The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-02

Tuesday, January IL, by Robert H. Smith and
Thomas Hughes. trustees. at the door OF the
Court House. a farm Of 1s4 acres near ow-
fngs' Mills, w. N. X. r.
Thursday. January H. by Joshua n. Gill, mort
tracts Of land on the road leading from st.
Johns Church to Fairview. zth district.
' Fee. on the premises a truck farm Of the late
district.
This is the I'd of January, 1904. And
don't you forget it.
The public schools of the county will
resume their duties next Monday, January 4th.
->If you turned new leaf this week-and
it is hoped you dd-get on your mette and
keep it turned.
- We have already had two months of
winter weather yet the winter OF 1864 IS not
two weeks old.
~ tenant house on the farm OF DR.;
Frank Turner near Black Horse, Hartford
county. was burned on Monday.
sTowson Lodge of Odd Fellows will APP
propriately celebrate its fifty-second anniver-
sary on Thursday night, January 9TH.
- Watch meeting services we're held in
Towson NJ. e. Church on Thursday night, De-
cember 31st to welcome the New Year.
- Hucksters asked so cents dozen for
eggs in Towson this week. Champagne was
cheaper than eggnogg in this holiday season;
THE UNION is indebted to Mr.. Frank r.
Goodwin, the well known Relsterst0wn STOCK
dealer, for a very attractive calendar for 1904.
- The First National Bank of Gainesville
has declared semi annual dividend of q per
cent. to stockholders OF record December sud,
1908.
- Don't let your horses stand unblanketed
in the street in cold weather. Nobody but
very thoughtless person would do such cruel
thing.
etery, Towson, on Tuesday of this week 1t was
found that the ground was frozen to depth OF
afphk inches.
- The Central Republican Club of the 9Th
district at Christmas gave its president, Mr.. Y.
Harris Ceilings. q handsome French brier
pipe mounted in gold.
Neighborhood Improvement Club of Govans
will be held in Golden Eagle Hall, Tuesday,
January 9Th at Bpm.
- Rev John r. Edwards, pastor of Tow
son Nj e Church, will preach at the union
service in EPSON M. P. Church, Towson, Sun
Jay night. January Sd.
- Sunday night last was the coolest of the
winter in T0weOn up to that time. Early Sun
day morning thermometers here registered
from to 10 above zero.
- The Presbyterian Sunday school at White
Hall, N. G. r r.. has been closed for the re-
mainder of the winter. Mr. John H. Seitz is
superintendent of the school,
- Mr.. Theodore Clayton, well known
farmer near Loeb Raven, was seriously hurt a
few DAYS ago by bis horse falling on him.
AT the meeting of the Gardeners Club
on Monday night Mr.. Isaac H. Moss the we'll
known Govanstown florist, read an interesting
paper on "Growing the Begonia."
- Rev. ]. W. Fleming pastor of Partition
Circuit. M. 3. Church. was the recipient at
Christmas of beautiful Office chair for his
study, from friends of the circuit.
AT Glen Rock. Pa. on Tuesday last, ].
NOVEL; Hawkins of Baltimore county, broke
1856 targets out of Ito. He also broke 70
kfracr Of rnf Of
- Eligible unmarried men will have to be
extremely guarded during the next 1856 days.
1t is leap year, you know, and the perils they
will be subjected to will be something simply
awful.
- By the quarterly distribution of the State
public school fund. made by the Comptroller,
December 31st, Baltimore county white schools
will receive S9,360.73, and colored schools
$2,776.70.
- 1t is said that the late Mrs. Schurman,
of Sweet Air, Baltimore county, left an estate
estimated at $125, 900. She had no children
and she bequeathed her property to four
nephews and nieceS.
- The County Commissioners will resume
their regular sessions next Tuesday. All the
subordinate officials lately appointed by the
Board assumed the duties of their respective
positions on the LIST instant.
- Another opportunity was offered early
this week to secure an ice supply and some
awaited themselves of it. It has been years
county as that cut this winter.
