The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-03-08


by the washing away of small bridges in the
late freshet. Some streams rose in short
time to almost unprecedented heights and
swept everything before them. Several dams
on the upper Gunpowder were carried away.
- The governors of the Ekridge Hunt
Club are making arrangements for the annual
hunt ball. to be given at the Kennels, Easter
week. The ballroom will be beautifully dec
GRATED with trophies of the hunt, and the
favors will be bits and stirrups of regular size.
1.-THE dog poisoner again got in his work
in Towson this week and the canine popula-
| ton of the town is smaller in consequence.
There are good many citizens who would be
/ glad to know who this individual is. They
| would like to have some business with him.
- Farmers are still talking about the search
| ty of hands and some take rather a gloomy
view of the outlook. They don't know how
they can make out unless they can secure re-
] liable help The farmer who has two or three
| able-bodied sons who stay at home is lucky
man just now.
- Rev. w J. Floyd, who died near Girls
field, Md. February 18th, was the father of
Mrs. Roberts, wife of Rev. w. +. Roberts. who
| is we'll known in Baltimore county, having
been pastor of Great Falls and other circuits
here. Mr.. Floyd was in the 74th year of his
age and an earnest and tireless worker.
- Mr.. Charles j. Jannke, administrator of
the estate of his father. julius A. Jannke, will
sell the personal property belonging to the es-
tate. at Bosley, Dulanys Valley turnpike on
Wednesday next. March 18th. The wheel
wright business that had been conducted at
that place by the late Mr.. Jannke has been
closed
IA petition was circulated in Towson
this week, which was freely signed, against
the passage by the Legislature of the bill to es-
tablish a permanent race track in Baltimore
county where sports of all kinds could be free
ly INDUCED in. Extracts from this bill were
published in THE UNIONS Annapolis letter
last week.
- Examples of bad roads in Baltimore
county at this season are many. A 10th
district juryman left home early Wednesday
morning to catch train on the Md. q Pa.
Railroad to come to Towson. His team got
stuck in the mud and he did not reach here
until 100 P. NJ. Perhaps this should call for
an investigation.
- 1t is singular fact that although Spar
rows Point, Baltimore county, is the most i'm
portant manufacturing centre in Maryland,
outside of Baltimore city. that its existence is
not even mentioned in any of the school his
tories of this State. An interesting sketch of
this busy place is published on the local page
of THE UNION today
There has been comparatively little sick
ness in the public schools of this county dur
ing the present winter, while last winter a
number of the schools had to be closed be-
canse OF the presence of diseases incident to
childhood. Perhaps the fact that more atten-
ton is being paid to hygiene is responsible for
this condition of affairs
1.-The Timonium fair will have five stake
races this year, with purse of 81 900 for EACH
These are the largest stakes ever offered at
TimOnium and are equal to some hung up on
the grand circuit. The large number of en-
tries that will be received for these races will go
far toward paying out the purses. thus leaving
the society little to make up
- Mr.: Rufus K Wood, superintendent of
the Maryland Steel Company, has filed pro-
test against the transfer of liquor license from
John d. Seufert to Frank Wolf. at Turner's
Station, on the Sparrows Point Railroad He
says there are already number of saloons in
that vicinity and it would not be for the best
interests of the community to have another
->Here is case of going from home to
learn the news. A Baltimore paper, speaking |
of the last freshet in the Gunpowder, said
1.-THE new city bridge being built at Loeb
Raven has been securely tied and there is no
apprehension of it being damaged by the
hood' If it had said dYedge instead of bridge |
perhaps it would have come nearer the truth.
- Superintendent E. Clinton Tracey re-
ported to the County Commissioners on Tues |
day that few days before fight had occurred |
at the aims house between the engineer, John |
T. Shea, and a man named H. F. Buchanan |
and that in bis efforts to part them Shea was |
hurt. The Board will hold meeting at the
alms-house in order to thoroughly investigate |
the matter.
