The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-02-28

opportunity later, have had their fears aliayeu::
The freeze of last week made the pest ice VI
the year. being from to 8inches in thlcB ness;
Mr. Allen Stevenson had contracts to MI
several houses and he got through with the
work in time, cutting the ice from MS large
pond in Mill Hollow. =,
The Improvements which Mr.. M. NJ. Smith
is making to his house, including remooenng
and an addition, will soon be finished. Wnen
completed this will be among the f1nest houses
in the neighborhood 1t will have new water
arrangements and complete steam nesune
apparatus The improvements Will cost from
five to seven thousand dollars. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith, who have been occupying cottage IN
Sherwood Park, have returned from ten
DAYS visit to Atlantic City,. -.
Miss Lawrence, of this place. met with an
! accident a few DAYS ago while skating, which
| has since caused her severe pain IN one OF ner
limbs She was taken to Baltimore for treat.
ment and it is said her condition IS somewhat
| improved. Miss Lawrence IS granuoaugnier
of Mr. Charles P. Knight, with wnom sne
lives.
Mr.. BENJAMIN Burns has secured the con-
/ tract IN rebuild the house of Mr.. Carroll Bates
BIick. at Lake Roland, that was destroyed by
fire some time ago. Mr.. Burns was former
resident of this place, but now lives at MI
Washington.
Mr.. George W. Ewing whose home, about
mile west Of this place, was totally oestroysu
by fire on Thursday morning OF last weeh,
will begin rebuilding as soon as the Weatner
will permit. The new house VIII pe a iaiSe
and costly one. Mr.. Ewing and MS FAMILY
are at presen. in Baltimore.
The Towson chemical fire engine, while on
its way to answer the alarm turned IN 1or tne
fire at Mr.. Ewing's, got stuck in snow GRIT
near Hunts Church and was unable to reach
the scene of the fire.
Mr.. Benjamin Vanhorn, Jr. who is now
railroad ticket agent at Sparrow's Point, spent
last Sunday here with his parents:
DR.. H. Burton Stevenson, of this place. has
returned from business trip to New YORK
| city.
The sudden changes in the weather has been
! the cause of much sickness in the neigbbOr-
] hood, grip and bad colds being the principal
| ailments. There were also many cases of
measles and DR.. Stevenson has been kept on
| the go almost constantly.
| James H. Boyd Sherwood boy, who is on
| the u. S. s. Atlanta, writes to his parents here
that his ship has been cruising in all the South
| American countries for the past two years.
| He says his squadron left Brazil about the mid
| die of September and arrived in the West In
| dies some time in December to take part in the
| great naval drill that took place there. About
| 40 U. S. warships were engaged in this display
and he says the sight was the most grand he
ever expects to see. After this the Atlanta
Orleans. where she now is Young Boyd has
been in the service nearly four years and is
now mail carrier aboard his ship. 7.
PnoeniX, NJ y. II. R.-1t is q pretty gOOd
sign that our nation is not an ungrateful one
when we consider that every school child in
the land, or at least large portion of the
school children of America, must perforce
know well when the birthday of ''the father
OF his country" occurs Audit was an admira-
BILE and important movement on the part OF
our school principals when special and public
exercises were instituted for the day preceding
the holiday of the 22d of February. The
more familiar one becomes with the history of
great men, and our particularly great men,"
the better.
Considerable interest is being manifested in
the Christian Endeavor movement in this
village and vicinity and the society hopes to
increase its membership materially during the
next few months. The Christian Endeavor
Society is simply an organized effort to lead
the young people to Christ and into His church,
to establish them firmly in the faith, and to
give them something to do in the Masters
vineyard. The Baltimore County G. e. Con-
vention is scheduled to be held at Phoenix the
latter part of spring, the exact date of which
has not yet been fixed.
