The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-02-16
.. NearIv an The trolIev lines IN Baltimore

" Nearly all the trolley lines In Baltimore
L city were tied up on Monday evening for an
hourand aLhalf and many thousands Of pe0ple
were Obliged to walk to their homes. a strike
of men at the main power house was the cause
Of the trouble.
AS will be seen by notice in the adver.
Using columns of TEE UNION today the annual
meeting of the Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany In Baltimore county will be held At the
Office of the company in Baltimore, on Tues
day, March 9Th.
lowing to the illness of Detective Todd
Hall. of Baltimore, the meeting OF the Men 8
| Club of Trinity Church, Towson, announced
| for Friday night, 10Th instant. was postponed
until the evening of the 22d instant, when Mr..
Hall will speak,
MIR Conrad j. Kirschner. who bad been
station agent for the Northern Central Railway
Company at Mt. Washington many years, was
retired this week on a pension: he was
New Cumberland. Pa.
- The Job department of THE UNION Office
was this week provided with some fine new
mule cuts for sale posters. Some of these were
used for the first time on the posters for the
sale of Mr.. George w. Yellott, which will take
place on the 9th instant.
- II has been decided by the residents OF
Gainesville to permit the School Board to select
site for the proposed new high school Dulio-
ing in that town. The estimated cost OF the
lOt duQ UultQiuB 10 O1O,OVOj Va WhhSA ooAAA viz
citizens will raise $4,000.
The new Govanstown Protective and I'M
provement Association already has member
ship of rs and the list is growing at every meet
ing, showing that the interest is on the increase
Mr. Charles Herzog. the well known attorney,
is president of the association.
-She's hoppin' mad because she didn't
get valentine on Thursday and she's right,
seeing that the most gorgeous tokens Of love
could have been bought for mere irifie. The
- VOL
tines Day is not so common as it once was
- Chester Dilworth, young son of Capt.
IDilworth, popular conductor on the Md q
Pa. Railroad, accidentally shot himself through
bis right band while careessly handling
pistol last Sunday. The accident occurred at
his home on East Twenty first street, Balti-
more.
>The union Lenten services, under the
auspices of the Protestant churches of Towson,
commenced on Thursday night in Guild Hall,
and will be continued each evening during
Lent, excepting Wednesdays and Saturdays,
commencing at O'Clock and continuing half
an hour.
>Some Towson people who had to foot it
on the slippery York road last Monday even
ing because of the trolley line tieup, used
language that it would be simply shocking to
print. The men of the power house who caused
the trouble must have had burning ears, cold
as it was
>Messrs. William Fiddler, Walter Weis-
DIOO, OQdTlSS II. OOX, JdTT6tC rlS0paW, 1nOS.
Barrett, A. Webster German, Lawrence Eick-
Ter and A. Marshall have been chosen trustees
of Timonium NJ. E. Church. Mr.. Fidler is
chairman and Mr.. Weisbrod secretary and
treasurer.
Ex-County Commissioner August Weis,
of Canton, won the East Lanvale street house
that was disposed of by chance at the bazar held
by the Knights of Columbus in Baltimore last
week. The property is valued at $500.
Among the other prizes was an automobile and
a fine piano.
ton, assgnor to the National Compositype
Company. of Baltimore, has been granted
three patents-One for making type, one for
matrix making, plate and block attached, and.
one for matrix making, means to position,
plate and blocks.
IA Farmers Institute, under the direc-
ton of Mr.. William L. Amoss, will be held in
the Court House at Towson, on Monday and
Tuesday next, between the hours of 10 A. NJ.
and P NJ. These promise to be especially in
teresting meetings, and it is hoped the attend
ance will be large.
Mr.. jacob A. Grafton, who died at hos
pital in Baltimore few days ago from the
effects of an operation, was son of Mr.. Nathan
Grafton, of Forest Hill, and brother of Mrs.
Mary L. Henderson, of Towson. He was the
second brother she lost within ten days. Mr..
Grafton left family.
IA mad dog scare at Sherwood few days
ago led to the killing of a number of CANNES.
A dog acted strangely at Mr.. w. B. Dukes and
he was penned up. Later he exhibited unmis-
taxable signs of rabies and he was killed. as
were all the dogs on the place. Other dogs of
neighbors were also dispatched.
4 - Pokorny's Hotel, near the terminus of
the Belair road trolley line, made narrow es.
cape from being burned last Monday afternoon.
defective fue caused the fire and it was only
the prompt work of the Alert Volunteer Fire
company that prevented serious conhagra-
fion. As it was the loss was small.
y Several ladies from Baltimore have rent
ed from MIR. Harrison Rider the house on the
old Matthews property. in the western suburbs
of TOwson, where they propose to establish
riding club. The house is being thoroughly
renovated, pUrches built. etc the work being
done BY Contractors Wright & Hamilton.
- Last week IS issue Of THE UNION contain
ed sixteen local letters and three Others reached
the Office too late to be made use of. When
letters come so late as Friday morning it is the
rarest chance if they can receive attention.
Some of our correspondents will oblige us very
much if they will mail their letters earlier.
- Mr.. John II. Thiemeyer, who kept
saloon at 1908 North Charles street, Baltimore,
over twenty years, died suddenly of heart dis
ease on Wednesday morning last, in the list
years of age. He was well known to many
Baltimore and Hartford county people. Mr..
Thiemeyer is survived by widow and three
daughters.