The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-12-10

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implements, harness, household effects. etc.
Saturday. December II. by Charles E. Weakley,
assignee. on the premises. farm OF 70 acres
near RayVflle. 9th district.
Wednesday. December %, by Martin Forster. on
the Phila. road miles from Baltimora,
horses, mules, wagons, farm and garden I'M
plements. provender, etc.; also.a truck farm
Tuesday, January O. 1905, by William Grason, as
10 the 10th district, on the road from the old
York road to corbett. N. @. r. r.
,ssss...,.ssiF,sie1elRas ttmose
subscriber writes Watch and pray and send
me nice calendar"
- Mr.. Daniel Wilhelm has purchased the
house and lot Of Mrs z. Williams at Price-
viIle 9Th district for $1,000.
- Special precautions should be taken at
this season against the operations OF sneak
thieves and other light fingered gentry:
The UNION is closing the fifty-fift year
ofits existence The seth volume of the paper
will begin with the issue dated January 7th,
1905.
-.The shops are already beginning to take
on holiday air, sure indication that Christ
mas is not far of.
Mr.. George P. Everhart, who several
weeks ago sold his store at MOnkton to Mr.
G. Norris. of Baltimore, has opened store at
Glencoe. N. G R. r.
- Another victim of the free delivery hum
bug writes as follows TO The UNION: Seems
as If don't live where used ~, so have to
change my address" ETC..
"A shooting match for turkeys and chick
ems will take place at Capt. Thomas Browns
Valley Hotel. Dulany's Valley turnpike, on
Thursday, December I'D.
- During the month of November 129
meals were furnished to tramps at the Ba;ti
more county aims house. There are now 81
inmates in that institution.
-If you want pretty calendar for 1900
call at THE UNION Office and get one. These
calendars are too large to be sent through the
mail as they may be crushed.
- Messrs w. Cabell Bruce and John Will
liam Marshall, Baltimore attorneys, are ad
vertising in THE UNION today for James and
Michael Manahan, or their heirs.
- The Volunteer Fire Company OF Marble
HILL 9Th district, will give an oyster supper IN
the Odd Fellows Hall at Cockeysyille, on the
evenings of Decem Der 10Th and 18th.
The water supply has become so scarce 10
some sections of the upper end of this county
that farmers are watering their stock but once
day. Many wells have gone dry entirely.
THE GIyndon Volunteer Fire Company
netted nearly $50 at the oyster supper held
company will be installed next Thursday even
large number of THE UN1oN's ''yellow
slips that went out with last week 8 issue came
back to the Office this week and we expect
hundreds of others to do so before the end Of
1904.
LII the present weather holds until Mon
day next ice cutting will begin in Baltimore
county. Last year some Baltimore county
people secured their ice before Thanksgiving
day.
- Mr.. John Christopher, well-known resi-
dent of the Hartford road, near Cub Hill, has
broken ground for the erection of hotel on
the property formerly belonging to Mr.. Robert
II. Blackburn.
- There is much activity among the Sun
day schools just now preparing for their Christ
mas entertainments. The busy season for old
Santa Claus is near at hand-only two weeks
"A favorite driving horse belonging 10
Mr.. Samuel A. Parks, of EPSON, near Towson.
got loose with the harness ON him on Wednes-
day and becoming entangled in the lines, fell
and broke bis neck.
- For the fiscal year ended June Both last
the rural free delivery service wiped ,l25
pust0tiices off the map in this country Balti-
more county came in for rather more than its
share of this devastation.
Mr. George Bland, of Baltimore, has
rented a building In Texas, N. c. X. r., in
which be will start factory to manufacture
garments for women, and will give employ
ment to a number of persons.
- Don't forget the fact that it is unlawful
to shoot birds and rabbits in Baltimore county
when the ground is covered with snow. The
game wardens are keeping sharp lookout for
violators of this provision of the law.
