The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-11-16
LOCAL ITEMS.


his home farm. TX miles from Fallston and
one mile from Upper x Roads, highly bred
dairy stock, horses, dairy outfit. etc.
Wednesday, November 20, by Albert Hofmeis-
ter, on the Phila. road. opposite the Balti-
more Brick Company's works. horses, mules
COWS. hogs. farm implements, corn. hay. etc
Friday, November e. by Mrs. Laura ]. HOFFMAN,
on her farm one mile west Of Timonium, N.
G. X. R.. lage collection Of fine antique and
modern furniture, works OF art. china, glass
and siIverware. driving and work horses,
farm implements and machinery, vehicles.
meat, potatoes, hay. etc.
Tuesday. November 26. by William Penrose, as
Slsnss, ETC. on tie ESP premises; lot and i'm
Thursday, November rs, by John Lessner, near
Herring Run, Phila road. horses, mules,
corn, fodder, straw, etc.
Tuesday, December3 by James Kelley assignee,
etc., at the Court House door, farm OF ~
acres and improvements. near upper Falls,
18th district
Tuesday, December 10. by John J. Timanus. at
torney, ETC.. at the Court House door. farm
ing and mining property in the I'd district.
>Christmas shopping has already COM
menced in Baltimore.
- Baltimore city is borrowing money Just
now and paying per cent interest for it.
~ Not a good outlook for Thanksgiving ::
Turkeys are selling in the North at % to 80 cts.
q pound.
- Just think of il You'll be writing 1908
inside Of two months and Christmas will be
here in jiffy.
- Ice formed in Baltimore county several
mornings this week and the frost made the
pumpkin white
- The tax rate in Baltimore city for the
E coming fiscal year will be 81 on the 500 of
assessable property.
- Deputy Game Warden Charles b. Whit
aker. of Towson. has sent his resignation to
State Warden Denis.
- The Towson National Bank has declared
selni-annual dividend of per cent, clear of
State and county taxes.
- Farmers Of Adams county, Pa. have sold
this season over 500. 600 worth of apples They
were mostly York Imperials.
- Two foundling babies in Baltimore have
been named for Judge Crothers, the Democratic
GovernOr-elect. who is q bachelor.
- Fresh pork has been selling in Towson
at II cts. pound and fresh country sausage at
16 cts. The latter formerly sold at IL cts
- The fall meeting of the Mary land Jockey
Club ended at Pimlico last Saturday. Upon
the whole 1t is said to have been successful.
THE month of February 1905 will con-
tain five Saturdays-something very unusual
1t is leap year and the month will have % DAYS
>We experienced some snow furries this
week and the weather man promised more Of
1.-THE beautiful" but fortunately it did not
appear:
- Three years in the penitentiary was what
ALEC" Wilson got in the Circuit Court here on
Tuesday for stealing a COW from Mrs. Annie
Reichert.
- Too mnch rain for saving the corn crop
lDcIe
good kicking. 1t will come around all right
in the end.
- Some important sales of real and personal
property are being advertised in THE UNION
at this time. 1t will pay to scan these col
umns closely.
Members of the Green Spring Valley
Hunt Club went to Pennington, Hartford coun-
ty, on Wednesday and will spend ten DAYS there
hunting the live fox.
~ Mr.. H. g. Burnham, of Glen Morris, 4th
district, was seriously injured last Saturday by
being kicked in the face by horse. DR.. 4.
Rowe Price attended him.
- thief entered the house of Mr.. Leopold
link, on the warren road, near Cockeysville,
on Tuesday night and got away with some
articles Of clothing and s. in cash.
- ABOUT thirty persons have protested con-
version at the protracted meeting that has been
in progress some time at Hunts M. E. Church.
Rev. H. w. Burgan is the pastor.
- The ladies OF the Presby terian Church at
Hamilton, Hartford road. will hold bazaar and
oyster supper in Hamilton Hall, November
18th and Goth, for the benefit of the church.
"a meeting of those interested in the i'm
provement of the Belair road from Putty Hill
to Kingsvile will be held at Denger's Hotel,
Perry Hall, on Wednesday, November Goth, at
SPIN.
