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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
"Ruddygore.'' "

The managers in charge Of the pro-
duction OF Gilbert and Sullivan's comic
opera, g Ruddygore, y have decided up
on May the oath and -25th as the dates
for the two performances. Rehearsals
of the music have been held every
week since December 1st, under the
direction of Mr.. Matthews, and the
work of staging the opera has just
commenced under the supervision OF
George Paxton, Of New York city,
whose excellent work with Nara
gansett Pier" last year commended
itself to the management.
Ruddygore, or "The Witches
Curse" is one of Gilbert and Sulli-
vans best productions, but owing to
the phenomenal success of it's prede-
cessor- 1.-The Mikado" has been heard
comparatively little in this country
The production includes chorus OF
over fifty, and MANY Of the principals
were heard last year in "Narragansett
Pier.n
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
surrogate Young Justified.

AS every one of good sense knew be-
forehand there was no case made out
against Surrogate David Young in the
charge made against him for using
profane language to woman in his
office. He had patiently borne with
her vagaries for long time, tried to do
all possible for her enlightment, after
Judge Mills and others had given her
up in despair, and finally when pa
thence ceased to be virtue, expressed
his opinion of her in vigorous man
ner, but did not use profane language.
The event afforded mild sensation
and copy for the daily papers, but so
far as the Surrogate is concerned he is
deserving of the thanks of the COM
munity for suppressing trouble
maker
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
Easrer Elections.

The parish meetings of st. Peters
church and the Church of the Re-
deemer were held on Monday. The
following were elected:
st. Peters church. Wardens, AL
fred Mills and Ransom II. Thomas ;
vestrymen, E. A. Carrell, Van Tassel
Sutphen, John Mayer, 81. K Morgan,
jr., e. @. Keasbey, P. II. Cooper
Henry Shaw and Alfred Elmer Mills.
Delegates to Diocesan Convention,
Alfred Mills, &. @. Keasbey and Fl. K.
Morgan, jr.,; alternates, Belden s,
Day, E. A. Corbett, G. f. Axtell.
Church of the Redeemer- Wardens
John e. Taylor and Francis S. Hoyt
vestrymen, J. Steuart Mackie, Angus
tus L. Revere, Charles D. NJ. Cole
John R. Brinley, George e. Chisolm,
Joseph R. Moody, Oscar B. Smith, jr.,
and James G.. Lldgerwood. Delegates
to Diocesan Convention, John R
Emery, J. Steuart Nackie and Charles
d. M. Cole.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
.Enlargtng His Business.

d. P. Mcclellan has secured posses
sion of the store room adjoining the
New York Cash Store and is now fit
ting it up for the carpet department,
as this department has outgrown the
space that could be afforded it in the
regular store room. This enlargement
will give considerable additional floor
space with.a fine show window, and
ought to electrify the carpet business
of Morristown. In view of the Larger
Morristown now coming apace we may
predict that the time is not far dis
tanb when Mr.. Mcclellan will require
a fine four story building covering the
entire lot between the Freeman and
bank buildings.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
THE LEGISLATURE YESTERDAY
special Message by Governor Five
Vetoes.

Governor Fort yesterday sent to the
Legislature a special message pointing
out two defects in the public utilities
bill recently passed and signed by him,
which he considers serious. He strong
ly advocates further legislation on the
bill at this session, so that there will
be embodied In it rate-making clause
and fixed penalty for violation by
corporations of orders of the Utilities
Commission. The Governor calls at
tention to the principal of law that In
an action of debt only fixed penalty
can be recovered and suggests that
the penalty be fixed at 800 a day.
With the message was sent the recent
statement on the bill by the Governor
and the opinion of former Supreme
Court Justice Bennett Van Syckel.
The House last night refused to re-
lieve the committee on elections of the
further consideration of Assemblyman
Bakers bills to extend the principals
tof direct nominations, without inter
vention of the convention system, to
selections for Governor and Congress.
The vote stood eighteen for and
thirteen against reporting. Birch
and Smith. of Morris, did not vote.
Governor Fort returned to the Leg
islature with his veto five measures
They are bill to enable counties
which have no county hospital to as
sist in maintaining hospitals in such
counties; authorizing any county hav-
ing no hospital located therein main
tanned by the county, to issue bonds
for the purpose Of enabling any hospi-
tai in the county to make alterations
and provide equipment ; to incorporate
the borougRof Moonachie permitting
cities to appropriate moneys for cele-
brations of anniversaries of their
founding, and providing for the sue
cessor of the mayor of any city in case
of death.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

