The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-12-01


fell from building in Baltimore, about two
weeks ago and fractured his skull, is getting
we'll. He is son of Justice Henry Walter, OF
Perry Hail. 18th district, and has wife and
three children.
- Rural free delivery mail service will be
established at Forest Hill. BALTIC. & Lehigh
Railroad. today. The length of the route will
be AZ miles, embracing an area of more than
so square miles. There are BOB houses and
$50 persons on the route.
MIR. Thomas A. Brown died on the 23d
ult., at his home, near Convention, after an i'll
ness of six months, aged 65 years. For some
years he was engaged in the grocery business
in Baltimore. Mr.. Brown is survived by a
widow and eight children.
by the will of John Holland, who died
in Baltimore a few days ago, tract of 10
acres ofland in Baltimore county is bequeathed
| to Catharine Numbers, and also q farm in this
county to Charles o. Holland. Mr.. Holland
owned considerable property in the city.
- Upon the petition of Hon. Sydney E..
Mudd the court here has ordered the correc-
ton of the election returns of the 1st district
| of this county. He was credited with 20 votes
short of the proper number. Mr.. Mudd thus
gets the district by majority of vote.
- Within the past thirty days nearly 400
additional men have found employment in
the works of the Maryland Steel Company at
Sparrow's Point. At this time the payroll
contains the names of $3.50 persons-a larger
list than was ever employed there before.
> Last SUNDAY dIIeTDOOH Was ODSeINcu as
Thanksgiving Donation Day" by Towson
Loyal Legion, and the contributions, consist
| ing of large quantity of edibles, were sent to
the Free kindergarten in Baltimore to supply
Thanksgiving dinner to the poor children.
ION Friday evening of last week Bishop
| Paret visited the Chapel of the Holy Evange-
! lists, Canton and confirmed class of nine
persons. Rev. Harris Malinckrodt, who has
been in charge of the chapel for the past three
years, has accepted call to North Carolina.
- Mr.. Elmer J. Cook, attorney for Fannie
| F. Ruhl and others, has filed a bill in equity
against Conrad Ruhl, ST.. and others, for the
sale of about 300 acres of land in Back River
Neck, in this county, and for the distribution
of the proceeds among the parties interested.
ALTHOUGH the past season was bad one
for corn, the yield of some farms was above
the average Messrs. Thomas " Richardson,
George E. Shelley and Daniel S. Pearce, mem
bers of the Junior Gunpowder Agricultural
Club averaged from 10 to IL barrels to the
acre.
- Mr. E. NJ. KeuchIer, who has established
plant on his property, near Providence, three
miles northeast of Towson, will commence
Matching brook trout in few days. This is
new enterprise in Baltimore county aud it is
hoped it may meet with substantial encourage
ment
- The shops are already showing signs of
| Christmas and their keepers are preparing for
the rich harvest that always awaits them at
| that season. Money may be scarce at every
other time of the year, but it always has
way of finding itself when the holidays are at
hand
The Goodwin Milling and Supply Com
pany has filed articles of Incorporation at the
| County Clerks Office. The capital stock is
fixed at $4,000 and those named as incorpora-
tors are Messrs. Grafton G. Wheeler, George A.
Jessop, VIM. H. Zepp, II. 0. Jessop and Harry
| E. Goodwin.
> Messrs. VIM. H. Lawrence and John S.
| Ensor. attorneys for Gerhart Smith and others,
bov lod in 10 OrDhane, Conrt here q oQvaQt
| to the will of Onnas Smith, which was proba-
ted last August. 1t is alleged that the deceased
was not of sound mind when he made the al
legged will, etc.
- About year ago Mr.. Casper Alt, of Bal
| timore located at Perry Hall, 18th district,
with view to growing broomcorn and man.
| ufacturing it. He is now, with the assistance
of one or two men, turning out large num-
Der of brooms daily, for which he finds ready
| demand at good prices.
Howard L. DeBaugh, of Towson, obtained a
| verdict for $3.50 damages against the United
Railways and Electric Company for personal
| injuries sustained by the plaintiff by being
| thrown, as alleged, from car. The case was
tried before Judge Burke.
