The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-04

THE Towson dog -poisoner was again q
work few days ago, but be was not 80 sue
cessful as he usually 10 as we heard OF Dut ON
fatal case. Perhaps the agent for the Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals vii
come up with this mysterious person one
these days.
NH Charles E. Fendall, of the County
Clerk 3 Office, who spent several days last weei
on Deer Creek, in Hartford county, enjoyed
fine sport angling for white fish and caugh
some extra large specimens. The artificla
grasshoppers that he used for bait proved
great success.
THE Towson insurance firm Of Wheeler
& Cole will occupy Offices in the Offutt Build
ing, on the south side Of the Court House
square, as soon as it is completed, the new
chased the building in which the firms pres
emit offices are located.
"a young man named Samuel Sipe, who
lately had been living at Sparrow's Point. has
of assaulting Mrs. Mary r. Roth. of Baltimore,
at Bear Creek, Baltimore county, on WedEes-
day of last week. Sipe was formerly resi-
| dent of the 9th district.
1.-THE Belair baseball team played two fine
games on the home grounds on Wednesday
afternoon and won both of them. The frst
was with the strong Walbrook team, which II
beat 8 to 2, and the second was with the Cations
vile Combination, result 4 to 0. A large
crowd witnessed the games.
1.-THE novice and professional tournament
| will take place at Bauer's Six-Mile House. on
| the Hartford road, on Wednesday, August 10th.
and will present some novel features that can
not fail to attract attention. dance will fol-
| low the fitting. For particulars see advertising
columns of The UNION today.
->The Sunday school of Ashland Presby-
terrain Church will 60 on its annual excursion
to COLCHESTER Beach, on Thursday next, Au-
| gust 9th, and everybody Is invited to join with
| the school in the enjoyment of this delightful
sail down the bay. Round trip from Jockeys
| vile to Baltimore only 81 cents.
->Mr. George T. Legg, who for some time
had charge of the Croft flour mill at Owings'
| Mills, has rented the Engleman mill, near
Union Bridge. Carroll county, and took charge
there August LIST. Owing to changes made By
| the Western Maryland Railroad that cut Oh
| the water the Croft mill is no longer in opera
| ton.
- mr.. T. Irwin Zimmerman, of the Sd dis
| trict, who disappointed some time ago by the
| Election, Supervisors to assist in transcribing
the names Of registered voters of the county,
4 resigned this week on account of other bust
7 ness engagements, and Mr.. VIM. T. Gundry,
of the LIST district, was appointed to the va
| cancy.
- The summer race meeting of the Shrews-
bury Trotting and Driving Association will be
held on the track at Shrewsbury, on Saturday,
August 25th. There will be three mixed PAGES
and trots and one running race for purses
aggregating $3.50. For full information ad-
dress Mr.. B. W. Baker,, secretary, Shrews-
bury, Pa.
- The annual reunion of the Sunday schools
of Long Green Circuit will be held in Clayton's
Grove, near Fork, on Wednesday next Au-
gust 9Th. Several former pastors OF the circuit
and other ministers will be present and large
crowd is expected. Refreshments will be serv-
ed during the day. Music by Long Green
COrnet Band.
The County Commissioners adjourned
on Thursday until August Dist Mr.. N. Bosley
Merryman, transfer clerk, will be in charge of
the Office during the absence Of the members
chief clerk and auditor. who will go to Saranac
Lake, N. Y, to visit his brother, Mr.. E. Win
throp Bosley.
->Mr. Thomas ]. Lea, farm manager at
the Sheppard Pratt Hospital, sent to THE
UNION Office on Monday three stalks of corn
that are hard to beat as they are IA feet in
height and each one contains three ears. The
corn was planted on the 18th of May and it is
said there are plenty of stalks in the field
equally as tall if not taller.
- delegation composed of Messrs. Rich
ard Cromwell, Charles @. Denison, Henry M.
WarfieId and others called on the County Com
missioners on Tuesday and asked that what is
known as the Cinder road, extending east from
the York turnpike at Timonium, be repaired.
