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TOWSON. Md.
Saturday, November 17, 1906.
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HALES ADVERTISED IN “THE UNION.”
Tuesday. November 20, by John B. and Henry
C. Longnecker, on the premises, about 56
acres of land on Franklin avenue, 1% miles
from the city limits and about five minutes’
walk from the electric car line on the Bel
air road, in front of St. Anthony’s Church.
Wednesday, Nov. 21, by Robert Campbell, in
Baca River Neck, horses, colts, cows, heif
ers, hogs, farm implemeißs, etc.
Thursday, November 22, by George Lantz, three
miles from the city limits on the Philadel
phia road, work and driving horses, cows,
bogs, wagons, farm implements, etc.
Tuesday, November 27, by John I. Yellott, trus
tee, etc., on the premises, a farm of 105a
acres in Long Green Valley, near Gittings.
Wednesday. Nov. 28, by Henry Btorms, on the
Dover road, near Cronhardt, horses, mules,
cows, wagons, farm Implements, hay, corn,
fodder, etc.; also a farm of 65 acres.
Thursday, Nov. 29, by Frank Foulke, near Wal
ters’ P. 0., 15th district, horses, mules, cows,
colts, wagons, farm implements, etc.
Monday, Dec. 3, by E. W. Herrmann and others,
trustees, at the Court House door, a farm of
156 acres near Texas, Bth district.
Tuesday, December 4th, by Mrs. C. E. Lynch,
near Grange, Patapsco Neck, horses, cows,
poultry, vehicles, household and kitchen
furniture, etc. _ „ .
Tuesday, December 4, by James Carvllle Foster,
about one mile west of Herefoid,7th district,
mules, cows, hogs, milk cans, etc.
Wednesday, December 6th, by Isreal Feld, in
Back River Neck, 4 miles from Walters P. 0.,
on White House Farm, mules, horses, cows,
wagons, implements, poultry, etc.
noticeTto the public.
Those having business with the Bal
timore County Orphans’ Court where
in the publication of Notice 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 Balti
more County Union. If they fail to
give such order the business may be
diverted into other channels.
—* Bear in mind the fact that it is unlawful
to shoot birds and rabbits when the ground is
covered with snow.
—► Fresh eggs sold in Baltimore on Tuesday
at 38 and 40 cts. a dozen. They’ll be out of
sight by Christmas.
—lt is expected that the new Second Na
tional Bank or Towson will open its doors for
business on Tuesday next.
—► Apples are abundant throughout the
country yet they retail at 40 cents a peck in
Towson. Is there an apple trust too?
fi —a The tine new Offutt Building in Towson
! is now ready for its tenants and every apart-
ment in it except one has been taken.
—Farmers continue to rush their produce
to market and the prices continue strong. The
outlook for the tiller of the soil is excellent.
—►They will be a beautiful yellow this year
and you can’t help but see them—if you get
one. Look out for them next Saturday week.
—* Dr. George C. Wegefarth is about to build
a fine residence on the Evergreen Lawn prop
erty, on the Harford road, to cost about $25,000.
---►Sixteen tracts of land were sold at the
Court House door on Wednesday for delin
quent taxes. Caleb S. Hobbs was the auc
tioneer.
—►The fall fly is a pestiferous creature and,
if anything, more annoying than his summer
brother. The only way to get rid of him is to
kill him.
—► Tiie Union’s annual subscription bills
will go out with the issue of the paper dated
December Ist. These are now in course of
preparation.
—-Charles E. Merson, of Lansdowne, 13th
district, on Monday applied for the benefit of
the bankruptcy law, through his attorney, Mr.
John L. G. Lee.
. —-The first snow of the season put in an
appearance on Thursday morning, November
{ 15th. The temperature was 34 and the wind
L from the northwest.
—► Only a little over a month of the vear
1906 remains, and already the end is in sight. '
Calendars for the new year are beginning to
make their appearance.
—►Those who have ice-houses are getting i
them in shape in anticipation of an early
freeze. Very little ice was secured from ponds
in Baltimore county last winter.
—Mr. T. T. Griffith, a 10th district farmer,
raised this season 275 barrels of corn on 15 acres
of land, or 18 15 barrels to the acre. It cost
. him 22 cts. a barrel to have it husked.
—►John Eager Howard Council, Jr. O. U.
A. M., of Towson, will present a handsome
American flag to the fine new High School
Building in Towson as soon as it is completed.
—* The rededication of Orem’s M. E. Church,
Great Falls Circuit, which was to have taken
place last Sunday, was postponed on account
of the rain until Sunday next, November 18th.
—► Another Baltimore policeman has come
/to grief. He stole a gold watch from a drunken
man and he has gone to the penitentiary for
j two years. The man has a wife and an invalid
l child.
—►The handsome house of the Catonsville
Country Club was destroyed by fire last Sunday
morning, causing a loss of about 132,000, which
\ is covered by insurance. The club will rebuild
at once.
—►The fall race meeting of the Marvland
Jockey Club ended on Wednesday. This was
the last meeting the club will hold at Fimlico,
and it is likely the track there will be aban
' doned.
—-The baseball team of the Gardenville
/ Athletic Club played 40 games the past season
and lost but 5. The greatest achievement was
the winning of three games in a single day—
October 9th.
—-Electric signals are being established at
the draws in the bridges over the Gunpowder
and Bush rivers by the P., B. and VV. Railroad.
The Bush river signal tower will also be put in
commission again.
—A young horse being schooled over the
jumps at Pimlico track last Saturday evening
fell at one of the obstructions and broke his
back. He was killed at once. The jockey was
only slightly hurt.
—► Tne tine large burglar-proof safe for the
new Second National Bank of Towson arrived
this week. It has all the latest improvements
and looks like it bad the strength to resist an
attack of any kind.
—-Several more old persons, whose ages
ranged from 76 to 88 years, have died in Balti
more county within the past week. The mor
tality among old people in the last two months
has been remarkable.
—-An oyster supper for tbe benefit of St.
Joseph’s Church will be held at St. Joseph’s
Hall, Belair road, on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, November 20th, 21st and
22d. 'Bu pper 25 cen ts.
—-The Thanksgiving turkey is beginning
to see his finish. The days of his career are
numbered, but as be is in blissful ignorance of
bis fate he can go on enjoying the ample pro
vision provided for him.
—►The colored church at Cuba, Bth district,
was destroyed by fire about noon on Wednes
day last, causing a loss of SI,OOO. A public
school for colored children was conducted in
the basement of the building.
—►The County Commissioners have not yet
appointed a successor to County Surveyor Chas.
B. McCleaD. The matter came up on Tuesday
and was deferred until next week. There are
five br six applicants for the place.
[ —►The United Railways and Electric Com
pany is about to begin the erection of nine car
Darns that will cost $1,000,000. One of these
will be at Arlington and another on the York
road just north of Arlington avenue.
—-Mr. Henry Storms, who is about to en
gage in other business, will sell all his personal
property and also his snug farm of 65 acres,
located on the Dover road, on Wednesday, No
vember 28th. See ad. in The Union.
—-The case of G. Harlan Williams, receiver
of the Horae Fire Insurance Company of Bal
timore against the U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty
Company has been occupying tbe attention of
the Circuit Court here nearly the whole of this
week.
—>Two Harford county corn-huskers made
good records on the 30th of October. In a day
of ten hours Charles Cantler husked 12i bar
rels and James Wayne husked 14i barrels. In
both instances the corn was very fine and
large.
—-We did not hear of any arrests being
made on election day for violations of the
game laws. No doubt the deputy game war
dens kept a sharp lookout. The prospects of
being obliged to pay fines and costs are always
discouraging.
/ —-Rumors were circulated in Towson this
(week that Messrs. Dukehart & Stevenson, pro
prietors of the Towson Horse Compauy, were
about to retire from the business. We have
the best authority for the statement that there
is no truth in the rumor.
I ►The Continental Can CompaD.v. a new
Baltimore enterprise, will establish its plant
near Bay view Junction, where it has purchased
the Regester property for that purpose. There
are 16 acres in the tract, and the price paid is
said to have been $45,000.
—►A Baltimore postal clerk was arrested on
Tuesday on the charge of stealing $4.50 from
a letter. On Wednesday he plead guilty in the
0. S. District Court and Judge Morris sen
tenced him to three years in the penitentiary.
There’s swift justice for yon.
—-Hamilton R. Polk, a well known anc
prosperous druggist of Arlington, 3d district,
committed suicide on tbe 9th instant by shoot
ing himself through the heart. He was 4 1
years of age and leaves a family. It is thought
his mind became suddenly deranged.
—-The congregation of St. Peter’s Evan
gelical Lutheran Chnrch will dedicate tbeh
new cbnrch on Eastern avenne, near the North
Point road, next Sunday. The Canton Com
sany5 any donated the lot and tbe building cost
1,500. Rev. A. C. Berlin is the pastor.
I —-The directors of the Towson National
! Bank, at their last meeting, declared a semi
annual dividend of 5 per cent., clear of State
[and county taxes. This is one of the best
conducted banks in the country and a credit
alike to its officers and to Baltimore county.
—► The congregation of Govanstown M. E.
Church held a narvest home festival last Sun
day. The interior of the chnrch was tastefully
decorated with autumn leaves, and vegetables
and flowers were banked about the altar. Tbe
pastor, Rev. H. F. Downs, preached a special
sermon.
The Gardeners’ Clnb held its annnal
chrysanthemum and horticultural exhibition
in tbe Florists’ Exchange Bnilding in Balti
more this week. The exhibits were large in
number and highly meritorious. The atten
dance was large and the affair in all respects
successful.
