The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-11-15

auspices OF the dardenerS CluD. was great
success and largely attended. A number Of
Baltimore county exhibitors were among the
prize winners.
- The personal property on the Brookfield
Farm of the late ]. Hall Peasants, near Glen
coe, n. G. r. R., was disposed Of at public
sale on Wednesday and satisfactory prices gen
orally were obtained. Ogden A. Kirkland was
the auctioneer.
THE fall jumping contest of the Over
land Hunt Club will take place at TowsoD,
Saturday afternoon. November 18TH com
mencing at 2 o'clock. The club has issued
invitations for luncheon at the club house
after the jumping.
"a cart load of hard coal passing through
the streets of Towson one day this week at
tracted no little attention. Mr.. John w. Hall,
Jr., who lives on the York road just south of
| Towson, received an entire car load of the
coveted stuff day or two ago.
ION Monday evening, November 18th, a
company from Washington, d. g., will ex-
hibit in Towson NJ. E. Church. by the latest
improved electric process the pictures of King
Edwards coronation. A splendid display of
other pictures is also promised.
- Mr.. Jacob E. Porter, Patapsco Neck
trucker, has sent monster carrot to THE
UNION office. It's Is inches long, Is inches in
circumference and weighs pounds and 2
ounces. One row the length of an acre and
quarter produced IL BUSHES of carrots.
IAN Epworth League rally, to include
the chapters in the vicinity of Towson, will
be held in the NJ. e. Church here, on Thurs
day afternoon and evening" November Goth.
Rev. l.. A. Ferris, of Mt. Vernon Place Church,
Baltimore, will make an address at night.
THE election excitement has subsidized
entirely, but the active politician who always
has his eye on the main chance, is picking his
flint for next years battle, which, judging
from the number of ''patriots" who will be in
the field, promises to be an unusually warm
one.
Tho r,,oo;,x &c tetr;0,or.,J a,,ox., avar
ing on the York road electric line all the way
through to Towson has greatly relieved the
crush that through passengers were formerly
subjected to. The company deserves the
thanks of its patrons for thus catering to their
comfort.
MIR. Robert H. Ruhl, farm manager for
Mr.. Beale r. Howard of My Lady's Manor,
raised this season 10 bbls. of prime corn to the
acre and up to date has housed 800 bbls. of it.
He also has a drove of steers, almost ready for
market, the present average weight of each be-
ing $50 lbs.
IA beautiful American flag now floats
from the home of the Cockeysville Country
Club, showing that the members are patriotic
as well as hospitable. The club will entertain
the members of the Eikridge Hunt Club, who
will have q meet at Timonium today (Satur-
day. at 2.30 P. NJ
-Mr. Casper Sippel of c., of Gardenville,
who is we'll known inventor, has lately pat
ented a hens nest that puts the egg out Of
harms way as soon as it is deposited protect
ing it from rats, &C. He has also patented an
automatic device for putting out fires Both
are said to possess much merit.
MIR. William l.. Amoss, State director of
farmers institutes, has sent out invitations for
a meeting to be held at the Court House, Tow
son. Wednesday November 10th, at II A. NJ,
to discuss the time and place for the holding
of the next institute in this county and to ar
range program for the same.
- Gen. John NJ. Hood. former president of
the Western Maryland Railroad Company,
has been presented by his admiring friends
with a beautiful and costly service of silver as
a mark of their esteem and as an evidence of
their appreciation of his service while he was
at the head of that company.
THE retail dealers in Baltimore have
fixed the price of anthracite coal at 1925 per
ton-that is this will be the the price when
coal begins to come as it did before the strike.
The output of the mines is still said to be
short 10000 tons daily and this is likely to
continue throughout the winter.
- Mrs. Beauregard Engle, of Upper K
Roads, had one of her hands badly lacerated
few days ago by the explosion of dynamite
powder. One of her eyes was also badly in
jured Dr. Thomas H. Emory, who attended
her amputated two Of her fingers.
- Eight driving horses belonging to Mrs.
