The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-11-21

timore County Orphans Court where
in the publication of Notices to Credi-
tors and other advertising is necessary.
are requested to leave positive orders
with the Court when they wish such
advertising to appear in The BALT1.
MORE COUNTY UNION. If they fail to
give such order the business may be
diverted into other channels.
>MrW. B. Harlan, of Belair, last week sold
a thoroughbred Berkshire hog that weighed
700 pounds.
The duplicate ballots printed for the last
election were burned by the Supervisors on the
18th instant.
- The snow in Western Maryland last
Sunday was inches deep and there was biz
card Of no mean dimensions
- No end to the water talk" in Baltimore
this week and the Prohibitionists were not
holding mass meeting either.
->The Thanksgiving turkey already sees
his finish, while his Christmas brother is lot
without visions of the dull thud."
- The lower end of the Hartford road is
now being repaired under the direction of the
Hamilton improvement Association.
- For three days this week Franklin High
School, Reisterstown, was closed because of
THE recent rummage sale held by the
ladies in The Casino, TowsOn, netted $92. The
money will be used to improve the property.
ION account of a lack of orders thirty
laborers were discharged on Monday last at the
Beaver Dam Marble Works, near Cockeysville
- The rail mill of the great Sparrow's
Point plant resumed operations last Monday
morning. giving employment to about 800 men.
- An anonymous personal communi-
cation from Phoenix cannot be published in
THE UNION. Funny business like that don't
60 here.
The snow storm of last Saturday made q
sudden and unprecedented demand for rubber
shoes, but the dealers appeared to be equal to
the occasion.
IA large wagon load of corn, for delivery
some distance from Towson, sold on Tuesday
at 1925 per barrel. Nothing wrong with a
price like that.
Cupid seems to have been doing some
lively work in Baltimore county judging from
the number of prospective weddings that are
being announced.
The big Gunpowder lake hasn't got a
drop of water in it yet and still it seems to be
making matters disagreeably damp for some
people in Baltimore city.
=, John Eager Howard Council, No. IS, Jr
o. U. A. M, will attend preaching service at
Towson NJ. E. Church, Sunday morning, No
yember goth, at IL o'clock.
- Rev. J. Wynne JONES' pastor of Abbott
Memorial Church, Highlandtown, is deliver
ing highly entertaining series of lectures on
his recent trip to California.
The Elkridge hounds will meet at Mere
dith's ford bridge, on Saturday, November 21st,
at 2.30P NJ On Thanksgiving day they will
meet at Lutherville at 10 A. NJ.
"a very fine sample of 10 ears of yellow
corn from the farm of Mr.. Clinton Jessop, in
the 9Th district, was this week added 10 the
Massenburg exhibit in Towson.
- Baltimore county is about to have another
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Commercial Bank of Mary land and will begin
business at Arlington, December LIST.
- We have had week of severe winter,
spring and almost summer weather strangely
intermingled in the last seven days. A eli
mate like this ought to suit every body.
THE German Emperor is not the only per-
son who makes trouble by talking too much.
There are lots of others who are doing the same
thing every day in the week. Shut up!
THE new trolley line between Baltimore
and Halethorpe, Baltimore county. was put in
operation on Thursday morning. 1t traverses
a considerable section of the 18th district.
Zone week from next Saturday-then
look out for the "canaries" They'll be in fine
feather by that time If you don't want to be
bothered with one you know how to stop EN-.
- Next Thursday will be Thanksgiving day
and a legal holiday liz Maryland. All the
banks and public offices will be closed. 1t is
one of the most important holidays of the
year.
- Bear in mind the fact that you can't
shoot birds and rabbits in Baltimore county
when the ground is covered with snow. Game
wardens should see to it that the law is en-
forced.
"a very comfortable sum was realized
last week from the supper and bazaar held
at the Confederate Soldiers Home for the
benefit of Pikesville Volunteer Fire Compa-
ny No. L.
Nourf nf baltimore m rupsdav who c0uld
neither speak nor understand English. We
have seen 'em pretty bad here, but not quite
like that.
- The ladies of Chestnut Ridge who held
an oyster supper two nights last week to raise
money for road improvement, cleared about
$3.50. Such efforts are worthy of the highest
commentator.
IA Towson family that has relatives in
Korea this week started off lot of gifts in
order to have them reach that far-off country
before Christmas. The journey there con-
sumes over month.
- Purchaser advertised in THE UNION
last week for farm of from 80 to rs acres and
bv Tuesday evening of this week nine replies
had been received to the lad" and no doubt
there will be many more.
- Messrs. Samuel w Shsnklin & Son, well
known plant growers of White Marsh, are
steady advertisers in THE UNION and say the
money expended is good investment because
it never fails to bring results.
Just after harvest partridges were said to
be plentiful in Baltimore county, but If they
were most of them have sought other homes
before now. SpOrtsmen have not succeeded in
killing many up to this time.
- John Payne, colored, convicted last week
of manslaughter for the killing last June oil
Travis Glascoe at picnic near Cockeysville,
was on Tuesday sentenced by Judge Duncan to
five years in the penitentiary.
- There are some curious people in this
world. For example: man asked this week
why it is that Baltimore city is willing to pay
S725. 900 for Baltimore county property that
is assessed for only about SS5,0O0
Mr.. n. Howard Gill, whose fine farm is
near Mantua Mills, 4th district, raised this
season 500 barrels of prime corn on AZ acres oil
land. MIR. Gill is an active member of the
Senior Gunpowder Agricultural Club.
~ The Towson football team has a game
scheduled on the High School field for today
saturday. with the Westwoods, of Baltimore
on Thanksgiving morning they will play the
Govanstown IL on the home grounds.
- The stores and shops are already begin.
ming to take ON a Christmas air and those who
have the ready cash are spending some of it in
gifts People who handle this class of goods
will get little rest for the next month.
so far this season football has been the
cause of ten deaths and several hundred players
have been injured, some of them very seriously
And vet they say the game is far less danger
Gus under the new rules of open" play.
- Frederick Buck, aged IA years, son Of
Mr.. William H. Buck, Jr., of Cockeysville
had an artery on the right side of the head
severed by being struck by SNOWFALL last
Monday while engaged in a SNOWFALL battle.
Mr. Daniel Rigney has been appointed
an assistant to Station Agent Seitz at White
Hall. N. C. R. R., the business of that station
having increased to such an extent as to make
additional clerical help imperatively necessary
> BEN Edwards, colored 9Th district
farmer, furnished THE UNION office this weeh
with generous supply of celery of his OWL
raising. ben" was once resident of TowsoI
and was in the employ of the late Edward
H. Ady.
- Two more Govanstown stores were bur
oIarized this week-Mr. G. E. Dilworth's, Yorl
Toad and Woodbourne avenue, and MIR. SlepheI
Earps, on the York road. By the way, did i
ever occur to any body that these thieves ough
IN he arrested2