The funeral services of Miss Nellie
r. Baxter, who died at her home on
Mt. Kemble avenue, Sunday morning
March Goth, after a short Illness, were
held at the Church Of the Assumption
at 1890 Wednesday morning, and were
very largely attended. High mass was
sung by Rev. Joseph Dolan, and Rev.
Father Ryan, of Bernardsville, occu-
pied seat in the Sanctuary. Miss
Baxter was faithful and consistent
child of the church, always ready to
do the will of her pastor and always
willing to assist In any good work.
She was a girl of very cheerful dispo-
sition and many hearts are saddened
at her untimely death.
The pallbearers were Messrs. Alfred
j. Lane and James Martin, of Sum
NIT Harry f. Dempsey, Robert J..
Burke, B. w. Clifford and DIR. r. w.
Welch, of this town. Interment in
Hold Rood cemetery.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
DAVID GRING, OWNER.
The self-M Made Man who Does Things
Out in Chester, Pa.

The Self Made Man who Does Things
Out i'll Chester, Pa.
Out in Perry county, Pa, they say
that If you see anything except the
farmhouses and the big red barns, and
ask who owns it they will tell you
David Gring.
No matter whether it is mill or
water works or a railroad you will be
told that David Gring is the possessor,
and in some measurer this is true.
Mr.. Gring is great financial power
in that part of Pennsylvania, and is
known elsewhere.
He is the president of and the big
gest owner of two railroads, owns the
larger share of the water companies in
twelve towns, and in his mills he is
said to turn out more railroad ties
than any other man in the United
States. Besides be is president of the
Morris County Traction company.
And they do tell that what Mr.. Gring
says in Perry county just about goes.
Mr.. Gring lives in big mansion at
Newport, Pa, but he is unostenta-
tious in manner and mild in speech.
He is self-educated, and he used to tell
his friends that the only schooling he
ever got was one four weeks when the
sawmill in which he started his career
10 4 t,rol1ox, dous,. a,od I,a xuanf ffs uuorlz
again as soon as repairs had been
made. He is now credited with being
worth more than $4,000, 900 made, bis
friends say, entirely through his own
efforts.
Mr.. Gring is short and stockily
built, and he comes Of Pennsylvania
German family. He built the New
port and Sherman Valley railroad and
rebuilt the Susquehanna River and
Western. The two roads have total
length of about fifty miles and connect
with the Pennsylvania at Duncannor
and Newport.
Business with us has been fair, }
said Mr.. Gring recently. " Every
thing is in very good shape, and We
have not been up against labor trou
bles. We are putting in large water
system for the suburban territory
about Lebanon with big reservoir:
and filter plants. We shall ultimately
carry the water fifteen miles and sup
ply about five towns with this service
We are building the reservoirs in 8
series. We have already installed one
with capacity OF 100000 gallons
and shall built more as the consump
tion of water increases" N. Y. Sun
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
Firemen,s Busy Hour.

The residences Of Max E. Schmidt,
on Madison avenue, and the Whitneys,
on Egbert hill, were threatened with
destruction by fire on Saturday noon.
The flames from burning grass crept
so close to the houses that the SER
vices of the automobile chemical en-
CINE were needed. The chemical paid
three visits to Egbert hill and finally
the Resolute's red wagon and the Hu-
names hose wagon we're called.
The high winds kept tanning the
embers on Egber hill to fresh flames.
So busy was Chief Day, who was in
charge of the tiremen, that he took
his lunch on the chemical engine and
ate 1t while going from one fire to an
other.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

New Jersey has lost barn and
eighteen tons of hay. The barn was
on what is known as the Theodore
Smith place and is part of the proper
ty owned by the state at Morris Plains
and occupied by the state hospital for
the insane. The barn was near the
hospital sewage disposal beds on Han
over avenue. 1t caught fire Friday
evening from sparks from burning
rubbish and brush which was being
destroyed nearby on an adjoining
property. The state hospital fire de-
partmenG turned out and though the
barn was entirely Destroyed succeeded
in saving the farm house which stood
near by and which is occupied by an
employee Of the hospital
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
:. An Evening with the Poers.o

