The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-11-28

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- By the last quarterly statement of the
Towson National Bank, which is published in
the advertising columns of THE UNION today.
il is shown that the individual deposits amount
to $349, 7946l. The surplus fund is $50, 900,
while the loans and discounts amount to
S30S, 203.47.
- On Saturday night last Fishers Cornet
Band. of Warren called on States Attorney
elect r. H. Bussey, at his home in Jockeys
vile, and rendered him a complimentary sere-
made. Mr. Bussey provided entertainment for
the band and q number of friends who &C.
companied it.
- Rev. w. w. Shaw. pastor of Govans-
town Presbyterian Church, accompanied by
members of the Y. M. G. A. of that place.
paid visit on THANKSGIVING morning to Tow
son Jail and held short service for the prison
ers. The visitors also provided some good
things for them to eat.
THE six-minute service on the lower end
of the Towson electric railway has greatly re-
lieved the crowded condition of the through
cars and made matters much more comforta-
BILE. The six-minute cars run as far north as
Govanstown between certain hours in the af-
ternooD and evening.
- Another mysterious barn fire sets the
minds of people to thinking about the cause of
these confagrations. An observant person says
that they are largely caused by the careless use
of matches-dropping them on the ground to
There may be something in this.
1.-THE Arlington firebug has been arrested.
He turns out 10 be William Elmer Harr, 8
years old, and his father has bad him commit
ted to st. Mary's Industrial School upon the
charge of being incorrigible. When asked
why he set fire to the stable on Mr.. A. Y. Dol
fields property he said he did it "for fun"
IAN interesting article on THE Manu-
facture of Steel' written by Mr.. John s.
Longnecker, Jr., formerly of Baltimore coun-
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day. The writer is at present connected with
the Westinghouse plant in Pittsburg. He was
formerly employed at Sparrow's Point, Md.
Those who have them are getting their
ice-ponds in order in anticipation OF an early
freeze. Some weather wise people say we are
going to have mild winter, one of their prin-
cipa "signs" being the fact that the nut crop
was uncommonly light this year. So it will
be well to be ready for the first ice that appears.
THE Overland Hunt Clubs point-to-point
race will take place on the Hampton estate,
mile north of Towson on Saturday next, De-
cember 9Th, at 8 r. NJ The distance will be
about 81 miles over fair hunting country.
Entries close next Tuesday and must be made
with Mr.. T. A. B. Dukehart secretary, Towson.
~ Mr.. William II. Riddle, of the 18th dis
trct, State agent for the Halleck cultivator.
has met with remarkable success in the sale OF
these machines throughout Maryland. The
shop in York. Pa, that makes the cultivator
turned out IS, 900 of them last year, showing
the wonderful sale the machine is meeting
with.
1.-The County Commissioners have agreed
with the Northern Central Railway Company
to erect bridge over the company's tracks at
Jessops Crossing, short distance above Ash
land The estimated cost of the work is $751;
600, of which the county agrees to pay $1,000.
Hon. ]. Fred c. Talbot represented the COM
pany.
milo ,orfq m tho Pripo fa
near Cockeysville, took place on Wednesday,
has abandoned farming and will hereafter con-
duct the livery, boarding and exchange stables
at Emilia Park, adjoining Roland Park, which
he lately purchased from Mr.. Granville o.
Wilson.
Several of the newly-elected county off,
Gals, including the Clerk of the Circuit Court,
will assume the duties of their respective posi-
tions next Tuesday. There are many rumors
about the changes4hat will take place in the
Clerks Office, which has large amount of
patronage. but nothing is definitely known on
the outside.
MIR Walter r. Townsend, who was in
Towson on Tuesday, says the disappearance of
wild celery from the Baltimore county rivers
is due to the presence of German carp. He
says these fish destroy the plant by pulling it
up by the roots and eating it. The scarcity of
wild ducks, Mr.. Townsend declares, is due to
the fact that their feeding grounds are being
thus destroyed
"A movement has been started in Towson
to organize golf club here and it is hoped it
NAV succeed. Those at the head of it at pres
ent are Messrs. Osborne /. Yellott and 7.
