The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-07
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Der of paintings recently.
The local building mechanics unions
have organized trades council.
The woodworkers in the two local
planning mills struck ON Monday
Mounted Policeman Osborne is
again on duty on Madison avenue.
The county board Of election can
yassed the>sewer election vote on Mon
day.
The iourneyman BARRIERS are the
latest body Of workmen to organize a
union.
A new time table is expected to go
into effect on the Lackawanna on Sun
day next.
L. G. Hall, the local telephone man
ager, has rented T. B. Reid's house on
Early street.
A large number of candidates were
confirmed at the Church of the AS
sumption on Sunday.
Thirty-seven candidates were init
ated at the meeting of the local Tall
Cedars last Friday evening.
Efforts are being made to organize a
fire company at Morris Plains. A
chemical engine is the machine de-
sired
Charles Mutt has. sold his farm Of
twenty-threesacres on the Jockey Hol-
low road. 1t is supposed that Luther
Kountze is the new owner.
Edward P. Hamilton & Company Of
New York City, have rented for the
summer the residence OF Philip Llv-
ingston, on Madison avenue.
The letter carriers of New Jersey
will meet this year at MOntclair on
May 30. There will be a parade, a
business meeting and banquet With
a vaudeville performance.
The Charles Raymond tract near the
Morris Plains station has been sold to
parties allied with the Morris County
Traction Co., who according TO report
will cut it up into building lots.
The Dalrymple Hastings Company
is having siding laid from the Lacka-
wanna into the yard so as to unload
lumber direct from the cars to the
sheds. New concrete piers have been
built under the approach TO the coal
trestle.
e. l.. Foster has been putting the
dust settler known as Trerra Cola on
South street from Madison avenue to
Elm street, Elm street, Franklin
street, Franklin place, Hill street, and
parts of James and Madison street.
County Clerk Voorhees, has been
presented with curiosity taken from
Lake Hopatcong in the shape OF
good sized stone, the shape of a human
foot enclosed in moccasin. He con-
templates sending it to the State mu-
scum.
The fine lotion Miller road between
the residences. of j. g. Williams and
Fl. K Morgan, Jr., has been sold
through the agency of W. B. Wood, to
Lloyd Saltus who intends to build on
the site. The lot is about l50x600 feet
in size.
Rev. E. D. Webster closes his en-
gagement as assistant pastor OF the
First Presbyterian Church on the first
of June. AS has been announced he
will Officiate at the Memorial PreSby-
terian Church at Dover during the
summer.
Contracts for the erection of two
story addition, 30x40 feet in size to the
BoggS House on Elm street have been
let to Mooney & Lyons, masons; w. f.
Barkman, carpenter. The old Kitchen
wing has been torn down to make room
for the addition.
The sewer election was to much for
the members of the election board Of
the second district of the First Ward.
Freebooter Burchell who was filling a
vacancy has since been confined to his
bed, and Fl, P. VanGilder was taken
i'll the next day.
Stanley MeSlar, the little blind son
of Charles Meslar, fell down the out
side cellar steps of his home on Cohb
place on Saturday and cut his head so
badly that several stitches had to be
taken. The doors had carelessly been
left open by one of his brothers,
The, police were notified on Sunday
afternoon that there were several
DRINKS in the rear of the Wright black
smith shop on Speedwell avenue.
When they arrived on the scene all
had departed except one, John Tierney,
who was taken to the lookup at once
T. W. caldwell has been elected
vice president and treasurer OF the
Safe Deposit Company and Charles A
Hull a director to fill the vacancies
caused by the death of the late A. B.
Hull. J. Fl. Madigan has been elected
assistant treasurer as we'll as assistant
secretary which latter office he has
held for some time.
A notice has been sent to the several
ire companies that r. B. Troxell had
been appointed acting first assistant
engineer of the fire department. The
notice has already caused considerable
talk in the department. therapeutics
is assistant foreman of the ReSOlute
ii. & L. Co George Cobbett who was
appointed to the place was sick at the
time of his appointment and has not
as yet regained his health
DR.. J. A. Campbell has purchased
the Garrabrant place at Washington
Valley of Fred. HI. Garrabrant and
Mrs. Harris Thompson. The tract
comprises about $50 acres and is near
another tract owned by the purchaser.
The price reported is $4,000 DR..
Campbell will spend about $4,000 on
improvements to the buildings. lie
has lately removed from one OF the
Whitney houses on the Mendham|
road to the Jones place for the sum-
mer,
The Morristown Glee Club will give