The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-12-05
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


Holly Bros. have sold their paper
business to Nicoll Bros
Conductor Sliker, Of the I.ackawanna,
is again laid up with rheumatism
The Field Club skating pond is be-
ing flooded and put in shape for skaf-
ing.
Willie Weir will go to Summertime,
S. G., about December - for tne WIZ
ter season.
Geo, Kronenberg, who has driven
the u S. Express truck has given up
chat position.
Roy N. Berry, Of New Rochelle, N.
ri, spent Thanksgiving with relatives
in MOrristown.
A surprise party was given MISS
Katherine Lane, Of Clinton street, on
Tuesday evening.
w. o. Stiles. late with Jaqui & CO.,
has taken the position Of bookkeeper
for FL. M. Salkind.
Thanksgiving exercises, with speak
ing by the pupils, were held in the
Hillside school on Wednesday.
Instead Of shovelling snow the street
department laborers spent Monday
scraping Washington street and Park
place,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Vernon enters
tanned the Muchmore family at din-
ner on Thursday. There were thirty
present.
A. K. PiersOn has started a concrete
fat rendering factory building on the
farm he recently purchased on the
New Vernon road.
The collection at the union Thanks
giving service amounted to S66 II and
will be divided between the Memorial
Hospital and Old Ladies Home.
Al. v. Il. Wulf has rented the va
cant store in the Y NJ. @. A; Buildlng
and will move his dyeing and cleaning
business there about December 10,
The regular meeting of the Women's
Auxiliary of the Y M G. A., will be
held ia the Association parlOr, We'd
nesday, December 9th, at $50 p. M.
James Lawless is erecting a new
home on Albeit avenue. MarinarO u
Trenollo have the mason contract,
(lanville & CASTOR the carpenter work.
Ripley Ropes arrived home yester-
lay from New York where he has
been under treatment for the past
week for an injury received at Prince
ton.
The football game between the Nor
ristown and Bellville high schools set
for THANKSGIVING was cancelled on ac-
count of the wet conditions OF the
grounds.
Misses Anna and Madge Hall, Of
Denviile, attended the Army and Navy
football game at Princeton, Saturday
last, as guests OF their cousin, Captain
Horton w. Sickle, of West Point.
Mrs. Joseph +. Young returned to
her home on Ridgedale avenue on
Tuesday from the hospital, where she
has been for ten weeks. She will have
10 remain in bed for two weeks yet.
Memorial Hospital received thirteen
turkeys as gifts for Thanksgiving, the
same number as last year, but for some
reason other contributions did not
come up to the quantities Of last year.
The Hilderbrant horse and wagon
stolen from BernardSyille some days
ago was found abandoned in the road
near Port Morris on Wednesday morn
ing, and has been returned 20 the
owner.
Theodore d. Peck became manager
of the New York branch of "A. @ Ed
wards & Co, brokers, OF ST. Louis. to-
day, with Offices in the Empire building
Mr.. Peck has been with Post u F'lagg
for tho nact fhrap wears
In a cross country run Thursday af-
ternOon, from Ear Hills to Demands
vile, James Roberts, Of MOrfistOwn,
defeated Andrew Mauer, of Bernards-
Vile, by about six yards. The course
was between the main road and the
Lackawanna track.
Road Supervisor Thomas Malley was
taken very III with gall stones after he
went home last night. Three phySi-
clans worked over him. one remaining
all night. His condition this morn
ing was reported as slightly better, al
though he is very i'll.
The members Of the Friday Evening
Club will read with especial interest
in the current number Of the Century
Magazine the article on PellcanS by
Frank VI. Chapman OF the American
Museum OF Natural History, who is TO
be the speaker at tile next meeting OF
the club.
J. w. Pierson, the steam laundry
man, has inaugurated unique guess
ing contest. TO the boy who guesses
nearest to the number OF collars and
cuffs that will go through the laundry
will receive gold watch and 10 the
girl who guesses the nearest vii so a
large doll
The regular quarterly meeting Of
the M0rrist0wn McAll Auxiliary will
be held on Tuesday afternoon Decem-
Der fifth, at three O'Clock, in the par
Tor of the South Street Church. Two
or three interesting letters will be
read, and a brief talk from Rev H..
b. Dwight is expected.
Richard A. McCurdy has resigned
the presidency of the Mutual Life In
Surance Company. The trustees on
Wednesday accepted the resignation
and elected Frederic Cromwell presi-
dent pro TEN. W. IL. Truesdale and
Stuy veSant Fish are named as probable
successors Of Mr.. McCurdy.
The prolonged drought was broken
on Tuesday BY light fall of snow. fol-
lowed by heavy and continued rain.
Conditions were becoming serious,
springs having dried up, brooks run
law and fine frn1nprt nj q frnpzo.1lD