The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-01-13

The board of directors of the Dulany'
| Valley Turnpike Company, at its meeting o.
| the 4th instant, passed resolution, offered 0.
| Mr.. John Ridgely of H highly commendinl
the zeal and honesty of Frederick T. Rinehari
the company's gate-keeper who was MURDERS
on the night of December 18th.
- Mr.. William p. Cole, Clerk OF the Circui
| Court, this week received letter from JONI
w. Washburn, of Cleveland. o., asking 70
some information in relation to his great
grandfather, Nathaniel Washburn, who, h'
says, owned property in Baltimore county q
the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.
~ reporter for the Baltimore Sun, accom-
panied by photographer, was in Towson OF
Monday taking pictures ofsome Offhe churches
residences, public buildings, etc.. that will ne
doubt appear in early edition of that paper
which has lately been publishing some inter
estiDg descriptive articles of.the suburbs.
- The Hartford Mutual Fire Insurance.
Company didn't mince matters on the ques
ton of the State Fire Marshal. Seeing the
utter uselessness of the office it frankly asked
the Legislature to abolish it, and that is What
should be done. If it ever accomplished any
good for the people no one has yet heard OF it
- The Towson National Bank has made nc
arrangements whatever looking to the erection
Of new bank building on the lot lately &C
Quired by it. When the board met this week
the subject was not discussed. If indeed, it was
even alluded to. When it is erected the new
building will be less than 100 feet south OF the
present one.
->At the regular meeting Of Gardenville
Council, Catholic Benevolent Legion, held
Tuesday evening, the State president, Judge
William NJ. Dunn, Of the Orphans Court OF
Baltimore city. made his annual visit and found
it in first class condition. A public installa-
ton of the newly elected officers took place the
same evening.
- We are already well along in the New
Year, half of the first month having nearly
departed. Some people are making plans
for spring, and the year promises to be busy
one. as was its immediate predecessor. The
people seem to have become SO used to pros
perity now that setback of any kind would
be hard to endure.
- At meeting of the Fifth District Farm
ers' Club of Howard county. held last Satur-
day, Col. VIM. s. Powell, who lately returned
from trip around the world, made highly
interesting address on THE agriculture of the
old world as compared with that of America"
Col Powell is the editor and proprietor Of the
EIIicott City Times.
Another man called at THE UNION Office
this week to advertise his stock and implements
for sale, at the same time saying that he in
tended TO give up farming because he could not
get the necessary labor to help him do his work.
He said he couldn't stand 81. so day for men
who wanted to work only nine hours and who
were very Indifferent hands at that.
ton in Towson this week. It was called a
black ward party" and all the lady guests were
asked to>appear with their dresses wrong side
in 'front.' Some of them said that the main
troubIe was, after being harnessed in this
fashion, that they couldn't tell if they were
heading for the party or going home:
- Mr.. Thomas j. Gardner, an inmate of
the Confederate Soldiers Home, Pikesville,
died in that institution on Monday last, aged
50 years. His death was very sudden and I'M
expected. He served two years in the 35th
Virginia Calvary and was obliged to retire on
account of disability from wounds. He bad
been an inmate of the home since December,
1901.
- Mr.. Emil Lang, who lives on the Jennings
farm on the Pimlico road north of Pimlico
track. while walking in field a few days ago
picked up on top of furrow remarkably
well preserved Spanish silver coin about the
size of an American dollar. 1t was coined in
1878 and the figures and lettering on it are
perfectly legible. Mr.. Lang thinks he has
prize.
- On Friday, 9Th inst, bill was filed in
the Circuit Court here by Bessie NJ. Baublitz
praying divorce from her husband, Eugene
Q. Baublitz. An answer was filed on the same
day, testimony was taken on Monday, and the
same day Judge Duncan signed decree di-
vorcing the parties. We doubt if there is an
other case of this kind on record in the courts
of Maryland.
