The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-11-09

his home farm. * miles from Fallston and
one mile from Upper K Roads, highly bred
dairy stock, horses, dairy out1t. 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. nay. etc
Tuesday, November 20, by William Penrose, as
signee, ETC., on the premises, lot ana I'M
proyemsnts near h 1a y r. ohn u essner pea,
Herring Run, Phila. road: horses, mules
dairy cattle, wagons farm implements, hay,
Tuesday, December 3. by James Kelley assignee
etc. at the Court House door, farm OF y
acres and improvements, near upper Falls
18th district.
- Election day was delightful day-for
some people.
\ - As we said before What Warfeld
didn't get in Baltimore county would be "a
The Maryland State Fair of 1908 will be
held at Timonium. September LIST, I'd, Sd, 4th
and 9th.
- Grover Cleveland Alexander voted at one
of the Towson precincts of the 9Th district on
Tuesday.
There were several snow squalls in York
county last sunday and the outlook was de.
cidedly Wintry.
Mr.. Andrew Nagengast OF Gardenville
is under treatment for broken leg at hos
pitai in Baltimore.
- Mr.. Samuel e. Yeats has purchased
from Mr.. John Gill, six acres Of land at st.
Georges, 4th district, upon private terms.
- Mr.. W. Lawrence CranstOn, of GOvans-
town, who had the contract has completed
fifty additional box stalls at Pimlico track:
- The jurors for the December term of the
Circuit Court were drawn by Judge Duncan
on Friday. The term begins December I'd.
Mr.. Oliver Blakeley, young farmer
near Kingsvile 18th district, had a hip broken
few days ago by mulefalling upon him.
- We enioyed touch of real Indian Sum-
thor nj
most violent storms of wind and rain of the
season.
- Why can't vandals be punished for pull
ing down and destroying a mans property
Just the same as though they set fire to it and
burned it up?
- The police census of Baltimore, lately
completed, shows that there are ia, l65 houses
in the city, or 6,349 more than shown by the
census of 1904.
- Before election Congressman Talbot
many times asserted that Judge Crothers would
get 1000 majority in Baltimore county. He
got nearly $500.
- Deputy game wardens should see that
non resident gunners are provided with licenses.
They are subject to fine of $50 and costs for
violating the law.
- Revival services are now in progress in
Towson NJ. E. Church, conducted by the pas
tor, Rev. Thomas e. Copes. They will be con.
tinued next week.
The sale of stock, &C., announced to take
place on the farm of Mr.. Samuel q. Croker,
on the Dover road, last Wednesday, was in
definitely postponed.
- Now all can turn their thoughts to
Thanksgiving day. The people generally have
many things to be thankful for and these
should not be overlooked.
- The blanket ballots were the subject of
severe criticism by hundreds of voters on Tues
day, and il is safe to say that they cost many a
citizen the loss of his vote.
"A good many cunning accidents have
been reported the first week of the open sea-
son. The ahsentminded man and the shot
gun are bad combination.
MIR. William Reynolds, well known
farmer of the 18th district, declined this week
an offer of S2T6 per barrel for his corn in the
field without being assorted.
- The Democrats of Baltimore county
didn't leave much more than q greasespot of
Mr.. Warfield on Tuesday. He struck 1.-THE
.enemy's country" sure that day.
4 - The Democrats pOlled the biggest vote id
Baltimore county last Tuesday in the party 3
history. The woods seems to have been liter.
ally alive with Democrats that day.
Nov that the election is over people
should stop talking politics and devote their
attention to business. There is too much
politics in the country anyway.
I - Rural free delivery has been established
at BENCHES, Baltimore county, with one route.
Length of route. Is 20 miles, serving 126 fami-
lies, to begin service December LIST.
- 1t may be after awhile that it will not be
possible to get any capable men to serve as
election officials. With such complicated ma
chinery il makes the work too laborious.
->The voters of Baltimore county were
emphatic in their decision against Constitu-
tional Convention. as 1923 cast their ballots
that way on Tuesday. There were 2, 1868 for it.
Mrs. j. w. Gormley, of Reisterstown,
was severely burned last Sunday by the explo-
sion Of an oil heater in her bedroom. The
house made narrow escape from destruction.
- There were AZ deaths from typhoid fever
in Baltimore city last month, which was about
twice as many as in October, 1906 The health
authorities say that impure water is the prin-
cipal cause.
- Today Saturday will be the last day OF
the fall meeting Of the Maryland Jockey Club
at Pimlico. 1t has been successful in point of
attendance, and the racing has been, for the
most part, good.
THE ladies of Hereford Baptist Church
will give an oyster supper in Odd Fellows
Hall, in that village, on Saturday, November
10th, commencing at 7.30P.M. Proceeds to re-
pair the parsonage.
The man who lost his vote on Tuesday
because he did not fold his ballot exactly as il
was when be received it from the ballot clerk
is another who has not high opinion of the
present election law.
- One 18th district farmer has already sold
nearly $500 worth of apples this fall and still
has good many on hand He got from 80 tc
IS cts. per bushel for them at the wholesale
Market IN b8ltlmOro.
THE work of making out THE UNION
annual subscription bills will begin in few
days. These bills always go out with the frs
issue of the paper in December Again they
will be of canary color.
The annual meeting of the Towson I'm
provement Association will be held in the
Guild House. on Wednesday evening, Deem
Der 4th, at which time it is expected that every
member will be present.
ION the oath of October Mr.. Greenbury
P. Shepperd, whose home is near Govanstown,
picked nearly a quart of ripe straw berries from
bis garden. He said their flavor was as fine as
that of the early summer fruit.
"A Queen Anne's county cOlored man has
been lodged in jail in Baltimore upon the charge
of destroying rural free delivery mail boxes
If convicted Uncle Sam will make it warm fol
him, as the offense is a serious one.
-It was an unusually quiet campaign in
Baltimore county all the way through, but the
voters appear to have turned out Just the same
Which proves that the political meeting and
the big hullabaloo don't cut any ice after ALL
The UNION had such an extraordinary
demand for trespass notices at the close of las
week, by mail and otherwise that our supply
was entirely exhausted. We printed another
lot on Monday and can fill orders promptly
now.
Very few partridges are being shot in
Baltimore county. and some sportsmen say
they are scarce. This seems strange when thu
fact is remembered that hundreds of Western
birds have been liberated here in the last two
or three years.
->M Mr.. james W. Thompson, Sr., died sud
denly on Saturday last, at his home on Barclay
street, Baltimore, aged 60 years. He was for
merlV q resident of TowsOu and was at one finn
employed in the County Clerks office. H.
leaves family.
THE law against the sale of liquor on cleo
ton day seems to be generally observed in Bal
timore comfy, and yet there are said to be sec
tions where the sale-by means of the side doc
goes on uninterruptedly. All should be mad
to observe the law.
- Contractor Burnham, of Baltimore ha
% caruenters at work building two large add