The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-08
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

William Gallagher, sentenced to ten
wears ia state prison, was taken to
Trenton by Sheriff Orr on TUESDAY
Frederick Efb, OF the firm of Mac
kenzie 81 Erb, of Madison and Summit,
has purchased new Buick automo-
bile.
The local Woodmen's camp team
will give one Of Its series OF canoes 10
the Chronicle hall on the evening, Of
December 18th.
The Dorcas society of the Methodist
church will hold a sociable at the resi-.
dence of Mrs. Fred Baldwin. 80 Atno
avenue, tonight.
The Women's Home Missionary So
ciety of tine First Presbyterian church
will, discuss Alaska at its Di-monthly
meeting on Wednesday.
George W. Gore will address the
meeting of the Sunday afternoon club
at the Young Mems Christian associa-
tion Sunday afternoon at 4.l5.
This afternoon the members of the
senior and junior classes OF the high
school will have candy-pull in the
basement of the school building.
The Young Mems Christian associa-
tiOn basketball team will meet the
Summit team in an Inter-T Town league
game on the local court Saturday even
ing. ~ .''st
Wilbur f. Day, jr., has presented
the Young Mems Christian aSsocIa-
tion with a handsome ping pong table,
which has been set Up IN the game
room.
The Morristown Memorial hospital
wishes to thank the many friends who
responded so generously, both in mon
ey and provisions, to the Thanksgiving
appeal. ,Es
"Our Industrial Homes" will be
the subject discussed by the Woman's
Home Missionary society OF the Me6n-
odist church at it's meeting Friday az
ternOon.
Empty boxes for Christmas gifts are
ALWAYS a scarcity at the holiday time.
The exchange has some beautiful COW
cred boxes with white tissue paper in
side very reasonable.
Members of the South Street Pres
bvterian church are taking a postal
card vote as to whether the time OF
Sunday morning service Shall be ten
thirty or eleven o'clock.
The Young Women's Missionary So
ciety of the First Presbyterian church
will hold sale of cake, candy, bread,
pie and rolls. in the chapel on Saturday
afternoon for the benefit OF the Ash
vile scholarship fund.
Miss Agnes Platt, soprano in the
Methodist church quartet, will enter
tain the members of the Epworth
league with monologue readings after
the close of the leagues monthly busi-
ness meeting on Wednesday evening.
Samuel Moore and Benjamin Ander-
son while on their way home by way
of Fort Nonsense Saturday noon found
two garter snakes summing themselves
and killed them. The snakes were
each more than three feet in length.
"College night" an annual gather
ing of college men home on their yaca-
tions, will be held as usual this year at
the Young Mems Christian association
the latter part of this month. The
educational committee have the ar
rangemenbS in hand.
George A. w. Aschenback and Lewis
o. COndit, of BoontOn, and Leland u:
Garretson, of Morristown, have posted
notices in the. county clerks office
that they will apply to the February
term of the Supreme court for admis-
sion TO the bar as attorneys.
George @. Smith has been elected
president of the Civic association to
succeed Mayor Elect Thomas w .Cauld-
we'll, who resigned after receiving the
nomination for mayor. DR.. James b.
Griswold has been acting president
since Mr.. Cauldwell's resignation.
DR.. Samuel Cochran will deliver ar
\ address upon his work in China, illus
trated by stereoptic0n views, in the
chapel of the South Street Presbyter-
ian church on Thursday evening, De-
cember 10th, at eight o'clock. DR..
Cochran returns to China at the end
of this month.
A series of lectures under the direc-
ton of the state board of agriculture,
will be delivered by professors of the
agriculture college during the week OF
December 18th, at New Brunswick.
The lectures are on subjects OF inter
est to farmers and all farmers and
their families are welcome to ATTEND
them.
De Witt @. Flanagan, of Morris
town, is getting lot of fun out of his
handsome and fast mare, Kinstress,
2.094, these nice fall days, and can be
seen on the New York speedway al
most every Sunday morning racing her
against all corners, no matter whether
PAGERS or trotterS. She has proven a
grand gentlemen's speedway and mat
inee trotter and has trotted TO her rec
ord driven by her owner to wagon
Sunday CALI