The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-10-27
NEWSY NOTES FROM
SUBURBAN TOWNS
Items Of Interest Concerning
Our RsighbOrs' DOings.

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Our NsighbOrs' DOings.
Robert zimmerman, six-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward zimmerman,
of BernardsYille, was severely burned
by live electric wires which were
borne to earth by falling tree. It
was necessary to amputate four fin
gers of his right hand and to treat
burns on his arms and face. The
child was passing the home of
Michael Dugan, OF Mendham road. as
the latter was chopping at the tree.
He stopped to watch When the
trunk reeled the branches caught in
the wires. Miss Mary Watkins rush
ed to his rescue and the boy was
sent to Overlook hospital, Summit.
To prevent series of clashes cul-
minating in more serious affrays,
dozen men were deputized by Sheriff
Whitfield B. Gillen to aid Police Chief
William McKeon and four special Of
Ulcers already named i'm maintaining
order at Butler. The trouble has come
from series of talks being given at
the Butler Opera house by Rev. l..
j. King, of New Brunswick, Canada,
who claims to have been formerly a
Catholic priest. The speeches are
under the auspices of the Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
At a meeting of the Madison auxil-
larry of All Souls hospital preparations
were made for the annual harvest day
to be held at the hospital in Norris
town on November 7th, Sth and 9th
The following members were appoint
ed to solicit donations: Miss A.
Thornton, Miss NJ G. Ryan, Mrs. &.
j. O'Donnell, Mrs. W. Hopping, Mrs.
j. Connors, Miss A. Morrow, Miss A.
Sayre, Miss S. G. Burns, Miss M.
Milliard, Mrs. A. Grant and Miss M.
E. Burns.
Alarmed because he failed to arise
early as had been his custom for
twenty years the family of Marshall
I. Dickerman, of Port Morris, a rail-
road engineer, went to his room and
found him dead in bed. A physician
said he had died from apoplexy. He
was fifty-four years old and for the
past thirty-two years had been in
the employ of the Lackawanna raid
road. He leaves widow. a daughter
and a son..
The Wharton fire and lamps COM
mi6tee, acting in conjunction with a
committee from the fire department,
Installed a whistle ON the plant of
the Singleton Silk Manufacturing com
pany which will be used as a fire
alarm. Since the closing down of the
1 Huff Mining and Realty company's
plant, nearly six months ago, loco
motive tires were provided. but II
has been demonstrated that they
were not loud enough to arouse the
4 ffremen.
Westfield defeated the Dover high
school eleven Saturday afternoon ID
to at Dover. The Dover team made
their lone score in the fourth quarter,
but Jennings failed to kick the goal
Westfield scored in the second quar-
ter and again in the fourth. Randall,
The visiting left halfback, scored both
touchdowns, making beautiful end
runs. Dover scored on a forward pass
Lynch taking the throw and making
nice getaway.
Thomas Cooking. sixty-eight years
old, a retired miner, died at his home
in Wharton after a lengthy illness.
He was born in England and came
10 This country forty-five years ago.
Until few months ago he had been
employed in the various mines of
Morris county. where he was well
known.
Married only six months. Russell
Hoyt, of Chatham, was killed at Mont
vile while at work on a freight train.
Hoyt WAS thrown from one of the
cars and sustained fracture of the
skull. Hoyt was married April LIST.
Last, to Miss Lillian Scheuermann,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Scheuermann.
Miss Emily Wentz, of Wilmington,
Del. formerly a teacher in the Rox-
bury public schools, and Charles F.
Buck, of Succasunna, were married
at the home of the brides parents in
Wilmington by Rev. e. T. Anderson,
pastor of the Harrison Street Metho-
dist Episcopal church.
The marriage of Miss Jane McKin-
non, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
McKinnon, of Rockaway, to the Rev.
Edward r. Hance, of Brooklyn, took
place at the home of the BRIDES par
ents. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. DR.. Robert j. Kent, of
Forest Hill Gardens, L. /.
A strange disease prevails among
flocks of chickens in Rockaway, ter
minating fatally in many instances.
The birds lose the use of their legs,
stagger as if intoxicated and grow
weaker rapidly. No remedy has been
found to arrest the progress of the
disease.
Pears are such a glut in the mar
kets of Warren county that the
farmers are offering them at any
prices the customers are willing
to pay. In some cases the farmers
and other growers state that they
will not take the trouble to pick the
fruit.
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