Scott 0ffutt. 1t is likely the course will be
laid out on the EPSON estate, short distance
north of the town, which is admirably adapted
for the purpose.
-Itis said that the spread of diphtheria in
the 9Th district has been checked and that no
new cases have been reported for several days.
Some say that the state of affairs was much
exaggerated and that there was no truth in
some of the stories that were circulated regard
ing the prevalence of the disease and the fatal
tiles resulting from it.
> Miss Frances Kane, of Long Green Val
ley, won the silver medal in the oratorical con-
test that took place in Calvary Baptist Church,
Towson, few nights ago. There were four
other contestants The medal was donated by
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Miss Kane is a daughter of Mr.. James q.
Kane, well known farmer near Unionville.
pa well known farmer not far from Tow
son, who has taken extra precautions to keep
hunters off, says he has a great many par
tridges on his farm, among them some OF the
birds bred from those Mr.. Harry Malcolm
brought in from the West few years ago.
He says these birds are larger and stronger
flyers than the home-bred birds and harder
to hit.
THE members of the Green Spring VAL
ley Hunt Club who spent several days hunt
brushes home with them. The only mishap
of the week was the taking of an involuntary
bath by Messrs. w. Plunkett Stewart and
Frank Bonsal, their horses having failed to
make good" while attempting to jump a
stream.
- A pug dog, stone blind goes about Tow
son and, apparently, takes as good care of him
self as though he had eyes. One day an cleo
trio car almost caught him, but be Just slipped
out of harms way in time. He plays with
other dogs and unless one knows he is blind
they would not think so from his actions.
His senses of hearing and smell are no doubt
most acute.
MIR. J. Maurice Watkins, ST., this week
presented to the County Commissioners bill
of 5000 for services rendered by him in dis
covering and returning to the Board assess
ments of stocks and bonds which had been
missed by the assessors. The Board objected
to paying this amount, and there was long
dispute. The matter was finally adjusted by
the Board agreeing to pay 1921.
THE trial of G. Ellsworth Upton, of Balti-
more county, indicted with THOMAS w; NC
Gregor, for conspiring to defraud the .. s..
Government in mail pouch transaction, will
begin in the United States District Court in
Baltimore next Monday. District Attorney
John q. Rose will conduct the case for the Gov
eminent. and Messrs VIM. Shepard Bryan ,Jr.,
and A. E. L. Lecky will appear for the defense
"A large collection of excellent photo
graphs of growing crops in Maryland has been
secured by Mr.. W. H. Riddle, of Baltimore
county, to be shown by Mr.. William l..
Amoss in the Maryland exhibit at the coming
Exposition in st. Louis. Several of the pic
lures were taken on the Sheppard-Pratt Hos
pital farm, adjoining Towson, and show o
beautiful field of alsike clover, with the farm
manager, MIR. Thomas j. Lea, standing in the
midst of the luxuriant growth.
Church Cornerstone Laid.-The corner
stone of Hull Memorial Christian Church. at
Lansdowne, 18th district was laid Thursday
afternoon by Howard Lodge No 101, A. F. & A.
NJ, of Elkridge Music for the occasion was
furnished by the Nichols Military Band, of
Mount Winans. Mrs. c. w. Hull rendered a
solo. A. Bible. history of the church, re-
ligious papers, wine and corn, and poem
written by Mr.. ]. W. Wachter brother
of Hon. Frank @. Wachter, were sealed in
the stone by Mr. 2. Householder, acting Mas
Master of the lodge.
The principal address was delivered by Rev.
Peter Ainslie, pastor of the Calhoun Street
Christian Church. The following cergymen
also made addresses Rev. o. q. White, of
Huntingdon Avenue Christian Church Rev.
B. A. Abbott, of Riverside Church Rev. s. R.
Maxwell, of the Methodist Episcopal Confer