The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-01-30


ing roads, electric light, special officer etc.
general invitation is extended.
- Mr.. David E. Bishop, ST., who died a
his home in Baltimore last Sunday, aged 6
years, was for some years lessee OF the Herrin
Run race track, on the Philadelphia road, ant
was well known among horsemen. He is sur
vived by son and two daughters.
- The sale of the personal effects OF Mrs
Ann M. Bryan took place at her late home a
Corbett N. G. r. R., on Monday last and wa
largely attended, big prices being obtainet
throughout. Harry B. Alder was the admin
istrator and John V. Slade, auctioneer.
- Immense quantities of hay passed dowT
the York pike TO the Baltimore market OF
Monday last and a toll-gate keeper said it wa
all because of local notice in THE UNION las
week that there was no embargo upon farm
produce because Of the stock quarantine.
- There are number of cases ofthrOat dis
ease in the neighborhood of Randallstown anC
Holbrook, I'd district, and two cases of diph
liberia have developed, but no fatal cases have
occurred. DIR. r. +. Wells has been using
antitoxin 10 one of the diphtheretic cases.
In England the farmers are offering re-
wards for the slaughter of the sparrows be
cause the worthless things drive away the in.
sect destroying birds and their crops and fruit
suffer in consequence. Here no effort is made
to check the multiplication of this serious
nuisance.
ION Tuesday evening last. at meeting OF
the citizens and patrons of the public schools
| held at Sparrow Point, resolution was unan-
imously adopted that petitions in favor of an
increase of salaries Of the Baltimore county
teachers should be sent to the County Com
missioners.
Those farmers who failed to attend the
| institute in Towson on Tuesday missed treat.
Many of those who did attend said it was the
| best meeting of the kind ever held in the
county and gave Director Amoss due credit for
his selection of the speakers and the subjects
treated by them.
Deputy game wardens should see to it
that no trout fishing is permitted in Baltimore
anglers who have no fear of the law start out
the first pleasant day in late winter and often
clean up q stream of its ''speckled beauties"
before the open season begins.
- The Belair Democrat of last week said !:
1.-THE owners of dilapidated turnpike in Bal
timore county are trying to sell the Good Roads
Commission their wornout and useless prop
erty. The Commission wisely-as did Har-
ford's County Commissioners similar propo-
sition some years ago-declined to buy"
THE Warren Mill deal is still agitatiDg
the minds OF good many people and several
members of the City Water Board have become
SO disguised with it that they have actually re-
signed. Other members say they have done
nothing to be ashamed of and they won't re-
sign. It all depends on the point Of view.
Speaking of the proposed improvement
to the Towson Court House the Belair AEgis of
last week said: Take it all-in-all, we know of
no public building constructed in recent years
that has given more satisfaction for the money
expended than has the Hartford county Court
House which was reconstructed three years
ago."
- Henry Durham, the negro who plead
guilty in the court here of stealing $50 and
some valuable lace from Mrs. Martha Jones, of
Cockeysville, was sentenced by Judge Duncan
to five years in the penitentiary. Durham's
wife, who was convicted of completely in the
theft Of the lace, got two years in the peni-
Tertiary.
- 4 fire in the woods on the north side of
the Joppa road just west of Towson, caused
much alarm among the residents of that Sec
ton a little after IL o'clock on Wednesday
night. The Tows0n chemical engine respon-
ded quickly to an alarm and soon had the fire
under control. A very high wind prevailed at
the time.
The executive committee of the Bati-
more County Volunteer Firemen's Associa-
ton, Mr.. Frank /. Wheeler chairman, will
hold meeting at Hotel Junker in Baltimore.
on Saturday evening, January Both, at O'Clock,
when the initial steps will be taken to arrange
for the convention to be held in Towson in
May next.
= Don't lay violent hands on the ground
hog when he comes out next Tuesday. Those
who pin their faith to this little animal say he's
sure to appear, but it is only whether he goes
back Immediately or stays out indefinitely that
they are concerned about. Upon this hangs
the condition of the weather for six weeks. so
they think.
@Mr. Percy Akehurst, of Yeoho, knows
more about horses than he did last week.