IA marriage license was granted in Balti-
more on Tuesday to Stanley Pierce Almony
and Bette Almony, both of White Hall. Balti-
Pikesvlle. and Mary A. Gravensiein.
"a public sale that was to have taken
place in this county last Monday had to be
postponed on account of the icy condition Of
the roads. People couldn't reach the place
with smooth horses and had to give 1t up
"A party of Talbot county fox hunters,
numbering &c. with 81 dogs, ran q fox few
days ago % miles and finally denned him in
hollow tree. But five of the huntsmen we're
in at the finish, the others having been lost.
UaN1u an nruu mo tfrtrrl las
Owens, who lives at Beaver Dam, 9Th district,
whiieon his way home. fell 45 feet into quarry
hole and escaped with asprained shoulder and
wrist. The great wonder is that he did not
break his neck.
- The Ladies' Aid Society, of Epworth NJ.
e. Church, Cockeysvlle, has elected the fol
lowing officers Vice president, Mrs Thomas
R. Frantz secretary, Mrs w. Albert Long
assistant, Miss Ella Fisher treasurer, Miss
Nellie 0. Pitts
"A collie dog supposed to have been mad
made things lively around Bentley Springs, N.
@. r. r., last Saturday evening aud Sunday
morning until il was finally killed by Consta-
BILE Hare. Fortunately no one was bitten by
the rabid animal.
Many pleasant notes accompany remit
tances for subscription to The UNION. Here
is sample: II assure you that send you
this with pleasure as your paper is good one
to have in our homes. Wishing you much
prosperity remain" etc.
Subscribers to this paper at Carney. Har-
ford road, formerly received their copies on
Saturday morning. Now, under the new and
highly improved CD system, they do not get
them until Monday. This seems to be reform
ing the postal system back wards
I've havetalked with nearly fifty country
men this week on the subject of rural free de-
livery and not five Of the number expressed
themselves favorably of ii. And yet the Post
office Department continues to force it upon
the people. This seems very strange.
- Miss s. Belle Cockey and her niece. Miss
Daisy Cockey, of "Melrose,n near Jockeys
vile, while driving on the York turnpike
few DAYS ago, were upset over an embankment
caused by the breaking of part Of the harness.
Fortunately they escaped without injury.
joseph R0ystOn, of Butler, while out
cunning with his father, Mr. Wesley ROyston,
= q few DAYS ago, was accidentally shot in the
side of the head by him. They were on oppo-
site sides of a thicket when the accident &C.
CURED. Fortunately the injury was not seri-
Gus.
"A man from the 18th district who came
to T0wson in sleigh on Tuesday said the
sleighing was better, even with such light
snow, than it was any time last winter when
there was so much snow. The roads were in
good shape to receive coating of THE beauti-
full"
- One of THE UNIONS old subscribers came
to the office this week to know why be cid not
receive bill in bis last paper. Finding that
he had already paid several monIh s ahead he
said he would renew his subscription anyway
and did so by paying well along into the year
1906.
THE sixth grade of Franklin High School,
Reisterstown, has organized the Longfellow
Literary Society with the following officers
President, Walter Barnhart; vice president,
Chester Harden secretary and treasurer, Lula
Monroe; critic, Marguerite Roach editor, Oscar
Barns.
-Mr. Walter p Reckord. who has been
managing the Vauxhall Farm of Mr.. Louis NJ.
KeizeT, near Ashland. has purchased the Proc
tor steam grist and feed mill at Cockeysville.
Mr. ReckOrd was for years engaged in the
milling business at Reckord, on the Hartford
turnpike.
The first sleigh of the season made its
appearance on the streets of Towson on Mon
day afternoon, December 9th, and lots OF them
were out on Tuesday. but the warm sun soon
made the going rather bad. 1t was cheerful
however to hear the merry jingle of the bells
once more.
- Mr. Adam r. Smith, manager of Mr.. w.
S. g. Williams Long ireen Valley farm, raised
this season 558 barrels of corn on 80 acres OF