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FRIDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1897.
MORRIS COUNTY
Republican Count? Convention
The Republican voters of Morris County
are requested to meet in their several Town
ships. Boroughs and Wards, at the places here
inafter designated, on
Monday, Octolier lltli, ISO",
at 7:30o’clock p. in., (except in Jefferson. Pas
saic. Hanover, Rockaway Township, and Mor
ris, in which Townships the meetings will be
held at 4 o'clock p. m.. and in Montville and
Pequannoc. where the Primary will be held on
Saturday. October 8th, at 4 p. m.,) and elect
delegates to the County Convention to be held
at the Baker Opera House in the City of Dover,
on
Friday, October, 15th, 1897,
at 11 o’clock iu'the forenoon, for the purpose
of nominating a Surrogate and twocandtdates
for A sembly to be supported at the ensuing
election.
Boonton—Hopkin’s Hall.
Chatham—Lanning’s Hall.
Chester—Chester House Hall.
Hanover—Troy School House.
Jeflerson-Brights Ho el, Woodport.
Mendham—Town Hall.
Montviile-Kanouse’s Hotel.
Morris—At Cbas. V. Fosters, Farm House,
Mendham Road.
Morristown—1st Ward, at the office of Dal
ryrnple. Hastings Co., foot of Elm street.
Sad Ward-At Homines Carriage repository.
Speedwell avenue corner Spring street.
3rd Ward—MeAlpin Hall, Speedwell avenue.
4th Ward—At Carpenters Union room. York
Building, 3 South street. _
Mt. Olive—Forest House, Budd's Lake.
Passaic—Millington Hall.
Pequannoc—Giliand’s Hall. Pompton Plains.
Randolph—Spargo Stone School House.
Rockaway—Town Hall. Rockaway.
Roxbury—C. S. Brown’s Hotel, Ledgewood.
Washington—Welsh’s Store, German Valley.
Chatham Borough—Bicycle Club Room.
Madison Borough — Republican Headquar
ters, Madison.
Ml Arlington Borough—B >rougli Hall.
Netcoug Borough—A. J. Drake's Lumber
Office.
Rockaway Borough—Town Hall, Rockaway.
Port Oram Borough—School House.
City of Dover—Moller’s Opera House.
The several Townships ami Wards are en
titled to.delegatJs to the Convention as fol
lows :
No. votes cast No. of
last Gub. election, delegates.
Boonton.7....502 5
Chatham. 1
Chester.124 1
Hanover. 413 4
Jefferson.164 2
Mendham.158 2
Montville..167 2
Morris.24ti 2
Morristown
First Ward.319 3
Second Ward.251 3
Third Ward.318 • 3
Fourth Ward.211 2
Mt. Olive.1U5 1
Passaic.178 2
Pequannoc.427 4
Randolph.145 1
Rockaway.,...379 4
Roxbury./....‘UK 2
Washington...201 2
Chatham Borough. 2
Mad ison Borongllm.. -. 329 3
Rockaway Borcmgh.168 2 .
Port Oram Borough_87 1
City of Dover.553 6
By Order of the
Morris County Republiean Committee,
THOMAS MALLEY,
George E. Poole, Chairman pro tern.
Secretary.
Note—At these meetings a Township Execu
tive Committee composed of five members,
shall be elected to serve for the ensuing year.
AMENDMENT IN DOUBT.
The vote held in New Jersey on Tues
day on the adoption of the proposed
amendments to the State Constitution
was extremely light—on one side. The
absence from the polls of a large number
of those who talk loudest about good
citizenship was highly culpable, to say
nothing to its being very disappointing
to those who say less and work more.
We are told that in one election dis
trict in Newark, three clergymen, who
on a previous Sunday had exhorted their
flock to vote for the amendments failed
to do so themselves. And the case of
these clergymen was precisely that of a
great body of law abiding citizens, well
disposed, but indolent, so far as doing
their duty at the polls is concerned.
If the amendment is defeated it renders
more imperative than ever that only
men of the very highest character shall
be elected as members of the State Leg
islature. If the Republican party nomi
nates such candidates throughout the
State, the past record of the party in
race track matters will insure their re
turn; but it is certain that not even that
past record, excellent though it may be,
will secure, the return of an unworthy
man. The respectable voters will not
be caught napping twice within two
months.
OUR STATE STILL SAFE.
The race track managers have not
yet got a clear track before them. Para
graph 1 section 7 of the constitution
reads “No lottery shall be authorized by
this State,’’ but the gamblers in the leg
islature of 1893 cut down the penalties
for violating this clause of the constitu
tion, until they could carry on their
lotteries and gambling with perfect im
punity. A fine of $30 was the maxium
penalty. The punishment as now pre
scribed by law is $1,000 fine and from
one to five years’ imprisonment. Until
they can elect a legislature to this the
State is safe.
