The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-12-22

the Court House door, two tracts of land and
improvements in the 18th district.
Wednesday, January 2, by Elizabeth DeBaugh,
trustee. at the Court House door, a house
and lot in Towson.
Towson. horses, mules, cows farm imple-
ments, etc.
Thursday, January 8, by P. ]. Campbell and Jas.
j. Lindsay, trustees, on the premises, Zee
simple property on Homeland avenue, near
the York road.
Monday, January Z, by A. Crawford Smith. at
torney, on the premises, a farm in the 18th
district known as SANDY Vale" near Brad
shaw, b. s. o. Railroad.
on the premises. fee simple property in the
5th district, near Mt. Carmel.
Whole hogs, dressed, sold in Towson on
4 Monday at Z cts POUND.
->The banks and all the public offices will
be closed next Tuesday. Christmas day, you
- John Ochs and Emma A. Jacobs, both
~ of Baltimore county, were eranteda marriage
license in Washington on Monday.
- Last Sunday Rev. John K. Edwards,
pastor of Towson NJ. E. Church, received
twelve persons into the church on probation.
->In the mind of one part of the average
family at the present time the full Christmas
stocking is holding the edge on the full dinner
- The County Clerks office will close at
| O'Clock P. NJ. on Monday, December 24th,
and will reopen Wednesday morning at the
usual hour.
- Calendars for 1901 are now in great de-
mand. THE UNIONS supply is small IN : size we
and growing small by degrees and beautifully
less in number.
> Mr.. M. A. Mccormick, member of the
bar, was this week granted letters of admins
tration on the personal estate OF John l..
Owens, deceased.
- Mr.. Jacob Schunck, well known
farmer and trucker has purchased from Mrs.
John n Foss, a farm of 100 acres in the 10th
district for $1,000.
! - IT was a wise fellow who said big for
tune awaits the inventor of sewing machine
that will collect rents, repair family breaches,
and mend bad manners.
- It will be unlawful to shoot partridges,
wondcock and rabbits in this county after
next Monday. The deputy game wardens
should keep their eyes open.
week to pay their taxes KILLED two birds with
the same stone" so to speak, by renewing
their subscriptions to THE UNION.
IA man employed by another in Balti-
more was kicked by the horse with which he
was working and badly hurt. He sued for
damages and jury gave him $500.
- Baltimore county foxes are promised q
more than lively time next Tuesday. All the
hunt clubs will be after them and they ought
to get their busy day" signs ready now.
- John Clark, aged Is years, son of John
Clark, colored, of Cross Keys, Falls road, was
struck by an engine at Melvale, n. G. R. R.,
on Wednesday last, and instantly killed.
ION Sunday next, at 3 P. M, Rev. j. T.
Marsh, senior pastor of Monkton Circuit, will
preach special sermon in Warren M. b.
Church to the Junior Order of Mechanics.
- Charles Philip Fix who died at his
home near Arlington, on the 14th inst, was
for sixteen years a barkeeper at Halstead's
road house, Park Heights avenue. He was 81
years old.
- Mr.. John F. Hilgurman, of Jockeys
ville and Mr.. John l. Anderson, of the Hillen
road have been drawn to serve as grand jurors
at the December term of the United States Dis
trict Court.
IA good deal of ice, of very fair quality,
was harvested in Baltimore county early this
week. Today Saturday. is the first day of
winter and from now on the days will begin
to lengthen.
sThe annual meeting of the members of
the Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Balti-
more county will be held at the office of the
company Hoen Building, Baltimore Monday,
January 7th 1901, at IL A. NJ.
- The Towson chemical engine was sum-
moned to Govanstown on Tuesday morning
on account of fire in the basement of the
residence of DR.. George H. Hooking, caused
by furnace fiue. Damage slight.
