The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-31
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

ming at eleven O'CLOCK.
The board of aldermen and the
BOARD Of freehOlders will meet at noon
on New Years Day for organization.
Next week will see a general reopen,
ing of schools, the public scnoois OF
town and township resumlng on Mon
day.
Since the conduit laying was started
over fifty lanterns have been stolen
from along the work of the Morris q
Somerset Electric Co.
he large sewer tile which have laid
along Ridgedale avenue for some
months are being moved to the trunk
dine near Washington street.
The New Jersey Farmer says that
the San Jose scale is almost a pest OF
the past in Union county at least
The Ansonia Co. has been busy dur
ing the past few days delivering the
electric motors and lowering them IN
to the ejector chambers Of the sewer
system.
During the past week S. S. Day and
Miss Mowery have both been hit on
the head by the gates being lowered
on them at the Morris street crossing
of the LackaWanna.
For the first time in the history OF
the Morris County Golf Club the Inks
were in shape for play on wednesday
and quite number Of the members
went over the course.
The Bar Association of Morris Coun-
6y will give dinner in honor OF JUS
tice Parker and Judge Minturn at the
house of the Morris County Golf Club
ON Friday evening, January "a.
John T. Ritter is busy replacing the
~curbing, gutter and paving along the
Water Street frontage of the new po,-
lice building. The curb line IS changed
and Strengthened considerably.
The firebricks for the Morris & Som
erset Electric Co., have at last arrived.
and the work of bricking in the boil
serS has been started. One section or
the large smokestack has already ar
rived.
James ]. Lyons, of the firm of Moon
sey 81 LYONS. has purchased the prem
Uses. % Early street, at present occu-
pied by John Gill, from Miss Ida y.
Holman and will occupy the place on
April 1st.
Samuel Debell, book-keeper for the
Boonton Iron and Steel Company was
brought to the county Jail on Thurs
day morning in default OF 81 900 bail,
charged with embezzling S3l5 from the
company.
The members of the Gamma Sigma
sang the waits on Christmas eve start
ingat the Old Ladies' Home. visiting
the hospitals, private residences, ETC..
to the pleasure of those who were With
in hearing.
The Public Service Corporation has
set a few lights on Water street, IN
Morris township, and put UP a pole
aine on WalnutStreet With alamp at
the corner of Walnut street and Cieve-
aand avenue.
An unusually tall arrangement on
wheels has attracted considerable all
Eention of late. 1t IS tower wagon
used by the Morris g. Somerset Elec-
uric Co. to set the hoods, etc, on Gne
lighting poles. sii fFiG W =
Jafnes Katen assaulted three of the
aCcahpolice officers who we're endeavor-
ing TO arrest him and take him to jail
~on Wednesday evening" Patr0iman
Young made charge of aSsatlting an
sofficer against him on Thursday.rx1 s
The, date for turning ontl the new
Aight. for the streets has been post
Doned until January 18th. III The work
had not been delayed by court proceed
dngs everything would have beenain
readiness by the first Of the year.
The merchants generally report a
gretty good Christmas trade. early
an the month the prospects seemed
rather poor for much doing, but. the
dast week before the holiday brought
up matters to the normal or above.
The new fountain has been put in
service the water being turned on the
first of last week. The balance OF the
screenings have also been spread over
the roadway this work being delayed
somewhat by the slow arrival OF the
cars.
The local lodge of Elks are rehears-
ing for their minstrel show which
they expect to give for two nights the
Aatter part of January. W. Franklin
Hartenstein is the musical director
and the show will be under his super
vision.
The recently incorporated Morris
town Laundry Co. has purchased the
machinery, good will, ETC., Of George
H. Papps' Morristown Steam Laundry
taking possession on Monday when
George W. Gibson assumed the place
of manager.
The woman's union prayer meeting
will be held through the month of
January in the Chapel Of the First
Presbyterian Church every Thursday
morning at 1890 O'Clock. The women
of all the churches are cordially invit-
ed to attend this meeting,
Lawrence Waters, clerk in the local
postOffice has been appointed to a posi-
zion in the New York custom house
and assumed his new duties on Satur-
day. Dewitt Compton, substitute
aclerk is filling the vacancy in the post
office under temporary appointment.
In the name of their children num-
Der of parents of children known to DR..
Anna +. Allaben as " her babies pre-
scented the doctor for Christmas gift
"a handsome gold watch, to provide her
with timepiece to take the place OF
one she lost some time ago. A gold
chain from another friend completed
the gift.