Editor McBride of the Elizabeth Jour
nal telephoned the Chronicle at noon
that the apparent majority against the
Race Track Amendment was about 300
with a number of the rural election dis
tricts to be heard from. In Camden the
| election boards permitted the distribu
; tion of ballots marked against the race
track amendment. If these be thrown
out as probably they will be the amend- j
ment is certainly carried. The ad-1
j interim amendment was carried and the '
amendment permitting Women to vote!
: at school elections defeated by a large
majority. The official figures of the;
State Board of Canvassers which meets ;
at Trenton on Monday will be required
to enable one to speak with absolute cer
tainty as to the result.
TEACHERS LEARNING TO SEW.
By a recent order of the Board of Edu
cation of Brooklyn, sewing is to be
taught to all girls in the public schools
in the classes between the second pri
mary and the fifth grammar grades. In
struction is to be given by the class teach
ers. A director for this branch, Miss
Hutchinson, has been appointed. Her
office is in the Board of Education build
ing, and it is there the teachers meet for
instruction. The correct method of sew
ing is shown, and they are taught to hold
the needle and how it is threaded and
drawn through the fabric. Tying the
knot with one finger is practised, and the
right way to break the thread is also
shown. After those details are master
ed the actual sewing and other forms of
needlework will be taught.
Some of the boy pupils have asked to
be instructed, but the teachers, however,
trustful of their male charges generally,
regard such requests as being prompted
by other motives than an ardent desire
on the part of the boys to become versed
in the art of the needle. With the boys
the instruction is elective. The mater
ials are bought by the Board of Educa
tion with an appropriation especially
made for the purpose.—N. Y. Tribune.
HEAVY ROLLERS NEEDED.
Good Roads aptly says, regarding the
all important question of rollers: “In
many sections of the country the rollers
used in laying down new macadam, and
in repairing, are entirely too light. They
only succeed in smoothing the surface
through the aid of clay or other ‘ ‘bind
ing material.” The weight of the roller
on the bearing surface, in order to get
the best results, should be, per square
inch, at least equal to the expected
weight, per square inch, under the
wheels of the heaviest loads.
PATCHWORK ROADS.
The iVeics of Salem complains that the
Massachusetts highway commisioners do
not devote enough attention to building
continuous roads, but put down short
patches here and there. If the good
stretches are interspersed with poor ones,
“the teamster cannot draw any heavier
loads with two horses than before the
days of State highways.”
And the people of Morris county also
have just cause of complaint because of
the same short sighted policy on the part
of some, of the Freeholders
WILHAM A. Eddy of Bayonne, the
kite expert, has announced that he can
foretell changes in temperature by means
of his kites. Mr. Eddy sends up two
kites of his own make to an altitude of
fifteen or eighteen hundred feet. At
night a lantern fixed to the ground line
at the lower kite makes it possible to de
termine the altitude exactly. To the
upper kite is fastened a registering ther
mometer. When this thermometer shows
a difference in temperature of ten or
more degrees from the one on the ground,
Mr. Eddy says he can foretell exactly
the weather conditions for the succeed
ing forty-eight hours. If less than ten
degrees’ difference is shown his predic
tions are approximate.
The following from the Kansas City
Journal may be of interest to Populist
Potter, of Port Oram : “A practical
joker introduced the following platform
at the Morris County Populist Conven
tion, and then was forced to flee for his
life:
Whereas, In spite of our frequent and
positive declarations that the price of
wheat is regulated by the price of silver,
and that the price of farm products
would go down if McKinley was elected,
wheat is going skyward, and all other
farm products have gone up in a like
proportion; and
“Whereas, Thisis hell; therefore, be it
“Resolved, That we go to raising more
i corn.”
The school commissioners of Hoboken,
! in order to curry favor with the German
! vote,have made the study of the German
i language obligatory in the public schools.
This course leads the Jersey City Journal
to aptly remark: “Every dollar expend
ed in maintaining this department in a
public school is misappropriated. The
school officials should loose no time in
eliminating this objectionable feature,
and a failure on the part of the local
Board to remedy this evil should be
acted upon by the State Board, which
has power to withhold State aid from
any school district which fails to main
tain proper public schools.”
Game Protector Shrlver announces
that inasmuch as “flickers” are golden
winged woodpeckers they are therefore
insectivorous birds, the killing of which
is prohibited by section 7 of the game
laws. The penalty is $20 for each bird
killed, injured or had in possession. In
some counties notices have been posted
by the game wardens.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago has ap
pointed Mrs. A. E. Paul as chief of the
down town street cleaning department
of the Windy City.
