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

H. NICK. Twombly will build a hew
and much larger dairy at Florham
Park.
John Denman is laying 566 lineal feet
Of paving and curbing on Mills street
for f. g. Burnham.
w. G. VanDoren has taken possession
of his new suite of rooms IN the NOR
ristown Trust Co., building.
Miss Lottie Holloway had her pocket
picked or else lost her purse contain
ing $12 at the Carnival on Tuesday.
The Lake road is being improved
with macadam from Sussex avenue to
the town line and between the bridges.
Rev. James f. Riggs, DID,, will oc-
cupy the pulpit of the South Street
Presbyterian Church during the month
of August.
The New York mails did not arrive
this morning until eight o'clock on.
account of the destruction of the Ho-
DUken terminal.
A committee has purchased 120
yards of the carpet replaced at the
First Baptist Church to cover the floor
of Mercantile Hall,
Miss Marian Forsyth was present at
the marriage Of the German crown
prince in the chapel of the royal palace
in Berlin last June.
The local postotfice employees had
the Job of forwarding 800 letters on
Tuesday to MorriStown residents out
of town at present.
Malcolm Danna, twenty years Of age,
a resident Of New York, was drowned
in Lake HOpatcong on Thursday. a
leaky canoe was the cause.
A fine cement sidewalk has been.
laid in front of Papps' laundry on
Speedwell avenue and the cutters in
that vicinity are being cobbled.
The population Of Summit is 6,845,
an increase of l,543 since 1900, or 80
per cent. In 1880 Summit numbered
1910 persons, and in 1890 3, 5O2.
William Prisk, driver for the N. J.
81 Penna. r.. r., fell from truck with
a barrel Of flour on Saturday and was
SO badly injured that he was taken to
All Souls Hospital.
John w. and Enoch G. Myers, of
B0OnbOn, have organized the Myers
Concrete Block Company for the man
facture of hollow and solid concrete
building blocks in Boonton, and will
use the Winget system.
A sale and supper will be held in the
chapel of the First Presbyterian
Church, Mendham, on Tuesday, 'Au-
gust Is, afternoon and evening. Fancy
articles, Days ice cream and candies
will be on sale. Supper will be served
from $50 p. m.
Wells, Fargo & Co. opened their ex-
press office in MorriStown on Tuesday,
under the direction Of @. d. Fessenden'
as agent. Two wagons were put on
with good horses topull them. There
has been some little delay in the ar
rival of the fittings for the Office on
South street.
Marshal Dobbins before leaving Nor
ristown on Monday after delivering a
collection of gambling machines seized
at Lake Hopatcong, stopped IN local
store to get cigar. He found a ma
chine like some Of those he had secured
in full operation and promptly seized
it and took it to the prosecutor.
Supplies at the Methodist Church
for August will be as follows: August
6, Rev. George Mooney, Of Plaintield
August Is, Rev. DR.. A. HI. Lucas, OF
Montclair August 20, Rev. John t.
Mcfarland, editor of 1.-THE Sunday
School journal August 81, Rev. DR..
James E. Adams, Of Hartford, Conn.
DR.. f. Fl. Humphreys has complet-
ed the wall and iron fence along his
street frontages on Sussex avenue and
Mills street and is having a concrete
sidewalk laid. Mrs. HoltOn is imprOy-
ingthe corner opposite at the interSec-
ton Of Speedwell place by a curbing
and making little park at the corner.
The Dover Index says: The trolley
has been running just one year be-
tween this place and Wharton, and in
that time over 300, 900 passengers have
been carried between the two places.
The cars have been running between
Dover and Rockaway eight months
and 200, 800 fares have been regis
tered"
The Morris County Board Of Elec-
tiOn organized on Tuesday by the cleo
ton of A. A. Vance, chairman, aid
G. A. Fairchild, clerk. The other men,
bers are Sidney Collins and Eugene j.
Cooper Messrs. Vance and Fairchild
have been commissioned for two years,
the others for one year. The board
will meet again on August 18th.
Helene Parteschunck, a German girl
employed by the Misses Timm, pro-
prietors of the Park delicatessen, rob
bed her employers of some money, Jew
elry, ETC.. and "Wednesday left town.
The police were notified and the wO-
man was found in Madison where she
had walked. Justice Stilwell commit |
ted her TO jail on a charge Of larceny.
Resolute Fl. s. L. Co. elected the fol-
lowing officers on Wednesday evening:
president, Irving e. Salmon: foreman,
DIR. G. Mills; asst. forman, +. A TrOw-
bridge; clerk, e. Harold Payie treas
urer, S. O. Griffith. Jr. steward, Dr.. |
Fl. NJ O'Reilly; drill master, f. A.
Trowbridge. After the election the
members went to Days for refresh |
ments on the invitation Of the officers,
Fine old trees dying in section of
MorrlStoWn are giving property owners
considerable apprehension. On Elm
street several are dead and others
affected. On Madison avenue still
others will soon be gone. Foresters
and government experts have been |
written to regarding the matter.
Some say the gas leakage is responsible |
while Others admit that they do not
know what is the matter. 1t is to be |