The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-11-12

lew vaIuabIe furniture and household goods.
Monday. December 5, by Henry G. Weaver, at
torney. on the premises, three lots ana I'M
provements in Highlandtown.
- Now get ready for Thanksgiving day and
give us a rest on politics:
- The oyster supper held lately by Marble
Lodge /. D. o. F., of ockeysyille, netted nearly
w New corn was sold at public sale in
Baltimore county few days ago at $3.50 a
The weather man treated us very well
on election day and if the vote was small it
was not bis fault.
Sunday. Surely 1t must be good law that can
produce such result.
- The 4th Of March. 1905, will fall on satur-
day--a good day to go to Washington to see
TEDDY" inaugurated.
ITS in order TO begin thinking about
Christmas gifts now. That festive season Will
be here before we know it.
- People are still buying trespass notices,
and it looks as though they had entered upon
q real crusade against prowling gunners.
- The rain that began about noon on Thurs
day was greatly needed in this section OF Mary
land. none having fallen in many weeks.
- Cheer mp, cheer up friends. Things are
not so bad as they would seem at first glance.
You still have plenty of ground to stand on.
- The "Itold-you SOS" were out in force on
Wednesday. It's astonishing how many men
there are who know things-after they occur.
- The public school on Chestnut Ridge,
9Th district was closed this week because of
the prevalence Of diphtheria in the neighbor-
hood.
- Church oyster suppers are now the thing
and it is astonishing the number OF dollars they
manage to extract from the pockets of the
people.
- The spectators are already getting ready
for THANKSGIVING. Live turkeys sold at whole
sale in BaItimore this week at ID to 10 cts. q
- Two T0Wson sportsmen tramped over Is
miles last Saturday and saw but one rabbit.
Why they allowed that one to escape they did
- Mr.. Samuel P. Townsend, who died in
Baltimore few days ago at the ageof SO years,
was at one time a resident of Glyndon, Balti-
more county.
- Those good people who didn't swallow
Swallow last Tuesday are feeling pretty good
today. A man don't like to throw his vote
away all the time.
- The directors of the Towson National
Bank, al their meeting this week, declared a
semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent, clear OF
State and county taxes.
- A little son of Mr.. Samuel Ensor, who
lives near Butler, was scalded 20 badly few
days ago by upsettlng pot Of hot tea over itself
that it died from the burns.
Mrs Mary v. Scott has sold her farm of
50 acres, situated on the Reisterstown road, 4th
district, to Mr.. Edward Stinson for $50, 900.
Fireplace is well improved.
Catholic Church at Towson was tried last Sun
day for the first time and worked to the salts
faction of the pastor, Rev. M. O'Keefe.
- Election day gunners were conspicuous
by their absence this year. They were evil
IDENTIFY afraid Of the fine and costs they would
have to pay in the event of their arrest.
->Mr. Beal Cavey, the Oldest farmer in
Howard county, died at his home at Wood
stock on Saturday night last, in his 89th year.
He was widely known and highly esteemed.
->The ladies of Poplar NJ. P. Church, near
Warren. will hold an oyster supper in the hall
in that village, on Friday and Saturday even
ings, November 18th and 10th. Supper % cts.
- The health of this section of Baltimore
county has been remarkably good this year.
There has been very little sickness of any kind
and fevers have been of the rarest occurrence.
- Mr.. Francis T. Homer has sold SO acres
Of land at Bayview to the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company for about S21, 900. 1t is said the
company will convert the purchase into freight
yards.
tell who died in Baltimore on Tuesday, at the
age of rs years, was the mother of Mr.. Arthur
c. Montell, cashier of the Catonsville National
Bank.
IA stable on the property of Mr.. William
Upps, on the Shell road 18th district, was
burned few days ago causing loss of 5000.
Atramp is supposed to have accidentally set the
building on fire.
Some Baltimore county Silver Democrats
who declined to vote for Parker because of his
telegram to the st. Louis convention, cast their
ballots on Tuesday for the Populist nominee,
Tom" Watson.
-Mr. Joshua K. Richardson. Of the 10th
district, had IA acres of corn this season that
averaged II barrels to the acre. The corn crop
generally throughout that section of the county
was uniformly good.
MIR. Samuel X. Smith, of Baltimore
county is named as one of the incorporators
OF the Gangnagle- Maasch Meat Company that
was organized in Baltimorea few days ago With
a capital stock of $4,000.
"a young married woman in Towson, of
strong Democratic proclivities, was preparing
on Tuesday for big bonfire on Wednesday
night. She didn't have it, but it wouldn't be
safe to ask her the reason.
- The sale of the Groom ice cream manu-
featuring plant in Towson, together with horses
mules. wagons, etc., will take place on Tues
day, November 10Th. Mr.. J. Frank Supplee
Jr., is the trustee in bankruptcy.
- The Pimlico race meeting brought the
rain all right, but not until four days of the
sport had been reeled off. But races of this
class go rain or shine, and therefore the pro-
gress of the meeting was not checked.
THE Ladies' Aid Society of North Point
M. E. Church South will hold an oyster sup
per in the old church, on the North Point road,
Mrs. William r. Lynch is president of the So
ciety.
IA voter at one of the Towson precincts
went the limit on Tuesday. He marked his
ballot for Mr.. Charles ]. Bonaparte, head of the
Republican electoral ticket, and for Hon. J.
Fred. @. Talbot, Democratic nominee for Con-
gress.
- Towson honsekeepers are now going to
the Baltimore intelligence offices to secure do
nestle help. There appears to be plenty of
idle women and girls here but they are not
seeking employment, and even If they got il
they would be useless.
- County Commissioner Yeilott has wisely
expressed q wish that as much hard material
as possible be used on the public roads. The
Old methods of alleged road mending in this
county should be abandoned for good and all.
It simply meant waste of money.
- Three letters received at the Towson pos
tai station last Sunday morning were addressed
TO Judge Alton B. Parker, Henry g. Davis and
Hon. ]. +. G. Talbot. They were all addressed
ia the same handwriting. The letters were
forwarded to their proper addresses.
- Judging from the many applications to
The UNION Office for copies of the game law
the people of Baltimore county must be becom-
ing familiar with its provisions. This is well
as such knowledge will materially assist in en-
forcing the provisions of the statute.