The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-09
Local. HAPPENINGS.


The exterior woodwork Of the Maple
avenue public school is being painted.
The boys, choir of the A. M. E.
Church went on q picnic Wednesday.
James Croy has been appointed sub
stitute letter: carrier for the local post
office,
The street6epartment has grayelled
Albeit avenue from Water StreeU 10
the bridge. ! @
The Lyceum Building is being i'm
proved by kalsoming OF nails on the
the first floor
Lackawanna engineers staked out
the proposed gates at the Morris
street crossing to-day.
The board of ffaehoiders will meet
this wednesday morning and the
BOARD of excise in the evening.
George G. Smith has been appointed
a member of the Morris County Board
COLLECTIONS, representing the Demo-
cratic party.
The Morristown Trust Co., has paid
to depositOrs since organization ON
december 10, 1CSA, p1yO1f, lOo.Oo IL -
terest on deposits.
Charles Eggleston has purchased a
lot on Fairview place of J.V.Wise and
plans to erect a house on it for his own
occupancy at once
The Van Dorm mill property was
sold on Monday and bid in by the
former owners, William A. and Fred
erick r. Van Dorm.
r. Kelch has purchased lot on
John street and will build a house
there at once. He is already at work
on shop on the lot.
Henry G.. Carroll has accepted the
position as physical director at the
High School of Brookline. Mass.
The Schooley's Mountain hill climb
ing contest has been postponed from
July 4th to July 9th on account OF the
progress of the repairs OF the hill.
The Methodist Sunday School has
suspended the sessions OF the primary
department of the school for the
months of July and August.
:Itis estimated that there were 5000
pe)ple at Lake Hopatcong on July 4th.
There were 200 tickets sold to No
lan,s Point from points along the q.
E. h.
Thomas Keys, brakeman on the
Morristown & Erie r. Il. had the mid
die finger of his left hand cut off this
morning while coupling cars. DIR.
Wheeler attended him at Whippany..
The Apostolic Church of Jersey City
has pitched it's tent on Albeit avenue
on the Jardine trace and will hold
nightly religious meetings and SER
vices on Sundays all day for several
weeks.
The telephone company has taken
down its aerial line OF about thirty
wires through Centre street. Cole ave,
nue. and Water street, and removed
the cross arms. The phones are now
served from the underground ducts.
Theodore N. Vail, president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company was elected president Erl-
day of the New York Telephone Com
pany, at meeting of the board of
directors of the latter company, to
succeed Charles f. Cutler.
A. A. Vance has received a letter
from Governor Stokes notifying MN
of his reappointment as member OF
the county board of elections. George
@. Smith also received a letter from
the governor instead of a commission
from the secretary OF state as is the
usual case.
A freight train on the Lackawanna
was held up at Lincoln Park on Tues
day night by a party of armed men
who tagged the train with a red Ian
tern, then guarded the crew with re-
yolvers, while others of the party broke
open cars and piled freight into a Wag-
on provided for it.
AS an illustration of how sanitary
conditions will affect a school it has
been reported about town that Cor
nell University suffered in attendance
from the epidemic of typhoid fever a
few years ago. During the fever year
the registration was 1922, and the
following year 3,O9l.
A summer evening tea under the
auspices of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
Sionary Society of the Methodist
lawn July 10, from to o'clock. Sup
RCI Will UC SOlNO0 dlu NthS3 NoehNJ 49,
ice cream will be on sale. A cordial
invitation is extended to the public.
The Court of Errors and Appeals has
rendered a decision against the insur-
ance company in the case of Kate Owen
against the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Co. for $500, the amount of pol
icy on the life of her husband, John
Owen. Vreeland, King, Wilson &
Lindabury we're the attorneys for Mrs.
Owen.
Rev. John J. Mcdonald, pastor of
St. Patrick'S Church and dean of the
Catholic clergy of Binghampton. died
on Thursday. He was stricken with
paralysis three weeks ago. Father
Mcdonald was born in Morristown,
N. j., sixty-three years ago and re-
ceived his early education in Exeter,
N. H.
A strawberry and ice cream festival
was held Monday evening in the Union
Chapel in Collinsville. Besides the
refreshments sold very enjoyable en-
tertainment was rendered. Among
those who took part were Walter An
derson and Benz. Darlington, viOlinists;
Norman Simpson, vocalist, and Elmer
M. Applegit, magician.
There were interesting matinee
races at the Driving Park on Thurs
day afternoon. The 2.25 trot for che
club cup was won by @. McCollum'S
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