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MARYLAND TELEPHONE—TOWBON, Q, 121.

LOCAL ITEMS:SALES ADVERTISED IN “THE UNION.”

Tuesday, October 7, by 0. C. Warfield, trustee,on the premises, valuable real estate be-tween Catonsville and Oella. Ist district.

Saturday. October 11.by Elmer J. Cook, receiv-er, on the premises, a milland millling busi-ness at Glyndon. 4th district.

Tuesday. October 14, by William H. Buck, com-mittee. at the Court House, unimprovedbuilding lots at Arlington.

Wednesday. October 15,by C.Ross Mace, attor-ney. on the premises, steam flour milt about7 miles from Baltimore in the 14th district.

Thursday. October 16, by Messrs. John Pleas-ants, A. W. Pleasants and George R. Willis,executors, on the premises, the fine estateof the late J. Hall Pleasants, near Glencoe,N. C. It. R.

Monday. October 27, by Robert H. Bussey, as-signee. on the premises, houses and lots onthe road leading from Cockeysville to War-ren.

Monday, October 27, by James J. Lindsay andJohn I. Yellott, trustees, on the premises,hotel property, known as the 7-Mile House,Reisterstown road.

Monday, October 27, by Wm. M. Isaac, R. R.Boarman, Thomas J. Hunter and Z. HowardIsaac, trustees, on the premises, a farm inthe6th district.

—>Tbe summer postoffice at Chattolanee,Green Spring Valley, was closed on the 2dinstant.

—►Mr. Robert M.Taylor’s Whirligig wonthe three-quarter-mile heat race at the Belairfair on Thursday.

—♦GiorgeE. Traferthas been commissionedpostmaster at Texas, N. C. R. R., vice E. C.Shipley, resigned.

—►It you are not already registered attendto it next Tuesday, otherwise you cannot voteon the 4th of November next.

—►Albert Butler, of Canton, while gunningnear Colgate creek a few days ago, accidentallyshot off two toes of his right foot.

—* Protracted meeting will begin at JessopChurch, Hereford Circuit, on Sunday nightnext and continue during the week.

—►The coal dealers are omitting their “fallopenings” this year. It's “up to” the coalbarons to say when they’ll “resume.”

—fcThe oyster supper held a few days ago bythe Ladies’ Aid Society of Hiss’ M. E. Church,Harford road, netted upwards of $75.

—►The base-ball season is over and nowyou must “get in the push” for foot-ball ifyou want to be a real up-to-date sport.

—►Last Bunday morning Cardinal Gibbonsconfirmed a class of sixty-eight persons atSt. John’s Church, Long Green Valley.

—►The hunting season is now open and theseveral hunt clubs in this county will makethings good and lively for Sir Reynard.

—►The Governor has appointed Frank A.Bond, a justice of the peace for the 13th dis-trict, vice John Henderson, failed to qualify.

—Mr. Isaac H. Moss, the well known Go-vanstown florist, has presented 400 carnationplants, including five varieties, to Druid HillPark.

►.!. Harvey Gross has been appointedrural free delivery carrier on the Rossvilleroute, succeeding his late father, Jacob J.Gross.

—►Bishop Paret visited the Church of theRedeemer, Charles street avenue, last Sundaymorning and administered the rite of confir-mation.

—► Mushrooms have been unusually abun-dant lately ar.d those fond of them as an articleof diet have had an opportunity to surfeitthemselves.

—►The inventory of the estate of the lateLuther M. Reynolds, a well known lawyer,shows its value to have been $123,794.10. Heleft no children.

—► More rain this week put another checkto seeding, but some experienced farmers saythat if they can get their grain in by OctoberBth they are satisfied.

—►The trustees of North Point M.E. ChurchSouth are about to erect a carriage shed on thechurch property to cost SB9O, not includinggrading andpainting.

—►The six children of Mr. B. HowardMays, who lives near Philopolis, Bth district,who were last week reported sick with diph-theria, are recovering.

—►Mrs. Catharine Necker has sold to Mr.Edward Waldman 18 acres 1rood and 20 squareperches of land at Necker, Belair road, for $5,-250, or nearly S2BO per acre.

—Dr. Josiah T. Payne has purchased fromMessrs. Harry B. Alder and John P. O’Hara,

68 acres of land on the Corbett road, at Cor-bett, N. C. R. R., for $1,400.

—► A William Tyler Page Club has beenorganized at Catonsville, starting with a mem-bership of 60. Mr. John P. New is president,and Mr. J. Frank Smith, secretary.

—►The suburban burglars have been attheir old tricks this week, but their work wasnot so remunerative as it was when theirspoil amounted in value to about $1,500.

—Mr. W. Gill Smith, attorney for JohnDressel and others, has tiled a bill in the Cir-cuit Court here to procure a decree for the saleof the real estate of the late John Dressel.

—►Mr. William D. Merryman, agent forthe Hay fields herd of Herefords, sold thisweek a very fine yearling bull to Mr. Wolfe, abreeder in Charles county,Md., at a good figure.

—►October is with us and this is the seasonof the “sere and yellow leaf,” although thewoods still show ah abundance of rich green,with here and there tints of gold and brown.

—►The Social Club of Randallstown willhold a tournament on the farm of Mr. AdamClagett, near that place, Wednesday afternoon,October Bth. Both ladies and gentlemen willride.

—►The heavy rain of last week badlydamaged many plowed fields in this county.One farmer who had seeded a field had itwashed so badly that he had to drill it overagain.

—►The new furniture supplied by the coun-ty ha 9 been placed in the new truck house atHamilton, Harford road. The house waserected by the Volunteer Fire Company of thatplace.

—By the distribution of the State publicsehool tax. made by the Comptroller on theIst instant, Baltimore county white schoolswill receive $9,380.73, and colored schools sl,-004.43.

—►Some suburban housekeepers—on ac-count of the scarcity and high price of coal—-are talking of closing up their establishmentsand taking appartments in Baltimore for thewinter.

—►Randolph R. Ware, Jr., charged withstealing two horses from the Messrs. Gosnell,of the 2d district, plead guilty in the CircuitCourt here a few days ago. He was not sen-tenced.

—► Agricultural fairs will be held this monthas follows: York, 6th to 10th.; Hagerstown,14th to 17th ; Frederick, 21st to 24th. All ofthese are patronized by Baltimore countypeople.

—► Messrs. Charles A. Councilman, WilliamDunty, Jr., and Thomas Todd have been ap-pointed examiners for the contemplated im-provements to- be made on Grindon lane, 9thdistrict.

—►The handsome new passenger station ofthe Pennsylvania Railroad at Sparrow’s Pointattracts much attention and is an improvementthat the residents of that busy place duly ap-preciate.

—►Within the last few days the naturaliza-tion mill has been grinding out new voters atTowson and a number of foreigners have beentransformed into American citizens goodones, we hope.

—*A man at Baynesville, near Towson,sold some chestnuts in Baltimore a few daysagoat the rate of $9.50 a bushel. The crop issmall this year and this no doubt accounts forthe high price.

—►The largest public school in Baltimorecounty is the one at Highlandtown, 12th dis-trict, of which Miss Mary L. Molloy is princi-pal. It has nearly 1,000 children on the rolland 22 teachers.

—►Mr. William F. Stifler, of Parkton, hasbeen awarded the contract for the erection ofa new building for the recently organized mil-ling company at White Hall, N. C. R. R. Itwill cost about $3,500.

—►Baltimore county was well representedat the Harford county fair this week by Jerseycattle and Berkshire hogs from Filston Farm,and Hereford cattle from Hayfields, and theywere all prize winners.

—►The regular monthly meeting of theNeighborhood Improvement Club of Govans-town will be held in Golden Eagle Hall, Tues-day, October 7th, at 8 p. m., when an electionfor officers will take place.

—►During the heavy rain of last week ahorse belonging to Mr. Joshua F. Cockey, ofCockeysville, while attempting to cross theBeaver Dam stream at that place, was caughtin the current and drowned.

—►The two roads at Stevenson, GreenSpring Valley, that were constructed by Mr. T.Dudley Riggs, have been completed and En-gineer Crosby recommends that they be accep-ted by the County Commissioners.

—A harvest home festival will beheld atSt. Michael’s German Lutheran Church, PerryHall, 11th district, on Sundaynext, beginningwith the morning service. Rev. Alfred Ball-horn is the new pastor of the church.

—►From 7 o’clock on Wednesday eveningof last week until noon the following Fridaynearly six inches of rain fell in the vicinity ofBaltimore. This was more than the total pre-cipitation for the preceding five months.

—► Mr. A. W. Gore, of St. George. 4th dis-trict, an experienced farmer, raised a finecrop of wheat this year—the largest ever grownby him. The average yield was 38 bushels peracre, much of which he has sold for seed.

—►Carrie Nation spoke at the Belair fair onTuesday, her subject being “Why ISmashed.”She attracted very little attention and nodoubt the management of the fair concludedthat she was a failure as a “drawing card.”

—►The Towson base-ball team played itslast game of the season last Saturdayafternoonwith ”’e Pikesville Athletic Club’s team andwas debated by a score of 7to 4. The visitorshave played 30 gamesthis season, winning 25.

—►The new church at Wesley Chapel, 10thdistrict, built to replace the one destroyed byfire some time ago. has been completed andservice will be held in it next Sunday morning.It is one of the appointments of MonktonCircuit.

—►The citizens of Catonsville, who havehad several burglar scares within the past tendays, are demanding better police protection.Marshal Streett says he is doing the very besthe can with the small force of officers at hiscommand.

—►A movement has been started looking tothe erection of a Presbyterian Church atOwings’ Mills. Amission has been in progressthere several months, conducted by Rev. ByronClark, pastor of the Presbyterian Church atMt. Washington.