Last evening the members of the Y.
P. S. G. E., OF the First Baptist
church, rendered a miscellaneous pro-
gram entitled "An Evening with the
Poets" The biographies of Burns,
Tennyson and Lowell were read by
Miss Agnes Leonard. Several poems
were read by members Of the society
and Messrs. Ironside and Thompson.
Miss DeGroot and Miss Emma Boni-
face sang solos. Two tableaux were
presented, the first by Arthur Lane
and Miss Geneyieve Jones, the second
by Pierson Little and Miss Phoebe
Cole. The silver collection was fol-
lowed by refreshments with music
rendered by the Imperial orchestra.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
SEEK LAND FOR SEWAGE PLANT
Florham Park Council Does Not Favor
Proposed Annexation.


At a special meeting of the Florham
Park council Saturday, conference
was held with representatives of Chat
ham and Madison concerning the an
nexation of a part of Florham Park to
Chatham, so that borough and Madi-
son may establish thereon a sewage
disposal plant. Madison has recently
been denied the power to establish a
plant of this nature, where it first
proposed to have it.
The outcome of the conference was
that the Florham Park councilmen,
though opposed to the scheme, while
both Chatham and Madison, through
their representatives, favored it,
agreed that If a petition bearing uhe
names of majority of the property
owners in the section that would be
affected is presented in favor of the
annextion, at special meeting of the
Florham Park council, ON Tuesday
night, the council will give it's con-
sent, but not otherwise.
A bill has been prepared empower
ing the annexation, and will be intro
duced in the Legislature. The terri
tory that would be affected measures
one and one-sixteenth square miles
in area. Only portion of this would
be required for the sewage disposal
plant, and it is contended that the
proper development of the remainder
is largely dependent upon it's annexa.
tion to Chatham.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
A Hungry Chicken.

A chicken with an appitite of an
ostrich was discovered by Mrs. Joseph
Finkelstein, of Speedwel avenue, on
Friday afternoon. She purchased the
chicken from local dealer and when
she began to dress it was surprised to
find it contained five large buttons,
tive small buttons, three beads. one
collar button and one small heart
shaped gold locket.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
Y. NJ. c. A. Rummage Sale.

The Woman's Auxiliary of the Y.
M. @. A. are planning rummage sale
for the latter part of April to be held
in the st. Hilda property, corner OF
Western avenue. Anything you wish
to give for this, may be sent at any
time to the caretaker at that place
marked " For the Rummage Sale. /"
Wearing apparel, shoes, ETC., find
ready sale. Furniture, housekeeping
articles, stoves, or other articles of
this character solicited.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
Mrs. William vernon Deceased

Mrs. Rebecca Peace Vernon, widow
of the late William Vernon, for many
years resident of Morristown, died
on Saturday at the home of her son,
Rev. Ambrose White Vernon, D. d.,
pastor of the Harvard Congregational
church, Brookline, Mass, from heart
failure. During her residence in Nor
ristown Mrs. Vernon was active in
church and benevolent work and had
many friends in the community. She
is survived by two sons, Rev. Ambrose
W. Vernon and William Vernon, OF
East Orange.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER
Local Omcials May seek to Have one
Appointed.

Local OfHcials May seek to Have One
Appointed.
The local authorities are trying to
devise some means of suppressing the
increasing crime wave among the ju-
veniles of the town. The appoint
ment Of juvenile probation officer is
being discussed. Mayor Theodore
Ayers, Judge Alfred Elmer Mills and
Superintendent Of Schools Ira w.
Travell have held conferences upon
the subject They found there was
plenty Of law to care for the young
sters but were not altogether satisfied
that it would be for the best interests
of the children to apply 1t.
The appointment Of juvenile pro-
baton officer, to work in connection
with Police Justices Patrick j. How
ark and Issac r. Pierson, met with
favor. The officer would have the de-
linquent children report to him as to
their attendance at school and their
general behaviour. There have been
so many cases Of petty thieying by
boys who were playing hockey"
from school that the authorities deem
it necessary to do something to curb
the evil at once.
The cases are such that the police
justices do not care to send the boy to
jail to await grand jury action and
Judge Mills does not approve of send
ing them to Jamesburg unless 1t is
clearly proved they are incorrigible.
II the police justices had the power
| to settle these petty cases themselves
with small fine or short imprison-
ment in the Morristown lookup II
would prove beneficial it is Thought
but under existing conditions it is
necessary to either discharge them OF
hold them for the grand jury unless by
some hook or crook the case can be
twisted around to one of disorderly
conduct. Just what action can be
taken was not decided but something
will be done soon in the matter.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
chureh Of the Reaeemer Cholr.

