The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-02-23

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Cockeysville, the present mode Of 'operatln
the safety gates from the tower having prove
unsatisfactory. Several narrow escapes nav
been made there lately.
Several weeks ago 9th district farme
advertised lot of hay and corn In TIE UNION
He said this week the hay was snapped up II
no time and be could have sold every ear Q
corn at the crib for S275 barrel, but he i
holding it for better figure.
-Over 1000 people crowded the Baltimor
themselves-get married in q cage with nv
lions. That anything so sacred as the marriag'
ceremony should be used as an advertise nf
scheme is little short of an outrage.
- Rev: w. w. Shaw, pastor OF Govans
town Presbyterian Church. delivered lecture
on Tuesday Dight in Golden Eagle Hall on
Jamaica" showing views taken before anc
| after the earthquake. The proceeds went tc
the Ladies' Aid Society of the church:
- The Overlea Pleasure Club of Baltimore
e. Kelley, Edward G. T. Swift. Lee /. BottomeI
and Edward N. Smith. of Overlea, Belair road,
and Mr.. Basil Sadler, of Baltimore. The cor
| poration is formed for social purposes.
- James +. Migan, road supervisor for the
LIST district. who had been on the griddie for
some time before the Highways Commission
upon charges Of alleged crookedness in relation
to some stone contracts, resigned his ONCE on
Thursday. The resignation was accepted.
The cry of bad roads will soon again
pervade the land. When the frost comes out
of the earth in the spring then the long stand
Us those. who oppose liberal expenditure OF
money to bring about better state of things.
- The members of the petit jury for the
December term Of court gave dinner on
Thursday at Bosley's Hotel. Towson, the COM
mittee in charge being Messrs. n. Il. Bortner,
John Williams and Lewis e. Ensor. Judge
Duncan and number of county officials were
guests.
: -=eTowson's fine new High School building
was formally dedicated on Friday afternoon.
February 3D. the pupils of the school taking
a prominent part in the ceremonies. Mr.
Arthur @. Crommer is principal of the school,
which has made excellent progress under his
administration.
THE committee appointed BY the presi-
dent of the Towson Guild House to arrange for
the mask ball to be given after Lent, has fixed
upon April 18th as the date. Mrs. Jas. Gourley,
Mrs. T. G. Sinclair and Mrs. E. F. Anderson
have been named as the heads of the several
subcommittee.
-The Christian Endeavor Society of Eu-
taw NJ. P. Church, Hartford road, is arranging
to hold bazaar and oyster supper at Hamilton
Hail. on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 9th
and 9th. Tickets % cents. The object is a
worthy one and it is hoped the society may
meet with liberal patronage.
40 doubt as soon as the weather gets
better operations will be begun looking to the
building of the trolley line from Towson to
LuthervilIe and Timonium. 1t is said the
surveys have been completed. Why then
delay the work of construction? Surely 1907
should see the line in operation.
-Mrs. William M. Risteau, of Towson,
was painfully hurt on Thursday afternoon by
being knocked down by runaway horse at
the corner of Charles and Fayette streets, Bal
timore, where she was waiting for car to re-
turn to her home. She was taken to hospital
and later was able, to return to her home.
That address, delivered
by Mr.. Asa B. Gardiner, Jr.. at the Farmers
Institute in Towson on Tuesday. Mr.. Gardin-
er is thoroughly posted on the subject of milk
production and the proper handling of that
highly Important commodity, hence his ability
to discuss it intelligently and Interestingly.
- Mr.. Edmund ]. Kenney, of the Wilson
& Kenney Company, Towson, has provided
himself with another black pony from Chiuco-
league Island and he now has pair that can
make things hustle on the roads. These are
not only quick moving little animals, but they
possess extraordinary powers of endurance.
Only one Baltimore county boy made an
exhibit of corn at the Farmers Institute held
in Towson this week. He is f. Clayton AL
moDy, of the 7th district, and of course be gets
the two weeks free scholarship at the Mary
land Agricultural College. We are sorry there
were not more boys to join in this competition.
