The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-02-08

State Board OF Health, came to TowSon on
Tuesday and held conference with the County
Commissioners relative to the new health bill
which has been introduced in the Legislature.
The Commissioners and DIR. Fulton approve
the proposed law. 81
- There are several cases of scarlet fever
in the neighborhood of Grave Run Mills, 9Th
district, and Just over the line in Carroll coun-
ty. Rev. j. w. Houseman, pastor of the
United Brethren Church at Greenmount, lost
a son 10 years of age, and had another very
sick with the disease.
Ion Friday evening of last week many
members and friends of Wiseburg NJ. e.
Church paid visit to the pastor. Rev. ]. w.
Fleming, and wife, and left behind them
many substantial evidences of their presence.
They also left purse of money for the Junior
pastor Rev. G. i. Jones.
I'VE have heard of several more farmers
this week who will give up the business be-
cause they cannot secure reliable help. This is
getting to be q serious matter among tilers of
the soil and how the problem is to be solved
remainsto be seen. Laborsaving machinery
is the farmers friend now, sure.
- number of people in and about Gar
denville, Belair road, felt distinct tremor of
the earth between and 10 o'clock on Tuesday
morning last and think it was an earthquake
shock. About the same hour similar dis
turbance was experienced at Howardville, on
the Western Maryland Railroad.
THE committee of the taxpayers con-
Mr. Samuel NJ. Shoemaker, secretary, held
meeting at Towson on Thursday and passed
finally upon the draft of several laws that the
convention desired to have submitted at the
present session of the Legislature.
1.-THE Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station, in recent bulletin, does not give its
approval TO the dehorning of cattle. Expert
ments have demonstrated the fact that cows
fall off in milk by dehorning. The hornless
animals are. however, less dangerous to attend
and not so liable to injure each other.
1.-The grounding saw his shadow last
Sunday-no mistake about that, if he came
out of his hole-so we may look for six weeks
of disagreeable weather. But we can look for
this anyway, whether the grounding came
out or not, because settled weather never can
be expected until after ST Patrick's day.
- Attention is invited to an article on the
subject of roads written by Mr. Walter w
Crosby and published in THE UNION today.
1t is well worth careful perusal as it shows
that under Engineer Crosby our county is max
ing some progress towards solving the al-im-
portant problem of improved highways
- Many leading citizens of Cecil county
are taking steps against the extension of the
rural free delivery system and the adjustment
of long established postoffices in that county.
There are many thoughtful people in this
county who do not approve this postal inno-
walton and regard its success as doubtful.
lowing 10 the unfavorable weather of
last Sunday the dedication of the new Presby-
terrain C0urcn at Hamilton, f1arIOrQ ROAD, was
postponed until Sunday, February 9th The
church is situated on the south side of Hamil-
ton avenue within few steps of the terminus
of the electric car line on the Hartford road.
To-day is the third anniversary of the
great blizzard of February 8th 1885, when the
snow that covered the ground was blown by
the high winds into immense drifts that block
ed the highways and almost brought business
of all kinds to a standstill. The mercury
ranged for several days from to degrees be-
low zero.
The public sale season is now at hand
and great many of them will take place in this
county during February and March. At
many of these sales very high prices are often
obtained and it sometimes happens that agri-
cultural implements and machinery that have
been used season or two bring more than they
cost new.
->An address on "Village Improvement
Work was made at the meeting of Govans-
town Neghborhood improvement Club, by
Mrs. Thomas Hill, of Baltimore, on Tuesday
night. A plan of the proposed sidewalk to be
constructed on the west side of the York road,
in GovanstOwn, was submitted by the Mary
land Geological Survey.
Ion Thursday evening lady and gentle
man who live seven miles north of Jockeys
vile drove to Towson in a sleigh and then
took an electric car for Baltimore to attend
lecture. When asked why he didn't take
Northern Central train for the city, instead
of driving % miles, he replied: "But that
wouldn't be sleighing.'
ION Friday night of last week the con-
gregation of Sherwood P. E. Church, Jockeys
Vile, rendered surprise party to the rector,
Rev. A. T. Pindell, who has been in charge of
the parish twenty-six years. Quantities of
good aud useful articles were carried into the
house by the visitors who also spread feast
with some of the donations.
> Rev. Don Luigi Sartori, pastor of St.
Joseph's Parish, Midland, Nd, expended last
uo or for yar f,o ct1pr Of e.
or this amount about 50, 500 was paid on the
church debt, leaving balance still due on
this account of S13, 1915. Father Sartori was
formerly pastor of st. Stephens Church,
Upper Falls, Baltimore county.
IA young married man in Towson, who
works regularly, employs part of his spare
time in attending to a lot of Barred Plymouth
Rock chickens. During the month of January
he got 1853 eggs from 80 hens and his net profit
on sales of the same was S6.10 Eggs sold
during the month at 30, 80 and 80 cts per
dozen, which, of course, is unusually high.
sIn the settlement of the trust estate of
the Charles A. VOgler Company of Baltimore
the commissions to the trustees amounted to
$50 829.19, while Mr.. Francis T. Homer was
paid a fee of S23. 600, and Col. Charles Marshall
$l2500 for professional services under order of
the court. Mr.. Homer's duties in the matter
required him to visit England several times.
1.-The establishing of rural free delivery
routes in this county and the abandonment of
some of the smaller postofices is making ne
cessary many changes in THE UNIONS mail
ing lists. We are afraid that these changes
may, for time at least cause trouble in the
delivery of the paper and subscribers may as
we'll make up their minds to face these diff
culties.
well bored from which it is proposed to secure
q supply of water for Hampton house. A
depth of nearly 200 feet has been reached but
only small streams have thus far been struck.
The mansion at Hampton is one of the oldest
and most substantial in Maryland and has
been the home OF the RldgelyS for many gen.
erations.
The annual report of Mr.. N. Bosley
Merryman, Clerk of the Circuit Court. to the
Comptroller of the State, makes very salts
factory showing. The receipts of the office for
the wear were about $4,000 and the expenses
to be returned to the State 1t is said that no
other Clerks Office in Maryland can boast of
such large return.
- The violent wind storm of last Sunday
afternoon and night was at times alarming,
but no serious damage has been reported in
the county. The city residence Of Mrs. Charles
Ridgely, on Park avenue, had high chimney
blown off and the mass of bricks crashed
through the roof and ceiling of a servants
room, but fortunately no one was hurt. The
damage amounted to about $500
> patron of the Towson National Ban
wants to know why its officers do not provide
some proper means for hltching horses in
front of the bank building. There are two
posts there, but neither of them is provided with
q chain and if driver does not happen to have
a hitching-strap with him he is put to good
deal of unnecessary inconvenience. So small
a defect as this might soon be remedied.
- Congressman Blakeney this week intro
duced bill to increase the pension of John
H Dittman, of Loeb Raven, Baltimore coup-
ty, to $72 per month. Dittman's case is one
of the most pathetic on record. He lost both
legs in the service and has to be carried around
in a wagon on account of obesity. Since be
was wounded he has steadily increased in flesh
until he now weighs more than 300 pounds.
- DIR. Frank r. Rich, who keeps drug
store in Towson, near the corner of the York
road and Chesapeake avenue, has generously
granted the use of his store as waiting room
for ladies and others who may be waiting to
take the York road electric cars He thinks
the company may put in some sort of an cleo
trio alarm to notify passengers when the cars
start from the stand in front of the Court
House.
THE contest over the will of the late
William Dilworth, of Kingsville, 18th district,
came up in the Circuit Court here on Monday
and went over until February 10TH Lehman
l.. Dilworth, son of the deceased, by Messrs.