Several cases of measles have developed dur
ing the past week, but none are reported seri-
ously ill. II,
Council, No. 160 Jr. U. U. A. NJ, of this place,
held its annual jubilee on Friday night Feb
ruary Goth, which was largely attended by the
members and few invited guests. After the |
regular business OF LDB evening Qdu Ue6U us
posed of refreshments were served in abun- |
dance and some time was spent in social inter
course There were several addresses by the |
members and visitors. This Council has an |
active membership and its meetings are well
attended. Its financial affairs are in excellent |
shape. There is still room for more members
and young men of the right stamp will be al
ways welcome.
The last snow afforded very good sleghing |
and many of our people took advantage OF it
and were out on runners. Some of the roads |
were entirely blocked to travel by the drifts
and on the 18th instant large delegation from |
this neighborhood turned out and shoveIed |
usual route and take to the fields.
Mr. and Mrs. e. S. W. Choate. of this dis |
trict, have gone to Ithaca, New York, to see |
their son, who is sick with typhoid fever. |
He is a student at Cornell University. where |
that disease has been raging
Many people in this section are suffering !
from grip and the physicians have their hands
full. M.
that fell last week afforded fine sleighing for
those who are fond of the sport
The new house Of MIR. Mullen is nearing
completion and he and his family expect 10
occupy it about March 10Th.
Mrs. A. W. Wooden fell on the ice last week
and bruised her knee very seriously, but at
present she is slightly improved.
Mrs. J. Clark and Mr.. W. Clark, who were |
very sick with grip, are much improved DR..
James H. Wilson attended them,
Cora Tinker, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs, J.
E. Tinker, is out again, after a very stubborn
case of pertonitis.
A fair and oyster supper will be held at
Woodensburg public school, Friday and Sat-
urday evenings, March 9Th and 18th. Supper
Is and 25 cents. All cordially invited to at
tend. The proceeds are for the benefit of the
school,
Mrs Worrel, who lives near Westminster,
is visiting her son, Mr.. Asa Worrel, of this
place.
Misses Mamie Longnecker and Carrie Buck
ingham visited friends at this place last week. |
Messrs. Spencer Akehurst and Jeddie Quicker
and Misses Longnecker and Carrie BuckiDg-
ham went on sleighing party last Sunday:
Mrs. G. w. Clifton has returned from visit
to friends in Baltimore. E.
Fork, 18th District.--The Fork Literary
and Debating Society, after good rest, was re-
organized last Saturday night at Shirley Hall.
Meetings will be held every Saturday until af-
ter the middle of May. good program was
rendered in which talent from a distance took
part. The debate, Resolved, that the U. S.
Government should subsidize its merchant |
marine" was conducted by R. S. Licking and
G. e. Snavely, on the affirmative and E. r.
Halle and Edward Colgan, on the negative.
The affirmative won, the negative side failing
to bring out the fact that while other nations
have subsidized their merchant vessels, we
have grown to be the recognized leading nation
without paying any bonus money to our mer-
chant vessels, a proof positive that we should
not do so. Mr.. William ] Davis is president |
of the society; Mr.. Elmer Halle, secretary and
treasurer, and Miss Ida e. Dilworth, editor of
Rustic InteligenceF." the societys paper.
Mr. Clarence Baldwin had sale of his
farming implements and stock on Monday and |
is going to Parkersburg, w. Va, to engage in
the cattle business. His friends regret his
leaving.
Mr. and Mrs Leonard Foard, of Jenkins,
Long Green Valley, celebrated the fifteenth |
anniversary of their marriage few nights
ago and pleasantly entertained number of
their friends r.
Long Green, 18th DisGrict.-The meeting
of the lyceum on Tuesday night was well at
tended notwithstanding the bad condition of
the roads. The question debated was: Re
solved. that more knowledge can be obtained
by education than by travel" Affi rmative,
Charles Burke and L. Bryan; negative God
frey Kolk and A. Mumma The judges deci-
ded in favor of the latter.
Miss Barbara E Malonee, principal of the
public school at this place, is confined to her