The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-07-12
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

cavating for his new house on Locust
avenue.
The street department. has laid a
crossing on Western avenue opposite
Ann street.
Reuben n. Burchell has been elected
collector of Loantaka Council, OF the
Royal Arcanum.
Clyde Potts has been engaged as
engineer by the sewerage commission
of New Brunswick.
There were no services in st. Peters
church on Sunday. owing to the WORK
of installing new organ.
Ira Durling has secured position
as night telegraph operator at the
Western Union Office in Orange.
While playing Friday morning Ralph
Tiger. the ten years old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Tiger, of Locust street, fell
and broke one OF his arms.
Thomas Pritchard has been appoint
ed policeman at the state hospital and
he looks after the crowds that come to
the place on the trolley car.
Morristown lodge of Elks is arrang-
ing an old-time one ring circus to be
given during the last week in August.
The performers are all to be profess
SIGNALS.
The U. S. Civil Service commission
has announced an examination for
the positions of clerk and carrier in
the local post Office to be held In No
vember 49,
The Rev. James NJ. Meeker. D. D.,
president of the HackettstOwn Col
legiate institute, occupied the pulpit
of the Methodist Episcopal church
Sunday.
Joseph Antonaccio, caretaker of the
public playground, cut the top of one
Of his thumbs Wednesday morning.
He went to Memorial hospital for
treatment.
Mariory Little, seven years old, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Little,
fell off teeter-totter in the yard of
Mr.. Titles bungalow at Morris
Plains Thursday and broke her left
arm.
s Two large mats have been placed in
front of the steamer and hose wagon
in Humane Engine company'S quart
ers on Speedwell avenue to prevent
the horses slipping on the wooden
floor.
The fifteenth flower show, Of the
Morris County Gardeners and Flor
lists society in conjunction with the
Chrysanthemum Society Of America
is to be held at the Whippany River
club on November End, Bird and 4th.
joseph Lane, driver for the Child
sey express company, of Elizabeth, was
fined five dollars and costs Thursday
afternoon by Justice Isaac r. PiersOn
for driving lame horse. Agent
James e. Welsh, of the s. P. @. A..
made the arrest.
The road committee of the board of
freeholders has awarded to Frederick
S. Smith the contract for the repair
ing of the road from Morrlstown to
Whippany and to Fl. X. & j. B. Sal
mon the contract for repairing the
Rockaway- Dover road.
Mayor Cardwell, Chief Markwith
and Fire Commissioners M. A. Bald
win, e. o. Wieters and John Reed, OF
East Orange, visited Morristown We'd
nesday afternoon and looked over the
independently Hose company s autOm0-
bile chemical engine.
The sewerage system of Morristown
is expected to be ready by the last OF
this month. The disposal plant is all
ready and the sewerage commission is
now having repaired a few breaks IN
the sewers. A formal opening with
speeches is being planned.
The rye crop OF the Messrs. Pruden
& Burke on their property, the Whit
nall farm, Is attracting much atten-
tion. The stalks are all more than six
feet in height while many are to be
found seven feet in height and several
eight footers are to be seen.
Resolute Hook and Ladder company
has accepted an invitation from Pro.
lection Hook and Ladder company, Of
Dover, 30 participate in the firemen's
parade during the Old Home Week
celebration in Dover. The parade
will be held on Friday, August 26th.
Herbert Helm, eight years old,
Strayed away from the Children's
home at Parsippany Thursday. The
police were asked to look for the little
boy and he was traced to Whippany
and Monroe Late in the evening he
was found at the Summer Shelter.
Edward Kelly and Leonard Elliott,
of the fire and light committee of the
Dover common council, were in Nor
ristown Wednesday afternoon. They
inspected the automobile chemical en-
CINE and were given demonstration
by Foreman Fred Day and Chauffeur
George Pangborn.
The Rev. Abel Gahert, organist and
choirmaster of the Church OF the IS
sumption, has gone to Paris for the
summer Upon his return to this
country in September he will assume
the position Of professor of music in the
Catholic university at Washington, to
which he has been appointed.
The Morris & Somerset Electric Co.
held it's annual meeting Wednesday
and the following directors were re-
elected Samuel S. Childs, Peter v.
Stryker, Samuel H. Gillespie, DR.. r.
Landon Humphreys, John M. Forbes,
David P. Mcclellan, Clifford S. Rutan,
Eugene S. Burke and Samuel B. Car
son.
The Public Service corporation.
which last week scared control OF
the Morrist0wn Gasliqht company,
has announced reduction in price of
gas in MOrristown of twenty-five cents
per thousand feet. A meter charge
has been discontinued, and representa-
tives OF the company will visit every
n.