The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-02-20

- man VINO moved with DIS family from
Minnesota to Baltimore county, reaching here
last Saturday, said when he left that State the
mercury was 43 degrees below zero. He
bought small truck farm In this county and
expects 10 remain here permanently.
i eMr. w. e. Anderson. who is justice OF
the peace at White Hall, N. C. h. r.. is also
an insurance agent and collector and adjuster
Of claims. He was at one time record clerk
in the County Clerks Office. Mr. Anderson's
card will be found in THE UNION today.
Governor Warfeld extended the legal
holiday TO cover Monday next, February I'd.
This was done in order to relieve any financial
stress that might have been caused BY the Bal
timore fire. No notes that fell due since the
fire can be protested until after that date
"A group meeting Of Epworth League
Waverly and Homestead III E. Churches will
be held in Waverly Church. next Tuesday
evening, to be addressed by Revs- Frank g..
Porter and Harry d. Mitchell, Of Baltimore.
-County Commissioner Yellott will make
sale Of his stock, implements, &c.. on his
lower farm, known as East Summerfeld,' at
SummerfieId Station, lower Long Green Val
ley, on Thursday, March Sd. The report that
Mr.. Yellott had sold this farm was mistake.
Mr.. G. w. McMaster, deputy superinten-
ceived letter from Mr.. 4. B: Tyler, OF Dry
den. n Y, making inquiries about farm labor
which, be says. is very scarce in bis section Of
the country. We are about as bad of here as
The Martha Washington tea to be held
in the hall over the TowsoD engine house, on
Monday evening, February I'D, by the Chris
tian Endeavor Society of EPSON NJ p. Church,
promises to be an enjoyable affair. Admission
l0cents, which will include refreshments. 0ys-
| tiers served at 10 cents plate.
THE ruins of Baltimore city present
| sad and sickening spectacle, but the people
| seem cheerful despite the fact that hundreds
| lost heavily while many others were bereft OF
| everything they owned in the world. It is a
| good sign when people can look on the bright
/ side under such circumstances.
THE quarterly conference Of Monkton
| M. e. Circuit has decided to dispense with the
| services of one minister next year, and fixed
| the salary Of the other at 5000. This action
| was due to the crippled condition Of the ap.
| pointment at Phoenix owing to the closing of
/ the cotton duck mill at that place.
/ IA couple from Annapolis came to Tow
| son last Saturday afternoon and, after -procur-
| ing license, were married BY Rev. John r.
/ Edwards pastor of the M e. Church. Anoth-
| or couple-this time from York county-came
| here on Tuesday and were married by Rev. w.
| H. H. Powers. rector Of Trinity Church.
- Tuesday night, February 10th, was one
| of the coolest of the winter and the mercury
| in ToWson on Wednesday morning lowering
j around the zero mark. This month appears
1 to be keeping up the record of its two immedi-
! ate predecessors and the memorable winter
| of 1904 will stand without an equal in many
- On Thursday evening, February sd,
! Rev r. T. Little, president of the Maryland
i Annual Conference of the M P. Church, will
i preach in Patapsco Church. at Della. LIST dis
Irict. On Sunday evening. February 21st re-
| vival services will begin in this church, con-
Quoted by the pastor, Rev. W. 8. Simms, and
/ others
- Early on Tuesday morning last the hay
| wagon of Linwood Parks, of the 8th district,
| was struck by an electric car near the toll-gate
| in Towson, and upset, the wagon being badly
j broken. The mules were more or less hurt in
the mixup that followed the collision. Sey-
| mour Parks, son Of the owner, who was driv-
| ing the team, was not hurt.
| - William Conway, colored, has been
/ lodged in Jail here upon the charge Of stealing
! 3 horse from the stable of Mr.. Emil VenZke,
| Of White Marsh, Baltimore county, on Sunday
| night last. The thief was trying to sell the
! horse at Kings stables in Baltimore when the
! police arrested him. He said MIR. Venzke had
| given him the horse to sell.