IMPORTANT PRIMARIES.
We call the attention of onr readers to
the call for the Republican primaries,
published at the head of our columns,
and would respectfully urge all Republi
can voters to attend and elect delegates
who may be relied upon to nominate first
class men for the offices of Surrogate and
Assemblymen. -These offices should be
filled by men of the highest worth and
integrity. Especial care should be taken
in the nomination of candidates for the
Assembly, because these, if elected, will
likely be re-elected next year, when a
United States Senator is to be chosen.
Some unworthy aspirants are already in
the field, drawn thither by the oppor
tunities which such an election will
afford of gratifying their mercenary de
sires. These men should not receive the
slightest recognition from the Republi
can party.
Assemblyman Joshua E. Barton of
Moorestown has been placed in nomina
tion by the Republicans of Burlington
county for State Senator. Mr. Barton
made an excellent record as a painstak
ing member of the lower House and he
will be elected to the Senate where he
will continue to serve his county in an
able manner.
A ride awheel over the lower end of
Washington street forcibly reminds one
of the story Mark Twain tells of a minis
terial friend who was once “driven over
a road that was so bad that he declared
that if he ever went to hell he wanted to
drive over that road, because he would
be glad when he got there.'’
The good roads movement is being so
strongly agitated in Texas that the San
Antonio Express remarks: “All that
has been said in favor of good roads will
stand repetition without danger of being
worn threadbare as long as the need for
good roads continues to be be as impera
tive as now.”
Chief of Police Donovan, of Hobok
en, has issued orders to -the police force
to raid all policy shops and pool rooms
in that city. Inasmuch as the chief will
hold the policemen personally responsi
ble for shops found in operation, it is
thought the order is imperative.
Relative to the question of grade
crossings, the Newark Call aptly says:
“This city is pretty well aroused upon the
grade crossing question, and it will be
found that if no further action is taken
the people will take the matter in their
own hands next April. They have a
Court of Appeals at the polls.”
Fall Carnage Begins.
The Lakeside Boat Club promises to
put up good football this year. They
have plenty of good material for an ex
ceptionally strong team and as soon as
the boys get in trim and show up regu
larly at practice, the team will bese
lected. If the boys tarn out well to
practice snd drill on team-play, they
have a winning eleven. While good in
dividual players are a good thing to have
in the make up of a foot ball team or an
orchestra, “team play” is what insures
the success of either and is as necessary
in one as in the other: as the orchestra
leader said, as he donned the rainbow
necktie “it’s for all effect.” A commit
tee of the club has already visited the in
curable ward of the Morris Plains State
Hospital to get material for their new
yell, but have not yet sent it forth.
The probable makeup of the team
will be as follows: Ends—Vance, Toms.
Tackles—Mills, Williamson, Day, Linda
bury. Guards—Frapwell, O’Reilly.
Centre—Vogt. Quarter—Lindabury.
Halves—Allen, By ram, Wire. Full
Back—Howell. Games are being ar
ranged with Madison, Rockaway,
Stevens Preparatory School of Hoboken,
Hackettstown Institute, Chatham, St.
George’s Hall, Summit, Dover and Seton
Hall, South Orange.
Feats in House Moving.
James Clark of this city has been
busily engaged in moving houses at Ka
tonah, N. Y., made necessary by the en
largement of the watershed that supplies
New York city. The Times of that
place says:
“People who pretend to know say the
neatest and greatest manoeuvering of
buildings that has taken place in this
village has been the moving of Dr. J. F.
Chapman’s house and the Presbyterian
manse from their former resting places
on the top of the hill. Mr. Clark, the
mover, accomplished the feat of getting
them off the steep bank in remarkably
short time, with only five men. The
first building is now about half way
down the hill. He uses very small tim
bers, and it is the wonder of everyone
how he moves so large buildings as
easily as he does.”
GOLF NOTES
Among the opinions recently published
in the Sun, concerning the best place of
holding the U. S. championship matches
for 1898, is the following by Ransom H.
Thomas, president of the Morris County
Club
“The West has established a high standard
that will be difficult for any Eastern club to
equal. For one thing, both the sporting and
social side of the next championships must be
considered, for the West has taught us the
wisdom and advantage of giving prominence
to the society features and not merely confin
ing the events to a mere test of strength and
skill. On this account I think the Morris
County Golf Club should be the place for the
championships of 1898, for the eighteen hole
course is perfect and the social life of Morris
town most attractive.”
BUSINESS NOTES.
Kain Bros.. 35 Washington street, announce
leaders in our advertising columns.
Price & Gnerin have already sold several of
the horses recently brought from. Iowa.
