The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-11-24
LOCAL ITEMS.
SALES ADVERTISED IN 1.-THE UNION"

the premises. farm OIL III acres, nea
Monday. November 20, by VIM. II: Lawrence, at
torney, on the premises, leasehold propert
in Canton, 18th district.
Tuesday November a. by John Lyons, on tn
Mill Farm of the Hampton estate. on the Du
lany's Valley pike, near Bosley P. o., stock
farm implements. etc.
Tuesday, December 4th, by John a. Barker. trus
tee. at the Court House door. farm Of III
acres, about TX miles west of Parkton.
Monday. December 3. by John E. Guthrie. on the
old York road, X miles from Jacksonville
horses, COWS, hogs, farm implements, wagons
provender, etc.
Hartford road, about 3H miles from the city
limits, stock, farm utensils, corn. etc.
Thursday, December 6, by William g. Childs. Oh
Hayfields farm, near COckeysville, horses
mules, cows, farm implements, etc.
Saturday, December 10, by E. w. Herman, trus
tee, on the premises, house and lot near Eklo
Saturday, December Is, by Ralph Robinson, as
signee on the premises, leasehold property
on Clinton street. Highlandtown;
Monday, December II. by Joshua +. Todd. on the
Pot Spring road, one mile from Warren, high
bred horses. jersey cattle, Berkshire hogs.
farm implements and machinery, household
Tuesday. December IS, by r. R. Boarman. Michael
E. Walsh and Howard Bryant, trustees, on
the premises. 100 acres with good improve
ments near st. Denis, 18th district.
Canvasback ducks sold this week al
So. so per pair and redheads brought 81.
-Only about one month of the nineteenth
century remains The new century VIII Degln
January list, 1901.
- Next Saturday will be the first day of
December and Christmas will be here almost
before we are aware of it.
IA subscription luncheon will be given at
the Kennels of the Green Spring Valley Hunt
Club on THANKSGIVING day.
There will be four trotting and pacing
races at the Gentlemen's Driving Park on the
afternoon of THANKSGIVING day.
"a little daughter of Mr.. Seth Daily, OF
Phoenix, had an arm badly injured few days
ago by window sash falling upon it.
THE second month of autumn ended last
Wednesday. Winter does not begin-accord-
ing to the amanac-until December 2lst.
The Catholics have purchased finely
located lot in Belair, upon which they propose
to erect handsome church. The ground cost
SO, 500.
- Mr.. George Earhardt, of Lauraville, Har-
ford road, has grown a raddish that measured
nearly two feet in length and weighed 81
pounds.
> Already number of jurors drawn to
serve at the December term of court have been
excused for one cause or another and others
drawn in their place.
IA fire alarm in Towson on Monday
morning was caused by servant throwing
pan of ashes, in which there was thought to
be no fire, on a manure pile.
- Four members of the family OF Mr.
Robert Glenn, of Black Horse, near the Baltl-
more county line, are sick with typhoid fever.
DIR. Frank Turner is attending them
- Look out for the little green slips in
next weeks issue of THE UNION. Ifyou don't
get one you will know that you are not owing
anything on your subscription account.
- William Oar, of Oar postoffice, Balti-
more county, has had his pension increased to
$14 per month. The office is located in the
9Th district and was named for Mr.. OAR
- Lookout for thieves and burglars. The
country appears to be swarming. with them
Just now. The police force should be especial
Nv vigilant and spot all suspicious characters.
- Rev. James W. Campbell, pastor, will
conduct Thanksgiving services in Chestnut
Grove Church, near Sweet Air, Thursday, No
vember 29th, at $50 A. NJ. Everybody invited.
NH H. L. Bowen, real estate agent, has
sold to Mr. E. f. Abel for IS, 700, 434 acres of
land belonging to the Holmes estate, situated
on Beauregard avenue, east of the York road.
->A Ali the doctors having been in Towson
on Tuesday their patients must have had
glorious day of rest. Doubtless they would be
glad if they would have these pow-wows
oftener.