—The regular monthly meeting of tbe
Baltimore County Medical Association was
held on Thursday at Stoddard’s Hotel, Catons
ville. Dr. James H. Jarrett presided and Dr.
R. C. Massenburg was secretary. Papers were
read by Dr. Thomas 8. Cullen and Dr. William
T. Watson.
—-The new station house of the Md. & Pa.
Railroad at Baldwin has been completed at a
cost of about $2,000. The improvement is
highly appreciated by the patrons of the road.
It was mainly through the efforts of Mr.
Charles E. Burton that tbe new building
was secured.
—-Baltimore city deserves great credit for
its work in tbe matter of the new Y. M. C. A.
Building. Tbe association started out to raise
$500,000 in thirty days for this great enter
prise. The time expired on Tuesday night
when the subscriptions showed $511,477. This
is a splendid result.
—►The corn and ponltry show held at Elli
cott City last week, under the auspices of the
Business Men’s Association of that place, was
a marked success and will no donbt become an
annual event. The affair was nnder the man
agement of Col. William S. Powell, editor and
proprietor of the Times.
—-Mr. James Carville Foster is another
dairyman who is about to retire from the busi
ness and will sell his tine herd at public sale,
on his farm west of Hereford, 7tb district, on
Tuesday, December 4th. He will continue
general'farming, however. This sale is adver
tised in The Union today.
—-As simple as was the ballot used in this
county at the late election hundreds of them
were thrown out because of improper mark
ings of one kind or another. A person who
bad not intelligence enough to mark that bal
lot correctly would not be able to mark any
thing in tbe shape of a ballot.
—The fine farm of the late John R. Parks,
located on the York turnpike opposite Texas,
will be sold at public sale at tbe Court House,
by Messrs. E. W. Herman. John I. Yellott,
L. E. Parks and Elisha F. Parks, trustees, on
Monday, December 3d. It contains 155 acres
and is a very desirable property.
—-A postoffice inspector has been engaged
in laying out two new mail routes from Tow
son, one to extend north and northeast and
the other west and southwest. It is likely tbe
first named route will reach Bosley and Du
lany’s Valley, thus improving the mail facili
ties of that section of tbe county.
—The farm known as the "Quick prop
erty,” located on Franklin avenne, imme
diately in front of St. Anthony’s Catholic
Church, will be sold at anction, on the prem
ises, on Tuesday next, November 20th, com
mencing at 2f. m. It has been surveyed and
platted and will be sold in sections.
—-The employes of the Northern Central
Railway are among those who will benefit by
‘the 10 per cent, increase in wages. The pres
ent montlhy payroll of those who will enjoy
the increase is $369,530. The increase for the
year will be $443,436. Those only who receive
less than S2OO a month will get tbe advance.
—-An intelligent local correspondent of The
Union, writing last week of a successful pub
lic sale in tbe Bth district, said : “Tbe atten
dance at a sale of this kind is according to the
advertisement. But few handbills or posters
are seen and often many are passed unnoticed,
or are torn down, hence good newspaper ad
vertising is necessary for success.”
—-The revival services at Gill’s M. E.
Church, Hunt’s Circuit, closed on Friday even
ing of last week. It was a very successful
meeting and resulted in thirty-two conver
sions. On Bunday evening, November 18th,
revival services will begin at Mays’ Church, on
the same circuit, in charge of the pastors, Revs.
H. W. Bnrgan, O. H. Draper and J. H. Marsh.
—-The Sunday school convention to be
held at Parkton, N. C R. R., on Saturday and
Sunday, November 17th and 18th, promises to
be a most interesting gathering and no doubt
will attract a large number of people. The
convention sermon will be preached on Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock by Rev. W. C. Babcock,
Ph. D. The meeting will be held in the M. P.
Church.
—-It is said that Mr. Calvin S. Harlan, the
11th district farmer and surveyor who was
killed on the Northern Central Railway, near
Ashland, on Thursday morning of last week,
had over $7,000 in money with him at the
time of the accident. Although it was scat
tered in all directions nearly all of it was found
and returned to the unfortunate man’s rela
tives. What he was doing with snch a large
‘is urn with him no one seems to know.
Milk and Corn Specials.—Mr. R. 8. Kane,
writes as follows to the Baltimore American :
"Last spring a milk and corn special was run
through several parts of the state for the bene
fit of farmers and dairymen. There was some
talk at the time of making this movement
permanent and operating the specials twice a
year—in the fall and spring. Since that time
nothing has been said about the matter. That
these specials produced some good results can
not be denied, and I, therefore, think they
should be continued. The Secretary of Agri
culture gave his approval and loaned several
of his experts to deliver lectures to tbe farmers.
If he can be enlisted in the cause again we
should certainly run another special, and if it
is too late to run one now, then to send one
forth in the early spring. The farmers wel
comed the innovation and flocked in large
numbers to the stopping places.
“The corn specials are no doubt of great ben
efit to tbe farmers. Baltimore is supplied
with its milk from the various parts of the
State, and the dairy business is now being con
ducted on such a large scale that it would be
wise, in my opinion, to make the milk special
a permanency. Other states have adopted this
means of keeping the dairymen and farmers
in touch with all the latest improvements in
their special line of endeavor, and it wonld be
proper for Maryland to follow in their foot
steps. We have tried them, they have proven
a success, and we should now keep them up.”
Cases in Court.—ln the Circuit Court here
Mr. Elmer R. Haile, attorney for Mr. Osborne
I. Yellott, has sued Mr. J. Albert Slade, admin
istrator of the estate of Mary A. Gore, for S2OO.
The suit is brought for professional services
rendered by Mr. Yellott and Judge Duncan in
a suit brought against Mr. Slade as administra
tor by Mr. John C. Wright. Judge Duncan
assigned bis interest in the claim to Mr. Yellott.
Mr. Benjamin Noha, by Mr. William H.
Lawrence, his attorney, has instituted suit here
against the United Railways and Electric
Company, claiming SSOO damages for alleged
injuries to a horse. Mr. Noba had his horse
bitehed to a post in Highlandtown when
the trolley of a passing car became misplaced
from the wire, causing an electric flash and
noise which so frightened the horse that it
injured a leg and is now valueless.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Haxall, by Mr. W. D.
C. Wright, their attorney, have filed a bill
asking that an injunction be granted restrain
ing the Western Maryland Railroad and Mr.
E. Lynne Painter from placing obstructions in
the bed of a stream which flows through the
property of tbe complainants.
Messrs. Frank K. Herr and George W.
Babylon, trading as Herr & Babylon, carriage
makers, of Westminster, have filed a suit
sgaiDSt Miss Mary Gittings Gillett and her
sister, Miss Elise Gillett. of Glencoe, on a prom
issory note for $125. Tbe note was given for a
vehicle purchased from the firm.
Mr. Harry E. Goodwin filed a petition on
Wednesday asking the court to assume juris
diction over tbe trust estate of Frank M.Glover
and Mrs. Florence A. Glover. Mr. and Mrs.
Glover made a deed of trust for the benefit of
their creditors to Mr. Goodwin on Tuesday.
Sale of Part of an Old Estate.—The valley
portion of the old Carroll estate, known as The
Caves, located in tbe 4th district of this county,
has been purchased by Mr. Jsnon Fisher, of
the Baltimore firm of Douglas, Gilmor <fe Co.,
from Mr. Julian Corbett. The tract sold con
sists of 307 i acres and has on it the old Carroll
mansion. It is Mr. Fisher’s intention to make
improvements to this and then occupy it as a
residence. He now lives at Ruxton. The
house is frame and was erected more than one
hundred years ago.
Tbe Caves, wnich consisted originally of
about 2,000 acres, was acquired by grant by
the first Charles Carroll, who came to America
in 1619 and was land agent and Attorney-Gen
eral for tbe third Lord Baltimore. The land
remained in the Carroll family until about six
years ago, when it waa disposed of at fore
closure sale. About 1,500 acres is now con
trolled by the Caves Valley Farms Company,
of which Governor Warfield is president.
Other portions of it have been sold.
An Old Baltimore County Resident.—A
writer in the Baltimore Neics say “Capt. Wil
son Cary Nicholas, the father of “Sam” and
George, and from whom the sons inherit their
fondness for horses and their ability to man
age them, is a unique personality in Green
Spring Valley, and, for that matter, in this
whole State of Maryland. His place near
Owings’ Mills is called Atamasco. He lives in
an ola-fashioned house and he is an old fash
ioned gentleman. Captain Nicholas is sur
rounded by an environment that smacks of
ante-bellum days and is very attractive to
visitors. His family was prominent in the
State before Green Spring Valley was heard of,
and he is by tradition and inheritance a factor
in the social life of the community in which
he dwells."
d Perry Hall, Utb District.—The annual
t, meeting of Perry Hall Building and Loan As
t- sociation waa held on the 7th instant, when a
>3 dividend of 31 per cent, for (he past six months
it was declared. An election for officers resulted
as follows: President, William J. Moore; vice
i- president, A. R. Schroeder; secretary, Bart.
Ir Seidl; treasurer, Joseph V. Kahl; directors,
b Peter Gent, George Langkam, John M.
i- Luskorn, Frederick Dannenfelser, William H.
it Schroeder, William E. Reichert, Edward J.
Schroeder and John G. Reichert; attorney,
tl James Kelley. After the nsnal business of the
i- evening had been disposed of, Mr. P. E. Sotb,
e proprietor of the hotel where the meetings are
it held, invited the members to an appetizing
t lunch that he bad especially prepared for their
enjoyment.
!. The recent cold days made tbe people think
• of replenishing the wood piles and this baa
j made some extra work for many. It is not an
a uncommon thing now to see people wearing
e overcoats while husking corn in the fields.
