The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-10-25
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
PAGE, PROTECTION, PROSPERITY. :"


sPARRows POINT, Md, October %, 1902.
Messrs. Editors Last Monday evening large
and enthusiastic Republican mass-meeting was
held at Sparrow's Point Mr.. ]. Griffin Hall, of
Baltimore city, delivered an able and inter-
esting address, in which he scored Mr.. Talbot
on his political record, and quoted from the
Westminster AdUocdte to show that Mr.: Talbot
was not the choice of the Democratic party.
Mr.. Hall concluded his address with an eloquent
appeal to all present to assist in rolling up big
majority for Page, Protection and Prosperity"
Mr.. j Fred. g. Talbot was also visitor to the
Point on Monday and spent the entire afternoon
looking the situation over. POINTER.
Will Lay Claim to Valuable Lands in
Baltimore City and County.-Mrs. J. NJ.
Ring, of Jacksonville, ILL.,, claims to be an
heir of several million dollars worth of prop
erty in West Baltimore and in the vicinity of
Gym Oak Park, says the Baltimore american.
Mrs. Ring has just returned to her home in
Illinois, after sojourn in Baltimore and Tow
son of several weeks, during which time she
was frequently in consultation with her at
torney, Mr.. W. Chapman of this city. She
will shortly return to Baltimore for the pur-
pose, she says, of bringing suit to legally estab-
lish her claims to estate. To reporter of the
american Mrs. Ring made the following state
ment
II am the daughter of John Howard who
died in Baltimore in 1745. He was relative
of Gen. John Eager Howard.
my paternal grandfather, Joshua Howard,
left home before his fathers death, and, being
of rowing disposition, wandered into what
was then the far West, and lived away from
civilization and possible communication with
his family. He often told my father that
when his fathers Edmund Howard) estate
was settled up he would receive fortune. He
owned large tracts of land, however, and did
not pay much attention to the inheritance
bequeathed to him by his father, and died
without laying any claim to it, which was, of
course, at that early time, not as valuable as it
is now. To have done so would have required
a trip by wagon to Baltimore, which would
have been perlious journey to make.
My father, John Howard, then young
mund Howard. This copy, which now have
in my possession, came to light in strange
way. | had knowledge that my grandfather
claimed property in Baltimore, but knew of
none of the particulars. Several months ago
went to a fortune teller who claimed that she
could foretell the future as well as reveal the
past. had no faith in her, and laughed out
right when she said:
Lady, great wealth is thine if you can find
lost paper.
Subsequent events may have no connection
with what the fortune teller told me- as l am
far from being superstitious.
cidence.
lone day while ransacking in an old garnet
l opened a trunk; the top fell apart and there
fell from a secret drawer the copy of my great
grandfather's will.
.'As you will see, the will is recorded in
Liber B.. No. 215, of Will Records in Baltimore
city The will is witnessed by Thomas Norris,
Stephen Hart Owens and Lewis Igo. The will
was filed with Thomas White, deputy COM
missioner. The copy which have is attested
by William Buchanan, who was Register of
Wills in Baltimore in 1907.
1.-THE will bequeaths the tract of land known
Dc nA T g. =.
located in the western section of Baltimore.
There is also bequeathed to my grandfather
considerable land located in Baltimore county
in the vicinity of Gwynn Oak Park.
'My attorney has made thorough inspection
of the records and makes very satisfactory re-
ports to me. 1t is, however, necessary for me
to return to my home to secure additional facts
in my family history before I can bring suits
to secure title to the property bequeathed to
my great-grandfather. / realized that after
such long lapse of time it will be difficult to
establish my claim, and when l return | will
be in possession of conclusive evidence. There
are also other heirs interested with me, with
whom l wish to consult. l feel assured that
the heirs of Joshua Howard will secure the
property which was bequeathed to him by his
father Edmund Howard
Two Suits for Damages.-Messrs Boar
man & Lindsay, attorneys for Patrick Han
ley, have docketed a suit in the Circuit
Court here against the Chesapeake and Poto-
mac Telephone Company, claiming $1,000
damages. The declaration alleges that the de-
PENDANT corporation, by its agents, entered the
land of the plaintiff on the Joppa road, near
Towson, and broke and cut down large trees
dug holes and planted poles therein and strung
wires.
The same attorneys, acting for F. Weitrzi-
chowski and wife, have sued Joseph L. Bull
lock for $1,000 damages for alleged injury to
their property at Mt Winans by obnoxious
odors arising from the defendants fertilizer
and glue factory.
Small Dividend This.-Mr. William Ora.
son, auditor of the Circuit Court, has filed an
account in the case of Charles e. Corkran
against the Parkton Lumber Company, dis
tributing the balance, after the payment of
costs and expenses and preferred claims,
among the general creditors. Claims were
filed against the company aggregating $50, 1O4. :
"a, and the amount distributed was So, 1858 ID.
The largest creditor was the First National
Bank of Chicago, which received S260.36 on its
claim of S4,449.47. The First National Bank
of Glen Rock, Pa, received S24S.66 on its claim
of 81, 244.39.
Tri-Circuit Rally.-At the tri-circuit rally
of Monkton, Hereford and Partition circuits ad-
dresses will be delivered by Revs. DIR. Harry
S. France, Frank G. Porter, w. L. Mcdowell,
and Mr.. Lewis M. Bacon in the afternoon, and
a sermon at night by Rev. ]. M. Slarrow, OF
Madison Square NJ. E. Church, Baltimore A
lunch will be served by the ladies at Is cents.
The rally will take place on Thursday, October
31st, at Monkton NJ. E. Church. Services to
begin at 230 O'Clock.
Dismissed the Petition.-The petition filed
by certain creditors to have the Arthur B.
Nitsch Brick Company, of Baltimore county,
adjudged bankrupts was dismissed on Thurs
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Judge Morris. The case had been on trial sever
al days. Messrs. Dumler & Mooney and Myer
Rosenbush represented the creditors while
Messrs. William Cotton, E. L. Ward and John
s. Biddison appeared for the defendants.
Purchase of a Farm.-Mr. George A.
Smith, who some time ago sold his farm on
the Dulany's Valley pike, near Bosley post
office, has purchased what is known as the
Gail & AK farm, near Providence, three miles
northeast of Towson, for about S35 per acre
The place contains 10 acres and is improved
by new frame house. tenant house, barn
and the necessary outbuildings.
S
AN AssEMBLAGE calling itself 1.-THE Farmers
National Congress" has been in session in
Macon, Ca, aud one Of the speakers who ad
dressed it took the ground that American
parents living in agricultural districts should
train their daughters to do work in the field;
in operating the mower or the harvester or hay
rake or corn-planter' instead of permitting
them to tempt fate "amid the artificial, I'm.
wholesome and dangerous conditions of the
city" Such advice will fall on needless eart
in this country, as it should The American
very Justly objects to his wife and daughters
working in the fields after the fashion of tht
old world. 1t is a species of barbarism and
should not be thought of. The. rural house
wife has enough and oft too much to do in the
home where her duties and opportunities lie.
The perls of city life aregreat for the poor girl
but it is better to struggle against them thar
to become semi-brutalized by hard work in the
fields, as would be the case with womankind
If the Georgia declaration prevails