The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-02-03

hampton, near lOWsOn, has had his mel
employed lately in removing a large numbe
of trees from the expansive and beautiful
lawns Of that historic estate of the Ridgelys
The shade had become so dense as to max,
this necessary.
ION Monday Mr.. r. r. Boarman, trus
tee sold, on the premises, near New Market
9TH district, the personal effects of Smith d
Bond, farmer. Hay brought 1925 per ton
corn S215 per barrel and everything sole
brought good prices. Messrs. Slade & Risteau
were the auctioneers.
THE next meeting of the Senior Gum
powder Agricultural Club will be held at the
residence of Mr.. John Crowther, Jr.. in Luth
erville, Saturday, February 10th. The ques
ton for discussion is "0n what terms should
a dairy farm be rented to the advantage of the
owner and the renter?"
-At the first show of the Laurel Poultry
Association, held at Laurel, Md, last week,
Mr.. Joseph Phipps, farm manager at Hamp-
| ton, near Towson, won with his Barred Ply
mouth Rocks. LIST and Sd on hen, Sd on cock,
I'd on cnckerel, Sd and 4th on pullet and 1st
and Sd on breeding pen.
There are now at the Notch Cliff Stock
Farm, in lower Long Green Valley, nearly
seyenty.fve head of horses and colts, only a
few of them being boarders. There are in
this lot some of the finest bred animals in the
country and they will make name for Notch
! Cliff in the nexttwo or three years.
Frank o. Singer, Jr., of Baltimore coun-
| ty, was, on the oath of January, adjudicated a
| bankrupt by Judge Morris, Of the q. s. Dis
trict Court. His scheduled liabilities are
placed at $l51, 950.46, with no assets The case
is now in the hands of Mr.. Z. w. Herman,
referee in bankruptcy for this county.
THE snow of last Sunday. while enough
to cover the earth, had not sufficient depth to
afford sleighing. Those fellows who have not
had an opportunity to scour the rust off the
runners Of their cutters this winter are be-
ginning to think that the prospects of doing SO
are growing small by degrees and beautifully
less
- This week was a most trying one upon
the motormen on the electric railways. The
so called vestibues ON the cars afford the
smallest sort of protection, yet they are ad-
mitted to be "better than nothing" 1t takes
man with nerve to manipulate the machinery
on the front end of an electric car in such
weather.
most severe experienced this winter so far and
Wednesday night was the champion in the
way of frigidity. Thursday morning thermom-
eters in Towson, according to location, regis
tered from to above zero, which was sever
al degrees lower than during the December
cold wave.
->M essrs. Frank H. Zouck and A. NJ.
Ruby. of Glyndon. who have been furnishing
ties for the United Railways and Electric
Company, have had cut and delivered within
a year nearly $4,000 They buy the timber
standing and have it cut and shipped. At
PiSoShO my oAS cAAhSCA AAOh GO
cutters.
- Centennial Grange held meeting at
Towson on Thursday. 1t had been proposed
previously that at this meeting an effort should
be made to reorganize Baltimore County
Grange, but it failed because only two subor-
dinate oranges were presented-Locust Grove
and Centennial. State Master Ager was pres
ent and made an address,
William H. Tenly, farm manager for
Mr.. William H. Wight, of 'Kinloch" near
H. IL l. - n
days illness from cerebro spinal meningitis.
He was a native of Hartford county, AZ years
of age and unmarried. He was an excellent
manager and trusted and highly esteemed by
Mr.. Wight and his neighbors.
PA few afternoons ago a Towson man,
while in Baltimore, went to the Zoo. He
got there about the hour the animals are fed
and they were simply tearing things loose
with their bowls and shrieks. Thinking about
what might happen if two or three of the
beasts should smash their cages and get out,
he quietly withdrew, feeling that it was much
safer on the outside.
MIR. William A. House, general manager
of the United Railways and Electric Company,
is putting forth every effort to have enforced
the ordinance prohibiting expectorating on
the floors of the cars. He has given his con-
ductors positive orders on the subject. A few
days ago a man was arrested in Baltimore
upon the charge of violating this ordinance
and it cost him several dollars.
