The Morris County chronicle., 1908-10-27
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Engineer jennings, of Dover, has
bid III the MorristOwn drill and will
assumed his duties on Monday.
Marshall Hixon, now fireman of the
Morristown drill, has ecured the
eight-thirty-eight mail run.
The Morris Light infantry has been
invited to participate in the inaugur-
al parade in Washington, D. O.,
March 4th.
Theodore White has rented the Cum
mings Vail place at Morris Plains and
will occupy it with Mrs. White upon
their return from their honeymoon
trip.
B. Deane Brink, physical director Of
the Young Mems Christian asSoclal
tion, has arranged a cross country run
for senior members for Saturday after-
noon.
Michael McGoyern, of Convent, fell
from a wall on Mt. Kemble avenue
Thursday night and injured knee SO
badly that he had to be taken home
in wagon.
An addition to the faculty OF the
Morristown high school has been MADE.
Miss Deane has been engaged ana VIII
teach some of the first and second year
subjects
Former Vice Chancellor Henry 9.
Pitney, who was invited to ADDRESS une
annual meeting of the Monmouth
county bar association, has decllneu
on account ofshis poor health
The board Of governors Of the Whip
pany River club has decided to keep
the, stables open throughout the WIN
ter season. The club has line stable
ably managed by John Lane.
The teachers institute for Morris
county will be held at Library hall,
Dover, commencing at ten O'Clock a.
M, November 9th, and closing two
thirty p. ~. November 10Th.
The Male Social club will hold an
oyster supper in the Collinsyllle chapel
on Thursday evening, October 29th, at
eight O'Clock. There will also be vO-
cal and instrumental music.
Alderman Ira Mowery has purchas-
ed the house of q. E. Jewett, at Chat
ham. Mr.. Mowery does not intend TO
remove to Chatham, having bought
the place merely as an investment.
Harvey Rolf, jr., the young son of
Harvey Rolf, of Market street, while
playing Saturday fell and broke his
left arm. The little fellow had only
recently recovered from a broken fin
ger.
That famous laugh provoking com
edy 6 A Bunch of Keys" by Charles
Hoyt, plays at the Lyceum theatre to-
morrow evening A good company,
plenty of music and lots of fun will
help pass pleasant evening.
The senior class of the Morristown
high school has received its class pins
The pins are Of gold and shield shaped,
having blue center in which are the
letters M. FL. S. in gold. Below the
center are the class numerals, O9, In
blue.
Professor DeVitalis has opened a
studio at 81 Maple avenue and will re-
sumo his lessons in violin and vocal
instsuction on the 9th inst. He has
secured Miss Celia Schiller, the great
concert pianist, for limited number
of pupils.
Levi Hink was arrested and taken
to Summit on Wednesday on suSpi$l
cion of having robbed Mayof Syreaney,
an Armenian, of laces valued at $4,000
in Summit last Thursday. The Ar
menian failed to identify Hink and he
was released.
The friends of the late John H. Pier
son who was buried here few weeks
ago, were shocked to hear the first OF
the week of the sudden death, on Sun
day, of his son-in-law, DR.. Lace. The
doctor was in attendance at the funer-
al in good health.
With an increase in the number Of
trains over the Morristown & Erie
railroad the Wells Fargo Express COM
pany, which operates over the Erie
system, has twelve trains day upon
which to handle express matter in
stead of only two as formerly.
Robert Dalglish is building, in Oily
phant park, a single dwelling, planned
on liberal scale. thirty-six by thirty
eight feet, with a living room nineteen
by twenty-one feet. 1t will be trimmed
throughout in oak, with oak doors,
parquet floors, tiled vestibule and bath
room, open plumbing, electric lights,
steam heat and slate roof.
Michael Alfonsto was arresued at
the Lackawanna station Thursday
night by Sergeant Morrison and Con-
stable Brant Just as he was about to
board the 7.54 train for Chicago in
company with thirteen Italian labor
ors of which he was the foreman. He
was indicted by the grand jury for
carrying concealed weapons.
Joseph Sweeney is drawing pen
and ink sketch of Congressman Charles |
N. Fowler and it will soon be exhibit |
tion at Republican headquarters, The
sketches in ink this clever young ar
list has made of William Jennings |
Bryan and Samuel Kern were exhibit |
ed at the Lyceum Monday evening |
and are now on view in a store win
dow on South street.
A well attended affair was the an
nual ball of the employees of the Unit
ed States Express company In Morris
town given in Washington hall We'd
nesday evening. The committee of
arrangements included j. P. Rutledge,
chairman; Harry r. Sutphin, T. J. |
Brady, j. F. Ducey, James H. Hill, 4.
E. Welsh, Joseph f. Vorholz, William
E. Quick, Edward j. Whitehead and
Edward Q. Lounsbury.
Two OF Tolstoys grandchildren,
Count Loulou Tolstoy, black eyed,
charming little boy Of FIVE, and his