on
Saturday. The score was 3 to 0.
r. D. Foote is preparing to move the
last house left on Bull Frog lane to the
corner Of James and Green street.
The sale of the King property, cor
ner Of Washington street and Cobb
Place was adjourned on Tuesday.
The street department. is macada-
MIXING Green street between James to
Madison street, its entire length.
The track gang Of the Morristown &
Erie r. r.. is busy putting in several
switches at the new Malapardis mill.
The office and factory of the Clinical
Shield Co. have been removed from
sthe Babbitt building to Milton place.
A. r. Whitney is improving his Sus-
sex avenue property by terracing back
from the street and grading side
walk.
Charles a. Fetzer has resigned his
position as gardener on the estate of
the late A. w. Colgate, 81 Madison
avenue.
J. @. Pumpelly, a former resident Of
Morristown, is spending few weeks
at Summit visiting his sister, Mrs. W.
Thompson.
The Morris Township Board of edu-
cation let the COllinSville tW0-rOom
school house, last Saturday, to Brown
& Corby for SIS, 235.
J. HI. McGraw and d. S. Voorhees,
started on Saturday for Chicago where
they will attend the Republican Ma
tional Convention.
The fishing at Cranberry lake is fine.
The piscatorial artists are reporting
fine catches Of bass some of which
weigh nine pounds.
Miss Mabelle Lee, formerly of the
Speedwell avenue school, has been re-
engaged at Mt. Vernon, N. Y, at a
substantial Increase in salary.
Rev. J. B. Beaumont has declined
an invitation to preach in Andrew
Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, four Sundays this month.
a large amount of cut granite and
lime stone is being hauled through
town for the water table and steps Of
r.. d. Foote'S new house on James
street.
A large pile driver is at work on the
new bridge near the Higgins Place.
A concrete mixer has also been sent
there for mixing concrete for the abut-
ments. The superstructure will be Of
steel.
The commencement exercises of the
Morrist0wn High School will be held
in the chapel of the Maple avenue
school on Friday morning at ten
O'Clock.
Members of the boys department of
the Madison Y M. O. A. had an OUT
ing at Shongum Lake on Saturday,
walking to the lake from Morris
Plains.
HI. A. VanGilder and Leon Free
man returned to town Saturday night
They had a good time and report that
in one day they creeled over one hum
dred trout.
The application of the Delaware
Valley Traction Co. for trolley fran
vchise in Hanover township will be cons
sidered at special meeting to be held
on Saturday.
The fair for the benefit of the Nor
ristown Memorial Hospital held in the
small hall Of the James building, Mad
ison, last Wednesday, netued nearly
1900 for the institution.
Rirlav Ronee was elected capfain of