The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-11

- Mr.. David Mumma, of the 18th district,
a few DAYS ago killed six spring pigs for Mr
g. Frank Morgan, of Dulany's Valley. the
combined weight of which was LILY lbs. Mr..
Mumma says they were the finest lot be had
killed in an experience of twenty-1 hive years at
the butcheriDg business.
Mr. William II. Emory, who died at his
home in Baltimore on Thursday, aged 90 years,
was well known in Baltimore county. He Is
survived by his wife, who is daughter OF the
late German H. Hunt, and six children. Mr..
Emory was a cousin of Mr.. ID. Hopper Emory,
the well known attorney.
Mr. Joseph Phipps, of Springfield, Prince
Georges county, formerly OF Tows0n, was sue
cessful with his Barred Rocks and White Or
piDgtons at the great Washington ID. CO
Poultry Show. He won first on b. r. cock,
third on cockerel and third on hen ; also first
on w o. hen, cockerel and pullet.
-Ex County Commissioner James Ritten-
house has been presented by the Mt. Winans
police and fire departments with fine revolt
wing officechair finished in leather. Justice
Miller made the presentation, to which Mr..
RitteDhouse responded. The police depart
ment also presented Justice Miller with fine
lap blanket.
I'VE have been many times reminded that
this is leap year, but we have not yet heard
that any OF the fair sex has made any progress
toward matrimonial alliance because of their
taking matters into their own hands. We have
no doubt the men will have to continue to toe
the mark if they wish to make any Roadway
in this line.
IA good roads meeting will be held in
TowsOn on Friday, February 7th. ID. Ward
King. a noted authority on the subject of road
building, will speak. The Western press speaks
in the highest terms of Mr.. King, who is the
originator of the split-log drag, for improving
mud roads, He should be greeted by large
audience when he comes here.
AT the Christmas entertainment of the
Sunday school of Stevenson M. E. Church,
Green Spring Valley, the superintendent, Mr..
Charles Croft, presented the pastor, Rev. w.
H. Burgan, with purse of gold, as token OF
esteem from the members of the church. The
church was beautifully decorated and the en-
tertainment was an enjoyable affair.
MIR. d. f. Donaldson, whose fine Fair
view Farm is located near Her~fo~d- 1th Iii
trict, has just completed large pond wss.ch is
intended for ice in winter and next spisdg be
will stock it With fish. Mr.. Donaldson raised
on bis home farm the past year 700 bushels Of
prime wheat on % acres of ground, and his
corn crop averaged 16 bbls. to the acre.
- Grange postofice, in Patapsco Neck, still
retains its name notwithstanding the lately
established r. F. D. route in that section of
the county. The people of that important
neighborhood did not want to lose their iden-
tity by having the name Grange erased from
the map and they are naturally very much
pleased at the present status of affairs.
-AbOut 10 O'Clock on Wednesday night
the Towson office of the Wilson & Kenney
Company. but the burglar was frightened off
before he completed the job. The only thing
missed from the place was pistol The burglar
would not have gotten anything had he broken
the safe open as the company never keeps any
money in it.
Miss Dorothea Sothoron Odenheimer,
who was injured in the recent wreck on the B.
& o. Railroad at Hanover Station, died at the
City Hospital in Baltimore last Saturday. After
the accident she had two attacks of pneumo-
mia and was operated upon for appendicitis.
Miss Odenheimer who was Is years of age,
was a niece of Mr.. William s. Powell, for
merly of Mt. Washington.
- The board of directors of the Towson and
Dulany's Valley Turnpike Company, at their
meeting on Monday, did not declare dividend
for the past year, but authorized Supervisor
Peerce to expend all of the past years surplus
in the improvement of the road. Mr.. Peerce
has already made contract with the Conway
Quarry Company, whose plant is located at
Loeb Raven. to furnish crushed stone at $1.75
perch, delivered on the road.