The Morris County chronicle., 1905-02-14
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
To-day IS Valentines Day.


The Morris township committee will
meet tonight.
Guy Brothers Minstrels are booked
70 playat the Lycenmon Washlngton's
Birthday.
The annual bah Of Wash ington En-
CINE Co. will be held ia Washington
Hall on the evening Of March6.
The ffth concert of the Morristown
Choral Society, J. S. Matthews, con-
ductor, will be held in the Lyceum m to-
night.
The Truck Company was called to
the residence Of John Howard, Albeit
avenue, last night to extinguish
chimney tlre.
A good-sized audience assembled in
the County hall on Saturday to hear
the lecture by Prof. John B. Smith on
the San Jose scale.
DR.. w. G. Sharp will remove his
dental Office about April lst to his
building on South street, adjoining the
Y. M. @. A. Building.
The Christian Endeavor Society Of
the First Presbyterian Church will
hold Valentine Social in the chapel
VI uuC Sl1ukOlA UAAlo OtC1luS.
Otto Fl. Kahn has sent substantial
checks to Independent Hose, ReSOlute
Truck and Washington Engine for
services rendered at his recent tire.
The ssClock and the Key is the title
of a new book recently publisher by
ID. Appleton & Co. The author is
Arthur Henry Vesey, of Morristown.
G. f. Watson and William Shipper
represented the Morris County Golf
Club in the annual meeting of the Met
ropolitan Golf Association held in New
York,
DR., Samuel Haven has rented the
Thatcher home on Maple avenue for a
term of two years, through II. j. Cen
ung's agency. He will occupy it on
April lSt.
A team belonging to Albert FL. YER
nam ran away from the Whippany
River Club on Sunday evening and ran
nearly to Whippany before stopping.
No damage was done.
The weather does not seem to agree
with the new gas mantles, although
the light is much better than by the
former burners. A number are re-
ported out every night.
The next number OF the Y. M. G. A.
Star Course will be given in the Lyce-
um tomorrow evening. Kellogg, the
bird man, is the attraction. There
will also be matinee in the afternoon
at four O'Clock.
Mrs. Lillian Elizabeth Roy will bring
suit against the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company for damages for in
juries she received few months ago
at Forty-Second street and the Grand
Central Station
At the meeting of the Board of Ex
else Commissioners on Wednesday
evening, the licenses formerly granted
to the late John r. Piper, were trans
ferred to Piper Bros, who succeed him
in the business.
William Montgomery has gone toll
Bradford, Canada, for William Sire, to
purchase two carloads of horses for
the Morris county market. He will
return about March l, when they will
be offered for sale.
Lincoln's Birthday was observed by
a display of flags. The banks were
closed all day and most OF the stores
closed at noon The Lackawanna ran
on holiday schedule and the post Of
fee was only open for an hour In the
morning.
A union meeting under the auspices
of the Women's Baptist FOREIGN Mis-
sion Society will be held inthe First
Baptist Church, on Friday afternoon.
The societies of Summit, Millburn and |
MillingtOn will unite with the Norris
town society.
The managers OF the Women's En-
plOyment Society will hold a tea and
sale of garments in the hall of the Y. |
M. G. A., op Thursday, February 23rd,
from three until six O'Clock There
will also be cake, candy and fancy
tables and a grab-bag for the children.
Pruden & Burke have purchased the
large wooden building erected by the
late o. H Babbitt on his South street
lot for S5l3 They win use good
share of it in the completion of the
coal storage sheds they are building at
their yard on Morris street, selling the
surplus.
Thirty-Seven members of the Boys
Brigade of the Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Dover, came to MorrlstOwn on
wednesday evening on Sleign rlne.
Just after starting on the return trip
one of the horses fell dead. delaying
the expedition for long time. The
animal belonged to John Henneker, of
Dover.
There have been several changes in
the local staff of the United Electric
Co. recently. Fred VanDerVOort. the
foreman, has gone to Alliance, Ohio, |
where he will be connected with an
electric plant. Henry @. MartinSon,
the bookkeeper and cashier, left quite
Unexpectedly last week and has re-
moved from town.
The Rev. VIM. T. Elsing, Of New
York, will lecture before the Brother
hood of the South st. Church on Fri |
day evening, February oath, at eight
O'Clock The subject of the lecture |
will be, Treasures of the Snow" This
lecture is richly illustrated by stereop-
ticOn views, and is the latest of Mr.. |
Elsing's popular science lectures, which |
have attracted much attention in New
York and elsewhere.
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