The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-10-20

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Bryanite stole handsome new driving blanket
from his buggy.
MIR. Frederick Won Kapff, whose farm is
on the Cormwelrs bridge road east of Tow
son, has sold about 400 bushels of wheat for
seed. He obtained his seed from Mr. Charles
s. Grason, of st. Mary's county, and it turned
out remarkably well.
IA good many Baltimore county farmers
are complaining of the damage that is being
done their wheat by weevil. Mr.. Leonard
Foard, of the 18th district, who has 800 BUSH
els, was obliged to haul it out on account OF
the ravages of this pest.
~ essrs. Slade, Wise and Hill Election
! Supervisors, held meetings at Towson this
week and swore in a number of the judges
and clerks for the coming election. Several
were excused for various reasons and others
appointed in their places.
THE annual financial report of the Balti-
more County School Board, for the fiscal year
ended July 81, 1900. is published in the adver-
Using columns of THE UNION. The total re-
ceipts for the year were $500 1892, and the
disbursements S245, 358.07.
- Albert, son of William Miller, who
lives ON Mr.. Frank Deford's place, west of
Towson, died last Saturday from peritontis.
Within year four members of Mr.. Miller's
family were afflicted with typhoid fever. Dr.
r. c. Massenburg attended them.
1.-THE Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company is now engaged in establishing line
from Corbett, N. G. r. R., west to Mt. Carmel:
18th district and east to Jarrettsville, Hartford
I county. The exchange will be in the house
of Mr.. John V. Slade, at Corbett.
- Mrs. Ruth Ann Ensor has Withdrawn
| her objections to the opening of the new road
in the 9Th district, extending west from the IT.
| Mile House on the York turnpike. The bene-
! fits allowed Mrs. Ensor by the examiners was
increased by the Board from $75 to $3.50.
There are forty-on voting precincts in
the fifteen election districts of Baltimore coun-
I ty and viii require over 10000 tickets for the
Rejection which will take place November 9th.
l The population OF the county is growing rap
idly. The census of 1890 made il ". 800.
-->Fhe members of the Baltimore County
Medical Association were the guests on Thurs
day of their president, DR.. H. Burton Steven
son, at his home, Sherwood, N. G. r. r. The
meeting was more of q social than business
one and several hours were pleasantly spent.
~ On Wednesday members of the School
| Board visited Lutherville and Timonium to
Ifook after the needs of those villages in school
Pmatters. Lutherville is badly in need of
new school building and Timonium, which is
without a school, wants one established there.
"a certificate of incorporation of the Ro-
land Park Athletic Club has been filed at the
tors for the first year are Albert P. Strobel, o.
P. Hagerty, Harry E. Jackins, H A. Leonard,
H. ]. McFee, L. H. Neudecker and VIM. G.
Zimmerman.
1.-THE pipe line being laid along the York
road by the Baltimore County Water and
l new artersian well being bored here is now
about 400 feet deep, but the work is still in
Progress and will be continued until sufficient
supply is struck.
This week Mr.. Charles Brockmeyer, chief
! clerk to Treasurer Reese, commenced sending
out checks for the premiums awarded at the
late Timonium fair. The amounts run all the
way from % cents to more than as many dol
lars and it yearly takes good round sum to
meet all of them.
| NJ
ton Barred Plymouth Rocks at Hagerstown
fair this week and captured lot of prizes, in
Guiding first on exhibition pen, third on pull
let and fourth on hen. The Jersey cow that
took the first prize at the same fair was bred
and raised at Hampton.
- 1t is said that one prominent politician
has bought up all the turkeys on Chestnut
Ridge to be presented to his friends on the
coming Thanksgiving day.. This looks like an
appeal to them through their stomachs and
| that 70 such practical appeal that it nearly
always brings satisfactory results.
| - Several runaway accidents occurred this
week, resulting in every instance from either
careless driving or poor harness. If those who
drive-especially ladies-would pay more at
| tention to what they are doing and see that
the harness is all right before they start, there
| would be fewer accidents to record.