—►Mr. Joseph Norris,of Madonna, Harfordcounty, will likely rent the farm of Mrs. B.Kane, at Bosley postoffice, Dulany’s Valleyturnpike. She has rented her hotel proper-ty at the same place to Mr. Ferdinand Her-negger. of Cub Hill.

—On Sunday morning last, at a Sundayschool rally held at the Church of the Princeof Peace, Walbrook, Mr. Wm. Tyler Page,Republican nominee for Congress in this dis-trict, made an address on “The Christian Sol-dier in the Sunday School.”

—►Mr. Henry Wildberger, the well knownblacksmith of Parkville, Harford road, whohad his right ankle broken and dislocated sev-eral weeks ago by the kick of a horse, is nowgoing about on crutches. Dr. Lingard I.Whiteford is attending him.

—►Miss Annie Fuller, of Baynesville, wonthe silver medal that was offered as the prizein the oratorical contest that took place inEpsom M. P. Church, Towson, on Mondaynight. Sheis a daughter of Mr. John Fullerand a pupil of Towson High School.

—►The next sitting of the registration of-ficers will be on Tuesday next, October 7th.This will be the last opportunity to registerthis year. If you do not attend to it then youcannot vote in November next. It is the dutyof every good American citizen to vote.

—A union revival meeting of the Metho-dist Episcopal and Methodist Protestantchurches at Warren, Bth district, will be com-menced in the latter church next Sundayafternoon with a general lovefeast. Rev. N.S. Meginniss.of Baltimore,will preach at night.

—►The certificate of incorporation of theWhite Hall Grain, Building and Supply Com-pany, filed in the County Clerk’s office thisweek, shows that its capital stock isAmong the incorporators are Messrs. BenjaminF. Jordan, Nelson Gilbert and Charles L. Al-njony.

—► A “vagabond ball” will be given at theCatonsville Country Club, on Friday evening,October 10th. Mrs.Charles Reid Spence is theCrime mover in the affair. All who attend,

oth ladies and gentlemen, will be reauired toappear in tramp togs, the worse looking thebetter.

—►Mr.Henry Zerhusen, who was lately ap-pointed postmaster at Fullerton, on the Belairroad, is erecting a store and dwelling there andwill occupy them as soon as completed. Heis an active business man and a member ofthe well known Baltimore firm of Kummer &

Becker.Mr. William Tyler Page, Republican

nominee for Congress in this district, has in-troduced a novel feature of campaigning. Heis giving away celluloid toothpicks that bearhis picture, with the words, "My Pick forCongress.” Page buttons are also largely inevidence.

—►Bills that were sent out with the firstissue of The Union in December last are stillfinding their way back to the office and insome instances subscribers who have beentardy are adding on another year in order toeven up matters. All of which is verythoughtful and kind.

—►The new United Brethren Church atHoshall’s, 6th district, was formally dedicatedlast Sunday,a large congregation being present.Rev. Dr. Charles T. Stearns, presiding elder,preached the dedicatory sermon, and the gen-eral ceremonies were conducted by the pastor,Rev. Wm. E. Daugherty.

—►Many people are laying in supplies ofwood and that article is now in much demand,with the price slowly but surely advancing.The settlement of the strike is not yet withinsight and people should be prepared to useother fuel if the “hold up” ana consequenthigh price of coal continues.

—►The music in Trinity Church, Towson,last Sunday morning was" exceptionally fineand highly appreciated by a large audience.Miss Mary A. Randall, of Annapolis, playedthe violin and Miss Lucv Wickes presided atthe organ. Mr. Frank J. Taylor rendered abaritone solo with fine effect.

—►The Baltimore Sun of Monday contain-ed an excellent picture'of the famous sire“Orange Blossom,” owned by Hon. Hart B.Holton, of Baltimore county. The horse was35 years old last April and is enjoying bis ad-vanced ageat the beautiful farm of Mr. Holton,on the Franklin road, near Powhatan.

—►People are beginning to think that theBaltimoredetective force is “standing in” withthe gang of burglars who are justnow makingthings so extremely lively for suburban resi-dents. Something should be done to get at thebottom of this business. Detectives whodon’tdetect are a useless adjunct to a police depart-ment.

—►Charles E. Harman was arrested onThursday and placed under SBOO bail by Jus-tice Herbert, of Towson, upon the charge offiring two shots from a revolver at John H.Bowen, who lives near Brooklandville, andslightly wounding him. The shooting wasthe result of some personal trouble betweenthe men.

—►On Tuesday night the Lutherville Ath-letic Clubgave a complimentary entertainmentto the friends of the members as a mark of ap-preciation of the loyalty and generosity withwhich they supported the organization duringthe past season. The affair took place in theclub house and was in all respects successfuland enjoyable.

—►Mr. John W. H. Geiger, cashier of theCanton National Bank, has been appointedone of the receivers of the William Fait Com-pany and the Maryland Can and Manufactur-ing Company, both of which have made as-signments for the benefit of their creditors.The bond of the receivers was for SBO,OOO and$50,000, respectively.

—► A recent issue of the Baltimore Americancontained an excellent picture of Mr. Caleb S.Hobbs, a well known auctioneer and tourna-ment marshal of the 2d district of this county.Mr. Hobbs has conducted more tournamentsthan any man in Maryland, the last one beingthat for the benefit of the Arlington VolunteerFiremen’s Association, held at Electric Parklast Wednesday.

—►All the reports thus far received by Sec-retary Cook show that the attendance at thepublic schools of the county has largely in-creased. There is some sickness among thechildren of several schools, reducing the at-tendance somewhat, and one school has beentemporarily closed on account of the prevalenceof diphtheria. Generally the health of thechildren is good.

—*A driving mare belonging to Rev. JohnR. Edwards, pastor of Towson M. E. Church,had one of her hind legs so seriously hurt inthe stable at the parsonage about a week agothat she has since been unfit for use. The in-jury was caused by the halter starp gettingloose from the manger and the iron “snap” atthe end of it becoming, in some unexplainableway, fastened in the flesh of the leg, cuttingan ugly gash.

—►Mrs. Elizabeth E. Benson, whose criti-cal illness was announced in The Union lastweek, died at the home of her daughter, inQuaker City, Ohio, on the 28th of September.The remains were brought on and interred atFriends’ Meeting-House, Fallston, Harfordcounty, on Wednesday. Deceased was themother of Mr. Charles A. Benson, of Balti-more, formerly a well known business man ofFork, Baltimore county.

—►The Country Club at Cockeysville,whichis located in a house belonging to Mr. GeorgeJessop, on top of the hill a snort distance northof the village, was formally opened with areception last Saturday afternoon and it proveda very pleasantaffair. An orchestra from Bal-timore furnished music. Theclub has a mem-bership ofabout 150. The house committee iscomposed of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Wight,Mrs. George Jessop and Miss Rose Jones.

—>A young man named Spencer Isenock,who lives near Perry Hall, 11th district, wascommitted to jail here a few days ago uponthe charge of attempted felonious assault on alittle girl named EmmaStreitz. He positivelydenies his guilt and says he was not in theneighborhood when the alleged assault wascommitted. He wasreleased from jail on Fri-day under habeas corpus proceedings. Messrs.Boarman <fe Lindsay are attorneys for Isenock.

—►The United Railways Company is treat-ing its through passengers on the Towson linemost shabbily. In fact the accommodations,particularly in the evenings, are most misera-ble and it is a wonder that the regular patronsputup with it. You are privileged to pay 10cts.to ride seven miles standing most of the way ina crowd that nearly crushes the life out of you.while you are jammedon all sides by basketsof large and small degree. It’s simply an out-rage.

—►There appears to be a growing antipathyto the use of automobiles on the public roads.Accidents are not uncommon because of theuse of these ugly machines, and narrow es-capes are frequent. The trouble mainly growsout of the fact that most men who use autosthink they own the earth —at least they act asthough they thought so. They should re-member that other people who use the publicthoroughfares have some rights that othersshould be made to respect.

—►The tournament for the benefit of theArlington Volunteer Firemen’s Association,held at Electric Park onWednesday afternoon,was a successful and enjoyable affair and it ishoped a good sum was cleared for a mostworthy object. The crowning of the queenand her maids took place in the Casino at 7o’clock, a dance following. The committee incharge was composed of Capt. Noah Walkerand Messrs. Griffith Feelemver, H. W.Kramer,James W. Loose and John Felter.

—►Here is one of the beauties of the ruralfree delivery system as related by one of TheUnion’s subscribers this week: On a certainroute in this county the carrier leaves the mailfor several families in one box to which allhave access. People who wish to see TheUnion before the subscriber gets it make it apoint to be at the box before him, take thepaper home and, after they have read it, some-times actually loan it to their neighbors. Theresult is that when the man who pays for thepaper gets it, it is often almost unfit for use.

Sherwood, N. C. R. R.—The new bridgeoyer the railroad tracks at this place, togetherwith the large amount of filling in made ne-cessary by its erection, is now considered fin-ished, but I think something should be saidabont the so-called improvement before it isacccepted by the county. In thefirst place thebridge has too much “camber,” tbespan beingof such a width that it cannot stand so muchof a rise to the centre. At this season of theyear this rise may be all right, but what acetravelers going to do in rainy and sleetingweather ? It is certain to make a dangerouscrossing at such times. When first put up themechanics laid a plain bridge floor. Whenthis was finished they must nave discoveredthat this would not answer, the rise being toosharp to make safe footing for horses. Theythen went to work and “cleated” the floor—-that is they spiked strips part of the way oneach side so as to keep horses from slippingand falling. All who have spoken of this“dealing”declare that it will prove a bad jobin winteras the spaces between the strips willfill with water and then freeze. Thus thestripping will become an actual danger. Manyintelligent persons have discussed this matterand the opinion generally expressed is thatthe job is not a good one.

