The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-03
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


The Telephone Company is seeking
permission to erect b pole line along
Ridgedale avenue.
The Alumni Association Of the Nor
risSoWn High School will meet at
Day next Friday.
Willie Young of Clinton street fell
in front Of Meslar's plumbing store
and sprained his ankle.
s. l.. Berrian has removed from
Northport, l.. l., to the COLES house
on Mt. Kennble avenue.
The National Biscuit Co. has hired
one of the McAlpin store houses for a
branch Office and warehouse.
The annual reunion of the veterans
of the 9th New Jersey Regiment will
be held at Succasunna on October 18th.
Arrangements have been made to-
run the flow lire of the proposed great
lake through this part of the country.
Police Justice Howard and Condor
headquarters. Justice Condor is on
this month.
James Clark has started fine inn
provement to Olyphant place by laying
a cement curb and sidewalk along the.
entire length of his property
The regular meeting Of the Woman's
Auxiliary Of the Y M. G. A. will be
held in the Association parlor, We'd.
nesday, october 4th, at $50 p. m.
The next meeting of the Mems Club
of the First Presbyterian Church will
be held in the church on Monday even
ing, October 9th, at eight o'clock.
The Trust Company has decided to-
finish the first story front of its build
ing in cement. MaSOnS are now at
work on fiuted columns for the corner.
The Morristown Decorating Compa-
NY has purchased the business OF the
late I'll. D. Schenck and will carry it on
in connection with their other BUSH
ness.
Frau Freygang has returned to Nor
ristOWn and is prepared toglye private
lessons in German and music either at
the house Of the pupils or at her rooms,
20 King street.
I. d. Lyon has two men at work in
the barn of his newly-purchaSed Early
street property making cement blocks
which he intends to use for his new
house. These are the first blocks made
in Morristown.
The Morristown Medical Club met
at Days on Wednesday evening. DR..
j. Flagge, of Rockaway, being the en-
tertainer. Dr NJ L. Court. of New
ark. read an interesting paper on chill
dren's diseases.
The horse stolen from Luther
Kountze's place week or more ago
was found on the back road to Dover.
The thieves had seYidently used the
horse to get away with the booty then
turned it loose.
An order has been issued by the
Fourth Assistant Post Master General
that all boxes, on rural routes be num-
bered. Each box owner will be furn-
ished by the Postmaster with the
number Of his box.
The first ora series of inusicales was
held at the Golf Club Thursday morn
ing. The musicians were. III. T.. Bur-
leigh, baratOne, of New York, and
Mss Pocahontas, a South Sea Islander
Van Baar was at the piano.
George Smith, the driver for M. M.
Connett, of BrookSide, who disappear
ed on September IA, was traced to-
Phillipsburg where he was arrested on
a charge of emhezzlement and lodged
in the County jail on Saturday.
Al horse belonging to Mrs. Caroline
Henry ran away on 7Speedwell avenue
Thursday The f0wner of the rig and
a companion were thrown out, but es-
capped witha few bruises and shaking
up. The horse and wagon escaped in
jury. but the harness was badly
broken. 7spa
The Womaf's Union Prayer meet
ing will be resumed and held through
the month of October in the Baptist
Church every Thursday morning at
1870 o'clock The first meeting will
be omitted on.account of the meetings
of the Christian Eldeavor convention
on that day.
Edward J. Thatcher, Jr., has ac-I
cepted the position of instructor at
Columbia University in wood carving
and iron working and in designing for
wood and metal and interior finishing.
The work will take three days each
week, leaving the remainder of the
week for his own work in those lines.
Doctors who will entertain the mem
bers of the MOrrIStown Medical Club
during thecoming months are: Octo-
Der, f. Q. Horsford; November, f. w.
Owen; December, FL, NJ. O'Reilly;
January, 81. Vaughan; February, H. S.
Wheeler: March, G. W. Wilkinson,
April, S. Pierson; May, a. B. Coultas;
June, G. G. Beling.
The Morristown School opened on
Thursday with an enrolment OF about
the same as last year. A new in
structor has been secured, Mr.. Wal
lace, Yale SO, who will teach Greek
and Latin He succeeds Willis Wood
man. Mr. Stanton, a graduate OF
Dickinson College, win also be adj
ded to the faculty as athletic director.
Oscar D. Miller, who has been in
charge Of the clothing and gent s furn-
ishing business of Hill s. Carson for
the past seven years, has givenup that
position and entered the employ OF
Marshall s. Ball, the Newark clOthiers.
William McCracken, late with K.
Carrell, has succeeded Oscar D. Miller
Ia Hill q Carson's store, while Mel.
Babbitt takes the vacancy in Carrell's.
Plans have been made for the hunts
for October when the Essex hounds
will be at the Whippany River Club.
On Saturday the meet will be at the
home of R. H. Williams on Madison
avenue the course extending through