The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-20

Miss Minnie Schweichhardt and
Daniel Morrison were the winners Oh
the $3.50 gold pieces offered by the
Inter Nous club for the best gent. eman
and lgdy skater at the MorristOWn rink
last evening. The judges we're Ray
mond Troxell, Elias zimmerman and
Bart w Clifford.
Mrs Enoch T. Caskey, who has re-
Gently spent a year with her daughter
in India, addressed the meeting Of the
Epworth league in the Methodist
church Sunday evening, telling OF a
missionary's home life and OF other in
tereSting matters that came to her no.
tice while in India.
The Monroe school house, condemned
recently by the state department. Of
public Instruction. has been remOdeled
and now presents pleasing appear
ance. Stucco is used on the outside
and new flag pole adds to the exter-
ior beauty wlile new trim and fresh
paint make the interior much pleas
anter.
| A lusty little blaze in the bakery of
| Otto Schwarz on SpeedWell avenue
this morning required the attention
OF the chemical engine. The tire was
in the flooring and a portion was
ripped up, entailing a loss OF twenty
| i've dollars. 1t is thought that the
tblaze had its origin from electric light
wires.
At the recent state convention OF the
! Chr stian EndeavOr societies of New
Jersey held at Atlantic City it was re-
ported that the junior society OF the
IQu Isl ~ lA6
| the junior societies of the state in per-
centage of increase of membership, be-
| ing the banner society with gain OF
$50 per cent.
In the first foot ball game of the
season the Morristown School was de-
| feated by Irvington school of Tarry-
town by a score of thirty to nothing.
| The visitors outweighed the local lads
twenty five pounds TO player. Four
! touchdowns were scored il the first
half but the locals held the visitors
down in the second half TO six paints.
While driving j. Gordon Douglas
automobile at lively rate of speed on
| Washington street Monday afternoon
| the chauffeur attempted to turn the
car into Mills street TO avoid COLI
sion with team. The car struck the
| fire Migrant on the corner, breaking
| one OF the front wheels and damaging
| the car ia other ways. Neither the
chautfer nor man in the machine
with him were injured.
MorristoWn master builders met at
! Days parlorS Wednesday evening arc
enjoyed their annual banquet. Geor re
L. Allen, president of the ass9ciation,
was toast master and introduced j. f..
Dickerson, OF Paterson; T. w. Robin
Son, of Newark President Pierson, OF
4 the state association; former Mayor
| DoremuS, OF Newark and Secretary
Frederick Pantaneius, OF the Morris
town association, all OF whom respond
| ed to toastS.
AS the hose carriage of Washington
e lgine company is about twenty-five
years old and practically worn out the
adviSability of purchasing c0mbina-
UiOn wagon for the company is being
| discussed. Chief Engineer j. Fred
Runyon will probably recommend its
purchase the first OF the year. A
combination wagon is fitted with a
chemical tank and I besides ample
space for carrying hose is equipped
with short ladders.
The Halloween carnival committee
has decided to hold the carnival on
Friday evening, October Both, instead
of on Saturday evening following.
Many business men declared it to be
impossible to@ make displays in the
pageant if it was held on Saturday
evening owingto their delivery wagons
being in use. liz the ballotiDg for king
and queen of the carnival DR.. Robel t
Van d. Totten and Miss Frances Mes
bitt are in the lead