The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-10-17

line divorce business Is gr0W1ngln Balu
more city, new cases being instituted almost
every day.
- owing to the bad weather of last Satur-
day the football game between the Towson and
Clifton teams did not take place.
- Church oyster suppers are now the order
of the day and the ladies are working earnest
ty to capture few well-earned dollars.
->Plans are being DIR avn for new station
house at Rogers Station on the Green Spring
Branch of the Northern Central Railway.
- While cutting off corn few days ago
Mr. Edward Henderson, of the 7th district,
severed an artery in his leg with the knife.
- Work on the fine new bank building IN
Cockeysville is progressing satisfactorily. 1t
will not be ready for occupancy until next
> John Hess and John Thomas have
been commissioned by the Governor as addi-
tional deputy game wardens for Baltimore
county.
-Ata meeting of the Gardeners Club on
Monday night the president, Mr.. Richard Vim
cent, Jr., of Baltimore county, read paper
on "Dahlias."
->ln the class for heavy weight hunters
and jumpers at the Richmond horse show on
Thursday Mr.. Robert NJ. Taylor's Gray Rock
won third prize.
MIR. Tn omas Deford, of Baltimore coun-
ty, had number of entries at the Richmond
horse show this week and won a good per-
centage of prizes.
IA facsimile of the ballot to be voted at
the coming election will be published in The
UNION next week. 1t will have upwards OF
sixty names on it.
AT the two sittings of the registration
officers in Towson $50 new names were added
to the lists and less than half that number
were stricken off.
->Towson is being we'll canvassed just now
for the sale of tickets for church suppers, ba-
Ears, etc.. and it requires no small amount Of
cash to go around.
1.-THE election will take place two weeks
from next Tuesday-November Sd. The cam.
paign is now at its height and matters political
are decidedly warm.
The rain storm of Friday of last week
did great deal of damage to the roads in some
sections of this county. 1t is rarely that we
experience such a rain.
THE Prohibition party of Maryland fail
ed to file their nomination papers in time,
hence there will be no State candidates of that
party to vote for this year.
- The Junior Mission of Calvary Baptist
Church, Towson, will celebrate Maryland Day
and the interest of State missions, on Sunday
October 18th, at 8 O'Clock P. NJ.
81 Mr.. John M. Dunning, of Cummings
Towson and Baltimore express, had his right
leg seriously injured on Monday by wheel of
one of his wagons running over it.
- THE home of the late Edgar E. Burns, at
Graystone, N. G. K. R., has been sold by the
trustees to Mr.. Charles l.. Almony for 81 ,175.
1t has about two acres of land attached.
= AT the request of Mr.. Joseph Sandman
Mr.. q. Householder and other citizens the
County Commissioners will establish fire.
alarm system at st. Denis, 18th district.
1.-The Glen-Arm and Long Green Republic
can Club will meet for reorganization at Glen
Arm Saturday night, October 18th, at o clock.
Several speakers have been invited to be
present.
"a Band of Mercy has been organized at
the public school at Verona, 9TH district, with
DR.. +. g Mitchell, president; Lawrence Ensor,
secretary, and Miss Mary B. NJ. Mitchell,
treasurer.
THE Republicans of the 10th district will
hold meeting at Wesleys Hall, Sunnybrook,
this Saturday. evening at o'clock. Several
speakers and number of the candidates will
be present.
- The wind storm at Sparrow's Point was
so violent last week that it blew most of the
water out of the river, the bottom being visible
in many places. The gale is said to have been
1.-The fine new Catholic Church in Tow
son, when lighted at night, presents beauti-
full appearance. 1t is the handsomest and most
expensive church in Maryland outside of Bal
timore city
> The Bishops Guild of Trinity Church,
Towson, will hold a rummage sale in the
Cooper building, York road and Pennsylva-
MIA aveneue, on the evenings of October 3d.
23d and oath.
> The meeting of the Junior Gunpowder
Agricultural Club held last Saturday at the
home of Mr.. Laban Sparks, in the 10th dis
trict, was the twenty-ninth anniversary of that
the names on the tickets in order to assist
them, in marking their ballots when they
enter hhe election booth. 1t is long ticket to
mark this year.
- Ain ARRANGEMENTS are completed for the
erection OF, a new church at Gatch's appoint
ment on Great Falls Circuit, and it is hoped to
have it ready for dedication during the coming
Christmas holidays.
MIR. Charles ]. Bonaparte will address a
citizens meeting in the Town Hall, Roland
Park, on Wednesday evening, October 2Sth.
Messrs. John S. Ensor and James E. Ingram,
Jr., will also speak.
- Lydia, the S-year old daughter of Mr..
Henry Eicholtz, who lives near Phoenix, died
on Wednesday night after two days illness
from diphtheretic Group. The child was in
school when taken sick. .
->The Republican Executive Committee of
Baltimore county will have thousands Of SAM
pie ballots printed and distributed throughout
the county in order that voters may post them
selves before election day.
Sample ballots can be obtained upon ap-
plication at THE UNION Office. Those who may
be in doubt about being able to mark their
ballots correctly should obtain copies of these
and study them carefully.
THE new Park Board of Baltimore city
is chopping off the heads of employees at a
lively rate. Twenty-six had to go on Tuesday
and this is pretty hard considering the fact
that winter is almost here.
1.-THE Ekridge Hunt Club will have a
meet this Saturday afternoon, at Park
Heights avenue and 7-Mile lane, at P. NJ.
The Green Spring Valley Club will meet at
Owings' Mills, at 2 30 P. NJ.
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cense fee of $40 before be can gun in Balti-
more county, but it seems little attention is
paid to the law. The game wardens should be
more watchful in this matter.
1.-THE corner stone of Grace Evangelical
Lutheran Church, on the Hartford road, will
be laid next Sunday afternoon at $50 o'clock.
The ceremonies were postponed from last Sun
day on account of bad weather.
1.-THE public school building at Highland
town is much overcrowded and new build
ing will be asked for before the next levy is
made. In the meantime temporary quarters
for the overflow must be secured.
1.-The Republican Campaign Club at Eklo,
9th district, passed a series of resolutions at
its last meeting that are well worth being
carefully read. They are published in the
local columns of THE UNION today.
- Many of the men who wereI'' sworn
off, at the Towson precincts of the 9th district
were reinstated this week. Some of these
men udQ llNcu III 1OWoOA oil luclI lives anu
had never been away from here month.
There will be but one name on the off,
cial ballot this year for Associate Judge of the
Third Judicial Circuit--Mr. George L. Van
Bibber of Hartford county. The Republicans
declined to make a nomination for this Office.
They have what they call walking bar
rooms" in Belair. That is men go around with
bottles of whisky in their pockets and sell il
out by the drink. Belair is local option
town, but it can't be very dry" if reports be
true.
ton held its regular monthly meeting on
Thursday afternoon in the rooms of the Y. NJ
G. A. of GovaDstown. Several papers were
read, which were discussed by those in atten-
dance.
- Messrs Hoffman Bros, who have given
up farming, will sell all the stock, implements,
provender, &c. on their farm near knoebel
postoffice, on Wednesday next, October 2lst
The family has gone to Baltimore for the
winter.
> A young owl made his appearance in the
office of the School Board on Tuesday and, ap
parently, made himself perfectly at home. AS
the owl is supposed to be the bird of learning
this one selected very proper place to locate
in Towson.