The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-25

Monday. November ~, by j. N. Hackett. on w IL
low Spring avenue. PatapscO Neck. stock
wagons, farm implements, furniture, etc.
Tuesday, November q. by Armstrong Thomas,
Samuel REGISTER and Charles e: Hill, trus-
tees, at the Court House door, the Joshua
REGISTER property on REGISTER avenue, east
of the FORK turnpike
Thursday, November SO oy Henry homDerg; at
Walters store, Eastern avenue road, 18th dis
trict. horses. mules, COWS, hogs, farm imple-
ments. provender. etc.
Thursday. November 30, by Mrs. Sophia 7. Suhre,
on the Bucks school road. one mile east of
Putty Hill, mules, horses, cows, farm imple-
ments. furniture, etc.; also. truck farm OF
Tuesday, December 5, by Thomas W. Burton, at
Greenwood. 18th district, horses. hogs, i'm
plements, wagons. corn. hay, fodder, furnl-
Thursday, December Z, by John Flaunery.
west OF the Liberty road, near the Hoffman
House, mules, thoroughbred mare. wagons,
carts, etc.
L%Towson is to have a savings bank very
shortly-a branch of prosperous one in Balti-
THE EIkridge and Green Spring Valley
Hunt clubs have meets scheduled for Thanks
giving day.
- Preparations are already going forward
for Christmas, which is only one month off
from today.
- Thanksgiving day is legal holiday in
Maryland. The banks and all the public offices
will be closed.
- The annual oyster supper of Marble
Lodge, /. CO. F.. of Cockeysvilie, Melted sl2O-
q very satisfactory result.
- Attention is invited to notice in the
advertising columns of THE UNION today from
State Game Warden Avirett.
->Gunners should bear in mind that it is
unlawful to shoot rabbits or other game when
the ground is covered with snow.
- Mr.. James Kelley, of the Towson bar,
raised a Chinese radish Of unusual size this
season. To many it was curiosity.
Whaf,o the m after with CHANGING TOW
son Laconics" to ''Towson Laughables" Some
think the latter would be much more suitable.
- We had plenty of snow and ice in Balti-
more county before Thanksgiving last year.
1t seems the weather man is treating us better
now,
- Dealers in Baltimore say the price of
Thanksgiving turkeys will not be as high as at
first reported, and will not exceed % cts. per
pound.
- The recent oyster supper held by the
ladies of Grace NJ. P. Church, Chestnut Ridge,
netted about $50 It proved to be very en-
joyabIe affair.
- The Thanksgiving turkey is beginning
to feel pale'' about the gills. His days for
strutting and putting on all kinds of Tugs are
growing short.
"a band of Gypsies is encamped in the
moods on the Joppa road short distance east
of Towson. They are decidedly rough look
ing lot of humanity.
@Quantities of country produce have been
going to Baltimore this week by way of the
York pike and the happy farmer must be
simply rakiDg in the cash.
- THE UNIONS annual subscription bills
will 90 out with next week. issue of the paper.
If you think you are entitled to receive one
please keep lookout for it.
1.-The property in Gainesville known as
( the Railroad Hotel, with the frame cottage ad-
Ldoining. has been sold by Mrs. Peters to Mr..
John @. Marsberger for $500.
- The weather man touched us up for y
degrees on Tuesday morning and there was
plenty of ice on standing water, with frost of
the kind they say fattens the rabbits.
- Mr.. Lawrence w. Ensor, of Mt. Wash
Npgton, had his colIar-bone broken while en-
gagged in game of football at Franklin High
School. Reisterstown, q few days ago.
- Next Thursday, November Both, will be
Thanksgiving day, one of the greatest holidays
of the year and one that is more generally OBJ
served than any other except Christmas.
- delegation from the 18th district called
On Judge Duncan on Thursday and urged the
appointment of Anthony Hippler, of that dis
trict, to baiIiffship in the Circuit Court.
Il An expert in such matters says that set
of automobile tires for comparatively light
machine, costing from 500 to $40. may run
from 1000 to 5 200 mles-with good luck.