Among those left are a number of magnificent
animals well fitted for driving„ridfng and the
roal. *
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ALISADtS.
correspondence be
tween Dodge of this city
and Governor G relative to the pre
servation of 11 known landmark
ring the past week I
Indian Head was troyed in a blast,
which in addition t several thousand
tons of rock to th ttom of the cliffs.
The New Je Federations of
Women's Clubs ken the matter
I in hand in ear it is to be hoped,
| the result will the Gibralter of
the Hudson f poilation.
Morrist ., Sept. 22, 1897.
| Hon. Joh Governor State of
DearJ Sir—Ha^v been lately im
pressed? with the^Biuty and grandeur
of the Palisades, I r^l with shame and
regret ip this morning’s- Tribune of
i preparations on an ehormons scale for
their rapid .destruction. Is it possible
; that this vandalism is to go on un
: checked? Have you no power to enjoin
i the quarrymen from discharging that
blast of three and a half tons of dyna
mite which is to rob us of so much
natural beauty, at lelst until the joint
.action of the State Jf New Jersey and
j the Federal Government for the preser
! vation of this wonder of the Hudson,
which I understand is now under con
sideration, shall haveJjeen brought to a
conclusion? "*
And if you have power, will you
not use it for the hi of our State and
j in so doing win tin jtude of all lovers
of nature?
I know that I voiqe > sentiments of
a great multitude iD . testing against
j this shameful business!
Very respectfully sours,
(Signed) Henry N. Podge, M. D.
Dr. Henry M. Dodge, Murristown N. J.:
Dear Sir—I am in receipt of your
letter of 22nd instaniJconcerning the
Palisades. The legal sBtus of the work
i that is being carried on there has been
frequently discussed aife explained. The
property belongs to private owners and
they have quite as much right to blaot
out the rocks as you have to tear down
your own house. There is no power
either legal or executive, that can inter
fere with their destruction of their own
property. /
The proposition to have the Palisades
turned into a public park was reported
adversely by the committee of Congress
or at least was acted upon adversely
whether returned jso or not. There
is no hope of any relief in that
direction. The only , method that I see
by which the Palisades can be preserved
is for the State of New Jersey, either by
itself or in conjunction with the State of
New York, to purchase them. At pres
ent their is no law for that purpose nor
any appropriation. I am quite as power
less as you are in the premises.
Regretting that I cannot do anything
iu this matter, although I agree entirely
with your wishes, I am
Very sincerely yours,
John W. Griggs.
GEORGE ROBESON.
George M. Ro: 'n died at his resi
dence in Trenton on ilonday evening in
the 68th year of hislage. Mr. Robeson
was born at Belvidere. He graduated
from Princeton College in the class of
1847, afterwards straying law with
Chief Justice HurnhkdUI oBLjj&WMk, in
which city he began the practice of law,
later removing to Jersey City\ Gover
nor Newell appointed him Prosecutor of
| Camden county in 1855. /
In 1867 he was appointed by1 the late
! Governor Ward as Attorney-General of
j New Jejsey to succeed Frederick T. Fre
j linghuysen on the latter’s election to the
United States Senate. On June 25,1869,
he was appointed Secretary^ the Navy
! by President Grant apd.-’served in that
capacity until March, 1817. In the fol
■ lowing year he was elpbted to the Forty
! sixth Congress and was re-elected in
: 1880. During his term he was the Re
publican leader on the floor of the
i House. He was renominated in 1892,
but owing to factional differences among
| the Republicans of the First district,
was defeated by Thomas M. Ferrell.
Soon after his defeat Mr. Robeson re
I moved to Trenton and resumed the prac
I tice of law. During the war he was a
member of the Sanitary Commission,
\ and was appointed a Brigadier-General
by Gov. Olden and assisted in organizing
troops for the war of the rebellion.
Upon the occasion of the dedication of
the Soldiers Monument in the green,
July 4, 1871, Mr. Robeson, at that time
Secretary of the Navy, delivered the or
ation. Ip closing he paid the following
tribute to the soldiers who fell in the
great struggle for the preservation of the
Union:
“Thus I have sought to illustrate my
friends, the inspiring truth, that these
gallant soldiers whose monument you
rear to-day, yielded up their lives not
only in defence of our government and
laws, and for those liberties which we
received from our fathers and mean to
transmit unimpaired to our children,
but that they were the champions also
of freedom and progress throughout the
! world and their names are written on
the rolls of fame as martyrs in the great
war of civilization, in the cause of free
dom and the rights of man.”
JAMES H. THOMPSON.
