The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-01-21
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

The annual banquet of the Tapkaow
Club will be held on the evening OF
Lincoln ! Birthday
Edward X. Mills has been selected
as a member Of the United States
grand jury for the coming term.
Sol Sam, a former well-known mer
chant in Morristown, and his son, were
visitors in town on Wednesday.
Patrick Welsh has sold the little
store property on Morris street, almost
opposite his shop, to A. Pelegrino.
Rev. Paul T. Carew, Of the Sacred
Heart Church. Dover, has been APP
pointed rector Of St. Mary's parish Of
that place.
There are rumOrs that new plans are
being drawn for track elevation at
Morris street, which will be presented
in the spring.
DIR. Mosier has removed his Office to
S High street, while his family has
gone from Western avenue to the
Pickatinny road.
Harvey J, Genung has sold.for Julius
f. Egge his house and lot, corner OF
Clinton and High streets, to John
Horan, of Morris Plains.
Some anxiety is being expressed as
to the prospects for a crop OF ice but
there was more ice on the ponds this
year than on January 10th OF last year.
E. C. Mitchell and e. a. Carpenter
won the twelve-hour endurance bowl
ing contest which was feature OF the
bowling season at Madison on Thurs
day.
Mrs. Samuel Cochran gave talk to
the members of the Reading Club
at the residence of her parents, Lieut..
and Mrs. William Watts, on Thursday
afternoon.
The Morristown Aerie of Eagles
will hold their second anniversary on
Thursday evening, February 6th.Some
tirst-class professional talent has been
engaged for the occasion.
The officers of District IL, Sta Pat
rick's Alliance of America were in
stalled on Sunday at the rooms of the
local alliance in the Farrelly Building,
by State President P. j. Mackelhone,
of Paterson.
George SAMSON spent last week in
Indianapolis attending the National
Convention Of Stone Cutters in session
there. A feature of the convention
was trip last Friday to the quarries
in that vicinity.
Harvey =. Genung has rented the
Abbie j. Oliver house, No 43 Frank
lin street, formerly occupied by the
Misses VanPelt, to George W. Sim
clair. They expect to occupy the
house this month.
A woman exchange was opened in
the Straker Building, on Main street,
BoOnton, on Saturday under the
auspices of the Improvement Society.
The exchange will be open Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons.
George H. Dalrymple has purchased
the round red house which has done
duty as fiagman's house for. many
years at the crossing of the railroad
and Elm street. He plans to move it
across Elm street near the little paper
store.
Sewer work has been started on
Mills street where there is deep cut
between Hazlett street and Kenmuir
avenue where it is supposed consider
able rock will be encountered and
work can be carried on all winter.
The appeals on the Rockaway town.
ship assessment have not been entirely
completed, but there have been reduc-
tiOns amounting to about 100000 in
'creaseS of $4,000, and additions of
property unasSessed amounting to
about $4,000.
The MorriStown Club reelected the
old officers on Saturday night as fol-
lows President, George B. Raymond;
secretary, Henry Shaw; treasurer,
Walter B. Wood; governors for three
years, e. A. Day, w. D. Vanderpool
and William Shipper.
The dinner of the Morris County
Bar Association in honor of Justice
Parker and Judge Minturn to be given
at the Golf Club next Friday evening
promises to be a large and pleasant oc-
caSion. Judging from the acceptanceS
already received there will be about
seventy in attendance.
-JFhere has been another change in
telephone conditions hereabOuts by
which the old MorriStOwn District is
restored TOT its former proportions and
may be made little larger than it
formerly was. Mr.. Galloway has been
assigned to the district as manager
and began his duties on Monday.
Word has been received of the death
in Salt Lake City of Miss Anita Hall,
daughter of Mrs. Jean Hall, a former
resident of Morristown, who married
Mr.. Kennedy and moved to the west
about two years ago, Anita, at
tending school in Salt Lake, while the
rest of the family were in Nevada. She
made recovery from an attack of dip
liberia, after which she was stricken
with spinal meningitis, from which
she died a few days ago.
The work of lining the st. Peters
tower with brick has been completed
as far as the top of the first story and
workmen began on Monday the work
of raising and setting the twelve by
eighteen timbers, whichform the basis
of the gallery floor, There was enough
brick in the cellar Of the church,
bought when the first section OF the
editice was erected, to line the first
story, Other brick of the same char
acter has been secured for the next
floor.
HOG CHOLERA.
The greatest drawback to the hog in