The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-27
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

The Soaring property on Madison
street has been sold to Cornelius Hally.
The Morristown public. schools close
on Friday for the usual vacation Of one
week.
The Morris Academy is closed for
the spring vacation and Will reopen on
April 18th.
Morristown Lodge, b. P. q. Il. will
hold a ladies night entertainment on
Friday evening.
The annual parish meeting OF the
First Baptist Church wall be heid on
Thursday evening.
Collins Weir is drawing plans for a
new house fox Max Duval TO be erect
ed at Morris Plains.
The Reading Telephone system Of
fers service to Pennington residents
for a dollar a month.
The engagement IS announced Of
Remsen Ditmars and Miss Jessie Nc
kee, Of Saratoga, N
Lackawanna surveyors were at work
about the local station on Wednesday
making measurements.
q. O.. Zeek has rented the store n
Park Place and will add it to its pres
emit piano store room about April !.
A.W. Bell and ]. #. Runyon will lay
concrete sidewalks IN front Of their
buildings on Park place this spring.
w. w. Cutler, J. T. Stevens, c. r.
Slater and n. G. Toms attended the
mason gathering at Trenton on We'd
nesday
Fred w. Smart and Miss Estella
Baird will be married on April 18th.
They viii begin housekeeping in the
Clark block on Morris street.
Patrick Mccormack has sold his
farm at Horse Hill to Gus SchOenmann
Of New York, through Cranes agency
and will remove to Newark.
/. B Dickinson has purchased a
gasolene engine, air compressor and
pneumatic stone cutting machine for
use in his yard on Morris street.
II. "a. and G. E. Babbitt will remove
their clothing store from Washington
street to the store in the Merchants
Block, now occupied by Cahill y 20.
The location Of fire alarm box GA has
been changed from the corner Of Sus-
sex avenue and Mills street to the cor
neT Of Sussex avenue and Cleveland
street.
"a members entertainment was given
ia the hall of the Y M. O. A. on We'd
nesday evening by Al r. Pierson ia
juggling, and j. Z. Rnnyon at the
pipe organ.
a four horse sleight load OF young
people went to Bernardsyille on We'd
nesday evening, Spending short time
at the residence of II. G. Rowell in
that village.
e. Fl Tomlinson has sold the old
frame building ON the lot near the
Methodist Church to Patrick Nealon,
who will use the material in house
to be built on Budd street
Mr.. and Mrs. q. II. Green left to-day
for trip through the South. Among
some of the places they will visit are
Richmond, Old Point Comfort Nor-
fork, Petersburg and Washington.
A number from Morrist0wn attend
ed the Junior Glass exercises OF Seton
Hall College at Columbus Hall, Orange,
Monday evening. r.. j. Barrett and
E. S. Burke, jr., are members Of the
class. :
Division Freight Agent Leroyd Of
the Lackawanna was ia town last Fri
day looking for a house. There was
nothing for him. The fact is that
more houses are badly needed in Nor
ristOWn.
Ground was broken on Tuesday for
the new buildings at ST. Elizaheth's
Academy. 1t was Just thirty years TO
day from the time ground was brok-
en- for the original group Of buildings
at Convent.
Superintendent Ketcham and party
inspected the buildings OF the Lacka-
wanna in MorriStOwn on Wednesday
evening. They were on a general in
spection trip and went on up the road
in a special train.
A public meeting was held in Dover
on Wednesday evening, Mayor George
Piers0n presiding, when it was decided
in effect that the right to use the
Rockaway river as a sewer should >be
maintained at all hazards
John V. Wise and Lloyd B. Tredway
represented MOrristOwn at the gather
ing at Newark on T esday called to
reOrganize the Democratic party in
this state Mr.. Tredway was appoints
ed member of the committee on
platform.
The Brotherhood of the South st.
Church will hold its regular monthly
meeting on Tuesday. March 9th, at
eight O'Clock. Samuel Z. Carter, Jr.,
OF New York, will give lecture on
Switzerland, illustrated by stereopti-
con views
Miss Bradford, Of Whittier House,
Jersey City, viii give talk about her
work to the Woman s Guild of the First
Presbyterian Church on Wednesday,
the 2StE Of March, at half past three
o'clock, in the church. The women Of
the other churches are most cordially
invited to attend
MRS. II. W. Miller has presented the
Morris County Savings Bank an en-
larged and c0lOred photograph framed,
OF her late husband, the late HenryW
Miller. The bank has also secured a
photograph of the painting OF Vice
Chancellor Pitney. Both pictures are
in the presidents room at the bank.
Main line trains passed through
M0rristown Wednesday night owing
to the BoOnton branch being blocked
by a wreck at Niger hill, where a big
hog engine went down The bank with
several cars by reason of a rail being
out for repairs. A tiagman was oat
but somehow the train did not stop
ma tha +r,tetaas ~ Rackinu Pirfna