The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-09-24

The registry of votes as recorded so
far is as follows: First Ward, first
district, 321 second; 456 !: Second
Ward, first, 416; second, 42S; Third
| Ward, first, 1876 second, 288; Fourth
ward, 49l total, 2,79l. Morris town
ship, 635.
One of the correspondents OF the
| Washington Star tells of a man OF re-
markable power, painter by trade
| 1.-THE bakery, which is occupied by VIM.
Miller & Son, is receiving a new coat
Of paint from the hands OF Andrew
| Huffman"
A man known as English Billie
was found in the woods on the golf
grounds on Monday morning with
zone of his legs broken. He refused to
tell when or how he was injured and
brought to Morristown for hospital
treatment.
Rev. Oliver G. Horsman will give a
reading at the home of the Misses
Morris under the auspices of Glasses 3
and 4, of the New Vernon Presbyter-
ian Sunday School, for the benefit of
the chapel fund on Wednesday even
ing, September 25th at o'clock.
The enrolment of the public schools
up to the first of this week is 1878.
There are $50 in the High School,
somewhat less than last year. The
commercial course has been extended
to four years. There are hfty-tve be-
ginnerS in the Maple Avenue School.
The residence for Lloyd Saltus on
Miller road is making good progress.
The maSons have finished the brick
work which extends up for the first
story and the carpenters are putting
on the second story beams and getting
the frame OUT for the upper portion OF
the house.
The Socialist party will nominate a
county ticket by petition as follows :
For State Senator, George Hirshman,
Jr., of Morristown for Assem- blymen.
George B. Sharette, of Morristown
aud f. j. Harvey, OF Rockaway; for
Surrogate, William ScheppS, of Ran
dolph Township.
Rev. Franklin B. Dwight, of the
South Street Presbyterian Church,
with Mrs. Dwight, travel through the
West during October. In his absence
the pulpit will be supplied for two Sun
days by Rev. Charles Erdman, OF
Princeton, a nephew of the former pas
tor, and by Rev. Douglas McLelland,
of Liverpool, England.
Four men were naturalized before
Judge Mills on Wednesday. One was
| a Swede, one an Italian, and two 9TH
ers Germans. A fifth man German
of intelligence, property owner in
| hod hi m III
til January because he could not con-
verse in the English language which
under the present law is required.
The Postal and Western Union Tele-
graph Companies, both of whose lines
are on the poles crossing the new park,
have made overtureS to the Morris and
Somerset Electric Company to lay adj
! ditioral ducts for the use OF the tele-
graph lines so that the wires can be
removed from the poles. The present
plan is to run the cables up Morris
street instead of Water street to the
Park as at present.
One of the incandescent street light
ing circuits of the United Electric Co.
comprising tifty-Six lamps OF Wash
ington street. Western avenue, Speed
we'll avenue. Early and other streets
was out of business all night Wednes-
day night. The moon was not in evil
dence either, consequently pedestrians
had to avoid the ups and downs of the
sidewalks and other distractions as
best they could.
The publishers of Who's Who In
America" which is a biographical die
tionary of notable living men and wo-
men of the United States, have re-
lquested Rev. Andrew M. Sherman, Of
this city, to furnish them with The
data for a sketch of his life, and list
of the books of which he is the author,
for use in the next Issue of the above
named publication, which is expected
to appear about the first OF January,
1908.
The Erie has put in commission an
all-steel passenger car that is practi-
cally non-wreckable. 1t weighs nearly
100, 900 pounds and of this there is but
300 pounds of woods or other inflam.
mable material. and this has beer
thoroughly fireproofed. The weight Of
the car is it's only bad point from an
operating view, but it is expected that
the designers will profit by experience
and produce a steel coach OF equa
strength, but of lighter weight.