1 A family in this neighborhood has six mar
ried daughters and last Sunday the first boy in
1 the family was baptised. The event was one
i of mneb more than usual importance.
Rabbit dogs are in great demand just now
i and some have bronght fancy prices. A man
- from Baltimore came out here last week and
j paid sl6 for one that was probably not worth
over 16 cents. And so it goes.
9 There is still plenty of railroad talk heard in
g this community and surveying corps have been
- running lines right and left through wheat
fields and elsewhere. They drive stakes in tbe
• gronnd so deep that it is not possible to remove
i them and last summer some farmers had their
mowing machines broken by running into
. these before they saw them. Tbe surveyors
i don’t appear to have any regard for the prop
i erty of other people. If an obstacle snch as a
. tree. &c., appears in their way they simply
chop it down. And it don’t make any differ
; ence what kind of a tree it is. A few days ago
a man asked one of the surveyors what they
were running a line for and he replied: “An
air ship.”
The Ladies’ Aid Society of St. Michael’s
Lutheran Church, Perry Hall, cleared over
SBO at the supper given at the home of Mrs.
i George Langkam a few nights ago.
I have notifced the turkeysgoing towards the
woods. They must know that Thanksgiving
is near at band and they don’t want to “give
up the ghost” just yet. B.
Roseville, 14th District.—A very enjoyable
surprise party was given at the home of Mr.
ana Mrs. John Kern to their daughters, Misses j
Ada and Elizabeth, on Thursday, November
Bth, the occasion being the birthday of Miss
Ada. The young ladies were thoroughly sur- j
prised by their many friends who came in a:
body. The evening passed pleasantly and all
too quickly for the jolly merry-makers. Games,
music, social intercourse and comic recitations
by Mr. Archer Gross composed the amuse
ments for the evening. Sumptuous refresh
ments were served at 11 o’clock of which all
heartily partook. At a late hour they all de- ‘
parted for their homes wishing their genial
host and hostess and their charming daughter
many happy returns of the glad day each year.
Many handsome tokens of friendship were
left for Miss Ada, showing the high esteem in
which she is held by her friends. Amomg
those present were: Mrs. Charles W. Lantz,
Misses Stella Seling, Jessie M. Hood, Mary
Beling, Emma Kern, Mamie Lantz, Maud K.
Volz, Ethel Gettman, Nellie Gross, Ruth Herr
mann, Barbara Geiser, Anna Betz, Addie
Herrman, Mamie Betz, Wilhelmina Lantz,
Amelia Lantz, Ada Kern, Carrie Forester,
Lizzie Kern and Messrs. Charles SeliDg, Henry
Betz, John Seling, Willie Betz, Joseph Kern,
Fred. Herrmann, Fred. Volz, Edgar Gross,
Albert Herrmann, Archer Gross, Eddie Kern
and John BiessiDg.
The congregation of Orem’s M. E. Church
postponed rededicaticn until Sunday, 25th in
stant. Revival services began there on Wed
nesday.
Rev. C. F. Fleck, having resigned as pastor
of Zion Evangelical Church, will preach his
first sermon at Frostburg, Md., Sunday, De
cember 2d. He will be missed by many friends
here.
Zion Church will hold an oyster supper on
tbe2otb, 21st and 22d instant., for the benefit
of the church. D.
If Hamilton, Harford Road.—Having an arc
light put up at the junction of Hamilton ave.
and the Harford road; having the number of
lights increased on the Harford road, Glenmore,
White and other avenues and roads; securing
a car line to run from the Harford to the Belair
road byway of Hamilton avenue, are a few
of the things just uow being projected by our
people.
The town is one of the most prosperous in
the suburbs with its gas, electric light, tele
phone exchange, water, savings bank and
many other good things that speak for them
selves and show what wideawake citizens can
do when they work harmoniously together.
A man who is being a good deal talked about
as a good one to send to the Legislature from
this section of the county is Mr. F. C. Purdum,
of the firm of Purdum & Co., druggists. He
would make a most worthy representative.
The Northeast Baltimore Improvement As
sociation, Hamilton Improvement Association,
Evergreen Lawn Improvement Association
and residents along tbe Harford road have in
stituted proceedings for the condemnation of
the city end of the Harford road.
At the last meeting of Hamilton Improve
ment Association it was decided to take up
the general improvement of Hamilton, such
as beautify iDg the lawns, building sidewalks
and having the electric car company keep the
weeds and grass from its tracks.
The Suburban Savings Bank recently organ
ized here, is progressing most satisfactorily
and at the last meeting of the directors steps
were taken to still further increase its business.
It is a well managed institution and the people
are appreciating the benefits to be derived from
it. The officers are: President, Mr. William
McAllister; vice-president. Mr. Charles H.
Knox; secretary, Mr. C. H. Brad field ; treas
urer, Mr. W. 8. Mac Williams. \V.
Carney, Harford Road.—The funeral of
Mr. Uriah Carter, who died on the 4th instant
at his home at Baynesville, took place on
Tuesday, at Providence M. E. Church. Rev.
J. R. Pardew conducted the services. He is
survived by a widow and two sons—Messrs.
William and Morris Carter. Mr. Carter was a
highly esteemed citizen and his family have
the sympathy of many friends in their be
reavement.
A successful protracted meeting is now in
Erogress at Hiss’ M. E. Church. Ten persons
ave already professed conversion.
At its last meeting Carney Building and
Loan Association declared a semi-annual
dividend of 3 per cent, and elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year: President,
A. L. France ; vice-president, Henry Bash ;
secretary, Robert H. Blackburn; treasurer,
Thomas Carney; directors, these officers and
Henry Magness, John Chen worth, John Braun,
Henry Fuller, Andrew Rommel and John
Snyder; attorney, Arthur P. Shanklin.
Mrs. Gardner, who had been visiting her
brother, Mr. Grant German, and other relatives
here, has returned to her home in St. Mi
chael’s, Md.
Mr. John Braun, Jr., who is in the U. 8.
Army and has been stationed in Cuba, has re
turned to his regiment after paying a visit to
his home near Carney. J.
Dulany’s Valley, 10th District.—Prepara
tions are being made for an oyster supper to be
held at the school house in this valley, on
November 30th and December Ist. Proceeds
for the benefit of the school. The teacher,
Miss Bertha F. Jlaile, is very popular and it is
hoped tbe supper will be liberally patronized.
Mrs. William Albright and daughter are
spending a few days with relatives in Baltimore.
Many regrets are expressed at the removal of
Mr. N. M. McCourtney and family from this
valley. They are among the kindest of neigh
bors and have made many friends since they
have resided here. It is hoped their lines
may be cast in pleasant places.
There has been a marked change in the
weather and the country now presents a de
cidedly wintry appearance. But it is too early
yet for severe weather and it is hoped it may
bold off for some time, as there is still much
unhusked corn in the fields.
Mrs. William Lambright, of this valley, has
a flock of 56 beautiful turkeys that will furnish
toothsome Thanksgiving and Christmas din
ners for many.
Mr. Thomas Mann has been making some
building improvements on his farm in the
way of an addition to his tenant bouse, a new
corn house, &c. P.
Brooklandville, 3d Dlßtrlct.—Mr. Fred.
E. Vogts, son of Mr. Wm. C. Vogts, died
Thursday, Bth inst., at his home at Franklin
■ ville, Baltimore county. Mr. Vogts, who was
26 years of age, had been sick for more than a
year with tuberculosis. Funeral services were
held on Sunday at the Presbyterian Church at
FraDkliDville, of which Mr.'Vogts wasa mem
ber. Rev. Mr. Hyde officiated. Extra services
and interment was at Carroll M. E. Church,
Chestnut Ridge, at 12 o’clock Monday. Rev.
H. W. Burgan officiated. Mr. Vogts is survi
ved bv a widow, a 7-months-old daughter, be
sides his father and one sister and other rela
tives. The pall bearers were Messrs. John
Scott, Walter Zink, George Scott, George Rob
inson, Carroll Zink aod William Scott.
Mr. Wm. H. Wand, who has been seriously
ill with bronchial pneumonia, is able to be
about tbe house again.
Miss Edna Zink, of Brooklandville, who has
’ been ill for the past three months with a severe
: attack of typhoid fever, has partial paralysis.
1 She is slowly recovering.
Mrs. V. L. Bowen, formerly of that place, is
visitiDg friends on the Ridge. W.
, Cowenton, 11th District.—Mr. George
. Smith, a long-time resident of this neighbor
hood, died on Sunday last, aged 78 years. He
is survived by a widow and fourchildren, viz.,
Mrs. Mary Afield, Mrs. Annie Otto, Mr. Henry
Smith and Mr. George Smith. The funeral
I took place on Tuesday morning at Howard’s
. Lutheran Church, Stemmer’s Run.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Proctor, of this
, place, accompanied by their daughters, Misses
j Myrtle aDd Reva Proctor, left on Monday for
r Philadelphia, to spend some time with Mr.
, Proctor’s brother, Mr. William M. Proctor.
Rev. Charles Delong, of the M. E. Church
South, will preach in Robinson’s Hall, Cow
f enton, on Sunday night, November 18th.
, Services will be held every night next week,
, beginning Monday, iu Loreley M. E. Church
South, conducted by Rev. Charles Delong and
J Rev. C. M. Martin, of Havre-de-Grace.
t Mrs. John Brandt, of Baltimore, is visiting
relatives here. A.
1 J acksonvllle and Sunny brook, 10th Dia
• trlct.—The Sweet Air Lvceum held its firal
i meeting of the season last Saturday night, witi
9 a good attendance, showing that the interest ir
1 the affair has not flagged. Among those whe
- assisted in the literary program were Messrs,
t William J. Davis, Benjamin Burk, C. How?
