The Morris County chronicle., 1907-09-03
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

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mary election day.
The local post..office is handling the,
new series Of postal cards.
The milk inspectors we're in town on
Tuesday and sampled the fluid handled
by the local dealers.
SURVEYS have been made to start the
work of grading and macadamizing
the court house lane.
The Gas Company is laying new
mains on Flagler street and will lay a
main through Mills street.
The McAlpin Estate is having the
lane adjoining THE JERSEYMAN office
repaved with cobble stones.
We have received an unsigned an
enouncement Of an engagement which
of course we will not publish.
The sewer work hes been a blessing
to may persons having lots or side
walks which needed filling In.
A new stamp-canceling machine
with a speed of 900 imprer siOns a min
ute has been set up in the postoffice.
Charles Gatchall Of the Morris
County Traction Co. has removed from
Kinney street to 134 SpeedWell avenue.
Collins Weir is drawing the plans
for the new brick and concrete build
ing for the Shelley Hygiene Ice Com
pany.
The drying house Of the Forcite
Powder Co. at Lake Hopatcong blew
up on Saturday. No one was injured.
The Morris township school opened
this morniug. In the Hillside school
Miss McFarlin succeeds Miss Tall
madge.
The Morristown Public School will
not open until week later than usual
for the fall term, the date being Sep
tember 9th.
The Washington Water Company
will spend 100000 in building an a6-
ditional reservoir, laying new waite r
mains etc.
The successors of the Andrews Drug
Co. are moving their business from
South street to the vacant store in the
Bell building.
The S. p. G. A. has offered a reward
of S25 for the arrest and conviction OF
the person who left dog tied in the
Malapardis woods.
The Bernardsville horse show will
not be held this year, owing it is an
nounced, to the absence OF number
of interested persons.
IT. II. Meskill is grading and macad-
amizing road for Mrs. U. II. Mellon
from Franklin avenue to the new gar
age recently erected.
The seventeenth annual reunion of
the Both Regiment of the N. j. Vet.
Vol. Association will be held at Rah-
way. on Wednesday, September Is, at
IL a. m.
The Morris & Somerset Electric Co.
has rented for a term OF years, the
store on South street adjoining the.
Office of the eHs-Fargo ExpreTs for
an office.
The Chatham board of education has
established kindergarten in connec-
tion with the public school system
there. Miss M. L. Stevens has been
engaged as Kindergarten.
In the annual intercity matinee
races held at Cleveland yesterday and
to-day, Dewitt @. Flanagan drove his
three horses, KinStresS, 2094. Vito
ment, 2.l74, and Deputize, 2.lS4.
The Morristown Free Kindergarten
will reopen on Monday, September 9th,
in the rooms Merchants Block Parents
are earnestly requested to send their
children on the opening day IL possi-
BILE.
Roxiticus Lodge l. o. o. f., will be
visited this Wednesday evening by
Crystal Lodge of Summit, which will
present the local lodge the emblem
known "a bunch of sticks" Wis
itors are also expected from Newark,
Irvington, and other places
The management of the Mansion
House is now prepared to serve on
short notice and expeditiouSly dinners
of the highest order. This arrange
ment will furnish a pleasant opportun-
ity to auto parties from Newark, the
Oranges, and other places in this Sec
tion.
Tt is probable from present indlca-
tionS that the drinking fountain now
located in front of the Becker building
will be removed to the little park at
the junction of Morris and Elm streets
where it will be set up near the tire
hydrant at the corner OF the park
nearest Hill street.
The Lackawanna r. r, Co. has a
gang of men erecting the gate house
at the Morris street crossing much to
the disgust Of many Of the residents
of the Vicinity who point out that it
occupies about half of the sidewalk
and cuts off the view up and down on
the walk.
One of the large trees in front of
the Parker building on Park place
cracked on Saturday morning. A
warning sign was put up and Street
Commissioner Dickson put man to
watch it. After dinner four blows OF
an axe brought it down. There was
only an outside shell of wood the in
terior being all rotted away.
The old grand jury room will be
made into more of court room than
it has been in the'past. Collins Weir
has drawn plans for a judges platform
and desk six feet eight inches by ten
feet in size, a jury box and witness
stand. The old wardrobe and the
present platform in the room will be
taken out to make room for the inn
provements.