The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-01-19

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al tie household effects Of the late Henry
d. Perky.
on s Mssisrs Kun tu4npfs near Wo%
Mil. Sch district. horses. cows, farm imple-
ments. household furniture. etc.
signee. on the premises. two pieces of prop
erty IN LauraVille. Hartford road.
I'VE still have some 1907 calendars left.
Call at the Office and get one.
- This week has been an exceptionally dull
one about Towson, due to the very bad weather.
Peter Maxim, Of Sparrow's Point, Balti-
+ - Elmer Miller has been appointed r. F..
d. carrier ct Monkton, Baltimore county, vice
R.E Nelson, resigned:
Mr.. S. H. Conrad has sold a farm of 515
acres in Worthington Valley, 4th district, to
Mr.. Albert W. Ssk for $12.500.
IA number of Baltimore county's very
oldcitizens-o0 years ofage and upwards-have
passed away in the last two months.
THE next meeting Of the Towson I'm,
provement Association will be held in the Guild
House, Wednesday evening. February 9th.
The month of January Is also making
record for rain. It does seem that when 1t gets
starred raining once it simply don't know how
to stop.
-The merry tinkle of sleighbells was
welcome sound on the streets of Towson Wed
nesday evening, but the going was by no means
first-class.
- The first month of winter will end next
Tuesday. Except for four or five very cold
days we have experienced no winter yet worth
- M. Bert 7. Spencer has let the contract
for the erection of a fine house for himself at
Chestnut Hill, Mt. Washington. 1t will cost
about 81. 900.
- Towson Council. Royal Arcanum. held
its annual banquet at Tracey's Hotel Towson,
on Tuesday night. Anumber OF invited guests
enjoyed the affair.
->ln Montana on tuesday the mercury
1 registered IS degrees below zero. We ought to
/ be thankful for our weather after that. Any
thing beats 50 below.
- Ia the winter Of 1905 we had thirteen
SHOWS TO the 10Th Of January. So far this
winter we have bad but three and none Of
them amounted to much.
The new X. #. d. route to extend north
and northeast from Towson will be opened as
soon as 20 persons on the proposed route will
have agreed TO put up boxes.
the yellow slips continue to find their
way back TO The UNION Office, but there are
many more still to be heard from. Please
don't overlook them entirely.
THE deputy game wardeDs Of this county
are warned 70 be on the lookout for those who
are catching rabbits IN traps This is q viola
ton OF the law Just as much as to shoot them.
1.-The ladies Of Grace NJ. p. Church, Chest
nut Ridge. will give an oyster supper. January
10Th, S0th and 3lst, at the home Of Mr.. Harry
Dawes. Proceeds for the benefit Of the church.
- Al GAENNb Will 0c Auulc " nave buC OOu-
Bolidaled Gas Company Of Baltimore extend
ils service TO Towson. The company's mains
now extend out the York road to Queenstown.
-SThe chances for an ice supply in this
part Of Mary land are growing small by degrees
and beautifully less. Those who took advan-
tage Of the first freeze can congratulate them
selves.
Hon. John P. Poe, the we'll known law
yer, has accepted an invitation to address the
Trinity Church Club, at its meeting to be held
sr4f4& in fdou mo-
January 18th.
- TIE last meeting of the Home Interest
CIub OF the Ssh district was held at the resi-
denc8 81 Miss Sadie Price, of Phiiopolis. Mrs.
Granville Matthews presided and Miss Ella f.
Scott was secretary.
- Several of Towson's professional gentle
men and others have had some pressing BUSH
ness with the Baltimore Zoo this week, and
"Mr. Came" Mr.. Bear" etc., appeared to
be in great demand.
-sMr. Nils P. Hammarstrom, having de-
termined to abandon farming. will sell all the
personal property on his Walnut Hill Farm,
on the Western Run turnpike, 9Th district, on
Thursday, January 3lst
- Horse thieves are actively at work in the
I lower end of York county, and it is more than
L likely their operations will be extended to Bal
ttimore county. It would be well for farmers
tand others to be on the lookout.