IA number of saloon keepers indicted
through the efforts of the Civic League for
Baltimore county for selling liquor on Sunday,
were acquitted in the Circuit Court this week.
The Gainesville Country Club is having
a.skating lake constructed to cover about three
acres of ground. The work is being done under
the supervision Of Mr.. D. B. Banks, civil engi-
neer.
> Superintendent of Schools A. S. Cook
has issued circular of instruction to the
teachers of the county relative 10 primary
work and new methods which are to be pur-
sued.
IA fence on the property of Mrs. W. B.
Duke, on the Joppa road, near Sherwood, was
ALL 1rot a kwrE a6ou hn
Towson chemical engine extinguished the
flames.
- A woods fire on the Homework estate
Of Mr. e. Glenn Perine, between the York road
and Charles street avenue, on Wednesday after
noon, burned over about 10 acres before it was
checked.
- The dead body of colored infant was
found in the woods near Gwynn Oak Park on
Monday. DIR. E. E. Jones, of Arlington, who
examined it, said the child had died from natu-
raj causes
- Rev George r. Sanner, pastor of Park
ton Circuit will preach special sermon to the
Junior Order United American Mechanics, in
Parkton Church, Sunday, November 18th, at
1870 A. NJ.
The mother of Rev. Thomas E. Copes,
pastor of Towson NJ. e. Church, was severely
burned on the side of her face at her residence
in Baltimore, on Thursday, by the explosion
of a gas stove.
- Services will be held in Towson M. E.
Church next Thursday Thanksgiving even
ing, at o'clock. Sermon by the pastor, Rev.
Thomas E. Copes. Special music by Epworth
League chorus.
- Burglars have been operating lately about
Gainesville to the great annoyance of the resi-
dents. The thieves appear to be on the hunt
of silverware and jewelry. Thus far no arrests
have been made.
The Governor on Thursday appointed
Mr.. Thomas J. Hunt of Ellicott City, direc-
tor of the Maryland House of Correction to
Csucceed Judge Frank l. Duncan, of Baltimore
county, resigned.
MT. Washington appears to have a fire.
bug whose special fancy is to burn stables.
He has already fred two and doubtless there
will be others. The services of a detective
should be employed.
- Mrs. Mary L. Caples, of Timonium, made
application on Thursday for the benefit of the
Judgment jointly with her husband, Francis
NJ Caples. and has no assets.
"a little advertisement for man to con-
duct a small farm that appeared in The UNION
last week brought several responses before
Monday night. There seems to be plenty of
men looking out for such jobs.
- "Jingo," the highly-bred pointer of Mr..
George P. Wier, who lives near Towson, was a
prize winner in the field trials in Easton. Talbot
county, last week. The dogs were hunted over
several thousand acres of land.
- Mr.. John Ridgely, Of Hampton, near
us
on 100 acres of land, an average of over 134
barrels per acre. That is a crop, considering
the acreage, that is hard to beat
- Now look at this No mistake about it
this time The report of the examiners on the
Riggs road will be presented to the Highways
Commissioners next. So mote it be. Let all
the big and little saints be praised.
->Some of the handsome new cars are now
running on the York road trolley line and the
patrons of the road hailed their advent with
4 much pleasure. The first one made the run to
Govanstown last Saturday evening.
Thomas K. Morris, an employee of the
cotton mills at Alberton, was arrested on
Monday upon the charge of stealing cotton
duck from Messrs. Gary & Son, proprietors of
the mills. He was held in $500 bail.
Ice-ponds are being put in order in antici-
patton of an early freeze. Ice was cut in Bal
timore county before this time last year. And
when it started in to get cold it didn't forget to
keep it up the entire winter through.
- Many tons of junk. consisting of steel
and iron. were hauled away from the old Jail
at Towson this week. The stuff was purchased
by Baltimore firm and seven wagons were
engaged several days in transporting it.
The County Commissioners have award
ed the contract for furnishing 100 80 candle
power lights at Lauraville and vicinity TO the