The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


town has been started
The local hack licenses all expired
on Monday but only four renewed on.
that day.
Mrs Margaret Clifford has sold the
Kenny house. 81 Macculloch avenue,
to Cornelius sullivan.
TIE hoard OF education has appoint
ed William D. Thompson janitor OF
fhe.new Mills street public school.
The Morris County Savings Bank
has taken the entire issue Of S2S, 900
in school bonds issued by Freehold,
N. j.
The police Lad only two lights re-
ported out during the month OF June
and have discovered only one 50 lar
this month.
The new supervising deputy grand
regent of the Royal Arcanum will visit
.Loantaka Council tonight. REFRESH
sments will be served.
The Freeholders are making some
needed repairs to motifs streeu. llling
Via some of the gullies which have been
trial to all using the street.
An election to vote on the appropri,,
bion for the coming school year Will
n held in the township hall on the
Aendham road, Tuesday, July rs.
louis Tremallo is having two FAM
il{frame house erected on the corner
ofRiyer and Roosevelt streets. +. j.
Glnyille has the carpenter contract.
r. Niese is adding a billiard room
and extension of sixty feet TO ms
nor(hes at his place at Plckatlnny.
Mohland & Torrance have the con-
traci.
Rev. Milton S. Littlefeld had his
LETT shoulder dislocated as the result Of
a falIat Providence, r. l., last Friday
but was able TO return to his nome IN
Brooklyn.
Theannual convention of the Nor
ris Comfy Sunday School Association
will be held, in the Ogden Memorial
Church Chatham, on Wednesday,
October I.
The managers of the State Hospital
at Morris Plains are asking bids for
the fitting up Of ten toilet rooms 10
the administration building OF that
institution.
Washington Steamer Company had
a clambake near Horse Hill, on Sun
day, a feature of the day being two
baseball games with the First Ward
Hose Company.
Tyrian Lodge, No. "a, f. &. A. M.
nan excursion to Cranberry Lake on
Thursday A special train was run
for the excurSioniSt which followed the
mail on the morning trip.
N. G. Toms has beer appointed
trustee for j. B. Seldom who has gone
into voluntary bankruptcy. He con-
Quoted a grocery store on Morris street
near Spring street until recently.
Charles Miller, auctioneer, will sell
for G. E. Stobhie about forty-five acres
of standing grass on Saturday, July e,
at one O'Clock p. M, on the road lead
ing from Green Village to MeyerSville,
NJ.
The chimney sweep has been almost
forgotten in this section, but for sew
eral weeks past one has been plying
his vocation about MorriStOWn and de-
clares that chimneys are as dirty as
ever.
Clyde Potts was one of party which
went to the Edison cement works at
New Village on Saturday and inspect
ed the manufacture OF cement, With
Thomas A. Edison as guide and lect-
urer.
Director Becker, of the Board of
FreeholderS, has appointed the follow
ing clam bake committee: Freeholders
r. ii. Burchell, George Il. Allen, George
f. Weber, G. A. johnson and e. ID.
Neighbour.
During the absence from town of
Frederick G. Burnham the office OF
the Shade Tree Commission is in the
town building Oh SpeeGwell avenue,
and requests for saving trees may be
made there.
The street department. is trying to
make a street out of Race street. A
large amount of stone mas been &C.
cumulated which is being placed in
the roadway and covered with smaller
stone and earth.
Philip Donovan, of Whippany, was
arrested on Thursday morning ana
sent to jail on a disorderly charge
made a year ago. He has benin town
since but was. never around where he
could be apprehended.
There were three arrests for assault
and battery on Wednesday,. Rose
Petony and James Connors being held
on charge of James Cleary, and John
Gregory on charge of James Moss. All
were held for the grand jury.
The chemical engine mas been off
duty for two days in order to have
new rubber tires put on the front
wheels. One of A. M. Guerin's teams
has been on day duty at the truck
house to care for any still alarms.
E. j. Myers, of Mendham was repri-
manded and paid So. IS costs for speed
ing on the Mendham road onJuly IL,
on complaint of e. S. Day. Mrs Myers
explained that he was hurrying for
doctor, and for that reason the fine
was remitted.
The corner of Mills and Hazlett
streets is now receiving attention. N.
MarinarO, in addition to the walk for
Samuel Oliver, will also lay walks and
curbS in front of the Byram and Linds-
ley lots on Mills street and the CLAN
vile place on Hazlett street.
There were one hundred and fifteen
votes cast at the voting machine cleo
tion in Morris township on Tuesday
--ninety-hve against the retention Of
the machine and twenty in favor OF it's
rtkention. There are about six hun
dred voters in the township