The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-07-13

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| county, clerk IN the Baltimore Custom House,
has been promoted from q, 200 to u ,4gg
position, under civil service rules. Mr.. Mitchell
| was formerly teacher in the public schools.
i ->Homething seems to have gone wrong
| with the baggage cars on the Md. Il Pa: Kali
/ road. Within q week two Of them left the
| rails and one of these plunged into ravine
| over 80 feet deep. Fortunately nobody was
| hurt.
- Some matter intended for last week'sissue
| of THE UNION did not reach Us until Saturday
| affernoon-tWenty-fou four hours after the paper
| had been printed and sent out. OF course we
| cannot say who Is to blame for such lapses as
these.
| bill that will be likely to drive Gypsies out
| OF the State. It makes 1t necessary for them
| to procure q license from the treasurer Of eacn
county in which they camp and gay license
- Major Jno. 1. Yellott, attorney for Arthur
! G. Dunnfng. Of Cummings Towson and Balti-
| more Express, has sued the Md. q Pa. Rail
| road Company for damages for the killing OF a
pair Of mules at Notre Dame crossing some
- Justice Joseph B. Herbert has received
the thanks Of many citizens for breaking up
/ the practice of riding bicycles on the sidewalks
| of TOwson. To do so is a violation OF the law,
but little attention has been paid to the matter
heretofore.
- In 1889 the corn crop in Maryland was SO
short that in July, August and September Of
the year following corn sold at 50 per barrel.
A well known gentleman says be remembers
distinctly OF having paid in 1880 $50 for
load of 30 barrels.
A loss of about $4,000 was caused last
Sunday morning by the burning of the barn
and other outbuiIdings on the property OF Mr..
William M. Manly, near Gainesville. The
house was saved with difficulty. What caused
the fire Is unknown.
->The Circuit Court has appointed Messrs.
Peter J. Campbell and William J. o. Brien, Jr.,
receivers of the Locust Vale Stock Farm. near
Towson, which will now be sold. The prop
-eThe young ladies will have most in
viting opportunity at Bauer's Park tourna-
next July 18th. There will be two royal
parties. and there surely ought to be honors
enough to 60 round.
THE trial Of John w. II. Geiger. former
cashier Of the Canton National Bank upon the
charge Of embezzlement, which has been in
progress in the g 8. District Courtin Baltimore
for sixteen days, had not been concluded at
noon on Friday, 18th instant.
- Flies were late arriving this summer but
they are now here in full force and just as an
noying as ever. The idea that flies purify the
air is an altogether erroneous one. That they
are an unmitigated nuisance, if not q positive
danger to health. all will concede.
known stock dealer of Long Green Valley, sold
at the Baltimore stock yards on Tuesday,
bunch Of 81 fine fat steers (his own feeding) at
cents per pound. The price of cattle is con-
siderably higher than It was this time last
year.
- During the thunder storm of Saturday
night last the house of Judge Hoshall. Of the
Orphans Court, near Freeland, 9Th district,
was struck twice by lightning. but was not set
on fire. The roof was slightly damaged and
some plastering was knocked on, but no one
was hurt.
-eThe inaugural meeting of the Green
Spriug Valley Steeplechase Association on the
Fourth proved great success and was enjoyed
by large crowd. Mr.. Robert II. Wright is
president Of the association. which promises to
afford much sport for residents OF the valley
and their friends.
- The Board of Managers of the Baltimore
County Agricultural Society held its regular
monthly meeting in Baltimore last Saturday
and transacted q lot of routine business in con-
nection with the coming fair. which is less
than two months off. 1t is said the prospects
for il are excellent.
-sMr. Columbus Boteler and bis son, Mr..
Daniel Boteler, of Fork 18th district, were
badly hurt few days age Dy being thrown
Erdman avenue. Their horse became fright
ened at an automobile and ran away and de-
molished the buggy.
- For the quarter ended June 3Oth the park
tax paid to Baltimore city by the United Rail-
ways Company amounted to $110, 700.20. This
is the largest sum ever paid by the company
for any one quarter and represents per cent.
of the gross earnings of all the company's lines
within the city limits.
THE 0verlea Land Company, which owns
fine body Of land at the terminus of the Bel
air electric car line. has lately purchased the
property known as Belgravia, on the sameroad
Just south of Overlea, and will develop it also.
This company has been very successful in
handling suburban property.
>The Towson baseball team had hot
game last Saturday at Quick Park, Baltimore,
with the Pennsylvania Railroad 7. M. Q. A.
team, and was defeated by score OF to 0.
team was short three of its players, the vacan-
cies being filled with pickups.
- Many regrets are expressed for Mr.. u.
H. Rice and family on account or the destruc-
ton by fire on Tuesday night of their pretty
old home near Towson. Not only was the
house burned, but nearly its entire contents
was swept away by the flames. The fire was
undoubtedly the result of an accident.
lit does seem that some horses will not
become accustomed to automobiles. They
appear to become terrified even if they see the
machines standing perfectly still. Such eni-
mails should be kept off the roads as much as
possible. They endanger the lives of those
using them every time they are taken out.
- ChiIdren's day services were held last
Sunday afternoon at the new M. E. Church at
Stevenson Green Spring Valley. The address
was delivered by Rev. John 7. Ensor, pastor
of Madison Square Church, Baltimore. Sew
Cfal
Mr.. Charles h. Croft is superintendent of the
Sunday school.
1.-The trial of Walter A. Mason, charged
with defrauding the Munich Reinsurance Com
pany out Of $49950 has been occupying the
attention of the Circuit Court at Towson nearly
the whole of this week and was not concluded
at noon on Friday. The case was removed here
from Baltimore city. Mason is an ex-bank
president and an ex-national bank examiner.
AFTER daylight on Monday morning last
Mr.. @. G. Schuster, who lives in the south
eastern section of Towson, heard great com.
motion among his chickens Going to his
bedroom window he saw full grown fox
slaughtering the chickens right and left. Hur-
ridly getting his gun be soon got a shot at Sir
Reynard and brought him down very dead;
but not before he had killed GA chickens-just
biting their heads off as slick as anything-ap-
parently for the fun of it. Fox and chickens
were buried in the same hole.
Work of the Orphans Court.-In the
Baltimore County Orphans Court this week
letters were granted on the following estates:
On the personal estate of Jane Blackjack to
James Blackjack, administrator.
On the personal estate of Rebecca g. Ober to
Albert G. Ober. executor.
The will of Mrs. Rebecca G. Ober, daughter
of the late John A. Hambleton, was probated
this week. There are three codicils to the will