The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-02-10

Monday. February 70 Dy MIS-. MOillo IT, Gill; on
the farm Of the late John g. Gill, one mile
from Butler, horses. cattle, sheep, wagons,
farm implements. ETC..
farm on Chestnut Ridge. sth district.
sssyeT Farm n Lone s0F Green Valley
mules horses, Jersey cattle, farm imple-
ment and machinery: harness, etc;
Tuesday, March 8. by John Hays Little and Os-
borne l. YelIott, trus tees.at the Court House
door. a farm of s. acres in the 10th district
Wednesday, March Z. by George H: MerrymaIn5'
o., horses, mules, wagons harness, farm i'm
PIGMENTS and machinery, etc.
Il The mint juIep cropin Baltimore county
L/flext summer will be just as good as ever.
- Farmers in the vicinity of Mt. Vista,
18th district, cut ice this week about inches
in thickness.
- The lowest temperature reported in Bal
tmore county on Tuesday morning was above
zero At Cockeysville
- An Edison moving picture show will be
given in the Baptist Church at Hereford, on
Saturday evening, February 10Th.
- Mr.. w. Gill Smith, member of the bar,
had c. & P. telephone placed in bis residence
I on East Joppa road. Towson, this week.
- The Farmers Institute at the Court
House next Wednesday and Thursday should
attract crowds of people. Don't overlook the
dates
IA Towson family is using a small wood
stove that was made over sixty years ago and
it is almost as good today as 1t was the day 1t
left the foundry.
Those who enjoy skatipg had an oppor-
tunity to do little of it within the past week.
but the ice was too thin to take any risks where
the water was deep.
- Quantities OF ice were harvested IN balti-
more county early this week, but it was gener-
ally of rather poor quality and not over 4
inches in thickness.
- Belair has completed arrangements for
its poultry show, which will be held on Friday
and Saturday of next week. Hartford birds
only will be exhibited.
- The barn on the property of Mr.. John
Thayman, at Arbutus, 18th district, was burn
ed last Saturday, causing loss OF SZOOO.
Cause of fire unknown.
While adjusting a wagon brake few
DAYS ago Mr. Jacob Ness, of the 9Th district,
fell and one of the wheels passed over his left
arm, seriously iDjuring it..
IA dog supposed to have been mad was
killed last Monday at Cockeysville. Fortu-
nately no one was bitten by it. The dog was
shot BY Mr.. Jacob Kramer.
February brought us the coolest weather
Of the winter and the mercury in and about
\ Howson on Tuesday morning, 9Th inst, marked
from to degrees above zero.
- Fred. Mash, aged IA years, an inmate OF
the House Of Refuge, near Loeb Raven, went
off few days ago with one of the farm horses.
1t is thought be went to Baltimore.
- Mr.. Fred. Trapp, of Benheim, 10th dis
trict, was thrown from load of hay last Satur-
day and had his head badly cut and his shout.
der blade injured. DR.. John s. Green attended
him.
ION Wednesday night next Towson
Lodge of Elks will give supper in their new
home as a compliment to the ladies who as
sisted at the late Successful fair held by the
lodge.
Those who got frightened about an ice crop
failure should bear this in mind. Never cross
q bridge until you come to it," is fine old
adage.
- An artesian we'll 400 feet in depth was
lately bored at the Maryland Hospital for the
Insane, near Gainesville, without securing a
sufficient supply of water for that institution.
Another attempt will be made.
- Subscribers to THE UNION will save us
much trouble, in many instances, if they will
send us their addresses when remitting SUBJ
scriptions by mail. 1t will be small thing to
them, but of material assistance to u.s.
"a patent from the State of Maryland to
Messrs Charles H. Lewis and William NJ.
Talbot for Mud Island located in the Patap.
SEQ river, in Baltimore county. has been filed
in the County Clerks Office at Towson.
when you come to the Farmers Insti-
tute in Towson next week you can fetch that
small "pink Slip with you and call at The
UNION Office. Anything that brings crowd to
Towson always makes business brisk with US.
John Zinkhan, of the 10th district, says
Friday night of last week, be was waylaid by
two white men and robbed of $50. He says be
was knocked unconscious before his money
was taken.
- Messrs. David E. Evans and J. William
Middendorf of Baltimore county, are named
among the incorporators of the Mt. Washing.
ton Development Company that was organized
in Baltimore few days ago with capital stock
of 100000.
->Mr Charles G. Carmine of Baltimore,
has sold 81 acres Of bis land lying west OF NJ
Washington, to DR.. George @. Wegefarth, who
towns other property in the same neighbor-
hood. It is said the land will be developed fol
building purposes.
- Wednesday 7th instant, was the second
anniversary of Baltimore's greatest confiagra
ton To have looked at the burned district q
week after that fire and see it now makes il
almost impossible to believe ones eyes, so great
has>been the change.
I'D colored woman was baptized in pond
near Texas last Sunday by Rev. William Gray,
who was obliged to break a considerable coat
I ing of ice before he could perform the cere.
mony. A large number of people witnessed
the unusual spectacle.
- Mr.. George w. Yellott, having sold his
Summerfield Farm and intending to rent bis
home farm, will sell all his stock and nipple
ments on the latter, on Wednesday, February
18th. The sale will include an unusually fine
lot of stock of all kinds, &c.
"A valentine tea will be heldin the chapel
of Trinity Church, Towson. Wednesday and
Friday evenings February l4th and 10th, com;
mencing at 7 o'clock. Refreshments and
fancy articles will be for sale. A pleasant
evening is promised those who attend
THE body of Mr.. Joseph H. Mattingly
that was inferred in Loudon Park Cemetery
on the Frederick road, was brought back e
Towson on Tuesday and re-lnterred IN tn
Catholic Cemetery. Mr.. Mattingly died sud
denly at his home here two weeks ago.
There are good many cases OF what thu
people call grip in the country and also some
cases of tonsolitis. The latter disease IS preva
lent in Baltimore city and some deaths nav
been attributed to it. Perhaps the cold weatne
of February will help matters somewhat =,
-"What Constitutes Successful Farmer
WILDE the subject discussed at the meeting o
the Junior Gunpowder Agricultural CLUB, OF
= Saturday February 10TH at the home OF Mr.
Laban Sparks. Mr.. George Frame, OF Balti
more, by request of the club, will attend.
Another couple from Baltimore came U
Towson~ on Monday and, after procuring
license at the Court House, were married o.
Rev. B. B. Abbitt, of the Baptist Church LIE
Z the good work proceed. Our ministers ar
always ready to help along such enterprises.
- Lent begins this year on the 18th OF FEB
ruarY and ends April 18th. The midday Len
tep~services in the Towson Guild House vii
begin on Thursday, March LIST. These service
= will be conducted by the Protestant minister
of the town and everybody will be welcome.
THE B. & o. surveying corps that
located in Towson ran several lines through
Pikesville some weeks ago and the curiosity O
the people was much excited by the presenc
Of the corps. All the information the, mel
gave out was that they were in the employ G
the B. q O.
-Are the fire.plugs in Towson ever exam
ined to see if they are frozen !? A frozen plu
in the Waverly car barns was the cause Of thei
destruction by fire few weeks ago. HAD
been ready for instant use the flames coul
have been checked in five minutes. A wor
to the wise. etc.
-Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge, of Towsor
celebrated its forty. first anniversary with
banquet in the temple on Tuesday nig9t las
<<Fred n Talbot. who has been member Oft
lodge thirty years, was presented with certii
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