The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-21
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Rev j. B. Beaumont preached at
Chatham On Sunday
The freeholders have commenced the
repair Of South street, starting at the
Park
A large delegation Of local Woodmen
went on the excursion to Coney Island
Thursday.
The degree team of Morris Lodge /.
@. @. r., went to BOonton on Friday
night and initiated two candidates.
The annual gathering Of the Crane
family will be held on Friday, August
3lst, at White Oak Grove, Pine Brook.
Special trains were run on the Nor
ristown & Erie Railroad to Verona
Park Thursday to the Changers pic
mic.
There are at present sixty children
at the Summer Shelter, the largest
number accommodated there at one
time.
The maple trees near the manse Of
Che First Presbyterian Church which
were affected by the scale have been
removed.
Meetings for Jews with preaching in
the Jewish language are held on Wed
nesday evening in the hall over the
post Office.
Fred Ayers died at All Souls Hos
pital on Wednesday from a cOmplica-
zion of diseases. He leaves a wife and.
two children
The Shupe s. Simmins Company has
sold lot No. .16 Jardine road, Olyphant
Park, through Frank D. Baldwin, to
Harry A. Grove.
The Young Mems Catholic AssOcia-
ton will have dinner next month to
celebrate the tWenty-fifth anniversary
OF the Association.
Rural letter carriers, after January
LIST next, will enjoy the privilege OF l5
days annual vacation, with pay, as is
now accorded the city letter carriers.
All the ice which was stored at Den
vile by the Mountain Ice Company
has been loaded up and shipped, the
last of it being sent last Friday.
Three hundred and twenty-one pass
engers were carried on the excursion
of Calvary Baptist and Bethel A. M.
e. Sunday schools to Cranberry Lake
Thursday.
Secretary Alleman of the Morris
County Traction Company states that
it is the intention of the company to
elevate the whole highway over the
Chester Branch tracks at Kenvil.
The board of aldermen met In spe-
cial session on Thursday evening with
five members present and resolved TO
raise ten per cent. to cover the detici-
ences in the collection OF the Tax levy.
In the DOGGY handicap at the Morris
County Golf Club on Saturday but few
cards were turned in. Morgan X.
Smith won the match with Enos
Wilder, second, and Harold Vernam,
third.
The question is asked every week,
Where do the Sunday DRINKS come
from? One person reports five seen
on the park at church time on Sunday
and five times that number seen DUR
ing the day. There undoubtedly is. an
increasing number seen on the street
Sundays.
A temperature reading 100 degrees
in the sun was reported from the sum-
NIT of Mount Washington on Sunday,
and unusually hot conditions prevail
ed in the White Mountain district. At
the base of Mount Washington the
mercury registered between 80 and 96
degrees in the shade.
Hawthorne g. Baldwin, who have
been connected with a roller skating
rink in Asbury Park have rented the
old Wyanoke Hall in the Merchants
block and will open it as a roller Skat-
ing rink on September first. They In
tend to have two hundred pair OF ball
bearing skates for the opening while
two instructors will be in attendance.
w. L. Mills has changed the location
of his ice factory and has Marinarro &
Tremalo at work building the stone
cellar walls for the new building which
under the arrangement will be along
side the Whippany river. The floor
will be on a level with the bridge near
at hand. Men and teams are at work
grading down the ash dump and hill
nearby to fill in the low ground.