So far as the approaches to the bridge areconcerned it must be admitted that there is noroom for complaint about the east side. Agreat improvement has been made in the roadin the way of grade and the roadbed itself isall that could be desired. But on the west sideit is entirely different. The approach to thebridge is a very heavy grade andas the groundis newly made there should have been a veryheavy bed of stone put on to make the ap-proach what it should be. And the top-dress-ing of this is a poor job and will make a veryinferiorroad in time. As the County Com-missioners gave the Northern Central Com-pany certain rights and privileges in this mat-ter and donated $3,000 towards the improve-ment the people look to them to see that thework is properly done.

The recent heavy rains have damaged theapproaches to the bridge very much by wash-ing away the new earth. The new fences werealso damaged to such an extent as to requirerebuilding, this being especially true of thesouth side of the road.

The new store house that is being built hereto replace the one destroyed by fire is nearlyfinished and will soon be occupied by Mr.Samuel Morningstar, whose store is now lo-cated on the Joppa road, in “The Hollow."His present place of business is too small forhis growing trade, hence the necessity of hisremoval to more spacious quarters. He sayshe intends to run a first-class country storewhen he gets in the new place. Mr. C. E.Thomas, of Towson, is the builder.

The county roads, as well as many privateroads, were badly washed the past week.Roland run, that passes through Mill Hollowon ita way to Lake Roland, was so muchswollen that it overflowed the narrow bridgeand the water was at least three feet deep onthe county road. People who were obliged tocross had to wait two or three hours beforethey could do so. It would be well for theCounty Commissionersto remedy this state ofaffairs at that point. An accident may occurat any time during high water and then thecounty will be put in for perhaps heavy dama-ges. What is needed is the widening of thenarrow channel at that point and the eleva-tion of the bridge. To do this would necessi-tate only a small outlay that might be themeans of saving a valuable life.

Mr. Allen Stevenson, the coal merchant atthis place, having very little to do in his busi-ness on account of the strike, and not wishingto be idle, set his men to picking apples fromthe orchard on his mother’s fine farm, haulingthem to his warehouse and making them intocider. He attached his gasoline engine to thepress and the way it made the cider fly was asight to see. After experiencing some troubleto get started they made the first barrel in 55minutes. T.

Raepeburg, 14th District.—Mrs. ThomasMcCormick,of Fullerton,entertained the mem-bers of the auxiliary of the Woman’s ForeignMissionary Society of Catch’s M. E. Church,on Wednesday afternoon of last week and amost delightful time was had. A dinner wasserved at sp. m. Miss Della Sherman, secre-tary of East Baltimore district, was presentand made a very interesting address. Amongthose present were Daniel Lewis, Mrs.Frank Miller, Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs. RoyalPhelps, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Biddison, Mrs.A. Clifton McCormick. Mrs. Wm. Gray, MissAlice Poole, Mrs. Wm. Edward Meads and Mr.Alex. McCormick. At night the young folksof the singing school were present and all sortsof games were indulged in. Among thosepresent were Misses Stella and Elsie Lewis,Emma Raspe, Bertie Read, Katye and MaggieMann, Bessie Fuller, Lillian McCormick,EthelSeitz, Mrs. Charles Ayers and Messrs. LeonCouncilman, Wesley Gatch, Clifton McCor-mick, Clarence and Wilbur Lewis, AlbertStern, Willie Meads, Bernard Reulette, New-ton Seitz and others.

On Sunday morning last ■while Mr. Wm. J.Biddison, of this neighborhood, was descend-ing a ladder from the hay loft, the ladderbroke and he fell to the ground and lay thereunconscious for some time. After regainingconsciousness sufficient to call for help heW8rernoved tr> his home where he is attendedby Dr. George F. Corse. At this writing beis unimproved. Mr. Biddison is superinten-dent of Catch’s Sunday school and was greatlymissed last Sunday afternoon. His untiringefforts and pleasant manner has built theschool up to the largest attendance in its his-tory, there being on average attendance ofnearly one hundred. Mr. Biddison has thesympathy of the entire community, and bestwishes for a speedy recovery.

Gatch’s Church has been recently repainted,the money being supplied by the EpworthLeague. It was a long needed improvement.

The Red Hill, commonly known as Raspe’shill, on Hamilton avenue, is in very bad shapeand unless the county spends something to-wardsrepairs it may have to pay large amountsfor accidents, etc. There are loose stones scat-tered over the bed of it and thereare dangerousgulleys. Altogether it is not fit for travel. Itis hoped something may be done to render thisstretch of road passable at least. G.

Perry Hall, 11th District.—When the mailarrived at this place last Saturday morningmany ofour citizens were greatly disappointedbecause of the failure ofThe Union to arrive asusual. The package containing the papers wasnot in the mail pouch. On the Monday follow-ing it came, however, and the query is, was thepackage left on the route, or was there care-lessness in the Baltimore postoffice ? The post-master had many explanations to make be-cause of the non-arrival of The Union, whichhas many readers in this community.

Some paintinghas been done to St. Michael’sLutheran Church, in this place, adding muchto its appearance. The special harvest homeservices at this church will be held next Sun-day, October sth, when the new jrastor, Rev.Alfred Ballhorn, will preach a sermon appro-priate to the occasion. He says farmers havecause for especial thankfulness on account ofthe abundance of their crops. There will bespecial music and the choir will sing severalnew selections.

The ladies of the above church will holdtheir annual oyster supper in Vensky’s Hall,Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 15 and 16, andarrangements for the affair are now in progress.These ladies have a reputation for their boun-tiful and appetizing suppers and the comingone will not be permitted to fall behind theprevious ones given by them. A string bandwill be in attendance to keep the crowd in goodspirits. A large attendance is expected.

There is talk of another public house beingopened in this neighborhood, at the old Brooksplace on the Belair road, near the toll-gate.This house was a tavern more than seventy-five years ago. X.

Hereford, 7th District.—Farmers of thissection are very busy cuttingcorn and seeding.The late rains were of inestimable benefit tothem and their fields now look greenand beau-tiful.

Mr. S. Howard Miller, the enterprising black-smith in this village, has moved his familyinto the house until recently occupied by Mr.Samuel M. Webb, formerly teacher of our

Sublic school, who has removed his family toaltimore.It is gratifying to be able to state that those

of this community who have been sick areconvalescing.

Messrs. William and Elmer Cross, of Balti-more, spent Saturday and Sunday last withtheir uncle, Rev. William J. Nicoll, of thisplace.

Mr. Jerry Rehling, the village baker, hastreated himself to a new wagon that attractsno little attention as he makes hisrounds.

The public school here opened for the fallterm with a large attendance. Miss EleanorWright is principal, and Miss Jennie Carman,assistant.

A large crowd is expected at the first oystersupper of the season in this community to beheld by Eureka Council, No. 97, Jr. O". U. A.M., on Friday and Satnrday evenings, Oc-tober 10th and 11th, and to which the pub-lic is cordially invited. Friends at White Hallshould not neglect to send that “wagon load”promised on a previous occasion, but whenthe time came failed to materialize. J.

Kingsville, 11th District.—The canners ofthis section are exceedingly busy at this timethe rush of tomatoes being so great as to obligethem to run every night until nearly 12 o’clock.

Mr. G. O. Hutton, who spent some time atFlatwood, Va., has returned and is now stav-ing at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. L.Dil worth.

Mrs. Edward Christ, whose husband keepsthe store at this place, and who had been tem-porarily staying here, has returned to herhome. M.

Rural Free Delivery Boxes.—First Assist-ant Postmaster General Wynne has issued acircular letter to the postmasters of all ruralfree delivery postoffices instructing them thatpostmasters and rural free delivery carriersarenot permitted to condemn the letter-boxes usedby patrons. The order directs that they shallcontinue to serve boxes already erected until atregular inspection of such boxes can be madeby the route inspectors and special agents,who will condemn theboxes found unsafe, or

which otherwise fail to meet the requirements.The entire force of rural free delivery inspec-ors is now investigating petitions for such

service, and these box inspections probablycannot be made for a month or two.

Jacksonville and Sunnybrook, 10thDis-trict.—Mr. Samuel R. Fox, of Perry Hall,w-ho taught the school at Blenheim, in thisdistrict, several years, has accepted the appoint-ment to a school in the 11th district, fie hasa large circle of friends in this communityand will be much missed by them. Mr. Foxwas an active member of Chestnut Grove En-deavor Society and his presence at its meetingswill also be missed.

Mrs. Gittings Wilson,of “Wilson’s Chance,”near Sweet Air, gavea party on Tuesday even-ing in honor of her daughter, Miss ChristineWilson, of the Sheppard and Pratt Hospital,near Towson. A large number of youngfolks were present and a delightful eveningwas spent.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Green, of Sweet Air,gave their daughter. Miss Irene, a party onSaturday afternoon last, in honor of her tenthbirthday. A large number of her youngfriends were present and they had aroyal timewiyi music, games and feasting, Mrs. Greenhaving arranged a beautiful table that con-tained so many good things it would be simplyidle to attempt to enumerate them. It wasanoccasion long to be remembered. Miss Es-tella Green. Miss Irene’s sister, assisted hermother in doing the honors.

Rev. James W. Campbell, the highly es-teemed pastor of Chestnut Grove Church, willbe married at noon on Tuesday, October 7th,to Miss Belle Parker, of York county. Pa.The ceremony will take place in Slate RidgePresbyterian Church, near Delta, of whichMiss Parker is a member.

Mrs. Joshua R. Green, of Gittings, LongGreen Valley, has gone on a visit to her daugh-ier, Mrs. Sarah Clark, of York county, Pa.

Mrs. Robert Hall, of Baltimore, is visitingher mother, Mrs. Knight, who lives near Bald-win.

Misses Henrietta and Belle Hall, of Balti-more, have been spending some weeks withtheir sister, Mrs. Agnes Emory, at her prettyhome, Manor Glen, on the Little Gunpowder.

