The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-06-14

The meetingIof the Friday Evening
Club postponed on account Of the
death Of Charlton e. Lewis will be
held on Friday June IL, H. w. Mabie,
and Mrs. Stuart will be the speakers.
The win Of the late Charlton T..
Lewis has been admitted TO probate.
He left all his property real and per-
sonal to his wife and appointed bis
wife and Charlton M. Lewis executors.
The Whippany River Club is inn
proving Emmett avenue by putting
on a coating Of gravel from the rail-
road, where the excavation is being
made for the new Emmett avenue
bridge.
A fair will be held in the small hall
OF the James building, Madison, from
four O'Clock until ten o'clock WedneS-
day, June Is, the proceeds to be used
for the benefit Of the Morristown Mem
orial Hospital.
The marriage OF Miss Lulu Grace
Armstrong, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Armstrong to Preston A. Bur-
roughs, of Madison, will take place at
the residence of the brides parents,
Western avenue, on June %.
William Fl. Baker has sold the seats
formerly used in the Baker Opera
House, of Dover, and they have been
shipped to Sexton, Pa. The town has
about /, 500 inhabitants and the seat
ing capacity Of the Opera House is
1000.
Diseases brought on or aggravated
by cold weather, is told about in Scare
Of Inyalids,r issued by the Medical
Department of The Mutual Life In
surance Company Of New York, and
sent on request to those who address
the Home Once of the Company, Mas
sau, Cedar, William and Liberty
Streets, New York City.
The engagement has been announ-
ced Of Miss May Martin Ditmars,
daughter of Mr.. E. w. Porter, and
granddaughter OF "A. a.. Vance TO
George Donald, of North Yakima,
Wash. Mr.. Donald is at present in the
east, and spent Monday with a. Al.
Vance. He is a delegate from Wash
ington to the Republican National
Convention.
The Chatham Press, 4 says: The
large number of arrests of automobile
lists made recently by the borough au-
thoritieS has evidently been a warning
to drivers Of machines to run at a mod
crate rate of speed through Chatham.
For although the full force Of marshals
were on duty last Sunday, not single
automobilist could be seen exceeding
the limit.
The Mendham post Office was bur-
glarized during Friday night, the safe
dynamited and $3.50 in cash and about
S400 in stamps secured. The burglars
went to Gunther's stable and took all
his blankets to the post Office to deaden
the noise of the. explosion, and after
wards took one of Mr.. Gunther' IS horses
and a rubber tired carriage to make
their escape.
Court Ridgedale, No. 1764, Inde-
pendent Order ForesterS, will give an
amateur minstrel performance in Ly-
ceum Hall on Tuesday evening, June
18th, for the benefit of their sick fund.
This troupe, played to large audi
ence in st. Virgilius Hall, Morris
Plains, May 9th, and the entertain
ment is highly spoken Of by all who
were present.
Louis Kellar has applied to the Mil
burn town committee for franchise
for a railroad through that township
to MapleW0od. He has his right of
way purchased or under option for the
line from Summit to New Orange, has
purchased the New Orange Aldene
line, and the Maplewood line, will be a
branch to give connection with the
Public Service lines.
A curious cayalcade proceeding
through town on Sunday afternoon at
tracted considerable attention. There
was man and a woman each pushing
a baby carriage in which they had all
their worldly goods. Three children
ambled alongside the wagons. The man
was a Brazilian matchmaker hailing
originally from Rio Janerio. They
were on the way from Trenton to
Rockaway where the man expected
work
Another row has been unearthed in
Madison. At the meeting of the free
holders on Wednesday the Madison
Athletic Association asked the board
to open the bridge on Central avenue,
inquiry revealed the fact, that under
the former freeholder's directions the
bridge had been enlarged and extended
to the side line of the street. On the
succession Of the present freeholders
some one masoned up the end of the
bridge preventing any water from
passing through and OF course flooding
the ground on the other side of the
street.
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