The Morris County chronicle., 1910-05-31
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


Holmes giving up the premises.
Mrs. Margaret Burnett has pur
chased a lot on Pine street and ex-
poets to erect double house on it.
AS no more criminal cases are ready
for trial the panel of jurors has neen
excused until Wednesday. June 9Th.
Albert Beach and George Weir have
ture theatre on Washington SGree6.
Otto II. Kahn has added two new
horses to his stable by purchase,
brown saddle horse and park mack.
Miss Anna Ketch, daughter Of
George Ketch, has graduated from
the Training School for Nurses OF ST.
Rarnabas' hospital, Newark, after a
three years course.
Rain stopped the base ball game
Wednesday AFTERNOON between Ine
Morristown and BernardSville high
chOOl teams with the score one to-
othing in favor Of the visitors.
Al pot of grease boiled over on a
stove. in the kitchen of the United
States hotel Sunday morning and re-
uuired the services of ResOlute Hook
and Ladder company's still alarm wa
gon to extinguish the resulting blaze.
The choir Of the Methodist Episco-
pal church willgiv concert in the
New Vernon Presbyterian church this
evening, singing Gounod's !" Gallia,
under the direction of Charles Fl. Cor
win. i.
William H. Benson, of Morris street,
N hQann1 hQT
18Th, of last year. The chicks were
out Of the sheels on January End, and
one OF the pullets laid it's first egg on
May 24th.
Elizabeth Barker, the five years old
daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Will
liam w. Barker, fell down a stairway
in Charles w Roberts house on De-
Hart street Saturday morning and
was severely cut and bruised.
The closing exercises of the Young
Women's Christian union will be held
in the Market Street mission on Fri
day evening OF next week. A program
will be presented and the work OF the
classes will be on exhibition.
Children's day services of the First
Baptist Sunday School will be held on
Sunday morning, June 5th. Thereaf-
ter the sessions Of the Sunday school
will be held in the morning previous
TO the church service instead of in the
afternoon.
Company B, Fourth Regiment, OF
the Boys brigade, will celebrate Flag
day, June 14th, by an entertainment
in Association hall. The Rev. Will
liam w. Barker, chaplain of the local
company, will deliver an address on
Our Flag. ~
The two stained glass windows for
st. Peters church which have been
made in England have arrived in New
York and as soon as passed by the
custom officers will be placed in posi-
tion in the church, one in the chancel
and one in the tower.
While trying to get a drink from the
horse fountain in front OF the Becker
building Monday afternoon William
Lonergan, of No. 81 Madison street,
fell in and cut his head open ton the
stone. He was taken to Memorial
hospital for treatment.
The eleventh annual dance and re-
ception of st. Patrick's alliance will be
given in Foresuer's hall on next Friday
evening. The committee OF arrange,
ments include President, Edward
Maye, Chairman, Michael Cooney, Pat
rick Doran, Patrick j. Howard,
Michael Geary, Peter Welsh and Pat
rick Burke.
At the thirty-sixth annual conven-
tion of the Diocese OF Newark of the
Episcopal church held in Orange Tues
day and Wednesday st. Peters parish
OF this town was represented by Al
fred Mills, Edward @. Keasbey and
Henry K. Morgan, jr.
Lewis B. Weeks will erect a house
on Speedwell avenue a6 Cutler park.
1t will be of frame two stories, and
will cost $4,000. George T.. Allen is
the carpenter SturgiS Brothers, ma
sons and William A. Snudden,
plumbing and thinning.
The monthly meeting of the Wo-
mans Union Prayer circle will be held
on Thursday morning at ten-thirty
O'Clock in the chapel OF the First Pres
byterian church. AS 1t is the last
meeting of the season the officers are
hopeful of a large attendance.
The police have been busy for sew
eral days serving notices on the par
ents OF truant school children to the
effect that the law must be 0beyed re-
Quiring children of school age to at
tend unless excused by the board of
education If it lis necessary for them
to work.
The Baldwin real estate agency has
rented for George w. Johnson, his
premises, No. 280 South street, fur
nished for the season, to Miss Flora e.
Rogers, Of New York city; also for
Alexander Bennell, his premises, No
19 Prospect street, to Charles b. Mat
thew, jr., of New York city.
Owing to i'll health Miss Bertha Col
kilt has resigned her position as night
operator in the local Office Of the West
ern Union Telegraph Co. and has re-
turned to her home in Bridgeton. She
Is succeeded by Jos. Brennan, who has
served as messenger boy for the local
Postal Telegraph Co. for many years.
The state board of equalization of
taxes has notified the Morris county
board that it has refused the applica-
tiOn OF former Governor Franklin
Murphy to have the assessment
against his property on Mendham
road reduced. The board ordered the
reduction OF the assessment of $176,-
COCOON the Lord estate at Boonton re-
duced to $4,000.
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