The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-12-31

- The Christmas carols. etc., announced to
take place at Trinity Church, Towson, last
Sunday night. were postponed until Sunday
day school had its usual holiday entertain
ment and treat on Tuesday night.
- business man who called at THE UNION
Office this week was asked if he thought there
was prospect of the mill at Phoenix starting
mn again and be answered in the negative.
Some time ago it was stated that the outlook
was very good for resumption there.
"a York road electric car southbound col
lided with the rear end of another car south OF
Arlington avenue, at an early hour on We'd
nesday evening, caused by the sudden stoppage
of the front car. No one was hurt, but the
passengers were pretty badly shaken up.
- The promised cold wave reached Towson
on time this week and caused a sharp drop in
the mercury, but not SO much as was expected,
considering the severity Of the weather in the
East and West, where big blizzard prevailed
and where the weather was intensely cold.
- We deviate somewhat from our rule this
week and publish on an inside" page of The
UNION New Years story from the pen of Mrs.
Flora Stewart Emory Of Govanstown, who is
graduate Of the Story Writing Course Of the
National Press Association. "A Confdante''
is prize story.
THE UNION office has had the pleasure of
a very large number of callers this week. most
of whom wanted to save their distance" before
the advent of the New Year. Business in other
lines was also very satisfactory and it looks as
though 1905 is getting ready to start of in a
most gratifying way.
Following an annual custom at Christ
mas Mr.. Thomas v. Richardson, an extensive
farmer and dairyman near Phoenix, 10th dis
trict, this year gave each man employed on his
farm dollar for every year he has been with
him. In several cases the presents amounted
- THE clerks emnloved in the Comfy
Clerks Office on Saturday last presented their
Chief Mr.. William P. Cole, with beautiful
solid silver pitcher. Mr.. Charles e. Fendall,
equity clerk, was the spokesman, and Mr..
Cole made suitable response. There are six
teen persons employed in the office.
"A gentleman, himself an experienced
sportsman, thinks it all ''rot' about birds
starving to death when the ground is covered
with snow. He says that in the extreme
Northern States and in Canada, where the earth
is often covered with snow from fall to spring,
the birds do not die from hunger and cold.
- Never before was Christmas so quiet in
Towson as It was this year. Of course the fact
that it came on Sunday was largely response
BILE for this, but even the day following was
almost as quiet as the day itself. The custom
os discharging firearms and explosives of all
kinds at Christmas has almost entirely gone
out.
THE annual holiday entertainment of the
Sunday school of Towson M. E. Church took
place in the church on Thursday night and the
crowd was so large that not nearly all of them
could get into the large church. The school
has over 200 children. Mr.. James E. Dunphy,
the superintendent, has held that position 20
years.
had been assistant to the superintendent OF the
Towson postal station, has been promoted to
the position of superintendent, vice Mr.. ]. w.
Lee resigned Mr.. McMaster is q capable and
efficient officer. He and his family will oc-
cupy the house in which the postoffice is
located.
beth Jenkins gave the children of the parochial
school attached to st. Johns Catholic Church,
Long Green Valley, delightful Christmas
treat. A beautiful tree was filled with presents
for the children, each receiving one. The sew
ing class, instructed By Miss Jenkins, gave her
Chinese gong, SIS
- The Young Mems Literary and Debating
Society of Towson held its annual banquet at
Hotel Towson on Wednesday night. Mr.. Fred
d. Dollenberg, Jr., presided and was toastmas-
ter. The annual election for officers resulted
as follows: President, Fred. D. Dollenberg,
Jr.; secretary, ]. Howard Flayhart; treasurer,
G. William Parker.
THE deputy game wardens of this county
intend to pay especial attention from now on
to that section of the game law that prohibits
the running at large of dogs during the closed
season. The fine in such cases is IS, one-half
should bear this in mind and thereby save
trouble and expense.
