The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-08


give such order the business may be
diverted into other channels.
-sConniy Treasurer Rogers had on hand
December LIST q balance Of $751; .632S5.
IAN improvement Association has been
Dorganized at Marble Hill, 9Th district, with Mr..
George Jessop as president.
+The Board of Election Supervisors will
meet at their Office in Towson, on Tuesday
next, 18th instant, at 10 A. NJ.
- Messrs. Dukehart & Stevenson, of the
Towson Horse Company, have issued some
very snowy calendars for the coming year.
- Recent rains have caused the grass to
take on an almost summer freshness, and the
prospects for real green" Christmas are ex-
cellent.
Il Perhaps Towson will enjoy another
building boom when we get an increased water
supply. This has been a serious handicap for
some time.
blanket your horse when you stop. He'll feel
better when you are ready to start again and
so will you.
-THE UNIONS calendars for 1907 have been
in great demand this week, and they are being
rapidly distributed. Better get one before the
supply is exhausted.
1.-THE frame cottage in Roland Park. oc-
cupied by Mr.. J. Arthur Limerick and family,
was partially destroyed by fire on Thursday.
The damage was not serious.
- "a Sale Oh CQTl6LIudS dILlcleS, uUOeI Inc
auspices of the Junior Auxiliary of Trinity
Church, lows N, will take place in the chapel,
Friday, December 14th, commencing at P. NJ.
1.-THE dates selected for the Baltimore
county fair for 1907 are September Sd to 7th,
inclusive. As soon as the annual meeting is
held active work on next years fair will begin.
1.-THE country was overrun with gunners
on Thanksgiving day. but we did not hear Of
any accidents. Many of the hunters. large
percentage Of whom were boys, returned empty
handed.
-sChicken thieves are beginning to operate
In Towson. Rev. Fl. Z. Wright, pastor of the
M. P. Church, few nights ago sustained the
loss Of a number Of fine fowls. And there will
be others.
-sThe Baltimore city subscribers to The
UEIoE will receive their bills with this week 3
issue of the paper. They will have plenty of
time to respond before the beginning of the
New Year.
- Mr.. Joseph Snyder. we'll known farmer
and business man of the 18th district, is re-
covering from an attack of blood poison result
ing from cutting corn too closely. Dr. H. T.
Harrison attended him.
->During the month of November the milk
inspectors of Baltimore city inspected 160, AGO
gallons of milk, only 2S2 gallons of which they
found below the standard and destroyed This
is an excellent showing.
THE Hartford County Poultry and Pet
Stock Association, organized last year, will
hold its second exhibition in Belair, January
10Th and 18th. The association met with
marked success last year.
- This week Mr.. James Rodgers. of Rod
gers Forge, York road, slaughtered four Berk
shire hogs, about year old, the combined
weight Of which was .4S4 lbs. The heaviest
one tipped the beam at 800 lbs.
z>One of the things that Towson's new I'M
pfovement Association will attempt to do is to
break up the bad behavior of disorderly negroes
on the streets. 1t is quite time that something
should be done along this line.
- Woods fires have been doing no little
damage in this county within the last few days.
These are nearly always the result of careless
ness. and people who cause them should be
punished if they could be reached.
1.-THE annual memorial services were held
in the Elks' Hall at Towson last Sunday, when
Mr.. William Grason delivered an address. The
lodge has lost seven members by death, Col.
Charles B. MCLEAN being the last.
ION the 22d of last month a Mr.. e. T.
Ford, of Timonium, went to Baltimore to trans
act some business, since which time nothing
has been heard of him. The city and county
police have been asked to locate him.
->The Mems Club of Trinity Church, Tow
son, will hold its first regular meeting in the
chapel of the church, on Wednesday evening
NEXT, December 18th. Mr.. James II. Preston,
of the Baltimore bar. will deliver an address.
->In sending his money to THE UNION
Office an old 10th district subscriber sent along
verse of original poetry that must have been
q bard strain on him to write. We shall be
glad to learn If be has entirely recovered from
the effort.
- Christmas shoppers-or at least hunters
after the thousands of things that are offered
for sale-are already on the go and the rush
will continue to increase until the holidays are
over. The annual harvest of the shopkeepers
is now on.
- Fifteen thousand residents of Northeast
Baltimore have signed a petition asking the
Flitton to Clifton Park. He was lately trans
ferred to Patterson Park in the face of much
opposition.
- When the Loeb Raven water works were
constructed it was estimated that the daily per
capita consumption OF water in Baltimore city
was 80 gallons. Now the estimate is about
three times that much. but why it is so no one
can explain.
- Among others who have taken Offices in
the new Offutt Building are Messrs. John T.
and John s. Ensor and Mr.. j. Dixon O'Dell,
surveyor, who was for twenty eight years con-
nected with the office of the late Col. Charles
B. MCLEAN.
1.-THE heavy explosions that were heard in
Towson this week are believed to have been
caused by blasting on the B. & o. Railroad at
Alberton. Some thought the sounds were
caused by, earthquake, while others thought it
was thunder.
->some Of THE UNIONS local letters did not
reach us until Friday morning last week-too
late to be used. If our friends would mail
day earlier they would oblige us very much,
and then their favors would be sure of receiv-
ing attention.
MIR. Charles D. Fisher, who was killed
lately in a wreck on the Southern Railroad,
was q resident of Baltimore county. He left
an estate valued at considerable over 81 600, 000
Mr. Fisher was president of the Palmetto Phos-'
phate Company.
->Mr. James w. Shea, of the Smile House,
has been awarded the contract for doing the
filling in and grading for the new car barn to
be erected by the United Railways Company
on the east side of the York road just north of
Arlington avenue.
The new home of the Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company in BeIair will be ready for occu-
pancy before Christmas. The company owns
the building and will occupy offices on the first
floor, while the room for the directors will be
on the second floor.
1.-The house of Mr.. James NJ. Davis, on
the York road, Govanstown, was damaged by
fire on Tuesday to the extent of about $500.
The fire was caused by an attempt to thaw out
water pipe. Towson chemical engine re-
sponded to the alarm.
- Hicks, the long range weather prophet,
hit the cold wave for the beginning of Deem
Der. Many people are beginning to believe
that this mans forecasts are absolutely correct
OR as nearly so as it is possible for human in
genuity to make them.
during the absence of the rector Rev.
Sidney A. Potter, Rev. A. R. Walker. ofTrinity
Church, Long Green. will officiate at St. James
Church, My Lady's Manor. Rev. Mr.. Potter,
who will conduct mission in Florida, expects
to be absent three months.
The three first days of December were
decidedly wintry, with high winds and a biting
cold that there was no mistaking. The mer-
curry in Towson on Tuesday morning was as
low as 16 in some places, and the windows
were frozen for the first time.
"a shooting match and rattle will take
place at Valley View Hotel, miles from Tow
son, on the Dulanys Valley pike, on Thurs
daT. December 10th. Proprietor Madary is an
excellent provider and all his patrons will be
well fed and looked after generally.
IA singular thing is mentioned in connec-
ton with the death of Mr.. George w. Hoffman,
of the 9th district, published under 1.-THE Death
Record" in THE UNION today No member of
his family was aware of the fact that he had
lot of gold coin concealed about the house.