The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-05-05

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Tuesday, May 30 by Thomas A. whelan, attor--
ney, lot and Improvements in the village of
Oxford, York road.
Henry G. Melting has been appointed
constable for the LIST district for two years.
AIR Robert Gordon, of TOwSOntOwn, lost
two-year-old child on Monday, from pneu-
monia.
There was another sharp frost on Thurs
day morning but no apparent damage was done
to the fruit buds.
1.-The Governor has appointed Mr.. George
s. Keiffer, Justice of the peace for the 18th dis
trict, vice Henry Duering, resigned.
"a branch of the Woman's c. T: Union
was organized at Camp Chapel on Sunday last
by Mrs. Martin, State organizer.
County Treasurer Morgan will be pre-
pared to receive taxes on the levy of 1888 on
and after Saturday, May 9Th.
MIR. Edward Rider has filed objections
with the Commissioners to the ratification of
the report of the examiners on Boyce avenue.
Joseph Shafer, aged IL years. employed
by Mr.. Chas Wiedey, of Mt. Washington died
very suddenly from heart disease ON Wednesday
afternoon.
The petit jury for the March term of the
Circuit Court was finally discharged on Tuesday.
The May term of Court commences on the third
Monday of the month.
The weather tried itself Sunday and gave
us a foretaste of what we may expect later on.
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registered 81 degrees and at P. NJ, SO.
John Thomas Fowble ofthe 9Th district,
who was declared a lunatic short time ago, Is
a son of Mr.. Richard FOwble and not of Mr..
MelchOr Fowble, as enormously stated.
1.-Two more people were bitten by TowsOn-
town dogs the past week. In town in another
county in this State man was recently indicted
for keeping vicious dog on his premises.
William Green, colored, who was badly
injured in Harris's quarry, Falls road, short
Of n ifn
fridge, has sued Mr. Harris for $40, 900 damages.
"a little daughter of Mr.. Geo. V. Bowen,
who lives near the head of Charles street ave
nue., had one of her hands badly lacerated few
days ago while playing with an old cutting-box
There was big rush in the County Clerks
office the early part of the past week, caused by
those who came to take out their licenses. On
Monday the receipts amounted to upwards OF
1900.
1.-The first registration for 1888 will take
place ON the 18th and 10Th of May. The other
sittings will be in September and October. The
notice is published in our advertising columns
to-day.
sRev. E. w Scott praper, The Darn, pub
lished in the interest of the colored people, is
meeting with merited success. Its circulation
is constantly increasing and its general business
is prosperous.
IA youth named Henry Buck, living at
Hampden, while attempting to board freight
train at Lake Roland few days ago, fell and
mao one Oh Ills ndIuS 50 Uduly cut IL
to be amputated.
Mr.. Wesley S. Perine, who was a few
weeks ago appointed manager OF the late Mr..
\. S. Abell's WOodbourne avenue farm near
Govanstown, moved his family from Towson-
town ON Monday.
> Mr. John Ridgely of Hampton, sold this
week his Jay Gould brood mare to Mr.. Richard
II. Peasants. He also sold promising three
year-old colt, sired by James Hoyt to Mr.. Hoff-
man, of Baltimore
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ficer in the person of DR.. Harry S. Jarrett.
There is work for him to do Immediately in
having the town thoroughly cleaned up before
the warm weather sets in.
1.-THE Postoffice Department has changed
the mail route from Baltimore to Greenwood
as follows, to take effect May 18th: Curtail SER
vice to end at Cub Hill, emitting Greenwood,
decreasing distance three miles.
Mrs. Margaretta Sauerwald, who had
lived on the Frederick road for the past twenty
five years, died on Tuesday in the 92d year of
her age. She leaves four children, twenty-one
grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Mrs. Catharine Erdman has sued the
BALTIC. & Jerusalem Turnpike Company for S.
600 damages for the non-payment Of the bonds
and cupons of the company inherited by her
under the will of the late Adam G. Erdman.
9TOwsontown is just now putting on its
spring suit, the leaves on the maple trees hav-
ing come out rapidly the last few days. Fruit
trees are in full bloom, the grass is rich green
ana altogether Tue IOMI Is pTtlllCSG.
IA well known citizen of the upper end of
the 10th district has been a resident of Balti-
more county for upwards of eighteen years and
during that time he has paid in taxes, &C., over
81 200, yet he has never been summoned on
jury.
- At the last meeting of the Hartford Coun-
ty Historical Society Rev. E. A. Colburn read
an interesting and instructive paper ON the
origin and survey of Mason and Dixon's line
and of the condition ofthe different stones that
mark it.
THE road skirting the west side of Loeb
Raven is now in good condition and many
pleasure-drivers are availing themselves of its
smooth and level surface. 1t is four-mile
stretch that is very beautiful at this season of
the year.
1.-The new club house of the Baltimore
Cricket Club, located at Mount Washington,
was formally opened on Tuesday afternoon
with banquet and house-warming 1t is a
very pretty building and is provided with every
convenience.
"a benefit is being gotten up, to take place
at Ford's Opera House, Baltimore, for the Con-
federate Soldiers Home at Pikesville. 1t is ex-
pected that large sum will be realized. The
work of renovating the Arsenal building has
been commenced.
sontown, who has been manager of the great
Ryan farms at Kennedy, Mimi, for several
years lately purchased fifty brood mares and
two thoroughbred Clydesdale stations for
breeding purposes:
> Messrs. J. w. Lee & Son, of this town,
whose store house was burned on the 18th of
March, expect to have their new building ready
for occupancy by the middle of August next.
1t will be larger than the old one and will have
a number of Improvements.
"a special levy of 10 cents on the 500 for
the improvement of the public roads in the LIST
district having been provided for by act of the
last LEGISLATURE the road commissioners ofthat
district are making arrangements to macada-
mize the principal roads, commencing at Ca
louisville.
The Seaboard Storage and Ice Company
has been incorporated in Baltimore with cap
ital stock of 100000 Among the incorpOra
tors are Messrs. William ]. Hooper, James E.
Hooper, Theodore Hooper, Alcaeus Hooper,
Willard ]. Black and T. A. Hooper, all of Bal
timOre county.
"A fire in Chew's woods, on the CromwelPs
bridge road, last Sunday afternoon, burned
over several acres ofground and destroyed about
forty pannels of post fence. How it originated
no one can tell. A number of people gathered
and beat the fire out before it had time to gain
much Roadway.
deputy Sheriff James V. Whiteford, of
Hartford county, died at his residence, Upper
Cross Roads, on Tuesday morning last. De
ceased was a brother of the late DR.. Charles X.
Whiteford, resident physician at the Baltimore
county almshouse, and was well known here.
He leaves family.
1.-The Democratic convention In Towson-
town on Monday last was very quiet and or
derby affair compared with some we have seen
here. 1t was so decidedly one-sided that little
interest was taken in its proceedings and the
work of the delegates was soon completed and
they left for their homes.
1.-THE readers of THE UNION will doubtless
be pleased to see on the first page of to-day's
issue an excellent picture of Mr.. Thomas r.
Green, member of the Legislature from Caro-
line county and the only member of the House
who voted with the Baltimore county delega-
ton against the city extension bill.