- Rev. A. r. Walker will conduct service
and administer the holy communion at st.
James Church, My Lady's Manor. Sunday,
January 10th, at IL A. NJ. Service at Trinity
Church. Long Green, at 3 30 Pm.
- ARGENT wind storm in the 11th district
blew down the carriage house on the farm OF
Mrs. John G. Wilson and also damaged the
courthouse to some extent. The wind was
unusually strong for short time
- owson's new High School building will
be ready for dedication next month, when spe-
cial ceremonies will attend Its acceptance oy
the School Board. Il is an imposing and sub
stanla building and q credit to the town.
1.-THE country roads are having hard time
Of Il this winter and there is plenty room for
complaints, but With such weather as has
been experienced nothing better could be ex-
pected Even the turnpikes are bad now.
I'VE are waiting patiently to see some
movement looking to the beginning of work
on the proposed trolley line to Lutherville.
It's going TO be built-no doubt about that
but we want to see the company get move on
The Cockeysvile Country Club which
had successful existence of about four years.
has been disbanded. The club house, which
belongs to Mr.. r Dunlop Wight, was needed
by its owner and the club was obliged to give
it up.
- The Jackson Democratic Club of the 18th
district celebrated its twenty-sixth anniversary
few nights ago with a smoker and jolihca-
ton at Westport Mr.. George s. Kieffer is
president of the club which has large mem
~erhe directors of the savings bank in
Belair have declared dividend of 6 per cent
for the past year. The profits for the year
were over II per cent, the balance being car.
ried to the surplus fund. This is splendid
/, THE heaviest snowfall of the winter COM
| menced here on Wednesday morning and con-
tinued throughout the day and night. Sleighs
were running on Wednesday evening, but the
going was poor owing to the wet condition of
the roads.
-sThe general Farmers Institute will be
held in the Court House at Towson, February
18th and 10th, under the direction of Mr.. VIM.
L. Amoss. Farmers generally should make
their plans so that nothing will interfere with
- Three local correspondents were received
at TIE UNION Office last Friday morning-too
late for that week sissue of the paper. If some
of our correspondents will not mail earlier
they might just as we'll save themselves the
trouble Of writing.
THE substantial new stone building of
the Suburban Trust and Building Company in
Govanstown was formally opened for business
on Wednesday. It stands on the west side of
the York turnpike, Immediately north OF the
new postoffice building.
- 1he big Baltimore trust companies are
now publishing their annual statements, and 1t
really seems like there is no end to the money
they handle in the course of year. The
Monumental City is rapidly growing in wealth
as well as in population.
Mr.. VIM. Pibbar, at Knoebel, has sold
his farm of 38 acres to John h. Cromwell, of
Dulany's Valley, for s., 600. Mr.. Pibbar thinks
of removing to the State of Texas, where he
has brother living. The new owner will
take possession March LIST.
-H is now said that Mrs. w. Plunkett
Stewards property, in Green Spring Valley,
sold for $50 900. It contains some As acres and
has splendid Improvements. Mr.. Fairfax s..
Landstreet, vice-president Of the w. NJ. r. r.
Company, was the purchaser.
4 The following have been elected trustees
of White Hall Presbyterian Church, Rev. s..
M. Engle, pastor: Messrs. John H. Seitz, Jno.
f. Wiley, Fl. NJ. Foster w. e. Anderson, n
P. Burus, Samuel J.. Jones, Charles II. Wise,
1 S. W. Black and r. H. Wiley.
- Farmers and others in need of such stock
will have an opportunity in few days to find
q splendid lot of mules at Valley View Stock
Farm, near TUwson. Mr.. d: II. Rice has been
In Missouri a week personally selecting such
animals as will best suit his trade. :,
-The choir of Belair M. =. Church Will
give concert in Fork M. e. Church, Friday
evening, January 25th, commencing at 75O
o'clock. very interesting literary program
will also be rendered. A rare treat is promised