The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-08-11

Fire in Towson.-At 4 30 o'clock on Fri
day afternoon of last week fire broke out in
frame stable at the lumber yard of the Wilson
& Kenney Company, at the crossing of the
Baltimore & Lehigh Railroad of the York
turnpike in Towson. The stable was packed
with baled hay and as there were great piles
of lumber and other infammable material
near it, it looked at first as though serious
conhagration could not be averted. The Tow
son Chemical engine company and the Volun-
teer Hose Company responded to the alarm
and were soon at work on the flames combining
them to the building in which they originated.
Two buggies in the stable, one belonging to
Mr.. Chas H. Whitaker, of Towson, were burn
ed, and beyond the charring of some nearby
lumber, this was all the outside damage that
resulted. The estimated loss is 81 900 and it is
fully covered by insurance. Both the paid
firemen and the volunteers worked with such
energy and skill as to call forth unstinted
praise of Mr.. e. q. Kenney, of the company
that sustained the loss The fire is believed to
have been caused by spark from the engine
of the passenger train Of the BALTIC. & Lehigh
Railroad that passed going east only few
minutes before the flames were discovered.
Fire at the Five-Mile House-Shortly
after 8 o'clock on Saturday morning of last
week fire was discovered in the Smile House,
on the York road short distance north of
Govanstown. The house was occupied bv the
family of Mr. ]. F. Parks and Mrs William
l.. Cockey. Mr.. Parks was awakened by the
violent coughing of one of his children, when
he found the house full ofsmoke. He prompt
ly gave an alarm by firing pistol several
times which aroused a number of the neigh
bors and they were soon on the scene. The
Towson and Govanstown engines promptly
responded to the alarm and in very short
time they had the fire under control. The loss
on the building, which belongs to Mrs. Parker
Cook, of Baltimore, is about 81 900. Had the
fire not been discovered as soon as it was the
entire building and some of the surrounding
property would no doubt have been burned.
The occupants of the house made narrow
escape.
Baltimore County ralr.-Tne BOARD OF
Managers of the Timonium Fair are rapidly
perfecting arrangements for the fair which
will begin on Tuesday, September 4th. Atthe
meeting last Saturday arrangements were per-
fected to have Ex-Governor Pattison, of Penn
sylvania and Senator John w. Daniel, of
Virginia. attend the fair on Wednesday and
make addresses; also to have Governor Roose-
welt, of New York, Republican nominee for
the Vice-President, make an address on Friday.
This day friday is to be known as children's
day, when all children under II years of age
will be admitted to the grounds free.
The work of getting the buildings and
grounds in proper shape is now in progress and
the Board proposes to have everything in read
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Another Threshing Machine Fire.-On
Wednesday afternoon destructive fire occur
red on the farm of Mr.. Elan Frantz in the
4th district. steam threshiDg machine was
engaged in threshing this wears grain crop.
when spark from the engine set fire to
stack of wheat. The flames were quickly COM
municated to the barn, which was destroyed,
together with several smaller buildings and
their contents. The loss, which includes
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$4,000, on which there was no insurance. Mr..
frantz is member of religious denomina-
ton which does not sanction the taking out of
insurance policies. The threshing machine
was saved.
The Will of Miss Bowen-The last will
and testament of Miss Ellen Bowen was adj
mitted to probate in the Orphans Court here
on Wednesday and letters testamentary gran
ted to her nephew, Charles B. Bowen, who is
named as executor, without bond The tesla
trix gives to her nephews, Charles H. Buck
man, 81 900; William T. Buchanan, $500, and
George r. Buchanan, $500, to be paid when
ever the real estate in which the testatrix held
an undivided interest shall be sold for the pur-
pose of partition. All the residue of her prop
erty, real and personal, is to be equally divided
between Rebecca Bowen, niece of the testatrix,
and Mary Frances Bowen, widow of the tesla
trix's nephew, George " Bowen.
Prlncely Gifts for Mission Work. "A re-
cent issue of 1.-THE Missionary Review of the
World has this to say concerning Rev. DR..
John F. Goucher and his princely gifts to
mission work in India For fifteen years DIR.
Goucher has been supporting more than 100
primary village schools in India at an aggre-
gate cost of more than 100000 These schools
have educated pastors, presiding elders, pastors
teachers, local preachers and day school teach
ers through whose influence, as the reports of
the presiding elders show, in the fifteen years
since they began, q 600 converts have been
added to the church."
Found a Curious Old Coin.-Mr. William
H. Wheeler, of Foreston, 9Th district, has
curious old silver coin which he found inTthe
woods near bis farm. Onthe face is thestatue
George Patron of knights. on the reverse is
a galleon, with three sails set and flag at
masthead, with the inscription, "In Temples
tate Securltas" Security in time of storm.
Would some numismatist kindly inform us at
what time this coin was issued, and on what
occasion
Sale of Mortgaged Premises.-The ID. Il.
Merryman Company, auctioneers, sold at the
Court House on Wednesday, for COL d. G.
Mcintosh, attorney, under a mortgage from
Charcilla 7. Schaefer and Collegiate Price to
Thomas Wright, farm of 164 acres, situated
on the York turnpike short distance north
OF Iimonium toll gate; purchased by Mr..
Madison q. Lloyd, agent, for $3.50 per acre.
The farm has ordinary Improvements upon
1T, and the price at which it sold is said to be
minutes drive of Timonium Station, n CIR r.
Heavy Milk Shipments on the B. g. L.
The Milk Producers Association has chartered
a special train on the N. G. Railway from
Partition which carries nothing but milk be.
longing to the association. About 1000 gall
Ions are carried daily If such train could
be put on the B. IL. l.. Railway from Delta to
Baltimore it would greatly relieve the tedious
delay at many of the stations and the time
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delight by the many patrons of the road
Beldir Democrat.
Tho Answer Was "Impertinent."-A let
ter from York, dated August 7th, says "Judge
Bittenger yesterday decided that the answer of
William Gilmor, one of the defendants in the
suit instituted by the Northern Central Rail-
way Company to secure possession Of the York
Southern Railroad. running from York to
Delta, was 'impertinent, but not libelous or
scandalous. The 'inpertinent' portions of the
answer were ordered to be stricken OUT
The GRAND JURY of Anne Arundel county,
which was called in special session by Judge
Revell to consider the Sunday liquorselling
and gambling at Brooklyn. in that county,
found a number of indictments and the court
will take up the cases at once. Thejury passed
resolution demanding that the County Com
missioners provide proper and efficient police
officers to enforce the law in that district, the
opinion of the jury being that those in Office
are utterly incompetent. The jury thought
that the Commissioners in retaining such off,
GERS assumed the responsibility for the lawless-
ness and disorder that have brought disgrace
upon that county. Judge Revell, in discbarg-
ing the jury, thanked it for its work and in
timated that, if necessary, it wouldsbe con-
vened in special session again to continue
work upon similar cases. He said "This
fight in behalf of outraged law and decency is
on, and on it will be until the mischief and
WRONGS complaiRed Of cease. RE f'Fvirify-d--
to have apppeSended and punished the wit
nesses who evaded the summonses by fight,
and also to attend to the cases of those who
had sworn falsely. Hesad that the complaint
of the officers that they have no power under
the law to enter these resorts and make ar
rests was nonsensical and that they had all
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