The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-17


that have for years been coming to house IN
Towson, again put in their appearance last
Saturday and it is likely they viii remain and
build in the spring. Where they come from
so suddenly and mysteriously no one seems
to be able to explain.
- The Comptroller of the Currency has APP
proved the application for the establishment
of the Farmers National Bank at The Rocks,
Maryland & Pennsylvania r. r., with CAPT
tai of S25, 900. Among those who signed the
application are Messrs. Edward l.. Oldheld,
Howard STREET. and ]. r. Ramsay.
- Monday night last was one of the cold.
est experienced in Towson in some years and
at O'Clock on Tuesday morning the mercury
registered 5 degrees. The high wind that pre-
vailed during the night was a disagreeable
feature of the cold snap that came with sud-
denness that was almost alarming.
- Mr.. Samuel M Shoemaker, of Burn
side," Green Spring Valley, has added to his
herd the imported Guernsey bull Merry Anton,
a superior animal of exceptionally fine breed
ing. His sire was May Day and his dam had
a record of Sc lbs. of milk in one day, and 1874
lbs. of her milk yielded 69.1 lbs. of butter fat.
THE house on the property Of Mr..
Joshua Parsons, on the Reisterstown road,
near Mt. Hope Retreat, made narrow escape
from destruction by fire few mornings ago.
The prompt response and good work OF the
Pikesville Chemical Engine Company and the
Volunteer Fire Company of the same place
were all that saved it.
MIR Osborne l. Yellott, counsel to the
County Commissioners, has given an opinion
that DR.. George W. Everhart of the LIST dis
trct who is member OF the House of Dele
gates, is not eligible to appointment as one of
the road commissioners of that district He
says it would be in violation of the Constitu-
ton for the DR.. to hold two offices.
THE rail mills of the Maryland Steel
Company's plant at Sparrow's Point shut
down last Monday on account of the scarcity
80 rol ~ IF he W of
Steeton, Pa, are also idle from the same
cause and thousands of men are now in en-
forced idleness. This is most serious matter,
especially at this season of the year.
cson n he SH case IL 1aFe Elmer Goo
ney, against the Mt. Washington Copper Com
pany. overruling the exceptions to the sale OF
the company's property by Mr.. Cook as attor-
ney under mortgage. The property was sold
for $4,000 and some of the stockholders, by
Mr.. o. Parker Baker, attorney, excepted to
the sale.
- County Commissioners Knox and Slade
on Friday of last week paid an official visit to
Glyndon, 4th district, accompanied by Mr..
James E. Green, chief clerk and auditor.
After looking into several matters connected
with the village the visitors were given an in
formal reception at the home of Mrs. John T..
Marshall, president of the Woman's Club of
Glyndon.
Mr.. S. t. Ford, the famous Southern
Gator of negro character, will give one of his
attractive entertainments at Vernon Church.
near White Hall, N. G. R. r.. Wednesday
evening, January 21st, at o'clock. A special
rate of 10 cents for public school children of
all grades has been fixed, and this should at
tract many of them.
- Horses do things sometimes that are diff
fcult to explain. Notwithstanding the fact
that last Monday night was intensely cold
with piercing wind, driving mare owned
by Towson man united herself in her stall
opened two doors and let herself out. A
neighbor, whose business requires him to be
up early, found the mare in the alley near her
stable and put her away.
- There was another shortage of coal in
Towson this week that occasioned no little in
convenience and some discomfort. 1t is said
now by some who pretend to know that there
will be no permanent relief this winter The
men who are responsible for the present state
of affairs will surely have to answer in the
future for the suffering they are causing among
the people of the country.
- The package of THE UNION intended for
Brooklandvile. which should have reached
that office last Saturday morning, did not ar
rive at its destination until Monday. The
paper has a large number of subscribers
through that section and naturally there were
many complaints when it failed to arrive on
time. We wish to say that the fault is en-
tirely with the postal authorities.
- The first Farmers Institute in Baltimore
county will be held at Cockeysville next Tues
day, January Goth. commencing at 10 A. NJ.