, ard Marshall, John Mays Little and Elmer Rt
Haile, and Misses Burk, Miss Katharine M.
. Patterson and Miss H. Silver Wilson. One oj
, the features was the reading of the Searchlight,
, the society’s paper, by Miss Patterson, the
; editor.
, After the literary program had been given a
! debate on the foliowing question was held:
; "That tbe annexation of Cuba by the United
States wonld mutually benefit the two re
publics.” Mr. John Mays Little and Rev. W.
L. Scbmalborst spoke affirmatively, and Prof,
i J. Herbert Owens and Mr. Edward O’Donovan
spoke in the negative. After a spirited debate
the judges decided in favor of the latter.
Next Saturday evening the following ques
tion will be debated: “ Resolved , That a con
solidation of public schools at Sweet Air is
feasible and would better subserve tbe pur
poses of education.” Mr. Eugene Pocock and
Mr. Charles E. Weakley have been asked to
uphold the affimative and Mr. Alexander
Guthrie and Mr. George Trent the negative.
The Ladies’ Aid Society of Fairview M. E.
Church Bouth will hold its annual oyster sup
per at Sunnybrook, on Thursday and Friday
evenings, November 22d and 23d. Tbissociety
knows how to provide good suppers, as all will
attest who ever had an opportunity to enjoy
them. It is hoped the ladies will be liberally
patronized.
Mr. Reader, of Jacksonville, has built porches
to his recently erected dwelling, which add
much to its appearance.
Mrs. Richardson, of Belair, accompanied by
her children, is visiting her sister, Mrs. John
Price, near Jacksonville.
There was not much stir in this community
on account of the election. It is said a num
ber of voters did not take the trouble to go to
the polls.
Mr. Perry Carroll, merchant at Jacksonville,
and Mr. John Price, a progressive farmer of
the neighborhood, have each had a long-dis
tance telephone put in and find that they ren
der excellent service and are a great .conveni
ence generally.
Miss Grace Ensor led the Young People’s
Meeting at Chestnut Grove Church last Sunday
evening and acquitted herself in a highly cred
itable manner. The members should be more
punctual in their attendance. A slim turnout
; is very discouraging to the leader.
The people areenjoying the fine fall weather,
but there has not yet been enough of it to suit
; all tastes. M.
Mount Vista, lltb District.—Much sym
pathy is expressed for Mr. Julius Dilworth, a
highly esteemed farmer of this neighborhood,
who had the misfortune to have a leg broken
some time ago by tbe kick of a mule. Some
days later, while asleep, he hurt the leg so that
it became necessary to reset it and he suffered
more than he did at first. The break is near
the ankle joint. He is improving now under
the care of Dr. J. F. H. Gorsuch.
There is a good deal of sickness among small
children, something like grip among grown
persons. Little Francis Wisnom and Chester
Dilworth are among those affected, the latter
being very sick. Dr. John S. Green is in at
tendance.
A pretty wedding was solemnized at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. League, near
Fork, on Wednesday evening, November 14th,
when Miss Trixie League was married to Mr.
George A. Howard, formerly of Mount Vista.
Rev. W. E. Powell, of Fork Christian Church,
performed the ceremony. Miss Bessie League
aDd Miss Annie Howard were maids of honor.
Only a limited number of relatives and friends
were present. Although the couple thought
they were keeping the affair very quiet the
news got out and they were treated to an old
time calithumpian serenade that made the
welkin ring. The different kinds of “instru
ments” that were in the “band” was simply
amazing, but all behaved well and there was
no offense.
Mr. Henry Wireing, who some time, ago
bought the old home place of the parents of
Mr. James J. Lindsay, of the Towson bar, is
now occupying it with his family.
Mr. John M. Griffith and family, of Chest
nut Grove Farm, removed the first of this week
to their city residence for the winter.
Wild geese have been flying south this week
and no doubt the snow of Thursday made
them increase their speed. P. B.
Upper Falls, 11th District.—Mr. Fred.
Vogts, of Franklinville, who had been suffer
ing with tuberculosis for some time, died at
his home on Friday, 9th inst. Funeral services
were held at Franklinville Presbyterian Church
Sunday at 3p. m. Rev. J. W. Larmour officia
ted. Mr. Vogts was buried on Monday at Carroll
Chapel, Chestnut Ridge. He is survived by a
widow and one child.
There will be preaching at Salem M. E.
Church next Sunday, November 18th, by Rev.
M. L. Beall, at 3 p. m. League service at 7.30
p. M.
The Aid Society of the above church met at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Standifordlast
Wednesday, with a full attendance.
Mr. Elias Corbin, of Bradshaw, has bad an
addition built to his house, which adds much
to its appearance.
Mrs. Ella C. Brodie, of Govanstown, paid a
visit to her sister, Mrs. Joshua Hammond, of
this neighborhood, the past week.
The social which was held on Wednesday
night, at the home of Mrs. Annie Barton, was
both a social and financial success. B.
Arcadia, sth District.—The farmers of this
section have nearly finished husking corn.
The yield is excellent, being from 12 to 18
barrels to the acre. There is an unusual lot of
soft and moldy corn this year, however.
Miss Grace Tracey is visiting friends in Bal
timore.
Mr. Ira Gill has secured a position as motor
man on the electric cars in Baltimore.
Mr. Preston Shaver has purchased sixty acres
of farming land from Mrs. Lucy Algire, of
this place.
Mr. George Price, of Trenton, has moved
into Mr. Wilson Merryman’s tenant house.
Pleasant Hill Grange will hold an oyster
supper in the hall at this place, on Thursday
evening, November 22d, and Saturday even
ing. 24th.
The boys are having lot of fun at poor
bunnie’s expense. Rabbits being very plenti
ful the crack of the hunters’ gun is quite fre
quently heard and it is a common occurrence
for them to bring in from six to a dozen rab
bits. Birds are scarce. Even the old hunters
say it is impossible to find any. N.
Greenwood, 11th District. —On Saturday
evening last Miss Eva Deßaugb, of Cub Hill,
was given a surprise party by a number of her
young friends. Games and music were the
features of the evening. Refreshments were
served at a late hour and the time was very
pleasantly spent.
Miss Lucretia Barbour, of this place, who
has been sick for sometime, is improving.
The quarterly meeting of Long Green Cir
cuit will be held at Fork Church, on Saturday,
November 24th, at 10.30 a. m. All the officials
of the circuit are urged to be present. The
preaching will be on Sunday, 25th, at Union
Church, at 11 a. m„ by Rev. Dr. W. L. Mc-
Dowell, presiding elder. Everybody will be
welcome.
Revival services at Waugh M. E. Church,
Sunday, November 25th, at 7.30 r. m., conduc
ted by the pastor. J.
Baltimore City Can be Sued in tbe
County.—On Thursday Judge Briscoe, in the
Maryland Court of Appeals, delivered the
opinion affirming the Circuit Court for Balti
more county in the appeal of tbe Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore agamst the Mere
dith’s Ford and Jarrettsville Turnpike Com
pany in Baltimore and Harford counties. In
this opinion the Court of Appeals definitely
decides for tbe first time that a municipal cor
poration may be sued in courts without its
own jurisdiction in a certain class of cases.
The action was brought by the appellees on
the ground that the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore had, by erecting a dam over the
Gunpowder river, caused quantities of water
and diit to flow over the turnpike and injnred
it. The defendant applied for a judgment of
non pros, on the ground that it could be sued
only in the courts of Baltimore city. This is
the only question involved in the appeal.
The opinion holds that, while there has been
no direct decision previously by the Court of
Appeals on this point, there have been decisions
on analagous points, and that the contention
of the city is not upheld by the common law
decisions. The action, the opinion says, ap
plying as it does to real property, is necessarily
local, and there is no reason why a municipal
corporation should be exempted from the rules
which apply to other litigants.
School Has Successful Oyster Supper.
—A largely attended and successful oyster sup
per was held on Friday and Saturday nights
of last week in the hall over the store of Mr.
Stanley Matthews, at Belfast, Bth district, for
the benefit of the school at that place taught
by Miss Blanche P. Baldwin. The snug sum
of 8108.55 was realized. Those who assisted
were as follows: Confectionery—Mrs. Joseph
Brooks and Misses B. Alma McMann and
Blanche P. Baldwin ; grab-bag—Misses Mollie
Ensor and Katie Muth; ice-cream—Messrs.
Joseph Brooks and Webster Wilhelm ; supper
table—Mrs. G. E. Ensor. Mrs. Thomas Chil
coat, Mrs. John Reter, Mrs. Frank Parks, Mrs.
Howard Crowther, Mrs. Brooks. Mrs. Walter.
Ensor and Misses Effie Ensor, Ethel Hughes,
Eureka Ensor and E. Ensor; tickets —Messrs.
Frank Brooks and D. M. Pearce.
A ring donated by Mrs. Joseph Brooks was
won by Miss Louise Cole, and a doll donated
by Mrs. Harry Fahnestock was won by Mias
Naomi Stauffer. A guess cake made by Mrs.
Frank Brooks was won by Miss Roberta Pearce,
of Baltimore.
New Company Chartered.—The charter
of the F. B. Jenkins Company, of Baltimore
county, was filed in the County Clerk’s office
on Tuesday. The company is formed to buy
and sell real estate, deal in live stock and farm
products, operate canning houses and to man
ufacture ice. The office of the company is to
be at Hyde's, on the Md. & Pa. Railroad, in
Long Green Valley. The authorized capital
stock is $25,000, divided into 250 shares of SIOO
each. The incorporators are Messrs. Frank B.
Jenkins, Jacob P. White, Parkinson Wilson,
Ira L. Morningstar and Henry C. Kennard.
