The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-18

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cup for ladies was played on Wednes-
day afternoon at the Morris County
Golf Club. Miss Cara Foster carried
off first honors, scoring three points.
Miss Bryce was next with two points,
and Miss Eleanor Whitney was next
with one point.
Thursdays papers contained ac-
counts Of a ST, 900 robbery at st. Eliza
beth's Academy. The foundation for
the story was the loss of valuableS to
the amount of about one fifth OF that
amount on June first. The story did
not emanate from the regular Norris
town correspondents.
St. Cyril Slovak Catholic Church
was dedicated at BoOnton on Sunday
where there are about fifteen hundred
Slavs within reach. Monsignor J M.
Flynn received the church in behalf
OF the bishop. About $4,000 has all
ready been raised for erecting the
church and other parish structures.
The residence of William @. Wilson
at Whippany was entered during Tues
day night, who ransacked the lower
floor and took the silver belonging to
the family a quantity of clothing, the
loose change to be found and other
articles. None of the members OF the
family were disturbed by the intruderS.
John B. Vreeland and A. G.. Phillips
have sold two lots which they owned
on Hanover avenue, Morris Plains, at
the railroad to the Arrowsmith Man
ufacturing Co. 1t is understood that
the company has purchased other lots
and will erect factory, moving their
manufacturing business from Chester
Justice Mahlon Pitney heard argu-
ments on Wednesday in the applica-
tion of Thomas Allen to have the bid
of Antonio Costa for the sewer work
set aside as informaE The justice up
held the action of the board of sewer
age in awarding the contract to Costa
whose bid was about 900 below that
of Allen.
The Italian American Citizens I'M
proyement Association has been incor-
porated as an organization not for prof
it. The trustees for the first year are /:
Nicholas Marinaro, Vincent AZzarro
and John Moglia. The object stated is
topromote the civic, social physical and
general welfare OF the Italian-Ameri-
can citizens in the vicinity of Morris
town.
AT the annual parish meeting of the
First Presbyterian Church held June
18th, The following we're elected: trlS-
tees, James r. Voorhees,, II. It. Hull,
Henry @. Pitney, Jr., Samuel Ell. Gill
lespie; treasurer, Henry Cory parish
clerk, Frederick B. Cobbett; members
of committee of fifteen, Chas. S. Bird.
Harry e. Tiger, Howard G. Hull, Kin
sley Twining, r. @. Caskey.
John Clafin has purchased eight
acres of the back land of the Thiele
farm which fronts on South street OPP
posite the race track. The tract adj
joins portion of the Whitney farm
which Mr. Clafiin purchased some time
ago and extends the Clafin estate to
the property OF Joseph w. Ogden. He
has had gang of men at work digging
bitches to drain the swampy portions
of the properties.
At the regular weekly meeting of A.
t. A. Torbert Post. No. "a, held on
Tuesday evening, June 4, Committee
of Patriotic Instruction, composed of
Past Commander. DR.. Stephen Pier
son, Comrade, Ira Mowery, and Chap
lain, Rev. Andrew M. Sherman, was
appointed, whose duties will be to
speak to the pupils of the Morristown
schools, as the Superindent OF Schools,
Board of Education and said commit
tee Shall arrange.
Eleven carloads of steel rails from
the Pennsylvania Steel Co. for the
Morris County Traction Co. have ar
rived in Morristown. lnaSmtlch as
the switch across the river TO the
yard, ETC., of the company at Speed
we'll are not completed the rails will
be unloaded in the railroad yard and
must be hauled to Speedwell avenue
on wagons. The rails are of the
grooyed variety and weigh about eight
hundred pounds apiece.
The tifty-third annual commence
ment of Seton Hall College took place
on Wednesday, when twenty-three
young men were graduated. The list
included Eugene Sebastian Burke, Jr.,
and Robert James Barrett, of Norris
town. The degree of bachelor OF arts
was conferred upon both of these
men. Mr.. Burke took a medal for sem
Tor class honors and the medal for me-
taphics 0. H.. high school honors were
awarded to Daniel Joseph Meskill.
Two tracts in the Spring Valley Sec
tion have recently been sold. One is
the Conkling place of fourteen acres
on which Mr.. Conkling reserves the
right to live on the lower side Of the
road during his lifetime. The other
is The Moses Murphy farm adjoining.
AS the two tracts lie between farms
owned by MarcelluS Ill. Dodge
and Mrs. Jenkins filing out their tract
it is supposed that they have been pur-
chased by these parties although title
was taken by others. The Dodge eS-
tate with these additions comprises
about four hundred and seventy acres
including the Silver Lake property.