The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-10-30
. nn Mnndau Indee Duncan sentenced {

I Ion Monday Judge Duncan sentenced {
negro named John Jefferson to ten years IL
the penitentiary for burning an clubhouse be
| longing to a colored woman at Fairview, Bal
timore county. A just sentence for crime
| that is growing altogether too common.
- Many voters will have long distances tc
travel to reach the polls next. Tuesday and
may have no means of doing SO except on foot
! Their more fortunate neighbors who own con-
veyauces should provide means for them tc
do So otherwise they may lose their votes.
~ The Epworth League of Hiss Methodist
Episcopal Church will hold its Hallowe' en-
social on Monday evening" November l. at the
home of Miss Eunice J. Wesley, Old Hartford
road, instead of in the old church, as previous
ly announced. Members and friends invited
- The real estate of Mrs. Alice + Thorne,
on the Hilen road, opposite Arlington ave-
nue., that was offered at auction on Monday
afternoon by Messrs. Pattison d Gahan, was
Withdrawn at bid of $45, 500. The sale was
well attended and the bidding at first was
spirited.
- Nearly 10000 people were present last
SATURDAY. al the opening of the fall meeting OF
the Maryland Jockey Club at Pimlico and the
attendance this week has been good. The
meeting will continue until Monday, Novem-
Der 8. There are sig races every afternoon,
commencing at 2.15
- From the diary of an old resident of
Towson we learn that the first electric car on
the York road line-superseding the horse
cars-reached the centre of this town on Thurs
day, April q, 1898, at % minutes after z. M.
1t was in charge of Mr.. James +. Hayward
general manager of the road.
MIR. H. Q. Gilbert, who has been farming
the Shriver property, on the Joppa road, IL
miles west of TowsOn, is about to give up the
business and will dispose of all his personal
property, on the premises, on Thursday, NO
vember 4. For particulars see advertising
columns 0f The IIniOn- News tOdaV.
"a beagle hound belonging to Mr. John
Skipper, of Snow Hill Farm, west OF Shawan,
went mad last Monday and later was killed at
Beaver Dam, near Cockeysville, by Mr.. VIM.
Scally, who sent the head to the Pasteur lnsti-
tute in Baltimore. The rabid animal bit
number of other dogs before it was killed.
- Some of our correspondents appear to be
laboring under the mistaken idea that we are
still publishing two papers-the Towson Union
and the Towson News. We thought 1t had
been made perfectly clear that the two papers
were consolidated and that now there is but
one-The Union-News. Please bear this in
mind.
->The artesian well at Lutherville has
reached depth of about 1000 feet and having
been bored almost entirely through solid lime
stone rock has cost nearly $1,000. Only small
streams of water have been struck and they
are so strongly impregnated with limestone as
to render the water unfit for domestic purpo-
ses. The boring still continues.
1.-THE Maryland State Game and Fish Pro-
tective Association has issued a large card with
the following printed on it I'm test case,
decided October q, Judge Duncan held that the
hunting season opens in Baltimore county for
partridges, rabbits, pheasants and woodcock on
November TO- This is therefore the law and
the wardens will enforce the same"
- The sale of the personal effects of the
late John V. Slade, which took place at Cor
belt, N. c. R. R., ON Wednesday afternoon,
was largely attended and in all respects sue
cessful. At the same time Mrs. Slade offered
her beautiful home at Corbett, for sale, but
withdrew it at bid of Sc, 500. Auctioneer
VIM. NJ. Risteau conducted the sale.
Three men lost their jobs by reason of
the trolley car accident in Towson that nearly
cost the lives of two boys few days ago-the
conductor, the motorman who was running
the car and another employee, off duty, who
was talking to the operator of the car at the
time. This is severe penalty and was no
doubt inflicted as warning to other en-
ployees.
- The Aigburth Water Company has this
week been cleaning its artesian well and water
has been supplied to its customers from a
spring on Mr.. Thomas W. Offutt's property.
A servant demonstrated with the man who
drives the water wagon about this when he re-
piled: why, there's no better water in the
country than that. The spring is at least 200
years old!'
- Halowe' en- occurs this year on Sunday
day night instead. No one objects to innO-
cent FRANKS on such occasions, but the wilful
DETACHMENT or destruction of property should
not be tolerated and those guilty of such acts
should be punished by arrest and fine. Let
the officers exercise proper vigilance and arrest
all offenders.
- Looks like Baltimore county is to have
no end of agricultural fairs. The two older
ones Timonium and Prospect Park II now
have the White Hall fair and the Gentlemen's
Driving Park fair as competitors, not to men
ton the annual farmers picnic at Mount Car
mel, which is also developing into fair of no
small dimensions. The more the merrier'
aptly applies in this case.
- Residents in the neighborhood of Loeb
Raven have lately been greatly annoyed by
bold chicken thief who has been doing land
office business and must be getting rich. Sew
eral roosts have been cleaned up entirely and
some people are dsposing of their fowls rather
than have them stolen. One man fired two
shots at the thief early on Monday night, but
without effect it is thought.
The revival services in Towson Methodist
Episcopal Church, which commenced last Sun
day night, have thus far resulted in IA CONVEX
sions-nearly all young men and youths. The
meetings will be continued next week and
Rev. DR.. W. l.. Mcdowell will be present and
preach on Monday and Tuesday nights, Mr.
81. G. Wright, Secretary of the Y. NJ. G. A., on
Wednesday night and Rev. G. o. Isaac on
Thursday night
Mr.. G. Frank Morgan, proprietor of Du-
lany's Valley Stock Farm and Mill, has sold
his Morgan K, another blue-ribbon colt, years
old, to Mr.. James Gross of Middletown. Md,
for $3.50. He is full brother to Major Kuser,
sold recently by Mr.. Morgan. He has also on
his farm full sister, beautiful filly, and
another full brother, Dan M. Kuser, the hand
some black stallion that won five prizes in the
heavy harness class at Timonium fair, all sired
by his well known Admiral Kuser.
Friday morning about $50 o'clock an
up-country farmer who had stopped at the
Five Mile House over night, was engaged in
Harvesting his team in the stables at that place
by lamp-light. He carelessly placed the Ian
tern near the heels of one of his horses, when
it was knocked over and the burning oil ignited
the litter. The Govans and Towson engine
companies were summoned, and when they
arrived the blaze was crawling toward the
flooring of the NOW. 1t was extinguished
without any damage to the building.
A Patriarch and His Large Family.-Mr.
John Milchling of Raspeburg, Baltimore coun-
ty, who will celebrate his eighty sixth birth
day November IL, has II children, Sc grand
children and % great-grandchildren, says the
Baltimore Sun.
Leaving his native village in Hesse Darn
stadt Germany, when 10 years old, he spent
two years in Baltimore, where by industry and
frugality he secured sufficient money to buy a
tract of land between what are now the Belair
and Philadelphia roads, and about four miles
from the nreeent citv limits Raltim ora scanned