An old and honored resident of this
section passed away in the death of
James H. Thompson Wednesday morn
ing of this week, at the residence of his
son, Walter P., comer Colles and Mount
Kemble avenues. Mr. Thompson was
over 80 years of age. He was born at
Madison and lived during all his youth
and early manhood in Morristown.
About thirty-five years ago he took up
his residence in Bound Brook, holding
bis residence there until the death of
Mrs. Thompson about a year and a half
ago, when he removed to Morristown.
Faneral services are held at the residence
this afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Torbet Post will inaugurate the advent
of cooler weather by a campfire on Tues
day evening Oct. 12th. The following
is the committee of arrangments: Messrs.
Wm. Becker, entertainment: Wm. Hes
sey, music; H. M. Dalrymple, speaker.
The ladies of Hope league have been in
vited and the occasion will doubtless
prove an interesting one.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Freeholders meet next Wednesday.
Chestnuts are in market retailing for
twenty cents a quart.
Hill street is receiving a long needed
improvement: the road is being macada
mized by the City authorities.
The celebration of the Jewis New
Year began at sunset on Sunday and was
continued during Monday by orthodox
Hebrews.
The Y. M. C. A. debate on the an
nexation of Hawaii which was to have
occurtd Wednesday evening, was post
poned for one week.
Hi-Henry’s well known Minstrels are
in town to-day, appearing at the Lyceum
Hall this evening in their usual attrac
tions of fun and wit.
Although comparatively early in the
season a large number of deaths are re
ported of children who were burned
while playing about bon-fires.
The Morristown Excise Commission
meets on Wednesday evening October
13th. Four applications for renewal of
license are advertised this week.
Three large sun parlors will be erected
at Asbury Park before cold weather.
They will be inclosed with glass, heated
and lighted, and kept in order by janitors.
The Mission Gospel Wagon ended its
work for the summer last Sunday, hav
ing held 35 meetings in various parts of
the town, with total estimated atten
dance of over nine thousand.
The Misses Park gave an exceptional
ly line entertainment before a goodly au
dience in the Methodist Sunday School
room Wednesday evening.
John Swick, a carpenter of this city,
had a serious fall on Tuesday while
working in the new Lippman building
on Speedwell avenue. He is recovering
rapidly.
The Y. M. O. A. Boy’s meetings which
have been very successful in previous
seasons will be resumed on Sunday after
noon next, when there will be special
music and short talks of interest to the
boys of the town.
The old one hundred foot brick stack
at the Eden Tissue Mills, Whippany was
torn down this week. It contained one
hundred thousand bricks, and was
dropped by cutting awaj’ the brick on
one side of the base.
The eleventh annual re-union of the
New Jersey Association of Ex-prisoners
of War is to be held at Rahway on
Thursday next. Several Morristown
veterans find pleasure in these re-unions,
which increase in interest every year.
The annual meeting of the Sunday
School Missionary Society of the First
Church, held last Sunday afternoon was
addressed by J. D. Stevenson who organ
ized the society thirty years ago. The
annual election of officers was postponed
until next Sunday afternoon.
George W. Ball of Whippany left at
the Chronicle office on Monday a hand
some specimen of a “Duchess Anglo
maigne” pear from a young tree in its first
year of fruiting, together with a bunch
of blossoms from the same tree, a some
what singular freak of nature.
John K. Boniface the.well known fish
dealer received in his usual shipment of
fish from Sea Bright the other day.a fish
which is considered an oddity by Ich
thyologists known as a “Trigger” fish
and fishermen in general. Recently a
half dozen or so have been caught off Sea
Bright.
Through the agency of the Morris
County Mortgage and Realty Company
John D. Canfield (the Morristown Land
and Improvement Company) has sold
about four acres adjoining and to the
southwest of John A. Stewart’s property
on Madison avenue to Judge A. I. Gar
re tson. It is the intention of the pur
chaser to build a handsome house front
ing on the cross road from Madison ave
nue to Woodland avenue. The site is an
exceptionably line one.
The men’s Bible class of the Church of
the Redeemer will hold its first meeting
in the upper room of the parish house on
Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock for the
purpose of organizing for the ensuing
year. It is the intention of Rev. W. M.
Hughes, rector of the church, to make a
careful examination of the epistles of St.
Paul, bringing up the great subject of
Christian theology. Much interesting
material will also be given as to the
heathen religions of the Christian era.
The season’s readings will be most in
teresting and profitable to those who will
avail themselves of this opportunity.
Vice Chancellor Pitney has filed an
opinion in the case of Cortlandt Parker
and others, executors of Richard W.