->If some of THE UNIONS local correspon-
dents would observe little more care in the
of their letters they would receive
more attention than they sometimes do. Please
remember this.
- The church oyster supper is now having
dollars for good cause. The oyster is seduc-
tive fellow and appeals to many that nothing
else will reach.
There are now 515 patients in the Mary
land Hospital for the Insane, at Spring Grove,
near Gainesville. Mr.. John S. Gibbs has been
elected president of the Board OF Managers
of that institution.
> Mrs Susan Walters was struck by an
express train at Mt. Winans BALTIC. Il Ohio
Railroad last Sunday morning and instantly
killed. The coroner's jury rendered verdict
of accidental death.
> More cases of diphtheria are reported
from several sections of the county, necessi-
Eating the closing of the public schools. Can
not something be done to check the spread OF
this terrible disease?
THE unusually warm weather of this
week infused new life into the mosquitoes and
made them very active and full of busin ess.
1t takes more than few heavy frosts to put
an end to these pests.
THE handsome new dwelling on the
farm of Mr.. Joseph M. Crowther, near Philop-
oils, 9Th district, has been completed and is
now occupied by him. 1t was built to replace
the one destroyed by fire.
- Next Thursday November Goth, will be
Thanksgiving day, next to Christmas the
greatest holiday of the year. 1t is legal holt
day in Maryland and the public offices, banks,
and schools will be closed
THE ladies of Middletown NJ. E. Church
will hold THANKSGIVING social in the Odd
Fellows Hall, November 10Th and 3Oth and
December LIST. A Gypsy camp" will be a
feature on Saturday night.
THE week of prayer arranged by the
Evangelical Alliance will begin January 9th,
1901 and continue until the 18th. The Alli-
ance also recommends special prayer on the
first Sunday of December-2d.
- Mr.. William L. Bachelor, of Hereford,
has bought lot of ground in Arlington, Sd
district, upon which he will erect commodi-
Gus dwelling aad store. Mr.. J. l.. Fowble, of
Cockeysville, has the contract.
~ The public school at New Market, 9TH
district. will give an oyster supper on the even
ings of November 30th and December LIST, the
proceeds of which will be devoted to the.pur-
chase of an organ for the school.
- Judge Burke has overruled the protest
against the granting of license to William
Bond to sell liquor at Orangeville. on the
Philadelphia road. Mr.. George w. W. Smith
and son were among the protestants.
- Could it be possible that the low state OF
the water in springs and wells can be the cause
of so much typhoid fever throughout the
country? There are good many people who
believe this is q producer of the fever.
THE Baltimore City School Board on
Tuesday settled much discussed question by
unanimously voting for uniform system OF
two sessions a day for all primary and grammar
schools, beginning in September, 1901.
- Mr.. Jacob Shockey got ride through
the streets of Reisterstown on Tuesday night,
as the result of an election bet with Mr.. Will
liam Gore, Jr., who did the trundling in line
style. The affair created much amusement.
- During the present year the following
Baltimore county postoffices have been discon-
tinued, owing to the introduction of the rural
free delivery system Armacost, Beckleysville,
Grave Run Mills, Hoffmanville and Golden
Ring.
- The revival services in progress for sew
eral weeks at Patapsco NJ. E. Church, North
Point road, have closed Twenty-six persons
protested conversion Rev. E. c. Gallaher,
formerly of Towson NJ. E. Church, is the
pastor.
- Several foundations that are being dug
in Towson show the earth to be dry and hard
to an unusual depth One of the men en-
gagged in the work-and who has had long ex-
perience-says he never saw anything like 1t
before.
- There have been four cases of typhoid
fever in the family of Mr.. A. w. Ensor, who
keeps the toll gate on the Western Run turn
pike at Marble Hill. since the LIST of August
last. Impure drinking water is believed to be
the cause.
- Football and fox-huntiDg will be the
leading sports for Thanksgiving day and will
about end the season for the first named.
Football is growing in popularity. notwlth-
standing the opinion of many that It's rougner
than prize-fghting.
->The Election Supervisors met at Towson
on Saturday and destroyed the ballots that
were left over from the election OF November