The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-11-17
- petitiona are heinp circnlated In TOW.

- Petitions are being circulated in Tow
son this week praying the County Commits
sioners not to grant the exclusive privilege to
any one company to lay water pipes in the ave-
nues and streets of Towson. 1t is thought that
to give single company this right might pos
sibly, prove greatimposition upon the people
- Lawrence, aged 10 years, son of George
Hochrein, of Cub Hill. Hartford road, was shot
in the chest while on his way to school last
Tuesday. He was taken to hospital in Balti-
more. The wound is not serious. The boy
refuses to tell who shot him, and it is thought
! the shooting was done accidentally by school
fellow.
- Some people thought it a little odd that
,IMr A. A. Biakeney should have come to Tow
son last Monday morning in an automobile.
That is little swift" TO be sure, but If they'd
think little that wasn't anything. He must
have been travelling in motorcycle one day
last week, judging from the style in which he
got there.
THE real estate of the late Miss Susan B.
II. Keerl has been appraised at 81 ,5SOO2. In
cluded in the list is "Gott's Hope and Gun
ners Range" lying just west of Towson and
known as the Matthews property. There are
217 acres of this land which was bequeathed
to the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Mary
land by Miss Keerl.
- The Job department of THE UNION has
this year turned out more sale posters than in
any single year within the knowledge of the
present proprietors of the paper. The even
hundred of one size alone of these posters was
printed on Wednesday. These were all for
sales of real and personal property, posters for
other purposes not being included in the list.
1.-The new house of Mr.. II. L. Bowen, on
May avenue, Towson, about three hundred
yards east of the York turnpike, is fast near
ing completion. The location is beautiful,
fine views being afforded in almost every di-
rection. The site of the house is very near the
location of the home of Mr.. Bowen's grand
father which was torn down many years ago.
IA ~ rampant Bryanite of the 10th district
KSaid he would hang himself if Bryan and Tai
bolt were defeated. The morning after cleo
inscription on the lid ITO the memory of
-, who died at the end of a rope
the day after election" As soon as he saw the
coffin be procured an axe and made kindling
wood of it.
The Republicans of the 10th district
held Notification meeting at Kings, on the
Jarrettsville pike, last Saturday night. Mr..
VIM. H. Curtis explained the object OF the
gathering and congratulated the voters upon
the fact that they had carried the old 10th by
a majority of ID for Mr.. Blakeney, ian I'M
lucky number" he said, but they would in
crease it at the next election"
-"New experience in making, saving and
the application of manure, with results in diff
ferent crops" was the chief topic discussed at
the November meeting of the Junior Gunpow-
der Agricultural Club, which was held last
Saturday at the farm of Mr.. D. s. Pearce near
Belfast. Mr.. Joshua G. Bosley was foreman.
The next meeting of the club will be held at
the farm of Mr.. r. Melville Pearce, in the 10th
district
-sFhe new road law for Baltimore county
will take effect December LIST, 1900, and will
[1egislate out of Office every road supervisor in
the county After that date the roads will be
in charge of road engineer and there will be
three examiners in each district to act in con-
junction with him. By order of the County
Commissioners the present supervisors have
been directed to contract no bills after Novem-
Der Both, 1900.
The Presbyterians of Roland Park are
maturing the plans for the erection of church
ediice in that place, the Presbytery of Balti-
more having pledged $500 toward the support
of the work the first year. at present services
are being held regularly in the rooms of the
Woman's Club, where there is also a flourish
ing Sunday school. Rev. Mr.. Douglas, a
young minister from the South, is now in
charge of the work.
@The company that proposes to build an
electric railway from Havre-de- Grace to Belair
this week made application to the Commission
ers of Baltimore county for franchise to lay
tracks on the old Philadelphia road in order to
reach Baltimore. This privilege having al
ready been granted to the Maryland Electric
Company, represented by Mr.. Robert s. Cars
we'll, its president, the Board held the request
for further consideration.