Miss Jennie Bradenbaugh, of Washington,D. C., is visiting Miss Ida Baldwin, at herhome near Baldwin, Long Green Valley.

Mr. Aubrey Jackson has returned from avisit to relatives and several college chums inAnnapolis.

Mr. Charles Owens, of Philadelphia, is visit-ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas .Owens,of Sunnybrook.

Rev. Mr. Smith, of York, Pa., filled the pul-pit of Chestnut Grove Church last Sundaymorning, the pastor being absent. Next Sun-day Rev. Mr. Everett,of Baltimore, will preachin that church and administer the sacramentof the Lord’s supper. The service will beginat II a. m. and it is hoped a large congregationwill be present.

TheChristian Endeavor meetingat ChestnutGrove last Sunday evening was led by Mr.Alfred 8. Day, of Baltimore. The attendancewas large. M.

Glen-Arm, 11th District. —Mrs. A. A.Piper,of this place, is very sick with typhoid fever.Two nurses from Baltimore and Dr. John S.Green are in attendance. Mr. Piper, who hasbeen suffering again with his eye, is some-what better at this writing.

Master Armour Streett, son of Chief ofPolice and Mrs. A. T. Streett, is attendingTowson High School.

Our school has again commenced and wecan daily’ hear the merry shouts of the girlsand boys. Miss Mamie V. Phelps, teacher,has a good daily attendance.

Miss Lydia Snyder, daughter of Mrs. and thelateßenjamin Snyder, and Mr. Phineas Hart-ley, both of Hartley, 11th district, were quietlymarried some weeks ago at the M. E. parson-age at Fork, by Rev. SolomonGerman. Theywere serenaded several days afterward by manyof their friends.

A great many people are attending the Har-ford county fair this week. A special trainhas been run from Baltimore to accommodatethem.

The trees and shrubbery are turning to agolden brown, which suggests that autumn ishere. Chestnuts are also falling and it willnot be long before crowds from the city willbe roaming through the woods to gather them.

Mrs. Fort, wife of Dr. Samuel J. Fort, ofEllicott City,was visiting at the home of Mr.F. X. Hooper, last Saturday and Sunday. Hereldest son, Mr. Herbert Fort, is in the employof Mr. Hooper here. I.

County Policeman Gets a Big Send Off.—The Baltimore News of Wednesday said:“All Baltimoreans, but especially those subur-banites who Lave been kept in a state ofunen-viable disquietude during the past few weeksby reason ofnocturnal visitors, will unite in apaean of hearty thanksgiving to Officer JamesE. Mann, of the Baltimore county policeforce,for his behavior in alms-house woods yester-day. To engagesingle-handed, at close range,with half a dozen desperate men—they withdrawn revolvers and he with the less wieldyshotgun as an available weapon—in the heartof a thick wood, where no help could reachhim readily, is anything but a commonplacefeat, even in these days of theromantic drama.Whether or not these outlaws are the persis-tent burglars for whom the Baltimore policeofficials are searching, their actions, at anyrate, proved them to be dangerous men. When,with weapons pointedat his face, they told theofficer to ‘git,’ the most natural thing to doWflfi to ‘pit ’ Xf hft mmmirntance, noone would have said otherwise thanthat he was exercising a reasonable prudence.But officer Mann showed that he is made of‘sterner stuff.’ Occupying a close point ofvantage, he discharged both barrels ofhis shot-gun, with most excellent aim, and then,though the bullets of his antagonists whistledaround him, he used his own revolver withsuch effect as to put the whole gang to flightand to capture one man who lingered. Thiswould have been a satisfactory day’s work forthe ordinary policeman; but Officer Mann,after sending his capture to theCanton Station,started out on the search again, and prettysoon came up with one of the crowd, who boreon his body evidences of the officer’s goodmarksmanship under stress. This man healso arrested. As an example of pure ‘nerve’this exploit of a county policeman is onenotoften equaled, and it is a pleasure to pay tri-bute to it.”

Coming Matrimonial Events.—Mr. andMrs. Adolphus Cooke have issued invitationsto the marriage of their daughter, Miss MaryClarke Cooke, to Mr, Charles Thomas Cockey,Jr., at noon, Wednesday, October 15th, at St.Mark’s-on-the-Hill Protestant EpiscopalChurch, Pikesville. The prospective groom,who is a son of Col. Charles T. Cockey, of“Garrison,” is a well known young businessman of Arlington.

The marriage of Mr. John T. Love, presi-dent of the Cockeysville Country Club, andMiss Ellen Jenkins George, daughter of Mr.Josias J. George, is announced to take placeearly next month.

Mr. and Mrs. Silas V. Miller have sent outannouncements that their daughter, Miss Beu-lah Miller, will be married to Rev. WilliamEdward Brown, on Tuesday, October 14th, at6 p. m., in the MethodistEpiscopal Church, atMount Carmel, sth district.

The marriage of Miss Grace Hubner, daugh-ter of Hon. John Hubner, of Catonsville, toRev. Martin L. Enders will take place Tues-day, October 7th, at 5 p. m. The ceremonywill be performed in Salem Lutheran Church,Catonsville, of which Rev. Mr. Enders ispastor.

The engagement of Dr. J. Carroll Monmon-ier, Jr., of Baltimore county, to Miss HelenFenwick Burr, of Florida, is announced. Thewedding will take place shortly in Washing-ton. D. C.

The engagement is announced of Miss Mar-garet W. Child, daughter of Mr. Robert deWitt Child, of Baltimore, and Mr. Charles A.Ashcom, secretary of the American LabelCompany of Baltimore. The marriage willtake place the latter part of the present month.Miss Child is a sister of Mrs. Thomas Peerce,of “Springfield,”Dulany’s Valley.

Another Free Delivery Route.—Free de-livery of mail on Route No. 2, extending west-ward" from Upperco, in the 4th district, beganWednesday. As the result of a competitiveexamination held several months ago FetterB. Newbelle has been appointed carrier, withF. E. Hoffman as substitute. The route is 18miles long and supplies 340 patrons. No post-offices are abolished, but Route No. 1. of Up-perco, is shortened several miles, enabling thecarrier for the latter to return to Upperco intime to make better connections with themail trains.

The course of the route is as follows: West-ward from Upperco to the Hanover turnpike;thence south along the pike to the Fowbles-burg road, to Byerly road, to Dover road, tothe residence of John Myers, to the ZionChurch road, to Zion Church ; thence on theWisner road to Falls road, to Cofiel road, toBlack Rock road, to Trenton road, to Ehlerroad, to Dover road, to the starting point.

Refunded Taxes to Savings Banks.—On Tuesday the County Commissioners passedan order for the return of money paid to thecounty by savings banks as taxes on mort-gages "held by such institutions as security fordeposits loaned to such banks. This was doneupon the advice of their counsel, following adecision of the Appeal Tax Court of Baltimorecity, which held that such mortgages werenon-productive and exempt from taxation.The question has also been settled by the Courtof Appeals of tbe State. Taxes were refundedto the following banks: Central SavingsBank, St. James’ Savings Bank, Citizens’ Sav-ings Bank, Broadway Savings Bank, the Reis-terstown and the Eutaw Savings Banks. Theaggregate of the amount returned was $515.07.The Board was not legally bound to refundthe money, it having been paid under a mis-take of the law, but they decided that it wasonly fair and just that it should be returned.

N. C. R. R. Earnings.—A statement of theearnings of the Northern Central RailwayCompany for August and for the eight monthsending August 31st, 1902. compared with thecorresponding periods of 1901, shows: ForAugust—Gross earnings, decrease $11,100; ex-penses, increase $300; net earnings, decrease$11,400. For the eight months—Gross earn-ings, increase $102,500; expenses, increases43,-700; net earnings, increase $58,800.

Work of the Orphans’ Court.—In theOrphans’ Court this week letters were grantedon the following estates:

On the personal estate of William H. Bowersto Annie M. Anderson, administratrix.

On the personal estate of William T. Ake-hurst toRobert G. Akehurst, administrator.

Licensee.— During the month°i TiXVl?*®®?. ~

r‘ • Bosley Merryman. Clerkof^e rC!rCait oart- issued marriage licensesto the following persons :

Char es F Ensor to Dora L. Ensor.Charles Noctben to Carrie Moore.William Ensor to Belle Miller¥vn-y °r\^? nne t 0 Mary Seibert.William D. Hopkins toKate J. Richen.Pbineas Hartley to Lydia E. Snyder.Henry Lepron to Bessie Cursey.Newberry A. 8. Keyser to Caroline B. Ramsey.J H. Edward Walter to Annie J. Dernetz.Harry C. w oodward to Marguerite E. Walling.Charles H. Wire to Blanche S. Hurley.Wilnam A Vanhorn to Ellen Boyd.W. Elhs Moran to Marie E. King.John J. Russell to Margaret H. Fields.William Miller to Mary Dedraan.William J. Baker to Emma Barsbinger.JamesFisher to Mary J. Brice.Arthur K. Ault to Bertie R. Webb.Batemau T. Temple to Katie Beares.George W. Lloyd to AnnieL. Green.Charles A. Cole to Emma J. Davis.Johh F, Donnelly to Wilbelmina Barlag.Christian J. Berger to MamieDowning.Clarence Paul to May Myers.Colbert A. MacClure to Amabel Lee.Henry A. Owen to Bridget A. Haggerty.Jacob J. Purser to Elizabeth W. Krach.Robert M. Rudolph to RettaC. Knight.AlbertCless to Bertha L. Myers.John H. Thompson to Lavinia Thompson.John J. Gary to Jennie E. McGinness.John S. Young to Penelope Banblitz.William M. Ward to Laura F. Carlin.John J. Simms to Lillie R. Torbit.William Martin to Cassie Sauble.

COLORED.Henry Harris to Cora Taska.John C. Woolford to Lula Matthews.Thomas Nicholas to Florence Smith.Henry Thomas to Laura Matthews.Aqnila Scott to Clara Frazier.GeorgeLangon to Pearl Taylor.

