The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-14
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
w. e. Wheelock has rented his Nor
ris avenue house for the summer 10 h.
FL. Macy, Jr.
The local lodge of st. Patrick's Al
dance will have a dance IN ForeSoer 5
Hall, on the first OF May.
The Free Kindergarten will cele-
brate Easter next Monday, and Hroe-
bells birthday on Tuesday.
The Prohibition Alliance met at the
home of Gilbert ID. Young on Phoenix
avenue last Tuesday evening".
Iinemea have begun the work of
painting the wooden poles of the Nor
lris and Somerset Electric Co.
The Morris County Teachers Asso-
biation will hold it's spring session in
Dover on Saturday, the 18th inst.
Miss Marie Cahill has accepted a
position with the Laiblin Co., cleaners
and dyers, at their South street store.
The Morris township board of edu-
cation has elected Watson A. Bartron,
president and Fred L. Armstrong, vice.
president.
The post Office will be closed on Fri
day, excepting from to 10 a. m. Only
one delivery of mail will be made by
the carriers.
The high wind of Saturday night
and Sunday blew over humber OF
trees, many portions Of fences and did
other damage.
Three more of the Park trees were
removed on Monday, one because it
stood in a walk, the others because OF
their condition.
The Kennedy Electric Co., which
has its headquarters in MorriStown,
has applied for an electric lighting
franchise in Butler.
Wallace M. Scudder, proprietor of
the Newark Evening News ;" has
rented A. III. Vernam'S house on Madi-
son avenue for six months from May l.
The union meetings opened on Mon
day night. Services conducted by the
pastors of the four churches uniting
are held each evening this week except
Saturday,
The State board of equalization of
taxes has announced a series OF hear
ingS in the several counties. That for
Morris and Sussex counties will be
held in Dover on May IL.
Miss Josephine Parton has been en-
gagged as visitor for the Market Street
Mission, succeeding Miss Collier, who
resigned some time ago. Miss Parton
cones from Carlisle, Pa.
Rev. r. B. Urmy has been appointed
a member of a committee of Newark
Conference to act in concert with the
standing committee on Mt. Tabor
Camp Meeting Association.
The residence of Geo. D. R. Schief-
felin on Loantaka Terrace was en-
tered through a kitchen window on
Sunday night and some forks and
knives and a silver salt cellar were
taken.
Several pieces of money have been
dug up in the work on the Park. Two
of them were the old style one cent
pieces, dated l843 and 1916 respective
fy, while an old two cent piece of 1868
was also found.
Homer Davenport will lecture in st.
VirgiliuS Hall at Morris Plains on
Wednesday, April 22nd, for the bene-
fit of the Morris Plains Fire Depart
ment. He will tell of his experiences
on the Arabian desert.
The new street sweeping machine,
the property of the N. j. Dustoline
Co., was brought out for the first last
Tuesday and tried on Western avenue.
On Wednesday morning it was set at
work sweeping the streets around the
Park with good effect.
Edward Booth, fifteen years of age,
of Wharton, is in All Souls Hospital
with broken shoulder and crushed
leg, the result of trying to board
moving car in the Hurd mine yard on
Wednesday. He was employed upon
the dump at the mine.
The appearance q the town would
be much improved If somebody would
make it his business to cart away the
broken sewer pipe. At the court house
corner, for instance, there are three
piles of tile containing the remains of
fourteen lengths of tile.
T. I'll. Meskill is stripping the soil
from Garfield street and the unnamed |
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Evergreen Cemetery for use there. |
The streets will be filled in prepara-
tory to opening up the tract.
Miss Adelaide e. DeCamp, who
passed to her rest on Thursday last,
will be greatly missed by large circle
of relatives and friends. Although a
great sufferer for many years, her
brave, sweet patience and her beauti-
full Christian example endeared her to
all. ~ ax
Collins Weir has drawn plans Tor
two story concrete bio ok building
which Henry p. Witte Intends to
Auild on the corner of Water and Will
low streets. There will be two stores
facing on Water street and two four
room apartments above, bhe entrance
on Willow street. s5 IVY
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