The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-30
HAPPENINGS ABOUT
THE COUNTY.

The Republicans of Bernardsville
are organizing drum corps for the
coming campaign.
| The foundry Of the Richardson &
Boynton works at Dover IS being en-
larged by an addition 40x126 feet in
size.
The corner stone of the new Liberty
Corner school house was laid on Mon
day. Rev. G. B. Condit delivered an
address.
All the workmen, superintendent,
| &C., at the ParSippany end Of the
reservoir have been paid off and dis
charged.
The Jersey City Water Supply Co.
contemplates cutting streets and lay
ing out in building sites the land on
the west side of the road from Boon
ton to Parsippany.
Last Thursday afternoon the mare
Hetty G. on the track at Goshen
N. Y paced mile in zoo making a
new worlds record for a pacing mare
In a race on half mile track.
Deposits in the Citizen National
Bank, of NetcOng, on August %
amounted to S138, 200. The amount of
outstanding loans and discounts was
1882, $50, and there are now nearly
400 business accounts on the books of
the bank.
A story is printed of the securing
of rights Of way for trolley road to
carry milk through Sussex, Warren
and PaSSaic counties, and through
Orange and R0ckland counties, New
York. 1t is planned to connect with
the Hudson River line at Paterson
then run to Newark.
At a meeting of the Roxbury town
ship school board held last week the
supervising principal was instructed
to prepare courses of study for high
school department. There are to be
three distinct courses, each of four
years work. giving to pupils the OPP
tion of classical, English or scientific
work.
@. A. Conoyer & Son, the fur dealers
at Potterstown, Hunterdon County
have during the past year purchased
| the following number of peltS: Musk
| rat, 24,02S; skunk, 6,510; opossum,
1907; raccoon, 1863; mink, SO; cat, So;
rabbit, 342; fox, s; beef, 1861; calf,
| Ala; sheep, 237, and horse, Al. For
these they realized SIS, S93.62.
80.
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pupllc u. money; an e PUBIC SUD
scIlpIlon o. Ihlrty oolars Is pelng
tower.
Natcono,s council has resc;ndad its
contract yitb the P E.c. Wa+ teT
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borough, which Is said to date back
to the DAYS of Peter Decker. lst. and
which was once used BY the late VIM.
Rankin as a select school until he
moved from Deckertown to Mend-
ham, is now thing of the past. It |
was sold on August l3, for removal
within ten DAYS, to ]. Edward Law
ton, for the sum of $3.50. Once II |
was used as a church. and for several
years past as public school house.
On its site the borough will erect a |
brick school house costing about |
5000.
A new clubhouse which has re-
Gently been completed is an attrac-
tive feature at Essex FEELS. 1t is |
beautifully situated on Hathaway
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