The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01

Line nte alarm boxes nave Deen Ie-
painted bright red.
The telephone number Of the Wells,
Fargo Express Co., is 282 MorristoWn.
The First Baptist Sunday School is
planning q trip to Verona Lake Park
the latter part Of August.
w. @. Wand oren has taken possession
OF his new suite Of rooms in the Nor
ristown Trust Co., building.
The Gas Company is tearing down
the old trestle at the works and Will
build large new structure.
The First Presbyterian Sunday
School will go on an excursion to
Verona Lake about August %.
Phoenix Branch, the Grand Fratern-
ity, will meet tonight. The attrac-
ton will be the installation OF officers.
The well-known Lackawanna con-
ductor Jerry r. George has gone to
Stockridge Hills, N. Y, for a month.
Calvary Baptist and Bethel a. M. e.
Sunday Schools will picnic at Dixoa's
Grove on the Passaic River on August
10th.
The Sunday Schools Of Collinsvlle,
Morris Plains and Littleton went TO
Cranberry Lake on an excursion this
morning.
Al large steam roller for use on the
Green Village Madison road, passed
through MOrristown on Thursday af-
ternoon.
Tunis s. Reeve close their carriage
works at noon on Saturdays during the
summer. They find it works well in
every respect.
Fred S. Smith is supervising the col
lection of additional water supply for
oh. McAlpin from springs on his
place at Littleton.
Frederick Reeves, a son of Mrs. j.
Reeves, was injured on Friday by be-
ing run over by a coal wagon. FOrtu-.
nately no bones were broken.
Fl. P. White is enclosing a large
bin to store one Thousand tons of coal
on the Shelley property on Water
street and the LackaWanna railroad.
The annual meeting of Resolute H.
g L. Co., win be held on Wednesday
evening The other companies elect
officers a week from next Monday even
ing.
Verona Lake appears to be a popular
resort for this section. Two Sunday
Schools will go there in August, the
First Presbyterian on August END,
and the First Baptist on August Both.
Postman William Taylor and family
went on an excursion last Tuesday.
While gone some one entered their
house and from appearances enjoyed a
square meal at the pOstman's expense.
The police found Conrad Peterson, a
strange Swede, hugging poles near
Pruden'S & Burke's coal yard on Sun
day. He was taken to Jail for safe
keeping, and on Monday was commit
ted to the Morris Plains Hospital.
Sheriff RyerSon and assistants had
great tussle getting him into the car
riage to take him to the Plains.
Eugene Troxell is out $40 for cashing
check. James Mccoy stole the check
from j. III. Dwyer, a fellow employee
on A. r. Whitney's place endorsed it
and had it caShed as above When
Mr.. Troxell took it to the bank on
Monday he learned that payment had
been stopped and he was out. Mccoy
has left town, his present whereabouts
being unknown.
The Hanover Brick Co., is improv-
ing and enlarging its plant at Whip
pany to care for the orders ia hand.
Two of the kilns are being improved
and two more are to be erected. Ad-
ditional dryers have been built and an
exhaust plant to suck out the damp
ness is under contact. The machine
capacity OF the plant has been worked
up to $4,000 brick per day.
A despatch from London, dated
Monday, says: " According to advices
from Hiogo received to-day, the ship
A. G. Ropes, Of New York, from Hong
Kong about June Both for Baltimore
and New York, is probably total loss.
The damage to the cargo, however, is
believed to be slight.V The Ropes be-
longs to the firm of J. f. Chapman q
Co., of which A. G. Ropes is managing
partner.
Agent Welsh of the S. P. G. A. has
been having trials with the Shepard
Transfer co. One oyerworked horse
he ordered turned out, which was done,
and the horse replaced by one almost
as bad. Another horse could not draw
the mail wagon up Morris street hill.
Action has been taken against the To-
cal agent, the case being set down for
to-day. The Newark manager of the
concern has promised to send up some
respectable animals to 40 the work.