The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-09-26

come into general use.
AN elaborate and interesting program
has been prepared for the annual convention
Of the Baltimore County Sunday School Asso
citation to be held in Govanstown next Monda,
and Tuesday. The county president Mr.. Jas
f. Dunphy, will preside.
County Commissioners Mann. hatfield
and Byerly, accompanied by Mr.. E. Stanton
Bosley. chief clerk and auditor, paid visit o.
inspection to the county aims house ON Tues
! day afternoon. They found everything abou
the place in good condition.
- The 0verlea Athletic and Pleasure Cluk
has been organized at Overlea, Belair road
with the following officers: H. Kelly, presi
dent; George Probst, vice-president; Charlie:
Hamilton. secretary; Bard Swift, treasurer
Talbot Catch, sergeant alarms.
- Mr.. ]. w. Brandt, of Upper Falls, will
next week make bis annual display of dahlias
this time at Aberdeen instead of Belair as here
tofore. These shows have always been much
enjoyed and no doubt the people of Belair will
be sorry to miss this years display.
- Mr. Thomas V Richardson near Phoenix,
will entertain the Jr. Gunpowder Agricultural
Club, Saturday, 26th inst. It promises to be an
interesting meeting as Mr.. Richardson is one
of the largest dairymen and an intensive far
mer, and has much to show his friends.
MIR. Robert Garrett, Republican nominee
for Congress in the Second district, spoke on
Wednesday night at largely attended meet
ing of the German American Lincoln Republi.
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Lawrence and Laban Sparks also spoke.
THE Chattolanee Hotel, in Green Spring
Valley, is about changing hands and will here
after be owned by company, with Mr.. M. l..
Dagger as president and manager. The prop.
erty is owned by Miss Cone, who inherited it
from her uncle, the late Joseph NJ. Cone.
Mr.. Henry G. Matthews, whose country
place is at Cockeysville exhibited at the Mer-
chants Club in Baltimore on Tuesday, a
pumpkin that was generally conceded to be a
monster of its species. 1t will be made into
pies to tickle the palates of the club members
THE fine farm of the late David s. Long
necker. in the western end of Worthineton
Tuffey, mas been sold by his daughter, Miss
Annie LoDgnecker, to Mr.. Ira Frantz, upon
private terms. The place contains about $50
acres and has been under rent to Mr.. Samuel
Adams.
I'VE have not yet had visit from Jack
Frost" but many of the trees are losing their
beautiful foliage and some are almost entirely
denuded The Court House park is rapidly
getting on its winter garb and the ground is
thickly stTewn with leaves that make much
work to dispose of.
Zone Baltimore paper said there were
$500 people at the farmers picnic at Mt. Car
mel last Saturday and another said there were
5000 But this trifiing discrepancy don't mat
ter. There was mighty big crowd and they
had mighty good time and that filled the bill
to every body's satisfaction.
Joseph Galloway, runner for the Second
National Bank of Towson, fell from chestnut
tree on Mrs. s. Parker Bosley's property on
Wednesday evening and broke small bone in
his left wrist. Dr. Massenburg attended him.
He is 16 years of age and son of Mr.. Thomas
Galloway. of the 9Th district.
1.-The professional baseball seaaon has
ended with the Oriole team as pennant winners.
Baltimore has got to be great ball town and
every town in the State is more or less inter-
ested in the game. Baseball is great institu-
M mis-
have become enthusiastic about the game.
THE sale of the Erdman property on the
Hartford road-part of it within the city limits
made on Monday by the trustees, Messrs.
Frederick f. Schneider and VIM. H. Lawrence,
was in all respects successful Mr.. Thomas G.
Biddison, the veteran auctioneer, was highly
complimented for the excellence of his work.
- Mr.. Richard Blakeley, an aged citizen of
Baynesville, who was seriously injured on
Thursday of last week by being thrown from
q load of wood upon which he was seated, died
on Saturday. He is survived by four sons and
three daughters. Mr.. Blskeley, who had been
truck farmer for many years, was 70 years
of age.