John Bramble, of Baltimore, committed
suicide on the 10Th instant, while visiting at
the home of Mrs. Howard Francis, on Steven
sons lane south of Towson, by shooting him.
self twice with pistol. The unfortunate man,
who was 33 years of age, was unmarried. He
had suffered from melancholia for some time.
SEutaw M. P. Christian Endeavor So
ciety, Lauraville NJ P. Christian Endeavor So
ciety and the Christian Endeavor Society of
Hamilton Presbyterian Church have united
themselves into Union Young Peoples So
ciety so as to be able to do more efficient and
aggressive work. "In union there is strength"
IA pure bred wild turkey gobbler and hen
were shipped by Miss Bertha NJ. Tyson, of the
Rising Sun section of Cecil county, on the I'd
instant, to the Rhode Island Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station at Kingston, in that State.
Miss Tyson recently shipped a wild and half
wild turkey TO Mr.. ]. Pierpont Morgan, of New
York.
-The riding club mentioned in THE UNION
last week as having rented from Mr.. Harrison
Rider the old Matthews house, in the western
suburbs of Towson, is composed of many So
ciety people of Baltimore who will use the
house as resting place. 1t has been put in
good order. The location is well suited for the
purpose.
- Mr.. James W. Bruton, of Baltimore, has
commenced the erection of dwelling on the
property he purchased some time ago from the
Turnbull estate, located on the west side of the
York road Immediately south of the entrance
to the Sheppard Pratt Hospital. IL will be
one of the finest houses in the vicinity of
Towson.
The attendance at the Farmers Institute
in Towson this week was not nearly so large as
it should have been, although many represen-
tative farmers and business men were present.
1t is incomprehensible why our farmers will
not turn out stronger at these meetings. 1t
seems that no amount of urging will induce
them to do so.
- The old Brady property, situated on the
west side of the York road in Waverly. has
been finally transferred to Mr.. Edward Hanlon,
of the Baltimore baseball club. He bought
the property in order to make the ball grounds
secure and paid about $500, 900 for it. The ball
park itself, with the buildings, is estimated to
be worth $4,000
THE Hartford county grand jury on Tues
day found indictments against former Sheriff
Stevenson Whiteford, charging him with per-
Jury and false pretenses. II also indicted Hud-
son Bateman, former clerk to the County Com
missioners, for embezzlement. A general shak-
ing up is in progress among some of the Off
Gals of that county.
: President James ]. Lindsay. of the Tow
son Improvement Association, has appointed
Towson Volunteer Fire Company Messrs.
VIM. P. Cole, E. Stanton Bosley, Frank /.
Wheeler, Albert NJ Weis and DR.. A. G. Nc
Curdy. The company is much in need of
some new equipment.
\-The speakers at the union Lenten SER
be as follows: Monday night, Rev. John 1.
Yelott of Beair; Tuesday night Rev. Arthur
B. Kinsoving, D. D.. of Baltimore Thursday
night, Rev. John T. Ensor, of Baltimore (;
Friday night, Rev. Page Milburn, of Balti-
more. The services begin at o'clock.
-M Joshua B. Todd. well known young
farmer on the Pot Spring road, started to Balti-
more on Wednesday of last week with load
of rye straw. The team hadn't gone far before
the wagon slipped on the ice and upset. The
straw was reloaded and another start made
when second mishap resulted in a broken
POLE 1t was Saturday before the load reached
market.
MIR. Benjamin G. Knetzer, of Owings'
Mills, 4th district, who attended the farmers
institute on Monday. says be has found that
prowling dogs have been killing cartridges in
his section of the county and he has been doing
his best to protect the birds from these and the
hawks. He says the latter get many of the
birds when they are benumbed with cold. Mr..
Knetzer is deputy game warden.
Horse Thieves to Be Tried at York.-A
letter from York dated February 10th says:
Nv. A. Bond alleged horse thief, who was
captured at New Market, Baltimore county,
about two weeks ago and who was later brought
to this city from Baltimore, appeared before
Alderman Keech today to answer to four
charges of horse theft. He was remanded to
Jail pending the action of the grand jury: The
prosecutors are William Jamison, of Shrews-