Stites dec’d, versus Elizabeth W. Seeley,
Richard Wayne Stites and others. The
opinion says “It is a friendly suit, and
made necessary by the infancy of one of
the parties in interest.” On the main
point involved the opinion is in favor of
Richard Wayne Stites allowing him to ex
ercise the option given to.his father in the
following clause of the will of his grand
father. “I give to my son R. M. Stites,
the right to purchase, (not for specula
i tion) the dwelling on Elm street, for
! $8000,” which part or portion of land
j will consist of 80 feet on Elm street and
running back 360 feet.
!
Missionary Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Missionary
Association of the South Street Presby
terian Church was held on Sunday after
noon last in the church, Prom printed
reports it was shown that during the past
year over $1,000 was expended for mis
sions divided between the Home and
Foreign field. The Rev. A. J. Brown
secretary of the Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions, delivered an interes
ting address, in which he pictured the
manner in which Missionaries in the
Foreign Field were compelled to live
and the difficulties surrounding their
work. The President, James Chambers,
presided and the following participated:
the Rev. Dr. Albert Erdman, the Rev.
■ J. B. Beaumont, and the Rev. Frank
j lin B. Dwight.
PERSONAL MENTION.
J. Edward Taylor Is spending a tew days at
^uogue, L. I.
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bailey are expected
home next week.
Miss Geist of Newark is staying at the Oly
phant Park House.
Miss Alice A. Bushnell returned from a visit j
to Philadelphia this week.
Mr. John E. Ward and family will spend the
coming winter in New York.
Mrs. Davis is the guest of her aunt Mrs.
Grinnell Willis of South street.
Charles F. Cutler’s four-in-hand attracted a
great deal of admiration this week.
Mrs. Gannett of Cambridge is the guest of
Mrs. H. O. Bates of Madison avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Ward Ford have returned
from their summering atSea bright, N. J.
Mrs. L. Jacquelin Smith and family are oc-,
cnpying their Madison avenue home again.
. Samuel Clark of Newark., was the guest of
George G. Kip of Madison avenue over Sunday.
Miss Howland Ford, who has been abroad
for some time, returned last week to Morris
town.
Mrs. Julius Catlin, and her daughters, are
again at Fairholme, their beautiful country
place.
Miss Ruth Smith of Cleveland, Ohio, is vis
iting her friend. Miss Ella Johnston, of Maple
avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Coghill of New York, are the
guests of Mrs. Howard Coghill of Madison
avenue,
Thos. Hastings who has been visiting his
mother for the past weeks, has returned to
New York.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Hackstaff have returned
from Europe and are occupying their house
on James street.
There are rumors of six weddings in Morris
town this autumn. Now we can all wonder
'*who they are.”
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Turnbull and family
who have been abroad for some time are now
at the Park House.
Mr. George F. Cornell and family of South
street have returned from Europe and are oc
cupying their own house.
Miss Hoxsey of Paterson has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Hughes, at the Rectory of the
Church of the Redeemer.
Manuel Johnson, who has been visiting
friends and relatives in this city, returned to
Washington on Wednesday.
John M. Forbes and family, who have been
spending the summer in Newport, will return
to their home here to-morrow.
Senator Vreeland who was threatened with
serious illness, is we are glad to Btate, improv
ing, althongh somewhat slowly.
Miss Colies, who has been the guest of her
mother, Mrs. Julia Keese Colies, for the past
month, has returned to New York.
Messrs. W. H. Hibler. Frank W. Mnlford
and Carl Kersting are pheasant shooting in
the vicinity of Allamuchy, Warren County.
Invitations are out for the marriage of A.
H. Lynch of this city, to Miss Caroline Louise,
daughter of John H. Schmidt of Madison.
Miss May Kennedy of Franklin place was
one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of Miss
Fox and Ernest Jones at Orange last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Wilkins, who have
been spending the summer in Canada have re
turned to Morristown and are at the Colonial.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Connette and son, Ed
win, of Brooklyn..have been spending a few
days with Mrs. George W. Pierson of Cherry
street.
Mrs. Cochran and her party returned from
Europe this week reaching home Monday.
Mrs. Cochran and family will spend the win
ter in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Vernam of Morristown,
who have been spending the summer in the
upper Engadine and the Tyrol, will spend the
winter in Dresden.
Joseph Forbes of Morris Plains who has been
playing such good tennis this year that he is
spoken of as "one of the crack players," has
returned to Harvard.
Miss Minnie Brown gave a very pretty party
Wednesday evening at her home on Ridgedale
avenue In honor of her guest, Miss Sadie Hay
wood, of East Orange. V
The engagement of Miss Alice Bushnell,
daughter of Joseph Bushnell, of Madison
avenue, to Elbert S. Kip of Morristown, was
formally announced last Saturday.
