The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-09-20

Hartford road, at public sale on Monday
Several lots were purchased by Mr.. John d
Worthington, and farm Of 70 acres went I,
Mr.. O. M Whitaker for 81 200.
- The Hubbard Fertilizer Works at Can
ton were destroyed by fire on Friday night Q
last week. causing a loss of over 100000
which is only partially covered by insurance
The large fertilizer plant of Griffith e. Boyd
narrowly escaped destruction also.
- George Klein, who on August 30, 1901
kicked to death his mother-in- law, Mrs. Caro-
line Klein, at her home in Canton, and wht
was subsequently, adjudged insane and com
mitted to Spring Grove Asylum, escaped from
that institution Thursday afternoon.
~ Mr.. John Golfers, so years old, of Balti
more, died on Thursday at Mt. Washington
He was a carpenter by trade and was stricken
with paralysis Wednesday while doing som,
work at Mt. Washington. His condition was
such that be could not be taken home.
THE County Commissioners this week
inspected the iron bridge which has been re
Gently built over the Northern Central Rail
way on the Joppa road, at Sherwood. They
also inspected Green Spring Valley avenue, on
which some Improvements are being made
- Miss Eleanor Wright has been appoin-
ted principal Of the public school at Hereford
18th district, succeeding Samuel M. Webb,
has been appointed teacher of the school al
Fork, 18th district, succeeding Miss Wright.
- Florence Burroughs, colored woman
35y years of age who says she formerly lived at
Chase, Baltimore county, has been committed
to Jail in Baltimore upon the charge of steal
ing valuable jewelry from families in the city
with whom she had been hired as a domestic
- Messrs. Charles s. Wachter, Theodore
F. Lips. 1. J. Staup, ], M. Eyler, e. e. Har-
gest and II. Lentz are named as the incorpora-
tors, Of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Our Saviour, West Arlington. The congrega-
ton has bought q lot and will,shortly erect a
church, ~ =, -,.4.s.-...1 ~
- The very fine six-mule team from Mr..
e. e. McCleary,s Locust Vale Stock Farm.
Towson, that was shown at the late county
fair, was not in competition with other teams
exhibited. The mules are black, of fine size
and well matched, and their equipment was
peEIsctT bs iiba rains 4 last week came inst Il
time to let the farmers break up their ground
for wheat. Many had not plowed d furrow
and the earth had become so baked that it was
useless to attempt to work it. Many farmers
think the LIST of October plenty early enough
to SOW wheat.
->Active preparations are being made for
the grand State tournament to be held at
Electric Park, Wednesday, October 1st for the
benefit of the Volunteer Firemens Associa-
tiun of Arlington. The object iss-a most
worthy one and it Is hoped a liberal patronage
may be extended.
1.-The store of Mr.. William H. Chilcoat
of Joppa, on the B. & o. Railroad, was en-
tered by thieves on NJ Friday night Of last week
and robbed of 1000 cigars, lot of postage
stamps and small amount of cash. Mr..
Chilcoat was formerly a resident Of the8th dis
trict of Baltimore county.
Special services will be held at Hiss M !.
e. Church, Hartford road, on Sunday. Septem-
Der 21st, commencing at s o'clock P. M, and
continue each evening during the week, except
CT I ~ DAr nv
Avenue NJ E. Church, Baltimore, will preach
Tuesday evening September 23d. ~ ~
- At the morning service at st. Marks
Catholic Church., Gainesville, last Sunday
the pastor, Rev. j. d. Dunn, referred in his
sermon to the death Of President Mckinley
and asked his hearers to pray God that the
prosperity brought to the country under his
administration might be continued IS .tsli,i.
- Justice Charles Brockmeyer, of Fuller
ton, Belair road. has docketed for the Mutual
Fire Insurance Company in Baltimore County
225 suits against residents of Baltimore county
for unpaid assessments on their premium
notes. The persons against whom these claims
are made are scattered all over the county.
- Susan Hawkins highly respected col
ored woman, died at her home in Baltimore,
on the 18th instant, aged GA years. She was
the widow of Rev. Robert Hawkins, Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and the mother
of w. Ashbie Hawkins, a member of the bar
who once taught the colored school at Towson,
- Preparations are being made for a big
reception to be given MI. VIM. Tyler Page, Re-
publican nominee for Congress, on the occa-
sion of his first visit to the 18th district of
Baltimore county, as the guest of the Young
Mems Republican Club of Highlandtown,
which will take place next Wednesday evening.