Friday, I'd instant, was Candemas, or
grounding day. As THE UNION goes to press
on Friday, before the end of the day, we are
unable to say whether or not his hogship
walked up long enough to come out and hunt
around for his shadow. Hence it is doubtful
what kind of weather we will have during the
next six weeks, but that we will have plenty
we are willing to give good odds and bet.
THE UNION was the only county paper
that last week contained an account of the
Cockeysville postoffice robbery. The,-bur-
glars blew open the safe and got about $500
worth of stamps and IS in cash. The Office
was wrecked by the force of the explosion.
Gas been 4; I eaafiae t 81 the up ro1n1s rfnv
january numDer me FdStors
Helper published by Revs. Thomas s: Long
and Richard N. Edwards, of Great Falls Cir
cult. we find the following complimentary no
tice. which is duly appreciated: THE BALTI-
MORE COUNTY UNION comes to us every week
filled with county news and bright and crisp
editorial sparks. We would think it to be al
most indispensable to every home in the coun-
ty. A number of our members are regular
subscribers"
THE failure this week of the wholesale
boot and shoe firm of Slingluff, Johns & Co.,
Baltimore, was great surprise to many peo
pie The liabilities are placed at S2S2, ZIG. 81,
with assets about one-third that amount.
Mr. Horace Slingluff, senior member OF the
firm, is brother of Messrs G. BONN and
Fielder O. Slingluff, well known members OF
the par. LdSJ year ne DOuBul LnC pIOPCAty VI
Mr.. VIM Checklev Shaw, in the western end
of Green Spring Valley.
Two Young Lovers at Odds.-The Tow
son representative of the Baltimore 1ferdtd tells
this story From the distant confines of the
9th district of Baltimore county there comes
beautiful little romance in which all the pas
sons and emotions that render the lives OF
Others interesting or picturesque are blended.
It is told that two young men, farmers OF that
place, whose names are given as Hush Kemp
ard Thomas ArmacOst, were enamored OF the
same girl. Under the ordinary procedure OF
modern and prosaic times their dispute should
have been left to the arbitrament of either the
nurse or the lady. Nothing so tame, however,
suited either of the suitors, and like the heroes
of Sir Walter Scott they determined to settle
their dispute according to the CODE Owing to
the existence of harsh and cruel laws that
have said that the survivor or survivors in
duel or an attempted duel shall experience
certain punishments and hardships that are
rather detrimental to the fostering of the higher
emotions lethal weapons were not employed,
but in their stead common every day locks
were used. Subsequent events proved that
even this method was not altogether devoid of
danger.
1.-The story goes that about year ago,
Thomas Armacost was constant visitor at
the home of Miss LiZzetta Kemp, known as
one of the bellies of Hamstead, a Carroll county
village, and that all was well with him, but
that later there came another wooer, in the
person of Rush Kemp, whose fresh and beau
tiful youth Che was but 49, speedily displaced
Mr.. Armacost, whose visits became rarer and
rarer, and finally ceased altogether. While,
however, he was beaten at Cupid's game, he
still nourished thoughts of retaliation. On
Wednesday the young men met at the store of
Shadrach Cooper, where Armacost was ex-
planning to an interested crowd of auditors the
merits of patent screw driver. Kemp APP
peared at the door, and invited him outside.
There, it is said he asked Mr.. Martin wheth-
er Armacost made some remark. Martin is
said to have replied in the affirmative, and the
battle began. Armacost alleges, however,
that the onslaught of his opponent was so sud
| den and furious that it was rather an assault
than battle and, in fact, said that after the
struggle commenced, he knew absolutely
nothing of subsequent events until he regained
consciousness His father, G. NJ. Armacost,
went to Towson yesterday to see the States
| Attorney, and was told that the best plan
would be to have Kemp arrested. What at
titude the fair cause of all the trouble has as
sumed since the unfortunate termination of
the rivalry is not known"
VIII Leave Patterson Park.-Superin-
tendent Robert s. Cross, of Patterson Park, is
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