MIR. Harrison Rider is erecting large
frame carriage house adjoining his brick livery
stable in TowsoD. In the rear of this stable
landmarks of the town-which has been re-
moved by Mr.. Rider. 1t was built by the late
Judge Benjamin N. Payne at the same time he
erected the roughcast dwelling and store house
on the east side of the York road, at what is
now the southeast corner of that road and
Pennsylvania avenue.
- Most of the beautiful naples in Towson
have been almost entirely denuded of their
leaves, presenting sorry sight to what they
did few weeks ago. Months must elapse be-
tho hoaufi ful fnliQoQ will
greet our eyes, during which time we shall ex-
perience the rigOrs of the wintry season. Some
say it is to be mild one, due to certain signs,"
while others declare that all indications point
to the reverse. So the best plan will be just to
wait and take it as it comes.
Appeafs.@In the court OF Appeals at Annap-
oils on Thursday Chief Judge McSherry gave
the reasons of the court for dismissing the pc
tition for mandamus in the case of the Board
of Supervisors of Election of Baltimore coun-
ty and DR.. Purnell F. Sappington vs.. William
A. Slade and Charles H. Wise.
The court below decided that DR.. Sapping-
ton was not entitled to the Office of Election
Supervisor. On October 9th the Court of APP
peals in an opinion affirmed the ruling of the
Baltimore county court, stating at the time
that the conclusions of the court would be
submitted later.
ut is true" said Judge McSherry in the
course of the opinion, upon the construction
in the case of an appointment to fill vacancy
in office other than the office of Inspector OF
Tobacco it may be that the Governor may be
required to make an ad interim appointment
for period betV cen the end Of the Legislature
and the first Monday in May ensuing, the lat
ter date being the time of commencement of
the term of office as fixed by Section Is, Arti-
Gle of the Constitution, but to avoid that con-
sequence we are not justified in totally dsre-
garding the express Limitation that the COM
mission to the party appointed by the Govern
or during the recess to fill the vacancy shall
continue in force until the end of the next ses
sion of the Legislature or until some other
person is appointed to the same office, which
ever shall first occur These terms are i'm
perative, and they must have accorded to them
their full force and effect. And as by this
limitation the appointment and commission
of the appellee terminated with the end of the
last Legislature, it follows that from that time
there was vacancy in the Office until sue
cessor was appointed as provided by the Con-
stitution to fill such vacancy.
LAS the term of DIR. Sappington came abso-
lutely to an end when the Legislature of 1900
adjourned, there was no extension of it by
the superaddition of the intervening period
which elapsed between the time of that adj
iournment and the time of the actual qualif-
cation of Mr.. Wise, and upon no ground can
it be maintained that Sappington is lawfully
an incumbent of the office now. OF course if
he is not lawfully entitled to the Office he can
not by a writ of mandamus or by any other
process require Wise to surrender it to him"
Bequest to be Put Into Financial Shape.
"A few days ago inquiry was made of Mr.
George A. Pope president of the board of trus
tees of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospi
tal as to what steps have been taken respect
ing the carrying out of the conditions for en-
largement and improvement attached to the
beQuest of the late Enoch Pratt to that asy-
lum. Mr.. Pope statedt the Pratt bequest had be-
come available last spring and the trustees
were engaged in the effort to convert it into
such shape as TO produce the best results from
financial standpoint.
Much of the bequest," said Mr.. Pope, 'con-
sists of houses, wharfage and other property.
In many cases the rentals uncertain, and
we desire to so arrange matters that stipula-
ted revenue can be permanently depended on.
For instance, we have an excellent rental from
a coal wharf at Locust Point, but the property
may depreciate owing to the removal by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company of its
coaling station to Curtis Bay. Something like
$40 coo year represents our revenues at pres
ent and we expect an increase to $50, 600 when
we complete plans under way.
"Since we have had the Pratt bequest avail
able the facilities at the asylum have been en-
larged and important Improvements made.
We have accommodations for IS males and rs