The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-01-02
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Mrs. William PruQen Tell While
alighting from a carriage on WedneS-
day evening and broke one of her arms.
George Kronenburg has secured the
position of stock clerk with the N. Y.
Nm. ]. Telephone Co. in the Morris
town Office.
The furnishings of the Skidmore
house on South street have been re-
moved to New York where Mrs. Bond
mas rented fiat.
A number of horses in Morristown
rave been taken i'll with the horse
d iSeaSe at present prevalent IN TINS
section of the country.t
Ground has been broken for the new
$1,000, 600 hospital for the insane which
is 10 be built by Essex county, at Over
brook Station in Verona.
Vice-C Chancellor f. w. Stevens has
purchased of the SkidmOre estate the
house formerly occupied by A. q.
Hackstaff, on Madison avenue.
Keeper Orr has taken the five boys
sentenced to the Railway RefOrmatory
and one boy, committed to the reform
School to those institutions.
The regular meeting of the Women's
Auxiliary OF the Y. NJ. G. A. will be
held in the Association parlor Wed
nesday, January Bird, at $50 P. m.
The Ballantine Brewing Co. has cleo
red Geo. G.. FrelinghuySen, preSid emit;
Charles Bradley, yice-president and
j. @. II. Pitney, second vice-president.
Mr.. and Mrs. William f. Ely, Of
Florham Park have announced the
engagement of their son, Fred s. Ely
to Miss Daisy Floreta Hopping, alsoof
Floriiam Park
1t is reported that George Maccul-
loch Miller probably will be chosen by
the trustees of the Mutual Life to
succeed Robert A. GranniSS as first
vice-president of the company.
Charles Willett, who has served sew
eral terms in Trenton prison for Of
fences in Morris county is again in the
tolls, this time in Newark for obtain
ing money on bogus checks.
The young people are enjoying the
skating on the ponds available here
abOuts. The only draw back is the
warmth of the days, which causes the
ice to become soft
Mrs. David Swackhammer died at
her home near SuccaSunna last Thurs
day. aged 81 years. Her husband sur
wives her. She was an aunt OF Mrs. l.,
N. Leek, of Morris street.
The local pastors of the churches
which usually unite in union services
here decided tohave special union SER
snor ~, Dn
The time set for the week OF prayer
Mrs. Mary White has applied at
Reno, New, for a divorce from her
husband, Henry White. They were
married in MOrriStOwn in 1884 and
have lived here much of the time since
then.
An important meeting of the Nor
ristown-Chatham A. A. will be held
at the Tapkaow Club, M0rriStown, on
Wednesday evening, January 3. All
members and creditors are urged to
be present.
William +. Dorflinger has just COM
pleted $4,000 residence in Essex
Fells. The house has a frontage of
about hundred feet and contains
over twenty rooms. The design is
early English.
In order to remove pollution, New
ark has offered to help the village OF
Newfoundland to provide a water sup
ply and sewerage system, the whole TO
cost about S75, 1000. Water would be
taken from the Clinton reservoir.
Edward P. Hamilton g. Co. have sold
forVice-C Chancellor Stevens to William
". Lidgerwood the plot Of land at the
end OF Headley road comprising i've
acres; Alfred Mills acting for MI
Bidgerwood.
The woman's union prayer meeting
will be held through the month OF
January in the chapel of the South st.
Presbyterian Church every Thursday
morning at 1870 O'Clock. The women
of all the churches are invited.
At a club shoot held on the grounds
OF the Morris Gun Club on WedneS
day, Eugene Pierson, captain of the
team, secured the Annie Oakley
trophy for the first time, also the Laf-
lin Il Rand cup on score of y out of
rs.
Stacy Beeks Betzler has been en-
gagged as athletic director Of the Madi-
son Academy. He will have charge of
the gymnasium work, also of basket
ball, base ball, and the preparation
necessary for holding field day next
spring
The committee appointed by the re-
cent public meeting. called to consider
the factory question, has added TO the
number the following named gentle
men R. wv. McEwan, Charles y. Eos
ter, John Simmins, r. Hurtzig, w. a.
g4auenstein and s. @. Griffith. Jr
At meeting Of Orange chapter,
Sons of the American Revolution, an
annual pilgrimage of the members to
some historic spot was discussed. The
first visit will be to Washington S
Headquarters in Morrist0wn, and a
committee named to make a report.
The MoTristown High School Basket
Ball team has arranged a schedule of
games for the winter. At Belleville,
anuary 8: Belleville at M0rristOwn,
January N; MOrristown at Orange,
February 3; MOrristOwn at Orange,
February I; Hillcrest at Morristown,
february l6.