- Oysters are now doing good service in
bringing in dollars for church work and other
worthy objects. The oyster is not a pretty
bird, but as a money.earner he can't easily be
beaten.
The work OF making out The UNIONS
annual subscription bills is now in progress.
They will go out December 7th and if you don't
want to get one you know sure way to pre-
vent it.
MIR. Charles H. Diensbach, of Towson,
has pair of very pretty pointer puppies from
the kennels of Mr.. Harry Rieman, of Dulany's
Valley; They are highly bred and finely
>The membership of Towson Lodge of
Elks continues to grow, Messrs. Joseph I.
Padian and Jacob s. Hook having been added
to the list at the meeting of the lodge on Tues
day night.
John Mays Little, member-elect to the House
of Delegates from this county, had one of his
feet painfully injured by tramping upon a
rusty nail
- The Ladies' Aid Society of Wiseburg NJ.
E. Church will hold an oyster supper in Griffin's
Hail. Wisebure, on the evenings of November
2lst 22d and 23d, to which general invitation
is extended.
>Mr. Noah L. Bixler, a farmer and store
keeper at Cranberry Valley, Carroll county
was the father of Mrs. Mary Fowble, of Balti-
more county.
- 1t is a singular fact that Judge Crothers
got more votes in Carroll county than Dr..
Herring did And yet is the Dr.'s own county
and be is thought to be very strong man
among the people.
I'VE know of at least one young man who
left Baltimore to engage in business in another
city who was brought back through the Old
Home Week celebration. He says he's back
now for good and all.
~ At meeting of the Towson Volunteer
Fire Company on Tuesday night it was decided
to equip the men with gum coats and helmets.
Some of the money made at the recent fair will
be used for the purpose.
THE Ladies' Aid Society of Waugh NJ. E..
t--lA $3.50 how
OF the president Mrs. Owen Burton, Tuesday
night, November 10th. A full attendance of
the members is requested.
- According to the almanac we still have
about another month of autumn before US but
we've already had some days that came mighty
near being "winterish." The first winter
month begins December 22d
- August Unhart, who made application
for license to sell liquor at Jerusalem Mills,
in the 18th district, withdrew the same on
Thursday A protest had been entered against
the granting of license in that place.
- Lewis Selby, bachelor. 20 years of age,
who lived with bis brother Mr.. E. D. Selby,
in Reisterstown, committed suicide on Tues
day by cutting his throat with a knife. Ill
health is supposed to have been the cause.
THE appointments for Long Green Cir
cult for Sunday, November 18th will be as fol-
lows: Communion service at Union, IL A. M;
preaching at Salem, 3 P. NJ; revival services at
Fork, 7.45 P. NJ; preaching by Rev. d. II.
Martin.
- The vote in Maryland for the long-term
u. s. Senatorship in the Democratic primary
on the 9th instant was as follows: Smith, 48,
1871; Warfield, 30,200 Talbot, 1924 Mr..
Talbot got some votes in every county in
the State.
- At one voting precinct in Towson 65 bal
lots were thrown out for improper markings,
etc, out of poll of All votes If the same
ratio of loss had been maintained throughout
the county it would have meant 8, 100 defec-
tive ballots.
- Mr.. William P. Cole Clerk of the Circuit
Court has received letter from Mrs. W. l..
Sheets of Burlington, Iowa. seeking informa
ton about her great grandfather John Todd,
who, she says, was once a resident of Balti
more county.
- People are rapidly getting their houses in
order for winter, but many have been held up
because it seemed simply impossible to gel
anyone to repair their stoves. &c. Mechanics
from Baltimore have been brought to help to
do this work.
> Miss Agnes G. Kane, of Texas, has re
signed as one of the teachers in the primary de-
partment of Franklin High School, Reisters.
town. Miss Grace Lisle who has been assis
tant teacher at Owings' Mills, has been appoint
ed her successor.
-Mr. H. L. CRUDE is a wideawake bushes:
wan rbo hoo great faith in THE UNION as an