->T The old custom of keeping ''open house,
on Christmas is observed by very few persons
now. OF course there is more or less calling
among friends and neighbors, but not the
elaborate entertainment that was the rule
twenty or thirty years ago when apple-toddy,
egg-nogg, punch and various other drinkables
were provided in abundance.
THE executors Of the estate OF the late
A. Jackson Curry, of the 10th district, who
will sell his personal effects on the 10th of
on the same day at P. NJ. This consists of
very snug farm of 30 acres, well improved and
in an excellent neighborhood. See advertise
ment in today's issue of THE UNION.
-SMr. Turnbull Murdoch. of Towson, had
the misfortune to fall on the ice in Baltimore
last Saturday and break bone in one of his
legs. He is now under treatment in hospital.
Mr.. Murdoch is general passenger and freight
r. 8slfinaEs k end 4. tls Ter!
tic Railway Company. he occupies the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Rose Keech in TowsoD.
THE Alert Volunteer Fire Company Of
the Belair road responded to its first alarm last
Sunday morning and extinguished burning
chimney at the home of Mr.. William M. Har-
court, on Glenn avenue, Belgravia. Some 10
members responded promptly to the sound OF
the bell and soon had the fire out. The COM
pany was highly complimented for its efficient
service.
Are you all ready to turn over that new
leaf? You may be pretty good, of course but
there is still room for improvement Good
resolutions, faithfully kept, are always in order,
but it appears like this season of the year is
especially suited to them and once they are
made they should be stuck to with deathlike
tenacity. Think about it and make the effort,
even if you should fail.
Despite the bad weather of the latter
part of last week the shopping districts of Bal
timore city were alive with people and the
shops and large stores appeared to be doing an
immense business. Surely cash must have
been plentiful to see such lavish expenditure
of it. The year 1904 has been prosperous one
among the people generally, and when he has
the money the American will spend it.
Mrs. Sarah Fenner Lee, widow ofStephen
s. Lee, who died at her home, 1901 North
Charles street, Baltimore, on Sunday morning
last, aged g. was the grandmother of Mrs.
Briscoe, wife of Mr.. James Briscoe, of the Shep-
pard- Pratt Hospital, near Towson: Mrs. Lee
was formerly Miss Mallett, daughter of Gen.
e. ]. Mallett, of Fayetteville, N. G. She was
wealthy woman of high social position.
- Roland B. Rigor, the young Baltimore
county bandit who was convicted in the Crimi-
nal Court of Baltimore of murderously assault
ing guard in the city Jail in his effort to es-
cape, was sentenced on Wednesday to serve
nine years in the penitentiary. On conviction
in the Circuit Court at Towson of the Lakeside
holdup Rigor got fifteen years, SO he now has
rehimtWo sent ices that aggregate twenty
fouryears. 3sts kkf
Immediately after the second mass in the
Church ofthe Immaculate in Towson on Christ
mas morning a committee headed by Mr..
James j. Lindsay, of the Towson bar, waited
on Rev n. O'Keefe in the sacristry and pre-
sented him, on behalf of the congregation, a
purse containing SIZE So The other members
of the committee were Messrs. Frank B. Jen-
kins, J. c. Perkins, Richard Hanley, Bernard
Bruins and John Dohoney.
MIR. Barney Balls, of Govanstown, speak
ing of the fine sleighing that lasted two weeks
this month. says that in the winter of 1883 8
there was sIeighing in Baltimore county for
eight solid weeks on stretch, something he
never remembered before or since. Mr. Balls,
who has always been lover of fast horses,
manages to keep one or two good ones on hand
at all times and when the snow comes he en-
joys the sport of sleighing to the full.
1.-Two weeks of fine sleighing is something
very unusual for this part of Maryland and,
before the sudden thaw came, it looked like
two more weeks of it. Sleighs were in great
demand and those who had horses and moth
ing on runners to hitch them to we're rated
among the black numbers A sleigh here
is like the fellow said about pistol in Texas:
"You don't want it often but when you do
want it you want it id bad"
"a singular accident happened to Clinton
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