Miss Mary Lewis and Miss Isabel Hastings
sailed this week on the Bremen. They expect
to spend the winter in Weimar, where Miss
Hastings will study music and Miss Lewis
German.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles MacVeagh of Speed
well avenue have returned from Narragansett
Pier, where they have been the guests of Mrs.
MacVeaghs father Hon. Sherman L. Rogers
of Buffalo.
J. E. Parker and his son, John, returned
Saturday after an extended trip from Buffalo,
across the lakes to Duluth, St. Paul and Min
neapolis, thence to Omaha and Denver, re
turning by the way of Harper's Ferry and
Washington.
Mrs. and the Misses Siedler of South street,
leave Morristown permanently the 1st of Octo
ber, having rented their house to Mr. Bell for
a term of years. They will be greatly missed
in Society and their going is spoken of with
great regret by their friends.
There Is a most excellent article in the Medi
cal Journal on the subject of Pneumonia writ
ten by Dr. Bishop, the brother of Mrs. Emory
McClintock of Kemble Hiil. The article has
been most favorably mentioned in several of
the Medical reviews and has attracted a great
deal of attention.
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES.
The second dance at the Golf Club, given last
Friday night, was quite as successful as the
first one and the hearts of the young people
were gladdened by the thought that there was
still another to be enjoyed. The room was
prettily decorated and was very effective..
Many of the young women wore the red
jackets and white duck skirts and all looked
very pretty. It is a relief to be able to say
something of the men's costumes and suggest
how very becoming the golf coats are and
what a relief to the universal black and white
in which they usually apparel themselves.
Among those present were Mrs. Willis, Mrs.
Slade, Mrs. Ames, the Misses Hopkins, Mrs.
Lyon, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. McCurdy, Mrs. Ship
pen. the Misses Macy, Kip, Willis, Walker,
Slade, Howell, March, Hoy, Underwood,
Bryce, Swords, Evans. Messrs. Little, Shaw,
Hoy. Kip, Young, Forbes, Tiers and Van
Vleck.
Mrs. Willis gave another pretty dinner last
Friday and afterwards took her guests to the
Golf Club. Among her guests were Miss
Macy, Mason Young and Mr. Van Vleck.
CYCLING NOTES
Sun Rises. Snn Sets.
Saturday, Oct. 2 . 5.57 5,41
Sunday. “ 3. 5.58 5.39
Monday, “ 4. 5.59 5.33
Tuesday, “ 5 . 6.00 5.36
Wednesday, “ 6. 6.01 5 35
Thursday, “ 7 . 6.02 5 33
Friday, “ 8 . 6.03 5.31
Membership. Oct. 1, League of American
Wheelmen: New. 636; total. 99 410: New Jersey
Division: new, 66; total, 6,668.
The Orange Water Company has established
three drinking places on the East Orange
streets for the benefit of wheelmen. They are
on roads much traveled by wheelmen, and
will no doubt be greatly appreciated by riders.
The Board of Commissioners of Freehold,
has just passed an ordinance which provides
that speed shall not exceed eight miles an hour
that all vehicles shall keep to the righthand
side of the road except when within one hun
dred feet of the starting or stopping point :
that bells on bicycles must be rung when turn
ing corners, and cyclers are also prohibited
from riding more than two abreast. No coast
ing is allowed, and lights must be carried an
hour after sundown.
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Continued from First Page.
The latest returns, however, coming
since the above was in type, seems to in
dicate some doubt as to the rejection of
the antigambling amendments. The of
ficial count will not occur until Mon
day, and the returns are coming in
slowly, especially from the country dis
tricts. From the returns at hand and
from the best estimates the majority
against the antigambling amendment
has been cut down to 1.000, and may
go below that figure. There is even a
possibility that the amendment has
been carried, and nothing but the offi
cial count will settle the matter. The
ad interim appointment amendment is
thought to have been carried by a close
vote. There is no likelihood of the wo
men’s suffrage amendment having been
carried.
LOCAL RELIGIOUS NEWS
FIR8T PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Communion service will be observed next
Sunday.
The pastor will preach Sunday morning and
afternoon at the regular services, 10.30and4
o’clock. The following Is the musical pro
gram for the afternoon service:
V oluntary.Batiste
Organ Solo- Nocturne.Paerce
Offertory—Soprano Solo.Holden
Postlude.Parker
The subject of the pastor's Sunday after
noon sermon will be “Ungodly Improvement.”
The opening meeting and entertainment of
the Young Ladies' Missionary Society will be
held ot the chapel next Friday afternoon. Oc
tober 8. The entertainment will consist of
music and literary selections. All young
ladies of the church are invited.
