The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-30
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Augustus L. Revere has sold a house
and lot on COLUMBIA street to Rose
Ossre.
Sheriff Shaw on Monday sold the
Anna Myers property at Boonton TO
M. S. Condit.
John w. Hays is paving the side
walks in front Of his premises on Hazel
and Liberty streets.
The United Electric Company has
its gang OF conduit layers at work on
James street at present.
The Morris County Poultry Assoc
citation will have it's next show on
January 7 to IL inclusive.
The Morris County Board of Fire
Underwriters enjoyed a dinner at NO
lan's Point last Saturday.
There was an interesting practice
game of polo between members OF the
Whippany River Club on Tuesday
M. X. Everitt has purchased the
Michael Clinch tract Of nearly an acre
on the Todd road at Morris Plains.
Harry Klimmit has sold lot $50 by
200 feet on Malcom street to Ira Mes
lar through the agency OF d. J. Ge-
hung. There is Six-rOom mouse on
the premises.
Dempsey & Cooney are at work on
quite extensive alterations to The re-
fort house of the MorriStown Gas Com
pany making room for boiler and
new machinery.
1t would be we'll to make sure that
all Library books are returned by Aug.
3, for the fine of two cents per DAY for
over due books will continue until the
Library is opened.
The suspension of work by the con-
duit gang OF the United Electric Co.
did not last long and they have reach
ed town limits on Morris avenue with
the underground work.
a force of men was started at work
this morning cutting the brush from
the site of the power plant OF the Nor
riS 81 Somerset Electric Co., and dig
ging test holes for the foundations.
The large house for Alexander @.
Humphreys has progressed so far tna6
the carpenters are putting on the raft
ers. The barn is enclosed and the
shingles are being put on the SIDES.
Al. B. West returned home on Tues
day afternoon from the Orange Mem
orial Hospital where he has been con-
fined by the injuries received from a
fall from building in East Orange.
The board of health has taken meas
ures to have the sewer connections
made by the contractor properly in
Spected. A fee Of 81 to cover the ex-
pense of the inspection will be charged.
A six inch cannon ball was discov-
cred while excavating for the improve
ments upon the Merchants National
Bank at Newton. 1t is believed tc
have been cast at the ancient Andover
FORCES.
Charles S. Whitman, who spoke be-
fore the Mems Club of the First Pres
byterian Church few weeks ago, has
become Justice in the Court OF Spec
iaI Sessions in New York and has re-
signed his place as a city magistrate.
George Butler has been appointed
First Lieutenant of Company B., Uni
fed Bows Brigade of America. Major
General J. c. Van Horn, Jr., of jersey
City. will probably install the. COM
pany into the brigade next Tuesday
evening at $40 p. m.
DR.. Asa Trimmer started work on
Wednesday clearing up the ruins OF
the Trimmer fire. DR.. Trimmer will
clean up the bricks and use them in
the erection of one story building
which will contain four stores. The
front will be of cement blocks.
The Wagons and building of the cleo
trio company have been decorated
with more signs, this time the Public
Service Corporation of N. J. Lessee.
Formerly the plant was the Morris
County Electric Company. United
Electric Company of N. j. Lessee.
d. @. Flanagan had three entries in
the events at the Empire Race Track
last Saturday. His b. M. Kinstress
won the mile against time to be at 2. Ii
In Eli. Vitement, b. g., came in fourth
in the G. Glass q 17), and Deputize, b.
e. was third in the Q @ Glass GID.
The three fires of last week depleted
the stock of hose so much that after
the third fire there we're only three
lengths of dry hose left in Morristown.
The wisdom of the extensive hose pur-
chases of the past few months was
justified by the necessity which arose.
The four-year-old son Of Samuel
Rankin, section boss of the Lackawan-
ma had leg broken on Wednesday
He was sitting on pile OF ties with
some other boys. The ties started to
roll and all the boys except Rankin
jumped off. Rankin was caught with
the above result.
Sturgis Bros. resumed active build
ing on st. Peters tower on Thursday.
The building operations have been
tied up since the laborers struck. Two
OF the old laborers returned to work
and five Italians were hired in addi-
ton. The maSOns have been pointing
walls during the strike.
Cotton thread, recently increased in
price to six cents spool, is now to be
further advanced to ten cents. In
creased cost of cotton and an advance
in wages are the reasons given for the
increase. Independent manufacturers
declare that when cotton was selling
much higher than it is now, thread re-
tailed for five cents.
The barns of f. p Olcott at Ber-
nardSville were struck by lightning
early Friday morning. The live stock
and utensils were saved, but the other
buildings, with the exception Of the
pig stye, were burned, together with