Mr. Jenkins some time ago hooght the large
farm of the 8. N. Hyde Company located at
I Hyde’s.
Winter Work on Rainy Days.’’—This
was the very Interesting topic disctnsed at the
ust meeting of the Deer Creek Farmers’ Club.
We give below the views of some of those
i present:
Mr. William B. Hopkins said: “On a stock
farm there is busy work all the year around,
and on every farm there is an abundance of
work to be done, but I seriously doubt whether
*, P*J* to hire labor during the short cold days
of winter and believe that it is most profitable
40 *®ave general work until spring opens.”
Mr. C. C. Smith said: “There are many
things that a thrifty farmer should do in bad
weather. He has tools to clean and house,
farming implements to repair and when the
weather will permit a great deal of outdoor
work can be done to advantage. But lam in
favor of his improving his mind as much as
poMible during the winter season. I believe
that we should have farmers’ schools, which
not only tl)e farmer boys, but the farmer fath
ers should gladly attend, and I think too that
during this season, when more time is at our
disposal, we should make especial efforts to
render our homes cheerful ana attractive.”
Mr. John Bilver said: “As hands are more
abundant in winter they are cheaper and en
able one to profitably do extra work, such as
preparing firewood, cleaning undergrowth,
repairing tools, etc. I think it desirable to do
such work during the ‘off season.’ ’’
Mr. McCormick said that as a dairyman he
found abundance of work for every day in the
year and finds odd jobs much better attended
when he can be present with his labor, thus
r using his bead and their bands. He believes
that if labor is retained all the year a better
i grade is secured.
I Mr. Ambrose Cooley does not believe that it
pavs to work extra labor in the winter time.
Mr. James Lee said: “As a dairyman my
i torce of 8 bands is always busy and I may
add, was just as busy before I began the dairy
■ business.”
Mr. Jacobs advocated hauling hay and wood
i and doing odd jobs in winter, but carrying as
little labor as possible during the uncertain
winter weather.
' Mr. Archer thinks when the corn is in, the
wood gathered, the ice pond fixed and the odd
. jobs done, it is best to go into winter quarters.
jur. Slade says that every season brings its
wark. jpcluding the winter season. Headvo
i cates keeping things moving all the year and
fißjpritpays to retain good hands throughout
the year when he has tbem.
! Mr. Worthington said: “Unless farming is
more profitable than is generally supposed, it
must folbw that if others are compelled to
work 12 months in the year the farmer cannot
prosper wivh only nine months’ labor. There
are certain lines of work which can best be
done dnringthe bracing weather of winter, and
it is not the best class of labor, but the
sluggish and\incompetent man who wants to
‘lie off’ for tVo or three months. The team,
too, if the wiather permits, can be made to
earn a living and much of the work which
crowds into spring can be completed before the
first of March."
President Join Moores keeps his hands all
theyear, including one that henas been feeding
for 50 years atoj who now tips the beam at
250 pounds. He finds as much to do in winter
as in summer and thinks wise to do it.
The proposition of establishing an agricul
tural school in Harford county was taken up
and informally discussed and elicited much
favorable comment, about the only division of
sentiment being now the matter could be
practically managed at a moderate expense.
Meeting of the Sbhool Board.—The Schoo*
Board held a meeting at Towson on Wednes
day with the president, Mr. Thomas B. Todd,
in the chair, and Mr. Albert S. Cook, secretary.
Mr. R. K. Wood, of the Maryland Steel Com
pany, appeared before the Board in the inter
est of establishing a high school at Sparrow’s
Point, but no action was taken. It was the
opinion of several members that a central high
school should be located at Highlandtown, so
as to be easily reached by pupilsrrom Sparrow’s
Point. Canton, Highlandtown, Gardenville
and other villages.
Mr. Wood spoke for the residents of Spar
row’s Point, the second largest town in popu
lation. He claimed that the expense of the
higher grades at Sparrow’s Point will be less
than that of other centers where high schools
are now established.
Mr. Wood showed from the annual report
that the cost per pupil in tbe seventh, eighth,
ninth and tenth grades for tbe high schools at
Reisterstown, Catonsville and Towson was
136.56, $60.99 and $68.16 per annum, respective
ly. If the seventh grade, which is not strictly
a high-school grade, is not included, the ex
pense per pupilis much increased. The aver
age expense of each pupil in tbe elementary
grades of the white schools in tbe county is
$17.16 per annum, the cost of maintenance in
the rural districts being higher, while that of
tbe larger schools in the more populous dis
tricts is considerably less. The Board took the
project under consideration.
Special privileges in schools was brought
before tbe Board by a committee from the
Roland Park school. The chart-class pupils
have been attending school from 9 a. m. to 12
noon, and in order to further the school system
it has been decided to make the hours of the
chart class from 9 to 11.30 a. m. and 1 to 2.30 p.
m. The Roland Park people asked that the
hours of 9 to 12 a. m. remain in vogue at the
school. The Board withheld its decision.
Mr. Thomas J. Hunter, in behalf of John
Eager Howard Council, Junior Order United
American Mechanics, was granted the privilege
of presenting a flag to the new Towson High
School.
Tbe Board agreed to repair tbe rented build
ing for School No. 22, 3d district, near Chatto
lanee, and take the cost out of tbe rent.
A proposition made by the Rockdale Powder
Company to remove the dynamite plant near
the school building, or erect another building
in a safe locality, was accepted.
One session on rainy days was brought be
fore the Board and held over until a later
meeting, as the Board was divided.
Teachers’ salaries were ordered paid.
Work of the Orphans’ Court.—ln the Bal
timore County Orphans’ Court this week let
ters were granted on the following estates:
On tbe personal estate of Hamilton R. Polk
to the Safe Deposit and Trust Company, ad
ministrator.
On the personal estate of August Conrades to
Augusta Conrades, executrix.
On the personal estate of Annie E. Walter to
Henry Walter, administratrix.
On the personal estate of George W. Gang
nagle to George W. Gangnagle, Jr., adminis
trator.
On the personal estate of Florence V. Gris
wold to H. Leslie Griswold, administrator.
On the personal estate of Caroline E. Durr to
John G. Durr, executor.
On the personal state of Josias W. Bowen to
Luther M. B. Willis, executor.
On tbe personal estate of William Hilgen
berg to Rose Hilgenberg, executrix.
By the will or William Dunty, late of the
11th district, tbe home place on which he re
sided, consisting of about 42 acres with im-
Srovements, goes to his widow and his son,
ir. John W. Dunty. He also gives his widow
all his outstanding notes and 20 acres of land
at Perry Hall. His daughter, Laura E. Dunty,
is to have a mortgage of SBOO. To his son, Mr.
William Dunty, he gave $5, and to his wife
$lO. To each of his grandsons, Harry and
Hardy Dunty, he gave $5, and to his grand
daughter, Jessie, $lO. The testator appoints
his widow the guardian of his son, John W.,
and daughter, Laura E. Dunty. The execu
tors, Edwin A. Gorsuch and Robert Dunty,
named in the will, declined to act and letters
were granted to William Dunty, Jr.
i The will of Josias W. Bowen was admitted
to probate. He leaves all of his furniture to
his widow for life, and at her death $25 is to be
paid to each of bis sons living at that time.
The remainder of his estate upon the death of
his widow is to be equally divided among bis
daughters.
Flow Measurements of Streams.—The
stations for measuring the flow of Gunpowder
falls and the Little Gunpowder falls, estab
lished in December. 1904, by the Hydrographic
’ Branch of tbe United States Geological Sur
vey, have been continued this season.
Tbe headwaters of the Gunpowder lie in
York county, Pa., near the Maryland line,
’ whence the river flows southeastward through
Baltimore county and discharges into Chesa
peake Bay. Little Gunpowder falls, which is
tributary to the Gunpowder below the fall
line, forms throughout its entire length the
boundary between Harford and Baltimore
counties. The rivers are similar in character,
the slopes being steep and the powers having
considerable value on account of their prox
imity to the large city. A portion of the water
supply for Baltimore is taken from Gunpowder
falls at Loch Raven, and that city has also
purchased the power rights below.
The gaging station on the main stream is
located at Glencoe, the gage being attached to
the up-stream side of the steel highway bridge
near the Northern Central Railroad Station.
It is read twice each day by the station agent.
On the Little Gunpowder the station is located
at a steel highway bridge on the road from
Belair to Kingsville, about five miles from
Belair. The gage attached to this bridge is
read twice daily by A. D. Unkbart. Current
meter measurements are made at both stations
by hydrographers of the survey, who visit the
localities for that purpose.
The data collected at the gaging stations on
important streams in all parts of the country
are made readily available to persons interested
by annual publication in reports which may
be obtained by applying to the director of the
United States Geological Survey at Washing
ton, D. C. ’
A Woman’s Bite Causes Blood Poison.
—Gottleib Redber, a farmer near Grange, 14th
district, has been suffering from a severe case
of blood poisoning, the result of having been
bitten on the hand by Mrs. Bertha Spangler,
an aged German woman whom he was en
deavoring toeiect from his place. The woman
was arrested, but was released on bail by Jus
tice Dunnigan for a further bearing next week,
as Mr. Redber was unable to appear against
her when the bearing was called. The alleged
biting occurred on October 20th and since that
time Mr. Redher has been having a life and
death fight to combat the effects of the poi
soning from the wound. According to the police
Mrs. Spangler, who lives near, went to Mr.
Redher’s place and engaged in a quarrel with
Mrs. Redber. The husband became angry at
the woman’s conduot and attempted to eject
her. In the struggle, it is alleged, Mrs. Span
gler bit Mr. Redher on the hand. The wo
man’s conduct while in the lockup led the
police to believe that she is insane.
