The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-09-11
Fire Record.-The home Of Mr.. W. P,

Fire Record.-The home OF Mr.. w. Z.
Whitmore, Hawthorne road, Roland Park, was
damaged by fire about noon on last Sunday.
The fire is thought to have been caused by the
electric wires not being sufficiently insulated.
1t was discovered by Mr.. Whitmore, who had
returned from church. He saw smoke issuing
from the basement windows and running there
TO investigate, found pile of kindling wood
ablaze. he extinguished it apparently, but
afterward he found the fire burning the
front wall of the hall. He telephOned to the
Roland Park Fire department, which responded
and checked it with the help of the volunteer
firemen.
A spark from chimney set fire to the roof
of the dwelling of Mrs. Susan Wade OF the
Washington road, near Lansdowne. last Mon
day morning. Smoke issuing from the roof
was noticed by Howard Bronson, q farmer
driving along the road. He hurried to the
house, notified Mrs. Wade and then turned in
an alarm, to which the Mount Winans Engine
Company responded. In the meanwhile, how
ever, employees about the place had formed
bucket brigade and extinguished the flames.
Damage slight.
A barn and several outbuildings on what is
known as the Long Corner Farm of Mr.. VIM.
Kempskey, on the corner Of Old Hartford road
and the Joppa road, were burned to the ground
about noon on Tuesday. The alarm was
sounded at Hamilton engine-house and the run
was made with the automobile apparatus the
ire put out and the return was accomplished
in one hour and a-balf. 1t was fierce fire,
and consumed about 10 tons of hay with some
The cause of the fire is thought to have been
among the green hay which had been stored.
The loss was about 81, 900.
The thriving town of Arlington, on the
Reisterstown road, was the scene of disas
trous fire that started about o'clock on Fri
day morning, September 10, in hay loft on
the premises of Mr.. Samuel Burkhead, corner
of Main street and Belvidere avenue. Before
the firemen got it under control an estimated
loss of 500, 900 had been caused. Those who
suffered by the conhagration are Mr.. Burk-
head, $4,000; Mr.. Charles T. Cockey, Jr.,
$40 900, and Mr.. William l.. Russell, SIC, 600.
Matters in the Circuit Court.-Mrs. Agnes
s. Emory of Manor Glen Jarrettsville turn
pike. by her attorney, Mr.. Osborne l. Yellott,
filed bill on Tuesday against Henry Whip
perman asking that an agreement for the sale
of property which she entered into with the
defendant be cancelled and reversed on the
ground that Whipperman has not complied
with the terms of the same. The plaintiff al
leges that she agreed to accept a mortgage Of
81, 900 in lieu of the payment of the purchase
price for the property, provided that the de-
fendant would install cider mill and saw
mill on the property. The court is also asked
to pass an order requiring Whipperman to de-
liver up possession of the property to the
plaintiff, and also that he be restrained from
dismantling a mill building on the same.
Judge Duncan passed an order granting the
injunction as prayed, unless the defendant
tember lS.
Joseph Tapes, by his attorneys, Charles
and Henry p Pielert filed a bill on Tues
day against his wife, Mary Lavinia Tapes,
praying for divorce on the ground of deser-
tion. The bill states that the, couple were
married in 1886 and have four children.
Darofhv NJ Randall minor fhr0uOh her
father, William M. Bandel, filed suit Tuesday
against the Singer Sewing Company and
George D. Myerly, claiming $4,000 damages
for alleged assault upon her, said to have oc-
CURED on April 15 1909. ]. Straith Briscoe
and Eldridge Hood Young are counsel for
the plaintiff.
A bill for an absolute divorce on the ground
Of abandonment and infidelity was filed
Wednesday by Ella Elizabeth Cromwell
against her husband, Isaiah Cromwell. They
were married at Monkton, 1892 and she claims
that cruel treatment caused her to leave her
husband. John Mays Little is attorney for the
plaintiff.
On Thursday bill was filed by Mr.. Charles
NJ. Wainwright to secure decree for the sale
of farm in the Eighth district owned by the
late Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler, and the distribu-
ton of the proceeds among her heirs.
Howl of Dissatisfaction from Bel Air
Observation-Disclosures has been expressed
among the residents of the Bel Air road over
the fact that the Highways Commission has
decided to improve the Hartford road and other
spurs of the State highway system and thatthe
Bel Air road has been left entirely out of con-
sideration. The Bel Air road is declared to be
in deplorable condition. There are deepru
in the bed of the highway, and dust famed
by cars'and automobiles has become nuisance.
An effort is being made to collect toll, but the
travellers have refused to pay. A delegation
composed of Mr.. Henry Kolb, president of the
Bel Air Road Improvement Association; Mr..
William ]. Biddison, vice-president Of the as
sociation, and Mr.. G. Lloyd Rogers waited upon
the Highways Commission and made known
the demands of the residents of the Belair
road.
A meeting of the association was held at the
Alert engine house on Tuesday, when the COM
mittee reported that during the day they had
called on. the State Roads Commission and had
q very satisfactory interview and received as
surances that the Bel Air road would receive
prompt attention. Plans for the improvement
are now being prepared and it is expected will
be ready in October.
A committee was appointed to confer with
the County Commissioners in regard to Cole
avenue, which, after about $1,000 had been
spent in grading the road and building con-
crete bridge, for the want of q macadam finish
is being so washed as to become almost useless,
and the county is now asked to take over the
road.