N. Brown to Mary F. Brown.Philip Banks to Susan Scovins.Asbnry Rideout to Aneita Tyson.Milton Snowden to Gertrude Lewis.James Martin to Arene Campbell.

Rogers to Keziah Brown.

No "Pristine Charm and Restfulness”Now.—The Baltimore Herald of Monday saideditorially: "The unprecedented boldness withwhich a gang tsf expert thieves is operating inthe suburbs of Baltimore culminated Saturdaynight in several daring attempts to enter dwel-lings even with the inmates firing revolvershots at the intruders. It must be confessedthat such conduct is a challenge to the policethat should not go without speedy answer inthe way of important arrests. The cure can-not be found in an attempt to closely coverthe suburban territory infested by the thugs,but must necessarily partake of the nature ofa rounding-up of these bold gentry in theirhours of rest or enjoyment.

“It is probably in Baltimore itself that themarshal and his adjutants should look for thethieves, and it is up to the department to makevigorous if not desperate efforts to rid the com-munity of these pests.

“The cool impudence of the persistent at-tacks upon the Durham residence reads morelike some happening in the had lands of theWest than a story of attempted burglarly in aBaltimore suburb. Marshal Farnan’s vaca-tion makes the affair resemble that of the micewho would play while the cat’s away. Itwould be extremely creditablv to those remain-ingif it could be announced that these slipperygentlemen had been landed behind prison bars.Moreover, life in the suburbs would regain itspristine charm and restfulness after the day’sstrife and toil in the crowded city.”

AnotherProjected Railway.—The High-landtown Sentinel of last week said: “Consid-erable interest has been aroused of lateamongst property owners of Back River Neckover the rumor that the United Railways Com-pany proposes to construct a branch electricrailway to connect the present Middle Riverline with Miller’s Island. It is asserted thatthe company proposes to establish on Miller’sIsland, or on the mainland adjoining, a pleas-ure resort rivaling that of Coney Island inNew York.

“The rumor is borne out by the fact that theRailway Company has recently been makingpreliminary surveys of the proposed route,and that an option has already been securedupon valuable bay front properties in the vi-cinity of the mouth of Back river. Whichside of the river the railway will traverse hasnot yet been made public.

“The trip to the mouth of Back river fromBaltimore would be about fifteen or sixteenmiles, over one of the finest routes for sceneryin tbe State. The best location for a pleasureresort is said to be on the north shore, as ahuge swamp lies at the mouth of the river onthe south shore. Should the alleged project ofthe railway officials be carried into effect, itwill open up one of the best located sections ofBaltimore countyfor pleasureresorts and coun-try residences, and would enhance propertyvalues along the river double what they are atpresent.”

Extensive Improvements for the West-ern Maryland.—The improvement of theWestern Maryland Railroad is not being side-

uy life uuutuii (iiuuiciuo memanagement is called upon to solve in pre-paring to transform it into a iow-grade line,withsubstantia! terminals at Baltimore. Noneof the improvements authorized by the for-mer management under the efficient directionof Gen. John M. Hood have been abandoned,and the present management has alreadytaken up the question of the work for next 1year.

The Maryland Steel Company has beenawarded a contract for 3,000 tons of steel rails,to be delivered next April. These will weigh90 pounds to the yard, and will be the heavieston the system. They will be substituted for60-pound rails on 21 i miles of track on thethird division, over which the heaviest trafficnow hauled by the road passes.

Thestretches of track on which the new railwill be laid include the single track betweenCherry run and the Potomac Valley Junction,just west of Williamsport; the westboundtrack between the Junction and Hagerstown,and the westbound track between Chambers-burg and the third crossing of tbe Conoco-cheague. The eastboimd track between tbePotomac Valley Junction and Hagerstown andbetween the third crossing of the Conoco-cheague.

Disbanded After a Successful Season.—The Govanstown Young Men’s ChristianAssociation base-ball team has been disbandedafter having enjoyed a very successful season.Out of sixteen games played the team wontwelve and lost four. The only team bywhich they were defeated was the CalvertAthletic Association team, which possessed apitcher who continued to be an unsolvedpuzzle to the Y. M. C. A. men.

Maddox, the 17-vear-old shortstop of theGovanstowns, led the team in batting andbase-running- Although not a heavy batter,he was almost always able to either make ahit or work a pass. His slidingwas always afeature of the games. Morris, the first base-man, holds the fieldingrecord for the team.All through the season he played a fine steadygame on the bag. Henry Smith, the pitcher,although not yet 21 years old, has an assort-ment ofcurves seldom acquired byan amateurtwirler.

TheY. M. C. A. has defeated such teamsas the Otto Dukers, the Gilbert Bros., Oxfordsand other strong ones of the CommercialLeague and of amateur clubs.

A Nice Point for Sportsmen to Con-sider.—A letter from Havre-de-Grace to theBaltimore Sun says : “Capt. Harry 0. Moorewas before Justice Fahey today on a chargepreferred by Clarence Dolan, of Philadelphia,for shooting in the marshes at Spesutia Island.Captain Moore twice visited the marshes re-cently, accompanied bysome Baltimore sports-men, and one of them was mentioned in thewarrant as swornout.

“The Captain waived a hearing, and nobond was required of him. Mr. Dolan rentsthe shooting privileges of the lower islandfarm, which were formerly leased by Messrs.Gilbert and Mitchell, of Baltimore.

“He has seemingly been under the impres-sion that he fully controls the marshesas wellas the shore. In fact this is a very prevalentopinion, as many persons have the marshesposted to prohibit rail and reed bird shooting.It is stated to be a fact, however, that anyresident may go over the marshes where hisboat will float and shoot all he pleases, solong as he keeps afloat he trespasses onno one.This was the case with Captain Moore.”

Hunt Club Meets for October.—Thefiitures of the Elkridge hounds for the pres-ent month are as follows: Saturday, 4th,Cockey’s Tavern, Falls road, 3p.m.; Wednes-day, Bth, Hampton Gate, 3 p. m. ; Wednesday,15tb, Walker and Regester avenues, 3 r. m. ;Saturday, 18th, Park Heights avenue and 7-Mile lane, 4 p. m. ; Wednesday, 22d, HamptonGate, 3 p. m. ; Saturday, 25th, Joppa road andRogers avenue, 4 p. m.'; Wednesday, 29th, Lu-therville, 3p. m. The 18th and 25th meets willbe drags. E. A. Jackson, M. F. H.; Ross W.Whistler, secretary.

Overland Hunt Club.—Saturday, 4th, Luth-erville, 3p. m. ; Tuesday, 7th, Ruxton, 7 a. m.;Saturday, 11th, Club House, 3 p. m. ; Tuesday,14th, Kennels, 7 a. si. ; Saturday, 18th, LocustVale Stock Farm, 3 p. m. ; Tuesday, 21st.Roc-kland, 7a. m.; Saturday, 25th, Timonium,3p. m.;Tuesday, 28th, Club House. 7 a. m. C. C.West, M. F. H.; Frank R. Rich, M. D., sec-retary.

Trustees’ Sale of a Farm.—James L.Norwood, auctioneer, sold on the premises onMonday, for Messrs. Frank I. Duncan and A.A. Piper, trustees, the farm of the late OwenB. Burton, situated in the 11th district, half amile from the Harford turnpike and adjoin-ing the lands of Messrs. Clifton T. Burton,Horatio Burton and others ; purchased by Mr.Caleb Burton for $3,675. The place contains78J acres and is improved by a good framedwelling, bank barn and other necessary out-buildings.

Office in First-Class Condition.—OnThursday State Auditor George Ash inspectedthe accounts in the office of Mr. N. BosleyMerryman, Clerk of the Circuit Court. Hecongratulated Mr. Merryman on the conditionof his office and especially commended thework of the chiefclerk, Mr. Martin J. O’Hara,who also acts as cashier,,

Personal Mention.——We had a pleasant call this week from

Rev. Frank R. Isaac, senior pastor of GreatFalls Circuit, M. E. Church.

—The Misses Gittings, of West Biddle street,Baltimore, have been visiting Mrs. JamesBroaden, of "Inglewood,” Long Green Valley.

—Mr. Edward B. Owens and family, whooccupied a cottage in Towson during the sum-mer, returned to their home in Baltimore thisweek.

—Miss Mary T. Ridgely, daughter of Mr.Benjamin T. "Ridgely, of the Bth district, hasgone to Millington, Md., to spend some timewith friends.

—Mrs. Louis O. Bresee has been seriously illfor some days at the home of her mother,Mrs. Christian Devries, of “Strontia,” GreenSpring Valley.

—Mrs. Henry Selden, of'Washington, D. C.,who spent the past summer with her mother,Mrs. Rose Keech, of Towson, returned to herhome this week.

—Mr. Howard T. Ruhl, son of Mr. PeterRuhl, of Walbrook, has gone to the Tome In-stitute, Port Deposit, Md., to take a course incivil engineering.

—Capt. John R. King, of the BaltimoreCustom House, contemplates buying a bouseand locating at Towson. He has sold hisfarm in Howard county.

Roscoe C. Cross, son of Mr. Z. Cross, ofCockeysville, has been successfully operatedupon for appendicitis at the Maryland Univer-sity Hospital in Baltimore.

—Mr. W. Pinkney Craig, of Govanstown,is a member of the firm of Rasin, Craig & Cas-sard, organized in Baltimore this week to dealin wines, liquors and tobaccos.

—Mr. Joseph J. Lee, son of Mr. CharlesO’Donnell Lee, sailed from New York forEngland on Wednesday. He goes on businessand will be absent about a year.

—Mr. William Tyler Page, Republican nom-inee for Congress in the Second district, at-tended the Beiair fair this week and was in-troduced to a large number of people.

