The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

CIRCUIT court, mas received from the state De-
partment at Annapolis bound copies of the
laws passed at the last session of the Legisla-
ture. These are for distribution among the
| justices of the peace of the county.
- Messrs. Edward o. Weant and Jesse
Slingluff were on Wednesday appointed re-
ceivers for the Baltimore agricultural imple-
ment firm of Z. B. Whitman & Co. 1t is one
| of the oldest concerns in that line in the city
| and all the original members are dead.
THE County Commissioners have set
Thursday, July oath, as the date for the hear
ing of those who are opposing the change of
the crossing at Monkton, N. G. r. r., from a
grade to an overhead crossing. Messrs. Grason
& Bacon represent those who oppose the
change.
- Alleged mad" dogs have made their
appearance lately at several points in the coun-
ty and there was much excitement in conse-
| quence One of these turned up last Sunday
at Cockeysvile and made things lively for a
time. It is said several other CANNES were Bit
ten by him.
On Wednesday Justice ]. B. Herbert, of
Towson, entered suit against the County Com
mssioners for bill of fees of S533.70, extend
ing over a period of twenty-six months. The
Board claims that. under the law, it cannot
pay a justice of the peace more than SO a
month in fees.
- Mr.. Lawrence E. Parks, of Towson, who
is clerk in the railway mail service has sued
the B. & o. Railroad Company for SIC, 600
damages for having contracted rheumatism
| because the cars of the defendant company
were not properly heated during one of bis
| runs last winter.
Some of THE UNIONS local correspon-
dents are neglecting their duties to such an ex-
tent that it is necessary to give them an occa-
sional prod 1t cannot be possible that their
respective communities have gone to sleep and
that there is absolutely nothing doing" Get
a move on, please.
IA game of baseball was played here
| Wednesday afternoon between the Waverly
| Y. M. G. A. and the Towson Athletic Club
Score 16 to Is in favor of the home team. At
one stage of the game the score was to in
favor of Waverly, but big batting streak
turned the tables.
->The Sunday school of ST. Johns Luth-
eran Church, Parkville, will hold its annual
picnic in Miller's Grove, adjoining the church,
| on the Hartford road, on Wednesday, July 23d,
commencing at P. NJ. Refreshments of all
kinds will be served on the grounds. The pub
| lie cordially invited
-Thirty-two knights contended for the
honors and prizes in the tournament held at
Butler, Baltimore county, on Thursday after
noon. Notwithstanding the very warm wealth
| err the attendance was large The affair was
under the management of Josias Mallonee, Jr.,
and Charles Royston.
- Baltimore county truckers have struck
a dull market in Baltimore this year and some
| of their products sold so low as to scarcely
! Justify them in hauling the same to the city.
When a wagon load of 700 cabbages brings
but $3.50 or less, it will be readily seen where
the producer will land.
> A report gained circulation few days
ago that Mr.. George W. Ewing, who lives
short distance west of Sherwood, N. G. R. R.,
had been assaulted and shot by colored man
employed on his place. How the report got
out is not known. Suffice to say there was no
! foundation for it whatever.
- Mr.. John N. Madary, the new postmas-
ter at Bosley, on the Dulany's Valley turnpike,
| has received his commission and the office was
reopened for business for the first time on Fri
day, 18th instant. Mr.. Madary, whose father
! bought the property of the late James A. Bos-
! ley, also conducts store there.
THE male campers at Emory Grove are
arranging to hold what they call woods
carnival on Friday, July 25th. The ladies
are to have nothing whatever to do with the
management of the affair, which promises
many novel, if not to say startling, features.
Anyway, it will be worth seeing.
- The baseball team of Pikesvlle Athletic
Club on Saturday last defeated the team of the
Calvert Athletic Club, IA to 5. This was the
sixteenth straight victory for the Pikesvilles,
which is the record for the amateur clubs of
Maryland and is one to be proud of. There
are some exceptionally fine players on this
| team.
- The officers in Towson should take steps
| to break up the dangerous practice of boys
| firing catrifes in the streets. A bullet from
one of these struck horse on Thursday and
caused runaway that will make an expensive
affair for the owner of the team. A boy that
would deliberately do an act of this kind
should be severely punished.
