The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-28
LOCAL ITEMS.
sALEs ApvERrIsEDD I'm .THE UNION,

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the Court House door, farm of SO acres.
about mile from Eklo. 9Th district.
P. O'Ferrail. trustees. on the premises. fee
simple property on Lake ayenue,near Mount
"wednesday, May 2. by John g. Erdmau, execu-
tor. on the premises, two stalls in Centre
Market, Baltimore.
Thursday May 8, by John G.. Erdman, executor.
on the premises, two stalls in Hanover Mar
Tuesday, May s, by Thomas r. Clendinen and
Robert II. Smith. trustees, on the premises,
farm of 1874 acres, near OwIngs' Mills.
Saturday, May L. by Joshua r. Bosley; t ht ds
thursday sdS May 10, by D. H. Rice. at Valley View
Stock Farm, near rowson, fifth spring sale
Of horses, colts fillies and brood mares.
Monday. Nav ia. by James ]. Lindsay, assignee,
on the premises, a house and lot on the York
Tuesday, May p, by Charles H. Stanley and ID;
S. Briscoe, mortgages, on the premises, lot
and improvements at Normandie Heights,
Thursday, May "a by william t. Roberts, solic-
itor, on the premises, the fine estate OF tn e
late Charles f. Reeder, on Wilkens avenue
and Maidens Choice road.
- Isaiah H. Taylor, of Govanstown, has
secured patent for an advertising sign.
- 1t is estimated that 40, 600 people attended
the circus that exhibited on the York road on
Monday and Tuesday of this week,
- Several local laws passed at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature are published in the
advertising columns of THE UNION today.
- Communion service will be conducted
by Rev. D. L. Snapp. in the hall over Mr.. A.
Refers store, Glen Arm, Sunday, April 18th,
at $50 P. NJ.
> Mr.. Thomas w. offutt, of Towson, is
now using a very pretty runabout, built to
his order by Mr.. John Arthur, the well known
builder of Fork.
- Mahlon G. Price, formerly we'll known
farmer of the 9Th district of this county, died
on Tuesday last at his home, High Point,
Hartford county.
- John P. p Corbin has been appointed
postmaster at Jerusalem, Hartford county.
Jerusalem is not far from Jericho and several
other places of lesser note.
- A young clerk in Baltimore, who must
be an unusually enterprising fellow, stole IS
bags of clover seed. When arrested be prompt
" acknowledged the theft.
- Congressman Baker has asked that q
rural free delivery route be established be-
tween Beckleysville, Baltimore county, and
Hampstead, Carroll county.
THE dates selected for the Hartford coun-
ty fair are October 9th, 10th, 18th and 18th
The race program for the fair was adopted by
the Board of Managers this week.
Mr.. William A. Lee. of Towson, this week
received car load of eleven tons of baled hay
from the West. 1t was landed at Lutherville
and hauled from there in wagons.
- Mr.. George j. Klingelhofer, of Balti-
more, has complained to the County Commits
sioners about the bad condition of the Hillen
road, south of WoOdbourne avenue.
->N Next Tuesday will be the first day of
May and thereafter we may look for real
spring weather, although we have had fairly
good taste of it during the last week.
THE new School Board will organize on
Monday, May 9TH, and it will be another case
of all hands around-that is an entire new set
of officers will supercede the old ones.
THE Reformed Mennonites will hold
services in the hall at Lanraville, Hartford
road, Sunday, April 18th, at 7.3O P. N. Preach
ing by Memo Hershey, of Pennsylvania.
- The Baltimore County Medical Associa-
Jackson Piper and DR.. PurneIl F. Sappington.
IA heavy storm of thunder and lightning,
accompanied by copious rain, visited some Sec
tons of Baltimore county last Monday morn
ing. Vegetation of all kinds is now making
rapid progress
THE dog nuisance is on the increase in
Towson and the racket they made some nights
this week was simply terrible. Sick and
nervous people have much to endure from the
canine nuisance.
