The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-05-26


to ride in when the mercury is about &c. but
when it goes down to near 40 as it did last Sat
urday and Sunday, then it is altogether an
other matter. But the woman in the shirt
waist never finches and she'd stick to it If it
dropped to 30.
- DR.. George w. Truitt, of Roland Park,
who is a member of the House of Delegates
from this county, has been appointed chief
clerk to the State Insurance Commissioner,
position that pays salary OF $1,000 year.
He held the same place under two previous
Commissioners.
- Mr.. William A. Lee received another
car load of 1920 bushels of oats from Chicago
this week 1t came to Lutherville and was
hauled from there in wagons. When the BALTIC.
a Lehigh is broad gagged these consignments
can come around by Baltimore and the cars
run up to Towson.
There are 8l4 voters in the second pre-
cinct of the 9th district, which is to be divided
into two precincts as required by an act Of the
last Legislature. After division it is estimated
that there will be about 450 voters in the second,
or Roland Park precinct. and 1854 in the fifth,
or Mt. Washington precinct.
ut is likely the County Commissioners,
upon the recommendation Of Superintendent
Knox and several citizens, will order the e.
tablishing Of two additional fre-alarm boxes
One at Raspeburg, Belair road and the other
at the corner ofFranklin and Radecke avenues.
The cost will be about $500.
>Tbe Green Spring Valley Hunt Club
won the first prize in the fox hound contest at
the Baltimore Horse Show last Saturday after
noon, the Overland Hunt Club getting second
place. The Elkridge Hunt won flrst place IN
the hunters jumping contest, with the Green
Spring Valley Hunt second.
MIR. William B. Crowther, president OF
the United Milk Producers Association, has
not reduced the price OF milk, but has made
them uniform to all, according to the grade OF
the article in butter fat, that testing the high
est selling the highest. He also says that the
new prices are permanent ones.
- An attempt was made on Thursday last last
w. Dunning on the York road, south OF
Woodbourne avenue in Govanstown, by plac-
ing lot of shavings under the building and
then igniting them. Fortunately it was dis
covered in time to prevent confiagratlon.
lin High School, Reisterstown, will take place
Friday, June 22d. Prof. Albert s. Cook, prin.
cipal of the school, will assume the duties
of county school examiner on the LIST of July.
There are several county teachers who are
DESTROYS Of succeeding Prof. Cook at Reisters-
town.
-Gaithers City and Suburban Express
Company, now running electric express cars
between Towson and Ellicott City. was incor-
porated on Wednesday, with capital stock OF
$4,000. Those named as incorporatOrs are
Messrs. James /. Gather, E. L. Bartlett, VIM.
L. Marbury, VIM. A. House and Milton w.
Ofiutt.
-All thesuburban roads and avenues were
lively with city people last Sunday and there
was more driving than we have noticed before
in long time. This is, after all, the most
popular form OF taking an airing and there is
nothing more charming and diyerting than a
drive through sections of this beautiful county
at the present time of the year.
->The will of James Sloan, Jr., president
of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank
of Baltimore, was admitted to probate in the
Orphans Court at Towson on Wednesday
He leaves large estate, all Of which is be-
queathed to his widow and children. The
summer house of the Soans is in the eastern
end of Green Spring Valley.
- Democratic Congressional primaries will
be held in Baltimare next Thursday, 3lst inst
Hon. T. Fred. G. Talbot, of this county, has
established headquarters at Hotel Northamp-
ton, corner of Charles street and North ave-
nues, and is personally directing his own cam
paign in the four wards that comprise part OF
the Second Congressional district.
- At the Riverton shooting grounds, Phil
adelphia, on the 18th inst, Mr.. Harry I.
Quicker, one of Baltimore county's expert am
ateur marksmen, won the trophy called the
Presidents Cup. He killed 81 out of SO birds
from the 29-yard mark, knocking down 4S
straight The trophy is cut-glass silver
braced punch bowl, with dozen glasses.
Parkton Circuit, will hold young peoples
meeting every Tuesday evening in New Market
M. e. Church. For the evening of May 29th
the principal feature will be original essays
one by Miss Ethel NJ. Day, entitled 1.-The Life
of Noses" and another by Miss Edith Heiss,
entitled daniel from Captive to Power
Everybody will be welcome.
-SThe improvements to the house lately
purchased by the family of Mr.. Jacob Fl. Tay.
ior, adjoining Trinity Church, Towson, are go
ing forward rapidly and it will soon be ready
for occupancy. Ten or eleven rooms have
been added and wide porches extend almost
entirely around the building. Mr.. Daniel
Harding, the contractor, has had twenty five
uuasa at wnrh. nm the building.
day disappointed hundreua OF people who
wanted to attend the horse show at The Ken.
nels, Charles street avenue, that day. Admiral
Dewey and bis wife were there, according tc
promise, but the attendance was comparative
1y small on account of the cold rain that pre-
vailed the greater part of the day. Upon the
whole the show was great success.
1.-THE members of the Junior Gunpowdel
Agricultural Club favor the county's accep
lance of the turnpikes as proposed by the
United Railways and Electric Company, with
the view to making them free roads, There j:
good deal of difference of opinion about this
matter. Those who object to the county's
ownership of the roads think it would saddle
very heavy expense on the county to main
tain them in proper condition.