- The Elkridge Hunt Club has leased from
the Multavideo Land Company, at an annual
rental of 81, $50, % acres of land lying on the
west side of Charles street avenue and imme-
datey south of the clubs grounds
- A BALTIMORE uTIn Is ITyluS u COIueT Tue
turkey market and now claim to have 10000
ON hand. They have been buying at from 8 to
81 cts per pound and expect to run the price
up to 124 cts. They are still buying.
| p Grace E. Pinkerton has filed suit for
divorce in the Circuit Court at Towson against
her husband, Milton H. Pinkerton, son of the
late Samuel Pinkerton. She alleges desertion,
and asks for the custody of her two children.
>The Lutheran Sunday school at Glen
Arm will have some special services on Sun
day morning, December 23d, at 1880 O'Clock
Addresses by Revs. Lehman and Snapf, of
Baltimore. general invitation is extended.
- Large quantities of farm produce have
been going to market by way of the York
turnpike. This brought in the ready cash that
is SO much needed at this season OF the year.
In fact it isn't bad thing to have at any season.
Two cases of smallpox were discovered
among coored laborers at St. Denis, 18th dis
trict. by DIR. t. Ross Payne, secretary of the
local Health Board, this week. He took inn
mediate steps to prevent the spread OF the
disease.
IA large number of pieces of property
were sold for unpaid taxes at the Court House
door on Tuesday, by County Treasurer Fow-
BILE. Caleb s. Hobbs was the auctioneer.
Most of the lots were purchased by the County
Commissioners.
- And as we before remarked about those
little green slips. Don't you think it about
time you were getting hustle on you? Re
member, only about one week more OF the
old year remains, and you want to start right
on the new one.
> The revival meeting that had been in pro-
s-sress some time at Warren NJ. +. Church, Sth
district, has closed Nearly fifty persons pro-
fessed conversion. The meeting was in charge
of Revs. ]. T. Marsh and r. G. Koontz, of
Monkton Circuit.
- The Sunday school of Gatch's NJ. f..
Church, Belar road, is making active prepare
tions for its Christmas entertainment to take
place Thursday evening, December 9th, COM
mencng at O'clock. An interesting program
will be presented.
.Joseph's Church, Texas, n. c. r. R., at 6
O'Clock on Christmas morning, at which time
a specially prepared musical program will be
rendered Mrs. NJ. F. Connor is director of
the choir and organist.
"A Christmas tree thief one day this week
entered the premises of Mr.. E. Glenn Perine,
of Homeland Farm, Charles street avenue, and
cut and carried away beautiful cedar tree.
Mr. Perine offers reward of S25 for the arrest
and conviction of the thief.
~ MIR. Lewis A. Bowen, of Chestnut Ridge,
left at THE UNION office on Tuesday, live
chicken hawk that knocks them all out for
size. It measures exactly feet inches from
fin to tip of wings and is large in proportion.
. The bird was caught in a steel trap.
> According to the Baltimore Necs for
eign pool-selling and other forms OF gambling
are still in full blast at Westport in the 18th
district of this county. People are smiling
significantly when they are told that there is
d, no pool-se,ling going on at Westport.
1.-The new school building at Owings'
Mills. 4th district, will be formally opened on
Monday, December 31st, at 2S0 P. NJ Mr..
Amos r. Frank, principal of the school, has
invited the County Commissioners to be pres
emf and participate in the ceremonies.
> Last year the agents of the Maryland
Tract Society visited 3,257 families and over
5000 tracts were distributed. One of the du-
ties of this society is to look after the non
church going population and see that they
are hunted up by the different pastors.
+ - Bad things have been going, on at
GAINESVILLE, near Towson, this week. On
Tuesday night an ak was stolen from mans
woodpile and on Wednesday night the same
man sustained the loss of his dogs tail. Ills
said that misfortunes never come singly.
- 1t is said that Mr.. A. 9. Hildebrand, of
York county, has purchased the Winemiller
farm, near Gorsuch Mills, in the 18th district OF
. this county, and will convert it into stock
4 farm. 1t has also been given out that he pro-
poses to erect hotel on the place next spring.
IAN effort is being made in Baltimore to
7 have a receiver appointed for the American
Guaranty Company, which, 1t is asserted, is
something of a "get-rich-quick" scheme
Henry S. Jean, of the I'd district of this coun'
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