) Personal Mention.—
) —Mrs. John Ridgely, of Hampton, near Tow
son, has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Leidy,
) wife of Dr. Leidy, or Philadelphia.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. J. George have closed their
summer home in Long Green Valley and have
removed to Baltimore for the winter,
r —Hon. J. Fred. C. Talbott has been sick and
confined to his home at Lutherville this week,
i Dr. William L. Smith, of Sherwood, is his
i physician.
—Mrs. J. Lindsay Clark, of Valley View,
near Towson, is spending some time with her
sister, Mrs. Albert Steinbach, of Pelham
Heights, N. Y.
—Mr. John M. Griffith and family, who
spent the past summer at their farm at Mount
Vista, 11th district, this week removed to Bal
timore for the winter.
—Mr. Walter Hammarstrom, son of Mr.
Nils P. Hammarstrom, of Walnut Hill, near
Cockeysville, has become a student at the
Maryland University School of Medicine.
—Mr. Henry C. Ridgely, Jr., is very ill with
typhoid fever at his home in Allegheny City,
Pa. He is a native of Baltimore county and a
son of Mr. Henry C. Ridgely, of the 2d district.
—Mr. George W. Seipp, crier of the Circuit
Court, who bad an operation performed at the
City Hospital in Baltimore, about two weeks
ago, has returned to his home here much im
proved.
—Mr. Z. Howard Isaac is another member of
the Towson bar who has provided himself with
an automobile and, with a comparatively short
experience, he appears to handle it with much
dexterity.
—Mrs. Eleanor L. Pinkerton, who is under
treatment for an attack of paralysis at Bar
nard’s Sanitarium in Baltimore, shows some
signs of improvement and tbe chances for her
recovery are better.
—Mr. Henry Deßaugh, the well known
builder, who was stricken with paralysis a
week ago at his home near Towson, shows no
improvement and is still in a helpless condi
tion and unable to speak.
—Mrs. Janney, wife of Mr. G. Mason Jan
ney, formerly of Green Spring Valley, had an
operation for appendicitis performed at her
home in New York city, a few days ago. At
last accounts she was doing well.
—Mr. and Mrs. George Jessop, of Marble
Hill, near Cockeysville, gave a party a few
nights ago in honor of their sons, Messrs.
George, Bosley and Harry Jessop. The affair
was enjoyed by a number of their young
friends.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Benzinger have
closed “Harmony Hall,” their summer home,
near McDonogh, W. M. R. R., and removed
to Baltimore for the winter. Mr. Benzinger is
a member of the law firm of Benzinger &
Cal well.
—Messrs. W. Gill Smith, William S. Keech
and W. George Marley, members of tbe bar,
this week occupied their new offices in the
building of the Second National Bank of Tow
son. Mr. Elmer J. Cook will also occupy an
office in tbe same building.
—Mr. J. Truman Sauter, of the 2d district,
who sold his farm stock and implements a
few days ago, has gone to Portland, Oregon,
where he has engaged in business. His family
left for that city on Tuesday, accompanied by
Miss Hattie Zimmerman, of Woodlawn.
—Mr. C. W. Smith, of Warrenton, Va., who
was seriously hurt by his horse falling on him
at the Norfolk horse show, is much better and
will soon be entirely well. Mr. Smith, who is
a well known horseman, has served in different
capacities at the Timonium fair and has many
friends and acquaintances in Baltimore county.
—The marriage of Miss Nancy MabelSwem,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amon Swem, to
Mr. John Emory Cockey, son of the late Geo.
B. Cockey, will take place at the home of her
parents in Lutherville, on Saturday, Novem
ber 24th. There will be no invitations issued
and the ceremony wilj be attended only by
members of the immediate families.
—Mr. William Towson Smith, a farmer and
stock-raiser of Fauquier county, Va., paid a
visit last Sunday to his cousin, Mrs. Rose
Keech, of Towson. He had never been here
before and was much pleased with this section
of Maryland. Mr. Smith is a descendant of
Gov. "Extra Billy” Smith, of Virginia, and he
also claims relationship with the Towson
family from whom this town takes its name.
—Mr. Joseph Jenkins Lee, United States
Minister to Ecuador, who is on a leave of ab
sence to this country, is visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles O’Donnell Lee, at Need
wood Forest, near Knoxville, Frederick coun
ty. Mr. Lee was recently elected a member of
the Royal Geographic Society of Great Britain
in recognition of his services in the cause of
geographical science at the time of his expedi
tion to Acre in 1902. He is a native of Balti
more county and was born at Roland Park.
—Mr. Henry Walter, one of the oldest citi
zens of Perry Hall, 11th district, came to Tow
son this week to administer on the estate of his
wife, who died on the Ist instant in Baltimore,
where they bad gone to spend the winter with
a daughter. Only a short time ago this aged
couple celebrated their golden wedding, nearly
their entire married life of over fifty years hav
ing been happily spent at Perry Hall, where
they raised a family of eight children—five
sons and three daughters. Mr. Walter has
been a justice of the peace over forty years and
still holds that office. He is well on towards
80 years of age, and the death of his faithful
helpmate was a severe blow to him.
A Son’a Tragic Death Causes Death of
Aged Mother.—Mrs. Elizabeth A. Harlan,
widow of John L. Harlan, and mother of Mr.
Calvin S. Harlan, died on Friday, 9th inst., at
her home near Baldwin, 11th district, from
grief at tbe shocking death of her son the day
before in an accident on the Northern Central
Railroad, near Ashland. She was 85 years of
age and lived with her son Calvin, who was a
farmer and land surveyor. Mrs. Harlan, who
was a member of tbe Society of Friends, had
lived with her son since he lost his wife sev
eral years ago. She is survived by two sons—
Messrs. William A. and David A. Harlan, both
well known citizens of the 11th district.
The double funeral took place on Sunday
afternoon. Rev. M. L. Beall, pastor of Long
Green Circuit, conducted the services at the
house. The burial took place at Friends’ Meet
ing-House at Fallston, where services were also
held and Haviland Hull and J.J. Starr spoke.
The pall-bearers were Messrs. Charles G.
Snavely, George M. Haile, George W. Francis,
J. R. Baldwin, Benjamin Gorsuch, Clarence
Baldwin and Joseph Twining. Slade Bros. &
Co. had charge of the funeral arrangements.
The late Mr. Harlan is survived by a daugh
ter, who is the wife of Mr. 8. C. Allen.
Flag-Raising at tJnlonville School, No.
5, llth District.—Saturday, November 10th,
will be a day long to be remembered by the
pupils, teachers and patrons of Unionville
School. Through the efforts of Mr. W. T.
Carter, U. 8. Council, No. 102, Jr. O. U. A. M..
presented tbe school, with a handsome flag.
The presentation was made by Mr. F. E.
McClure and the flag accepted by Rev. A. R.
Walker. The program consisted of addresses
by Mr. George U. Webb, Mr. R. Lewis Riggin,
Rev. M. L. Beall and Mr. W. T. Carter; a flag
drill composed of eleven girls dressed in white
and carrying American flags, and eight boys
carrying the Maryland colors; responsive
service led by Miss H. V. Gorsuch ; prayer;
songs by the school and music by the Long
Green Cornet Band, led by Prof. J. L. Bur
goyne.
school house was packed with friends
of the school who especially enjoyed the drill,
as the participants seemed to enter fully into
the spirft of the occasion and acquitted them
solves well*
At the conclusion of the program those pres
ent were served with coffee, cake and sand
wiches. Miss C. Bernice Gorsuch and Miss
Helen Y. Gorsuch are teachers of the school.
Foxhunters in Harford.—A letter from
Harford county, dated November 13th, says:
"The members of the Elkridge and Green
Spring Valley Hunt Clubs are enjoying great
sport in the vicinity of Taylor, in the western
section of Harford county. The mem
bers, numbering 50 or 60, are making their
headquarters at Farmington, the beautiful and
commodious home of Mr. John Rush Streett.
At least 60 horses and 50 hounds were sent to
Taylor on Sunday and yesterday. The mem
bers got in their first real hunt yesterday. The
weather conditions were propitious, and as
early as 7 o’clock in the morning the hounds
got up a fox, and a little later a second fox
was started. The chase covered a large terri
tory in that hilly and rough section, and it was
not until 1 o’clock in the afternoon that the
hunters returned to quarters, after having run
reynard to cover. The hunt was renewed to
day with fresh vigor and with better success,
for a brush was brought in after a long and
somewhat tiresome chase. The members of
the clubs expect to visit Belair one day this
week, which place is 12 miles from their present
quarters. There are several ladiee in the party
who are making excellent reputations as cross
country
Mr. Williams Generously Gives Right
of Way.—The Baltimore Sun says that Mr.
William S. G. Williams, through bis agent,
Mr. W. H. Dawson, has offered to the Sewerage
Commission free right of way for the outfall
sewer through his property in Baltimore coun
tv. The Mavor. in a letter, thanked Messrs.
Williams and Dawson, on behalf of the city,
for their generous offer. Mr. Williams owns
five sixths of the property, while the Safe De
posit and Trust Company are trustees for the
other sixth. By the plan the city will pay the
Safe Deposit and Trust Company one-sixth or
the net proceeds and the court coats in the re
port of the sale, its ratification and the stating
of the account, which will be a small amount.
The tract wanted by the city contains about
two acres and will not cost more than $125.
As the proposition will require the ratification
of the Circuit Court of Baltimore county, it
will take moretban a month to consummateit.