SOUTH STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Saturday, 3.30 p. m,, services preparatory to
the communion. Sunday morning, com
munion of the Lord’s Supper; evening, preacb
ine by the pastor; Sabbath school at 3 p. m.;
Y. P. S. C. E. at 6.30 p. m. Wednesday, 3
p. m.. Woman's Missionary Society. Thurs
day evening, 8 o'clock, monthly concert of
prayer for missions.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
The pastor will preach next Sunday morn
ing at 10:30,’‘The Missing Apostle." Evening
at 7:30 “The Liquor Traffic in Morristown:”
some facts for the people to consider. Sunday
School 3 p. m. reunion and rally.
Endeavor Society, Tuesday evening. Boys’
Brigade, Wednesday evening. Prayer Meeting,
Thursday 7:45.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Class meeting 9:30 a. m. Communion and
reception of members 10:30 a. m.
Sunday School 2:45 p. m. Epworth League
Service 9:30 p. m. Preaching by the pastor,
7:30 p. m.; Subject “Chances and Choices
in Life,” a sermon for young people.
The afternoon classes will be resumed dur
ing the week.
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER.
The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, Octo
ber 3, Morning Prayer Sermon and Holy Com
mnnion 10.30 a. m. Sunday School 3.45 p.m.
Children’s service, with address by the
Rector, 4 p. m. in the church, Morning Prayer
and Litary Wednesday 10 a. m.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
The pastor will occupy the pulpit Sunday.
Morning subject, "Chiistlikeness;” evening,
"“On What Are Y'ou Building." The Y. P. S.
C. E. will meet at 8.39. Ladies' meeting
Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 o’clock. Junior
Y. P. S. C. E. Thursday afternoon at 3.45.
Regular prayer and praise service Thursday
evening at 7,45.
CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION.
Masses at 6.30, 8.30 and 10.30 a. in,; sermon
at last mass. Benediction at 3 p. m.
W. 1I1UGABITV rtriL.
Masses at 7.30 and 9,30 a.m.
MARKET STREET MISSION..
The Sunday afternoon meetings will be re
sumed on Sunday next at 4.15 p. m. Paul Erd
man will speak on Sunday at 7.30 p. m.
SWEDISH SERVICES.
Swedish Service will be held every Wednes
day evening at 8:15 in the First Presbyterian
Chapel. Next Wednesday evening. Rev. L.
Akeson of Dover will preach on the subject.
Three voices Rev. 22:17. All Scandinavians
are welcome.
Y. M. C. A.
Meetings for men are now held every Sun
day afternoon. James S. Stearns will lead
the meeting next Sunday, 4.15.
The boys’ meetings will be resumed next
Sunday at quarter past four with its gospel
song services and other features which have
aided in making the meeting so popular with
the boys and successful in their aim.
Schools and Colleges.
Mrs. H. B. Sharpe, who for many
years has been at the head of Boydton
Institute, Boydton, Virginia, in which a
number of prominent Christian people
of this city bave always been interested,
and who has been visiting Mrs. F.
W. Owen of this city during the
week, returned to her field of labor
yesterday. Miss Ada W. Owen, ac
companied her and will serve as one
of the teachers during the year. Our
Helper, published at the Institute, says:
“The outlook for the coming year at
Boydton Institute is remarkably tine. The
crops of the surrounding country have
been unusually good, and most of the stu
dents who went North in the Spring have
found employment so that some of
them will be able to return with the
teachers on the 80th of September. We
are sorry to learn that Miss Hatch, the
editor of Our Helper, is at present so out
of health that her friends have persuaded
her to rest tor a little at the Dansville
Sanitorium, New York. For ten years
she has bravely helped bear the burdens
of the Institute, rejoiced in its good
things, doing all the good she could in
all the ways she found. The teachers
for the new school year are: Mr. and
Mrs. Larnson and daughter, Miss Leard.
Miss Hemenway. Mrs. Clark and Mr.
Goode, and added to these, two new
ones, Miss Ada W. Owen of Morristown,
N. J., and Miss Hetta Field of Salem,
Oregon.
I'uion Ex-Frisouera of War.
The eleventh annual reunion of the
New Jersey Association of Union Ex
Prisoners of War will be held in Rah
way, N. J., on Thursday, October 7,
1897.
The businesss meeting will be in Barry
Post Room, G. A. R., Main street, foot
of Cherry street, at 10:30 A. M. There
will be a camp fire in the afternoon.
The lady friends of members are cor
dially invited to attend.
Trains on Pennsylvania R. R. leave
New York 9:10 a. m., Jersey City 9:25
a. in., Market street, Newark, 9:39 a. m.
Jacob McConnell has been appointed Post
master of Stanhope. The office ranks third in
Sussex County.