The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-02-06


MORE COUNTY UNION. II they fail to
give such order the business may be
diverted into other channels.
Cheer up, the worst is yet to come. The
grounding saw his shadow on Tuesday.
More of THE UNIONS ''canaries'' found
their way back TO the starting point this week.
And still there are others.
%Mr. William Bryan, of Ruxton, has pro-
vided himself with new motorcar and is
handling it very skillfnlly.
Two legal holidays in the shortest month
of the year is doing trifle too we'll. These fall
on the 18th and ga Of February.
THE members Of the Mint Julep Associa.
ton wear smiling faces now. No doubt about
the supply Of ice for next summer
- The UNIONS mail lists enjoy steady
growth. New names are being added to them
weekly and this is always encouraging.
- According to the almanac spring begins
this year on the 21st Of March, which is just
about the end OF the grounding period.
About 100 calves were shipped from
White Hall Station, N. G. r. r. this week
Fifty Of these were sent off in single day.
- Many>of Baltimore county's old citizens
have passed away in the last three months
The ligors OF the winter appear to be hard on
them.
- Somebody has gone off with the big
brass key that locks the front door OF the Court
HOUSE. EGF0ADS Ne Will TAKE the DullUlDE
itself next time.
- The Baptist eyangclistic campaign in
Baltimore city has closed after run OF four
weeks. during which time /. 400 persons pro-
fessed conversion.
- Eight persons were received into full
membershipat EpWorth VI E. Church, Jockeys.
vile, last Sunday night by the senior pastor,
Rev. w. J. Meeks
- The directors room of the Second Ma
tional Bank of Towson has been handsomely
papered and otherwise improved by President
Thomas w. Offutt.
- Two more aged residents of Towson
passed away on Thursday within few hours
of each other. The mortality here this winter
has been most unusual
- Preparations for the Inauguration of
Taft are going forward rapidly and IT promises
to be a very imposing affair in which Mary
land will cut big figure.
Judge Duncan has appointed Messrs.
VIM. 81. Lawrence and w. w. Parker, re-
ceivers for the Highlandtown Loan, Savings
and Building Association:
After the latest cold snap there should
be no scarcity OF ice in this section Of Mary
land. Last Sunday and Monday were among
the coolest days Of winter
- The Governor on Monday appointed Mr..
Philip B. Watts, of Pikesville, member of
the board Of trustees of the Maryland School
for Boys, near Loeb Raven.
IF Candemas be fair and clear there'll
be two winters in the year." Tuesday was
Just that. Now you can watch and see how
the prediction will work out.
->Spot wheat sold in Baltimore on We'd
nesday at 10 per bushel. 1t was No. 2 Red
Western and was purchased by the @. A. GAM
brill Manufacturing Company.
- Brace g., the crack pointer owned by
Mr.. Grason II. Gent, of Cockeysville. having
won in many field trials, has been retired and
will be used hereafter for hunting only.
1.-THE Norrisville Farmers Club has been
recognized, with Mr.. Milton e. Smith, pres
dent, and Mr. Harry Anderson, secretary.
"a. f. Rineholt, of Baltimore, a baggage
master on the Northern Central Railway, be-
tween Baltimore and Harrisburg, has been ar
rested on the charge of rifling mail pouches.
THE report of County Treasurer Merry
man for the month of January shows that the
disbursements were $54 879 81, and that the
balance on hand February LIST was $40, 751 81.
THE Towson Bowling League, Mr.. Il.
Courtney Jenifer, president, and Mr.. 9. Gus
Grason, secretary, has games scheduled with
other teams from February 9th to March 18th.
1.-Two valuable mules belonging to Mr..
Walter D. Ensor, an 9Th district farmer, died
this week and another is sick. The veterina.
rian who treated them said they had influenza.
THE Edge Hill Farm, in Dulanys Valley,
has been rented by Mr.. Edward 8. Peerce to q
minister of the Mennonite Church, who will re-
move there from Ohio on the LIST of March next.
->Sister Catherine who has been connected
with Mount Hope Retreat, in this county,
fifty years, died in that institution on Tuesday
last. She was born in Cumberland, Md,
in 1888.
Next Friday, February 18th, will be a
legal holiday in Maryland and all the banks
and public Offices will be closed. 1t will be the
one hundredth anniversary Of the birth OF
Lincoln.
IAN enjoyable entertainment for the bene
fit of the Church Club is promised in the Guild
House, Towson, on Friday evening, February
10Th. Refreshments will be served during the
evening.
Three courts were in session at the same
time in the Towson Court House last Saturday
Chief Judge Burke presided in one, Judge Dun.
can in another and Judge Van Bibber in
the third.
AT the monthly meeting of the Towson
improvement Association on Monday night 9
resolution was adopted approving the general
plan of roads sanctioned by the County Com
miSsiOners.
->The large barn, livery stable, straw shed
ETC., of Mr.. Charles Zeigler. near Alesa, 4th
district were burned on Friday afternoon oil
last week. Several horses and mules persisted
in the flames.
Mr.. William s. Keech, of the Towson
bar, is another man who has become pigeon
fancier. He has fitted up pens, &C., at his
place on West Joppa road and will begin
breeding homers.
-The public school at Westport, 18th dis
trict, that had been closed on account Of a
peculiar skin disease among the pupils, wa:
reopened last Monday. The doctors called il
"impetigo costagiosa."
"A movement is on foot to organize an
athletic association in Towson and meeting
for the purpose will be held in the Parish
House formerly the Guild House, on Friday
February 18th, at s P. NJ.
THE two heaviest loads of loose hay
weighed on the Towson scales Of Mr.. A. b
Weis this season were those from the 9th dis
trict farms OF Messrs. j. 81. Wisner and NJ. X
Miller. They each weighed IL, $50 pounds.
- Mr.. William T. Clark, for more thar
forty years surveyor of Hartford county, diet
at his home, near Forest Hill on Sunday
night last, aged 70 years. His widow, Wit
survives him, is daughter of Leonard Ady.
>At the sale of Mr.. Frank r. Jenkins, a
Hydes, Long Green Valley, on the 10th inst.
an opportunity will be offered to secure som,
extra fine stock, special notice of which ap
pears in the advertising columns OF The UN1ol
today.
THE young men of Timonium M. L
Church have organized Debating and Socla
Club with Mr.. Charles W. Amos, president
Mr.. Charles A. Arnold secretary; Mr.. VIM
G.. Rogers, treasurer. Weekly meetings WI
be held.
- Harry Archibald young blacksmith
near Mt. Washington, was arrested last Sun
day on the charge of disorderly conduct on
Mt. Washington trolley car. He was unabl
to pay fine of $25 on Monday and city jus
tice sent him to Jail.