The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-04-04


Eicholtz, and others.
The meeting of the lyceum on Tuesday night
was well attended and the program was much
enjoyed. Il.
Monkton, N. G. R. R.--The month of
March has been remarkable one. We have
experienced no high winds, which we generally
do at this season of the year. We had a soak
Ma March was s1 going out like lion. but It Was
quite different, as March went out fine and
April came in like summer day.
On last Wednesday and Friday mornings
two large hocks of wild geese went over this
section. One contained III and the other 113.
Several shots were fired at them as they passed,
but none of them, however, were brought to
the ground. good marksman with rifle
could have knocked some of them.
The residence of Mr.. j. Winfield Shepperd,
of Corbett took fire last Monday morning in
one of the chimneys, and it was over two
hours before the fire was gotten under control.
Mr.. Shepherd says the only thing that saved
his house was the downpour of rain.
Arbor day was observed by Monkton school
literary exercises and planting of trees being
the program of the day
Mrs. Charles Barton, of Monkton, is sick at
this time
Mr.. W. Royston Matthews, of Monkton, has
sold nearly $500 worth of clover seed this
spring.
horned last week by DR.. Edgar Almony, of
Shawsville. The number of cows dehorned
was 1922
Miss Grace Bosley, of Monkton, entertained
the White Hall Social Club last Saturday even
ing. Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam E. Norris, Mrs. Laura Hutchins. Misses
Mildred Remare, Mabel Miller, Nellie Perdue,
Bessie Parrish, Luella Norris, Maud Elliott,
Bertha Elliott, Anna Norris, Messrs. Scott Bos-
ley, Allan Sparks, John W; BosIey, Harry
Matthews, Malcolm Little, W. G. Hunter, c.
w. Hendrix, Sidney Street,, W. P. Bosley,
Roger Perdue, Willard Black, Lewis Remare
and Norris Hendrix. S.
Randallstown, I'd District.-Some i'm
provements are being made in the neighbour
hood and these always deserve words Of com
mendation Among these is the removal of
the old blacksmith shop on the property of
Mr.. B. John Black. The occupant, Mr.. j. D.
| Sudman, was obliged to move his quarters to
another part of Mr.. Blacks property and is
now located on the corner of what is known
as the Liberty road and Offutt's lane
Wednesday of this week having been All
Fools Day the funny fellow had au oppor-
tunity to play some of his pranks on his I'M
suspecting friends The day was beautiful
and was much enjoyed on account of the real
spring temperature that prevailed.
| Miss Elizabeth McGlennon, whose home is
near this place, has been sick four weeks with
a very severe attack of typhoid fever.
On and after the LIST of May the rural carrier
at this place will be obliged to cover additional
| territory which will add about II miles to his
route making total of % miles. g.
| Arlington, Sd District.-The funeral of
Mr.. James K. Marks, keeper of the station
house at Arlington, who died on Sunday, 10Th
| ult, took place from his late home, on the
Kesterstown ROAD. on tuesday Rev. IL p: d:
Baltimore Cemetery.
Tba polf &C
Church South has returned Rev. J. R. Andrews
to the church at this place. 1t is also expected
that Rev. E. H. Lamar will return to the M.
E. Church here.
The new Lutheran Church at this place pre-
sents neat and attractive appearance. 1t is
not completed yet, however.
| The first of April brought beautiful weather
spring day. A.
Baltimore City's Water Supply-At a
meeting of the Woman's Suffrage Club of Bal
| timore, held few days ago, Mr.. A. NJ. Quick,
president of the Water Board. made an adj
dress on 1.-THE Purity of Our Water Supply"
| Among other things he said:
| There are only two diseases to be contrac-
ted from the water supply-cholera and ty-
| phoid fever. There is no cholera here, and ty
phoid fever is the only illness that might pos
sibly be traced to the water But from expert
ments made on river water in other cities it
has been demonstrated that the typhoid germ
cannot live in fresh water longer than three
weeks, and it is rapidly killed off by sunlight
and the absence of impurities in the water.
| There is hardly possibility of typhoid germs
being introduced into the supply from the
| watersheds, ON account of the precautions taken
to prevent it. but if a few of them get there
| they will never be able to live long enough in
the comparatively pure water to reach our
| houses. On the way they will have to pass
| through several storage reservoirs, and, as
matter of fact, typhoid germs are not found in
the water that is delivered in the city. The re-
| suits of an investigation made by myself some
| time ago showed that Go per cent. of the ty-
| phoid cases at that time were contracted by
| the patients outside of the city or from outside
| sources, and the other So per cent. could not
| be traced to the water supply
What the Road Will Cost.-The estimated
cost of constructing the electric railway from
| Towson to Cockeysville-the distance being 81
| miles-is $64, 400, and the approximate cost of
| the power-house and car equipment is placed
at $11 900, making the total cost $40, 600.
| In circular letter issued this week the in
| corporators say ITO meet the operating ex-
pense, and to provide for a moderate divi-
| dend upon the capital, it will only be neces-
sary for each car on one trip to carry from
| to full fare passengers. While any exact
prediction as to amount of travel may properly
| be considered futile, yet careful study of the
situation, looking to Towson as the county
| seat, the County Fair at Tmonium, the
| churches, the number of inhabitants of the
or villages in touch with this road, and also
| of the surrounding country, and the fact of
| the natural improvement of any section of
country traversed by electric railway, from
actual consideration of the subject, and from
| actual statements of reliable residents along
the road it is safe to say that this requirement
| of numbers for each trip will not only be pos
| sible, but entirely practicable. 1t can also be
| cfot o6 of fraiOht txuiH ho do
| with Gathers Express Company, which will
| materially increase the income of our road"
Articles Destroyed That Cannot be Re-
| placed.-The fire that destroyedthe new home
| of Mr.. John Rush STREET., in Mt. Washington,
as stated in The UNION of last week, caused a
loss of about $4,000 some $1,000 OF which
falls upon Mr.. STREET.. The greatest losses were
| heirlooms which had been possessed by the
late Mr.. W. w. Busted, of Centreville, Md,
| father of Mrs. STREET.. The entire library,
| which was of the most valuable character, was
lost, as well as antique pieces of furniture of
| great value on account of family connections.
| A mahogany sideboard that had been in the
| family six generations, and which was a most
handsome piece of workmanship, was de-
| stroyed, as well as many valuable pieces of
old green India china and silver services and
silverware which had belonged to the family
| for years.
1t will be remembered that Mr. and Mrs.
! Street, were just moving into the house from
their farm in Hartford county and not all their
furniture had arrived when the fire occurred.
| The house was in charge of colored man at
| the time and he was obliged to jump from an
| upstairs window to save his life.
| Got Verdict for Damages. Circuit
| Court here was occupied two days this week in
| the trial of the suit of Grace Jackson, who is
less than 10 years of age, against Mr.. James
| G. Kane, well known farmer of Long Green
Valley for 10000 damages for Injuries received
! while employed by the plaintiff in assisting in
| taking wood away from a saw operated by
horse power. The girl testified that she STUN
bled over piece of wood and one of her feet
came in contact with the saw, inflicting injuries
which made it necessary to have her toes am
putated. Mr.. Kane had his saw erected in the
court room and explained how it. was operated
and testified that he was at loss to know how
the girls foot was injured. He said that
he had taken every precaution against acct
dents. The jury, after being locked up all
night, brought in verdict for $500 for the
plaintiff Messrs John T. and John S. Ensor
were attorneys for Mr.. Kane and Messrs J.
NJ. Kronbeimer and w. Gill Smith represented
the plaintiff.