—Mrs. Piper, wife of Mr. A. A. Piper, of theTowson bar, is sick with typhoid fever at herhome, Glen-Arm, lower Long Green Valley.Mr. Piper is also sick, but not with fever.

—Lieut. Redmond C. Stewart, of Troop A,Maryland National Guard, has resigned. Hewas one of the organizers of the Troop andmany regrets have been expressed at his retire-ment.

—Mr. H. W. H. Jones, of Fallston, Harfordcounty, was among the visitors to Towson, onFriday, 3d inst. He is on the lookout for afarm in this or Harford county with a view to

—Rev. Thomas H. Wright, of Burrsville,Caroline county, formerly pastor of BaltimoreCircuit, M. P. Church, accompanied by Mrs.Wright, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. C. W.McMaster, of Towson.

—Mr. Thomas A. Whelan, of the law firmof Whelan & Whelan, who spent the summertraveling abroad, returned to his home in Balti-more on Monday. He was accompanied byMrs. Whelan apd Miss Whelan.

—Dr. Joseph L. Findlay, who married theyoungest daughter of the late Judge RichardGrason, of Towson, paid a visit to relativeshere this week. He is now physician to alarge lumber company in West Virginia.

—Mr. Leander Foreman, of Govanstown,was one of the representatives from Mary-land in the convention of the National Leagueof Republican Clubs which was held in Chica-go, on Thursday andFriday of this week.

—Rev. Alfred Ballhorn, the new pastor ofSt. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Perry Hall,paid his respects to The Union a few days ago.Before coming to Baltimore county he waspastor of St. Paul’s Church, Scranton, Pa.

—Col. Robert Hough, who is serving in thatcapacity at Beiair this week, will start thehorses in the races at the York fair next week.He is among the very best starting judges inthe country and evidently his fame is spread-ing.

—Mr. Joshua M. Matthews, an aged andwell known bachelor farmer of the 10th dis-trict, who has been in failing health for sometime, is just now very ill. He is the onlybrother of Col. D. M. Matthews, of Dulany’sValley.

—Mr. Henry Miller, Sr., an aged and high-ly esteemed truck farmer on the old Har-ford road, near Parkville, who had been verysick for some time and confined to his home,is again able to be out. Dr. L. I. Wbiteford ishis physician.

—Congressman A. A. Blakeney has had hisname transferred from the registration booksof the 11th district ofBaltimore county to the6th district of Howard county. He is nowmanager of the cotton duck mill at Savage,where he lives.

—Mr. Howard Shelley, a young member ofthe bar who located some time ago in Seattle,State of Washington, is now visiting his for-mer home on My Lady’s Manor. He is a sonof Mr. George E. Shelley,a well known farmerof that section of the county.

—Mr. S. Edgar Cockey and family, whohave been occupying the property of Mrs. J.C. Cooper, in Towson, for nearly two years,will remove about the first of November tothe large stone house of Mr. Thomas W. Offutt,on the east side of York road, near South ave-nue, Towson.

—Mr. William H. Lawrence, a young mem-ber of the bar, who has heretofore been a resi-dent of the eastern section of Baltimore, haswith his parents in a handsome new house onthe northwest corner of Baltimore and Clintonstreets, 12th district.

—Capt. William H. Cassell, who early thisweek closed his thirty-fifth year as superin-tendent of Druid Hill Park, has since beenstricken with sudden illness and his familyand friends are much concerned about him.He is about 75 years of age and has alwaysbeen a strong and rugged man.

—Mr. William Slaae, a retired farmer of the10th district, celebrated his 80th birthday onTuesday at the home of his grandson, Dr.William H. Pearce, North Charlesstreet, Bal-timore. Mrs. Slade, who is one year her hus-band’s junior, was also present. They havebeen married nearly fifty-seven years.

—Hon. JohnK. Cowen, who has been trav-eling abroad for some months for the benefitof his health, has been entirely restored andwill return to his home in Baltimore sometime next month. Mr. Cowen is one of tbelargest land-owners in Baltimore county, hisestate being located in lower Long GreenValley.

—Dr. Josias T. Payne, who practiced medi-cine here about thirty-five years ago, wasamong the visitors to Towson on Wednesday.He practiced his profession many years inHarford county after leaving here, and is nowlocated with his son, Dr. T. Ross Payne, atCorbett, N. C. R. R. Dr. Payne is a nephewof the late Judge Benjamin N. Payne, ofTowson.

—Mr. John Reid, who has been florist andgardener for Mr. Henry Walters, on his Wood-bourne avenue estate for many years, and whohas suffered from heart disease for a long time,has been in an extremely critical conditionthis week and all hope for his recovery hasbeen abandoned. Heis a son of the late PeterReid, who was for a long time gardener atHampton, and his wife is a daughter of Mr.Joseph S. Bowen, of Towson.

—Mr. C. 8. Davis, who had been managerof Warren Cotton Duck Mill for several years,and who resigned the position some time ago,removed his family to Roland Park on Wed-nesday. Before leaving Warren Mr. Daviswas presented by his friends with a handsomesilver pitcher, while Mrs. Davis received a silkumbrella from the Ladies’ Aid Society of theM. E. Church, and Miss Davis a music cabinetfrom the Sunday school of the same church.

—Baltimore county was well represented atthe Belair fair this week. Among those seenon the grounds on Thursday were Hon. J.Fred. C. Talbott and Mr. Wm. Tyler Page,candidates for the House of Representatives,and Dr. A. S. Baldwin, N. Bosley Merryman,Alexander McCormick, Prof. A. 8. Cook,Charles E. Fendall, Frederick von KapfF, JohnArthur, Elmer J. Cook, Dr. FrankR. Rich, Dr.A. C. McCurdy, Col. D. G. Mclntosh, WilliamB. Cockey, James L. Norwood, Wm. B. Mer-ryman, Robert M. Taylor, Thomas G. Steven-son, T. C. Linzey, Alexander Carr and CharlesChapman.

Says Stone Must Not be Removed.—This week Mr. Harrison Rider notified theCounty Commissionersthat they would not bepermitted to remove any stone from Shaft No.8, on Baltimore city’s conduit, which is locatedon the Hillen farm, 9th district. Mr. Riderrecently acquired this property and he foundthe stone on it. The Commissioners sometime since bought the stone from Messrs.Ensor and Douglass, upon an understanding,it is alleged, that they had a certain limitedperiod within which to remove it. Mr. Riderappears to take the position that the stone ison his land, which ne bought without noticeof it, and that no one has any right toremoveit therefrom without his consent, and this hehas declined to give so far. Should his posi-tion be well taken the Commissioners will, inall probability, be out of pocket in their effortto economize on the purchase of stone in the9th district, as they depended, in a measure,on this to supply them. Mr. Rider, however,seemed willing to settle the matter so as to ac-commodate the Board as far as possible.

Auditing Camp-Meeting Accounts.—Messrs. Wm. Gisriel, W. B. Hammond, Wm.L. Beyer, Carl Erdman, H. D. Shriver, C. H.Stallman, William Lowe and J. W. Gore, com-posing the board of control of Summit GroveCamp-Meeting Association, met on Saturdaylast to audit the accounts. President WilliamGisriel reported that the camp last summerwas one of the most successful, spiritually andfinancially, yet held, the number of conver-sions being 47 and the balance of money inhand $1,200. The treasurer reported a suffi-cient amount on hand to pay off the entirebonded indebtedness of SIO,OOO. The bondswere issued twenty years ago to erect cottages,tabernacle, store, hotel and other buildings,fences, etc. The election of officers will takeplace in January, when, it is expected, thepresent officers will be re-elected.

Circuit Court.—Baltimore High-GradeBrick Company vs. Frank CX Singer; bill dis-missed. First National Bank of Westminstervs. William G. Bowen. $181.05. Kate Tuttlevs William G.Bowen ; demurrer to declarationoverruled.. Martha Elliott Smith, by her hus-band and next friend. Dr. R. Percy Smith, vs.John E. Guthrie; verdict for the defendant.Martha Elliott Smith, etc., vs. John E. Guth-

-1 rie; motion for new trial overruled. John E.Guthrie vs. Martha E. Smith; removed to theCircuit Court for Harford county. John C.Sunderland vs. Otto M. Mattfeldt, $517.92.

Plaintiff Must Pay the Costß.—JudgeFowler and a jury were engaged the greaterpart of Wednesday in the trial of the replevincase of Mrs. Martha E Smith, by her husband,Dr. R. Percy Smith, against John E. Guthrie.Mrs. Smith rented a farm near Jacksonville,10th district, from Mr. Guthrie and stocked itwith a view to conducting tbe dairy business.Mr. Guthrie was employed to tend the cowsand ship the milk to market. When Mrs.Smith decided to give up the place a differencearose overt he questi* of security for rent, andMr. Guthrie, it is said, seized a horse, whichwas afterward recovered by replevin. Thepresent action was brought, it is alleged, to de-termine who shall pay the costs in the replevinproceedings, some §4O or SSO. The jury ren-dered a verdict for the defendant, which fixesthe costs in the case upon the plaintiff. Mr.Z. Howard Isaac was counsel for the plaintiffand Messrs. Grason & Bacon for the defendant.

For the Extension of Park HeightsAvenue.—On Wednesday the County Com-missioners opened bids for the extension ofPark Heights avenue from its present terminusin the 3d district to Worthington Valley, 4thdistrict. There were in all six bids. Of thesetwo were rejected on account of failing to spec-ify as clearly as was demanded by EngineerCrosby the details of the bids. The rejectedbids were those ofFrank K. Augins and PhilipConnell. The other four bids were made byGeorge F. Nardin, J. M. Ketchum, Thomas J.Hardin and George Utterbaugh. Thecontractwas awarded to Thomas J. Hardin, whose bidwas as follows: Excavating, 26cents per cubicyard; dry masonry, $3.50 per cubic yard;cement masonry, $5.25 per cubic yard; 12-inchpipe, 50 cents per lineal foot; 15-inch pipe, 75cents per foot; 18-incb, $1.25 per foot; lumberat $36 per 1,000 feet.