- George j. Breyer, who was accidentally
drowned few days ago at Ferry Bar, Balti
more, was at one time resident of Towson
and was the eldest brother of Mrs. George Site
Der and Mrs. Lewis w. Held of this place.
! For some years he had made his home with
his daughter, Mrs. August Breidenstein, Jr.,
of Lauraville. Hartford road.
- In the Circuit Court at Westminster on
Monday the Penn National Bank of Phila-
delphia took judgments against six farmers
who were defendants in suits'on notes of the
defunct Milk Producers Association that were
discounted by the bank. In several cases the
judgments were compromises, the defendants
agreeing TO pay So cents on the dollar.
PA few days ago Messrs. VIM. II. Clagett
q Bro, of Brooklandvile, threshed for Mr..
John Waters, of Dumbarton Farm, near Pixies
vile, the wheat from rs acres of ground. The
yield was l $50 bushels. or an average of 224
bushels to the acre. The work was done in
twelve and a-half hours, 100 bushels having
been threshed in thirty-fve minutes.
> The lawn fete held at st. Joseph's Catho-
lie Church, Texas July 4th and 5th, realized
the handsome sum of 1905. Of this amount
5000 was used to liquidate the debt on the
cemetery attached to the church. In the five
years that he has been pastor of the church
Rev. r. G. Campbell has raised about SIS, 900,
which has been expended in improvements.
- Mr. John w H .Geiger, cashier of the Can
ton National Bank Mr.. Walter r. Townsend
and several others interested in the bank, this
week asked that that bank be made one of the
repositories of the county's funds, the bank
agreeing to pay q per cent. for the money, the
same as the other county repositories. The re-
quest will no doubt be complied with later.
- Another mysterious barn fire in this
county seems to again emphasize the necessity
of making a searching inquiry into the cause.
Why don't the State Fire Marshal take this
matter up? Surely it is time something were
done to put at least a check upon this destruc-
tion otherwise it will soon become difficult
matter to get insurance on this class of risks.
IA young man from Southern Ohio who
spent last Sunday with friend in Towson,
was taken drive to Green Spring Valley by
way of the Joppa road, returning by way of
Ruxton. The stranger was enthusiastic over
the trip and said he never in his life saw such
beautiful country. And would be difficult to
find one with more natural and artificial at
fractions.
"a colored Baltimore express wagon
driver named Louis Macneal has been lodged
in Jail here in default of the payment of So
fine and costs for obstructing the free passage
of an electric car by refusing to pull out of the
track when repeatedly warned by the motor
man to do SO. This should prove warning
to other drivers who are disposed TO act in the
same manner.
The Sunday school of Arlington NJ. E.
Church South elected the following delegates
to the thirty-ffth annual Sunday school con-
vention of Baltimore Conference which met at
Luray, Va, this week: Mrs. H. H. Emich
and Mrs. Daniel E. Ensor alternates, Miss
Nora Andrews and Mr.. G. Edward Muller.
Several other members of the church and SUM-
day school attended the convention.
- Another couple from distance came to
Towson on Saturday and were married by
Rev. W. g. Robertson, pastor of the Baptist
Church. They came all the way from Wash
ington, which shows that the fame of Towson
is spreading, in the matrimonial line at least.
And still another couple, this time from Cam
bridge, Md, came here on Wednesday and
were married by Rev. ]. l.. Straughn, of the
Methodist Protestant Church.
1.-THE contract has been let for the erection
of the house for the Volunteer Fire Company
| at Hamilton, Hartford road 1t will be of wood,
| upon a stone foundation, and its dimensions
will be 16 by "a feet, two stories and surmoun-
ted by a bell tower. The cost will be in the
neighborhood of 5000. Mr.. John H. Tames
is president of the company, which has mem
bership of 81, among them many of the rep
resentative men of the community.
> Messrs. Granville Matthews, Asa B. Gar
diner Jr, and large number of others,
through Messrs. Grason & Bacon, attorneys,
have filed protest against the granting of
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