The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-05-17
ABOUT TOWN
AND COUNTY

Inc swimming season IN MOTIFS
town has opened.
r. a. Elliott has the foundation up
for a new house on Pine street.
Rev. II. b. Urmy has been elected
chaplain of Resolute Fl. & Z. Co.
e. g. Hay does not expect to occupy
his place on Morris Plains this season.
r. B. Jolley will remove June /, to
one Of the new stores opposite the
depot.
The Lackawanna engineering corps
has again been at work near the Nor
ris street crossing
@. Al. Bowman has been appointed a.
substitute letter carrier succeeding G.
e. Pierson, resigned.
The Morristown Trust Co. has is
sued neat maps Of St. Louis and the
fair grounds to customers.
@. L. Chovey has been elected prcsi-
dent of the order OF Amounted high
priests, a masonic Organization.
w. w. Sharp, central Office manager
of the Telephone company has gone to
Texas for the benefit Of his health.
Rev. +. H.. Martin has assumed his
duties as assistant pastor of the Mem
Drial Presbyterian church Of Dover.
r. II, Thomas has been elected a.
member of the governing committee
OF the New York Stock Exchange
The Choral Union will give Hia-
Wathia'S Wedding Feast in the Bap-
fist Church during the first week OF
June.
The Madison Z. M. @. A. reports an
increase of forty-eight members dur
ing the past year, the membership now
being 189.
The local lodge Of Elks has secured
"a drama, " The Sign Of the Cross, to
be given in the LYceum for the benefit
of the lodge charity fund on May %.
The Dover Index reports that the
Baker Opera House in Dover has been
abandoned as place for holding en-
tertainmentS.
Frank T.. Whitehead has given up
his residence on SpeedWell avenue and
is now living with his daughter, Mrs.
j. p. Tiger, II Bellevue. terrace.
Liberty Corner will erect new
stone school house, BIKES feet in size,
two stories high. The building and
furnishings will cost about $1,000.
Frank Rodler, who broke one of his
legs last week was taken to All Souls
Hospital and not Memorial Hospital,
as stated in the CHRONICLE last week.
The Chatham base ball team has
decided not to play any games on the
home field because the citizens would
not subscribe the necessary money to
enclose the grounds.
Mrs. Richard McEwan was thrown
from her carriage while driving in
Caldwell on Monday. Her team be-
came frightened at steam road roller
and upset the carriage.
The thirty-first anniversary of the
marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Car
rell was celebrated by a dinner and
gathering of friends last Thursday
evening, arranged as a surprise to Mrs.
Carroll.
The body of John PrOudfit, son Of
the late Rev. Alex. Pr0udfit, was
found last week, in the Delaware River
near New Castle, Del, where he was
drowned last November. The body
was identified by his watch.
On Friday and Saturday, May 20 and
81, the feast of Pentecost Hebrew,
historic feature of the festival is the
celebration of the giving Of the Ten
Commandments, which Israel received
at this season.
Rev. W. w. Holloway, d. D., of the
Memorial Presbyterian church, Dover,
has been invited to supply the pulpit |
of the First Presbyterian church, of
Oakland, Cal, for six weeks in June
and July and with Mrs. Holloway will /
leave for California on June TO-
The Central r. r. of N. J. plans to
entertain the editors OF New Jersey at
Nolan's Point, Lake HOpatcong ON
June 2. The double deck steamer and
eighty-Seyen row boats have been char
tered for the day. The Central plans
to run excursions to HOpatcOng every
Sunday during the summer.
Work has been commenced upon the |
new house to be erected by Dean Sage
upon the property he recently pur-
chased from q. L. Fl. Talmage OH Mine
Mount. 1t is understood that the
dwelling alone will cost. 100000. John
Cough, of Bridgeport, Conn.,, has been
awarded the contract for the entire
work.
Railroad detectives caught Harry
j. Williams, of Hoboken, in W. r.
BrOmfield'S store at Bernardsville |
about one O'Clock Monday morning.
He was committed to jail. There have
been number of bnrglaTies in Ber-
snardsville including the railroad sta
lion and the detectives had been put
on the case.