The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-10-11

| will be continued each evening next week
! Quarterly conference will be held at the church
on Tuesday night, after which Rev. H. s
France, P. E., will preach.
THE Democrats held largely attended
mass meeting at Gainesville, on Saturday
night last. which was the opening of the cam
paign. Speeches were made by Messrs. ]
Fred. q. Talbot, d. g. Mcintosh, Frank l.
Duncan and Howard Bryant.
- holly contested game OF foot ball was
played here last Saturday afternoon between
the Loyola team, of Baltimore, and the Tow
son. Score to in favor of the visitors
The home team is a good one, weight consid-
cred, but what it needs is work.
Three white men have been committed
to Jail here upon the charge of holding up and
ro6bing Harry Altevogt, while on his way
home from market last Saturday night. on the
Turkey Point road, opposite Lexington Fishing
Shore He fully identified the men.
1.-THE Ladies' Aid Society of st. John g
Lutheran Church, Hartford road, will hold
their annual oyster supper in Wildberger's
Hall, Parkville Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, October 14th, 18th and 10th,
to which a general invitation is extended.
1.-The Pikesville Athletic Club enjoyed a
smoker" at the club house on Tuesday night
in honor of the baseball team that has just
closed most successful season. President j..
]. Davis made an address of welcome, and
there were other addresses and vocal music
p On Friday night of last week Grand Re-
gent K. G.. Eichelberger and other officers of
the Grand Council, Royal Arcanum paid an
official visit to Towson Council. The visitors
were entertained at supper at Hotel Towson
and several hours were spent very pleasantly.
THE cornerstone for the new Mays NJ.
E. Church, on Hunts Circuit, was laid on
Tuesday afternoon with appropriate ceremo-
MES, conducted by Rev. DR.. G. Herbert Rich
ardson, assisted by Rev. ]. w. Hammersey of
Baltimore, and Rev. W. W. Costin, pastor of
the circuit.
THE annual oyster supper of st. Michaels
Lutheran Church, Perry Hall, will take place
on Wednesday and Thursday evenings of next
week and the managers of it say it will be bet
ter this year than ever This means much to
the lovers of good suppers and they will be
there in force.
MIR. John Rush Street,. of Farming
ton," near Taylor will send his fine gray
Jumper to the Richmond Horse Show next
week, in charge of Mr.. Robert M. Taylor.
This horse was exhibited at the late Timonium
fair and attracted much attention through his
ability as jumper.
Mr.. Dennis Carter, of BaynesvilIe, has
contract to furnish Immediately 200 poles to
the Maryland Telephone Company. He has
SO many orders for fire-wood that he cannot
begin to keep up with them. Choppers are
now receiving 80 cts. per cord and few are to
be had even at that price.
THE annual election of the Overland
Hunt Club, held at the club house in Towson
last Monday night, was very lively affair,
the contest over some of the offices-especially
that of master of hounds-beng decidedly
spirited. The club has a large membership
and is financially prosperous.
The Clairmont Nursery of Mr.. Frank e.
Corse situated on the Belair road has large
stock of trees of all kinds, shrubbery, etc.,
that is now awaiting buyers. Mr.. Corse has
established several agencies in Baltimore coun-
tv including one in Towson, in the excellent
0f Mr. ord
-Some people who have wood to sell are
asking $40 per cord for it, or more than double
the usual price With no coal to be had and
wood at such figures the outlook for the COM
ing of cold weather is anything but pleasing.
But don't meet trouble half way. There may
be plenty of coal before the end of October.
- Mr.. Timothy Shanahan, who rents the
farm of Mrs. j. J. Blandin, near Greenwood,
18th district while driving down the emile
hill, on the Hartford road, last Saturday night,
the harness broke causing the horse to run
away. Mr.. Shanahan was thrown out and
quite badly bruised, but not seriously hurt.
- Complaints are being made to the Coun-
tv Commissioners on account of the reckless
driving on Park Heights avenue, in the Sd dis
trict mounted officer has been asked for to
break up the practice. Residents offered to
supply horse if the county would feed him
and it is likely this arrangement will be made.
