The Morris County chronicle., 1908-01-07
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Miss Dana's School reopens this
ednesday
The ten cent store on South street
mas suspended business.
The lower mast of the liberty pole
has been given coat of white paint.
The annual meeting Of the Morris
town Field Club will be. held on jan
uary 20.
The board Of freeholders will meet
this Wednesday morning and the
board OF excise in the evening.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Library and Lyceum
will be held Wednesday evening. ~
Edwark Clarke will.go to the South
with Harry Thatcher on Wednesday,
expecting to be out of town until
JohniJ. Welsh, OF the St. Paul's
School's-at Concord, and formerly of
the Morris Academy, was in town on
Tuesday.
Peter StryKer, of Hib erni a., was
brought to M M Or ial Hospital on
Thursday afternoon from Hibernia,
where lie had hisleft arm crushed.
The Public Service Corporation sent
out notice of asfeduCtf0n in the rate OF
commercial lighting to 10 cents per
kilo-watt hour, effective January first.
The Morris County Traction Go. on
Thursday began biie work of painting
the trolley poles on Speedwell avenue
which had become rusted and nn-
slightly
An enjoyable dance was given in the
third floor hall of the Miller building
on South street, on New Years night,
arranged by A. II. Bennell, Raynor
Sturgis and others who are home from
school for the holidays.
The chemical engine was called to
the residence of George Ell. Dalrymple
on Early street on Thursday afternoon,
where the explosion OF a heating boiler
and the consed d1ent out rush of steam
caused theopinion' bha5athe house was
on fire. .ssss ~ ss,I
James Hanna escaped from the Nor
ris Plains Hospital on Monday morn
ing and passed thrUugh town saying
that he wanted to ~ to Convent.
Later he was seen there He Is over
six feet tan andcarried a bundle con-
tanning overcoats. xs
Morristown residents will be greatly
pleased to hear that it is probable that
the Park will be put In good shape
during tilecomi9g spring and summer,
sum amounting to several Thousand
dollars having, ,Vaccording to report,
been donated for that purpose.
James E. Btifnett and party Of
Madison friends have bought the
Smith farm, including the Rea or Mil
ler tract, along the MuscOnetcOng
above the Guardlock near Hacketts-
town. They will use it as a summer
retreat, and three bungalows will be
builU next spring.
The Morris County Board Of Taxa
ti0n has fixed Thursday and Friday
and Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
of next week to hear the appeals in the
Ruckaway township tax cases. The
Taxpayers Association of Rockaway
has engaged mining experts TO assist
in fighti ng the assessments there.
Mayor Bennell, under the authority
of the supplement to the hack ordi-
nance, has designated the side of Nor
ris street, opposite the Lackawanna
station and the corner of the Park, OPP
posite the First National Bank, as
hack stands. The hackmen have not
nut the numbers on their hacks very
generally as required, probably because
of the court proceeding in the matter.
The A. M. e. Church has ontgrown
its Sunday School accommodations
and has had plans prepared for an adj
dition to the basement ABOUT twenty
feet wide and the width of the main
building to accommodate the school.
Estimates have been secured, but the
work of putting new roofs ON church
and parsonage has taken available
funds for the present. The church is
working toward the addition, how
ever, and hope it may soon come.
The Public Service Corporation fin
jshed the Installation OF the street
lamps ia the CollinSville section of
Morris township. Lights have been
put up on Water street at Monroe
street, Walnut street, Emmett avenue
Aand liz front of the chapel. A pole line
'zhas been put up on Walnut street and
y lamp put on corner of Walnut street
land Cleveland avenue. Stakes have
G5been set for a new line OF poles on
'Western avenue on the side of the
6treet opposite the telephone line ia
1.-The township for lights there.