The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-10

A committee from Scotch Plains
will visit MOrriStOwn Wednesday and
inspect the old hOrSe-drawn chemical
engine with view to its purchase.
The machine was displaced last OctO-
Der by an automobile chemical engine.
The executive committee of the
Friday Evening club has elected
George p. Fiske, president; Edward
@. Keasbey, first vice president; Fran
els G. Woodman, second yice-presi-
dent, and David III Barkman, ssecre-
tary and treasured A
After months OF fnaction the trolley
company has finally started the repair
ing of the paving on Speedwell avenue.
The depreSsions along side the tracks
which have long been the terror of
drivers and bicyclists are being filled
up with crushed stone.
Several members of Morristown con-
clave of Heptasophs attended the me-
mCrial service of the order held in
Philadelphia Sunday. The party in
cluded Albert V. r. Wulff, George
Gordon, Walter M Berry, Ell. Morton
Keller and Robert Morrison.
The Morris County Traction COM
pany has Withdrawn from service here
has replaced it by car No. 20l, of the
six-wheeled variety, which is making
the regular trips with the other Bar
Der car, No l01, held in reserve.
Paul Nally and James Callahan were
fined 1925 each by Police Justice Pat
rick J Howard Monday night for steal
ing half dozen young chickens from
William Perry's chicken yard on Will
low street. The alleged theft was
committed on Sunday afternoon.
Louis Monico has been fined ten dol
lars by Police Justice Isaac r. Pierson
for opening Flagler street without a
permit. Water from the street ran
into the cellar of his house and Mon
AGO took matters in his own hands In
an attempt to remedy the trouble.
Paul R. Burke, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene s. Burke, broke his right arm
while cranking up his fathers auto
mobile on Saturday. This is the fifth
Uime young Burke has suffered frac
tured limbs, having broken both arms
and both legs previous to his last acct
dent.
At the parish meeting of the South
Street Presbyterian church Tuesday
night Joseph Whitman, Charles w.
Vernon and John B. Byram were
elected trustees. James III, Maghee
was elected trustee to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation Of W..
Roscoe Lyon.
The senior pupils of the Bayley
school are earnestly engaged in re-
hearsing the opera, " Girode- Girofia"
by Charles Lecocq, which has the repu-
5aUion of being the best comedy opera
written. They intend producing this
at their closing exercises in the latter
part Of June.
William Fl. Swain, who has been SUI
perintendent of the Milburn division
of the Morris County Traction Co., has
oeen made assistant general manager.
Wilbur r., Sickley, Of Springfield, for
merly a conductor on the Milburn
line, has been appointed superinten-
dent of that division.
The will of the late Adelaide Shack
leford Buckley, wife OF the Rev. James
M. Buckley, editor of the christian
Advocate, has been admitted to pro-
bate. All her property, except for a
government bond of $500 which she
0equeathed to the town Of Dover, N.
H., is left to her relatives.
The Rev. John /. DUDE, native
Zulu and founder of the Zulu Chris
ian school, at Natal, South Africa,
speaks upon his work this evening
in the Methodist church. Mrs. DUDE
will sing in Zulu and in English. The
meeting is under the auspices OF the
Morristown DUDE league.
The Morristown tuberculosis
society has applied to the state board
Of health for permission to establish a
tuberculosis Sanitarium in Morris
township on Western avenue. The
state board will give hearing at the
court house here on Saturday morn
ing, May 2lst, at eleven o'clock.
Joseph @. Nixon, of Hillary avenue,
forty years an engineer on the Lacka-
wanna railroad, willfepreSent Division
Ill OF Hoboken, at the annual con-
vention Of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers ito be held in De-
troit. Mr.. Nixon, accompanied by his
wife, left for Michigan Monday.
The Young Mems Catholic associa-
tion will hold its annual May recep-
tion on Tuesday evening, the 18th, in
its rooms on South street. The COM
mittee OF arrangements is Martin
O'Keefe, Robert Morrison, Michael
Doyle, james p. Crowell, William
Duffy, Owen Geary, Vincent d. Roache
and James A. Collins.
Constable j Paul Jameson, of Nor
ris township, visited the hobOes' camp
In Twombly'S woods Sunday with the
expectation of making several arrests
for vagrancy as many complaints had
been made against the denizens OF the
place. He was much surprised to find
the residents Of the hutS there all had
permits to live on the place.
Samuel Brant, DR., r. Rallston Reed.
John v. @. Parker, Anderson M. Guer-
in, Frederick Pantaenius, Lewis ID.
Kay. John H. Madigan, William N.
Brock, Joseph n. Cook, Llewellyn B.
Tompkins, Frank I'll. Fairchild and
Frederick b. Cobbett will represent
Odo de st. Armand commandery, of
this town, at the state gathering OF
knight TemplarS at Trenton to-day.