The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-10-06

1.-The Senior Gunpowder Agricultural Club
l-held its regular monthly meeting az the farm
of Mr.. J. B. Crowther near Cockeysville, last
Saturday, with Mr. e. Cuttings Merryman as
foreman. full report Of the meeting viii be
published in TIE UNION next week.
- On Monday night last sneak !nlei
visited the residence of Mr.. Dixon G. Walker;
/ on West Chesapeake avenue, Towson. and
robbed refrigerator (Which stood on the back
porch) of all Of its contents. Mr.. Walker offers
reward of $25 for the arrest of the thief.
Proprietor Wolters, of Hotel Carney, HAIR
| ford road, is getting up big oyster supper and
| rattle to take place on Thursday evening. No
| vember ed The prizes in the rattle will be
two horses valued at SIPS each-one to the
highest and the other to the lowest throw.
Estate Game Warden Dennis notifies gun
| ners that it is unlawful to shoot hickers. and
| those who do 30 are liable to fine of from 81
| to SO The opinion has prevailed that f1ckers
were not protected by law, but thisis erroneous
| as these birds are Of the woodpecker family.
- The big sale of the 8. N. Hyde Company
| is advertised In THE UNION today 1t will take
place on the 23d of October and will mark the
passing Of an important Baltimore county in
dustry that was established, and for years sue.
cessfully conducted by Col. Samuel N. Hyde:
- Last week THE UNION again contained
twenty two separate and distinct new adver
tisements, making an interesting variety that
could not fail to attract attention. That the
people appreciate the value of The UNION as
an advertising medium is a fact that cannot be
gainsaid.
- Baltimore county has had two more
barn fires the origin of neither of which can be
traced. 1t seems strange indeed why these
fires should occur without any apparent cause.
Every one of them should be carefully investi-
gated. but it is very rare that anything is done
In this line.
-sMr. Henry G. Shirley, Baltimore county's
roads engineer, is an old football player and
has kindly consented to coach the Towson
team team and is now no putting the boys through
here this Saturday afternoon with squad
from Baltimore.
-. Charles F. Roe, while operating steam
saw on the farm of Col. D. NJ. Matthews, in
hand seriously lacerated by coming in contact
with the saw. He was brought to Towson and
taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital by advice of
DR.. ]. Royston Green.
THE Comptroller of the Currency has
issued certificate authorizing the Second Ma
tional Bank of Towson. Md. to begin business
with capital of $4,000. Thomas W. Offutt,
presidents Elmer J. Cook, first vice president;
Harrison Rider, second vice-president and
Thomas ]. Meads, cashier.
1.-The first tOll-gate on the Hartford road is
inside the city limits and the question has been
asked, since the other portion of the road has
been condemned, if toll will continue to be
collected there. We have no doubt it will as
the lOWSOQ jury 3 verdict only applied 10 tQaL
portion of the road in this county.
->It is announced that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company is building large number
of all steel cars for passenger traffic, which are
expected to be practically indestructible. and
that the intention is to equip the entire pas
as rapidly as they can be constructed.
"A number of Spanish chestnut trees are
growing on the property of Mr.. John Marley,
at Towson. They were planted by the late
Judge George Yellott, former owner of the
place The trees are very pretty and bear nuts
that are several times as large as the native
chestnuts. but they are not as palatable
While cutting off corn on the farm of
Mr.. G. Bosley Littig, in Hartford county, 1t
was found that some Of the ears that looked
perfect with the husk on had very few grains
on the cob. Other farmers have reported the
same thing, and If this should prove to be
general the size of the crop will be much re-
duced.
- Messrs. Forbes & Forney will sell two
car loads of colts at Hiteshue's Hotel in Refs
terstown, today Saturday, September 9Th.
This firm had q similar sale in Westminster a
few days ago and the animals offered brought
from $62 to 500 per head. These horses are
brought from Montana and are extra fine
animals.
- Mrs. Elisha Dyer, Jr.. was in a runaway
accident at Newport, r. l., on Monday after
noon. She was thrown from high cart and
had both wrists fractured Mrs Dyer is niece
OI bu6 lhtc OdlUucl .. Z dttGISOu anu luu6Tlt6u
from him fine farm in Long Green Valley
where she winters a number of saddle and
driving horses.
1.-THE supper held last week by the con-
gregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
at Parkville was successful affair Part of
the proceeds were to purchase new organ for
the Sunday school, and it will be dedicated on
Sunday, October 7th, at 7.30 P. M, when an in
teresting program will be presented. Every
body is invited.
- ny "a
who tried swindling scheme in Towson sew
eral months ago. and who afterwards operated
in several towns about Baltimore, has been
arrested in Philadelphia on the charge of OBJ
tanning money under false pretense. Swallow,
who has at least dozen aliases, worked the |
bogus draft racket.
- The Junior Gunpowder Agricultural Club |
will celebrate its thirty second anniversary at
its meeting to be held this Saturday afternoon |
at the farm of Mr.. Charles Fl. Price, near the |
Gunpowder Friends Meeting House. In that |
time the club has had twenty nine members,
only one of whom has died. The present |
membership is fourteen.
- Mr.. James NICK. Merryman, with his |
herd of Guernsey cattle, has returned from the |
Allentown and Trenton fairs, where he was |
successful in capturing number of first and |
second prizes. Next week he will show his |
herd at Richmond, Va. Mr. Merryman's cattle |
and Berkshire hogs attracted a great deal of |
attention at the Timonium fair this year.
from dairying, closed out his fine herd of COWS |
at public SALE on his farm on the Pot Spring |
road, on Tuesday afternoon. The attendance |
at the sale was large and good prices were OBJ |
tanned. SIade e. Risteau were the auctioneers.
Mr.. Todd gives up the milk business because |
he found it impossible to secure capable help.
- Forty members of Triumph Lodge I. o. |
O. F.. of Belair, paid fraternal visit on We'd |
nesday night to Bethany Lodge of Glen-Arm, |
and partook of fine supper Of fish and oysters.
NJ IT. z-cS.~ Al
were number of responses The affair was
greatly enjoyed by all present The visitors
came and returned by train on the Nd. & Pa. |
Railroad.
- The Towson team made disastrous
finish of the baseball season last Saturday and |
thereby lost the pennant of the Suburban |
League. The Sovereigns, of Woodbury., took
both games on the grounds here, but 1t was |
nothing to their credit as nearly every man on
their patched up team was star player and
the gang was gotten together especially to
down the Towsons.
- Mrs. Annie j. Shriver. widow of Albert
Shriver, whose serious illness was mentioned
in The UNION last week, died at her home in
Baltimore, on the 18th inst, aged 66 years.
The funeral took place at the Cathedral and
Cardinal Gibbons delivered an address and
spoke in glowing terms of the deceased, who
had for years been active in church and chart
table work. Mrs. O'Donovan, wife of DIR.
Charles O'Donovan, is a daughter of Mrs.
Shriver
A Hard Working Methodist Minister
Among the ministers in Baltimore who are
doing good work and taking an active part in
the work of others in their field is Rev. j. Fred
Heisse presiding elder of the West Baltimore
district of the Baltimore Conference of the M.
E. Church. says the Sun
Rev. Mr.. Heisse has been in Baltimore about
four years, but in that time he has made him.
self popular with everyone with whom he has
come in contact and has won many friends by
his ability as preacher. his cordially toward
everyone and the well directed interest which
be takes in the affairs of the churches under
his charge
He is graduate of Dickinson College. After
graduation at Dickinson he came to Baltimore,
becoming circuit preacher His first assign
ment was that of assistant pastor of the West
Hartford circuit.