The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-08-10
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


The Beta Gamma club will enjoy a
straw ride to BOOnton tonight.
The concrete work has been started
in front Of the fire houses on Speedwell
avenue.
ssThe Third Degree" is the latest
hig attraction to be booked by Mana
ger Charles FL. VOrholz OF the Lyceum,
Morristown Italians are planning to
celebrate Columbus day, October 18th,
the holiday legalized by the last legis-
aature.
Evangelist e. A. Smieh, Of Dover
will conduct the meeting at Collins
willie chapel Sunday evening at eight
O'Clock.
The members of the Y. M. G. A.
who have been al Ramp Kozy, Green
pond, have returned to town and re-
port bully time. !"
Rev. Henry Clay Miller, pastor of
the First Baptist church, Fon du Lac,
Wisconsin, will occupy the pulpit OF
the Baptist church next Sunday.
The Sunday school of the First Bap-
list church have decided to go on an
excursion to Verona Lake, August
18th; with the Sunday schools OF the
township.
In order to obviate the leaking Of
the tile roof of the First Presbyterian
church it is being taken off in sections
and tar paper covered with asphaltum
placed underneath.
Mayor Ayers. the street committee
of the board of aldermen and Street
Commissioner Cole visited Newark or
Monday and made an inspection of the
brick pavements in use in that munich
pality.
DR.. Gustav a. Becker, DIR. Harry A.
Henriques, DIR. George Y. Connett ane
DR.. James Douglas were among the
nhvsicians who attended the luncheon
given by Governor Fort at Sea Girt or
Thursday.
The annual outing of the Salmon
family was held at Sunset Rock neal
Boonton on Saturday afternoon
MANY were present from Union, Essex
Morris and Sussex counties and one
from Topeka, Kan.
The board of directors of the Young
Mems Christian association will meet
Tuesday evening. The membership
committee and the entertainment
committee of the association viii
meet Monday evening.
Tom and Jerry, the spirited team Of
gray horses belonging to Resolutt
Hook and Ladder company, have re
turned from their month spent on {
farm and are back in the truck house
ready for alarms OF ire.
John Delpezzo, who was brought tx
Memorial hospital last week from th'
Lackawanna cutoff, near Andover
suffering from internal Injuries, dice
Saturday night. His body will b
cared for by his friends at Andover.
Another big throng turned out Il
hear the band concert last Iuesda.
evening. The singing of Jack" Stur
Manager John Roman, OF the band
will likely secure other singers TO-
coming concerts.
The Lackawanna railroad is erect
ing safety gates at the Saw Mill Ian,
crossing near the upper end of the sta
tion. This has long been a bad spo
though partially protected by a flag
man and the gates will be much appre
ciated by all who use the crossing.
The Morristown Trust company re
u .eeiyed large consignment of thesnes
Lincoln pennies on Wednesday ant
has paid them out since by the thOus
and G. Augustus Muir was the frs
man to spend one at the post office
purchasing postal card with the nes
coin.
While the concrete sidewalk is beinl
laid in front of Humane Engine com
pany's house on Speedwell avenue TIN
company's engine and hose wagon !
being housed in the truck company
annex. The hook and ladder truck i
located along side the park near tn,
United States hotel during the side
walk work.
Antonio Cristianas twenty years old
of No. 6 Flagler street, while working
at Convent Monday afternoon, fel
from scaffold to the GROUND, dis
lance of forty feet. His left shoulder
was badly sprained and his fac
bruised. He was taken to Memoria
hospital after being cared for by DR.
HenriqueS. Later he was taken home
The late Joseph Wharton, hi
owned thousands of acres in thu
mountains of Morris and SUSSEX
counties, and for years operated iror
mines and blast furnaces, bequeatheC
by will 100000 to the University o
Pennsylvania, and 300, 900 to Swarth
more college. He distributed the bal
ance among his relatives, his wife re
ceiving half million.
A horse belonging to Luther Kountz'
broke away from the lad holding it il
front of the post Office Monday after
noon and ran away. The ANNA
knocked down a man who tried K
catch him and the light wagon thu
horse was drawing ran over the man
but he was uninjured. The horse
was caught on Washington street be
fore any damage was done.
VALUABLE COLLIE STOLEN