"a dispatch from Washington to the Bal
timore Sun says: ~. Fred. G. Talbot, Demo
cratic candidate for Congress in the Second
Maryland district was a caller at Democratic
Congressional headquarters today. He said
he is confident of winning in the next election
and that be will make his fight on national
issues" ~
>The Republican Campaign Committee
for Baltimore county met in the city Wednes-
day and planned an organization for each. dis
trict, for the purpose of looking after the regis
tration of voters this fall. Mr.. William Tyler
Page. candidate for CONGRESS was present and
discussed the situation with the members of
the committee.
The Overland Hunt Clcb held its first
meet Of the season on. Tuesday afternoon.
Two foxes were turned loose on Locust Vale
Stock Farm, near Towson, and one of them
was run down. Mr.. Clarence G. West was
master of hounds Mr.. James F. Clark, pres
ident of the club, and Mrs. Clark, were among
those who followed. ~.
The funeral of Mrs. Barbara A. Har-
decker, 81 years DID, who died on the 10th inst,
took place Friday afternoon from her late
home. in Canton. Rev. William BatZ, pas.
tor of the German United Evangelical Church,
conducted the services Mrs. Hardecker was
a native of Germany and came to this country
sixty years ago. Two sons survive her. a,.i
while proceeding along the Falls road,
near Bare HILL at an early hour on Friday
morning of last week, Mr.. Benjamin Forwood,
a farmer of Chestnut Ridge, was set upon by
three negroes who robbed him of $74 in cash
The men jumped into the wagon, pulled him
out on the road and took his money at the
point of pistol. No arrests have been made.
sin the fifteen years that the Fullerton
Permanent Loan Association has been in OPP
Grafton it has not lost a single dollar. The re-
ceipts at its BIZ monthly meetings are often
very large and it sometimes has from So, 900 to
$1,000 in bank at q time. Mr.. Alexander Nc
Cormick is president; Mr. Charles Brock
meyer, secretary, and Mr.. Fred. lassahn,
AsThe double tournament to be held at
"Mt. Prospect" on the Hillen road, near Tow
son, this Saturday afternoon, promises to be
a pleasurable affair. Mrs. Harry t. Pearce,
of Ny Lady's Manor, will be chief marshal.
A dance will follow at the Smedley House,
Towson. The proceeds of the affair will go to
the Hospital for Crippled and Deformed Chill
dren in Baltimore. lis s.
- Mr.. John B. Foard well known farmer
and Gamer near Glen-Arm, 18th district, will
pack this season between 5000 and c, 900 cases
of tomatoes. He grew thirty acres on his own
farm and had contracts with his neighbors for
thirty additional acres, The offers he has had
for his entire pack are very satisfactory and
most likely by the end of the packing season
he will have closed out all that he had for sale.
1.-The September number of Dogdom, pub
lished at Battle Creek, Mich. contains an ex-
celent picture of Bobbie, the highly bred and
promising young setter of Mr.. William S.
Keech, of the Towson bar This dog was
bred by Rev.. w. d. Gould, of Homecoming,
Md, who is immensely proud of him and
says "he is one of the fastest dogs ever saw
goover a field, but has as yet had no training
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Must Not Pollute the Water.-7On Mon
dag last Judge Burke filed an opinion in theease
of the Mount Hope Retreat against the West
Arlington Improvement Company, i'm which
he intimated that an order would be passed
by the court restraining the defendant from
allowing its drainage to flow into lake on
the plaintiffs land. The case was instituted
for the purpose of procuring such restrain
ing order. IS. ..sts $50 t~ l''.s ~htl''
In its opinion the court, after reviewing the
contention of the plaintiff that the defendant
had constructed sewerage system on its land,
which had the effect of turning a quantity of
impure matter into stream which flowed into
the lake and polluted and contaminated its
waters, said that this wouldi be sufficient to
Justify the granting Of the relief sought, I'M
less the defendant advanced something to JUS
tify its action. He said that the defendant had
in its effort to meet this burden asserted that