Ladies are especially invited to attend the af-
ternoon and evening sessions. Addresses by
Mr.. s. II. Todd, Mr.. F. A. Converse and Miss
f. s. Jacobs. The subject of the latter will
be, Garden vegetables and how to cook them. !"
Admission will be free to all and there should
be large attendance.
Some farmers who had much of their
corn standing in shock in the field at the end
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they could not husk it all themselves and were
unable to hire help to get the work done. This
problem of farm labor is getting to be a serious
one for the tiller of the soil to solve. The
question is often asked, What has become of
the men WIG foEmsEly M9yksd 29 tae farms
- Mr.. Frank l. Wheeler, of Towson, this
week received from the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York, beautiful and costly
gold watch and chain, which was offered as a
prize by the company to the agent writing the
largest amount of business in Maryland in 1902.
In view of the fact that the company has
about one hundred agents in this State Mr..
Wheeler's success is all the more marked, an d
he is receiving the congratulations of his
friends.
Public sales of farm stock and imple-
ments have already commenced in Baltimore
county, as will be seen by reference to the adj
vertising columns of THE UNION. There are
likely to be many of them in the next four
1uOubuo OWlDS " LuO oCdIClJy VI ldTIu ldDOT
and the high price of provender not few
farmers are retiring from the business. If you
want to know who is going to sell you must
consult the columns of this paper. To have
we'll attended and successful sale it must be
advertised in THE UNION.
- There will be many changes among Bal
timore county tenant farmers next spring and
some are already preparing to 'fit." Mr..
Thomas O'Keefe, who has been on the farm of
Mr.. Edward s. Peerce, in Dulany's Valleys,
will take the Talbot farm, near Timonium,
and Mr.. Joseph ]. Osborne, who has been
renting one of the Ridgely farms, near Luth.
erville, will sell out on Tuesday, January Goth,
and retire from the business. Mr.. John A.
Burnham, of Pikesville, will also sell on the
20th and abandon farming.
"a Towson young lady, while in Balti-
more few days ago, missed her pocket book,
containing si4. while in Iunch-room. She
made inquiry there and telephoned to other
places where she had been, but nothing was
heard of it. Then she came home fully con-
WINGED that the money was gone. Her father
gave her So to assist in assuaging her grief, and
little later telephone message came from
the lunch-room that the purse had been found
by gentleman and handed to the cashier,
who was ready to return it intact.
Justice of the Peace Makes an Odd De-
cision.--Justice Neumayer of Gardenville,
on Saturday last announced his decision in
TIC bulI lusIlIuLcu ny (OuuLy OOnulSSIOHeT
Charles II. Knox against the members of the
Hamilton Volunteer Fire Company, at Hamil-
ton, Hartford road. He holds that the evidence
in the case conclusively showed gross irregl-
larities on the part of the management of the
contest and gave judgment of mol pros.
The decision is another chapter in the con-
test waged over the question, Who is the most
popular man? The Hamilton Volunteer Fire
Company held fair at Lauraville early in
November, at which one of the features was a
voting contest to decide the momentous prob
lem mentioned, the prize being silk umbrella.
The two contestants were Mr.. Knox and Major
Thomas B. Catch. When the votes had been
counted the judges declared Major Catch TO be
the winner, Mr.. Knox protested, claiming
that recount of the votes would show a large
majority in his favor. The decision Of the
judges stood, however, whereupon Mr.. Knox
brought suit against the company.
WHAT A LAWYER THINKS OF THE DECISION
Mr.. William G. Smith, member of the Bal
timore bar reviewing the decision of Justice
Neumayer had the following to say about it /:
1T looks very much as though the Squire was
trying to carry water on both shoulders and
was endeavoring not to offend either of the
parties to the suit. The entry of mol pros. in
the present instance is ridiculous. Nolpros. is
a term used in criminal proceedings and is a
record entry that the prosecutor does not care
to proceed further in the particular case. 1t is