Sidney a.. baldwin, who has been
re-engaged for the seventh year as or
ganist and director Of the Church of
the Redeemer, has engaged the follow
ing for the choir for the coming year
Sopranos Miss Emma Bowen, Miss
Helen Hoffman, Miss Agnes Hoffman,
Miss Isabelle Drake and Miss Laura
Bockoven altos Miss Lydia Wise and
Mrs. Eta Salmon; tenors-- George
Combs and Armin Hoffman baritone,
It. K. Kutscher basses--kibert Smith
and Harold Viedt.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
THE vAGARIES OF A JURY.
How the Same Story Impresses DIFF
ferent Men.

ferent Men,
A celebrated lawyer once remarked
that if there was anything on earth
not foreordained it was the verdict of
petit jury. This was illustrated in
a recent case in a Justices court here.
Leopold Stiner instituted dispossession
proceedings to get the store on Speed
well avenue occupied by Jacob New
mark. On the first trial it was proved
that the store had been leased in the
first place to Alexander Newmark
who, with his brother Jacob as part
ner ran a restaurant there. Last
summer they dissolved their partner
ship, Jacob continuing the business.
In December Mr.. Stiner, for appar-
emily good reasons, got surrender OF
the lease, telling Jacob Newmark, as
he AYERS, that he could continue on as
monthly tenant. Newmark claims,
and had several witnessas to testify tc
the fact, that he was to hold the prem.
ises for the unexpired term of the
lease and under the same conditions
IE was agreed by counsel on both sides
that if Newmark was under the terms
of the old lease he could hold posses
sion until a full three months notice
was served on him, while If only a
monthly tenant months notice was
sufficient. A months notice had been
given and it was a question as to the
terms Of the tenancy. The same tes-
timony was given in each case and two
different juries disagreed, the first
standing ten to two for one party tc
the suit and the other two to ten fol
the same party. A third jury was
summoned but the case was settled
before it came to trial.
An interesting point of law was
brought out in the trial. If party is
in possession of a premises for an in
definite term he cannot be put out be-
fore the first of the following April
without three months notice, but
on the thirty-first day of March a
months notice will disposses him.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

A letter received from James @.
Powell, Of the Whitefriars Glass
works, London, says :--sAs regards
the east and west windows. the latter
is not so far forward as the former,
but | hope to have both windows
ready to ship by the end Of March. ("
Allowing liberal amount Of time for
passage and delays In the customs,
this means that we ought to receive
our chancel and tower windows Ger.
Ainly by the end Of April or the be.
ginning Of May. =St, PETERS Record,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

County Detective Edward L. Bren-
nan arrested Frank Underhill on
Speedwell avenue Saturday night on
bench warrant several years old and
had him committed to Jail. Under
hill is charged with the larceny Of
several horse blankets from Sands s.
Co.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
worked the Town to Their unaolng

Worked the Town to Their Undoing.
The police learned on Wednesday
morning that couple of chaps were
going about town pretending to be Ii
censed chimney sweeps, and stating
that householders were liable to pen
atty if they had a fire owing to foul
chimneys. Officers Morrison In d
Burney looked up the fellows and af-
ter chase landed them before Justice
Howard. Joseph McCartley, the
principal, had a badge on his cap
marked Professional Oh imney y
Sweep" He was sent to jail for four
days on disorderly conduct charge
pending an inquiry into his opera
tions, while his comrade who was in
the drunk and disorderly class accom-
panied him for the good of the town.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
card orThanks.

