The Morris County chronicle., 1904-08-16
HAPPENINGS ABOUT
THE COUNTY.

1
| September win be celebrated as
Firemen's Day at Boonton.
Mrs. Sally Doremus Of Parsippany,
celebrated her one hundred and first
birthday Saturday.
! Men Of Bernardsville have agreed to
devote Thursday to the work Of clean
| ing up the Methodist cemetery in that
place.
The floor space of the Bernardsville
| bank will be more than doubled. and
! there will be room for the accom0-
dation of women patrons. This room
will also be used for the hdirectors'
meetings.
DR.. j. Howard Hulsart, supervising
principal of the Dover Schools and
Miss Nancy e. Seyter, of Corning, N.
Y, a teacher in the Dover High School
were married at the home of the
brides parents on Wednesday last.
A new road is now being built at
MillingtOn at the junction Of the
main road from Millington to Basking
Ridge and the one that leads to the
depot. The new road will pass
through the athletic grounds up to the
Nash residence and from thence con-
meet with the road just beyond the
Nishwitz residence.
The Mt. Tabor lot owners annual
meeting was held Saturday afternoon,
and after a spirited contest the fol-
lowing gentlemen We're elected as
trustees: James s.. Shaw, Al. w.
Byrt, N. B. Kilmer and Fl. K. Doc
little. Nearly double the number of
votes was cast at the election than has
been usual heretofore.
Arrangements have been made be-
tween Public Service and the Hudson
River Traction Co., for connection of
the lines of the two companies at Ar
lingtOn, thus providing for direct
service between Newark and Hacken-
sack. Cars will be run every half
hour from the croSS-Over at Broad and
Green StS,, Newark, from 5.35 o'clock
a. M, until 1906 O'Clock midnight.
At the regular monthly meeting Of
the Madison Borough Council, held
last week, the finance committee pre-
sented the following budget for the
ensuing year, and it was adopted:
Macadam Road Bond Interest, $685.
90; General Interest, $4, 750. 90; Re-
demption Macadam Bonds, 100000:
Road Account, 100000; Pipe Exten-
sion, $250.Q0: Borough Expense S5, 900
90; Board Of Health, $500. Fir, De-
rartmenti 81, 10000, Total $40, ,945. OF. /,
The Dover Common Council at it's
last meeting discussed the sale of the
fire engines. Councilman Bundy
asked what price No. engine would
be sold for; but no price was set. Mr
Bundy stated a Newark party said
they would buy one or both.
Alderman SturtevRnt brought to
the councils notice the fact that the
Morris Traction was not running their
cars on the schedule provided for in
the franchise, which is every half
hour. The street committee was in
structed to enforce the ordinance.
The ladies of the Boonton Improve
ment Society will hold their annual
Flower Show at the Hill residence,
corner Cornelia and Birch streets, on
the afternoon and evening of Tuurs-
day, August Is. If stormy, the next
day, Friday the 10TH There is al
prize of $500 given by Mrs. Mont
gomery for the children, called Par
sons prize; $500 for the best plant
grown by a child under Is years Of
age, and $500 for the best collection
OF cut flowers grown by children. The
object Of the flower show is to culti-
vate a greater interest ia the culture
OF flowers, especially among the chill
dren.