Celebrated Their Fifteenth Anniver
sary.—Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ryan celebrated
the fifteenth anniversary of their marriage, at
their home, Cedar Hill, Long Green Valley, a
few days ago. The bouse was beautifully dec
orated with palms and cut flowers. They re
ceived many beautiful presents. Games were
played and at a late hour refreshments were
served. Among those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Crilley, Mr. and Mre. George
. Hinder. Mr. and Mrs. G. Henry Wilkins, Jr„
Mr and Mrs. H. Wilkins, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Wilkins and Misses Mary Lacey, Mawret
Lacev, Elizabeth Crump, Helen Hinder, Nellie
and Edith Crilley, Lottie Frank, Gertie and
Marie Schmidt, Mary Hinder, Marie Ryan and
Messrs. Harry Dentry, John Cummings, Ed
i ward Hinder, Harry Crilley, Chester Wilkins,
Donald Wilkins and Dr. W. R. Turnair.
FALL NUPTIAL EVENTS.
Peoctor— Slinolcpf.—The marriage of Miss
Ilka Slingluff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
Bohn Slingluff, of Baltimore county, to Mr.
Ralph Fenno Proctor, of New York, took place
at 6.30 o’clock Wednesday evening at Memo
rial Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore.
The rector, Rev. William M. Dame, performed
the ceremony. The wedding march from
“Lohengrin” was rendered as the bride enter
ed with her father, by whom she was given
away. She wore a gown of rose point and
duchess lace over white satin and chiffon, with
a veil caught with orange blossoms, and car- j
ried a presentation bouquet of Bride roses.'
There was a maid of honor, but immediately
S receding the bride were her two little nieces,
lisses Valerie and Silvine Slingluff, as flower
girls, in dainty short frocks of muslin and lace,
with baskets of pink carnations. Misses Va
lerie and Ella Slingluff, sisters of the bride;
Miss Carrie Gosnell, Miss Katherine Marbury
and Miss Jane Mumford, all of Baltimore, and
Miss Gladys Weidler, of Portland, Ore., were
bridesmaids, in gowns of white radium and
lace and bouquets of pink chrysanthemums.
Mr. Roger Butler Williams, of New York, was
best man. The ushers were Mr. Carroll Wad
dell, Mr. Alexander Armstrong and Mr. Clyde
Potts, all of New York; Mr. Reginald Brown,
of Boston; Mr. J. Wesley Awl, of Harrisburg,
and Mr. Ezra Whitman, of Baltimore. A
small reception for the members of the two
families and a few intimate friends followed at
the residence of the bride’s brother-in-law, Mr.
William L. Marbury, 159 West Lanvale street.
After a wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Proctor will
reside in New York.
Todd—Eichman.—Mrs. Mamie Stansbury
Eichman, of Lutherville, and Mr. Joshua
Bosley Todd, son of Mr. William H. Todd,
of the Pot Spring road, were married on the
6th inst., at the home of Miss Carrie Horn, in
Baltimore. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Thomas J. Kenny, of St. Ann’s Catholic
Church. Miss Lillian Eleanor Todd, sister of
the groom, was bridesmaid, and Mr. Edward
Allen Schmidt was best man. Tbe bride was
attired in a dark blue going-away gown, with
bat and gloves to match. Mr. and Mrs. Todd
left for a trip and upon their return they will
reside at the groom’s home.
THE DEATH RECORD.
Day.—Mrs. Luther B. Day, who for a num
ber of years resided near Baldwin, llth dis
trict, died at the home of her son, Mr. Joseph
Everitt, at Emmorton, Harford county, No
vember 9th. Mrs. Day was 84 years of age and
for the past two or three years had been una
ble to walk unattended, owing to a paralytic
stroke. She used a wheel chair in good weather
and was often seen on the lawn in front of her
home during the past summer. Mrs. Day’s
maiden name was Clayton and she first mar
ried a Mr. Everitt, of Harford county, by
whom she had several children. Subsequent
to Mr. Everitt’s death, and about twenty years
ago, she married Mr. Day, who died about a
year ago. She had no children by the second
marriage. Miss Sena Everitt, a relative of
Mrs. Day, had for a number of years lived with
them and faithfully cared for tbe old folks in
their last illness. Mr. Day left all of his prop
erty to his widow for life and at her death to
Miss Everitt. Mr. Calvin S. Harlan was one
of the executors of Mr. Day’s will, and Mr.
Albert Foard was one of the witnesses, both
having recently died.
Denmead.—The remains of Mr. Aquila
Denmead, formerly of Baltimore county, but
recently a resident of Comstock, Texas, who
died on Friday, 9th inst., at Delario, Texas,
from a stroke of paralysis, were brought to
Baltimore on Thursday. The funeral services
took place Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from
the home of hissister, Mrs. William Cowan,
25 North Broadway. The services were con
ducted by Rev. John G. Murray, rector of St.
Michael and All Angels’ Protestant Episco-
Sal Church. The pall-bearers were Messrs.
’rank A. Furet, E. J. Codd, J. Frank Eline,
Congressman J. F. C. Talbott, J. F. Cockey,
Sr., M. Sheehan, John Cowan and J. C. Lacey.
Interment in Greenmount Cemetery. The
deceased, who was a son of the late William
and Rachel Denmead, of Melvale, Baltimore
county, is survived by one brother (Mr. W. C.
Denmead), and three Bisters—Mrs. Elizabeth
Groff, Mrs. William Cowan and Mrs. W. A.
Miller. Mr. Denmead, who was 58 years of
age, was unmarried.
Wheeler.—Mr. George F. Wheeler, Sr.,
who bad been bailiff to the Orphans’ Court
about twenty years, and who had been sick
some time, died at his home in Towson, on
Sunday night last, aged 89 years. Mr.
Wheeler was a native of Harford county, but
spent the greater part of his life in this county
and was widely known. For many years he
was engaged in farming in tbe Bth district.
Later he conducted the old Cold Spring Hotel,
on the York road, and later he served on the
police force of Baltimore city. He had been a
resident of Towson since 1876. Deceased is
survived by three children—Mrs. B. Howard
Mays, of the Bth district; Mr. George F.
Wheeler, Jr., of the County Clerk’s office, and
Mr. Frank I. Wheeler, Jr., of the Towson in
surance firm of Wheeler <fc Cole. He also
leaves a stepdaughter—Miss Emma T. Hunt—
who lived with him. The funeral took place
at the Church of the Immaculate at 9 a. m. on
Wednesday. Interment in St. Mary’s Ceme
tery, Govanstown.
Garter. —Mr. Uriah Carter died at his home
at Baynesville, east of Towson, on Sunday last,
after a long illness, aged 62 years. Mr. Carter
was the oldest son of the late Uriah Carter, of
Providence, and lived in that section of the
county all his life. During the Civil War he
served in Company E, Second Maryland Cav
alry, and also in Campany B, Eleventh Mary
land Infantry. He is survived by a widow
and two sons. He also leaves one sister and
one brother—Mr. Dennis Carter, the well
known timber dealer. The funeral took place
at Providence M. E. Church, and the inter
ment was in tbe cemetery attached to the
church. The services were conducted by Rev.
J. R. Pardew, of Great Falls Circuit. The pall
bearers were Messrs. Wm. S. Treadwell, Samuel
E. Parks, Wm. H. Fuller, Andrew Sims, Co
lumbus Sheridan and John Dorfler. John
Burns’ Sons had charge of the funeral arrange
ments.
Alexander.—Mr. Mark Alexander, a re
tired lawyer, died last Sunday at the home of
his granddaughter, Mrs. Wm. Pinkney Why te,
Jr., at Ruxton, N. C. R. R., after a short ill
ness from paralysis, in the 82d year of his age.
He was born in Mecklenburg county, Va.,
and was a son of a prosperous planter. He
was a graduate of the University of Virginia
and, after studying law and obtaining admis
sion to the bar, for many years enjoyed an ex
tensive practice. Owing to failing health he
retired about 20 years ago. He had been a
widower for a number of years and is survived
by a brother, five granddaughters and nine
freat-grandchildren. The granddaughters are
Ire. Kennedy Boone, Mrs. William Pinkney
Whyte, Jr., Mrs. H. Warren Buckler, Mrs.
Courtland H. Smith and Miss Elizabeth Alex
ander Herbert.
Walter.—The funeral of Mrs. Anna E.
Walter, wife of Mr. Henry Walter, who died
in Baltimore, took place on tbe 4th instant, at
St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Perry Hall,
and was one of the largest ever seen in that
community, showing the esteem in which tbe
deceased was held. The pastor, Rev. O. E.
Swinebart, conducted the services, assisted by
Rev. Mr. Hunt, of Baltimore. Mrs. Walter,
who was 68 years of age, is survived by her
husband, five sons and three daughters. She
had been a resident of Perry Hall nearly fifty
years and a member of St. Michael’s Church
all that time. She was active in church work
and was highly thought of in tbe community.
Muller.—Mr. John H. Muller died last
Sunday at Ravenhurst, the family home of
the Hoens, in Dulany’s Valley, aged 62 years.
He was a son-in-law of the late Henry Hoen,
of Baltimore, and is survived by a widow and
three children. The funeral took place on
Monday, at St. John’s Catholic Church, Long
Green Valley, the pastor, Rev. J. B. fiauck,
conducting the services. Interment in tbe
church cemetery. Slade Bros. & Co. had
charge of tbe funeral arrangements.