- The newly Photographed BALTIC. d Le-
high Railroad has been doing very well this
lAweek. There have been no accidents and de-
f%LUJ 3 nave Uceu TdIcs liz CA pcIL Clfll
who was appointed by the company to make a
careful examination of roadbed, bridges and
trestles, has not yet made his report.
Scarlet fever has broken out among the
pupils of the public school at Cockeysville,
| due, it is believed to the unsanitary condition
fAof the house and its surroundings. We be-
1ieve, if careful investigation was made, it
would be found that this is too often the cause
of sickness among the school children.
"a temperance meeting, under the aus
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Lakeview Church, Dulany's Valley. on Tues
day, October 23d, commencing at 7.30 P. NJ.
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A cordial invitation is extended to the public.
"a protest has been filed at the County
Clerks office against the granting of liquor
license to VIM. Bond, 401 Philadelphia road,
upon the ground that the presence of the sa-
loon would be detrimental to the best inter-
ests of the neighborhood. The applicant was
formerly judge of the Orphans Court of this
county.
= Mrs. Angelina A. Foster wife of Mr..
VIM. T. Foster, died at her home, Sherwood,
N. c. r. r., on Wednesday. She is survived
by two sons and one daughter. Mrs. Foster
was daughter of the late Edward Rider, who
was prominent farmer and business man,
and sister of Mrs. Elizabeth R. Stevenson, of
Sherwood.
"A small frame stable on the property of
| Mr. Winfield Scott Dampman, on the York
between and o'clock on Monday morning.
| The Towson and Govanstown engines re-
sponded promptly to the alarm and saved Mr..
! Dampman's house. 1t is thought the stable
was set on fire.
Among the potatoes raised this year by
Mr.. E. Jackson, of Jacksonville 10th district,
was one formed almost exactly like man and
he saws it is undoubtedly the most curious
thing in the way of a potato he ever saw.
The boy who picked it up in the field called it
L. 10 aud hoc hu fhat
| name ever since.
MIR. T. A. B. Dukehart of the Overland
| Hunt Club, who started the runners at the
Belair fair last week, met with painful acct
dent on Friday. The pacing horse 20. NJ CO.
was being led by when. without any apparent
cause, he let drive and kicked Mr.. Dukehart
on the thigh, infiicting an injury that caused
great deal of pain.
- In the jumping contest at the Belair fair
last week Baltimore county horses carried off
the money Mr. A. P. Shanklin's DANDY
Jim" got first prize, and Mr. T. G. Risteau Jen-
ifer's "Zilla' second. In the free-for-all pace
on Friday "Effie Powers" beat 20. M. c." and
"Belle T." in straight heats and lowered the
track record to 2123.
The revival services that had been in
progress at New Market NJ. E. Church for three
weeks, closed on Thursday night. Rev. John
H. Jeffiies who was in charge, will commence
series of meetings at Eklo M. Z. Church
next Sunday night, at which music will be q
| feature. rev. MT. JeHIleS Will sing OOSpe
solos at every service.
Two weeks from next Tuesday the Pres
idential election will take place. Every day
the campaign continues to warm up and ''pol.
itics' is discussed almost to the exclusion OF
every other subject. 1t will be good thing
wien the election is over. Then people car
devote themselves to the usual affairs of life,
which are both more pleasant and profitable.
- Last weeks issue of THE UNION con
tanned, under the head of new advertise
~ ments," eleven sales of real and personal
{property-an unusually large number for thi:
season of the year. The people generally ap
preciate the fact that, as an advertising medium
few country papers equal THE UNION. Its cir
culation is not only large, but is growing al
the time.
- Mrs. Louisa Riddle, well known resi-
dent of Fork. 18th district, while visiting 6
friend in Baltimore, a few days ago, made {
misstep and fell down q steep back stairway
Her head was badly cut and she was painfully
bruised and wrenched. but fortunately nc
bones were broken. Her daughter, Mrs. ID
A. Harlan, went in to nurse her and she is get
ting along very well.
- Mrs. Mary T. B. Powell, widow of Davi
Powell, of Baltimore, died on Sunday last a
''Sunnysde," the residence of her son. Mr.
Charles P. Powell, in Long Greer Valley. Sh
hod hoav, in FAILING hpalth lnnO time anf