The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-17
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UlVeTLeQ lnlO JULIET CuduuClSs
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- Bear in mind the fact that il is unlawful
to shoot birds and rabbits when the ground is
covered with Stow.
- Fresh eggs sold in Baltimore on Tuesday
at 80 and 40 cts. dozen. They'll be out Of
sight by Christmas.
- It is expected that the new Second Ma
tional Bank OF Towson will open its doors for
business on Tuesday next.
Apples are abundant throughout the
country yet they retail at 40 cents peck in
Towson. Is there an apple trust too?
1.-The fine new Offutt Building in TOwson
is now ready for its tenants and every apart
ment in it except one has been taken.
- Farmers continue to rush their produce
to market and the prices continue strong. The
outlook for the tiller of the soil is excellent.
They will be beautiful yellow this year
and you can't help but see them-if you get
one. Look out for them next Saturday week.
- DR. George C. Wegefarth is about to build
fine residence on the Evergreen Lawn prop
erty, on the Hartford road to cost about $25, 900.
>Sixteen tracts of land were sold at the
Court House door on Wednesday for delin-
quent taxes Caleb S. Hobbs was the aGc
tioneer.
1.-The fall fly is pestiferous creature and,
if anything, more annoying than his summer
brother. The only way to get rid of him is to
kill him.
->THE UNIoN's annual subscription bills
will go out with the issue of the paper dated
preparation.
= Charles E. Merson, of Lansdowne, 18th
district on Monday applied for the benefit of
the bankruptcy law, through his attorney, Mr..
John l.. G. Lee.
THE first snow of the season put in an
appearance on Thursday morning, November
10Th. The temperature was "a and the wind
z from the north west
%Only little over a month of the year
1906 remains, and already the end is in sight.
Dnlon6nrn for the hppIQQlDp to
make their appearance.
Those who have ice-houses are getting
them in shape in anticipation of an early
freeze: Very little ice was secured from ponds
- Mr.. T. T. Griffith, a 10th district farmer,
raised this season 275 barrels of corn on 10 acres
of land, or Is LIS barrels to the acre. 1t cost
\ him % cts. barrel to have it husked.
John Eager Howard Council, Jr. 0. U.
A. NJ, of TowsoD, will present handsome
American flag to the fine new High School
Building in Towson as soon as it is completed.
- The rededcation of Orem's M. E. Church,
Great Falls Circuit which was to have taken
place last Sunday, was postponed on account Sl
of the rain until Sunday next, November 18th.
Another Baltimore policeman has come
to grief. He stole agold watch from drunken
man and he has gone to the penitentiary for
/ two years. The man has wife and an invalid
| child.
: - The handsome house of the Gainesville
Country Club was destroyed by fire last Sunday
morning, causing loss Of about s32, 900, which
is covered by insurance. The club will rebuild
at once.
The fall race meeting of the MARYLAND
Jockey Club ended on Wednesday. This was
the last meeting the club will hold at Pimlico,
and it is likely the track there will be aban-
dOned.
->The baseball team of the Gardenvile
Athletic Club played 40 games the past season
and lost but 5. The greatest achievement was
the winning of three games in single day
October 9th.
- Electric signals are being established at
the draws in the bridges over the Gunpowder
and Bush rivers by the P, B. and w. Railroad.
The Bush river signal tower will also be put in
commission again.
IA Young horse being schooled over the
Jumps at PimIico track last Saturday evening
fell at one of the distractions and broke his
back. He was killed at once. The jockey was
only slightly hurt.
- The fine large burslar-proof safe for the
new Second National Bank of Towson arrived
this week. 1t has all the latest improvements
and looks like it had the strength to resist an
attack of any kind.
- Several more old persons, whose ages
ranged from 76 to So years. have died in Balti-
more county within the past week. The NOR
tality among old people in the last two months
has been remarkable.
IAN oyster supper for the benefit of st.
Joseph's Church will be held at st. Joseph's
Thursday evenings, November Goth, 21st and
22d. Supper 25 cents.
1.-The Thanksgiving turkey is beginning
to see bis finish. The days of his career are
numbered, but as he is in blissful ignorance of
bis fate he can go on enjoying the ample pro-
vision provided for him.
The colored church at Cuba, 9Th district,
was destroyed by fire about noon on Wednes
day last, causing loss of $1,000. A public
school for colored children was conducted in
fhe haepment of the binding.
1.-The County Commissioners have not yet
appointed asuccessor to County Surveyor Chas.
b. MCLEAN. The matter came up on Tuesday
and was deferred until next week. There are
five or six applicants for the place.
- The United Railways and Electric Com
pany is about to begin the erection of nine car
barns that will cost 81 600, 600. One of these
will be at Arlington and another on the York
road just north of Arlington avenue.
- Mr.. Henry Storms, who is about to en-.
gage in other business, will sell all his personal
property and also his snug farm of 20 acres,
located on the Dover road. on Wednesday, No.
yember 18th. See ad. in THE UNION.
1.-THE case of G. Harlan Williams, receiver
of the Home Fire Insurance Company OF Bal
timore against the U. s. Fidelity and Guaranty
Company has been occupying the attention of
the Circuit Court here nearly the whole of this
week.. 80
Two Hartford county corn-huskers made
good records on the 30th of October. In day
OF ten hours CnarleS Oantler nuSkeu 1Z2 Ddr-
rels and James Wayne husked 141 barrels. In
both instances the corn was very fine and
large.
We did not hear of any arrests being
made 'on election day for violations of the
game laws. No doubt the deputy game war
dens kept a sharp lookout The prospects of
being Obliged to pay fines and costs are always
discouraging.
I Rumors were circulated in Towson this
week that Messrs. Dukehart & Stevenson, pro-
prietors of the Towson Horse Company, were
about to retire from the business. We have
the best authority for the statement that there
is no truth in the rumor.
The Continental Can Company, new
Baltimore enterprise, will establish its plant
near Bavview Junction, where it has purchased
the REGISTER property for that purpose. There
are 16 acres in the tract, and the price paid j:
said to have been $40, 600.
IA Baltimore postal clerk was arrested on
Tuesday on the charge of stealing $3.50 from
a letter. On Wednesday he plead guilty in the
8. s. District Court and Judge Morris sen.
fenced him to three years in the penitentiary
There's swift justice for you.