They offered to contribute $3.50 towards the
COSb VI luc WOIAt WAlCn tuC DOuKQ OIOCACu
done.
- Rev. J. G. Nicholson, presiding elder Of
Hunts NJ. K. Circuit, when leaving Carroll
Chapel few days ago for the railroad station,
in company with Rev. 81. W. Burgan. pastor
of the circuit, was in a runaway accident and
DR.. Nicholson had the misfortune to lose q
valuable gold watch. His name is inscribed
on the inside of the case and this should insure
its return to the owner.
->Mr. Samuel H. DeHoff, for the commit
tee, is sending out invitations to number Of
gentlemen to accompany Governor Warfeld
to the annual Baptist Sunday school celebra-
ton to be held at Foreston, Baltimore county,
on Saturday, August 25th. The party will
meet at Union Station, Baltimore, in time to
take the $40 A. M. train for Hampstead, where
carriages will be in waiting.
->Mr. John TYRE, of Cockeysville, erected
this week in the family lot of the late DR..
Grafton M. Bosley, in Prospect Hill Cemetery,
Towson, q polished granite shaft, 20 feet in
Bosley, of Baltimore, in honor OF mis- parents,
whose remains were removed there from the
old Marsh family burial ground on West Joppa
road, which has been entirely obliterated.
- The Senior Gunpowder Agricultural Club
held its July meeting last Saturday at the farm
with Mr.. Lew NJ. Bacon as foreman. Farm
management and the farm labor problem were
discussed. A full report of the meeting will be
published in The UNION next week. Upon
the invitation of Mr.. Granville Matthews the
member of the Senior Club will meet the
Junior Club at his home, near Oregon, on
Saturday, August 4th-today.
Some Interesting Facts About Blast
Furnace.-Blast furnace A, one of the group
Company's plant at Sparrow's Point, is now
out of blast preparatory to being refined. The
furnaces are huge stacks, about 80 feet high,
81 feet in diameter at the base and 20 feet in
diameter at the top.
The function of blast furnace is the reduc.
ton of ores to metallic iron. The iron ore,
like stone and coke, is put in at the top, and
the iron and Stag are drawn OFF at the BASE
The temperature of the interior of blast
furnace when in operation varies according to
drawn off is about 1902 Fahr, indicating q
much higher temperature inside.
To Withstand such terrific heat which is
maintained by powerful blast of air, which
acts much in the same manner as forced draft
on boiler, the furnace is lined on the inside
with fine grade of fire brick, thoroughly
burned. This wall Of on-combustible material
is about four feet thick, outside of which is the
steel jacket of the furnace, about one-quarter
of an inch thick.
The lining of furnace will last from two 10
six years, according to the nature of the ma
teral smelted, the furnace being in continuous
operation during that time. Ittakes about six
weeks to refine furnace.
After furnace is "blown.out," or ceases to
be used, there is quantity of iron which cools
and solidifies at the base of the furnace. This
is called salamander, and it is necessary to use
dynamite to loosen this material and get it
out of the furnace so that repairs can be con-
summated. Salamander has ready sale, as it
is a fine grade of pig iron. Two hundred
pounds of dynamite was carried to the Point
this week to be used in blasting out the sala-
mander.
As rule, when trade conditions are good, a
blast furnace is never allowed to cool down, or
be taken out of blast, except at intervals Of
several years for refining.
A Pastor Of the Old School.-Rev. w. G
Herbert, pastor of Caroline Street M. E..
Church, is one of the most interesting figures,
not only in the Methodist denomination in this
city, says the Baltimore american, but in the
entire Baltimore Conference. In the first place
Mr.. Herbert is an old.time preacher. Heholds
fast to the first principles of Methodism, in
| practice as well as in the pulpit. In this re-
spect he keeps his church, which. in spite of
the pastoral time limit, he has served for years,
unlike any other church Of the denomination
| in the whole East, and perhaps there are now
| very few like 1t anywhere in the country.
| Then, again, Mr.. Hebert probably knows