- Several of the new eight-wheel cars are
now running regularly on the line between
Towson and Catonsville. They are much
larger than the old cars and will seat nearly
fifty people each.
aged farmer of the 5th district, fell down a
flight of steps and painfully injured himself.
He remained unconscious for several hours
after the accident.
- ANDREW j. lJlOyu lcll HUN pdooCHSCi
train at Ashland, N. G. r. R.. on Sunday night
last and fractured the front of his skull. After
the accident he walked nearly mile to the Of
flee of physician.
- Republican primary meetings will be
held in this county on Friday and Saturday
next, May 4th and 5th. The voting place in
each precinct is designated by advertisement
in THE UNION today.
- Some of THE UNIONS subscription bills,
sent out with the first issue in December last,
are still finding their way back to the office.
There are, however, a large number that have
not yet been heard from.
THE county tax rate for the fiscal year
which begins May 1st, 1900 will be 80 cents
onthe 500, or 10 cents more than last year.
The extra 10 cents will be applied to the liqui-
dalton of the county debt
- Elbridge Sutton, of the 10th district, by
Messrs. Boarman & Lindsay, attorneys, has
sued John Bull for $1,000 damages for the
alleged closing of a right-of-way of plaintiff
over defendants property.
- Mr.. John A. Kinlein has rented and pro-
cured license to conduct the public house at
the junction of the Hartford turnpike and Tay
lor avenue, about miles from Baltimore. He
is well known to the travelling public.
"a children's play entitled Mother
Goose Jingles" will be given in Grange Hall,
Towson Friday evening, May 4th, at o'clock
Admission rs cents Proceeds for the benefit
of the Bishops Guild of Trinity P. E. Church.
- good many gum-tired wagons are max
ing their appearance in the country, but they
do not serve the same purpose as they do on
the rough streets of the city. In fact on the
average country road they are of no use
whatever.
- Eben Strahan, who committed suicide
in Druid Hill Park on Thursday by shooting
himself, was the father of Mrs M. B. Corkran,
of Lutherville He was 81 years of age and a
widower. Bad health supposed to have been
the cause
The Judges have been selected for the
open-air horse show which will take place at
The Kennels, Charles street avenue, May 18th,
18th and 18th. 1t promises to be the, largest
and finest affair. of the kind ever held in
Maryland.
THE foliage of the trees is putting out
very rapidly and in few days many of Tow
sons beautiful naples will be in full leaf
When this town gets on its new spring suit
there are few as pretty places to be seen in this
or any other state.
- Extensive arrangements are being made
for the Elks Exposition which will be held in
Baltimore from June 4th to 14th. carnival
will be a leading feature of the affair. The
lodge of the order at Towson will participate
in the Exposition.
The new residence of Mr.. John H.
Wight, near Chattolanee, Green Spring Valley,
is rapidly nearing completion and will be
ready for occupancy in about month. 1t is
in the Colonial style and is among the most at
tractive houses in the valley.
20 Monday night last sorrel mare was
stolen from the premises of Mr. Paul NJ. Bur
nett, at Stevenson, Green Spring Valley. A
few weeks ago Mr.. Burnetts barn was burned,
it is believed BY an incendiary, and several
horses persisted in the flames.
THE local law relating to magistrates and
constabIes, which is published in THE UNION
today possesses a great deal of interest for
those officials and they should give it special
attention. Those of them who have read the
law are decidedly hot about it.
%Only one automobile made its appear
ance at the Pimlico races last week and it is
evident that this style of locomotion is not at
tracing the attention that many people
thought it would. 1t will never attain the
former popularity of the bicycle.
-The Presbyterians are about to erect a
handsome church on Clifton avenue, Wal
brook, at cost of 5000. Among the trus-
tees of the church are the pastor. Rev. Dr..
Robert H. Williams, and Messrs. Edward G..
Eicheberger and Francis Sanderson.
1.-THE damage case of Harry Cover against
the BALTIC & Lehigh Railroad Company, which
was on trial here about week, resulted IN q
verdict of 5000 for the plaintiff. Col. d. G..
Mcintosh, one of the attorneys for the COM
pany, has filed motion for new trial.