The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
INCIDENTS OF
LOCAL FLAVOR
Interesting Happenings Gath
cred in and About
Town.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE

il Freezing weather was again exper-
fenced during Tuesday night.
Judge Henry Hustin, of Newton,
was in town on Wednesday.
Mrs. George Grove is able to be
about again after a weeks illness.
Whiponong Council held pleasant
masquerade ball on Wednesday even
ing.
| Miss Anna Speth of Washington
street is spending some time in New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Dargavel have
gone on vacation trip to New York
state.
The old saw mill at Speedwell has
been torn down and removed to Lit
tletOn.
Mrs. v. d. Rood has suffered severe
ly recently with felon on one of her
thumbs.
Easter next year does not come un-
til April %, nearly the latest date
possible.
The Hazen school boys started
school on last Monday after a week Of
vacation.
E. L. Foster has established a
branch of his excavating business at
Madison.
H. w. Lee, of Flatbush, l.. L., has
rented the house 1876. Morris street
from May |.
The board of excise ON Wednesday
evening granted licenses to Messrs
Voorhees, and Piper.
Letter carrier Taylor is off duty for
amOnth. Substitute carrier Madigan
is carrying his route.
/ J.. Sebastian Mathews has been re-
engaged as OrganiSt and choir master
of st. Peters Church.
MorriStown was favored with a snow
squall Thursday morning which it is
to be hoped viii be the last.
The regular meeting of the W. G.
T. U. will be held in their rooms at Y.
M. G. A., Tuesday, April 10, at 3 p. M.
An enjoyable reception was given in
the Catholic Association by Edward |.
Norris dancing class on Tuesday eve
ming.
The Wildays who moved from Boyk-
in street are now settled in their new
location in the Scribner House on
South street.
A stage load of members of the
Daughters of Liberty went to Glad
stone on Wednesday to organize a
lodge in that village.
The Governor has designated Friday
April %, as Arbor Day, and suggests
the study of native birds, in cOnnec-
ti0n with that of trees.
The police arrested eight boys last
Sunday for ball playing. Justice Cliff
reprimanded them and let them go on
promise not to repeat the offence.
VanDyke & Wise will sell quanti-
ty of high grade furniture, the proper
ty of Mrs. r.. Osgood Mason, at auction
at McAlpin Hall next Tuesday, April
10.
David L. Fox has rented the vacant
store In the Y. M. Cath. Asso. build
ing and will embark in the crockery
and house furnishing goods business
about May l.
The Morris Academy base ball team
defeated the High School team on
Franklin Field Wednesday afternoon
by the score of 16 to 2, only five in
nings being played.
Guy Minton executor of the late w
f. Agar will sell at the Agar home
stead at Whippany ON Friday, April
%, a number of cows, horses, and fowls
also farming implements.
The Morristown Gas Light Com
pany petitioned the Madison common
council on Tuesday night for per-
mission to lay gas mains through that
borough. The matter was laid over.
South St near the race track is in
bad shape. The bottom dropped out
carrying the macadam and leaving a
mire. The residents say that the
stone bed of the road was dug out last
summer by the contractors and guam
titles of stone in the gutter corrobo-
rate the story.
George Tyson, a brakeman on the
Morristown and Erie r. r., had his
right foot mashed on Monday. He is
confined to his residence on Ridgedale
ave. and will probably get out in about
six weeks. He was trying to get on
the front of the locomotive but missed
his footing and mashed his foot in
switch.
| DIR. V. d. Rood attended ban
quet of the Alumni of Pennsylvania
University living in North Jersey at
Davis, Newark, on Tuesday evening.
There was good attendance and the
company enjoyed the occasion very
much. The University is an enor-
nous institution with several thous-
and students, and nearly all nations
are represented there.
| Irish hunters, carriages and harness
horses of the late Granville w. GarJh,
from Erin farm, at Morristown were
sold on Tuesday evening at the
American Horse Exchange by w. d.
Grand. Herbert w. Hartigan, mana
ger of the farm, drove the horses.
The animal to bring the best price
was Americus bay gelding. which
was bought by j. Mccoy for 1920.
The pair Ackerite and Alderman
went to f. H. Won StOder for $500.
The performance of Berliozs "Dam-
nation of Faust" in Kruger Auditor
| INN nv thp Schubert Vocal Society