The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-11-19
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Surrogate Young does not take Office
under his third election until January
18th.
Mrs. julius Catlin claims damages
of 81 900 from her horse getting into
an electric light manhole last week.
Hunter Gregory was arrested on Sat-
ur lay and held under $500 pail Ior Che
grand jury on a charge OF carrying con-
cealed weapons.
Arthur McVay, a young boy of Col
linSyille had one of his eyes badly in
iured by being struck with missile
from sling on Thursday.
A large leaf fire covering the great
eriportfon of the second Fort Nonsense
hill illuminated that portion OF the
. country on Friday evening.
Mrs. Aaron Schenck has moved the
harm on her Early street property and
remodeled it into dwelling house,
which she expects to occupy.
The annual meeting of the Morris
town Branch of the Needlework Guild
will be held in Y. NJ G. A. Hall. on
Wednesday, November goth, at $3.50
O'Clock.
The Morris County Teachers Asso-
citation met in the Maple Avenue
school building on Saturday. Ad-
dresses were made by a ndmber OF edu-
Gators.
Judge A. e. Mills, as special master,
has sold the A. G. Beam farm on the
New Vernon road to Robert d. Foote
whose premises it adjoined. The con-
Sideration was $4,000.
Dust conditions on the Park and
South street particularly were lntoler-
able on Sunday, great clouds OF DUST
blowing into the houses and into the
faces of people using the streets.
John Babcook, who escaped from a
constable after being indicted by the
last grand jury, was seen on motifs
street on Thursday evening. The pO-
lice were notified and landed him in
jail.
The annual memorial service of Nor
ristown Lodge, No. 815, b. L. =. Elks,
will be held in the Lyceum on Sunday
evening, December lst, 1907, at eight
O'Clock and the public is cordially IN
vited.
The Anchor Post Go. has had men
at work this week on the metal railing
to protect the new fountain. 1t is
probable that the work will be finished
soon now that the delay in metal
work is over.
The Morris township committee will
consider the proposed ordinance OF the
Morris & Somerset Electric 20. fo1
that municipality and also the matter
Of street lighting at special meeting
next Monday evening.
1t is now discovered that the general
tax act of 1903, which superseded all
other statutes on the subject, does not
exempt savings bank deposits from
taxation. The Attorney General has
the matter under consider alton.
The Junior Christian Endeavor So
ciety of the First Baptist Church will
hold it's anniversary entertainment or
Wednesday evening, December 4th.
A cantata The Bells of Benny Din
gle,'' will be rendered by the children.
Prof. Rogers, of Drew Seminary, will
lecture in the chapel of the Maple ave.
nue. school.building this Wednesday,
November 10Th, at 2. 30 p. m. Subject,
9 The Oldest Library in the World.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend.
The Gas Company is laying ten
inch main through Spring street, up
Morris to South and down that street
TO Elm, TO provide volume and pres
SURG enough to meet the demands.
The main is the largest yet laid in
town.
The chemical engine was called out
on Sunday afternoon to extlngulsh a
grass fire on the Lackawanna r. r..
property on Morris street which threat
ened to damage property stored there.
The flames were put out without any
difficulty.
At the meeting tonight of Loanta-
be debate between members of the
council and the Rockaway Council.
The grand officers are expected to be
present and rousing reception is
looked for.
The Myrkle- Harder Stock Co., be-
gan their engagement In the Lyceum
last night with big Hearted jim"
This company is without doubt the
best repertoire company that has came
to this city in several seasons and will
no doubJ play to capacity business.
Matt. Moore's horse rendering estab-
lishment between Whippany and Troy
Hills caught fire last Tuesday after
noon and was burned to the ground.
The owner states that he will build a
larger and better structure for making
marketable the carcasseS Of dead
horses.
The MorriStown Glee Club has start
ed rehearSing for its first Morristown
concert, to be given in January under
the supervision of Director Sidney A
Bald win. The opening number will
be short cantata, :" To the Genius of
Music, . for glee club, soprano solo and
piano.
A two-man team bowling tourna-
ment has been opened on the Rudinsky
alleys, the entries thus far being
Rudinsky and McCune, Shelley and
Thiel, Leonard and Lines. Pugh and
Hitler and West and Shelley. Games
are rolled any week day night. except
ing Monday and Saturday.
The practice of writing few lines
on the margin of newspaper must
be stopped, and the violators of the
postal regulations will be prosecuted
in the United States District Courts.
The Post Office Department has sug-
gested that the newspapers advise
their readers not to write on the mar