MIR Levi Justus, whose farm is on the
Broadway road, near the Falls road has lately
had bored an artesian well. about $50 feet in
depth, that furnishes a supply of splendid
water equal to Is gallons per minute. Most of
the boring was through solid rock Having
rented his farm Mr. justus will sell the re.
naming stock and implements on the place on
Tuesday, March 18th.
"a well known Baltimore county milk |
producer says it is outrageous the way the en-
ployes of railroads smash up their milk cans.
They not only use the cans badly, but the |
tops are often lost, and in addition to this the
men open the cans and drink the milk while |
it is en- route to its destination. The latter
practice is particularly reprehensible when the |
milk is shipped in individual cans
- Messrs. Holland & O'Neal, proprietors of |
the Willow Mill, Western Run Valley came |
near losing big load of -four in one of the |
freshets of few days ago. The team attemp- |
ted to cross Western run, near the mill, and |
became stalled. The flour was in sacks and
had to be taken from the wagon on horseback
in order to save it from the flood, which was
rapidly rising around the wagon bed.
- The rectory of st. Mary's Protestant
Episcopal Church, near Emmorton, Hartford
county. was burned on Monday night and
Rev. William f. Brand lost his valuable IL
brary and all his household effects, amounting
in value to several thousand dollars. The fire |
started in the ice-house and its origin is I'M
known. DR.. Brand is So years of age and has
been rector of St. Mary's over fifty years.
THE cry of bad roads is again coming up
from some sections of this county, but this has
been an annual occurrence for so long that the
memory of man runneth not to the contrary.
The only difference is that the complaints are
not so numerous as formerly, showing that the
general conditions are improved. The people
must be educated on the subject of improved
roads. and it takes time and money to do this.
THE postponed public sale of the person
al property on the farm of Mr.. Joshua NJ.
Matthews, on the Jarrettsville turnpike, that
took place last Monday, drew together large
crowd of people. The bidding was spirited
and everything was disposed of at good prices
by an early hour in the afternoon. Slade &
Risteau conducted the sale. Mr.. Matthews
has rented his property and retired from
farming.
Screen Spring Valley appears to be con-
stantly growing in popularity as place OF
summer residence. Several additional houses
will be erected by Baltimore people the COM
ing spring and summer, among them Mrs.
Sherlock Swami, who will build near Steven
son. Mrs. Swami is a daughter of the late
Thomas Deford and a sister of Mrs. w. s. q.
Williams, whose summer home is in Long
Green Valley.
SIN our issue of January 18th, 1902, we
had something to say about subscribers at
Western. Run complaining because they did
not receive their papers regularly. The atten-
ton of the postal authorities was called to the
matter and the fault was found to be, as we
suggested most likely, with the mail agent on
the Northern Central road. who had failed to
put the package off at Cockeysville, returning
it some time the next day.
- Mr.. Edward A. Cockey of "Mainda's
Prospect" Worthington Valley, held sue
cessful sale of his surplus stock, products etc.,
a few days ago. A fine flock of sheep on the
farm attracted the attention of those attend
ing the sale. There are II ewes in the lot and
16 of them have dropped 80 fine, healthy
lambs, with one district yet to hear FROM"
One eve did rather more than her share. She
contributed lambs to the sum total
- The average temperature for February,
1902, was 10 degrees lower than the mean for
that month for many years. The rain and
snow fall were above normal. Rain fell seven
days in February and snow on the 4th, 18th
and 26th, the total precipitation being 468, or
half an inch more than the mean. The aver
age temperature was 26 degrees, or 10 below
normal. The coolest day was the 9Th, when
the mercury at the Baltimore weather bureau
registered Is degrees.
Still Sticking to the Hen Story.-The
Baltimore San says THE hen with record of
a 14-mile ride on load of straw while sitting
on rs eggs, as reported at the time in the Sun,
is dead. This pesevering fowl had been owned
since last June by Messrs. J. T. Norris & Son,
of Govanstown, and had shown strong and
persistent sense of duty. She had laid during
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