The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-10-24

- An aged farmer said last Saturday ths
be noticed that blackbirds were flying north
ward when they usually took their southern
fight at this time of the year. He thought th
unusually warm weather may have had some
thing to do with this.
- The Ladies' Aid Society of the Presby
terrain Church at Hamilton. Hartford road. helt
a successful bazaar and supper on Tuesday ant
Wednesday evenings in Hamilton Hall. Pro
ceeds for the benefit of the church, of which
Rev. L. s. Reichart is pastor.
- All the Maryland county fairs are Owe
for the present year and if the general claim b,
correct they were more successful than eve
before. ALI Of them enjoyed large attendance
and of course this meant more money-tht
thing that makes the mare co."
sin ordering lot of trespass notices 9
well known 9TH district farmer writes as fol
lows: "Trespassers and gunners are SO bold
these days that it is not safe to be out on the
farm with the team. They get SO excited they
are liable to shoot you for a rabbit"
- Mr.. Michael Bauer, the popular proprie
tor of the g. Mile House, Hartford road was on
Friday, 10th instant compelled to undergo an
operation for a cystic tumor on the forehead
that had begun to trouble him. DIR. Lngard
/. Whiteford performed the operation.
Things are looking very good for the
loans in Baltimore city. and if they go through
it will mean an increased water supply from
Baltimore county. To us it seems strange that
anyone should take stand against this propo-
sition when it means so much for the city.
->Mr. Albert w. Fuss, of Worthington
Valley, who is one of the largest stock dealers
in the county, last Saturday received by rail
from st. Louis 81 head of horses and 40 head
of cattle. Mr.. Fuss owns large and beautiful
farm located in the very heart of the valley.
->Governor Crothers will go to Hamilton,
Hartford road, next Monday evening to for
mally open the fair for the benefit of the Ham
ilton Volunteer Fire Company. Mr. Robert
will hor NJ an low n
Hon. J. Fred. G. Talbot on Wednesday
evening.
- About 100 registered Jersey cattle from
the Hopes herd at Bynum, Hartford county
were sold at auction at Timonium fail
grounds on Wednesday. Prices ranged from
800 to S165. The sale was not advertised in
Baltimore county and the attendance was con-
sequently small.
->Mr. G. Frank Morgan proprietor of
Dulany's Valley stock farm and mill, raised
this season on 81 acres, 200 bushels of meal
and hominy corn. Four acres of the ground
had been in corn three successive years. He
says the crop is the best quality raised on the
farm in fifty years.
MIR. Charles F. Pitt died on the 18th inst,
at his summer home, near Blue Ridge Summit,
Pa, after lingering Illness aged GA years. He
was son of the late Charles F. Pitt, ST., and
many years ago was resident of Sherwood,
Baltimore county. He is survived by widow,
one daughter and one son.
REV. A. R. Wagner, former pastor of
New Hope Church, near Deer Park, Md, will
hold series of meetings at Fork Christian
Church, commencing Sunday, October 25th.
hour every evening during the week, except
Saturday Everybody invited
1.-THE heat the latter part of last week was
something remarkable for this latitude in Oc-
tober. Thermometers in Towson registered So
degrees on Saturday and the Baltimore weather
bureau officials said it was 26 degrees above the
normal in the city that day. It was entirely
too hot for comfort, this is certain.
THE Towson football team got badly fiat
tened out last Saturday afternoon on the High
School field by visiting team from Baltimore
-26 to 0. Several of the Towson players were
painfully hurt and temporarily put out of bust
ness. The game scheduled for today (Satur-
day. is with the Icons, of Baltimore.
- Messrs. Shea & Mcclure have sold As
building lots at Ruxton, n. G. r. R., to Mr..
William d. Marks, builder of Roland Park,
who will Immediately begin the erection of a
number Of cottages thereon, including mod
ern dwelling for his own use 1t is said the
price paid for the ground was $4,000.
"a family living about three miles from
Glyndon, W. M. r. R., has been regularly
using the railroad for the past twenty years and
in all that time-in winters cold and sum-
mers heat-they have never missed train at
that station. This is a record for promptness
that they have a right to be proud of.
