The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-18
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

to hold court for Judge Coult.
The Hillside Sunday School had a
picnic on Fort Nonsense on Inursoay.
The First Ward Hose Co. bad clam
bake on the Bauer place at Horse Hill
on Sunday.
The Board of Fire Wardens have ar
ranged for an outing TO WnlCes1one,
L. l., on September 16.
r. d. KAY has sold his house and lot
on HIGH street to Mrs. Sarah Berry.
He gives possession on October ISL
The gate in the dam of Pocohontas
Lake was closed few Gays ago anu
the pond is again filled with water.
Loantaka Council, Royal Arcanum,
have decided on another target excur-
sion to Newton, the date selected oe-
ing October 7th.
The appearance of the Miller build
ing, corner of the Park ana oouIn
streets. has been much improved Dy
the recent painting.
A stalk of corn fifteen feet high from
the farm of e. P. Thebaud at Brook
side is on exhibition outside the store
of George E. VOORHEES,.
Robert Dalglish has purchased the
lot in Olyphant Park adjoining tne
residence Of Henry w. LanoIear anu
will build house on 1T.
Freeholder Ellis, of Hanover town
ship. had a horse killed a few days age
by getting leg over the halter and
StranGling as q result.
The hauling of soil to fill the second
large oval in the Park mas peen com,
Melted and after the manure is spread
the oval will be ploughed before seed
ing.
The Holy Name Societies of this vi
cinity, will have parade and service
at Madison on October 18th. Commit
tees have been appointed to arrange
the details of the gathering.
Gallagher 8 zimmerman have the
contract for the carpenter work OF the
alterations to Mrs. Dunn's house, cor
ner of James street and Maple avenue.
w. C%VanDOren is the architect.
Chatham Borough has sold its fire
truck. a relic of the Morristown de-
partment, to Fayetteville. North Caro-
lima. The truck netted the borough
about 500 after paying the Transports
tiOn charges.
In a letter to Summit officials Chief
Engineer Bush of the Lackawanna
states that the company is considering
Oiling grade crossings to keep the dust
down but will do nothing along that
line this year.
Brass plates have been fixed on the
ten collection plates of the First Pres
byterian Church. They are inscribed:
First Presbyterian Church, Morris
town, New Jersey. From oak columns
of the old church, 179l-1897.
The N. Y. & N. J.. Telephone Co.
made further reduction in the line
forces on Saturday. At present there
lis less than a full gang employed OUT
side with e. j. Bowen in charge. Ru-
morS of further shake up OF forces is
abroad.
A civil service examination for the
positions of clerk and carrier in the
Morristown postoffice will be held on
October 5. Application bla n K S,
etc., can be secured from Mrs. l.. ID.
Ambrose, and must be sent in by Sep
TENDER 81.
A joint picnic of five councils of the
Daughters OF Liberty was held at Sill
yer Lake, on Wednesday. The lodges
uniting were Pride Of Morristown,
Principle a nd Vannatta of Morris
town, Pride of Madison, and Star
light of Peapack.
r. f. Dempsey has decided to build
a new double house on MaccullOch
avenue instead OF moving the stable
on the premises ana remodelling that.
W. @. Van Doren is getting up the
plans for the improvement.
Michael Arfuso, while riding a bicy-
Gle down Washington street about
noon on Thursday, collided with one
of the Nh. & Pa. freight wagons. The
bicycle ArfuSo was riding was demol-
6iShed and he was scratched and bruised.
Mrs. Aymar has vacated the Sanders
house on Morris street moving to De-
Hart street and James Clark has COM
menced the work, OF removal of the
Sanders house back to new position
in line with the front of the Memorial
Hospital building.
A. A. Vance on reading that Thurs
day was the hottest thirteenth Of Au-
gust in twenty-eight years looked back
on his diaries and found that August
Is, 1881, the thermometer stood at one
hundred on his piazza. On last Thurs
day it reached ninety-four.
Some of the First Ward residents
are wondering what has become of the
project to set up the fountain which
formerly stood near the Becker Block
at the Lackawanna station. They sup
posed that everything was all right,
but fear that it has been forgotten.
The Methodist Church is expert
menting quite successfully with vac
uum carpet cleaning device, run by
an electric motor, the idea being to
use the apparatus in place Of the usual
sweeping. w. W. Dean is introduc-
ing the apparatus and has one at work
in his own house.