The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-07-04
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Building
The Hanover township special school
meeting will be held in Whinpany on
Thursday.
Wilson s. Griffith are rebuilding q.
w. Cauldwell's barn recently de-
sstroyed by fire.
The pupils of the Redeemer Sunday
School enjoyed an excursion 10 Gran
berry Lake on Monday,
The board Of freeholders will erecta
high fence in front Of jail structure to
shut out the view Of Western avenue.
George vi. Bower 81 Son have drawn
plans for cottage to be erected by E-
B. Thomas. on his Loantaka road eS-
tate.
Marshal Holloway and Sergeant
Morrison have bloSSomed out In new
caps of yachting design, with white
tops.
w. III. Mitchell is building 5000 feet
of Telford road for Gustav e. Kissel,
extending from his new home to Sus-
sex avenue.
d. S. VOORHEES, has contracted for
the purchase of the Misses StevensOn'S
house on Maple avenue. Title is to
pass July 18th.
Dennis Murphy, an elderly resident
OF Locust avenue, fell dead when near
the court house on his way to work on
Wednesday morning.
The Epworth League of the Metho-
dist Church held a pleasant social and
spelling bee In the Sunday school
room Of the church on Wednesday
evening.
Willie Schurr had one of his arms
broken at the base ball game on Sat
urday afternoon by being thrown over
a railing in the crush, at the point OF
the game.
Isaac Katz has sold his house and
lot on Early street to Mrs. Thomas =.
Reed. Mr.. Katz will break up house
keeping and with his wife and daugh-
terwill board.
w. f. Barkman has the contract for
a pergolia for Gordon Macdonald
to be erected near his tennis courts
and for an octagonal spring house for
Rudolph Kissel.
Contractor Gogherty has commenced
the new drain across the Pitney &
Marsh tract to drain Pine street and
adjacent property. Very large tile
pipes are being laid.
B. M. Henderson, has his new
double house on Water street under
construction. j. Frazer, of Morris
Plains, is the mason, Arthur FL.
Brown, the carpenter.
A meeting to further the Montclair
tunnel project and secure better ser.
vice to New York will be held In Coun-
ty Hall on Wednesday evening. All
are invited to be present.
The new Smart building on Elm
street is being erected of all HANOVER
brick, common brick for the exterior
walls, hollow brick for the interior and
bevelled edge hard face brick for the
front.
Representatives Of Swift s. Co., are
canvaSsing the local butchers trying
to secure the hide and fat trade now.
carried on by. a local man. The beef
men are Offering higher prices than
the local concern.
Pulpit supplies for the South Street
Presbyterian Church have been en-
gagged as follows July Is, Rev. J. B.
Beaumont July %, Rev. f. B.
Dwight; July 30, Rev. Chas. A. Herr,
ID. d., August, Rev. James f.
Riggs, ID. d.
The First Ward Bridge Committee
received bids on Friday for repairs to
the Albeit avenue bridge. There
were three bids for replanking, the
lowest Robert Dalglish $342, and the
highest S472.47, For painting there
was only one bid, Horsefeld & Son for
S147.50
w. B. Blackwell, who recently pur-
chased the Gautier place Of William
Cook, is remodeling the house, build
ing an addition, replacing the plumb
ing and putting in hOt-water heating
plant. The Oliver-Drake Company has
the plumbing contract and w. K. Da-
Wis the carpenter work.
Roxiticus Lodge, No. 90, 1. o. o. r.
elected the following officers on We'd
nesday evening: n. g., Geo. Hid: V.
e., James Grove; trustee, j. b. Stur-
qis. After the election there was a
pleasant social time. Installation
will take place next Wednesday even
ing.
The Morris Township board of edu-
cation met on Wednesday evening and
re-engaged Miss Cunningham as teach
er in the Hillside school and Miss
Florence McGuirk at Union Hill. Esti-
mates are being secured for finishing
an additional room at the Hillside
school.
James McIlravy, of Cold Spring,
son Of Andrew McIlravy, of Speed
well avenue, was drowned in Oscawan-
ma Lake on Wednesday. McIlravy
had been out rowing with Miss Lizzie
Healey, of Gold Spring, who also was
drowned. Hats belonging to the pair
and an empty row boat were found.
John Martin, a prisoner in the coun-
ty jail, who had served his sentence
and almost finished working out his
costs walked away from jail ON Tues
day while supposed to be working in
housing the winters coal supply. He
went cOatless and with coal blackened
face and apparently told everybody he
met that he had escaped from jail and
long term Of Imprisonment. He was
captured before he had been out twen-
ty-fOur hours.
Vanatta Council, No. 1923, il. .. TT.
A. NJ, elected the following officers on
Monday evening Councillor, r. @. i
Meeker vice councillor, S. ID. Bevans
III, past councillor, w. FL. Mullin: re-
c0rding secretary, G.. W. Hill assistant
recording secretary, G. FL. Marshall
financial secretary, III E. MulIin treas