The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-11-27
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

OF Stevens Institute.
The Morristown Lodge of Ellxs will
hold a memorial service in tile Lyce-
.um on Sunday, December End.
I'll. S. VanBuren is having a $1,000
gallon cement reservoir built on his
place. Eney Grupelli has the contract.
Thanksgiving Day service will be
held ia the Christian Science rooms,
Babbitt building, Thursday at il a. M
j.. X. Burke's High Glass yaude-
vile Co., will be the attraction at the
Lyceum Thanksgiving afternoon and
evening.
Mrs. Fox, organist at the First
Presbyterian Church will give an or
gan recital on Tuesday evening, De-
cember 4.
A civil service examination will be
held for the position Of clerk and car
rier in the post Office at MoTristown,
on December 18th.
The union Thanksgiving service will
be held this year in the Methodist
Church at 10 "a. M, this Thursday.
DR.. Erdman will be the preacher.
The regular meeting Of the Wo-
mems Auxiliary OF the x. M. G. A..
Wednesday, December 9th at $50 p.
m
Archibald j Wolfe will speak on
Thrilling Adventures in M any
Lands before the boys at the n.
M. G. A. on Thanksgiving afternoon
at four Of clock
Another front fence which has dis
appeared to the improvement CT the
place is that which UP to few days
ago stood in front Of the Church OF
the Redeemer.
The Y. M. G. A. will have an infor-
NAL social or Wednesday, when the
special guests will be the living
charter members and former presidents
OF the association.
George Macculloch Miller is erect
ing a wall along WetmoTe avenue,
where the grade of the curb as recent
1y set is considerable above the level
of the adjoining garden.
Game Warden Minard has spent
two DAYS in this vicinity stocking
streams with trout. He put out TWEEN
IT'S small trout or 5,075 in all.
e. B. Thomas has contracted, with
s. M. Toms for group of farm build
ings to be erected near the cottage
near James street. The group will
consist of a COW stable, farm horse
stable and hennery.
Louis Terrerri who received the
black hand " letter some time ago
has received another this week to the
effect that considering the fact that he
is a poor man they have scratched his
name from the list and he need not
feel apprehensive.
The annual visit.tO the farm of A.
G. Phillips last Friday by Eugene Car
rell, d. F. Sturgis, Frank milford, II.
g. Wolfe, @ r. Whitehead and @ Il.
Wilson resulted in the killing of TWEEN
ty-one head of game. Breakfast and
dinner we're served at MIR. Philips
residence.
Six candidates were Initiated in the
first degree of KnighthOOd in the local
Knights of Columbus in their rooms
on South street last evening. A large
number of visiting Knights were inl
attendance. A smoker followed the
degree work and refreshments were
also served.
The Tapkaow Club has decided to
have a banquet on Linc0lt1as Birth
day. Tournament in billiards, pool,
chess and other games will be held
during the winter. A committee has
also been appointed to consider and
report a funeral benefit scheme for
members of the club.
This Thursday being legal holiday
there will be only one delivery OF mail
and the post Office will be open for two
hours In the morning. The Lacka-
wanna will run on holiday time table
and of course banks and stores gener-
ally will be closed.
The sale is reported of the Hubert
Hartigan stock farm property. 1t Is |
thought that the probable purchaser
is Philip Kearney whose essate the
tract ad[Oins Charles Holloway, who
has occupied the property for some
time has returned TO New York.
The Presbytery of Morris and Or
ange meet in the chapel of the First
PRESBYTERIAN Church this Wednesday
to observe its annual day of conference
and prayer. Sessions will be held at
1880 a. no. and p. m. Rev. Q. 3. Nc
Afee, of Brooklyn, will speak at both
sessions.
The Lackawanna has reduced the
section gangs to four men and lamp
man, in addition to fOremen, hardly
enough to handle a rail. This reduc-
tiOn looks as if MOrriStown residents
will be obliged to wade through the
snow over railroad property this COM
ing winter.
John Duffy, bookkeeper for the w.
FL. Meslar Co., had a bad fall on Tues
day evening. He went to the back
yard on an errand and fell down a well
hole leading to the cellar, which had
been accidentally left open. He man
aged to crawl out in dazed condition
and is under doctors care.
The employees OF the National Iron
Bank on Monday presented Robert d.
FOote, the. vice presidenJ, handsome
cut glass punch bowl with ladle and
dozen glasses to match. The presen-
cation was made in celebration Of his
occupying his new mansion at Spring
Brook Farm. Isaac Babbitt made the
presentation speech to which Mr..
FoOte replied
The annual meeting OF the board OF
managers Of the State Hospital at
Morris Plains was held yesterday and
the following officers elected John @.
EiSele, OF Newark, president pr. y