The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-18

perhaps the champion corn liar of the
State was in Towson on Tuesday. He came
| from Carroll county and claimed to have raised
264 barrels of corn to the acre. We'vegot good
ones in Baltimore county, but they can't hold
a candle to that fellow.
Mrs. Catharine Berger and Mrs. William L.
Corse. has filed bill in the Circuit Court here
asking for the sale of the real estate OF the late
John Berger, of the Belair road, to satisfy the
claims of his creditors.
>Pheasants sold in Baltimore this week
at So pair and partridges at SIS and So a dozen.
These are nearly double the usual prices.
Turkeys we're quoted on Tuesday of this week
at % cents q pound and they will be several
cents higher by Thanksgiving.
THE American Telephone and Telegraph
Company is asking for a franchise to erect tele-
phone poles on the county road between Lore
ley and White Marsh, in the 18th and 10Th dis
tricts of Baltimore county. See advertising
columns of THE UNION today.
- Messrs. James E. Ingram, Jr., and Robert
P. Graham, composing be law firm of Ora
ham IL Ingram, are named among the inc0r-
porators of the Forest Park Land Corporation
that was organized in Baltimore this week
with q capital stock of $4,000.
THE Baltimore County Medical Associa-
ton held its regular monthly meeting in the
Guild House at Towson, on Thursday. DR..
George 81. Hooking presided, and DR.. K. c.
were proposed for membership.
The County Commissioners have named
Tuesday next, Dist instant, as the day they will
hold areonference with the Law and Order
League of Arlington relative to the enforce
ment of the laws against gambling and the
sale of liquor on Sunday in the county.
THE Towson Guild football team, on
Saturday afternoon last, on their grounds here,
defeated the team of the Crescent Athletic Club
of>Baltimore 10 to 0. Several members of the
former Govanstown team played with the Tow
sons and they put up very strong game.
->Messrs Thomas w. OHutt, James l..
Francis and Roads Engineer Shirley, examin-
ers appointed to consider the proposed changes
in Charles street avenue extended, at Bowen's
hill, will meet next Monday when it is under
stood that several propositions will be submit
ted to them.
MIR George w. Ewing, whose house was
burned in the dead Of winter two years ago. is
erecting another on the same site, about mile
north of Brooklandville. The location is a
very pretty one and is near the homes of Mr..
Robert II. Wright, Mr.. George Brown, DIR. N.
r. Smith and others.
->It is said that there are a number of APP
picants for the bailiffshps in the Circuit Court.
Among these are Frank b. Boarman, of the
11th>aistrict, and Joseph Shanklin, of the 9th
district. There are only three of these places
and they are held at present by Messrs. Ru-
digger, Linzey and Kaline.
"a public spirited citizen who spends part
of each year in Towson, thought he would like
to buy q lot of ground here and convert it into
public square to add to the attractiveness OF
the town. When he came to look around for
a suitable lot ascertain prices, etc., he said the
figures were all too high for him.
- The pupils of Rosedale public school, on
the Philadelphia road, were taken to Wood
berry on Wednesday afternoon and given an
opportunity to see the great cotton duck mills
at that place, as well as other points of interest
in the immediate vicinity. Miss Annie Nj.
Meehan is principal of the school.
- Rev. F. D. Chadda, pastor of the M. II.
Bohemian Mission Baltimore, will address
meeting held under the auspices of the
Worlds Evangelism Department OF the Ep-
worth League, in Towson NJ E. Church, Friday,
November oath, at 8 r. M. He will illustrate
his talk by the aid of a stereopticon.
THE work of improving and beautlfying
Govanstown Presbyterian Church has been
commenced, the last service having been held
therein last Sunday. A large sum will be
spent in the work and it is said the entire ex-
pense will be met by Mr.. Lawrence TurnDuli,
whose parents were devout members OF the
- Mr.. VIM. B. Cockey, of Garrison Farm.
near Pikesville, grew some beautiful apples this
season. samples of some of which he left at
THE UNION Office on Friday. Mr.. Cockey
raised this year $50 barrels of corn on 40 acres
of land--an average of IL barrels to the acre
and was obliged to pay 81 per acre to get it
cut off.
