The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-11-17

turned over TO the Mayor and council
at the close of the present year to be
used in addition to the 1000 raised by
the town for the retiring of water
bonds. Thus Dover will be able to
retire $1,000 worth of bonds instead
of $4,000 worth, and lessen the inter
est. AT present the town is bonded
for $4,000 on its water plant.
The body of William Bruton, of
Wharton, was found Saturday morn
ing standing upright with his head
above water in the Morris Canal at
Dover. Bruton wen' tc Newton with
Hopewell Lodge No. 81, X. of p, of
Wharton and it is believed that on
the return trip he ATTEMPTED to alight
from the moving train after he had
discovered he had passed Wharton
Station.
The continued practice of Justices
of the Peace James Hagan and John
W. Young, of Dover, of rendering bills
for costs of town cases after impos-
ing fines and cost on a prisoner and
then either remitting the fnes or
sending the prisoners to Jail without
collecting either the fines or COSTS
caused Mayor William l.. r. Lynd to
ask for an explanation as to where
the town was benefited by the prac-
tice. The finance committee is to re-
port at the meeting November 30
While watching force of men at
the works of the e~Hercules Powder
Company of Kenvil, George Lowe of
Dover, sustained injuries to his left
|leg'that will incapacitate him for sew
eral weeks. Lowe, with several others
was watching the men hoist heavy
casting with a drrick when the cast
ing fell striking Lowe above the left
knee and infiicting an injury Lowe.
was taken to his home in an automo-
bile after first aid had been rendered
at the Office Of the company.
Kinney Hose Company No. of the
Butler fire department is making ar
rangements for the ball to be held in
st. Anthony's hall Thanksgiving eve
The company has presented a sill
Hose Company No. g. of Port
Jervis, N. Y The cup is in appre-
citation of the manner in which the
company was entertained at the fire.
mems parade in that city, July 29.
Girls of Madison sell flowers in the
streets Wednesday for the benefit of
the settlement house. The department
of civics of the Thursday Morning
Club decided that this would provide
good start toward a fund of $1,000
the club Is raising for the settlement
house.
Justice James F. Minturn has fixed
Monday November 23, as the date
when the recount of the votes cast for
Sheriff of Sussex county at the recent
election shall begin. William ID.
Wilson won over his Republican op-
ponent, James q. Baldwin, by ma
jority of sixteen votes.
II is expected a number of old en-
ployes will be given work again by
the government on the Picatinny res
efvation as soon as the present
drought is over, as 1T is asserted the
men were laid off because of lack of
, water,
"The garage of George B. Post, Jr.,
of Kenilwood," together with tour
: ing car, was destroyed by fire. The
} Bernardsville fire company respond
ed and confined the blaze to the gar
age. The loss is covered by insur-
ance.
There is scarcity of water in the
upper part of the county. Many wells
are dry. Brooks and streams are
! ! low. The Rockaway borough reser-
voir is full, the water coming out of
,, the Mt. Hope mines.
Owing to the installation of cleo
, trio pumps at the mines of the Thorn
! as Iron Company of Richard mine
three firemen and two pumpmen have
not been in operation for several
weeks.
The board of governors of the Mad
! ison Golf Club decided to close the
house for the season Thanksgiving
Day. There will be many special at
fractions for the final day.
Because Superintendent of Schools
Wildly V. Singer of Dover is quaran-
tined at his home on account of con-
: tagious disease in his family, the Dow
er night school sessions will not open
until December 1st.
Cyrus A. Wolfe, of Netcong, is
building two-story residence on his
farm to replace the one in which he
was born and TO which he brought his
= bride more than forty years ago.
Isaac Farlow of Rockaway, sue
ceeds Samuel Meyers as agent at the
Dover Lackawanna ticket Office. Mr..
! Meyers has been transferred to one
of the New York Offices.
Dealers at Hackettstown report
that locally grown turkeys for the
} Thanksgiving dinner are fewer this
year and that only few farmers are
attempting to raise them.
Charles Heath, of Rockaway, is
suffering from wound on one foot,
sustained while chopping wood. The
axe penetrated the bone.
While out cunning Thomas Peace,
of Mt. Fern killed a gray fox, five
rabbits, two partridges, six gray squir-
rels, four quail and six woodcOck.
The Post Office Department will
shortly establish post Office at Cut
off, village k:i)wn as Greensville be-
fore the Lackawanna cutoff was built.