The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-10-06
NEWSY NOTES FROM
SUBURBAN TOWNS

lltlllS VI llll6I6Sl CONCERNING
Our hsjghbors' DOings.
The drought of the last six weeks
has caused a serious shortage In the
Mendham borough water supply.
Superintendent of Water Leo Robin
son issued notice that the water
should be used for domestic purposes
only. Patrons have been requested
no to sprinkel lawns, wash automo-
biaes or allow faucets to run longer
than necessary. Plans for building
a large storage reservoir holding g.
100000 gallons of water have been
considered, but, owing to financial
conditions, the work has not been
started.
The Dover town council abs refused
TO grant the requests of the Dover,
Rockaway and Port Dram Gas COM
pany for modification of its fran
| chise ON four counts. The company
asked that the present price of gas
per thousand feet prevail after the
maximum of 5000 900 had been reach
ed; an abrogation of the two per cent
| franchise tax on gas consumed outside
of Dover, a reduction of the local
| franchise tax from five to two per
| cent, and minimum charge of 81
per month.
Determined to prevent, if possible,
the spread of communicable diseases
| among the pupils of the public school
the Chatham board of education has
approved AN ordinance drafted by the
board of health and committee of
citizens and physicians of Chatham.
The ordinance relates to the Isolation
period of diseases and also the re-
porting of the cases by physicians to
the secretary of the board of health,
besides the principal of the school
and the public librarian.
After a separation of more than
thirty years, during which each thought
the other dead, Mrs. Anna Stevens,
of Bordentown, and Mrs. Grace Tenn
by, of Dover, sisters, met each other
Sunday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Temby's son-inIa,w and daughter
Mr. and Mrs. d. Fred Venner, of
Dover. Mrs. Stevens thought that
after the separation her sister went
to California and hearing nothing from
her, believed she was dead.
The loss from fire which destroyed
a large barn and machinery shed ON
the farm of Norman Schultz, near
Millington, has been estimated by the
owner at 500 900. Efforts of five fire
companies to prevent these structures
| from burning down were Intellectual,
but they did prevent the blaze from
spreading to neighboring buildings.
The Dover board of trade has ser
lected J. Buchner Debmann, of Day
ton, Ohio, as secretary of the organ
ization. The salary of the secretary
was fixed at $1,000 per year. Act
ing Secretary Joseph v. Baker said
the membership now totaled lat.
On account of the removal of the
power plant of the Eastern Pennsyl-
vania Power company from Dover,
the siren whistle used as a fire alarm
has been transferred from the power
house in Essex street to the plant
of the Dover Boiler works.
Mrs. Lucy Jacobus, of Rockaway.
has brought suit against her dlaugh-
ter. Mrs. Alice Antoinette Waits, of
Belleville, to compel her to retransfer
to Mrs Jacobus property which Mrs.
Jacobus decided to Mrs. Waits year
ago as gift "causa mortis."
Joseph M. Day has sold his proper
4 ty, Trout Brook Dairy and Poultry
farm, at Succasunna, to Daniel Hop
per, of Newark, who will take pos
session i'm about one month.
The Hackettstown board of educa-
tion has set October 18th for the sale
ing and enlarging the public school
bu. u.lding in Washington street.
Constable John Rogers, of Rocka-
way, has warrants for the arrest of
all delinquents who failed to pay
their poll taxes last year in Rocka-
way township.
The Methodist Episcopal church in
. Flanders is being renovated in pre-
paration for it's 125th anniversary
, celebration next month.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Cassmore, of Port Morris,
: was accidentally smothered to death
while sleeping with it's parents
Hackettstown druggists have agreed
> to close their stores at eight O'Clock
each evening, except Saturdays.
Jesse Weise, of German Valley, has
just harvested $50 bushels of pota-
toes off AN eighth of an acre.
A second story addition is being
built to the Allen LOCKER building in
Main street, Butler.
Work in the rubber industries OF
Butler Is slack