The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-01-12

| -DThe widow Of George F. Wisner hnI
sued the United Railways and Electric Com
pany for SO 900 for causing the death Of he1
husband. Wisner, who lived at Hampden
was instantly killed by falling 100 feet through
the viaduct over Stony run. he was formerly
resident of Baltimore county.
- Howell Merryman, who had one of bis
feet crushed while leaving train ct Corbetf,
n. G. r. r., some weeks ago, necessitating am
putation, has almost entirely recovered. This
young man has been the victim Of number
of mishaps of various kinds, but the last one
was the most serious in his experience.
- The class of young ladies in Towson
Methodist Episcopal Sunday school taught ~
Mr.. John II. Grill presented him with hand
some picture entitled "A Gray November Day, =
and also a silver pencil. Mr.. Grill presented
each member of the class with pretty little
novelty in the shape of hatpin holder.
- Some people express fears that the warm
weather of January will advance the buds OF
the trees so rapidly that the cold weather that
is almost certain to follow will do serious dam
age. But don't cross the bridge before you
come to it. II anything bad is to occur we Will
know it soon enough when it actually happens.
Z - 1t is said that when the great dam over
the Susquehauna river is completed that electric
power from there will be furnished to run the
trains on the Md. q Pa. Railroad, and steam
will be abandoned, L is also said power from
the same source will be used to propel the cars
Of other lines not yet built, but in contempIa-
ton.
\ I'VE notice that State Senator John s.
Biddison and Mr.. Walter Il. Townsend, both
of Baltimore county, are named as members
of the board of directors of the new weekly
paper in Baltimore called The Democratic Teie-
gram. This new publication succeeds the old
Baltimore Telegram, and it is proposed to make
politics one Of its leading features.
-.At the fourth quarterly conference Of
Towson NJ. e. Church, held Monday night, a
Init al fr4u ko
siding bishop Of the next annual conference to
return Rev. Thomas E. Copes as pastor Of the
church for another year also for the continu-
ance of Rev. w. L. Mcdowell, d. D., as pre-
siding elder Of East Baltimore District:
Two of the Oldest residents OF the 18th
district both upwards of80 years-passed away
this week a r. J. Glenn n cComas and DR.. A.
8. Baldwin. The latter had actively practiced
his profession in that section of this county
and in Hartford for over fifty years and had
ridden many thousands Of miles on horseback.
Nm many respects he was remarkable man.
- THE UNION receives many pleasant notes
from those making remittances for subscrip-
tons and the numerous good wishes are most
encouraging. It seems to be the special pride
of many that they have been constant readers
Of the paper so many years. It is now starting
in on its 18Th year and has long since become
one Of the established institutions of Baltimore
county.
The fine improvements being made to
Sexton Memorial Nj. e. Church. at Morrell
Park, 18th district, are rapidly nearing COM
pletion. The church has been greatly enlarged
and. with the new furnishings. will cost about
$4,000. Nearly 5000 of this sum has already
been subscribed by the members, and it Is ex-
pected that the balance will soon be forth
coming.
its fifty-ifth anniversary on Thursday evening,
January 18th, with banquet at Hotel Tow
son. Mr.. VIM. Bowen of s. the last surviving
charter member, will be the guest OF honor.
The affair will be in charge of committee COM
posed of Messrs. Fred. A. Groom, William
GFason, Thos. G. Stevenson, Joseph B. Murray
and Amos w. Tracey.
- Several members of the Towson Improve
ment Association, at its last meeting, spoke
very highly Of the court house at Belair, since
It has undergone extensive Improvements. and
compared it to the one at T0wson, much to the
discfedit of the latter. This state of things is
decidedly humiliating and q reflection upon
the wealth and intelligence of Baltimore county
the most populous and richestin the State.
