The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-24

city limits.
Corn sold by the quantity this week in
Towson at $40 per barrel.
THE Legislature will adjourn finally one
week from next Monday-April I'd.
Thomas B. Wheeler, assessor for the 9Th
district, this week made return aggregaiing
lit was Josh Billings who said 1T is
dreadful easy to be phool. A man kan be
one and not know it."
Wheat took little rise this week and
Monday it was quoted at 734. On the same
day last year it was 714.
- carrier pigeon came to the jailin Tow
fon few days ago. A tag on its leg bears
these marks: NJ. H. 9S 3.
- Nancy Myers, of Boring, Baltimore
county, has secured Government pension at
the rate of sl2 per month.
- Bishop Paret will visit Trinity Church,
Towson, Tuesday. April 18th, and administer
the rite of confirmation OF Pm
- There are few Christian Scientists in
Towson-frm believers in that faith or doc
trine, whatever it may be termed.
-Governor Smith has designated Wednes-
day, April 18th, as Arbor Day and there
should be general observance OF it.
- Wednesday last, 2lst inst, was the first
day of spring and the temperature was any
thing else than mild and springlike.
- The 10Th annual session of the Mary
land M. P. Conference will commence at
Westminster. Md, Wednesday, April 4th.
"A woman in Baltimore was this week
fined $50 for opening her husbands letters
This should prove warning to other curious
females.
- Baltimore Conference of the NJ. E..
Church will be held in the Metropolitan
Church, Washington, ID. c., commencing
April 4th.
- The present week has been an unusually
dull one in Towson. Few strangers have
been about and very little business has been
done in the court.
->The men in this county who have been
appointed justices of the peace by Governor
Smith will assume the duties of their office
on the LIST of May next
- There are prospects for new and modern
hotel in Towson. Such an establishment is
badly needed here and we believe it would
prove paying enterprise.
- The oyster supper and bazaar in the hall
at Glen-Arm, under the auspices of Bethany
Lodge, /. O. O. F., will be continued this (Sat-
urdayl evening, March Path.
- Mr.. P. H. Mccormick, whose stock
farm IS -Rear Belair, last week sold Guernsey
cow, 7 years- old, for 1915. The Guernsey
breed appears to be looking up.
- The ladies of NAYS Chapel, Chestnut
Ridge. will hold an oyster supper at the
church, on the evenings of April 4th. 9TH and
9th, to which a general invitation is extended
- William Mckinley is the name Of the
fireman of public school building in Balti-
more. And be was arrested few days ago
lad Seen s1' an assistant Inspector OF the water
,,strol nnder the CITY Water Department. has
lost his job. He received salary OF SloO per
month.
school at. Eklo, 9th district. is arranging to
hold q festival in the Odd Fellows Hall at
that place, on the evenings OF April 9th, otn
and It'll.
There were number of deaths in Bal
timore county last week of persons whose
ages ranged from IS to 80 odd. The month OF
March anpears 10 be hard one upon the aged
>Spring styles are already beginning to
show themselves, but the weather is not yet
ouite right for an elaborate display of new
6nerv. Much of this will be saved up for
Easter Sunday.
Applications for licenses to sell liquor
for one wear from May 1st 1900, are now being
filed at the County Clerks office: The names
of the applicants will be puolisneo IN lHE
UNION. April 9Th.
- ON Sunday night last Bishop Paret visi-
ted St. Mary's P. E. Church, Roland avenue,
Hampden, and confirmed class OF seventy
two persons. Rev. f. Ward Denys is the rec
tor of the church.
IA man was arrested in Baltimore this
week for having in his possession $3.50 worth
OF postage stamps. Perhaps he is the gentle
man who makes periodical visits to the Cock
eysville postoffice.
had noticeable effect on the country roads.
After all is said and done Old Sol, assisted by
the light spring Winds is the best and most re-
liable road-mender.
- The attendance at the public school at
Arlington Sd district, has fallen Oft very mucn,
due to the presence of measles and other dis
eases. There has been much sickness IN tna'
neighborhood lately.
= After Saturday, March 31st, the price Of
the shares of stock of The United MIX FRO
ducers' Association of Baltimore City will b.
increased from one dollar to one dollar anC
fiftv cents per share.
- Very little business is being done at the
present term of the Circuit Court. 1t is usu
ally short term and those of the juror WIT
are farmers are always anxious 10 get nome U
tackle their spring work.
The reign of the grounding is over, bu
he gave us good and plenty OF weather wniie Il
lasted. The believer in this theory has hat
his faith strengthened by what we have expe
rienced in the past six weeks.
1.-The Reformed Mennonites will hold sci
vices in the hall at Lauraville, Hartford road
Sunday, March 25th at 7.3O P. NJ. Preachln
by Henry B. Strickler, of Waynesboro, Ia
A cordial invitation is extended.
The Baltimore Building and Loan Asso
citation has been placed in the hands OF re
ceiver who has bonded in the sum OF sl0OOO
Many Of the stockholders Of this association
are residents of Baltimore county.
-Col Robert Hough, secretary, has II
ceiyed a large number of entries for the run
ming races at Pimlico under the auspices G
new Steeplechase Association. These will nc
be made public until after April 7th.
William Getterman, OF the 10th distrlc
was on Monday declared to be insane by
Jury and the court ordered that be be confined
in an asylum. He is German and said to b
we'll connected in his native country:
- Hereafter road supervisors Will be II
uuired to make affidavit to all bills presente
by them to the County Commissioners an
they will also be required to file MONTH
vouchers of all moneys expended by them.
Thomas A. Jackson, who lived on II
Bull property at Walbrook, was Instant
killed on Wednesday last by cart !. load
of age and leaves widow and i've children
. Whenever the country roads are mel
toned Just now strong language is called 10
But they are no worse this spring than the
saving very little for our boosted civilization
MIR. Samuel A. Parks, young farm
near Towson, this week sold lot of tine GLOW
seed of his own growing to Mr.. William I
Lee. The standard for clover seed is6Opoun
to the bushel and it is now worth cents
pound.
THE poem entitled March," by Co
stance Fenimore Woolson which appears
the first page of THE UNION today, IS pu!
lished at the request of a well known memb
of the bar. 1t is seasonable and well wor
reading.
victed of nanslaughter for the killing OF Jol
J. Moan, was on Tuesday sentenced by Jud
Burke to six years in the penltenIiary.
affair occurred at st. Helena, 18th district, I
tober Sth, 1899.
->If the new Baltimore county road Ii
now before the Legislature should pass II W
not go into effect until January. 1911 IL p
vides for a road engineer at $2,OOO salary
$1,000 expenses, and this feature IS not thoue
well of by many.
1.-The County Commissioners this we
passed an order that Bellona avenue, at La
Station, N. C. R. R., where the road is PEI
shifted from the west to the east side OF
tracks, shall be closed to travel while I
work is in progress.
Within q distance of two miles mol
of the present city limits, on the Harf6
road. il is said that more than twenty hou
will be built the coming summer. Proper
along that thoroughfare has been enjoying
boom for some time.