- Many of the pink slipsN found their
way back this week, but large number are
still to be heard from. Remember, we annoy
you with these things but once year and then
we expect them to bring the answer.
"A man at Falls Church, Va, advertised
in THE UNION for pair of coon dogs and his
wants were at once supplied by Mr.. George
Groom, of Towson, who sold him two. The
destination of the dogs is Connecticut.
Tho luh of
Highlandtown kept open house on Christmas
day from 4untl O'Clock and entertained a
large number of their friends. At night the
club gave dance at Highland Academy.
- Some years ago the custom of keeping
"open house" here at Christmas was very COM
mon and there was much visiting around
during the day, but now it has been almost en-
tirely abandoned, few people observing it.
- With the current issue THE UNION starts
on the fifty fifth year of its existence: the
paper having been started at Cockeysville in
1850 by the late E. F. Church. 1t is among
the Oldest country newspapers in Maryland.
THE advent of the New Year was hailed
in Towson at IL o'clock on Thursday night by
the ringing of church bells and the firing of
guns and cannon crackers. The moon shone
brightly and the air was crisp and delightful.
THE last week of December kept up the
reputation of the month for frigid weather
in fact December. 1908, from first to last, made
a record in this respect that few if any of its
->M James E. Dunphy, who has been
superintendent Of the Sunday school of Tow
son NJ. E. Church twenty seven years, re-
ceived as Christmas gift from the officers
teachers and children handsome Morris chair
- Mr.. Clyde Slower, OF Ashland, made
narrow escape from drowning while skating
on Western run, near his home, few days
ago. He broke through the ice into deep
water and only saved himself by dint of hard
work.
"A chimney in the house of Mr.. N. Bosley
Merryman, at TimoDium, N. G. r. R., took
fire on Monday morning last. The Towson
and Govanstown chemical engines were sum-
moned by telephone. but the fire was put out
without their assistance.
The barn and nearly all the outbuildings
on the farm of Mr.. Joseph E. Ashton near
Upper Cross Roads, with all of their contents,
were destroyed by fire last Monday. The esti-
mated loss is $500 and there was not a dol
lars worth of insurance.
The residence of Mr.. Robert l.. Bentley,
of Pikesville, was slightly damaged by fire on
Tuesday night, the result of defective tiue.
The Volunteer Fire Company of that village
responded quickly to the alarm and prevented
more serious conhagration.
THE handsome imported musk-ox robe
that was ratified at Urbans restaurant, Towson,
on Thursday night, was won by Mr.. William
b. Cockey, of Garrison Farm. Pikesville, some
one throwing bis chance for him. The robe
belonged to MFR. Harry Malcolm.
- III. InOmdS v. hlcnarQSOD, an extern
sive farmer and dairyman of the 10th district,
this year continued his custom of giving each
of his farm hands 81 for every year they have
been in his employ. and several of them re-
ceived decidedly comfortable sums.
- Mrs. Hoshall, wife of Judge Hoshall,
of the Orphans Court. raised on their farm in
the 9th district, the past year, 40 turkeys the
aggregate weight of which was 7l9 pounds.
The largest of the lot tipped the scale at 293
pounds She realized for the lot $106.37
- On Christmas day the congregation of
st. Joseph's Catholic Church, Texas, N. G. K.
R., presented their pastor, Rev. r. G. Camp
bell, with purse containing 5000. The collec-
ton committee was composed Of Messrs. Thos.
O'Hara, Michael Padian and Peter Mulcahy.
IA course of lectures on geographical and
other scientific subjects will be delivered at Mt.
Washington public school, beginning Friday
evening, January 9Th. and continuing. on sue
cessive Fridays in January, two Fridays in
February and March, April 8th and May 18th.
All the ice houses at Notre Dame Col
lege, Charles street avenue. were hlled with
fine ice, cut from Lake Roland, during the
month of December. This was the first time
thew were filled so early in the winter. Some
If fha ice cnt from the lake was 10 inches