The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-04
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

The board of aldermen will meet on
Friday evening.
The board of freeholders are having
the Mendham and the New Vernon
stone roads repaired.
p. E. Boomer will remove the fif
teenth of the month from Bellyiew
terrace to Mt. Airy place.
Paul q. Zimmerman has removed
from the Electric building, on Wash
ing street to Spring place.
Over 1000 feet of new sidewalk has
been laid in Morristown this season
besides much needed repairing.
At a special school meeting on Tues
day, Morris township voted $4,000 for
school purposes for the coming year.
Soaring avenue has been receiving
needed attention in the way OF clean
ing cutters, filling up low places, etc.
Sidney Collins was in town on Tues
day. circulating the petition for the
nomination Of Calhoon Orr as sheriff.
A new electric switchboard is being
installed in the house of Resolute Ill.
81 L. co. by Town Electrician PierSon.
Matinee races will be held at the
driving park on Saturday afternoon
An attractive program is being ar
ranged.
The county board of taxation met
at the court house to-day, local as
SCISSORS presenting their duplicates Tor
approval.
The Morristown library will be
o11 f,,r nj aD6 fpn2lrS on
August 18th. All books should be re-
turned by the 18th.
Rev. James f. Riggs. d. d., will oc-
cupy the pulpit of the South ST. Pres
byterian Church for four Sundays be-
ginning next Sunday.
Thomas o. Sharkey viii open sta
tionery and cigar store and barber shop
in the vacant store in the Dodge Build
ing on South street.
Crushed stone screenings have been
d spread between the tracks at the Nor
ristown and Convent stations improv-
ING. conditions considerably.
Jail Keeper Calhoon Orr took George
Scales and Shoecklin to the State pris-
on at Trenton, on Monday, to begin
their terms of imprisonment.
The convention of Haymakers was
held at Jersey City, on Saturday: L..
S. Smith was elected to the position
Of State vice chief haymaker.
Franklin Hull. who superintendent
the erection OF the R. ID. Feote house,
is now supervising the erection OF a
United States post office in South Da-
kota.
The ornamental plastering at the
new chapel at St. Elizabeth'S Academy
is making constant progress much OF
the more difficult work being COM
pleted
The mother of Charles D. Platt, who
now resides at Dover, fell down stairs
one day last week breaking one of her
legs. She is getting along as well as
can be expected.
The Mills ice factory, on Albeit
avenue, is again running, making ice
after an interval during which repairs
have been made.
The will of the late Francis S. Kin
ney, the cigarette manufacturer, who
had a residence near Pompton Plains,
has been probated in the Morris Coun-
ty Surrogate's office.
Division Engineer, e. /. Cantine, Of
the Lackawanpa r. r., has rented one
of the cottages on Thurmont, Denville,
which he will occupy for a few weeks,
commencing July 30th.
Work on the Park was resumed on
Saturday and since then manure has
been spread a large section of the Park
dug up ready for the seeding which
vuin no 1npo in q fnw wAnkC
The interest of Joseph York, Jr., in
two houses and lots on Western ave-
nue. was sold at public sale at the
court house on Monday afternoon,
Joseph York being the purchaser at
S505.
The Side Hill Cemetery Association
of Post Hill, RockaWay township, has
been Incorporated with the following
trustees Melvin Egbert, LoSey Hen
derson, Samuel DeGraw, Alison Smith
and William j. Henderson.
The executive committee of the
Local Option League has appointed a
subcommittee to canvas the aSpirantS
for assembly nomination as to their
attitude on local option and secure
pledges to vote for the bill.
The annual election of officers of
Resolute HI. & L. Co. will be held on
Wednesday evening. d. f. William
son and E. H. Payie are candidates for
assistant foreman. The other COM
panies elect officers next week.
A. Miller Anderson, who has been
station agent of the MOrrstown & Erie
r. r., has taken a position in the New
york office of the McEwan Bros. His
place will be filled by Mr.. Hardy
from Washington, North Carolina.
Five young men drawing a canoe
mounted on wagon wheels passed
through town about eight O'Clock on
Monday morning. They left their
homes ab Westfield at three O'Clock
and were en- route for Budd's Lake.
Linemen in the employ of the Morris
& Somerset Electric Co. started on
Monday to cut over the Mertis town
ship street lights to the city circuits.
The South street line was changed
week or more ago or rather M. & S.
wires were put on the poles erected
before by the Public Service.
Matthias Plum, Jr., has been ap-
pointed to make an examination of the
plants and business of the United Box
Board & Paper Co both before and
since the appointment OF receivers.
The Hanover mill at Whippany is rum
ming at present but according TO re-