The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-06

"a marriage license was issued at thl
County Clerks Office few days ago to Alfoni
Oskar TheadOr August Mittenzweig OF Bremen
Germany, to Elise Wright lowering, Of Balti
more. The happy groom's name has IS letter.
in it. 1t might have had more had the alpha
bet been larger.
~ For years a story has been current thai
the or1ginalna of the hustling town of West
minister was Winchester. An old record wal
found in the County Clerks Office few days
ago that sets this matter at rest and establishes
the fact that its name was always Westminster
and nothing else.
Two citizens Of Towson made business
trip to the upper end of the county this week
and were surprised to find that they could buy
/ poultry and eggs up there for about half what
they pay for them in Towson. One Of them
| brought home with him all the eggs he could
! conveniently carry.
Frank Lauda has been lodged in Jail here
on the charge of stealing lot Of clothing from
two men employed on Mr.. Charles A. Council
i mans farm in WOrthington Valley, where he
was also employed. Lauda was arrested by
| Officer George W. Stocksdale and had the stolen
clothing in bis possession.
->The Towson baseball team played q fine
| game at Betterton, Md. last Saturday after
/ end Of the ninth inning. Then the Towsons
had to leave to catch the boat. This (Satur.
day. afternoon the Towsons will play at Belair
| and great game may be expected.
IA boy named Edward Culligan, aged IL
years, was killed by lightning at Sparrow's
Point during the thunder storm on Monday
afternoon. Mr.. William N. McCartel. keeper
J of the bathhouse at that place, was knocked
senseless at the same time and it was thought
! for q while that he had been killed also.
- Mr.. John C0wan, the well known Balti-
more county contractor and builder, has COM
| pleted the first business house on Baltimore
| street since the fire of February last. It is q
handsome building on the south side of the
street between Light and Calvert street, and is
occupied by the Boston Shoe Company.
- The Democrats Of the 9th district held
a meeting at Towson on Wednesday night to
organize campaign club. Mr.. Frederick Won
Kapf was made temporary chairman and Mr..
G: Gus Grason secretary; Another meeting
will be held next Wednesday night at which q
permanent organization will be effected.
-DThe month OF August came in with
moderate temperature, but there was so much
humidity in the atmosphere as to make the
thunder storms promised by the weather bu-
reau put in an appearance and were very severe
in the southeastern section of the county.
THE County Commissioners have called
halt on the post-mortem business. When it
is manifest that person has died from natural
causes they think It is putting the county to an
unnecessary expense to hold q postmortem,
such examination being deemed necessary only
when there is some mystery surrounding the
death.
-Governor Warfeld made the following
appointments for Baltimore county on Thurs
day Thomas Alban, of the 9Th district, jus
tice of the peace, vice Hare failed to qualify
Charles E. Allen. Of Roland Park member of
the board of directors of the Industrial Home
for Coored Girls, vice James T. Bradford, re-
signed.
Three toughs from Delta created dis
turbance on an excursion train from Balti-
more on the Maryland and Pennsylvania Rail-
road last Saturday night. They were arrested
and bad hearing at Belair on Monday. They
plead guilty and each was fined S242O-just
enough, perhaps, to make them more careful
next time.
During the progress of recent thunder
storm the house OF Mr.. Charles Marx, near
Putty Hill, was struck by lightning. The
weather boarding was damaged somewhat and
two chickens and dog that were in a small
clubhouse were killed. The members of the
family, who were sitting on the porch at the
time, escaped.
Towson early this week upon the charge of
shooting and killing Henry Seebach at 18th
district resort last Saturday night. The men
engaged in q fracas with the result stated.
Seetach had bad reputation and had already
killed his man. Rolf claims the shooting was
done in self-defense.
THE local Board of Health of Baltimore
county, of which DR.. ]. F. n. Gorsuch, of
Fork, is president and DR.. G. Ross Payne, of
Corbett, secretary, held meeting at Towson
on Wednesday. The health conditions were
reported good throughout the county. The
W. Hyde, attended the meeting for the first
time.
1.-THE blind pug dog that excited good
deal of interest in Towson, was run over by an
electric car a few nights ago and killed. No
one seems to know where the dog came from.
He attached himself to Mr.. ]. Wesley Lee, one
of the Oldest citizens of the town, and he
thought great deal of him. The dog went by
the name of "Blindy" and bore every evidence
of good living.
IA fine new electric automobile has been
purchased by the trustees of Sheppard-Pr
Hospital near Towson. It will be used to con-
vey visitors to and from the York road cars.
1t takes six hours to charge it and it will run
50 miles without recharging DR.; E. N. Brush,
medical superintendent of the hospital has
pefied by gasoline. - -
Some time last fall, in friendly scuff1e
between two men in Towson, one of them lost
a roll of notes amounting to $35. Diligent
search was made for the money but it could
not be found. Some weeks afterwards the roll
was found intact in box OF broken glass in
the rear room of store where the scuffie took
place. How it got there is a matter that has
not yet been explained.
- Harvest home services were held in Sa-
lem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Gainesville,
last Sunday morning. The interior Of the
church was decorated with number OF pro-
ducts of the soil including corn, wheat, rye,
barley. etc. Rev. M. L. Enders. pastor of the
church, will celebrate his third anniversary
there on Sunday August 21st. He is son-in-
law of Hon. John Hubner.
THE following is postal card message
received from q subscriber to THE UNION: II
had my paper changed to Philopolis, thinking
it would come more regularly. Today was
disappointed again no paper. Ii it does not
come more regularly you had as well stop it
entirely. don't get 1t more than half the
timen We suppose this is another one of the
beauties Of the rural free delivery system.
Zone of the men who was engaged in the
holdup of the crew of an electric car at Lake
side Park, Lake Roland, a few weeks ago, was
arrested last week at town near Columbus,
O., where he was staying under an assumed
name. His real name is said to be Roland B.
Rgor, whose father was at one time agent for
the Northern Central Railroad Company at
Hollins Station. It is said the detectives know
where the partner Of Rigor is located.
NEARLY 400 people attended the ladies'
and gentlemen's tournament held last Satur-
day afternoon on the farm OF Mr.. Harry L.
Pearce, near Manor, 10th district. The win
ners in the first class were Mrs. Harry 7. Pearce
Miss Bette Cockey, Mrs. ]. Myers Pearce and
Miss Laura Cockey, in the order named. In
the second class the winners were john CocKey,
Edgar Hutchins, Hamilton Cockey and Her
man Cockey. Miss Edith Binney, OF Washing
ton, was the orator.
A very poor and detected looking old
horse, with great raw sores on his back and
withers that were swarming with flies, attract
ed the attention of some passengers on the
York road cars, south of Arlington avenue on
Tuesday afternoon. He was browsing by the
roadside and looked like he needed the nourish-
ment. man who would turn horse out in
that condition should be punished. 1t was a
clear case Of cruelty to animals and should be
treated as such if the owner can be found.
>The Piper Building, located on the south
east corner Of Baltimore and Hanover streets,
in the burnt district Of Baltimore city, will
soon be completed. It is an imposing struc-
ture of five stories and is intended for store
and Office building. Mr.. James Piper, OF Tow
son, who owns the property, not only had the
building insured, but also held a policy OF in.
would have been heavy loss while the build
ing was being reconstructed. The building
that was burned at this corner was erected by
the late Col. Robert Moore. of Baltimore
county, whose business place it was for many
years.
Farm Owner and His Tenant Have Trou-