The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-29
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

dow on his lot at Cedar Lake.
Max Hardness. of Harrisburg, Pa,
is the guest of William +. Muir, OF
Elm street.
The telephone company has removed
the pole at the corner of Park place
and Water street.
That portion of Evergreen avenue in
Morris township is being reSurfaced
with crushed stone.
The Morristown & Erie railroad is
replacing some decayed ties on It's
bridges with sound ones.
Tuesdays and Fridays have been an
nounced as visiting days at the Morris
county Jail by Sheriff Calhoun Orr.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pardee, of Kingston,
N. Y, died at the residence of A. Fill
more Hyde, where she had been visit
ing for some time, on Tuesday after
moon.
B. Deane Brink, physical director OF
the Young Mems Christian aSSocla-
tion, has returned from Saugertles, n;
r., where he has been spending several
weeks.
The state board for the equalization
of taxes will meet in the court house
Thursday morning at ten O'Clock to
give further consideration to several
appeals.
The curb in front of police head
Quarters and the fire department
building on SpeedweA avenue is be-
ing reset preparatory to laying the
concrete sidewalk.
Charles McCollum has purchased
q Duke" Of the Independent Hose
company's team of grays, and will run
him to the Humanes' hose wagon
with another horse
Group number seven Of the Epworth
league held a gathering at the Basklng
Ridge Methodist church Friday even
ing, large delegation going from
Morristown in stages.
Morris township has had three cleo
trio lights placed on Western avenue
lust beyond the residence OF Willis II.
button. Six lamps have been ordered
placed on Mt. Kemble avenue.
William Fl. Thompson with his fam
ily is spending the summer at Lake
Hopatcong and incidentally keeping a
.watchful eve on the boats of the Ber-
trand Island Transportation 90.
Sheriff Calhoun Orr has announced
that his office will be open from eight
thirty to five daily except Saturday
when it will be closed at one O'Clock.
On holidays it will be closed all day.
Abraham l.. Adams was sent to jail
on Sunday for two days by Justice
Condor charged with disorderly con-
duct. Adams appropriated some milk
left for William Fl. Under, OF Park
Place.
With the first Sunday in June the
choral even song at St. Peters church
will begin at five O'Clock instead OF
four O'Clock afternoons and will con-
tinue at that hour during the summer
months.
Sheriff Calhoun Orr took Archie
Hughson and Manning Drake, Of
Dover, charged with stealing, and
James Christiano, of this town, sent
up for rape, to the Railway reforma-
tory this morning.
Elizabeth Prentiss, ten years old,
daughter of John Prentiss, of Malcolm
street. was struck in the eye by a.
piece Of wood she attempted to cut
and was found insensible at the wood
pile on Wednesday.
The Standard Oil company is dem
onstrating it's standard asphalt road
oil on lower Elm street, near the
Iackawanna railroad station, having
treated about four feet Of the road at
No nvp6Y1cn tn fine town
lawn party will be held for the
benefit of All Souls Hospital, Monday
afternoon and evening, July 9th, on
the hospital grounds. There will be
music and dancing. Admission to
grounds and play fifty cents.
Fred Dunlap and Edward Hubert,
two seventeen years old boys, were
treed in a Prospect street CHEEKY tree
nv Officer Holly Monday evening. JUS
tice Condor fined them two dollars
and costs each for stealing cherries.
A military camp is being planned by
the members of the MorristOwn and
Summit Boys brigades at Lake Ho-
patcong. The boys will remain in
camp from August 18th to 22nd, and
military routine will be carried out.
Wednesday evening the Alpha NJ
society will hold its first annual ban
quet at Days. Robert Hipson. presi-
dent OF the organization will be toast
master and several members of the
society will take part in the speech
making.
Inspector j. Fred Runyon and his
assistant, j. B. Everitt, are out after
the lawbreakers at Lake Hopatcong.
Several people have been arrested
lately for running boats at night with
out lights or for carrying passengers
without license.
Garrett Smith, husband Of Mrs.
Amanda Smith, of No. South street,
died in the state hospital at Morris
plains on Thursday morning. Funer-
al services will be held In the Methodist
church on Saturday morning at ten
thirty o'clock.
While trying to learn how to swim
James Naughton, thirteen years old,
got beyond his depth in Mills pond
Thursday afternoon. He sank twice
before Martin O'Keefe managed to get
the aspirant for aquatic honors to ter
Ta frma again.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
society Of the Methodist church will
hold a midsummer social In the SUM
day school room at three O'clock FRI
day afternoon. A program Will be
rendered by the Kings Heralds and
tho II irfla ,iu1nt RoarorS