He drove to Phoenix to visit friends end took
the bride off his horse to feed him without
unhitching the animal from the buggy. Re
suit: Anarrow escape for himself and asmash-
ed buggy. There is moral in this il you
choose to look fort.
IA movement is now on foot-and it
should not fail of successful extend the st.
Paul Street Boulevard by way of Roland ave-
nue. to Lake avenue and from thence to Rux-
ton through private property. This would
make splendid improvement that would open
up beautiful country furnishing an outlet
that is now much needed.
"A farmer who attended the institute in
Towson on Tuesday said he witnessed some
thing this winter he never saw before-a far
mer blowing when there was over six inches
of snow on the ground. We have heard ii said
that to pillow down coat of warm snow was
as good as dressing of manure. Perhaps this
man had his snow warmed.
THE annual meeting of the Fullerton
Permanent Loan Association will be held
Thursday evening, February 4th, at o'clock,
at Fullerton, Belair road. This is one of the
most prosperous associations of its class in the
county. Mr.. Alex. Mccormick, president, and
Mr.. Charles Brockmeyer, secretary, have held
those positions since its organization.
"a peculiar skin disease has broken out
among the pupils Vi Zig puOliC SCuOOl at w est
port, 18th district, and the school has been
closed by order of the health authorities. A
number of grown people are also affected by
the disease, which the doctors call ''impetigo
contagiosa.'' If the malady is half as bad as
the name it must be something awful.
1.-THE Cross Keys Tavern, situated on the
Falls road, just north of Cold Spring lane, was
destroyed by fire early on Thursday morning.
The house was, perhaps, more than 100 years
old and was famous sporting place in its day.
In late years it had not been used as a tavern
and was occupied by several families who
made narrow escape from the flames.
- Mr. and Mrs. Hartman Clagett, of the I'd
district, lost an interesting little son John
Irvin) from membraneous Group on the I'D
instant The funeral took place at Holy
Family Catholic Church at 2 P. NJ, on Sunday,
four young cousins-Harman and Ross Crooks,
George Stanfeld and Charles Clagett-acting as
pall-bearers. The attendance was very large.
- Mr. Jacob Council, one of the Oldest resi-
dents of the 18th district, died at his home near
Notch Cliff, on the 21st instant, aged 85 years.
He was a widower and veteran of the Civil
War. His wife, who died about ten years
ago, was sister of Mrs. Richard G. Francis.
They left no children. His remains were in
TERED at Waugh Church last Sunday morning.
lex Senator James j. Lindsay delivered
an address before large audience of ladies and
gentlemen at the Methodist Church at Lans-
downe on Friday night January 29th on the
great benefits to be derived from improvement
associations in local communities. The meet
ing was under the auspices of the Lansdowne
Improvement Association. Mr. H. Rinehard
presided
"a man had a poster printed at The
UNION Office this week for a sale to take place
nearly q month from now. He is not adver-
Using the sale in the paper and the result will
be before it takes place the posters will all be
down and the people will have forgotten there
was to be sale. To save few dollars in ad-
vertising he may lose several hundred. Simply
another case of penny wise and pound foolish.
Several weeks ago THE UNION mentioned
the fact that Mr.. John V. Wilson, of Long
Green Valley, had sold young bronze gobbler
that weighed 30 lbs, and that he also had
some fine white Muscovy ducks. Since that
notice appeared Mr.. Wilson has sold several
more turkeys and some of the ducks and he was
| at loss to know how the people knew of them
until he bethought himself of the local men,
| ton in this paper.
They tell this on Towson woman: She
was Just emerging from her front door when
she saw dilapidated tramp on bis hands and
| knees nibbling off grass on the lawn. APP
| preaching the fellow she said: You poor
| man, you must be almost starved" Eyes
MAN," he replied, ~ have eaten nothing in
three days. 10, that's awful" the sympa.
| thetic woman said; you had better go around
in the back yard, the grass is longer there"
- Speaking about the big figures that
ANTIQUE furniture fetches at public sales now,
Mr.. John v. Slade, the well known auctioneer,
said this week that thirty or forty years age
this style of furniture could be bought at sales
for q rnora SONG and that often IL was almost