The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-12-02


we have experienced very little Of winter thu
far. In this respect this year is in marked
contrast to 1904. when winter set in early ant
lasted many weeks. According to the alma
mac winter does not begin until the 2lst Of De
| cember.
- Look out for the "pink slips in THU
weeks issue Of The UNION. Many hundreds o.
them have gone out, and If you should not re
ceive one you will know that your subscrip
| ton account is all right. We hope that thoet
who do receive them will give them prompt
attention.
several more barn fires have occurred in
this county in the last ten days, and in not 9
single instance has the cause of the FIRE been
ascertained. 1t is very strange why some spe
cial effort is not made to ferret these things out
People seem to take i as matter OF course
and that's the end oft.
"A colored man named Wesley Deal was
| tried in the Circuit Court here on Monday,
before Judges Burke and Duncan. under an in
dictment for the murder of bis wife. He was
convicted Of manslaughter and sentenced to
the penitentiary for eighteen years. Mr.. John
Grason defended the prisoner.
->At its regular meeting last week Cham
pion Lodge K. of p, of Mount Washing
ton, had an acquisition of % new members.
/ The total membership is now 118. The lodge
is thirty-two years old and was never more
prosperous than ii is at this time. Mr. Elmer
o. Stansbury is the chief officer.
- Mr.. George W. Montgomery, who lately
sold his farm near Kingsville, 18th district,
will dispose of all his stock and other personal
property thereon on Tuesday, December 18th.
The farm was purchased by Mr.. Herndon, of
Virginia, who has already commenced the i'm
provement of the buildings, etc.
- The petit jury for the September term
of the>Circuit Court was finally discharged on
Wednesday. Before separating the members
gave banquet at Harding's lunch rooms and
presented Judge Duncan with gold watch
chain and charm C0urf Clark G0nnnr M
also remembered with gold cross.
->Tbe REGISTER estate, known as "Beulah,"
situated on REGISTER avenue. a short distance
eask,of the York road, was offered at public sale
81 the Court House on Tuesday, by the trus-
tees, and was Withdrawn on bid of $27. 500.
The place contains 2S7 acres and is eligibly
located. Pattison q Gahan were the auction
GERS.
- Amended articles of incorporation of the
Glyndon Methodist Episcopal Church were
filed in the Clerks office at Towson on Tues
day The incorporators are Rev. Fletcher g..
Watson, 7. Reese Arnold, George r. Bellows,
Robert H. Dew, John w. White, T. Rowe
Price, Emory NJ. Warfeld and Jesse N. Ger
nand.
THE Weather Bureau in Washington
mentions the fact that an earthquake shock
was feltiAst Saturday night all over the world.
A Dumber of people in Towson distinctly felt
this shock, but it did not occur to them that II
was caused by an earthquake. The sound was
like that of the discharge of heavy blast that
Jared the houses.
MIR. James Nick. Merryman, proprietor
of Grove Farm. on the Falls road, who has
been advertising his stock in THE UNION sew
eral months, writes us that he has had inquiries
from as far north as Connecticut for Berkshire
hogs, the writer saving he saw the ad. in this
paper; also, from Pennsylvania and different
sections of Maryland.
"a Baltimore county farmer had sale of
personal property and advertised 1t by posters
only in order to save few dollars extra ex-
pense. The sale was poorly attended and he
estimated that he lost from $500 to $500 by not
advertising in THE UNION and thus drawing
larger number of bidders. He says he will
know better next time.
- Last winter Rev. W. /. Mcdowell, of the
Baltimore Conference, NJ e. Church, fell on
the ice in Baltimore and fractured his right
kueecap. While hurrying to catch train in
Boston on Monday last Mr.. Mcdowell tripped
and fell breaking his left kneecap. He has the
sympathy of many Baltimore county friends
in his second misfortune.
"a colored boy named George Thomas
was caught in the act of robbing the store of
Messrs Lantz q Duncan. at Cockeysville, on
Sunday night last Mr. George B. Kenny,
while passing the place, heard noise within
and summoned Policeman Kecugh, of Texas,
by telephone, who arrived in time to make the
capture. Thomas got into the store by break
ing window pane.
->Grove Stock Farm. on the Falls road.
that captured many prizes at the Maryland
and Pennsylvania fairs this year on Guernsey
cattle and Berkshire hogs, has secured the
Guernsey bull that headed the first herd at St.
Louis Worlds Fair last year. This is an &C
QUESTION that should greatly strengthen the
Grove Farm herd and Mr. ]. Mex. Merryman
is to be congratulated.
Several weeks ago Mr.. H. Best Miller, a
7th district farmer, while returning from Bal
timore with an empty hay wagon, was in COL
lision with an electric car on the Smile hill on
the York road. One of the mules in the team
had leg broken and had to be killed. The
left standing in the road ever since the acct
dent. Why this is so it would be hard to ex.
plain.
- Hereafter services will be held the second
and fourth Sunday of each month at Pine
Grove Church, near Loeb Raven, conducted
by Rev. Henry 3. Lee, rector of st. Thomas
P. e Church. Homestead. He was induced
to undertake the reopening of this old church
by number Of people in that community.
The interest shown and the number attending
the few services already held has been very en-
couraging.
-sGunners are talking about asking the
next Legislature for the passage of law to
prohibit the shooting of partridges in Balti-
more county for two years. Unless some
heroic measures are adopted these birds will
soon be entirely exterminated. The general
verdict appears to be that they are more scarce
this year than ever known before, despite the
fact that many imported birds were released in
this county within the past two or three years.
->Dr. John e. Bolte, the new Register of
Wills, took the oath of office before Clerk of
the Court Cole, on Wednesday afternoon and
at once assumed the duties of the Office. As
already stated in THE UNION. DR.. Bolte ap-
pointed Mr.. William J. Pearch, of the I'd dis
trict, as his deputy, and Mr.. Hugh P. Price, of
the 9th district, as clerk. An additional clerk
will be Mr.. John Green. of the 18th district,
who is an ex-member of the House of Delegates.
AT the last meeting of the Junior Gun
powder Agricultural Club, held at the farm of
Mr.. T. V. Richardson, near Phoenix, that
gentleman exhibited several large ears of yell
low corn, sample of new variety planted
last spring. Fifty-six lbs. of ear corn yielded
him 80 barrels, or %, 600 lbs. of corn on the
ear. One pound produced 500 lbs. The 56 lbs.
of ear corn shelled 48 lbs, which produced o.
400 lbs. of shelled corn. This was remarka-
BILE increase.
->Mr. Thomas Brown, proprietor of the
Valley Hotel, on the Dulany's Valley turn
pike died on the oath ult., and within three or
four days four or five persons applied to rent
the hotel property, which belongs to Mrs B.
Kane. The house-a large stone structure
was built over century ago. but one would
not think so to look at it, as it is in excellent
repair. Il was once great sporting centre for
Baltimore county, and. tradition says, horse
races and cock fights were of frequent occur
renee there.
Church on Mason and Dixon Line.-A