~ On Saturday last Mr.. Lewis A. Bowen,
of Chestnut Ridge, 9Th district, shot chicken
hawk that must have been the king of his
species. He measured feet 10 inches from
tip to tip of the wings, and had fine plumage:
ne Drought Tue IuOHolcI OOWH dI ulotdhSC VI
SO yards with No. IL gun.
1.-THE next meeting of the Neighborhood
Improvement Club of Govanstown will be
held at Golden Eagle Hall, Thursday evening,
December 9Th, at O'Clock, at which time
reports of committees will be received. There
will also be vocal and instrumental music by
Misses Lamping and Slicer.
The County Commissioners have a
troublesome job on their hands just now in the
selection of road commissioners under the new
law. They go into offioo January Lat, 1901,
and will receive each 1928 year. To make
them eligible applicants must pay taxes on at
least $500 worth of property.
THE Junior Auxiliary of Trinity Church,
Towson, this week forwarded Christmas box
to an Indian school at Armour, South Dakota.
1t contains gifts for 80 cbildren-knives for Is
boys and prettily dressed dolls for 25girls In
addition there were so candy bags so pounds
Of candy and half bushel of peanuts.
IA wonderful revival of religion is in
progress at Whatcoat NJ. E. Church, Balti-
more, and up to this time over one hundred
persons have Joined the church, while the in
terest continues undated. Rev. M. f. b.
Rice, formerly pastor of Towson M. +. Church,
is pastor of Whatcoat and the leader of this
great work.
- Weidefeld's undertaker's wagon, while
being driven on the Reisterstown road, on
Monday, conveying the body of Julia Carey
from Mt. Hope Asylum to the place OF burial,
was struck by an electric car and one OF the
horses killed. Edward Weidefeld, who was
driving the wagon, was thrown out but es-
capped injury.
-On Monday evening last the Young
| Mems Republican Club of Highandtown,
rendered complimentary banquet to Mr.. Geo.
| Stahl the efficient secretary of that organiza-
ton, and presented him with handsome EN-
blem of the Junior Order of Mechanics. Nh.
Joseph English, of Rosedale, made the presen-
| tation address.
| League convention will be held at East Balti-
more Station NJ. E. Church, Baltimore and
| Washington streets, Thursday and Friday, De
cember 9Th and 7th. A lengthy and highly
entertaining program has been prepared, and
| the convention promises to be one OF more
| than usual interest.
> The Methodist Episcopal Methodist Pro-
| testant and Baptist Churches of Towson held
union services on Thanksgiving day in Epson
Church, the sermon being preached by Rev. j.
R. Edwards pastor of the NJ. E. Church. Rev.
| Thomas H. Wright and Rev. W. E. Robert
son, pastors of the other churches, also took
| part in the services.
- Mr.. VIM. c. Cook, son of Mr.. Adolphus
Cook, of the Sd district, while driving on
| Eutaw Place, Baltimore, on Thursday, was
thrown from his buggy, caused by his horse
taking fright and running away. His scalp
| was badly torn and he was seriously bruised
about the body. His escape from death was
thought to be miraculous.
->On the evening of Friday, December
18th, another entertainment will be given in
| Golden Eagle Hall, Govanstown, for the bene-
fit of the Neighborhood Improvement Club,
lately organized there by the ladies. Mr.. Le-
roy Oldham will give an Evening with the
Old-Time Darkey," and the entertainment will
be both amusing and interesting.
Mr.. Philip A. DeBaugh, of Cub Hill,
Hartford road, has heard nothing yet about the
body of his son, Charles Ray DeBaugb, who
died in the Philippines on the 10th of Septem-
Der last from a wound received in action.
Young DeBaugh was in the volunteer service.
| The War Department promised to send the
body home and it may now be on the way.
> Gainesville Council, Junior Order of Me-
| chanics, on Sunday morning last attended the
| NJ. E. Church, at that place, in body, and
heard special sermon by the pastor. Rev. j.
P Wright His text was from Timothy, viz:
BODILY exertion profteth little, but godliness
| is profitable unto all things, having the
promise of the life that now is and of that
| which is to corne."
CHARLES Ware, aged 10 years, who lives
near Loeb Raven, is in Jail here awaiting the
result of the injuries of Lawrence Hockrein,
aged IA, whom he shot in the breast with a
pistol. The wounded boy is at hospital in
Baltimore and is getting we'll. Ware has
| bad reputation and was once tried at Towson
| on the charge of placing distractions upon the