The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-12-17
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Christmas exercises on Friday after
noon.
Charles w Cory has been appointed
postmaster at Florham Park, wee ".
ri. tanning.
To-day is the one-hundredth ami
Versary of the birth of John Green
leaf Whittier.
e. a. Fleury has been quite i'll for
the past week but his condition is re-
ported as improved
The Maple avenue school is arraug-
ing for special holiday exercises to be
held on Friday afternoon.
The prayer meetings of the Baptist
Church will hereafter begin at eight
O'Clock on Thursday evenings.
4 Miss Dana's School closes on Thurs
nay reopening after the Christmas va
cation on Wednesday, January 8bh.
The Morristown Glee Club gave a
concert in the Presbyterian Church at
Basking Ridge last Thursday evening.
The Christmas exercises of the In
dustrial School will be held in the
Baptist Church on Thursday, Dec. 70,
at 4 p. NJ.
The public schools of Morristown
and township close on Friday for the
holiday vacation reopening Monday,
January 6.
The Morris Aqueduct started on
Monday to lay water main on Whip
pany street to the Morris & Somerset
electric plant.
The festival of the new Hillside Sun
day School will be held on next Mon
day evening in the Hillside public
school building.
James Rutledge was ordained to the
priesthood of the Roman Catholic
Church at Seton Hall on Sunday by
Bishop O'Connor.
On Thursday High street was open
ed for sewers, beginning at Speedwell
avenue. Lit is expected that rock will
be encountered on this street.
I. d. Condict has retired from the
position Of manager of the Dover Elec-
trio Light Company and is succeeded
by W. H. Ford, of Hartford, Conn.
The Armstrong Brick Co., is putting
a one hundred and fifty horse power
boiler at the brick yard and making
other changes to increase the output.
Conductor Conlan, of the Morristown
= drill, is i'll with pneumonia at his
home in Chatham. Conductor Sim
mons, of Hoboken, is in charge Of the
drill.
David Gronshey, of Morris Plains,
cut onef0f his arms recently and as a
result blood poisoning has set in and
amputation it il feared will be neces-
;sary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phoenix Miller have
issued Invitation for the twenty-tifth
anniversarJOf Gheir marriage at their
residence on Western avenue, on De
cember 9th.
The Morris County Savings Bank in
another column announces chat it has
declared interest at the rate of four
per cent. per anhum on all accounts
from SIS to 81, coo.
The assignee Of Joseph York, Jr.,
has found That the business at Sum-
init can be continued, the outstanding
accounts being more than enough to
meet the obligations.
Tie post Office has done a record
OIedhl1Af buohl6SS III lOlClSu ulOu0J
orders during the past few days, ex-
cee0ing both in number and amount
the business of former years.
A series of special meetings will be
held in the Methodist Church for Two
weeks beginning on January 9th. They
will be conducted by the pastor assist
ed by neighboring ministers.
The annual school dance of the Nor
riStown School was held last Saturday
evening, under the management of D..
M. Kelley, H. G. Reed and George W..
Allen, as committee OF pupils.
The speaker at the meeting of the
Washington Association at Headquar-
tiers on February % will be the Rev.
S. Parkes Cadman, of the Central
congregational Church, Brooklyn.
J Mrs. Stephen Whitney has her new
stable enclosed at Morris Plains to re-
place the one recently destroyed by
fire and has contracted with Gates b.
Parsons for the erection of a new COW
stable.
Alfred j. Kull, of Bernardsville, has
recently shipped fine spruce tree to
Bahia, Brazil, trip of 1900 miles, to
serve as Christmas tree. 1t was
thirty-three feet tall with a spread OF
fourteen feet.
John s. Reed, graduate of the Nor
riStown School, has received bronze
medal from the Massachusetts HUI
name Society for assisting in rescuing
two students from the Charles River,
in Cambridge, Mass.
Richmond'S Directory for 1907 has
been distributed to the subscribers.
AS usual this work is as near perfect
as it is possible TO make directory
and is a desirable addition to every
business house and home.
The storm of Saturday again called
attention to the fact that on nearly
every street are residents or property
owners with little regard for the
public to even touch the accumulated
snow with shovel or broom.
Harry r. Angleman has been ar
rested and bailed for the grand jury
charged with stealing a frep0t, four
soldering irons, a file and SIX sticks OF
solder from the w. Fl. Meslar Co., at
the Mills street school house.
The Official board of the Methodist
Church voted on Sunday against
changing the hour OF the Sunday morn
inp sprvicp but decided tn hni0 tl1A I'm