The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-05
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


There were over 5000 books drawn
from the library during the month of
January.
The Swift Beef Co., is filling it's To-
cal storage room with twelve inch ice
from the Pocono region.
w. B. Davis has contracted with
Frank Lee for the construction of a
new house at Morris Plains.
The oil paintings OF Messrs. Blach-
ley and King which hang in the Lii
ibrary have been renovated.
The Phi Alpha Literary Society of
Drew Seminary held its annual ban
quet at Days on Tuesday evening.
The interments in Evergreen Gene
terry passed the 5000 mark last week.
The cemetery was opened in 1857.
Mrs. r. E. Greene has sold her Sum-
nit Photographic studio but will con-
tinue in the employ OF the new owner.
The Tapkaows won two out of three
IN the bowling contest with the Wav-
erlys of Madison on Monday evening.
Mail carriers held an entertain
ment followed by a dance in the
Chronicle building last Tuesday even
ing.
Geo. G. Gechnauer, of Harrisburg,
has come to Morristown to look after
the operations of the Northern Land
Company.
Mrs. Thomas Mast is planning a
sale of portion of her house furnish
ings, probably on some date during
the week of the eighteenth.
D'Agostino's Concert Band has been
Incorporated with the following trus-
tees Alfonso D'AgoStino, D. Monaco,
M. Sandelli, Q. Triolo and Joseph
Iorio.
The Incorporation papers of the Ma
tional Peat Fuel Co., have been re-
corded in the County Clerks Office.
The company has a capital stock of
100000.
Chief Engineer Runyon has had
racks prepared to hold the fire alarm
box numbers and locations for use in
the fire houses instead of the present
printed card system.
The thief who stole the Catlin
trunk in New York some weeks ago
has been discovered and some of the
stolen property recovered. The man
made a business of stealing trunks.
The Masons' and Brick Layers
Union have rented the Salvation
Army building on Water street and
will move their quarters to that
place from the York building on
April 1st.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Women's Auxiliary of the Young
Sol A iof
held in the association parlor on We'd
lesday afternoon, February 6, at
three-thirty o'clock.
The police stopped one of the Hager
family at the railroad station on We'd
neSday on a report that he was car
rying out of the county the gun used
in the tragedy. The weapon was Sc
cured and put in the custody of the
county officials.
The Woman's Union prayer meet
ing will be held through the month of
February in the chapel of the First
Presbyterian Church every Thursday
morning at half past ten O'Clock. The
women of all the churches are cordial
ly invited to attend this meeting.
The revival meetings in the Baptist
Church closed Thursday. There has
been an average attendance of over
one hundred at the twenty-five spe-
cial meetings and much interest mani
Tested. There have been number of
conversions. Several candidates will
be baptised next Sunday morning.
Twenty one persons received the
hand of fellowship at the First Bap-
fist Church at the communion ser
vice on Sunday morning. Eight of
those had come to the church by let
ter, most of them from the Trinity
Baptis5 Church, which recently dis
banded, while the other thirteen had
been received by baptism, five Of tie
latter having been former members of
other churches.