The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

came on Sun day night with killing
frost, freezing water in pals and
puddles.
Chanceman Wilday arrested IL. s..
Dewitt on Water street Saturday
evening, at 1890, for flashing re
vOlver at a woman.
Repairs have recently been made to
the earth banks Of the dam at Poca-
hontas Lake and considerable dry wall
built to hold the earth.
The Library collection of books has
been enriched by a twenty-four vol
ume edition of Scott's novels, illus
trated by steel engravings.
The trolley operations on Speedwell
avenue will probably, be suspended to-
morrow, the rails having caught up
Withthe sewer excavation.
The Morristown Glee Club has lost
its famous baritone singer, Irving
Myers, he having gone to Europe to
study for the Italian Opera.
The stairs are being put up in the
new police building. A small cesspO0l
is being constructed in the cellar for
use until the sewer plant is finished.
The Morris County Road Drivers
Association have turned over to the
hospitals S75, the amount received
from the meet at the Driving Park
last Saturday.
Invitation tickets have been issued
for the second annual masquerade and
dance, to be given by Naomi Rebec-
ka Lodge, No. %, in Elks Hall, Tues
day evening" October 30.
The Lackawanna has cha nged front
on the sewer crossing and have a gang
OF men placing long timbers under the
tracks for their better support while
the pipes are being laid.
Members and guests of Loantaka
Council Target Shoot to Newton, N.
j., on October %, 1907, will meet at
their rooms, Savings Bank Building.
at 8 O'Clock Tomorrow morning.
Oscar M. Buck, who was born in
India, and f. Janyier, a native Indian,
spoke at the regular meeting of the
Young Woman's Missionary Society
of the First Presbyterian church, last
Friday.
The annual reunionof the First New
York Engineers, in which number of
be held in the rooms OF Marcus u.
Ward Post, Newark, on Wednesday,
October Both.
The residence of Mrs. G. g. Bishop
.-sSS}n Elm street has been sold through
the agency OF. III. j. Gepung to DR.. L..
L. Mial, who for the past few months
has been occupying the Garfield house
on Morris street.
Miss. Bessie Cowling, of Denver, Col,
who has been visiting Alderman Owens
and family at the MelrOSe has gone to
visit her brother, J. P. Cowling, Supt.
of the Westchester Electric Light and
Power Co., at Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
The trolley tracks are laid as far as
Early street and from present appear
ances track laying will be tied up again
on account of the sewer work the Ia
borers being still busy quarrying rock
road.
The sidewalk abutting on the prem
iSeS occupied by the Field Club is be-
ing relaid to the great joy Of pedes-
trians having occasion to use that
side of the street. For years this.
J walk has been a brook in time Of
storm.
Old g Duke, :" who did service in the
parade as Fire Warden's horse, was
twenty-six years old last Spring. He
has done continuous service in Henry
w. Armstrong; livery stable for
twenty-four years and is yet a strong
able bodied horse
The wife Of Peter v. Stryker, gen
eral manager of the Morris 81 SCmer-
set Electric Co., died at her home in
Bernardsville on Thursday afternoon,
death following long illness of con-
sumption. Beside her husband she
leaves three small children.
Contractors have been figuring on
the construction of road starting OPP
pnsite the Lackawanna station at Mt
Tabor and running up to the high
plateau on the hill. The. road will
open up some very pretty lots which
will be developed by a syndicate.
Two young menfrom Bernardsville
were arrested Saturday night for being
disUrderly. Officer Rolf made the
arrests, and when they were searched
at the Police Station a revolver was
found on one Of the young men. He
was given four days time for refiec
tion in the County Jail.
w. +. Barkman has the general con-
tract for additions and alterations to
Luther KountZ'S Livingstone house,
on the Mendham road, to cost in all
about $4,000. A living room 25x40
feet, a dining room 21x2l will be added,
and other changes made. Mooney &
Lyons have the mason subcontract.
Miss May X. Baird, who recently
retired from the superintendency of
the primary department of the First
Baptist Church sunday ScnOOl after
nine years service in that capacity,
was surprised on Sunday afternoon on
a visit to the class to say goodbye.
with the gift OF box of silver spoons
from the class. Special exercises mark
ed the occasion, the former teacher
leading in songs and other features.
The Shelley Ice Co. plans to shut
down its factory on Cole avenue early
next week, after which the work of
tearing out the plant will be prose-
cuted on a wholesale plan. One of
the engines and compressors is already
down and much of the smaller fittings
etc, have BEEN moved. The walls of
the new factory or Water street are
rapidly reaching their upper limiU and
the roof will be started as soon as the
iron arrives.