The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-05
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

OH uDUH MdTCll II.
Admiral Mackenzie has purchased
the Baldwin house on Farragut place.
A sale held at the Hillside public
school on Saturday netted 1925 for
the piano fund.
Two cavaets have been filed against
the probate of the will OF the late
Mrs. Samuel Jones.
L. A. Thebaud has shipped a portion
of his household goods to his Paris ad-
dress. is Rue Spontini.
The First Ward Hose Co., has pre-
Sented Second Assistant Engineer
Welsh a uniform, helmet and suit
Judge Mills and Prosecutor Rathbun
attended the meeting of the ProSecu-
tors Association held in Trenton on
Monday.
The contest OF the Wilbur Kay
hart will, was continued before Judge
Mills Thursday and adjourned until
this Thursday.
M DIR. H. M. O'Reilly is somewhat i'm
proved in health He is at rs New
England avenue. Summit, for an in
definite time.
The regular meeting of the Women's
Auxiliary of the Y. NJ. G. A., will be
held in the Association parlUr. Wed
nesday, March sixth, at $50 p. m.
Miss Carrie Geek, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Clark Geek, who formerly
lived on Miller street, died at her
home at Riverside, CAL, on February
oath.
The Woman's Union prayer meeting
will be held for the month OF March in
the Ladies parlor of the Methodist
Church, every Thursday morning at
1880 o'clock.
Mrs. Henry Pierson, of Chatham,
while visiting at the residence of
Maltby u. Pierson on Harrison street
on Wednesday fell from the rear porch
and was quite severely injured.
There was small fire in Turner's
store in the Merchants Block on Mon
day evening ExtinguiSherS were
brought from the truck house and the
fire put out with loss of about 5000.
At Miss Dana's School on Wednes-
day evening there was celebration OF
Longfellow's birthday consisting of
readings and essays and vocal and in
strumental selections by pupils OF the
school.
The marriage of James Clayton and
Miss Cora johnson which was to have
been celebrated in the Calvary Baptist
Church tomorrow evening at six
O'Clock will be held in Bethel A. M. E.
Church.
Special services will be held at Cal
vary Baptist Church on Willow street
next week the occasion being the re-
opening of the church the many i'm
provements which have been under
way for some months being finished.
The time of the annual school meet
ingS is rapidly drawing near. The
trustees of the Morristown district
whose terms expire this year are Joseph
FL. VanDoren, George G. Smith and
David FL. Wilday The election is
held on Tuesday, March 10.
The jury in the suit of j. B. Cough
erty against Charles Stilwell for a
balance due for grading OF the base
ball grounds, returned verdict last
Thursday of no cause for action. ID.
f. Barkman, counsel for MI. Cough
erty has applied for new trial.
RIGHTEOUS Lodge, /. %. O. f. held a
members entertainment Wednesday
evening, in their rooms. in the Schmidt
building. The entertainment included
musical selections by Geo. Udall, Stere-
opticon pictures by Klinedinst and
Udall, recitation sby Frank Applegit
and parlor magic by Elmer M. Applegit.
e. w. Schoneberger has sold his
place of about sevepty-five acres at
Loantaka to Geo. w. Jenkins, two of
whose tracts it connects Mr.. Schon-
enberger will occupy house he owns
in Madison after giving possession on
May l.
Five special meetings have been ar
ranged for boys at the Y. M. o. A. on
successive Sundays, beginning March
3. The subjects and speakers will be
as follows: My Study" by W. B.
Hills, of Orange; My Reading" Z. e.
Surdam; !" My Recreation" by Fl. W.
Buxton; My Religion" by Rev. r.
B. Urmy; "My Lige Work" by Rev.
f. b. Dwight.
A. r. Dale, student at Drew Semi
nary, was struck by the EaSton mail
train east bound on Saturday after
noon while near Twomblys switch.
His body was horribly mangled. The
remains were taken to Madison station
where they were identified by means
of some papers in the pockets of his
clothing. The deceased was married
and native of Ohio. Coroner Coultas
gave burial permit.
The pupils of the Baldwin school of
music gave their regular monthly
musical in the school rooms on Friday
evening last, before large audience,
the program consisting OF piano solos
and duets, and vocal solos. The last
musical to be held in the present rooms
will be on March 22d instead of the
10Th to which friends of the pupils are
cordially invited. Mr.. Baldwin moves
to his new quarters, 26 High street,
April first.
The one hundredth birthday Of
Henry Wadsworth LongfellOw was OBJ
served by a program of readings and
fecitations from his works and music
at the First Baptist Church on We'd
nesday evening, large audience being
in attendance. Instrumental music
consisted of violin quartet, duet and
solo under the direction of e. M. Young
and Mr.. and Mrs. Young rendered a
vocal duet. There were twenty nine
persons in all who participated in the
program.
Owing to a change of time on the
Erie r. r.. the train schedule between
Morristown and Essex Fells will be
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