The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-07
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

factory az Morris Plains IS beginning
to arrive.
The Republican County Committee
will meet this Thursday morning to
arrange for the primaries
The water was turned on at the
drinking fountain on the Park nearly
opposite Market street on Monday.
The Morris County Traction Co.,
has the trolley poles painted as far US
the top Of the north hill at Speedwell.
o. B. Smith, Jr., has prepared plans
for cutie extensive alterations to the
residence of Ridley Watts on Franklin
place.
The laborers employed on the Park
have been busy for the past few days
digging up the ground preparatory to
setting out the shrubbery.
The street committee of the board
of aldermen have the stones delivered
for the cobbling of the cutters OF
Franklin place for the entire length or
the street.
Frank H. Lynd has contracted to
paint all the poles OF the Morris q
Somerset Electric Co., and has started
a gang of men on the work, painting
the iron poles first.
Judge Mills and Prosecutor Rath-
bun qualified for the offices OF Judge
and prosecutor TO which they were APP
pointed respectively for second terms,
on Wednesday.
James Haight has leased the old
grist mill property at Lower Whlp-
pany to Mr.. Batson, OF Orange, Tor a
period of five years. Mr.. BatSon IS put
ting in machinery preparatory TO the
manufacture of felt for hats, ETC.
The temporary partition at the rear
of st. Peters Church has been taken
out, opening the new gallery into the
church. The windows are all in place
in the tower and the work about I'M
ished, except for the stone floor on the
main floor level.
The chemical engine was called to
Speedwell on Thursday evening, where
1T was found that the fence between
the Whippany River Club and the
railroad was on fire. The flames were
put out. Later a second call took the
chemical back to the scene.
The old futile house on the Jockey
Hollow road, one of the oldest houses
in the vicinity, has been removed to-
gether with the out buildings by the
Morris Aqueduct, which purchased
the property from the late q. M.
Phillips some time ago.
Workmen are busy on the fourth
floor of the Morris County Savings
Bank Building, cutting the room for
merly occupied by Loantaka Council,
Royal Arcanum, into offices. An en-
trance way has already been cut into
3 the main hall on that floor.
The Rev. Perley A. Baker. D. d.,
National Superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League delivered two interest
ing addresses on the work of the
league on Sunday, speaking in the
Methodist Church in the morning and
at the Baptist Church in The evening.
Rev. Madison G. Peters, of Newly DIRK,
delivered an interesting address on
masonry" in the Baptist Church last
Friday evening under the auspices Of
Cincinnati Lodge f. & A. NJ. q. A.
Muir rendered program OF organ Sc
lections before the speaker was intro
duced.
The following officers of the Baptist
Sunday School we're elected on Sunday
afternoon Superintendent, James w.
Egbert /; assistant superintendent, q.
E. Dennis !; secretary. t. ID. Pierson
treasurer, Miss Mary BOniface librar-
ian, J. G. VanGilder; assistant, 5.
VanDyke.
The tale has come out of fishing
trip by one of the young inSuran, e
men of the town to Skunks Misery last
Friday. Qnite early in the day the
insurance man fell into the brook he
was fishing going in up to his neck,
and postponing furthur operations I'M
til later day.
Twenty-six members of the Junior
Society of Christian Endeavor of the
New Vernon Presbyterian Church, UNI
der the leadership of Miss Ella j. Nor
ris visited tie Junior Society of the
Baptist Church on Saturday afternoon.
A program was rendered, followedsby
games and refreshments.
" The Nurse and Her Mission an
address delivered by DR.. Britton d.
Evans before the graduation class of
the Philadelphia School for Nurses on
June Bird, 1907, has been issued by the
Philadelphia School for Nurses. The
address is printed in attractive form
with well-designed cover.
w. G. & L. @. Parker have made
excellent enlargement of the picture
of the heads Of The two horses belong
ing to Resolute FL. & L Co. The en-
largement will be framed and hung in
the truck house in honor of the two
animals which for so long time have
been responding to fire alarms.
Frank Gerard, young Italian, of
Flagler street, was arrested on We'd
nesday afternoon and fined So. IS on d
'disorderly charge. resulting from his
running down Mrs. Theodore Little
with his bicycle while she was crossing
Market street at the Park. She was
injured and sent home in carriage.
The managers of the Memorial Hos
pital are anxious to see the scarlet
fever ward entirely clear of patients,
as friend of the institution mas
promised to build a bath room for
that ward. The bath will entail the
erection of a small addition to the
Barker pavilion and will fill long
felt want.
The Morris County Children's Home
will probably have an endowment fund
of over $50, 900 as the result of the eff
fort during the past ten weeks to raise
a sum for that purpose occasioned by
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