- The people of Roland Park are clamor-
ing to have the County Commissioners move
in the matter of opening the proposed boule-
ward from that place to the northern city
limits. The matter has been held up tempo
rarily because a number of people have OBJ
iected to being assessed for making the i'm
provement.
- The sale of Mr.. James w. Shea, which
took place at the Smile House, York road, last
offap Iod M q 10 0rouu6
of people and was in all respects satisfactory.
Slade & Risteau were the auctioneers. Mr..
Shea has abandoned farming owing to the fact
that the Ridgely estate, part of which he
rented, has been divided.
>Dr. Harry Bosley, of Washington, d.
c., and DR.. William s. Pollard. of Northamp-
ton, Mass, came to Towson on Tuesday and
from here were driven to the Furnace Farm,
on the DulaDy's Valley turnpike, where they
removed a large melanOtic tumor from the
abdomen of a horse belonging to Mr.. John W.
Wolfe, tenant on the farm.
- The estate of the late N. Rufus Gill;
prominent attorney of Baltimore city. who
died q few weeks ago, will aggregate more than
$3.50 600. It is left to his children, and his
sons, Messrs. Roger T., Robert l.. and Albert
s. Gill, are named as executors. Mr.. Gill was
a Baltimore county boy and son of George
W, Gill, successful farmer of Western Run
Valley.
"A movement is on foot to have a new
road opened from the foot of Bowen's hill,
Charles street avenue extended, straight through
to the Joppa road and from thence to Seminary
avenue, Lutherville. This would make beauti
,fm and almost straight drive to Baltimore,
unobstructed by railroads of any kind. Such
an improvement would be highly appreciated
by the public.
- Mr.. Frank NJ. Hines, an old resident of
Towson, sustained painful injury few days
ago. He was cutting wood in his yard when
the axe,caught in clothes line causing him
to Isse control of it. The pole came down on
his head with much force, cutting an ugly
cash. Mr.. Hines is veteran OF the Civil War,
having served with credit in the Seventh Mary
land Regiment.
"A farmer near Towson employed two
white men in the evening to help him husk
corn He gave them a good supper, COM
Portable place to sleep and provided them with
breakfast. He then started them out to the
,e6rnfeld to work. They walked off in the
direction of the field and for all the farmer
knows. they are still walking, as he has not
seen hair nor hide of them since.
This week DR.. A. c. McCurdy, of Tow
son, who is q member of the Board of Mana
gers of the Timonium fair. received letter
from>A New York firm asking for information
about our fair, for copy of the premium list,
etc. The writers say that the First Annual
County Fair ever held on Manhattan Island
will begin at Madison Square Garden, Decem-
Der Goth, and continue four days.
Last Monday. 18th instant, was the ami
versary of the first snow fall of 1904, and
gentleman who keeps close tab on the weather
says the ground was never entirely free from
snow from that time until the following spring.
In that memorable storm of 1904 ten inches Of
snow covered the earth in this county and it
would have been much deeper except for the
fact that heavy rain Immediately preceded it.
the 18th of November.
THE fall meeting of the Maryland Jockey
Club ended on Tuesday. 18th instant. 1t is
said to have been financially successful, as it
certainly was viewed from sporting stand
point. 1t is likely that before the club holds
another meeting the old Pimlico grounds will
be abandoned and a new track constructed at
FHaethorp, on the line of the B. & o. Railroad
between Baltimore and Relay. Should the
new track be located there it can be reached
from Camden Station in 10 minutes, and from
Washington in 35.
Injunction to Restrain Foreclosure Pro-
ceedings.-On Tuesday Judge Duncan signed
a decree in the Circuit Court here restraining
M Varnou Gook assignee of a MORTGAGE