The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-09
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

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on Madison avenue.
H. g. Holmes has contracted with
d. Wesp to build a three room addi-
ton to his house on Morris street.
The Morristown Glee Club gave a
successful concert in the Madison AS
sembly rooms on Thursday evening.
The annual II Getting of the stock
holders of the Morris County Traction
Company will be held next Monday.
The Heptasophs will bring carni-
val and amusement enterprise, show
ing on the Budd street lot from June
"a to July 4.
Nick, a black collie dog, the proper
ty Of Robert f. Sands, died of old age
on Friday, at the extreme age for a
dog of sixteen years.
The Morristown public schools will
close on June g. The graduating
class of the High School this year
numbers about twenty.
The closing exercises Of the Bayley
School will be held on Friday evening,
June 26 in Lyceum Hall. There are
neutrality-suspicious. this year.
j. E. Hulshizer, of Bernardsyille,
was fined S25 and costs by Justice
Condor on Friday for speeding his
automobile, on, Pine street.
g. P. Spenicer, chauffeur, was ar
rested on Saturday and fined $40 and
costs for violating the speed laws with
the automobile he was running.
Max Mintz has sold the oakley prop
erty on Ridgedale avenue which he
purchased a week or so ago to Eney
Grupelli. The price reported is 81, 300.
Rev. @. HI. Hubbard was the cele-
brant at the Communion service at
st. Peters Church on Sunday. DR..
Hubbard was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. A. McCurdy over Sunday.
The Children's. Day exercises of the
Baptist Church will be held at half
past six next Sunday evening when
there will be program rendered by
children of the school and baptism.
Sergeant Morrison and Doorman
Wilday visited the hobo camp near
the Convent on Thursday afternoon
and brought two men, the only ones
there back to the police court with
them.
The f. D. Baldwin real estate agen-
cy has rented for Joseph w. Harper.
the premises Hillside' at Convent,
to Burnett w Strauss, a Newark leath-
er manufacturer, furnished for the
season.
H. M. Salkind has purchased from
his father, David Salkind, the store
property on Morris street occupied by
his plumbing establishment. There
are two stores and four fats in the
bidding.
The library class of Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn, visited the Drew Seminary
Library and the Madison Public
Library on Thursday. The visitors
were entertained at luncheon at the
public library.
The case of Samuel Kirschbaum
against Morris Goldstein was tried be-
fore Judge Mills and jury on Monday
and verdict was rendered for the
plaintiff, The suit of Bryant against
W. i. Birch is being tried. to-day.
Miss Edith M. Decker, daughter of
Mrs. J. e. Decker, who resided on Hill
street for number of years, died at
Saranac Lake on Friday after long
illness. Interment was j n Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, on Monday.
Gill. Trafford and Reid have been
Incorporated to carry on paper and
paper stock business with Office at ITO
Morris street, MorristoWn. The incol-
porators are John j. Gill and Thomas
B. Reid, of Morristown and E. a..
Trafford, of Leonia, N. j.
Prosecutor Rathbun and Judge Mills
attended the meeting of the ProSecu-
tors Association of the State at Tren~
ton, on Wednesday. The excise matter
was discussed and it was decided TO
have meeting with the recently APP
pointed excise commission within
few weeks.
Harry A. Grove has purchased two
lots on Glen Brook place at Morris
Plains of MeSSrS. Shelley and Davis
and expects to build on the tract. The
Morris Aaueduct is carting pipe and
will lay Thousand feet of water main
on this street to accommodate pros
pective water takers.
The residence of G.. M. Decker at
Convent was entered by burglars dur
ing Friday night. The intruders in
this case as in other recent burglaries
-ransacked the first floor of the house,
taking only solid silver ware. 1t is
estimated thabsthey secured booty to
the amount OF about 1880.
To-day is examination day for the
eighth grade pupils Of the county. Nor
ris township eighth grade pupils came
TO MorriStOWn for The test, those from
the Hillside and Mt. Kemble avenue
schools being at the Maple avenue
school and the Morris Plains pupils at
the Speedwell avenue school.
MorrIstown Lodge, No. 12l, Knights
of Pythias gave ladies night in, the
lodge room in the Miller Building on
Friday evening. Following program
OF character representations and pres
Uidigitaui0fl refreshments were served
and dancing INDUCED in. George
Udall'S Orchestra rendered music.
Judge Mills has fixed on June 25 as
the day for the next proceedings in
the case of the late Mrs. Samuel ones.
The case of the Thomas Malley Estate
has been continued to the same day.
On the twenty second Judge Mills will
listen to exceptions to the accounts of
executors of the late Robert r. Dram.
The Morris & Somerset Electric Co.
started day service on Wednesday,
using the new unit for the heavy
night load and the smaller unit for