The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-03
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

house on western avenue.
Al sidewalk is being laid along the
Misses Malley's property on Water
street.
Dark green and gold have been Sc
lected as the class colors OF the junior
class of the High school.
Four typewriters have been added to
the equipment of the commercial de-
partment of the high school.
Local firms are figuring on the pro-
posed remodeling and the erection of
an addition to L. O. Gillespie's house.
The Morristown Medical club met
with DR.. Harry a. Cossitt, at the
State hospital, on Wednesday evening.
Company B, of the Boys brigade,
goes to Summit on Friday evening to
assist in the installation of company
in that town.
A large steel engraving has been
presented to the police department. by
Mayor Bennell and has been hung
over the sergeant's desk in the Office
in headquarters.
Mrs. William Jessup, a missionary
from Syria, addresses meeting of the
Women's Foreign Missionary society
of the First Presbyterian church on
Wednesday afternoon.
Alderman Mowery has been appoint
ed an aide-de-camp on the staff of the
department commander, G. A.. r. Of
the state of New Jersey.
The stated meeting of the Morris
county branch of the State Charities
Aid association will be held in the par
Tor of the Y. NJ G. A. on Wednesday,
November 4th, at four p. m.
Sturgis Brothers secured the con-
tract for the mason work OF the addi-
tion to John o. Ell. Pitney's residence
and for the erection of his new stable.
Reeve & Burr are the carpenters.
Willis II. Dutton is improving his
place on Western avenue by the build
ing of concrete steps and walk from
the street to the piazza. Sturgis
Brothers are doing the work.
An enterprising young lady of Nor
verSed duplex puzzle, that is most diff
cult to solve. They can be found on
s lie at the woman's exchange.
There will be mixed foursome
tournament, eighteen hole handicap.
medal play, on Saturday at the Morris
County Golf club, for prizes presented
by President Ransom FL. Thomas.
Burning brush near Memorial hospi-
tai threatened the nurses building
Thursday afternoon. The red wagon
and its crew of husky truck boys were
called and soon had the blaze extin-
guished.
Nicholas Marinaro is doing the ma
son work on the alterations to the
Kinsella house on Speedwell avenue,
recently purchased by David f. Bark
man. Mr.. Marinaro haS-the contract
for the masonry for house in Chat
ham.
The Rev. DR.. William Fl. Morgan, of
Newark, will lecture on What Yam
kee SawNin Ireland " in the Sunday
school room of the Methodist church
on Monday evening of next week. The
proceeds Of the lecture are for the
Christmas entertainment fund.
Mendham firms have secured the
contracts for the erection of the Moran |
house on Mendhan mountain. John |
r. Hoffman is the carpenter, and e. |
w. Groendyke will do the plumbing. |
Electric wiring will be done by the N. |
J. Engineering & Construction COM
pany.
A citizen has suggested that the
celebration of Morristown's bi-centen- |
NAL be placed in the hands Of the local
lodge of ElkS, asserting it to be made |
up OF representative and aggressive |
men who haze the ability to push |
whatever they start through to bril-
liant finish.
Members of the ladies aid society of |
the Methodist church are hard at |
work on the arrangements for the an
nual fair and supper to be given in the
Sunday school rooms on November |
18th. The proceeds will be for re-
furnishing of the parsonage.
DR.. and Mrs Downie and daughter, |
Baptist missionaries of Nellore, India. |
Will speak at the Baptist church on |
Friday evening, Novem Der 9Th, at 7. As. |
DIR. and Mrs. Downie have been on |
the field for thirty-five years and are |
very fine speakers All are most cor
daily invited to come and hear them.
Some miScreant secured key to the |
back door of the Democratic club room |
in the Miller building on South street |
on Wednesday night and affecting an
entrance tore down the decorations in |
the windows. Officials of the club be-
lieve it to be the work Of some boys |
who have been hanging about the room
and annoying those in charge.
There will be meeting of Morris
town medical men to consider some |
concerted plan OF action in the tuber-
culosis campaign at The rooms OF the
board of aldermen on Thursday, No |
vember 5th, at eight p. m. W. .. |
Smallwood, executive secretary OF the |
State tuberculosis association will ad-
dress the meeting.
Morristown camp team, Modern
WOodmen of America, has elected the
following officers President, Freder-
lex Schraudenbach president,
james King; secretary, Christopher
Brown; treasurer, William A. Lyons
board of governors, James Bradley,
John MacIntyre and James j. Thomp-
son: captain Of team, John M. Benja-
min Sayre.
Mrs. Julia r. Cutler, by her will adj
mitted to probate by Surrogate David
Young on Wednesday, beQueathed all
her stock and interest ia the Cutler
Land company to her three sons, Will
lard w. Cutler, Condict w. Cutler and
Frederick w. Cutler. Each OF the sons
was left $500. All the rest OF her real