@York county, which adjoins Baltimore
county on the north, is suffering from the most
people are becoming alarmed about it. They
have had no rain worth mentioning in many
weeks and as a consequence everything is
burned up and there is an alarming scarcity
of water.
John N. Hammond, of Baltimore, aged
26 years, was run over by Towson Cations.
Vile trolley car on the Frederick road, last
Saturday night and instantly killed. He was
sitting on the track and the motorman did not
see him until he was almost upon him. The
crew of the car was exonerated from all blame
in the matter.
While Mr.. Thomas W. Offutt, president
of the Second National Bank of Towson, and
Mr.. William s. Keech, member of the bar,
were fishing in the Susquehanna, near Port
Deposit, few days ago, the latter landed a
rock, after hard struggle, that weighed little
over lbs: It was the biggest fish of the kind
- Mr.. Charles w. Hoh, of Sherwood, is
named as one of the executors of the will of
Miss Elizabeth H. Oliver, of Baltimore, who
died short time ago leaving very large estate.
Among the bequests are $4,000 to Mount Cal
vary Church; $4,000 to the Church Home /;
$4,000 to the Home for Incurables and 5000
to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals.
THE UNION was ''called down" a few
days ago because, in the report of the Senior
Gunpowder Agricultural Club published last
week, it was stated that the roots of wheat grow
to the length of s feet, and that one farmer
sows but lbs. of alsike clover seed to the acre.
We are not prepared to say that these figures
are absolutely correct, but they were published
as reported.
the conditions are favorable, he can stir up
about as much excitement on short notice as
any other beast. For instance One tied to
board fence in an alley in Towson last Sunday
afternoon pulled off 13-foot plank and with
it dangling about his legs ran through one of
the principal streets People who heard the
racket thought cyclone had struck the town.
And when they learned the cause some only
smiled, while others said well, "a mule
anyway; you never know what they're goin'
to do next"
When Col. q. B. Bracket, chief of the
Plant Division ofthe Agricultural Department,
Washington, came to Towson on the Both of
May last to inspect Mr.. Charles Z. Fendall's
strawberry BEDS Mr.. William s. Fendall took
a photograph of him holding box of the
"Fendall' strawberries in bis hand. This week
Mr.. Fendall received letter from the depart
ment, asking for several copies of this photo.
graph and saying at the same time that it is the
best picture Col. Bracket ever had taken
quite compliment to young Mr.. Fendall as
an amateur photographer.
ION Saturday last, while Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas. NICK. Merryman were on their way from
their farm on the Falls road to Marshy Point,
in some way Mrs. Merryman's satchel was lost
from their carriage on the Joppa road near
Baynesville, and it was not missed until they
reached their destination. Charles r. Brown,
carrier on Route from Towson, found the
satchel and reported it to THE UNION Office and
it was restored to the owner later. 1t contain
ed about SIC in cash, gold watch, some arti-
cles of jewelry and the owners card. Mr..
Merryman offered Mr.. Brown a substantial
reward. which he declined to accept.
Wife Wants Divorce from Convict Hus'
band.-On Tuesday Mrs. Mary L. Worthing
ton, of the I'd district of Baltimore county, filed
a suit in the Circuit Court at Towson against
her husband, DR.. George G. Worthingtou, who
| is serving 10 year term in the Maryland Peni
Tertiary, having been convicted of performing
| a criminal operation in Baltimore. 1t is for al
| imony, and also that be be restrained from dis
posing of his property or of his income un
| til he has provided for the complainant anC
his 16-year.old daughter.
Mrs. Worthington in her bill states that sht
was married to DR.. WorthingtoD in 1891, anG
that during his imprisonment she has remained
loyal to him, managed his affairs and rendered
strict account to him of the income derived
She says that her husband owns farm neal
Alberton, where she resided until the 9Th day
of last August, when, she alleges, she wa,
denied habitation there and claims that hel
husband has ceased to contribute to .hel
support.
Judge Burke signed an order requiring thu
defendant to pay his wife $50 counsel fees anC
$40 per week alimony, and restraining hin
from disposing of his property pending litiga
ton, unless he shows cause to the contrary or