The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-20
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


Wells Fargo s. Co. opened an ex-
press Office at Whippany on Iuesaay.i
The Gas Company is laying new
main on Albeit ave. and Lincoln sU.
Wells Fargo g. Co. will open an ex-
press Office in Morristown on August
Rev. DR.. Little officiated at the
services of st. Peters church on
Sunday
James S. Hall has sold his house and
lot on Prospect st. to Martin Wander
hoof for $4,000.
"A sneak thief entered the cottage at
the Bolding House Wednesday even
ing and secured considerable goods
An invitation round robin tennis
tournament is the attraction at the
Morris County Golf Club this week.
The first Of the new common bat
terry telephones was set on SATURDAY
in the Erie station. The number is
594.
H. 4. Niese's residence at Pickattiny
was entered during Thursday night
by some one evidently in search Of
food.
The extensive dump on Speedwell
ave. opposite Cutler place has been on
fire since Saturday to the discomfort
of the neighbors.
The Hillside and Collinsville public
schools close on Friday. The other
schools in Morris township have been
closed for vacation.
The services in the Methodist
Church on Sunday will be held in the
Sunday School room Instead OF the
auditorium owing to repairs.
The gospel wagon will start the
summer campaign with meeting on
the park on Saturday night and on
Water st. on Sunday afternoon.
The Morris County Traction Com
pany has filed a certificate In the office
of the secretary of State increasing its
capital stock from $25O,000 to $780,
900.
The connecting stage for the New
Jersey & Pennsylvania r. r. now
waits the arrival Of the SIP p. m. train
on the Lackawanna.
The New Jersey Society Of the Gin
cinnati, of which Rev. f. Landon
Humphreys is president, will meet in
Morristown on July 4.
The commencement exercises of the
MorriSt0wn High School will be held
School this Friday morning at ten
o'clock
Henry Carroll has returned from
Springfield, Mass, where he has been
attending the Y. M. G. A. Training
School taking the course for physical
directors.
Charles Morgan, of Dover, a former
Lackawanna conductor has been in
dicted by the Hudson county grand
jury, on two charges of enlightenment
from the railroad.
DR.. f. II. Humphreys is building
a concrete wall SurmOunted by an iron
fence along the Sussex ave. and Mills
ST. fronts of his property, and win also
lay concrete sidewalks.
The Neighborhood Sewing Society
made nearly 5000 by the fair and sale
held on the grounds of @. w. Vernon,
corner OF Morris st. and Ridgedale
ave. on Saturday afternoon.
About twenty men have been ex-
PEELED from the Summit Fire Depart
ment by the chairman of the Town
fire committee, for not having rend-
cred the service expected OF them.
While going down Morris St. hill on
Thursday morning j. ". Parker's
automobile slipped in the mud and
Slowed around the rear end striking
Mrs. w III. Thompson's carriage and
bending an axle.
A. B. Frost will give an exhibition
and sale of original drawings in the
Miller Building, No. 10 South st. for
one week beginning Wednesday June
21. The exhibition will be open from
$50 a. m. till dusk.
Fred P. Nichols, of Montclair, re-
fused to stop his automobile on Sun
day when signalled by mounted officer
Osborne The latter overhauled the
automoblist and caused his arrest.
He was fined SIS and costs.
A horse show will be held at the
Whippany River Club on Saturday
afternoon July /. There will be fifteen
classes. The entries close June "a.
The affair is In charge of G. f. Cutler,
r.. A. GranniS and Arthur Whitney.
Miss Vermilye's school, 4 Perry
st. closed on Thursday Of last week.
On the next day there was an exhibit
tiOn Of the work of the pupils which
was viewed by quite a number of
people and the scholars and teachers
received many compliments.
The State census was finished on
Wednesday. Although the fgures
have not been given out it is thought
that Morristown has not yet reached
the $4,000 mark, growth during the
past five years being slow, in at least
one ward practically no change.
Edward Quimby Of Phoenix ave.
went to Memorial Hospital on Thurs
day suffering from bullet wound
through the tleshy part of one of his
legs. He was trying to cut the ham
mer OFF the revolver with cold chisel
and hammer when the fire arm went
of.
The trolley line from Wharton
through Dover to Rockaway has been
tied up for several days on account of
the armature of the only dynOmO
burning out. The dynomo had been
running for year lacking fifteen
days and there was no duplicate to
replace it.
Watonnnk Tribe, Improved Order
of Red Men, is arranging for the sec