The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-23

Rev. James B. Beaumont left Sat
urday for the commencement exer-
clses OF Amherst College, the COM
mencement this year marking the fif-
tleth anniversary of the graduation Ct
the clacs Of which Mr.. Beaumont was
| a member. There are eighteen mem
bers OF the class known to be living
@. w. Hardness is having about four
thousand feet of water pipe laid at his
place on Madison avenue and he's
staked out the foundation for the
handsome house which he intends y
build. 1t is reported that Mr.. Hark-
ness will also erect coach barn, gar
age and group of farm buildings on his
estate.
Theodore Denman has charge of a
force OF men at work putting the
streets back in 66er shape where the
sewers have I zen constructed. Morris
street is at present receiving att A.
tiOn, some Of the humps below the
railroad crossing being reduced in
height. On a number of streets
crushed stone has been distributed to
fill up the depressions.
A musical and dramatic entertain
ment will be given in the Whippany
Presbyterian Church on Thursday
evening, June 18th, for the benefit of
the church improvement fund. The
program includes piano solos by Miss
Nellie Slater and cOntralto solo by
Mrs. John Gill. Others who will take
part are Edwin Fulton, B. Russell
Throckmorton and Robert Mcintyre.
Robert D. Foote, president Of the
MorriSUOwn GGs Company, YVES present
at the meeting of the Madison Common
Council held last week and stat cd that
his company desired to secure fran
chise to sell gas IN Madison for heating
and cooking purposes. At the SuggeS-
tion of Councilman Whitaker, Mayor
Redmond appointed a committee to
confer with the officials of the gas COM
pany, composed of Councilman Isaacs,
Whitaker and Downs.
The statue of St. Peter which will
occupy niche in the front of the
tower of st. Pet RS Church has ar
rived from Florence, Italy, where it
was carved. Arrangements are being
made to raise it to its position. The
statue will be unveiled Immediately
following the afternoon service at St.
Peters next Sunday. 1t YVES carved by
Mrs. L. Heyworth Mills member of
the parish, is ten feet high and weighs
about three tons.
The fire alarm box at Franklin
place and Franklin street and the one
at WaShington'S Headquarters are
now in underground lines, the Connec-
tions being in telephone ducts Ss far
as the Lackawanna station. There is
yet the section from the station to
Spring street on poles, but the section
changed will assist the system by do
ing away with many feet of the most
troublesome aerial line the town
owned.
Miss Cornelia Rowland, in May,
turned over to the treasurer OF st
4 Peters Parish $500 which she had
held as treasurer for a number of years
| for chancel window. She had been
largely instrumental in raising the
fund and hoped to see it grow to 3d..
| CO. Designs for the window are now
being awaited from the firms OF
Kempe, Powell, Mayer and others. Ii
is informally stated that Miss How
land made provision in her will for a
set of chimes for St. Peters.
George v, Muchmore, John D. Mills
and Henry L. Muchmore made catch
of over fifty pounds of bass in EStling
Lake, near Denville last week. The
party had plenty of excitement in land.
ing some of the catch, for at one time
during the day all three Of the fisher
men, who were in one boat, were en-
gagged in landing fish, with the result
that Harry MuchmOre went overheard
He held fast to his line, however, ano
landed a three pound bars, while his
father captured one weighing foul
pounds. Mr.. Mills also brought in
| four-pound fish.