Jurors for the .December Term.—On
Friday, 16th inst., Judge Duncan drew the
jurors for the December term of the Circuit
Court, which begins on the first Monday of the
month. Following is the list, the figures after
the names indicate the district tbe juror is
from:
G. Herbert Rice 1 Samuel C. Dail 8
Alexander Harvey... I ! AlbertT.Love 8
GeorgeS. Kalb 1 William 8. Dunphy... 9
George E. Lauman... 1 Charles R. Lord 9
George B. McDonald. 2 Charles E.Rieman— 9
Robert V.Stansfleld.. 2 William S. Treadwell. 9
David I. Kennedy ... 2 Gregory M.Mullen.... 9
P. H. W. Caughy 3 George Linz 10
JobnF. Bbea 3 Nicholas Nelson 10
Samuel T. Lewln 3 John T. B. Parlett... 11
William White 3 Silas E. Baldwin 11
Charles E. Marshall.. 4 John V. Wilson 11
Frank Shriver 4 John Williams 12
Nathaniel H. Burton. 4 Andrew Selig 12
George Hale 5 John M. Banz 12
James Bentz 5 Samuel H. Travers...l2
Henry 8. Thomas. ... 8 James Rittenhouse...l3
HoratioG. Frank 6 Samuel H. Helfrich..l3
Charles 8. Kidd 6 Ernest C.Sentner 14
Henry A. Matthews.. 7:David Dieter 14
Orviife Bernoudy.... 7 Ellas E. Robertson... 15
George L. Gilbert ... 7 Thomas J. Moylan... 15
George B. Cbilcoat... 8 George A. Porter 15
Thomas J. Kelley 8 Robert J. Moffutt 15
Married His Stepmother.—Mr. H. J.
Reitz, a Baltimore business man who lives
near Pikesville, was married about a month
ago to bis stepmother. Tbe ceremony was
performed in Camden, N. J. The father of
Mr. Reitz died a year or so ago. leaving a wid
ow, who was his second wife. Some time
later the widow and her stepson determined
to marry and met in Philadelphia and then
went to Camden, where the ceremony was
performed. They returned to the home of Mr.
Reitz, where they are now living.
Epworth League Officers Elected.—
Towson Chapter Epworth League elected the
following officers on Tuesday evening last, to
serve the ensuing year: President, James E.
i Dunphy; Ist vice-president, J. E. Flayhart:
2d vice-president, Mrs. Mitchell N. Brown ; Sd
vice-president, Miss May belle F. Munroe; 4th
vice-president, Mrs. Jennie L. Bowen; secre
tary, Miss Bessie Hook; treasurer, G. William
Parker.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Bnzzarda and vultures can scent their food at
a distance of 40 miles.
Slates arc no longer used in London schools.
The exercises arc written on washable paper
with lead pencils.
Intoxication while on duty is a misdemeanor
for a railroad employe in California, and if death
resu.ts, a felony.
/ Mrs. Esther S. Damon, of Plymouth, Vt., is
j the only living widow of any Revolutionary
’ soldier. She is 02 years old.
The average yield of wheat to the acre in Eng
land far exceeds that of any other in the world,
with perhaps one exception—Denmark.
A shipment of four full-length trains of cars
of tobacco was made on October Ist to Norway
by G. W. Dunnington, of Farmville, Va.
Railroads running within three miles of a
county seat in Oklahoma must build a line
through the county seat and establish a station.
The peanut crop in the United States now
amounts to 11,000,000 bushels annually. The
total sales amount to between $8,000,000 and $lO, *
000,000.
The Canadian wheat crop for this season is
estimated at 90,000,000 bushels by a Montreal
writer. The 1905 crop amounted to 85,000,000
bushels.
Putting up telegraph wires on poles costs $l5O
a mile. Laying the same wire underground will
cost more than ten times that sum—about sl,-
850 a mile.
A recent wedding in Brittany was celebrated
according to old customs of that country. The
festivities lasted live days, and entertaining the
2,000 guests cost nearly $5,000.
Sunday Island, in the Pacific, is really the tall
est mountain in the world. It rises 2,000 feet
out of five miles of water, and is thus nearly
30,000 feet from base to summit.
The annual report of the American Bible So
ciety gives encouraging indications relative to
the religious life of the Filipines. The school
enrollment has doubled, now being 500,000.
Cambridge, Mass., provides for privilege of
study and travel one year in seven for the pub
lic school teachers. A teacher draws a part
salary and has regular position on return.
In an address at Topeka. Kan., to the delegates
to the seventy-ninth annual convention of the
National Methodist Sunday School Convention,
Bishop Vincent advised against tho holding
of long family prayers.
The skeletons of three of the soldiers who
were of Napoleon’s army when he crossed the
Alps, in the year 1800, were found recently in a
cave near a road that was built across the St.
Bernard by Julius Ciesar.
Mrs. Adaline Sharp, of Berlin, N. J., was as
tonished recently by a visit from her brother,
Samuel Hillman of Philadelphia. Although the
two live but twenty-five miles apart, they have
not seen each other in fifty years.
Philadelphia has also found a plan by which
its teachers can be pensioned, the retirement to
take place after thirty years’ service. Four
hundred dollars minimum and SBOO maximum
will be the amount of the pensions paid.
Daniel Tarbox Jewett, a former United States
Senator from Missouri, who has just died at the
age of 90 in Bt. Louis, in the early part of his law
practice in that city frequently opposed Abra
ham Lincoln, and invariably came out victori
ous.
Charles H. Robb, of Vermont, at present As
sistant Attorney General of the United States,
who has been appointed Associate Justice of
the Court of Appeals of the District of Colum
bia, is not quite 39 years of age. His boyhood
was spent on a farm.
The Shah of Persia is supposed never to bo off
Persian soil. As a matter of fact ho never is,
though he does travel. To his boots there is a
false sole; between the false and the real a por
tion of the holy earth of Persia is packed. He
thus strictly obeys the law.
Methodism has at least one living follower who
became identified with the church more than a
century ago. Mrs. Mary Ramßey Lomens Wood
recently celebrated her one hundred and nine
teenth birthday at Hillsboro, Ore. She united
with the Methodist Church in 1799.
According to a recent act of the legislature of
that State, Florida railroads failing to pay a
claim for loss or damages within 90 days must
pay 25 per cent, on the judgment obtained by
the claimant in excess of the amount offered by
the railroad in settlement of the claim.
Sneezing is tho best brain clearer known.
Many persons conclude an attack of faintness,
or fainting, with a violent sueezer Our anoeo
tors took snuff from a belief in the efficacy of
sneezing. But tobacco so taken is in part ab
sorbed into the blood and hurts the system.
Stuttgart, in Germany, dissatisfied with the
high prices which even the very poorest of the
population are obliged to pay for funerals, has
resolved to build a city crematorium and to
‘offer cremation to the poor at terms far below
those which even moderate undertakers charge.
It is said that American women form the ma
jority of those who are at the various health re
sorts of Europe every year, and that their ail
ments are as numerous as tho many kinds of
waters that are supposed to restore the failing
powers of the nervous or take off or put on
flesh.
Through the patriotic generosity of T. J.
Coolidge, of Boston, a valuable addition has been
made to the White House collection of presiden
tial china, consisting of four pieces of Jefferson
ware, which belonged to a blue and white din
ner set which President Jefferson ordered in
France.
According to missionaries, 10,000,000 natives
are facing starvation in the northern part of
Kiang Su province, central China. It is said to
be the most serious famine in the history of the
country. Magistrates are preventing people
from leaving,but are providing no relief for the
sufferers.
Col. John Jacob Astor, Perry Belmont, Harry
Payne Whitney and Mrs. Michael P. Grace are
all said to bo particularly anxious to buy tho
original commission granted by William and
Mary in 1694 to William Penn, appointing him
Governorof New York, which is for private sale
in London.
Rev. Edward Laughlin, son of tho Pittsburg
iron and steel millionaire of that name, has gone
to Philadelphia, where he will become assistant
to Rev. J. Gray Bolton, of the Hope Presbyte
rian Chapel. Besides assisting in the work of
the parish the wealthy young clergyman will go
down into the slums.
An eleven-story skyscraper is to be built in
West Thirty-ninth street. New York, which is
attracting considerable attention from engi
neers and architects in general from tbe fact
that it is proposed to dispense with the steel
frame construction heretofore considered an in
dispensable adjunct of a tall building.
Traveling on the Argentine pampas is inter
esting, if not entirely comfortable. Men there
are scarce, but horses are plentiful. Often 60
horses are driven in the same team. The driver
is perched 30 feet from the ground. The wag
ons are sometimes 50 feet long and 15 wide,
while the back wheels are 14 feet or so high.
The mere fact that a great many people "have
been in the habit of using a railroad trestle as a
footbridge and that the railroad company had
made no complaint, says the Court of Appeals
of Kentucky, does not give the people any spe
cial rights on the bridge or compel the railroad
company to exercise a special degree of care for
their safety.
At the Jamestown Exposition, to be held next
year, there will be a special day set aside to be
known as Apple Day. The national fruit will
have a big showing made in its behalf, commen
surate with its deserts as the most popular fruit
known. The departmentof congresses and spe
cial events has set aside Tuesday, October 15th,
as National Apple Day.
In Sumatra the wind decides the length of
time a widow shall remain single. Just after
her husband’s death she plants a flagstaff at her
door, upon which a flag israised. While the flag
remains untorn by the wind etiquette of Suma
tra forbids her to marry, but at the first rent,
however tiny, she can lay aside her weeds and
accept the first man who presents himself.
An Indiana woman has a peppermint farm of—
eighty acres, which she is making pay in every
sense of the word. She harvests her mint just
at the right time for the minthol, and has a very
superior grade to sell. There are only a few ,
places in the United States where peppermint
is raised on a lart j scale, and it Is said to be easy
enough work for women.
Hon. Fred. M. Warner, who has just been re
elected Republican governor of Michigan, is an
Englishman by birth, but was brought to this
country by his parents when he was three years
old. Although only 39, he has held public office
continuously for 15 years, and no man In the
country in public life has a cleaner record. He
has been at the head of all movements for re
form in his State and his handsome majority
shows his popularity.