Mr.. Baxter and family return their
gratitude to the many. friends whose
kindly efforts and sympathy did so
much toward alleviating their great
grief, also for the numerous floral
tributes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

HERE IN 1749
A Sketch Of Ezekiel Cheever
an Early Resident in the
Town Of Morristown.
A USEFUL MAN OF AFFAIRS
In the old Granary burying ground
in Boston is memorial stone to
/" Ezekiel Cheever

In the old Granary burying ground
in Boston is memorial stone to
I" Ezekiel Cheever
Colonial Schoolmaster,
Born in London, Jan. 25, 1914
Died in Boston, Aug. 2l, 1708
A Teacher for Seventy Years.
He was head master of the famous
Boston Latin school, "the oldest
school in America" for thirty.eight
years, from 1870 to 17O8.
Ezekiel 0heever, of Morristown, was
born at Lynn, Mass, Mar. rs, TIA. and
died at Morristown May 8, IT'S. His
wife Nancy d. Apl. IL, 17S0-ag SIS.
This Ezekiel Cheever was a lineal
descendant of the famous "School-
master" of Boston. He was gradu-
ate of Harvard in 1913. He came from
Salisbury, when his first wife had died
in 1739, to Elizabeth Town, N. r., and
In 1854 describes himself in Deed, in
Essex, Mass. as "of Morris Town,
Morris Co., N. j., Gentleman
His brother was Rev. Edward
Cheever, first minister of Sd Parish at
Lynn. Their father was Thomas
Cheever, Gentleman; q man OF large
wealth, who removed to Lynn from
Rumney. His grandfather was Rev.
Thomas Cheever, graduate of Har-
ward 1877 and 1st minister at Rumney
Marsh. His great grandfather was
Ezekiel Cheever, Master of Boston
Latin School.
Ezekiel Cheever Of Morristown pur-
chased, in 1749, 20 acres of land here,
fronting on Morristown Green and ex-
tending along the road from Morris
town Green to John Brookfield's
South Street) upon the Southwest
side of South St...from Bank ST. (the
then road to Basking Ridge), as far
East as Pine St. and including all the
land on the Southwest side of South
St. as far as Macculloch Ave.
Upon this land he lived for many
years. Ezekiel Cheever was man Of
wealth for his time of an old Boston
family; and had both education and
ability. He, Immediately, was accord
ed his place in Morristown affairs.
/ In 1749, along with Peter Condict,
his next neighbor, he was Overseer Of
the Poor, and continued in that office
until 1754. He was Collector of Taxes
and member Of the Board of Freehold
ers for Morris in 1754. His associates
in office were those we now count the
fathers of Morristown.
The first record in the "TrusteeS
Book" Of the Presbyterian Church
and Congregation of Morristown 175S)
says -" In Vertue of a Charter grant
ed to said Church and Congregation
by his Excellency Jonathan Belcher,
Esq, Captain General and Governor
in Chief In and over his majesties
Province of Nova Cesarea or New Jer-
sey sc, which Charter was granted
NSep. Is, 1855, in the 10Th year of his
Majesties Reign, the expense of which
Charter being about Seven Pounds
Proclamation money, raised by Pub
lick Contribution, excepting the writ
ing of said Charter, which was gener-
ously done by Ezekiel Cheever, a mem
Der Of said Society,""
Until the advent Of Gov. Belcher, it
was impossible for the church to have
a Charter. Gov. Lewis Morris, his
predecessor haying a great antipathy
to Presbyterians. Both Gov. Belcher
and Ezekiel Cheever were Presbyteri-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29
Census Enumerators.

1t is rumored that the following
persons have been appointed census
enumerators: Morristown, First Ward
Frederick Davis, Edwin Corbett !;
Second Ward-Fred Schraudenbach.
Fred Reeves Third Ward William
II. Benson, Irving Johnston Fourth
Ward, Eugene Peer, J. ]. Callahan i;
Morris Township-Andrew J. Barris.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-03-29

The Business Mems association, of
BoontQn, N. j., have issued an attrac-
tive booklet setting forth the adyan-i
tages of that thriving town both as a
residential place and as a business
place. The book is illustrated with
some fine half-tones of scenery and
buildings and is very creditable pub
licati0n.