The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-08-04

represent LIN STANDARD OF mix prOuuclIoL lor
the various dairy purposes. The proposed or
| ganization is, therefore, in line with progress
in this field. and has a. result been favorably
| thought of by owners cf Jerseys.
| The following is an alphabetical list of some
| of those Baltimore county breeders who have
been asked to participate IN the formation of
the club:
| Gen. Felix Agnus, joseph w. Jenkins, Jr
| r.. Snowden Andrews, Wall1ce King,
| B. /. Almony, r. g. Mccullough,
Lewis NJ. Bacon, G. Albert Mays,
| Charles ]. Bonaparte, Charles ]. Moore
Clarke g. JONES' Dr. H. Louis Naylor,
4. A. Cochran, John W, Numsen
s. G.. Croker, Wesley NJ Oler,
Richard Cromwell, William H. Oler,
Richard Cromwell Jr., William H. Perot
A. L. Crosby, John e. Phillips,
Thomas p. Elliott, John Ridgely of H.,
Charles d. Fisher, Charles E. Rieman,
Gen. John Gill, Thomas Ross,
N. Rufus Gill, James w. Tyson,
/. N. Gillet, Frederick yon Kapff,
John Glenn. William Whitridge,
T. Edward Hambleton, w. s. G. Williams,
Charles w. Hoff, S. w. Wilson.
Thomas r. Jenifer,
This Story Tops the Bunch.-The Balti-
more Sun is getting to be romancer of the
first magnitude. In its issue of Saturday last
it said "What is probably the biggest single
grave in America, outside those upon battle
fields or in military cemeteries, is near Tow
son. 1t is said to contain about 600 bodies.
"Col. William H. Love, secretary of the Board
of Trade, said yesterday: The late Robert X.
Martin, for many years chief engineer of the
Water Department, once told me that in max
ing surveys and excavations near Towson he
came upon evidences of collection of human
skeletons and heard this story: In the early
part ofthe century convicts were hired by the
owners to work in iron mines. A large num-
Der were at one time working in great exca-
walton near Towson, when the earth caved in
and buried nearly 600 of them. Their bones
are supposed to be there now. have never
vnrifiad tho Glory hnf Mr. Martin vuh N WOO
very careful man, believed it.
"'Iron mining was q considerable industry
in Maryland at one time, continued Colonel
Love. There were about 70 mines in the
State, number being in the vicinity of Balti-
more. Many of the large excavations one
now runs across in every direction were iron
mines. The expense of getting the ore from
the clay, however, was large, and when new
methods of work and other deposits ere dis
covered the Maryland mines were gradually
abandoned
Rural Free Delivery-New Mail Routes.
The three rural mail delivery routes which
will supply residents in the northwestern Sec
tion of Baltimore county made their first trips
last Wednesday. The routes are known as
routes afsaiss isssaded to give ADDITIONAL ser
vice to the residents of that part of the latter
county which lies east of the Baltimore and
Harrisburg division of the Western Maryland
Railroad The residents served by the new
routes were nearly all former patrons of the
following Baltimore county postofices Arma-
cost Becklevsville, Grave Run Mills and Hoff-
manville. The agents who had charge of the
mapping-out of the new routes have recon-
mended the discontinuance of these postoffices
and the erection of mail repositories at Arma-
cost and Beckleysville They also recommend
the discontinuance of Roller postofice, Carroll
county.
The average length of the new mail routes
is about 81 miles, and the carriers will receive
salary of $500 per annum. Route No. Al
leaves Hampstead No AZ connects with Pos
tai wagon G at Manchester, and No. 43 starts
from Lneboro. No complaint has thus far
been heard against the establishment of the new
service.
"The Caves"-A Typographical Error.
in the many recent published notices of
1.-THE Caves estate q common mistake occurs
in its location. 1t is unique, bowlshaped
valley, 5et,oeen the Green Spring and Worthing-
ton Valleys, with plateau on either side, and
consisted of but two properties-'The Caves"
belonging to the CAROLS, 2,7S7 acres, and the
estate of the late John Patterson (brother of
Madam Bonaparte,) about 800 acres, partly
purchased from "The Caves" Garrison For
est Church stands at the head of, and over
looks this valley, which often misleads to its
mistaken identity for Green Spring Valley.
The mouth of the legendary cave is deep,
steep QeCllVlLy Ol Ollc SLUG Vi ILS WOOucQ
where the sand silt and dead leaves have
washed in for centuries. 1t was dug into some
forty feet, but the made" earth unprecedented.
Cbarred wood, Indian arrow heads, stone axe,
etc. were found. Possibly some future dis
coverer may unearth the entrance, as caves
are not unusual where limestone thus forms
| the geological basis.
Legal exceptions were taken to the sale of
1.-THE Caves four years ago and now just con-
| cluded 1t was Withdrawn from sale once, be-
| fore the Circuit Court twice, and the Court of
Appeals three times.
MANY Teachers Will Lose Their Places.
| AT the meeting of the School Board last
week the following resolution, offered by Com
| missioner Ensor, was adopted:
Resoived That the secretary be requested to
| examine the record and ascertain the average
| of each school for the last term, and such
| schools that have a less average than the re-
! ouirements of the law the secretary shall re-
| port to each Commissioner, and the said Com
missioners shall notify such assistants whose
| average is below the requirements of the law
that their services will not be required until
reappointed and assigned to duty by the Com
| missioner of their district"
Prof. Cook, school examiner, says that this
order will affect about twenty-five teachers.
It was said some time ago that there were at
least forty teachers in the county who would
] lose their places if the law was enforced.
The; Draw Must be Retained.-A shor-
time ago the County Commissioners sent let
| ter to the War Department asking II 1t would
| not be possible for them to do away with the
draw in the Back river bridge, on the Eastern
| avenue road; that to maintain 1t requires
many repairs and the presence of an attendant
at all times that if the draw was abandoned
| il would be the means of affecting large saw
ing, &c. Secretary Root replied to the letter
of the Board as follows ~ beg to inform you
that while it appears that navigation through
the bridge in question is comparatively small,
it is believed by the engineer department that
the prospective commerce above the bridge re-
ouires that the draw be continued, but it is
thought that navigation interests will be suffi-
GENTLY protected if the present draw be repaired
and such repairs are accordingly requested"
He Will Sue for His Billion Tuesday
last Constable Charles Il; Whitaker, OF Tow
son, presented a bill to the County Commits
sioners for SOL 80 for services for the past
three months. The Board directed that he be
paid the rate of SIS per month. This Mr..
Whitaker refused to accept. He said that ne
had rendered the services and he would collect
the money even if it became necessary to
carry the matter into the courts to do it. The
Board refused to recede from its position and
the bill was not paid. This will be test OF
the validity of the law restricting the charges
of constables to $15 month. lnasmuch as
they are by another law allowed fixed fees for
performing certain specified duties, it is claim
ed that this special law cannot render the gen.
eral law imperative.
Leased a Big Stable-On Monday last
The United Milk Producers Association leased
for aterm of years the large brick stable located
on the south side of North avenue, opposite
the depot of the Baltimore and Lehigh Rail
road formerly occupied by well-known un
dertaker. The stables have capacity for 81
horses and large number of vehicles. Int
building is fireproof and installed with eleva
tors for carrying wagons to the second floor
and is otherwise fitted with all modern devices
for use in such structures. The association
object in securing this property is to concen
| trofa oil ifs Teams within q reasonable distance