Elisha Dyer, Jr, of New York, who closed
her house at Newport, R. l.. on Monday, ar
Wednesday and will be wintered there. Mrs.
Dyer's farm is that owned by her late uncle,
Samuel s. Patterson, near Baldwin.
1.-THE annual subscription bills of THE
UNION are now in course of preparation and
they will go out with the issue dated Deem
Der 9Th. They are printed on pretty pink
paper this year and if you don't want to get
one of the slips in your paper there is still
plenty of time left to save your distance.
The damage case of Henry 5. Jean
against the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Company has been removed from Towson to
davit of the company. 1t will be remembered
that Mr.. Jean lost an arm in an accident in
Union tunnel, Baltimore. some time ago.
THE residence of Mr.. Chester b. Turn
O few nights ago and ransacked from top to
bottom. Much damage was done by the open
ing of bureau drawers and desks and the
smashing of transoms, &c. Mr.. and Mrs.
Turnbull had gone to Baltimore for the winter
and closed their house.
"A delegation of prominent citizens of the
LIST district, headed by Senator John Hubner,
called upon the County Commissioners on
Wednesday and asked that the sum of 81, 1000
be appropriated from the general road fund for
the carrying on of certain needed road improve
ments in that district. The Board decided to
let its decision be known later.
Mr.. Elmer j. Cook, of the Towson bar,
and Mr.. Robert Grain. of the law firm of Grain
q Hershey, and Mr. Osborne /. Yellott have
been appointed receivers of the Mt. Washing
ton Copper Company whose property, located
at Bare Hill, Falls road, will be sold under fore
closure proceedings. It consists of 20 acres of
land and twelve dwelling houses.
- In the City Court of Baltimore this week
A. A. Mecaslin, a storekeeper of Warren, Bal
timore county, obtained verdict for 1888
damages against the United Railways and
Electric Company for personal injuries and
10 re 70 in n oOlli-
sion with one of the companys cars. Messrs.
Boarman & Lindsay represented the plaintiff.
MIR. ]. Henry Raspe, who is the father
of Raspeburg, on the Belair road, has been a
fortunate man in some of his real estate spec
ulations few years ago he bought tract
of IS acres of land lying on the west side of
the road, in the rear of his present residence
and business place. and paid 81 900 for it. He
is now selling this same ground at 81, 900 an
acre.
IA well known farmer was proud of the
fact that this year he had the first covey of
partridges on his place in many years. He
watched them with jealous eye until an I'M
garded moment when a neghbor got among
the birds and killed about half Of them. Then
he posted his farm and it will not be healthy
for the man who makes another attempt on
the covey.
ION Wednesday last, ON motion of Coun-
ty Commissioner Yellott, the Board passed an
order to present Patrolman James Z. Mann, of
the county police force with gold watch as a
mark of appreciation of his bravery and devo-
ton to duty in the arrest of Mountney and
DAILY, the desperate men now confined in Jail
here upon the charge of being connected with
the many burglaries. lately committed in the
suburbs.
->The County Commissioners had the new
Jail question up again this week, but it is all
fruitless discussion. The Commissioners have
no authority to levy money for a new Jail
until the Legislature passes special act en-
towering them to do so. As the Legislature
does not meet again until January, 1904. of
course nothing can be done until that time and
hence we must make the best of the old Jail for
several years yet.
1.-The running race meeting at Pimlico
three days last week, under the auspices of the
Maryland Steeplechase Association, was a
great success, except that the attendance was
not what it should have been. 1t is estimated
that 5000 were present in the three days, when
there should have been-when the excellence
of the sport is considered-more than that
many each day. For some reason or other the
crowds cannot be drawn to Pimlico.
THE damage case of Messrs Hook d Son,
contractors, against the Commissioners of
Hartford county, which was commenced in the
Circuit Court here, before jury, on the oath
of October, ended on Wednesday last in YER
dict for the plaintiffs for 81 $685.. They
sued for 5000. Messrs. Thomas H. Robinson,