- Arrangements are being made by COM
mittee composed of representatives of the diff
ferent churches of Towson to hold series of
meetings the first week in December, in The
Casino. The meetings are intended especially
for men and prominent speakers will be en-
gagged to address those who may attend.
THE Consolidated Gas Company has es-
tablished pay station at the Pikesville Ma
tional Bank, and this will prove great con-
venience to its numerous patrons in that sec-
ton of the county. This company now has q
number of pay stations in the suburbs and the
people appreciate the accommodation thus
provided.
->Mr Edward Bauer, gardener on gentle
naan,s oountxy- place ON -Loho uvcnuv, 1rIt TO
The UNION office on Thursday several ripe
Strawberries, of good SIZE five boxes of which
were picked that day from patch on the place.
Strawberries ripening in the open air this late
in the autumn is something very unusual in
this latitude
Block No. 4, of the Baltimore County
Volunteer Firemen's Association, will hold q
convention at the house of the Alert Company,
on the Belair road, Thursday evening, Deem
Der Sd. The committee in charge of the affair
is composed of Messrs. VIM. J. Biddison, Henry
Kolb, Frederick Loos, Howard Ward and DR..
J. B. Webster.
THE Suburban Baseball League gave
banquet at Hotel Junker in Baltimore on
Tuesday night at which the president, Mr..
VIM. s. Keech, presided and acted as toastmas-
Ter. Mr.. II. Courtney Jenifer presented the
league pennant to the Waverly team, and Mr..
Edward Il. Burke presented the presidents
cup to the same team.
"a serious forest fire started from some
unknown cause about IL o'clock last Sunday
morning on the Abel estate on the Old Court
road, Sd district, and burned over about 200
acres before it could be checked The fire COM
panies from Arlington and Pikesville assisted
in extinguishing the flames, which at times
threatened great damage.
"a gentleman who started to drive along
Loeb Raven last Sunday, to enjoy the beauties
OF the autumn foliage, gave it up for bad job
before he made half the trip. The automo-
biles were out in such number and stirred up
such clouds of dust that he was almost stided.
He says he'll hunt some other road when he
wants to drive for pleasure again.
AT the close of the annual session of the
Grand Encampment of Maryland, 1. o. o. F.,
in Baltimore on Tuesday night the retiring
Grand Patriarch, Mr.. George G. Tracey, OF
Towson, was presented with handsome Past
Grand Patriarchs jewel by Ridgely Encamp-
ment, of Towson. Mr.. w. Gill Smith made
the presentation speech and Mr.. Tracey re-
sponded.
1.-The 10th annual session of the Pennsyl-
vania Conference of the United Brethren
Church, which was held in York, made the
following among its other appointments: Ray
vile, =. X. Ludwig; Washington, D. c., Chas.
y
Church at Hampden; Mechanicsburg Circuit,
N: A. Kiracofe, for several years pastor of Ray
vile Circuit.
THE Commercial Bank of Maryland that
it is proposed to establish at Arlington, has
been temporarily organized by electing Mr..
Charles T. Cockey, Jr, chairman, and Mr.
John A. j. Metcalf, secretary. Among those
interested in the enterprise are Messrs. John b
Wales, Fl. d. Hammond and H. E. Jackson,
of Arlington, and Mr.. ]. Frank Shipley, of
Owings' Mills.
- Next Saturday night, October 31st, will
be All Halloween, the time for playing oil
many pranks that are sometimes funny and
then again highly reprehensible Nobody com.
plains when they are simply funny. but when
the perpetrators go to the extent of destroying
other peoples property, then it is time to put
on the screws and punishment should follow
the commission of such acts.
THE White Hall Farmers Club and I'm
provement Association is greatly pleased with
the results of its first fair held three days last
week. 1t was such a marked success that nc
doubtit will hereafter become an annual event
The ladies who had charge of the supper were
the recipients of many compliments and the
financial results from this source are said tc
have been surprisingly large.
1.-The man who was found several weeks
ago on Miss Talbott's place. near Timonium,
with his throat and wrists gashed, and who has
since been at hospital in Baltimore, now says
his name is Solomon Belt, and that his home