"a successful tournament, under the
Adam Holman and John Clagett, was held at
Randallstown. on Wednesday afternoon. A
dance followed at Clagett's Hall at night. Mr.
Harry E. Goodwin member of the bar was
the orator and Mr.. G. s. Hobbs the chief
marshal.
-Mr. E. E. McCleary. proprietor of the
Locust Vale Stock Farm, has rented what is
known as the Butler farm, adjoining his own
property The Parlett farm, which adioins
the Butler place. has been rented by Mr.. Jas.
w. Shea, proprietor of the Smile House, on
the York road. Both these farms belong to the
Hampton estate.
-Mr. Jefferson D. Norris, attorney for
Frederick Goertz and others, has filed bill in
the Circuit Court here against Harry e. Goertz
and others for the purpose of procuring de-
cree for the sale of the real estate of the late
Hugo GoertZ, located near Pikesville, and for
division of the proceeds among those entitled
under the will to receive the same.
- Ii is not often that father and son marry
sisters, but here is a case in point About a
year ago Mr.. Robert f. Stabler, of Merryman' s
Mill on the Gunpowder, near Warren, mar
ried Miss Annie Cain. Several weeks ago his
son. MIR. Daniel Stabler, married Miss Mollie
Cain. The brides, who are sisters, are daugh-
tiers of the late Rev. Joshua Cain, local min
lister who lived at Warren.
1.-The Hillen farm, on the Hillen road
southeast of Towson, having been sold, the
family burial ground on the place, in which no
will be obliterated and the stones removed to
Prospect Hill Cemetery Towson and set up in
lots purchased by member of the family.
There are about twenty of the graves that have
inscriptions on the stones.
"A couple from Richmond, Va, the bride
a divorced woman only "a years of age, was
married in Towson on Wednesday evening by
Rev. W. e. Robertson pastor of Calvary Bap-
fist Church. 1t was after Office hours when
the license was applied for, but the document
was secured through the kindness of Messrs.
Charles E. Fendall and Reese Denny.
"a few days ago while driving through
Towson Mr. Patrick Reddington's horse took
fright at traction engine and started to run.
In turning corner too sharply the runabout
tilted and Mr.. Reddington and the colored
driver were thrown out, both escaping unhurt.
| The horse ran over mile out the Joppa road
before be was caught Mr.. Reddington, whose
| farm is near Towson, is badly crippled with
| rheumatism, but he felt no bad effects from
| this mishap.
"Brookfield,n the beautiful country seat
of the late ]. Hall Peasants, situated near
Glencoe, N G. r. R., will be offered at public
sale, on the premises, on Thursday next, Octo-
Der 16th at l o'clock P NJ. 1t contains 200
acres of finely located land, with colonial
mansion and large and complete outbuildngs
1t is one of the most attractive places in the
county. The executors of the estate are
Messrs John and A. w. Peasants and George
X. Willis. Mr.O.A.hlrKlanQ is tne auCtlOneer.
1.-The County Commissioners have dis
covered that feeding prisoners in the Jail at 30
cts day is an expensive business. OF the
prisoners who were in the Jail during Septem-
| Der SO of them were tramps who had commit
ted the colossal crime of stealing rides on rail-
roads. 1t cost the county the snug sum OF
$258 80 to feed these fellows during that month
Should the same ratio continue throughout
the year the county will pay nearly $4,000
more for feeding the prisoners than it did last
year.
Tons of Rock Loosened by a Single
Blast.-The Baltimore american of Sunday
last said: "Workmen employed at the stone
quarry of Daniel Leonard, located in Gwynn's
Falls near West Baltimore street extended
sprung yesterday the largest blast ever made
| so far as known, in the vicinity of Baltimore
throwing down 1900 tons of gneiss.
For several days the men had been en-
gagged in drilling holes with steam drill into
the side of big stone hill or bluff which was
included in the lands of the quarry, and which
| lay in the bed of Baltimore street. The holes
were sunk 20 feet into the side of the hill
which was composed entirely of the hard
gneiss. Early yesterday morning the boring:
were filled with dynamite About noon the
blasts were successfully discharged, after pick
| cts had been stationed about the boundaries o.
! the quarry. Owing to the depth to which the