The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-22
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
J.w. Egbert is i'll with nervous grip.

&OCQ dAN IClu1DIOllO0 gAAO CAAO AONA4A' l
at 1872 South street.
The POcahOntaS Dam Association
has issued an appeal for $4,000 to pay |
for the dam and other work.
1st Assistant Chief Engineer Geo.
Cobbett, has been confined to his
house for some days by illness.
Rev. I. L. White and sister, Miss
Esther B. White, have returned from
their trip to Naples and Rome.
Independent Hose Co., has secured !
a new horse for its team. 1t made its
first run to fire on Wednesday.
Charles E. Shelley and DR.. II. S.
Wheeler. have gone on "trip to Tex
as, expecting to be gone about six
weeks
Albert Loppacker, former Norris
town man, has been elected foreman OF
Essex Hook g. Ladder Co. of Bloom
field.
Walter 3. Wood has rented his
house on Maple avenue for term OF
three years from May first, to Mrs.
Slade.
Rev. G. Kennedy Newell will adj
dress the Brotherhood of the South
Street Presbyterian Church next Mon
day evening.
Ell Thatcher has contract for re-
decoration of Charles W.. McAlpin'S |
house at Glen Alpin. Lionel Moses is |
the architect.
Robert Gourlle, former physical di-
rector of the Y. M. @. A., conducted
fbo ,raop1c rum ;, ciI1no a1accnC IN We'd |
nesday evening.
The Memorial Hospital desires con-
tributions of books. suitable for the
nurses to read also old linen and cot
ton for bandages.
Manuel johnson has been elected
quarter master sergeant of A. i. A
TOrbert Post, G.. A. r., to succeed the
late James HI. Couch.
The Morristown Club on Saturday
evening reelected George b. Ray
mOnd, PRESIDENT; Henry Shaw, Secre-
tary, and W. B. Wood, treasurer.
The Christian Science Society will
open a free reading room in the Bah
bitt building next week which will be
open every afternoon from two until
five o'clock.
Charles Prescott, from the Long ISL
and r. r., became local ticket agent
of the LackaWanna Friday, succeeding
Mr.. Tyack, who has held the office for
some weeks past.
The managers of the Morris County
Savings Bank have appointed Horace
G.. Wolfe, secretary and treasurer to
fill the unexpired term of David H.
Rodney, deceased.
Lewis McCracken, father of William
McCracken, died at the home OF his
sister, Mrs. James Burnett, at Madi |
son Saturday night. The deceased
was resident of Hackettstown.
James Rosso has decided to build
his new structure on Flagler street OF
brick, three stories high. Glanyille is
putting on the first story beams and
N. Marinaro has the mason contract
w. FL. johnson has rented the store
in the Revere building on Washington |
street opposite the Mansion House and |
will remove his barber shop from the |
Bell building to the new location about |
April first.
Wednesday was the 53rd anniver-
Sary OF the running of the first paSsen-
ger train between HackettStown and
Newark. They are making about the
same time yet-Says the HackettS-
town GAZETTE.
Patrick Welsh, a Boonton resident,
disappeared last Wednesday night. |
On Friday morning his remains were
found in the Rockaway river below
the silk mill. 1t is believed that his
death was accidental.
The board of directors of the Young
Mems Christian Association has resell |
we'd to discontinue the courses of en-
tertainments after the present course. |
The entertainments have resulted IN
a deficit for the past two years.
The Methodist church has appointed |
committee with George q, Smith as
chairman to secure entertainment for
the persons who are expected to at
tend the conference which will open
in the Methodist church on April 3rd. |
Michael Mehan fell from one of
RoSebaum s wagons while going down
James street hill on Wednesday morn
ing He was taken to All Souls Hos
pital where it was found that his in
juries were confined to cuts about the
head.
1t is expected that the rural free
delivery route from the German Val
ley post office, covering Schooleys |
Mountain and DrakestOwn, will be
undertaken by February 1st The |
allowance for the service is S700 and it |
means man and team on the road |
practically all the time.
At the meeting of the Summit Com
mon Council on Tuesday, for the Sewer |
and Drainage Committee. Councilman |
Debevoise read letter from Eugene |
S. Burke, of the Morristown Sewer
Commission, which said that Morris
town would be glad to submit an offer
for 100000 gallons in SUBMITS share
of the joint trunk sewer.
The annual meeting of the Morris
town Field Club was held on Monday |
evening, when the following officers
were elected: President, q. d. M.
Cole; vice-president, J.. R. Brinley;
secretary, e. X. Mills; treasurer, w.
G.. Romano; governors, f. w. Ford,
j. S. Mackie, II. w. Cauldwell, e. w.
Poor, w. Alexander Watts.
The entire fire department. was call
ed to the Washington Hotel shortly |
before noon ON Wednesday but found
on arrival that the fire had been put
out. A lamp left lit in one Of the SER
sta4e I,nA o,f Gx.o ~