The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-05-12

SALES ADVERTISED IN "THE UNION"


Thursday. May 10, by D. H. Rice, at Valley View
Stock Farm, near Towson, fifth spring sale
of horses, colts, FLIES and brood mares.
Monday. MAY IA by James ]. Lindsay, assignee,
on the premises, house and lot on the York
road in GOyanstOwn.
Wednesday. May 10. by Leo Friedenwald, at the
Farmers Sale and Commission Barn, Woth-
Ellington Valley. horses, mules, COWS, wag-
"wednesday. May l6, by John Z. Phillips, on the
Garrison Forest road. 90 district, a nne nero
Saturday. May 10. by G. w. Amoss, agent, at
Ady's Hotel near Hyde's Station. Long Green
Monday. May ii, by Barnabas Balls, on the York
road in Govanstown. horses wagons, car
riages. harness. slaughter house fixtures,
Tuesday, May 20, by Charles II. Stanley and D.
8. BrIscoe, mortgages, on the premises, lot
and improvements at Normandie Heights,
Wednesday. May %, by Ernest Hoen, Jr., attor-
ney,at the Court House door, leasehold prop
erty in Govanstown.
Thursday, May "a, by William T. Roberts, solic-
itor on the premises, the fine estate of the
n ss a GhsEs assdss On wkens
Monday, May g. by John L. g. Lee, assignee. on
the premises, fee simple residence property
on Normandie Heights, Roland avenue.
Tuesday May e. by Bernard Mie sa ts and
utor OF Levi Furstenberg's estate. at the
Court House door, 1,lS5 acres Of land at Lor-
Tuesday, May 20, by Robert II. Wright, assignee,
at the Court House door improved property
Tuesday. May 20. by W. Gill Smith. assignee. at
the Court House door, small property near
Monkton, 10th district
Thursday June by Charles SenseT trustee en
Leeds avenue, 18th district.
- Mrs. Thomas Of Walbrook, has rented
the Hotel Hampton, Towson, for the summer.
John H. Middlekamp, of Gainesville,
has been granted his final discharge in bank
ruptcy.
There will be an eclipse of the sun on
Monday, May 18th, that will be partially visi-
blein Maryland.
There were slight frosts in some sections
Of Baltimore county early this week, but not
enough to do any damage.
- Miles Long is the appropriate name OF a
fellow who lives near Westminster and who is
said to be the tallest man in Maryland.
- People are looking for houses in Towson
but there seems to be none for rental least
none of the kind for which there is demand.
-SJohn K Ryder of Lancaster county, Pa,
will preach in Geist's Meeting House, near
Shawan, Sunday morning, May 18TH at 30
o'clock.
- Mr.. George H. Merryman, well known
farmer near Bosley postoffice, on Monday
sold very good bunch of cattle at Al cents
per pound.
> Catbirds put in an appearance in Towson
this week. They are very early risers and
every body knows it when they begin business
for the day.
I'VE have already had pretty good fore
taste Of summer weather. When the mercury
gets up to 95 that 'tired feeling is apt to be
painfully apparent.
- The State Board of Education this week
granted life certificate to Miss Clara S. Dob
bin, principal of the public school on Ready
avenue, 9th district
The ladies of Andrew Chapel M. e.
Church South will hold strawberry festival
in the hall at Lauraville, Hartford road, We'd
nesday evening. May 23d.
- Mrs w. B. Duke, who resides near Sher
wood bag purchased handsome pair of sorrel
horses from the stock farm of Mr.. Wilton
Greenway, south of Towson.
- Fears are expressed of another light hay
crop this year, due to want of rain in April.
Last year there was not half crop in this
county, from the same cause.
THE rain of Wednesday Of this week af-
forded very little relief to the parched earth,
but it banished the sitting dust and in so do
ing brought relief to everybody.
