The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-01-06

- The house on the Sheppard Asylum pro-
perty, near Towson, occupied by Mr.. John r.
Tarbert and family, took fire on Thursd
from a defective fiue and was slightly damaged.
- The Postoffice Department has issued
commissions to Henry Crilley, postmaster at
Cuttings. and to Mrs. Johanna Miller, post
master at Loreley, both Offices being in this
county.
Fnksburg Western Maryland r. R., has
taken the benefit of the bankrupt law. His
liabilities are placed at 81, 1885, and his assets
at 81, 1874.
- Next Monday will be "blue" Monday
for several thousand children in Baltimore
county. The public schools will reopen that
day after an unusually long Christmas holiday
of two weeks.
by the quarterly distribution Of the
State public school tax, made by the Comp
troller on the I'd inst, Baltimore county white
schools will receive S6,S47.12, and coored
schools 81, 50S .08.
- The directors of the Dulany's Valley
and Towson Turnpike Company held their ans p;
d q tf0rSsH wthe members was not present no
business was transacted.
- The following district assessors made re-
turns TO the County Commissioners this week
J. T. Alexander, I'd district, 500, $50; B. +.
Grove, Sd district. $50 200 William t. Crit
filth, Sth district, 81 ,230.
THE Court this week appointed Mr..
Caleb " Cherbonnier, commissioner to take
testimony, vice Mr.. John GrasoD, resigned.
The other two commissioners are Messrs. A.
A. Piper and w. George Marley.
~ Mr.. William s. Keech, Jr., local agent
for the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Bal
timore, is distributing pretty paper weight
among his patrons and friends. The Fidelity
has over $4,000, 600 of cash assets.
THE County Commissioners have decided
that hereafter they will not pay for the ice
supplied to those offices in the Court House
that are supported by fees. That's pretty
cold shake for this chilly weather.
1.-Two wills were refused probate in the Bal
timore Orphans Court few days ago be-
cause each had the name of but one witness
signed to it when the law requires two. This
is something worth remembering
"a representative of the Maryland State
Temperance Alliance held service in the coun-
ty jail last Sunday and at its conclusion seven
OF the prisoners decided to turn over new
leaf by signing the pledge for 1900.
flames P. Creaghan, young farmer
near PikesvilIe, has applied for the benefit of
1892 and assets 500. Mr.. Philip BARLEY
Watts is the attorney in the matter.
~ w. Mason Jones. who lives at Cations
vile, was arrested in Baltimore on Tuesday,
upon the charge Of drawing pistol on street
car and terroriEing the passengers. He prayeda
Jury trial and the case was sent to court.
THE second fall of snow on Sunday
night was deeper than the first, but not
enough to afford sleighing, although one man
did drive tandem team from Baltimore to
Electric Park to win a basket of champagne
- Richard Ridgely Riley died in Washing
ton a few days ago, aged SO years. He was
son of the late Elihu s. Riley, ST., of Annapo-
lis, and was at one time connected with the
Baltimore County Herald publishedin Towson.
MIR. John p. Thomas, of Cockeysville,
will give a graphophone entertainment in
Lakeview M. E. Church, Dulany's Valley
Tuesday evening, January 9th, commencing
at 7.30 O'Clock, to which general invitation is
extended.
->Twenty-seven men on the Baltimore Di-
vision of the Pennsylvania Railroad (Northern
Central) will be affected by the pension system
which begun last Monday. These have
reached the age of 20 years and will be retired
with half pay
There was little more ''circus'' in the
office of the County Commissioners on Tues
day to mark the opening no doubt, of the
New Year 1t is about time now to put an end
to this business. The people have grown
heartily sick Of it.
- Nearly all the road supervisors and sew
eral others OF the newly-appointed subordi-
bate county officials bonded on Tuesday. The
bonds Of the supervisors run from $1,000 to
SIS 900 each and most Of them are signed by
private individuals.
- Alfred d. Merrick, an inmate of the
Confederate Soldiers Home, Pikesville, died
on Saturday last, aged o. years. He was ma
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