Says Brick Company is Bankrupt.—Reahl Brothers, the Washington HydraulicPress Brick Company, Martin L. McCormickand Scbloss ifcSteinacker. by attorneys FrancisI. Mooney and John J. Hurst, filed a petitionin the United States Court against the ArthurB. Nitsch Brick Company, of Lansdowne, Bal-timore county, asking that the defendant com-pany be declared bankrupt. The plaintiffsare creditors of the defendant company to theaggregate extent of$873.54, and allege that thecompany has committed an act of bankruptcyby consenting to receivership in the BaltimoreCounty Court and also by illegal preferences,etc.—Baltimore American.

Stable and Carriage House Burned.—Between 12 and 1o’clock on Saturday morninglast fire broke out in the stable and carriagehouse on the property of Mr. Henry Pheil, onWoodhome avenue, near Pikesville, and thebuilding, with its entire contents, includingtwo driving horses, was destroyed. The Pikes-ville Fire Company responded promptly to thealarm, but reached the scene too late to be ofany service. Mr. Robert Fusselbaugh, whorents the property and who owned the con-tents ofthe building, estimates the loss at about$1,500, which is partiallycovered by insurance.The fire is believed to have been caused by de-fective electric light wires.

Railroad Improvements at Cockeys-ville.—The Pennsylvania Railroad Companyhas prepared plans for the erection of a pas-senger shelter and freightshed at Cockeysville.The shelter is to be of frame and 50 by 14 feetin dimensions. The freightshed will be 20 by40 feet, with an eight-foot platform on eitherside. Both structures will be constructed onbrick piers and have slate roofs. The freightshed will be on one side of the Y and the pas-senger shelter is to be diagonally across fromthe station at Cockeysville.

House Burned.—On Tuesday afternoonlast a frame house at Cub Hill, Harford road,owned by M rs. Dobson and occupied by Mrs.Thomas Swaner, was burned to the ground.The damage was caused by using coal oil tostart the kitchen fire.

Bishop Paret’s Visits.—Rt. Rev. WilliamParet, Bishop of the Diocese of Maryland,will visit St. Luke’s Chapel, Harrisonviile,Sunday, October 12th, at 10.30 a. m., and St.-John’s Church, Western Run, the same day at3.30 p. m. Seats free.

—The Winston Tennis Club, of Govans-town, which was organized last spring, andwhich hada successful season, has disbandedfor the year.

—A class of 17 boys and girls was con-firmed at SalemEvangelical Lutheran Church,Catonsville, on Sundav morning last by thepastor, Rev. M. L. Enders.

—*The ladies of Waugh M. E. Church willhold an oyster supper at Greenwood, 11th dis-trict, on Saturday evening, October 11th, towhich the public is invited.

—►A foot-ball team has been organized atGovanstown, the average weight of the mem-bers being 135 pounds. They would like tohear from others of the same weight.—little daughter of Mr. Joseph Corbin,

of Warren, Bth district, fell a few days ago andbroke her collar-bone. Dr. W. C. Ensor ren-dered the necessary surgical attention.

—pA picnic will be held in the grove ad-joining Mays’ Chapel, Chestnut Ridge, Satur-day, October 4th, to which all are invited. Re-freshments will bejold on the ground.Joseph Caution, Isaac Eitcitt and John W.Houres are named as the incorporators ofIsaiah (colored) Baptist Church at Monkton.

—►The Pen-Mar excursion season endedlast Sunday. Mr. F. M. Howell, the excursionagent of the Western Maryland, says it wasthe most successful in the history of that re-sort.

—►The big dredging plant in operation atLoch Raven has already removed 163,000 cubicyards of mud and sand from the.bed of thelake at a cost of about 7 cts. a yard. The CityWater Board owns the plant and is doing thework.

Posters That Deface Scenery.Baltimore Sun.

At its last session the Prussian Landtag passeda law with respect to advertisements that de-face fine scenery, thus setting an examplewhich other Legislatures may think it well tofollow. The law is simple and elastic, leavingmuch discretion to local authorities and notobliging any community to rise above its actualtastes. ‘•With the object,” says the statute,“of preventing the disfigurement of places re-markable for their natural beauty, the policeauthorities are empowered to prohibit outsideof towns such advertising boards or notices orpictorial devices as disfigure the landscape bymeansofpolice regulations issued in accordancewith the law of July 30th, 1883. Such regula-tions mav apply to particular areas or spots.”Town authorities already had power to abatenuisances of the kind had in view, but ruraldistricts may now be rescued from the evil ofhuge advertising posters stuck up or painted onobjects upon which the eye would like to rest.

The law interferes with no general usage inmatters of business. It makes no invidiousdistinctions. The sole criterion is disfiguringeffect. Thereis one and the samerule for thebig letters on the wall ofa bnilding which an-nounces that it is Messrs. So & Bo’s manufac-tory and for the multitudinous puffs whichthesame firm sets up along all the highways oftravel. People who travel for pleasure andrecreation are recognized as havingrights whichare by the statute given a legal basis. The in-terest of the general mass of the peopleresidingin a region frequented by tourists and profitingby their presence is also duly recognized. Thedestruction by a selfish individual for his pri-vate gain ofan asset of the whole communityis prevented. “We of the Rhine districts,”said Herr Spiritus in the debate, "see manyhundreds of thousands coming everysummerfrom far and near to seek on the sunnyheights,wooded hills and shady valleys rest and delight.All return strengthened and entranced. * *

It is the same elsewhere. I trust that the con-viction will grow that it is the sacred duty ofour generation, especially of our public men,to preserve for posterity these beautiful tractsof the Fatherland."

A former Baltimore minister, Rev. Dr.Richard Harcourt, now pastor of the People’sMethodist Church in Reading, Pa., suggests asummary way of ending the coal strike. Ina newspaper interview on Tuesday he is re-ported to have said : "Something desperatewill have to be done. Why not hang a fewcoal barons? That would settle things.When I lived in Californiaand we had similartrouble, a vigilance committee was organizedand those who made trouble were strung up tolamp-posts. Some members of my churchwere on the committee.”

Many farmers in Talbot county are sus-taining heavy losses from the prevalence ofhog cholera. One man who had 250, weighingfrom 150 to 200 pounds each, lost 90 within a

week. The hogs were in afield through whichruns a stream of pure water. All efforts tocheck the spread of the disease have so farfailed.

The people of this country have a goodmany things to be thankful for even if thereis a coal strike on. The National Salt Com-pany, known as the "Salt Trust,” with head-quarters in New Jersey, has failed and re-ceivers were appointed for it on Tuesday. Itowes over $1,000,000.

The boys in some of the schools in themining towns in Pennsylvania went on strikethis week because the teachers refused to turnout thechildren ofnon-union miners. Thingsare coming toa pretty pass, indeed, when suchaffairs as this occur in free America.

Hard coal sold in New York city this weekat 75 cents per bushel, which is at the rate of$25 per ton. Dealers are supplying only quar-

ter ton lots to their customers, even at thesefigures.

American agricultural machinery is at-tracting increased attention in Europe. It isso far ahead in its field that the rest is simplynowhere.

PropertyTransfersinßaltimoreCounty.—Deeds, Leases. Mortgages. Bills of Sale, etc.,received forrecord inthe office of the Clerk oxthe Circuit Court for Baltimore county:

deeds.John Rumpf, executor, to JohnRumpfand Julia

Evans.John Rumpfand Julia Evans, deedof partition.Henry Kapp and wife to Samuel B. Bruster.Augustine de H. Sappington, administrator, to

Martha S. Townsend.James Sanders and wife to Rev. J.W ynne Jones.CantonCompany to Charles Huether.Roland Park Co. to E. H. and Mary E. Sanford.M. 8. Kunkel and wife to C. H. Kunkel et al.H. C. Rehmeyer and Maria Kunkel, executors,

to George T. Hampshire.R. W. Marchant. Jr., and wife to Roland Park Co.G. W. Curtis etal. to Henry J. Kraft and wife.S. R. Tregallasand wife to Margaret S. Dempster.George A. Davis et al. to Priscilla B. Morton.John S.Lurman to Sallie I. Price.Roland Park Co. toAggie T. Wingfield.A. F. Black to Oscar C. and Jacob S. Parr.CharlesAndrews and wife to C. W. Dorsey etal.,

trustees.William H. Johnson to Mary I. Johnson.Elizabeth Price et al. to J.Albert Price.G. H. Haycock and wife to R. C. Sehwanebeck

and wife.P. E. Tome, attorney, to Jacob Tome Institute.Jacob Weinbrenner and wife to Adam Wein-

brennerand wife.John Marx and wife to F. J. Weidnerand wife.E. V. Parks and wife to Burk B. Buckman.MelchoirBrown and wife to A. L. Curtis and wf.United Real Estate Co. to Fritz von Kriegsheim.John G. Rettiger to Henry Rettiger.H. B. Alder and wife and John F. O’Hara to

Dr. Josiah T. Payne and wife.Albinus Schuckand wife to John Darflerand wf.A. D. Linton and husband to F. P. Harrison.Robert T. Paine, Jr„ to Martin W. Fitzmaurice.Mary J.Rentz to C. W. Hall and wife.Bellese Davis et al. to J. L. Ilgenfritz et al.The Mikra Kadosh to the Tifereth Israel Lodge,

No. 50,1.0. A. I.Catharine Necker to Edward Waldman.Elizabeth Leaverton to Anne L. Roberts.Belleview Land Co. to F. D. Wagnerand wife.

