The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-04
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NEWS OF THE WEEK
The Board of Aldermen will meet


Wednesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Tompkins are
in Eustis, Florida.
Robert A, Price, OF Morris street,
is in the West buying horses.
G. Franklin Wilson has passed the
State Bar examination for license as a
counsellor-at-law.
The County Board of Registration
is in session at the Freeholders Hall
in the Court House.
A meeting of the Board of Free
holdeIs will be held in the Freeholders
Hall next Wednesday.
Joseph e. II. Boniface Of this city
addressed the meeting in the Madison
Y. NJ. G. A. last Friday night.
A meeting Of the Current News
! Club was held Monday afternoon at
the residence of Mrs. w. S. Johnson,
on Western avenue.
A meeting of the Social Club was
held at the home of Miss Lillian
Wood, on Ridgedale avenue last eve
ming. sa
Morristown Groeers had a dinner
at Days Wednesday night. This asso-
citation had accumulated a little money
and decided to eat it up,
Milton j. Glass has taken position
with the Rockaway Valley Railroad
as clerk. He was formerly clerk at
the Washington Hotel.
Irving E. Salmon, receiver fof
Mercy Brothers & Company, of Boon
ton has sold the plant to Robert j.
MacFarland, of Brooklyn.
Humane Engine Company is making
great preparations for the bowling
match at Railway, on Tuesday, with
the Franklin Hose Company at that
city,
At the age of 80 years Henrietta
West, colored, died at her home in
this city last Saturday. Mrs West
was born in Morristown and had re-
sided here all her life.
There vii be a temperance rally at
the Bethel a. M. e. Church, Monday
evening. Rev. Mr. Randolph and wife
of Jersey City will speak. A silver
collection will be taken.
In opening the House of Assembly,
last week, Rev. James IT. Brown of
st. Virgilius Church referred to the
| reyerent spirit of the legislators who
all stood mp during the prayers.
Engine number 9l6 attached to the
l6.22 p. m. train from this city met
with an accident last Monday night,
The cylinder head blew out causing a
delay at the railroad station for half
hour.
A still alarm was sent to the Truck
last Friday night from Conway s sal
oon, on Speedwell avenue. The fire
men found a small fire under the bar
which they extinguished before much
damage was done.
At meeting Of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, last Tuesday
afternoon in the Y. M. G. A. building
it was decided to hold a Memorial Day
on March Is, in honor of Miss Frances
Willard.
ArthurJ Meeker and Squier Meeker
trading as Meeker Brothers grocers on
Morris street have made an assign
ment to David Barkman for the bene-
tit of creditors. Their assets are 1850.
so and liabilities S62S.S5.
Miss May Baird, has resigned her
position as leader Of the First Baptist
Church choir. Miss Baird had served
in that position acceptably and faith
fully for several years Her successor
has not yet been appointed.
Humane Engine Company is making
great preparations for it's ball to be
held Easter Tuesday evening, April 5,
in Washington Hall. The committee
in charge are A, II. Thompson, James
Bradley, Robert Mack, Louis WeSp,
William Ergenzinger, William A.
Woodruff, William B. Mack and
Charles A. Brown,
At a meeting Of St Peters Brother
hood last Tuesday night discus
sion over changing the organiza-
tions title to Church Club was held.
1t was decided to retain the old name.
An amendment to the constitution
relative to the election Of officers was
passed. Resolutions were adopted by
the Brotherhood on the death of Henry
w. Miller and LaRue Grayatte.
Samuel VanZant, Of Morris Plains,
was arrested on Tuesday upon com
plant of his wife for striking her.
When arraigned before Justice Still
well, the man wept and said his wife
was the best woman that ever lived.
He accounted for her black eye as the
result Of a fall The Justice was not
impressed by his story so sent him to
Jail.
WHARTON WOMAN'S FORTUNE