The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-11-28
COUNTY AND VICINITY.


There will be no automobile hin.
climbing contest at Eagle Rock this
Thanksgiving day. More or less am
tagonism has been aroused over the
use Of the avenue for the sport aud
the racing men have given up the idea
W. B. Craig, has been appointed
Free Rural Delivery carrier. for the
new route from BeFnaTdsville which
opens on December l. No mail will
he delivered within half mile OF the
Village. The circuit extends over
eighteen miles
E. S. Tomps0n, of Brooklyn, has
purchased the George Richards es
tate, stock, land and buildings on
Prospect street, Dover Mr. Th0mp
son is president Of the Automatic
Sprinkling Company and he intends
to occupy the place himself.
An official order Of the Post Office
Department will close the offices at
Parker and FairmountOn January l5
These points are to be served by rural
| delivery from Caliion. Mail for these
points after that date should be adj
dressed to Califon, r.. f. D., No. 2.
| The new Green Village church is
making good progress. The lot on
which it stands is low and a frolic
was arranged for Thursday and Fri
| day. On the first day there were ten
teams and sixteen men at work. John
| Denman contributed Two teams on
Thursday and one on Friday
| William j Mehary, a post Office in
| Spector from the Philadelphia depart
ment of the Gen raj Post Office, after
a two days examination Of the ac-
counts Of Postmaster George w. Coop
! er, Of the Somerville post Office, has
given out a statement that Mr. Cooper
was short 1929 85in his postal account.
| The postmaster has disappeared
The drying tower Of the fire depart
ment will be completed In few days
and will prove one of the sights of
Madison. 1t is Sixty-hve feet in height
with a large open canopy top for a bell,
when funds are available for that pur-
pose. 1t is twelve feet square at the
base and four feet at the top, thus per
mitting the hose to be suspended from
fixtures at the top and raised and low
cred by pulleys
The Boonton Times of Friday
says 8 Yesterday morning when pe0-
! pie at daylight came to cross the
| Washington street bridge several
STICKS or dynamite were fOunu on the
bridge about $50 feet apart. A string
Of powder had been laid between them
and burned, but it failed to explode
! the dynamite. Some rumors put the
amount Of sticks Of dynamite at
| twelve, but from what we consider re-
| liable authority there we're two sticks
of it, enought to do great damage had
| it exploded. The bridge was erected
| by the county about eleven years ago
at cost of about $4,000"
The tearing down of the old Presby-
terrain Church on Main street, Chat
ham, during the last week, marks the
abandonment of the second oldest
church editice erected in Chatham.
| The building has been purchased by
| Thomas j joyce, local carpenter,
who intends to use the material taken
| thereon. This church was erected in
1882 and the cornerstone was laid on
June 7th Of that year. The first pastor
was the Rev. Joseph M. Ogden. Work
men have already come across several
ancient Inscriptions, while several old
coins, bearing dates Of fifty years back
have been unearthed among the tim
| berS.