The Morris County chronicle., 1908-10-13
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

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Chief Ashley, of the Newark fire de-
partment, will be one OF the guests Of
the town at the inspection and parade
of the fire department on Thursday.
E. g. Quinby has purchased Mrs.
Mckay S place on Denvllle road, Far
sippany, of forty-four acres, and IS oc-
clinying it, removing from Whippany.
Rev. Alexander MacColl preached at
the MorristoWn School last Sunday.
Next Sunday, October 18th, the Rev.
w. Russell Bennett will preach at 81
p. M.
The meeting of the Woman's Home
Missionary society of the First Presby-
terian church on Wednesday will be
addessed by Miss S. L. Conkling, OF
Havana, Cuba.
The Entire Nous Social club has en-
gagged the Morristown Roller rink for
Thursday evening. The best gentle
man and lady skater will each receive a
$3.50 gold piece.
Arthur s. Pierson has drawn plans
for two-story eight room frame house
to be erected by Horace Babbitt on
the lot he recently purchased on Atno
avenue.
William II. Lounsbury, OF Elm
street, who has been an invalid num-
ber of years, suffered a fall IN has nome
few days ago and has since been crl6r
ically i'll.
DR.. Nina Mckenzie, Of Shanghai,
China, addressed a meeting OF une
Women's Missionary society OF the
South Street Presbyterian church on
Tuesday afternoon.
An entertainment called 'eThe Peak
Sisters'' will be given by several young
neople at the Methosdist church We'd
nesday evening after the regular bus
mess meeting of the Epworth league,
Victor Triolo, who was accidentally
shot, in the right shoulder recently in
a shooting gallery in the basement OF
The Jerseyman building, has entirely
recovered and has left All Souls hos
pital.
About sixteen barrels of hsh have
been taken from Ford's pond, in Doy-
er. and placed in Shongum lake, as the
result of the partial drawing off OF the
former pond by the Lackawanna rail-
road company, which owns 1t.
The sounding board over the pulpit
of st. Peters church has been removed
as some members of the congregation
have complained that the vibrations
from il made the sermons unintelilgl-
BILE in certain parts of the church.
At the meeting of the Dube league
in the Baptist church on Tuesday Miss
Florence MeeKer was elected preSl-
dent. Miss Helen Sheerin vice preSi-
dent, Miss Mary Boniface secretary
and Miss Gertrude Clark treasurer.
J. Howard Hulsart, county superin-
tendent of schools, has opened his of
fee in the county building, being as
signed one of the women's rooms ad-
jacent to the grand jury room. A new
steel filing case has been installed for
his use.
Thursday afternoon the class OF 1910
of the MOrristown High school was
organized. The following officers were
elected: President, Russell PierSon
fce-preSident, j Jessie SAMSON: :.secreta-
ry; Mary Dempsey, andatFeasurer, Nv al
ter Anderson.
A chapter of the Knights of St. Paul
is being organized in st. Peters
church. 1t will be boys club and
will includes limited amount OF manu-
al training, a room in the basement 0f
the church being fitted up with work
benches and tools.
Thomas W. Cauldwell the Republi-
can candidate for mayor, has resigned
the presidency of the Morristown Civic
association. Harold e. GriSwold, first
vice president, will assume the duties
of the president until the annual meet
ing and election of officers.
The Street department has replaced
one of the paving stones over the gut
ter on the court house side OF the
Western avenue crossing at Washing
ton street with an iron grating that the
water which run down the hill during
rainy weather may be carried off in
stead of standing in pools on the side
walk and depositing an inch or two of
mud after each rain.
Miss Benedict and her sister; Mrs.
Prentiss, of New York, but who have
been occupying house on Madison
avenue for a short time, we're thrown
out of their carriage while driving
through Normandy heights on Mon
day An automobile frightened their
horse and the animal ran away, upset.
ting the carriage. The two ladies
were badly bruised and suffered from
shock.
Miss Mary Winridge, whose home is
in Niagara Falls, is in Jail charged
with larceny. The woman worked in
the home of Thomas B. Reed and he
charges her with stealing a silver berry
spoon, silk waist and camera. At on
time the woman worked in the house.
hold of Rev. Oliver G. HorSman and in
her trunk was found a pearl buckle,
dress and some lace which had been
missed by Mrs. Horsman.
DIR. Harry Vaughan addressed a
meeting of the Prohibition Alliance
held at the residence OF Edward
Schenck, Brookside, Tuesday evening,
on the subject 1.-The Effect of Alco-
hol on the Human Body" 1t was the
annual meeting of the organization
and Mrs. Agnes PugSley was elected
president, William Quimby, vice. presi-
dent 5; Hubert Nixon, secretary ;Jacob
@. Van Glider, treasurer; DR.. Harry
Vaughan, chaplain; Walter Leonard,
marshal.
Mrs. Sidney A. Baldwin has been en-
gagged to play at the services on the
first Sunday of each month In the
Church of the Redeemer. Mrs. Bald
win uvac tho lnadinU viO1in e0lniof a nd