The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-08-23
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

for America.
The New York 81 Philadelphia
Brick Co. is shipping brick from it's
new yard near Whippany.
Sheriff Ryerson has taken Fred.
Moore to State Prison to begin his
fifteen year term Of imprisonment.
( The street department. is grading
Wetm0re avenue, from COLES avenue
to Ogden place, preparatory to nacadr
amizing.
The twenty ninth annual reunion OF
the Smith family will be held in their
grove near Peapack on Wednesday,
August 81.
The Morris Aqueduct has com
menced to lay large mains on Speed
well avenue, between Early street and
Cutler street.
The MOrristown Library will close
for two weeks beginning August 20,
for the annual cleaning and vacation
OF the librarians.
Three new turf tennis courts have
been completed on the grounds Of the
Whippany River Club. They are near
the old mansion.
Pruden & Burke have force of men
at work cutting down all the trees
inside the fence line on the King
place on Morris ST.
The chemical engine has been sent
to the shop of the J.. III. Schmidt Co.
TO be repainted. The horses have been
burned out to pasture.
a special meeting Of the board Of
freeholders will be held on Friday to
act on the Morris County Traction
Co.'S application for franchise.
1t is estimated that $4,000 people
passed through the new Mercer county
Court house at Trenton on Tuesday,
when it was open for inspection.
There is on exhibition in Runyon' Is
window a large collection of Elks
badges, gathered by w. e. Becker at
the recent grand lodge B. P. O. p. AND
nicely arranged and framed.
There was small fire in the cigal
store of John Der0sis on Market street
on Sunday evening. A lighted candle
fell over, setting fire to the man coat
and also burning some Of the bee
clothes.
a new rural delivery mail route, tc
start from the Boonton PostoI1ice is
soon to 60 into effect. 1t will en-
brace the villages OF TaylortoWn,
Lyonsville, Rockaway Valley and
Poweryille.
The primary elections for the selec-
tion of delegates to the political con-
yention will be held on Tuesday Sept.
Ii, the first day of registration. Pc
titi0ns for candidates for Office or as
delegates must be filed before Sept. 3.
* Steamer Company, No. /, Of the
Dover Fire Department., has accepted
an invitation from Washington Stea-
mer Company, No. i, Of Morristown,
to he their guests at the fremen Is cele
bration in MOrristown on Wednesday,
September %.
Resolute Ell. &. T. Company has ex-
tended an invitation to the Raritan
firedepartment to be its guest at the
firemen's parade. The department.
has a new truck ordered and delivery
expected just before the parade also
other apparatus.
Albert Bigelow Paines biography of
t"Thomas Mast, the Father of the
American Cartoon, is announced by
the Macmillan Company for publica-
tion early in October, illustrated with
reproductions Of about 400 OF MIR.
Nast's best cartoons.
Sheriff Ryerson on Monday sold DR..
Andrews residence, corner Of Speed
well avenue and Speedwell place to the
M0rristown Trust Co. for $7,972.l8,
the amount OF the claim.
He also sold the Gideon Mowlen
Newark for SO, 413.55.
While Samuel Smith was taking
home about 5000 pounds OF hay on
Wednesday evening, the load caught
fire. burned up and damaged the hay
wagon. 1t is supposed that the iron
protector over one of the wheels rub
bed against the tire of the wheel and
became SO hot that the hay caught
fire.
The Morristown & Erie r.. r. has
the plans for the new station in the
rear Of the Lackawanna station. 1t
will be located thirty-two feet back
from the line of Saw Mill lane, and
thirty feet back from Railroad avenue.
The building will be 20x40 feet in size,
with platform ten feet wide on all
four sides OF the structure
The Menhdam Conference of Christ
ian Workers will be held from Aug.
p to 30, with meetings on Sundays
and weeks days. Several clergymen,
missionaries and eyangelists will adj
dress the meetings held at. 8 a. M,
and I 80 p. m. All Christians are in
yited to cooperate In the services.
The Morris Sand Co. has re built it
elevator and sand screen so that it
can travel on track alongside the
ears to be loaded with screened sand
A long belt has also been attached so
that the excavators load on the belt
which takes the sand directly to the
screen, saving moving by wheel-bar-
row.
Rev /. L. White met with Pc
culiar accident on Wednesday, He
was riding along the road near Whip
panY to visit parishi0ner when he
passed one Of Persons laundry wa
CONS. The horse when it saw Mr..
White turned aside to kick him lin
the leg. injuring him quite severely.
The injured man was taken 20 his
home and later to his fathers at
Summit.
Mr.. White was able to return to
Whippany on crutches, yesterday.