The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-15
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

street, has been visiting IrlendS IN
Brooklyn.
Mrs. Frank S. Burnett has returned
from a five weeks visit with relatives
in Knoxville, Tenn.
IThe Rev. George w. Smith, DID,
occupied the pulpit OF the MethodlsG
church SunGay morning.
Frank Montgomery has secured a
position with the Prudential lnsur-
ance Co. in its main office in Newark.
DR.. D. Z. Douglas and James r.
douglas, of Illinois, have been visit
ing their brother, Frank X. Douglas.
In Quarter sessions this morning,
Judge Mills sentenced Marin lngardo
convicted of fornication, to pay tine
of $50.
Patrolman Arthur Meeker has re-
sumed his duties on the police force
after two weeks illness with the
grip.
Willis r. Sanders has been elected
captain of Company B, 4th N. j. Regi-
ment, United Boys Brigades OF Amer
lea.
Many friends of Walter Selvage
rendered him surprise party az ms
home on Bellview terrace on Wednes-
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Martin an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter. Hilma, to Eskil Johnson, OF Wor-
cester, Mass.
Sunday was the first anniversary. of
the pastorate of the Rev. Alexander
MacColl at the South Street PresDy-
terrain church.
This evening Loantaka council,
ROYAL Arcanum, will celebrate the
twenty-third anniversary of the forma-
tion of the lodge.
Morristown's public schools will
close for the Christmas holidays Weu-
nesday, December 23rd, and will reopen
Monday, January 4th.
Deputy Surrogate Joseph P. Luke
man and Miss Catherine Holly, whose
engagement was announced last week,
will be married on December 3Oth.
Mayor Alexander Bennell has pre-
sented the police with a handsome en-
craving. 1t will be given place on
the wall of Chief Halloway's office
While working in the kitchen Satur-
day morning Miss Mary Dougherty
feel and fractured a femur bone. She
was taken to All Souls hospital for
treatment.
The monthly members shoot of the
Morris Gun club will be held at its
traps on Hanover avenue Thursday af-
ternoon One of the events will be
for the Annie Oakley fork.
Rev. o. @. Horsman was one of the
speakers at the Anti-Saloon conven
tion at Trenton Thursday, his theme
being The Pastors and Church's Re-
lation to the Anti-Saloon Question.
Mayor Alexander Bennell, whose
term of Office as mayor of Morristown
expires at noon on January first,
steamed for Europe on Saturday. He
will be abroad until spring.
The drill team Of the local lodge of
Modern Woodmen has started drill
ing for the national encampment of
the order to be held in Buffalo in June,
1910. The team is about to purchase
new uniforms OF white flannel.
The Rev. William Russell Bennett
will lead the prayer meeting in the
Methodist church on Thursday even
ing. in exchange with the Rev. Ralph
B. Urmy, who will lead the meeting in
the First Presbyterian church.
James Riley was the winner for the
tenth successive year of the magnum
of wine offered to the first man each
winter who drives from Morristown
to the GARNER inn at Denville in a
sleigh. Riley made the trip Friday
night.
An invitation leap year dance is be-
ing arranged by the Misses Sinclair
and Mills. 1t will be given IN Wash
fngtOn hall on the evening OF Decem-
Der 18th. The patronesses will be Mrs.
Oliver K. Day, Mrs. George A. Mills
and Mrs. George Sinclair.
An ardent temperance man at Nor
riStOwn caused a smile at his inno-
cense one uight recently, when he said
in mixed company, I'm booze Tight
er and will be booze fighter until |
de- He didn't quite know the slang
meaning of the phrase.
We know that it is difficult to decide
what to give your friends at Christmas
time but there is one way that is very
helpful and that is to just walk into
Nc Clellan's New York cash store and
look at the assortment of Holiday
goods. 1t will help you decide. DO it
now.
A wooden fence is being built along
the frontage Of the Sanders property
recently acquired by the Memorial
hospital. Much comment has been
made over the building of the fence
when the movement to beautify the
town by the removal OF fences is SO
general.
In asuit tried before Justice Edward
q. Johnston on Monday DR.. William L.
Mccormack, of Whippany, was given a
judgement for $50 and costs against
Peter Miser, of .Whippany. The dis
pute arose over a bill for medical SER
vices rendered to Miser's son by DR..
Mccormack.
Samuel Dente, who has purchased
two lots on Wetmore avenue near
Doughty street, will start work at
once upon the erection on one of the
lots of a twenty-four room Six-family
brick apartment house. A similar
building will be erected on the other
Dot in the near future.
Rev J. M. Buckley, DID,, occupied
the pulpit of the Metropolitan temple,
New York, on Sunday, and among his
hearers was President Elect Taft and
family, and his brothers, Henry w. and
Horace ID. Taft. There is no mention
that DR.. Buckley was at all embar-
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