The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-01-26
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

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house.
The cells in the basement OF police
headquarters have been painted
cream color.
Robert Macpherson has secured
position with the National Biscuit
company in Philadelphia.
Overseer Of the Poor Joseph A.
Blanchard is ill at his home on Harri-
son street with a heavy cold.
Herbert Day, of Ridgedale avenue,
is on his way to San Francisco, CAL,
via the Southern Pacific railway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ensminger are
receiving congratulations over the re-
cent arrival at their home of q baby
girl.
George III. Bullwinkel is stopping
for the present at the Mansion house.
He is enjoying vacation OF week or
two.
The annual meet ing and election of
officers of the ladies' aid society OF the
Methodist church will be held this at
ternoon.
Howard f. Barrett was elected to
the class committee of the senior class
of the New York Law school where ne
is student.
Local employees OF the New York &
New Jersey Telephone Co. enjoyed
sleight ride to Denville land return
last Monday evening
George Kiser, principal of the Hill
side school, has been confined to his
home on Western avenue for week
with severe cold.
The Missionary Workers, society
connected with the First Presbyterian
church. met at Miss Dana's school on
Monday afternoon.
Henry Shaw will remove from James
street to Madison avenue on May 1St.
The house vacated by him has been
rented by Josiah Macy.
The first annual ball of Roxiticus
tribe, No. 258, imp. 0. r. M, of Mend
ham, will be given in Hoffman hall on
Friday night, February 18th.
J.. B. Headley & Co., stock brokers,
have opened an office in Madison.
John Cannon has accepted position
with them as telegraph operator.
The hook and ladder truck while
snow is on the ground has three horses
to pull it, a horse belonging to William
T. Enslee doing temporary service.
George Cobbett. who has suffered an
operation in the German hospital in
New York, is improving and will be
brought home the latter part of this
week.
Ernest G. Ward has purchased the
Tahpcof, h0usa o0rnar Of WachinUfon
street and Atno avenue. The house
is now occupied by Frederick Pan
taenius.
John B. Bryan has sold his house
and lot on Mt. Kemble avenue to John
A.. Tallmadge. Mr.. Tallmadge has
sold his Mills street property to Harry
Ratley.
Albert Holland is the first of this
years graduating class of the high
school to take college entrance exam
nations. He took the Columbia col
lege examinations Tuesday.
= The Rev. Charles Mccarthy, assis-
tant pastor of ALI Saints church, Jer-
sey City, has been appointed by Bishop
O'Connor as an assistant to MonSignOr
Joseph M: Flynngof the Church OF the
Assumption.
The Rev. Oliver q. Horsman was in
stalled as pastor of the First Baptist
church at Williamsport, Pa. Thursday
evening. The Rev. Isaac M. b. Thomp-
son,.of this town, preached the installa-
ti0n sermon. A
George Graf, six years old, son of FL.
p. Graf, of High street, while on the
Washington street crossing Tuesday
night, was struck by pair of bob sleds
coming down Court street and his leg
brok en- near the hip. o@" s
Torbert post has accepted an invita-
tion to attend in body the Lincoln
memorial service to be held in the
Methodist Episcopal church, the Rev.
Ralph B. Urmy, DID,, pastor, on Sun
day evening, February 7th.
Rev. Albert Erdmans preaching en-
gagement in Rev. Minot @. Morgan's
church in Summit, terminates this
week. Rev. Mr.. Morgan has mace
tour around the world, having been
absent since early summer.
Mrs. Jane P. Lewis, Of DeHart
street, has purchased. inc Messenger
property No. "a Franklin street
through the real estate brokers Frank
d. Baldwin, of this city, and Pease q
Elliman, of New York city.
Jesse L. Eddy and Joseph B. Dick
son are installing private electric
plant for their joint use to light their
residences IN Normandy park. Tie
plant includes generator, storage
batteries and gasoline engine.
A horse belonging to George Jones,
of Mills street. fell on the ice on Wash
ington street Wednesday and broke
one of it's legs. 1t had to be shot.
The animal was sharp ShOd and fell be-
cause SNOWFALL formed in the shoe.
Former Governor George T. Werts,
of Jersey City, was the guest on Tues
day of former Vice. Chancellor Henry
@. Pitney. Mr.. Pitpey was first APP
pointed a vice-chancelior by Mr.,
Werts. Tuesday was Mr.. Pitneys
eighty-second birthday.
j. Fred Runyon has resigned as or
ganist and choir director at the Meth
OdiSt church. He will be succeeded
on February LIST by Charles H. Corwin.
Arrangements are being made for
vested choir of from twelve to sixteen
voices to sing beginning May lst.
The Rev. Stanley White occupied
the pulpit Of the South Street Presby7
terrain church Sunday morning and
evening. The pastor, the Rev. Alex
ander MacColl, preached In the Mac
kafzia school AFT DOhhS Earrv in tho