The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08
THE LOCAL
HAPPENINGS
Noteworthy Occurrences in and
About the Vicinity Of
MorriStown
BRIEFLY AND TERSELY TOLD

Father De Vincentus, of the Italian
missien, has been appointed chaplain
to succeed Father Genier, who expects
to leave shortly for California.
The annual meeting Of the Morris
County Branch of the State Charities
Aid Association will be held in the Y.
NJ. G. A. parlor on Wednesday at IL
a. m.
Martin Kilkenny and Laura Nichols
were arrested last Friday morning on
the charge of stealing $18 from John
Hunt. They were both held for the
grand jury.
Miss Frances Myers, of is Hall street,
was given a surprise party on Tuesday
evening, the occasion being her
eleventh birthday. A number of her
young friends were on hand to help
make merry.
The Master Builders Association of
New Jersey has recently been incor-
porated and it's charter filed in the
Essex County Clerks office. Lewis f.
Sturgis, of Morristown, is named in
the articles as one of the seven trust
eeS
The New Years Eve reception and
dance held by the dancing class OF Mr.
Morris was well attended. In accord
ance with leap year custom the ladles
were compelled to choose their own
partners after the clock pealed the
hour of midnight.
Ticket Agent Flynn, of the
Taekawanna Railroad, was assaulted
on New Years Eve as he was leaving
dance at the Y. M. Ca. A. building,
nv two cabbies whom he had pre-
ferred charges against The men
were arrested and fined for assault.
Philip Livingston Swinnerton Lum,
the six-months-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph e. Lum, of Chatham. was re-,
Gently adopted at the annual meeting
of the class Of 1900 of Columbia College
as the class baby and an appropriate
gift was bestowed on the youngster.
Skating and coasting were enjoyed
by the young people OF the vicinity
on Court House hill on New Years
day, and although the ice was hardly
of first quality still it served to give
plenty of amusement to the people
who sought this exhilarating exercise.
In the Court of Special Sessions
held at the court house on Tuesday
Arthur Tredwell and Thomas Rosa
Grams, both colored, were found guilty
of the larceny of watch from Ber-
nard Wagner. Two months in the
county jail was the sentence melted
out to them by Judge Mills.
The automobile has had to give way
to the cutter, much to the satisfac-
tion of many pedestrians. Whether
or no this 10Y is Short-lived time may
tell. Who knows but that some in
ventive genius may design an auto for
runners with "kicker" behind on
the model of stern-wheel steamboat?
Two men were working on the
Kountz ice pond few days ago. One
was an Italian laborer the other was
William Dougherty. The Italian be-
came angry at Dougherty, and in de-
Tending himself the latter struck the
other,with an ice pick telling him to
the ground. Now the italian has a
sore head.
A woman hailing from Goldsboro,
Penn, who gave her name as Mrs. S.
S. Hager, arrived in town one day last
week and found that her pocketbook
containing S54 in cash and draft for
5000 was gone. At first she jumped at
the conclusion that she had been rob-
bed, but later when the conductor
found the missing recepticle for coin
she guessed she had been mistaken.
The fifth annual dance of Washing
ton Engine Company, No. l, will take
place in Washington Hall on the
night of February Is. The fire lad
dies have done their best to make
everything pass off smoothly and the
event is being eagerly looked forward
to. The grand march is scheduled to
begin promptly at $50. Professor
Sharrette's orchestra will furnish the
music.
Because Paul Penos struck COM
panion with a crOwbar few days ago
when he thought that the latter was
attempting to hypn0tize him the
valiant wielder of the bar is now con-
fined in the county jail charged with
assault and battery, While his victim
was compelled to have several stitches
taken in his head. Paul's mistake is
liable to cosU him both "time" and
money.
State Game Commissioner Mcclellan
has remitted the fine which Antonio
and Salvatore Butera paid on No
vember 10 last on account of carry
ing two rabbits out of the State, con-
trary to the letter of the game laws.
On the advice of friends the case was
referred to the State Game Commits
sion with the above result. Now the
Buteras are richer by $40 each than
they were before the fines were re-
mitted.
Most boys realize that it is rather
risky to put ones tongue on frozen
sled runner, but a driver employed by
the Morristown Laundry must have
forgotten this fact when he placed
frozen bit in the mouth of the horse
he was Harvesting the other day.