/ - The Interruptions to suburban travel be-
! cause of the great fire in Baltimore caused
| some of the lines the service had to be entire
| Iy suspended because there was not sufficient
| power to propel the cars. The company is
! working energetically to get everything in
order again and the difficulties will soon be
| overcome
- Rev. U. G. Murphy, of Toxic, Japan,
| will speak in Grace NJ. p Church. Chestnut
/ Ridge, on Thursday evening" February 18th,
| on the customs. habits and manners OF the
| Japanese and life among the Orients. Rev.
| Mr.. Murphy is minister of the NJ p. Church
| and has been successful in effecting some i'm
/ portant changes in the laws of Japan. All will
| be welcome.
- The officials of the Maryland & Penn
| sylvania R. r. deserve the thanks Of the people
| of Towson, as well as those OF hundreds OF
| others who came here during the tieup of
| traffic on the electric railway. for voluntarily
reducing the fare on their line between I0Ws0n
and Baltimore to 20 cents for the round trip.
This act of generosity on their part deserves
the highest commendation.
- Thousands of bushels Of corn still re-
main unhusked in the fields of York and
| Adams counties because the farmers were
unable to obtain help to save the crop at the
proper time. Even in the coolest weather,
women and children have been seen working
| in the fields. It is said much corn has been
/ DESTROYED be the squirrels that have left their
nests in the trees and taken to the corn shocks
| for shelter and food.
- The collection of the American Metho-
dist Historical Society was lost in the great
| fire in Baltimore, the only articles saved being
| the Strawbridge pulpit. the hrst pulpit from
which Methodism wat. preached in this coun--
| try: the portraits of Francis Asbury and
| Bishop McKendree, all of the manuscripts
| and few other small articles. The Asbury
portrait is the only one known to exist and is
| therefore very valuable.
| - Mr. e. Howard Isaac president and DR..
a. VI
| Company, went before the County Commits
| sioners on Tuesday and asked that the COM
! pany be supplied with 1000 feet of new hose,
| much of the old hose having become rotten
agreed to furnish 500 feet for immediate use.
Without the new hose the company would be
| almost powerless in case of fire.
MIR. Ezra M. Myers. who died at his
home in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, of ty-
phoid fever, married niece of DIR. A. G. Nc
,fT To r.
nected with the Pennsylvania r. K Compa-
/ nv many years and occupied responsible po-
sition in the passenger department. He was
about 38 years of age and is survived by q
| widow and four daughters. DR.. McCurdy
went to Philadelphia on Friday to attend the
"A lady in Towson has a plucky sister
| who owns a farm four miles from Belair.
When the last snow was on the ground she
| went to her chicken house one morning and
found that lot Of her poultry had been stolen.
She also saw numerous tracks about the
hennery. After preparing herself for tramp
she started off to follow the tracks. This she
did to Belair and straight to the house of
colored man. She caused his arrest upon the
charge of stealing her chickens and this week
the case was before the grand jury.
- Mrs. Sarah Ann Matthews, who died at
her Home, near Monkton, on the 9th inst,
aged SO years, was the widow Of Daniel Mat
thews, who was well known farmer of his
day. She had been reader of The UNION
/ since the first issue of the paper at Jockeys
Vile, over half century ago. When she
could no longer read the paper on account OF
failing sight her daughter read it to her weekly
up until q short time before her death. She
was a member of the Society of Friends and a
| most lovabie character. The great great grand
| mother of Mrs. Matthews was Elizabeth Max
well, wife of Thomas Job, of Cecil county, and
niece of Daniel DeFoe, the author of Robin
| son Cruso.
Something About Fireproof Safes.-The
public has little knowledge Of the requirements
Of the so-called fire and burglar proof safes.
These terms are only TO degree correct as
no safe made will Withstand the test of con-
slant flame playing upon it for many hours.
There are but very few safes that were put to
this test in our late fire. Only those that were
exposed to the flames of the gas mains, which
are now being extinguished as rapidly as pos
sible. The degree to which safe will stand
heat is governed altogether by the thickness of
its walls and the filing material that is used.
A safe consists of two heavy iron plates be-
tween which is placed filling Of cement.
For time dry packing was used, but it was
discovered by experiments that cement made