THE new road law for Baltimore county,
passed q The last session q the legislature
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Junior Gunpowder Agricultural Club will ~ be
Joshua G. Bosley, in the 9Th district
IA man named Emory Grove lives in
the Village of Railroad, York county. We
don't know If he is related to the camp-meet-
ing Of the same name in Baltimore county.
- The Republicans held two conventions
in Towson on Monday and yet the town was
as quiet as a church. Now, If there had been
but one Democratic convention-but no mat
ter.
IA few days ago Charles Jenifer, son Of
Mr.. Thomas K. Jenifer. Of the County Treas
urer's office, fell and dislocated his shoulder.
Drs H. T. Harrison and j. Il. Jarrett attended
him. =,
lecture at Hiss M. E. Church, Hartford road,
on Tuesday evening, May 18th, commencing
at 8 O'Clock. Subject-"The End OF the Rain
bow"
The Second National Bank of Belair is
about to commence the erection of handsome
building for its own use. Like the other
banks in Hartford it is highly successful in
sttution. -,
Lake Roland is to be restocked with
Young bass from the Druid Hill Park Matching
houses. It is said that bass have become scarce
in the lake owing to the destruction OF their
james w. Neal & Co., of Lauraville,
have been awarded the contract for painting
the interior woodwork Of the county aims
house at their bid of $21S. There were four
other higher bids.
- Whitewashing and cleaning up general
" are now in order and both are to be highly
commended. Those who fail to attend to
these important matters now are not keeping
up with the procession.
1.-THE straw hat is already in evidence and
the neglected shirt will soon be ripe. The
shirt waist is as numerous as the stars in the
armament and when it comes to colors the
rainbow amt in it with them,
Some farmers have already finished
planting corn and they are now looking to the
laved from one cause or another find the
ground in bad condition for the work.
- Messrs. Harry E. Goodwin and Henry s
Jean, of Baltimore county, are named among
the incorporators Of the American Guaranty
Company of Baltimore, which has just been
organized with capital stock Of $780, 900.
- Inferior looking Strawberries from North
Carolina have been selling in Baltimore this
week at 20 cents per quart. The Norfolk Der
ries are due now. They are OF much better
->St. Pauls u. B. Church, in the 9th dis
trict, having been reprinted and otherwise
improved, was rededicated by the pastor, Rev
M. NJ. BURNER, last Sunday. The amount ne
cessary TO pay for the work was promptly sub
scribed.
-Governor Smith has named Justice
Muller as committing magistrate at Canton
police station. The salary Of the position il
now fixed by Jaw at $40 per month. Hereto
fore this Office was filled by the County Com
missioners.
The custom Of mailing signs Of quack
medicines and other things to trees should be
broken up. Those who engage in it should be
arrested for defacing public property. The
trunks of some trees in Towson are full Of
these signs.
- Al woman named Barbara Aftung, who
lived in Waverly, fell from York road car
north of North avenue, on Saturday night
last and fractured her skull. She died few
hours afterward. The accident was due to hel
own carelessness.
- The annual association" of the ole
school Baptists will be held at Black Rocl
Church, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
May 10th, 18th and 18th. An all-day meeting
will be held on Sunday, Goth, when large at
tendance is expected.
THE sudden "cold snap of Wednesday
night brought a sharp frost and some ice. Th'
mercury fell over 40 degrees within twelve
hours. 1t is not thought that any injury ha
resulted to the fruit, although young and ten
der plants were damaged.
1.-The first electric automobile seen II
Towson passed through here last Sunday
bound north. It was making good time and thu
two young men who occupied it seemed to en-
10Y the attention they were attracting as vel
as the novelty Of the thing.
THE little stamp books lately issued By
the Postofice Department and which hav'
been heretofore fully described by THE UNION
have become so popular that some difficult,
is experienced in supplying the demand. Thel
contain II, "a and As stamps.
->The story published in Bsltimor
daily this week that three young men of Cock
eysville had gone to New York to take pss:ag
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