The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-07-19
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Samuel f. Beach has installed a new
electric driven drill in his shop.
The board OF health has removed
from it's office in the Farrelly building
to larger quarters in the same build
ing.
The Evergreen Cemetery associa-
ton has rented the Office in the Far
reilly building vacated by the board OF
health.
In the absence Of the pastor, the
Rev. Thomas B. IrOnside preached in
the South Street Presbyterian church
Sunday.
Charles H. PRESCOTT, formerly ticket
agent at the Lackawanna depot has
been engaged as teller ofsthe National
Iron bank, to succeed Victor e.
Boell.
At the band concert this evening
there will be vocal selections by Miss
Minnie Hurst and Miss Rose Earring
ton. sopranos, and James McDermit,
tenor, OF New York.
1.-THE preacher at the Methodist
Episcopal church Sunday was the
. L F..
bridge. Next Sunday the Rev. Walter
H. Chadwick, >of Ocean Grove, will
preach.
Robert Dolan, John Dolan and
Joseph Murphy, hackmen, were fined
ten dollars each by Police Justice Pat
rick J. Howard Monday for driving in
the Lackawanna station yard and So
Netting fares.
So great was the crush of passengers
on the trolley car to Norris Plains last
evening that the police were appealed
TO to clear the front platform so that
the motorman would have room to per-
form his duties.
A new rule of the post office depart
ment provides that unless a request
Tor it is especially written on the en-
velope no return receipt will be sent
the senders of registered mail from
the addreSSee.
Mrs. Anna Sayre, wife of Eugene
Pierson and daughter of the late Theo-
dore Sayre, died at her home, No. 149
Washington street, Tuesday morning,
where funeral services were Nheld at
three-thirty on Thursday afternoon.
General repairs are being made to
she public school buildings during the
vacation season. New wash basins
and lavatories are being installed and
several drinking fountains have re-
placed the old style of tin cup and
faucet, while all the wood work is be-
ing reprinted.
The Graves house, No. 1874 South
street, owned by Mr.. Ely, is having
extensive alternatives and repairs made
t it including the installation of
three new bathrooms. William j.
Looney is doing the plumbing, DeCOs-
ter, Mills & Co., the carpentry and
James j. Lyons, the mason work.
The building up Of the newly opened
Voorhees, tract at Sussex avenue and
Lake road is progressing. NJ p. Fred
ericks and ID. W. Bockoven have COM
pleted and are occupying their homes
James r. Voorhees, is building two
houses on the tract and Joseph f. r.
Boniface and Samuel VanDyke also
have houses in course OF erection.
The Prudentown fire department.
the recently organized company of
yamps on Mt Kemble avenue, will
give an ice cream andhwatermelon fes-
tiyal on Thursday evening OF next
week. The firemen and their ladies
will enjoy dancing. The committee
of arrangements includes Joseph Peer,
Harry Armstrong and William Smith /.
The Morristown Gas Light COM
pany'S old building, corner OF Water
and Spring streets, is being repaired,
concrete floors put inland several new
windows added, by the new owners of
the property, the Public Service cor
porauion. The building is to be used
for store house. In the Office on
South street is being installed a model
kitchen, and the rooms of the South
street building will be redecorated.
baby Was safe.
Mrs. Louis Pennisi, who lives in the
Niarinaro building, corner Of Flagler
and Race street, left her apartment a
few minutes Tuesday afternoon, leav-
ing several irons on a gas stove to get
hot. When she returned she found
the room filed with smoke and the
wainscoting afre. Her screams for
help brought Harry Wright, mem
berof Humane Engine company, who
CROPPED about the room in an endeavor
to ind Mrs. Pennlsi's baby which she
asserted to be in the burning room.
Wright did not find the baby but he
pug the fire out with a few pals Of
water After the excitement had sub
sided the baby was found playing with
some children in another part Of the
building
Someone turned ina fire alarm and
tf department responded. Chief Day
made al investigation and found that
tile rubber hose connecting stIie gas
stoga with tbs service pipe bad either
rnelted OF burned offrand the escaping
GAS had CAUGHT fire 10 turn setting.
Sire rs The wooden wainscogrg % the
feom Damage 70 the 0Qildlpe
amounted SO s25
hetwQiag from tle Ore fhs horses
hired Temporarily to ppll hes9l0te
1acA and ladies company , tlfe 1Fpg
white, tlie regular team are ea 10y inF
rnonCh q vacation on farm BECAME
STATED pa tlle MoFrls street. hlif, tli9
A9a machine being teo nuelA i9g