The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-11-17

r,eppdov December H. by Michael E. Walsh and
Howard Bryant, trustees, on the premises,
100 acres with good improvements, near ST.
Saturday December 10, by e. w. Herman, trus-
fee on the premises, house and lot near EKlo,
9th district.
>John w. Hogan, of Della, LIST district,
has been granted Government pension at the
rate of So per month.
- Protracted meeting is now in progress
at McKendree NJ. E. Church, Arlington, OF
which Rev. E. H. Lamar IS pastor.
- Already the 1901 calendars are making
their appearance. THE UNION will have some
ready for distribution in due time.
=. The County Commissioners will spend
TODAY in the Sd district on an inspection trip
over some of the most important roads
- concert at the Gainesville Country
Climb on Friday night of last week, in aid OF
the Texas storm sufferers. Melted nearly 5000;
THE Governor has appointed j. G. Led
more & Lehigh Railroad, vice Z. H. Hartzell.
THE School Board will hold meeting at
P0wson. on Wednesday, Novem Der 2lst, when
arrangements will be made to pay the teachers
salaries ..
the Susouehanna fats on Wednesday, killed 36
canvasbacks. 50 redheads and several black
- There were three automobiles in Tow
,.son at the same time last Monday morning.
This looks like the "horseless carriage" was
gaining in popularity.
away and now the people are getting ready for
a happy Thanksgiving day, which Will soon
be here-November 10Th.
-Mr. H. NJ. Hilgaertner, of Sweet Air.
sent to THE UNION Office this week some second
crop raspberries that were in all respects as
perfect as the summer crop.
You can pretty soon be looking out for
those little annual messengers that accompany
the first issue of The UNION every December.
They will be green this time,
> Look out for sneak thieves. This is
their favorte season to operate in the country
around Baltimore and extra precautions should
he taken against vistations from them.
1.-The Republicans of the 9th and neigh
boring districts will hold grand Jolllhcaton
at Ekfo, on Saturday night, November 18th,
to which general invitation is extended.
- One night this week Auburn" the
summer residence of Mr.. Chester B. Turnbull,
about mile south of Towson, was robbed of
large quantity of lead pipe, brass spiggots, etc.
During the temporary absence enc,9. OF the
family the house of Mr.. James Willinghan,
near Parkville, Hartford road, was entered by
a thief who carried off articles valued at about
$500.
- There was q slight fall of snow-the
first of the season-on the morning of the 9th
instant. There was not enough to track rap,
right.
Notre Dame College, Charles street avenue,
spent last Tuesday at Loeb Raven, for the pur-
pose of studying the geological formation OF
the country thereabout
THE large stable of Mr.. Daniel Rider,
the we'll known feed dealer on Greenmount
avenue, was burned at an early hour on Tues
dav morning causing loss OF about $5,OOO.
All the stock was saved.
> Messrs. James Rittenhouse, Samuel J:
Roche and George S. Kalb have been appointed
,,rOroood M road haf vrQpn
the Frederick turnpike and the Old Frederick
road, at or near lrvlngton.
H. There was a sharp "cold snap" this
week. but the snow and rain predicted for
Wednesday by the weather man did not mate
rialize. In fact the day was ine with clear
sky and bracing atmosphere.
- Some people complain about the deputy
game wardens. They declare that they do not
attend to their duties and that the game law is
being constantly violated. This should not be.
Get move on you, Messrs. Game Wardens.
- Now that campaign excitement is over
business should brighten up and matters in
that line become lively. There is too much
politics in this country and it is well when
the subject can be held in allegiance for time
- There are already some signs of Christ
mas, now only little over month off. To
the Young it seems Christmas will never come,
while to the older the annual recurrence APP
pears to be chasing each other with unneces-
| ION Monday last Justice Hevern, of
| Highlandtown, fined Frederick Kirk 81 and
N costs for shooting robin. Heplead ignorance
of the law, but that could not save him. 1t is
unlawful to shoot robins in this county at any
time of the year.
- By the game laws of some of the North
ern States no individual is allowed to kill
more than fifteen cartridges in one day. In
this county such a law would be entirely su-
perfuous. A man might hunt week and
trnk hill Fifteen birds
IN Charles G. Denison of the Pot
4 Spring road, this week received very fine
Hereford bull, one year old. from the stock
farm of Mr.. Robert Milliken. at Youngstown,
Ohio. This animal took first prize at the Ii
monium fair of 1900.
- The Emory Grove Association has made
plans for the improvement of the camp
grounds near Glyndon. Grass and flower beds
are included in the changes to be made. A
scheme is also on foot to llquldate the tioatlng
debt of the association.
in the great New York horse show,
which will open at Madison Square Garden
next Monday, Baltimore county will be repre-
rented in the hunters contest by Messrs. W.
Stewart Diffenderifer and /. M. Parr, Jr., each
of whom has three entries.
- man who lately moved from the
TPromsed Land an annex of Govanstown,
Z said the reason he did so was because there is
neither light nor water there. A place with
such an attractive name should be more
- Mr.. VIM. Kennedy Cromwell this week
notified the County Commissioners that Bright
side avenue had been completed and opened
to travel. This road begins at Brightside Sta
ton, at Lake Roland, N. G. r. R., and extends
, towards Charles street avenue.
1.-THE "falling stars was to have been one
Npf the most important attractions of this week,
y but the phenomena failed to materialize. Ev-
identity the astronomers slipped up in their
calculations as the thirty -three-year recurrence
of falling stars failed to connect.
->Towson is still keeping up its reputation
as a Gretna Green. A young runaway couple
from Baltimore was married here on Tuesday,
nesday Rev w. H. H. Powers, rector of Trim
ity Church, performing both ceremonies.
THE Presbyterian Church at Relay, 18th
district, of which Rev. S. S. Greenwich is pas
tor, is in a very prosperous condition. The
sum of $500 was spent in Improvements the
past summer and the congregation is now out
of debt and has acomfortable surplus on hand.
THE new houses of Messrs. M. Wright
and Daniel Hoffman, in Arlington, built to re-
place the ones destroyed by fire last summer,
are now occupied by their respective owners.
Other houses burned at the same time are be-
ing rebuilt, making plenty OF work for me-
chanics.
of any kind in Baltimore county on election
I day. This is remarkable when 1t IS remem-
bered that there are forty-one voting precincts
in the county and that an aggregate OF nearly
10000 votes were polled. This speaks well Ior
our people.
erick Won Kapff, of Baltimore county, are
members Of the committee appointed to make
arrangements for the first meeting of the Ma
tional Cattle Breeders Association, to be held
at the Carrollton Hotel, Baltimore, Thursday,
December 9th.
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