The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-31
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Quits for the new caDle OnW aIer SureeU.
The red wagon of Resolute II. s. L.
Co., is being painted and reyarnished.
a Sunday School from Chatham had
a picnic at the Mills Pond on Satur-
day.
Members Of Trinity Sunday School
held|a picnic at Mills pond on Thurs
Gay.
Dickerson & Gill have begun work
on the New Vernon road improve
nent.
Charles Scribner plans to build gar
age 20x40 feet in size on his place at
Spring Valley.
The remains Of the late Augustus
Crane were taken to New York for in
terment on Sunday.
The freeholders have commenced the
repair Of Morris street, beginning work
at Washington avenue.
Rev. William Russell Bennett and
adelaide SchoOnover will be married
at Madison next Tuesday
Jesse Lynch, Of the Electric Com
pany, has been making current tests
of street lamps of the company
Large new signs have been painted
on The post Office windows to assist the
stranger in town to find the office.
r. "A. Enes has resigned his position
as agent of the United States Express
CO., in Morristown, effective to-day.
On Wednesday Governor Stokes re-
appointed Sidney Collins as member
of the Morris County Board Of Elec-
tions
The Colored Knights of Pythias had
a big time Thursday includingaa drill
by uniformed rank and other attrac-
lions.
DeCoster 81 Mills are the carpenters
and SturgiS Bros, the masons, on the
addition to the residence of G. G. FIRE.
linghuysen.
The single Of the PROTEST. on al
Chaffeur's Club Of America has been
hung out at the garage OF the Norris
town Garage Go.
The First National Bank has added
to it's equipment a handsome clock
with a marble slab cut in Ornamental
design for face.
During the month Of August the
shoe stores of George W. Melick and
Muchmore & Roman will close at
$50 p. M. except Saturdays.
Sam Monich, the convicted murder
ser of Mrs. Hattie Decker was resent
enced yesterday by Justice Mahlon
Pitney to be hung on August TO-
The officers of Enterprise Encamp-
ment L o. O. +. We're installed on
Iar nicf Don1lfu
Grand Patriarch Lunger, of Newark.
Mrs. Jennings is having an addition
built on her Hill street house. Noon
.ey & Lyons are the nasons g. A.
Gorden, carpenter. Collins Weir, arch
itect.
The library will be closed for clean
ing and repairs, Augustus, 1906. 1t is
requested that all books be returned
before that date without further
notice.
Samuel Ramsay has gone to Wash
ington. N. j., to take charge Of the
u. S. Express office there during the
absence Of the agent, who goes south
for year.
Coe & Mitchell have started the
erection of another house on Pine
street. K. B. Combs has the mason
contract, the w. III. Meslar Co., the
plumbing.
In special sessions last Friday Judge
Mills sentenced Oscar ViditO to the
Reformatory at Railway He plead
guilty to a charge Of larceny from the
grocery store of ]. w. Lassiter, OF Madi-
son.
Fl. Fine is considering extensive al
terations to his building corner OF
Speedwell avenue and High street,
including the raising Of the store to
the street level. Collins Weir is
drawing plans for the work
Tuesday, August It'll, will be a busy
day around the court house. The Coun-
ty Tax Board will meet in the County
Hall, while the County Board of Elec-
ton and the Freeholders' Committees
will meet at the Freeholders' Hall.
About forty people have gone into
the Cedar Lake Land scheme, and
force of men has started work clean
ing the muck out Of the pond. The
lake was formerly known as Cranberry
Lake and is located near Denville.
Salary increases have been allowed
by the post office department increaS-
1IlS Jll6 ClclA lIQLll ptUO w pcOV oAAA OAtV
from $500 to 5000. In Madison one is
raised from 500 to $500; in Dover one
from 5000 to $500; Boonton, one from
$500 to $780,
The annual midsummer rally Of
the Newark Conference Epworth
League will be held at Mt Tabor on
August 10. The afternoon address
will be by Rev. Stanley f. Davis. the
evening by Rev. A. H.. futile, D.. d.
The telephone company has large
force of men at work digging test holes
on Water street, preparatory to laying
"a subway from the park to the town
line, connecting there with the new
line now being built through Whip
pany.
p. L. Struble met with slight ac-
ecident on Wednesday but contrary to
report is attending to business as u.s.
ual His assistant, John Cook, how
ever, had several ribs broken by being
4, thrown from vehicle at st. Mary's
Cemetery.
A tremendous thunder clap on Satur-
day night which much reSembled gun
shot in sound, caused much speculaz
3 Gion as to what had been struck.
Nearly everybody who referred to it,
Thought that it had hit near where
tney were at the time, but no damage
has been reported. ~