The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-25

Benjamin Moore, a new Jersey
Central Railroad engineer, celebrated
Tuesday the tifty-ninth anniversary
of his service for the road at Eliza
beth. Fifty-three of these years were
spent at the throttle. 1t is believed
that he has run locomotive continu-
ously for longer period than any
other man in America.
In each of the pay envelopes Of 1870
employees of the acknowledgement
drill works, at Phillipsburg, Saturday
night, accompanying the cash, was
ticket of dismissal. All are high
paid skilled mechanics. A falling Off
in business, with very unpromising
outlook for the immediate future,
made necessary a reduction in operat
ing expenses.
After blowing open the. safe in the
post office in Pleasantville two burg
lars held up the town until they got
all the booty they were afteg They
first broke in the front door, then at
tackled the safe with drills. Then
they poured nitroglycerine into the
cracks and exploded it. The safe
was wrecked and the building damag-
ed by the conclusion.
George Riker. senior member of the
contracting firm of George Riker &
Son, died at his home, No. rs Wash
ington street, Bloomfield, Monday
He would have completed eighty-six
years if he had lived until Thursday.
Mr., Riker's death was due to old
age. He had been i'll only four weeks
Mr.. Riker built more than100 churches.
in all pa rts of the country.
Six thousand dollars was awarded
by jury in the. Circuit Court, at
Newark, to Evan r. j. Eastwood,
whose son, Evan FL. Eastwood, was
one of the nine High School pupils
killed in the Clifton avenue grade
crossing disaster. Only one other
case growing out of this disaster has
gone to trial. In that case jury
awarded $1,000 damages for the
death of Ella Werpupp. The YER
dict was appealed.
Mrs. Elizabeth Foote the principal
of the primary department of Public
School No. "a, in Virginia avenue,
Jersey City, died Monday in her
home. No lO2 Oak street. Mrs
Foote was rs years old She was
born in New York and taught school
in New York State until 1870, when
she went to Jersey City and taught
in the downtown schools. Mrs.
Foote was the daughter Of Colonel
Charles B. Tappen, of New York
city.
While chopping timber one mile
west of German Valley last Saturday
afternoon, David r. Apgar and John
Fl. Van Nest Sr. felled large chest
nut tree. The tree proved to be hol-
low about forty-five feet from the
stump, and on falling across the
rocks split open, bringing to view a
large quantity of honycombs. The
severe winter had frozen the bees to
death. Apgar and Van Ness had no
trouble in carrying home about
seventy-tive pounds of honey.
Alexander Denniston, an ex-convict
employed as roustabaut by Michael
Dillon, saloonkeeper in Passaic,
disappeared yesterday noon during the
absence of the proprietor after empty
ing the cash register, containing
$175. Denniston was released from
State Prison, in Trenton, few weeks
ago, after serving five years term
for forgery. Dillon took pity on
him, gave him place and occasionally
left him in charge of the saloon.
Being killed by large rat was the
fate narrowly escaped by the five
months-old child of MI and Mrs
William Johnson, of PlainfieId, while
asleep in bed with it's mother Sum
day night. Mrs. johnson was aroused
from her slumbers by the cries of her.
child. When she awoke she was
Mortified to discover the rodent eating
away at the child's ear. She uttered
scream and attempted to scare
away the rat, but instead the animal
leaped in her face. In the meantime
the husband was aroused, and on his
arrival the rat made its escape.
The child's ear was badly lacerated.
An Easter egg in the possession OF
Joseph Daneski, of Plaiutield, is high
~ priced by that individual. The
egg, candy one, was given to Daneski
one year ago, and unknown to mem
bers of his family he used it as a
repository for his savings. In the
egg he had nearly 500. Sunday last
he went on visit to Plainfield,
leaving Frank Clonek, clerk, ia
charge of his house. He returned at
midnight, but Clonek was absent,
and a search showed that the house
had been ransacked from cellar to
garrett, and iewelry, clothing and $50
a