MORTOAOES.Charles Pfeil and wife to Elm L. & S.A., SOOO.Charles Huetherand wife to German-American

Fire Insurance Co., $5,500.Sallie I. Price to John S. Lurman, $1,700.Lewis Reeser and wife to L. A. Poehlmann, $750,O. and wifeetal. to Lucretia C. Manning,Henry Rettiger to John G. Rettiger, S6OO.Eliza G. Blake et al. to Walter A. Gebhart. S4OO.Dr. J. T. Payne and wife to JohnV. Slade, SI,OOO.Catherine B. Drydeu to Mechanics’ Lexington

P. B. & L. A., S6OO.Minnie Scbaub and husband to Sycamore P. B.

& S. S., S6OO.Annie L. Roberts to Highland P. B. A., $416.Edward Waldman to H. G. Herr, $;j,000.John M. Bone and wife to Elizabeth A. Warfield,

$1,200.RELEASE OF MORTOAOES.

CantonP. B. A. to Mordecai Shafferand wife.CantonP.B.A.toffm. J, Jones and wife.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES.Towson M. E. Church—How John R. Edwards,

Pastor.—Autumn Hally, Supday, October sth.Following is the program: 9a. m„ love feast;10 A. m., Sunday school: 11 a. m., preaching byRev. W. S. Edwards, D. D., of Baltimore; 2.30 p.m.. Junior Epworth League; 3.30 p. m., preach-ing by Rev. J. L. Walsh, of Waverly; 7.30 p. m.,filatform service, address by Mr. Edgar D. Free-and, of Ellicott City. Service each evening next

week, at 7.30 o’clock.Hereford Circuit, il. E. Church.—Sunday. Octo-

ber sth: Jessop, 11 a. m. and 7.30 p. m„ Bosley,3 P. M., Rev. C. T. Weede; Epworth, 7.30 P. M..Rev. R. F. Caples; Hereford, 10.30 A. m., FallsRoad, 3 p. m„ Mt. Carmel, 7.30 p. m., Rev. It. G.Koontz; preaching at Jessop every night nextweek except Saturday.'

Great Falls Circuit , M. E. Church.—Sunday, Oo-tobersth: Orem’s, 10.30 a. m., Gatch’s, 3 p. m..Rev. F. R. Isaac; Camp Chapel, 10.30 A. m.. Lore-ley, 3.30 p. m., Rev. J. H. Jeffries. Special ser-vices at Hiss’ and Ebenezer every evening nextweek.

Monkton Circuit, M. E. Church.—Sunday, Octo-ber sth: Wesley Chapel, (in the new church,)11 A. m., Clynmalira, 7.30 p. m.. Rev. J. T. Marsh:Monkton, 11a. m., Corbett, 3 p. m., Phoenix, 7.30p. m„ Rev. L. W. Gosnell.

Taylor's Circuit. M. E. Church South.—Rev. J.B. Henry,pastor. Preaching atAndrew Chapel,Gardenviile, every first and third Sunday, at 11A. m.; Perry Hall, every third and fourth Sun-day, at 11 a. m.; Taylor’s Chapel, Hillen road, *every Sunday, at 3 p. m.

St. Michael's German Evang. Lutheran Church,

Perry Hall.—Preaching every Sunday morning,at 10.15 o’clock, by the pastor. Rev. Alfred Ball-horn. Sunday school at 9.00 a. m.

St. John's P. E. Church, Western Run.—Rev. R.Heber Murphy, rector. Services 2d and 4thSundays of each month,at 11 a. m. Missions—St. Luke’s, Harrisonviile, Ist and 3d Sundays,at11 a. m. ; Freeland Station.sth Sunday, at 11a.m.

Govanstown M. E. Church.—Preaching everySundayat 11 a. m. by the pastor. Rev. J. B. Stitt.

Forth Point Station, it. E. Church South, N.Point Road.— Services every Sunday at 11 A. M.and 8 p. m. ; Sunday school, 9.45 A. m., C. M.Snyder.superintendentsenior department; MissMollie K. Rogers, superintendent infantdepart-ment. Prayer-meeting Thursday, BP. m. Rev.Will E. Henry,pastor.

Hamilton Presbyterian Church, Harford Road.—Rev. I. C. Yeakel, pastor. Sunday school at 2.30p. m.; song service and preaching at 7.45 p. M.

Church of the Holy Comforter, Roseville— Ser-vices third Sunday in each month at 4 o’clockp. m. Rev. W. B. McPherson, rector.

Fairview M. E. Church South, Sunnybrook.—Preaching every Sunday at 3 p. M.; Sundayschool 2.15 p.M ; prayer meeting every Thursday,Bp. m. Rev. J. It. Jacobs, pastor.

Mt. nashington M. E. Church.—PreachingeverySunday at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Rev. W A.Koontz, pastor.

Patapsco M. E. Church. North Point Road—Ser-vices every Sunday at 11 A. M. and Bp. m. Rev.E. C. Gallaher.pastor.

Jones Memorial M. P. Church, Phila.Road.—Sun-day school, 2.30 p. m.; preaching every Sunday,8p.m. Rev. William S. Sims,pastor.—Services af10.30 a. m. (In English the secondSundav ofevery month.) Rev. K arl Buff.pastor.

St. Matthew's Gtrman Lutheran Church, Home-stead.— Service at 2.30 p. m. (In English the sec-ond Sunday of every month.) Rev. Karl Buff,pastor.

The National Encampment of the GrandArmy of the Republic will be held in Wash-ington next week and arrangements for it arenow complete. The big parade, which will bea feature of the encampment, a. ill take placeon Wednesday, OctoberBth, moving promptlyat 10 a. m.

August had five Sundays in 1896 and alsofive in 1902. A New York paper has beencounting up its want advertising and finds thatin 1896 the “help wanted” embraced 1,900 ad-vertisements, while this year they numbered6,365. The figures are a good prosperitybarometer.

In Calvert county the School Boardf hasordered air-tight stoves for all the schools ofthat county and will dispense entirely withthe use of coal for heating purposes. Woodwill also be used in the public offices in thatcounty.

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Reduced Rates to Cleveland, Ohio.On account of the General Missionary Conven-

tion ofthe Methodist EpiscopalChurch, at Cleve-land, Ohio, October 21 to 24. the PennsylvaniaRailroad Company will sell excursion tickets toCleveland, October 20 and 21, good to return,leaving Cleveland until October 27, inclusive,from all stations on Itslines, at reduced rates.

DEATHS.—Tributes, Ac.. lO Cents Per Line.—

BENSON.—At her daughter’s residence, QuakerCity, Ohio, on September 28th, Elizabeth E.Benson.

PETERSON.—At the residence of his son-in-law, Milton Mitchell. Tuxedo Park, Baltimorecounty, Md., September 30, William B. Peter-son, in his 68th year.

Prospect hill cemetery, tow-son, MI).— Incorporated IH9I.—BEAU-

TIFULLY SITUATED. COMMANDING FINEVIEWS OF STJKROCNDING COUNTRY;HIGH AND DRY: CHOICE LOCATIONS;LOTS ALL SIZES. Address the SECRETARYOF THE COMPANY. Towson. Md.

VfOTICE or VACANCIES FILLED

JUDGES AND CLERKS OF ELECTIONS.

Office Boakd Supervisors of Elections |of Baltimore County, V

Towson. Md., September 25th, 1902. 1By virtue of the provisions of Article 33, Seo-

tions 7 and 10, Chapter202, of theActs of the Gen-eral Assembly of Maryland, passed at its Janua-ry Session, 1896, notice is hereby given that theBoard of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimorecounty have appointed the following named per-sons as JUDGES AND CLERKS OF ELEC-TIONS, to fill vacancies in the following Elec-tion Districts and Precincts;

Third District.Third Precinct—Clerk—WilliamT. Cox, Dem-

ocrat. Pikesville, vice William F. Coghlan, de-clined. _Fifth District.

Clerk—Harry S. Morfoot. Democrat, Trenton,vice Lewis Edward Fowble, excused.

Eighth District.FirstPrecinct—Clerk—Uriah G. Miller,Repub-

lican, Ashland, vice Charles V. Miller, removedfrom district.

ninth District.Third Precinct—Judge—William B. Johnson,

Republican, . vice Jacob Seidel, declined.Fourth Precinct—Clerk—Charles C. Murray,

Republican, Towson, vice George E. Wright,excused.

Sixth Precinct—Judge Democrat,

Tenth District.Second Precinct—Clerk—Jacob Reuter. Demo-

crat. Jacksonville, vice R. Percy Smith,removedto city.

Eleventh District.Second Precinct—Clerk—Henry Walter, Dem-

ocrat, Perry Hall, vice Joseph P. Necker, re-moved from district.

Twelfth District.Fourth Precinct—Clerk—Ford Miller, Demo-

crat. , vice Wm. Asbury Hawkins, removedfrom precinct.

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Fifth Precinct—Clerks—John W. Ritter. Dem-ocrat, , vice J. Scott Martell,removed fromprecinct; Ctaas. T. O’Connor, Republican, ,

vice Frank F. Foulke, removed from precinct.Thirteenth District.

Second Precinct—Clerk—T. Jones, Republican,

Third Precinct—Clerk—John D. Schriber, Re-publican, , vice Wm. H. Armstrong.

Fifteenth District.Second Precinct—Judge—Joseph H.Volz, Re-

publican.Rossville.vice John H. Gross,declined.Clerks—William H. Haut, Democrat, Rossyille,vice William H. Chapman, declined; Frank F.Foulke. Republican. Rossville, vice Joseph H.Volz, appointed judge.

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Fourth Precinct—Clerk—William Bearry, Re-publican, Sparrow’s Point, vice Chas. T. O Con-nor, removed from district. ~ .

WILLIAM A. SLADE, President,CHARLES H. WISE,GEORGE E. LYNCH.

Board of Supervisors of Electionsof Baltimore county.

THOMAS J. HUNTER. Clerk.Sept. 27.—3t.