- Mr.. +. A. Gemmill. prosperous young
farmer on the Falls road, north of Brookland-
wood. has AZ hens of mixed breeds from which
he realized last year fraction over $40. The
past season Mr. Gemmill had great success
from a new variety of yellow corn which
yielded immensely Some of the ears had as
many as 80 rows of grains. He will plant it
more extensively this year.
- The improvements now being made to
Govanst0wn Presbyterian Church, which mean
the almost entire rebuilding of the edifice, will
cost about $25. 000.. The work is being done
for Mr.. Lawrence Turnbull as a memorial TO
his late parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry g. Turn
bull, of Auburn" near Towson. Regular
services are being held in the chapel while the
improvements are being made.
- Last weeks issue of THE UNION contain
ed fifteen local letters representing nearly every
section ofthe county. There is no other country
newspaper in Maryland that can make such
showing. In addition to these letters there
were 81 columns of other local matter, ''packed
inn as closely as 1t was possible to do it. If
you think of it you cannot help but under
stand that this means much work.
THE Sherwood Distilling Company. whose
extensive plant is located at Cockeysville has
secured an option from Mrs. P. F. Cockey on
about six acres of her Melrose Farm at $500
per acre 1t is said the company will need the
land upon which to erect new buildings when
Baltimore city makes the proposed changes in
the Gunp0wder supply, as water will be backed
over the present distillery site when that vast
undertaking is completed.
- Few people know it but one of the finest
artesian wells in Maryland is on the property
of the late Henry Schwarz, on Bellona avenue
a short distance north of Govanstown. When
the well, which is over 200 feet in depth, was
tested, soon after ii was bored, it proved to
have capacity of 80 gallons per minute, and
it showed no diminution after being worked
for hours The water has been annalyzed and
was found to be chemically pure.
- Rev. A. R. Walker, being compelled to
be absent for the month Of January Rev g. A.
Potter, rector of st. James Church, NY Lady's
Manor, will preach at Trinity Church, Long
Green, at P. NJ, on the second aud third Sun
days of the month, the 14th and 2lst. This
church has lately been presented with large
brass aims receiving basin as memorial of
the late C. d. Warfel. for thirty five years
faithful vestryman of Trinity Church, and the
devoted superintendent of the Sunday school,
THE trial of the Winders for the killing
of Gate Keeper Rinehart will come up in the
Circuit Court at Towson next Monday, 18th
inst, and no doubt large crowd will be at
tracted here, as much interest is felt in the
case As there is no doubt about the guilt of
the men it should not take long to dispose of
it. What the people want is to see swift JUS
tice visited upon these wretches. The cruel
murder was committed on the night of Deem
Der 18th, and the facts are still fresh in the
minds of everybody.
Farmers Club Against the Shoemaker
Road Law.-Atthe meeting of the Deer Creek
Farmers Club held last Saturday at the farm
of Mr. r. Harris Archer, near Churchville,
action was taken against what isknown as the
Shoemaker road law and the following resolu-
tons were adopted:
'ReSolued, That it is the sense of the Deer
Creek Farmers Club, in regular session as
sembled that under existing regulations the
Good Roads Law, known as the Shoemaker
law, is not productive of the best possible
results.
.'Rcsol0ed. That in its practical operation
broader discretion should be given to the local
authorities as to details of construction and the
maximum amount per mile TO be expended.
"HesolUed That Senators and Representatives
in the Legislature be instructed to use their
efforts looking to needed relief in these direc-
tions."
1t was the consensus of opinion that Har-
ford county is spending too much money for
the quality and quantity of roads being con-
structed, and that unless the Shoemaker law is
changed the county will in all probability
adopt the rule of constructing its roads, with
out sharing in State aid.
AN INTERESTING OLD FARM.
The home of Mr.. Archer is of historic inter-
est. In 1715 it was owned by q man named
Shea, who sold it to the Order of Jesuits for
the consideration that they take care of him