The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

to sixteen men by Judge Mills last
Friday.
The stretch Of sidewalk on Speed
well avenue in front of the West End
Hotel has been improved with concrete
sidewalk and curb.
Rev. f. B. Dwight will preach at
the South Street Presbyterian Church
on Sunday and Rev. j. B. Beaumont
at the First Presbyterian Church.
New cement walks are being laid in
front Of the old telephone building on
Market street and the Timmon's prop
erby on Washington street, corner of
High street.
a meeting under the auspices Of the
Republican Good Government Club
was held at Denville on Wednesday
evening, addressed by F. R. Kellogg
and G. e. Axtell.
The Morris Sand and Concrete Com
pany has received a cement block ma
chine and erected building in which
to house it at the sand pit on the NOR
ristOwn q Erie Railroad.
The Christian Endeavor Society Of
the First Baptist Church had a sale OF
ice cream and cake ON the church
lawn on Wednesday evening for the
benefit Of fresh air work.
Next Monday is Labor Day, a legal
holiday, consequently the post office
will run on holiday hours with one de-
livery of mail The LaekaWanna II.
r.. will be run on holiday schedule.
The Morristown Safe Deposit Co.
has elected II. T. Hull, secretary, and
A. B. Hull. treasurer, to succeed j b.
Ayers, resigned. j. Ell. Madigan has
been appointed assistant secretary.
A children's party, with refresh
nnents, etc., for sale, will be given for
the benefit of the Summer Shelter in
the woods at A I'll. Persons place,
corner of Soaring and Centre avenues,
on Thursday afternoon.
The chemical engine was called to
the residence of James PrendergaSG,
81 Phoenix avenue on Saturday morn
ing BY chimney fire. 1t was found
necessary to use part OF a tank OF
chemicals to put out the fire, but the
damage was trifing.
Cleveland street is in the throes of
a paving and curbing epidemic and it
is expected will be all paved before
winter sets in. Speedwell place paw
ing and curbing is finished and work
on the roadbed has been started.
Verona Lake Park seems the attrac-
tion this year for Sunday schools. The
last opportunity to visit this resort
this season will be given by the First
Baptist Sunday school tomorrow.
Train leaves the Erie station at $40
a. m.
The fire wardens will make their
annual excursion September 10, to
Glenwood, Il. l., near Oyster Bay. The
committee of arrangements is George
T. Allen, j. J. A. Owen, Edward A..
Quayle, Carl VOgt and Geo. FL. Bull
Wrinkle.
The Oliver Drake Co. has the heat
ING contract for a new boiler house to
be erected by e. b. Thomas. The new
building will be about two hundred
feet from the mansion to which pipes
will be run in a conduit, taking all the
ashes and dirt out Of his cellar.
The Methodist Sunday school car
ried two hundred and ninety-five per-
sons on the trip to Verona Lake Park
on Wednesday, including twenty
members of the LittletOn Sunday
school. A pleasant day was spent be-
sides the attractions offered at the
park.
The road committee of the freehold
erS and street committee of the alder
men held a conference on Monday in
regard to better paving for Morris
street. No action was taken and the
Joint committee adjourned to the call
Of Alderman Day. who acted as chair
man.
The Prohibition party of Morris
county will hold their County Con-
vention and Basket Picnic at Sh0n-
gum Lake, Labor Day. Convention
at IL a. M, and at p. M. an address
bv James Parker, of Jersey City.
Stages will leave the Park, Morris
town, at $50 a. m.
Contracts have oeen let as follows
for George B. Raymond snew house on
Ogden place Sturgis Bros, mas0ns;
DeCoster & Mills, carpenters; L. B..
,STompkins, plumbing; E. J Thatcher,
painting; n. j. Engineering and Con-
struction Co., electrical work; r. O..
Walsh is the architect
The Morristown Sewerage Commits
sion has employed the engineering firm
of Williams,s Proctor q Potts OF IT
State street, New York, to make a
map Of Morristown showing streets,
lots. buildings and topography gener-
ally. a corps of men under the charge
of the junior member of the firm has
started on the work which 1T is esti
mated will require between four and
six months to complete. The firm
made the map of Newton recently.
The remains of Mrs. Edward Terry
who died in Dresden some time ago
arrived in New York on the steamship
Batavia on Friday. Mrs. Terry was
the widow of the late Admiral Terry
who died some years ago and her re-
mains viii be buried alongside those Of
her late husband at Annapolis. She
was sister in-law of Admiral Cooper
and a niece Of Ex- Mayor John Edward
Taylor. Her home was in Detroit but
she has been a frequent visitor in Nor
ristOwn. For some years past she had
resided abroad.
The store keepers on South street
between Days and De Hart street
raised a fund last Tuesday to pay for
the overtime required to roll that sec
tion of the street at night time rather
than during business hours. II work
ed well from the business standpoint,
in fact it is hard to see how succeSSLul
rolling could he done with the traffic
running, but those who reside nearby
we're loud ia their lamentations on Enc