- Farmers Institutes will be held in Balti-
more county as follows; In the hall at Ray
vile. 9Th district on Thursday, January 18th,
from 10 A. M. to P. NJ, and at Grange, 18th
district, on Friday, 18th, between the same
hours. First day-Boys' Corn Exhibit Soil
improvement and Forage Crops second day
Market Gardening, Plant Feeding and How to
Prevent Diseases. Able men will talk on these
subjects
- Messrs Alexander Hughes, Charles Wolf
and w. e. Maddox were delegates from Balti-
more county to the fourth meeting Of the
Fishermen's Tidewater Protective Association
which was held at the Eutaw House. Balti-
more, on Wednesday. A resolution declaring
slaughter Of small fish and protest against the
law permitting the sale of these in Baltimore
markets was adopted.
- Miss Elizabeth e. Fink was refused a
license at the County Clerks Office on Wednes-
day because the age OF the person she intended
informed her thatif the prospective groom was
under 81 years of age be would have to obtain
the written consent of his parents before q
license could be issued. This. Miss Fink said.
she could not do, as it was "a run away match"
The couple came from Baltimore.
IA special meeting of the Towson I'm
provement Association will be held at the
Guild House, on Wednesday evening next
10Th instant, at o'clock, when the reports of
several important committees will be received.
All residents of the town and its immediate
vicinity are earnestly urged to attend the meet
ing and become members of the association,
which has only one aim in view-tO advance
the interests of the town in every possible way.
- While in THE UNION office on Monday
well informed gentleman said that when the
first surveys for the Northern Central Railway
were made from Baltimore they ran some dis
lance east of Towson, and that they crossed the
GunpOwder but once. He also said that it
would not surprise him to some day see the
company build line by that route for passen-
ger traffic and use the present Northern Gen.
trail exclusively for freight. But this must be
in the dim distance
= - Mr. Charles II. Huke, who has for years
been carrying the mail from Cockeysville to
Western Run and Butler, was found lying I'M
conscious in the cemetery of Sherwood Church,
Cockeysville, on Tuesday morning, and it is
aunroood ha hod hoon thoro all uiohf He bod
been using diluted carbolic acid IS gargle for
sore throat and it is thought he accidentally
swallowed a quantity of the stuff. DR.. B. F.
Bussey and DR.. w. @. Ensor had hard work to
restore him to consciousness.
The Large Estate of Mr.. Cassatt Dis
posed Of by Will.-The will of MIR. A. ].
Cassatt. late president of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, was admitted to probate in Philadel-
phia on Monday last. There is no intimation
in the document as TO the value of the estate,
which has been estimated to be anywhere from
So, 00O, 900 to $50, 900. 000 The document mem
tions the value Of his estate as being $4,000
and upward"
To his widow Mr.. Cassatt left 40 per cent. of
bis estate, besides his household effects, books,
mainder is divided equally among his three
children, Robert KelsO Cassatt, Edward Buch-
anan Cassatt and Eliza Foster Cassatt, who is
the wife of VIM. Plunkett Stewart, formerly
of Green Spring Valley.
To DR.. James p. Hutchinson, who was the
husband of Mr.. Cassatts deceased daughter,
the will bequeaths $4,000 las a mark Of my
regard" and to MIR. Stewart the same sum was
given, but by codicil dated May 9Th. 1906, the
amount to Mr.. Stewart was increased to
100000.
Regarding the Cassatt property in Green
Spring Valley the will says II am building
house, stable and possibly other Improvements
on about % acres of land in Green Spring VAL
ley. near Baltimore, for my daughter, Eliza
Foster Stewart. 1t is possible that may con-
vey this property to her during her lifetime,
but, should / retain the title until my death.
then in that event give, devise and bequeath
the said property, with the improvements, to
my daughter in fee. No deduction is to be
made from her share of my estate on account
of this gift"
1t was given out on Thursday that Mr.. and
Mrs Stewart had sold the Green Spring Valley
property to Mr.. Fairfax s. Landstreet, vice.
president of the Western Maryland r. r. Conn
pany. The price was not made public, but it
Is believed to have been around 100000.
Messrs. Parr & Parr. real estate brokers, made
the sale.-EDs.