The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-03

ing will be held through the month of
December in the chapel of the Bap-
tist Church every Thursday morning
at half past ten O'Clock. The. women
of all the churches are cordially in
yited to attend this meeting.
The Morris township committee has
finished the matchmaking of the
piece of the Washington Valley road
| from the Mendham road past Mr.. Ke-
mey'S gate, about 900 feet in all. The
cost was reported at the meeting of
the committee on Monday night as
S705. A..
Frederick McEwan while running
his automobile from Whippany last
Friday ran into the rear end Of a car
rage containing three ladies at the
| turn below the MorriStown School.
One of the wheels of the carriage was
wrecked but the occupants OF the
vehicle weresnot injured.
| ri. Mex. Fwombly is having fine
Italian garden constructed adJoln-
| ing his residence at Florham from
plans by an English architect, Mr..
Parsons. The work will approximate
$50, 900 in cost, and it is expected that
the completed garden will be one OF
the finest in the country.
The walls of the new stone house for
e. W. VanVleck on Normandie Way
are up to the second story. Consider
fable work on. the place is under way,
grading being in progress while the
drives have been stoned. The site for
| the stable has also been Staked out
and some grading done there.
Michael Riley took possession OF hole
dug for an electric light pole. at the
1 corner of Macculloch avenue and Gath
erine lane, on Thursday, with an axe
as weapon against pole ralserS. Con-
stable Hally finally persuaded him that
| he was wrong and he climbed OUT OF
the hole and let the pole be raised.
An italian was nearly run over while
he was attempting to board t9e $50
train on Wednesday morning az the
LackaWanna station. He was pulled
from his position in time and taken
Into the baggage room where ne re-
lowered sufficiently to permit ms TAX
| ing the next train for New YORK.
A petition of students Of the Morris
town High School was presented to
the board of education last Friday
/ evening asking that the hours OF the
high school be changed from those at
present in vogue to $40 a. m. TO l.l5
| o. m. with no intermiSsion for dinner,
4 The board of education laid the mat
| ter over.
Hopler 81 crimes have finished the
trestle for the Morris & Somerset Elec-
i trio Co. and the tracks have been laid
omit the earth work having been fin
| ished. The carpenters have the con-
tract for a new two stall round house
for the Morristown & Erie to be OF
frame 32x64 feet in size to be erected
near the old Caskey mill.
Rev. Alexander MacColl will preach
for the first time as pastor OF the South
Street Presbyterian Church on Sum
day. His family will not occupy the
parsonage for some time. The parson-
age has been papered throughout and
at present is being wired for incandes-
cent lamps. Hard wood floors will al
so. be put down in the two parlors.
A general alarm called the fire de-
partment to the residence or +. >.
Hoyt on Elm street on Wednesday
night. 1t was found that a servants
room on the top floor was on lire. The
woodwork, bedding and clothing In
the room were burned but the fire was
not allowed to break out. The loss will
probably approach 5000. The cause
of the fire is not known.
There will be a Union Meeting of
| the members of the following Royal
Arcanum Councils, Morris, North Jer-
sey, Summit, Mcclellan, Mountain
Ridge, Pequaunoc, ROckaway, Net
cong, Pequest, Whittier and Loantaka
in the Council rooms of Loantaka
this evening at O'Clock. A short ad-
dress will be delivered, following by
an interesting program OF humorous
and musical character.
The PreSbytery of Morris s. Orange
held a special meeting in the South
| Street Presbyterian Church on Friday
afternoon at which time they dismiss
ed the Rey. r. j. Johnston, pastor OF
the Mendham church to the Honey
brook church, Presbytery OF Chester,
Pa. and received the Rev. ROlandChriSt
from the Presbytery of West Jersey.
| He will serve the churches of German
Valley and Schooley's Mountain.
The Christmas rush at the post Office
has already commenced in money or
ders for foreign countries the number
lof applications keeping that depart
ment busy. Domestic money order
businessis also unusually active not
so much because of Christmas it being
a little early for that yet but because
of the fact that people are obliged to
send money orders largely now where
checks were sent few months ago.
The contractors figure that the new
house for Alexander G. Humphreys on
Normandie Heights will be ready for
occupancy in February. The brown
ing coat is being put on the walls OF
the house and exterior is completed
except for the tile roof. The heating
plant is in working order and other
| lines of work making good progress.
The long drive from the main road to
the house has been gravelled. DR..
Humphreys and Mr. Loud are at pres
ent occupying the Smallholz house on
the estate.