The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-19
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

been appointed sheriff's attorney by
Sheriff Shaw.
Rev. W. b. Reed, Of Orange, was in
stalled ON Sunday as pastor Of the
Madison Baptist Church.
The cold nights have resulted in
very good skating, which has been en-
joyed by the young people.
ii is reported that new railroad
will be built over the mountain con-
necJing the TeabO mine with the
Wharton & Northern 4. Il.
The police, acting as truant officers
are doing most effective work in
Morristown, and may be seen daily
bringing truant children to the schools.
The Woodport Hotel & Land Co.
has been organized with a capital
stock of 1926, 600, shares of a par value
sOf 500. IRE incorporators are Thomas
Bright, Rebecca Nichols and Irene
Wood.
The fire alarm was sounded in the
Maple Avenue Public School Thurs
day while the pupils were in the chapel
to test the efficiency of certain assign
mentS made in readiness for such aeon
stingency
wednesday, December 27ta is the
popular day for the Sunday Schools to
have their Christmas entertainments.
The Methodist school, however, will
have the exercises on the Friday after
Christmas.
Phoenix Branch, the Grand F'rater-
nifty, will have an entertainment and
dance In, the lodge room, Chronicle
Building, tonight. Miss Helen M.
Miller, reciter, will be the attraction
for the evening.
A small boy wearing short pants
was seen lying along the sidewalk at
the corner of Morris street and Ridge
dale avenue, on Tuesday night drunk.
Two men finally picked him up and
saEried him home.
Eney Grupelli has finished the erec-
ton Of a concrete foundation for j. w.
Ogden's new residence, and has started
making ten thousand concrete blocks
for the house to be erected. The
foundation took three hundred cubic
yards of concrete.
Mrs. Thomas Malley has applied for
letters of administrators of the estate
OF her late husband Thomas Malley.
The National Iron Bank has filed a
convaet against her assuming the
position which will be argned before
Judge Mills on Wednesday.
The mails have already begun to be
heavy The post office clerks have been
put on holiday hours, ten hours per
day instead of eight and the substitute
clerk will go on duty next Monday.
Two substitute carriers have been add
I'd to the outside force.
The Morris Academy now issues di-
pl0mas to students completing the pre-
acribed course of study. The first to
complete the course under the present
management was Harry Ogden Bates,
Jr.. and duplicate of his diploma has
has been framed and hung in the school
room.
The Morris Medical Society met at
Memorial Hospital las Tuesday. DIR.
Henry A. Cossitt, of the State Hospi-
tai staff at Morris Plains, presided.
.pr. Winfield Ayers, OF New York,
gave practical illustration of cystos-
copic work, on the treatment of the
kidneys, bringing patient with him
upon whom he operated pr. II. III.
7 Seward, OF NJ addison, lso read a paper
The town authorities and Felix Mann
are having somewhat Of a dispute over
the repairing of the barn on Water
street which was partially destroyed
by fire. Mann claims that he is only
repairing the structure, while the Off
Gals claim that it is rebuilding within
the fire limits and is punishable with
a fine Of $40 per day for every day the
building stands. Meanwhile Mr.. Mann
his work of repair or rebuilding.
The w. H. Dutton Co. expects to
move into the new garage in the rear
of the Washington street buildings in
a few days. The only delay is in the
setting of the turntable. This is being
built after plans by the company will
be twelve feet long mounted on ball
bearings and will be used to turn au-
tOmObileS, saving the large space re-
Quired for turning otherwise. The
building viii be used for winter stor-
age until spring
The Morris County Traction Com
pany is still pushing work of cOnStruc-
ton on Mine Hill. On the east side OF
the hill the tracks are being levelled
and earth excavated from the side for
the Dover viaduct fill. On the west
side track laying has progressed beyond
the church and poles are up to the
Roxbury line. There is considerable
heavy grading on the west side Of the
hin on which work will be continued
during the winter.
Fire losses on the Speedwell avenue
buildings have been adjusted. The
total loss on the Cornell buildings has
been fixed at about SO, 800, figuring that
the loss on the building in which the
fire started is total e. f. Co0ney has
been allowed 5000 damages. He al
ready has plans out for repairs which
will include a metal front running up
three stories and Stag roof supplant-
ing the old gable single roof. Collins
Weir is the architect.
A lecture on the Education Suit
able for the Negro" by Prof. Gregory
w. Hayes, Al. M, president OF the Vir-
ginia Theological Seminary and Col
lege, will be given at the Calvary Bap-
fist Church, Willow street, on Tues
day, December 10th, at eight p. N.
President Hayes is a full graduate or
Oberlin College, Ohio, ripe scholar
and an orator OF the first magnitude.
1t will be a rare treat to hear him.
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