The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-07

columns that we had lot of vegetable seeds
from the Agricultural Department. Washing
ton, for distribution. Before Monday night
every package had been handed out and we
could have disposed of twice as many more.
- Mace Jones, cOlOred, owns snug little
home near Sherwood. A few days ago his
wife was feeding her poultry when big Ply.
mouth Rock rooster, in his eagerness TO gel
some of the crumbs that were being distributed
accidentally tumbIed over and broke bis neck.
>Messrs. William B. Cockey and Norman
Stump will sell two car loads of fine Kentucky
mules and number of coachers. roadsters
and saddlers, at Garrison Stock Farm. neal
Pikesvile. on Thursday, 18th inst. Among
the horses are some especially attractive ami
mails.
The failure of the Baltimore Building
and Loan Association has caused heavy loss
to many Baltimore county people and there is
much bitterness of feeling against the officers.
1t is said that the association is not entirely
wrecked and that much of the money is Sc.
cured.
PROF. Ebaugh has given the teachers
permission to hold their Arbor Day exercises
on Thursday, April 18th. instead of Wednes-
day, April 18th, If they prefer to do so. This
strikes us as very strange proceeding. 1t
looks like a direct slap in the face of Governor
Smith.
Daniel Harding, contractor and builder.
has commenced remodeling the house on the
east side of Trinity Church. which was pur-
chased last week by the Misses Taylor daugh-
tiers of Mr.. Jacob H. Taylor, of Baltimore.
1t will be much enlarged and otherwise i'm
proved.
- The public sale of the personal effects of
Mr.. John Sommerfield, at Green's place, Halls
| Springs, Hartford road, which took place on
Monday, was well attended and excellent
prices were obtained. The total amount of
sale was nearly 1880. Thomas c. Biddison
was the auctioneer.
| - Hicks, the weather man, predicts almost
every kind of weather for the present month.
including plenty of rain, thunder and hail
storms, etc He says storm period for the
month will fall between the 9th and 18th,
with possible violence between Wednesday,
| the 18th, and Saturday the 18th.
Special evaDgelistic meetings will be held
every evening next week, beginning with
Monday, April 9th, at 7.45 O'Clock, in Good
wins Hall, Reisterstown, in charge of Rev.
| Charles Adey, pastor of Sater's Baptist Church,
assisted by Rev. H. r. Myers of Philadelphia,
the singing evangelist. A cordial welcome
will be extended to all.
- Rev. Karl Buff. pastor of Jerusalem
Lutheran Church, Gardenville, will conduct
confirmation services in both German and
| English, in his church, on Palm Sunday,
| april 8th,) commencing at 1870 Am. A class
of twenty-eight boys and twelve girls-will
| be confirmed. The services will be most in
teresting and impressive
THE new Towson Hotel Company has
| applied for license to sell liquor at 'Chesa-
peake avenue and CORTLAND street, Towson,
| 9th district" The erection of the hotel has
not yet been commenced, but it was necessary
to apply for the license as the house, it is ex-
pected, will be up and ready for business with
in the next four months.
THE City Water Board has finally COM
promised with the County Commissioners re-
garding the price for supplying water to the
fire plugs outside the city limits and in the fll-
ture will exact fee of s25 for each plug. The
previous Water Board ordered the water
| turned off until the county would agree to
pay $50 per year for each plug.
Three of the ffty-five new cars ordered
some months ago by the United Railways
Company have arrived and others are soon to
follow. They are 40 feet long and mounted on
double trucks, which will do away with the
unpleasant swinging motion of the cars now
in use. These cars are to be used on the SUI
burban lines of the company only.
- The volunteer fire company for Ashland
and Marble Hill. near Cockeysville, has been
organized, with Mr.. George Jessop, president,
and Mr.. George G. Duncan, secretary. An APP
paratus will be provided at an expense of
about $780, 1t is expected that all the prop
erty owners of the neigh borhood will interest
themselves in this laudable enterprise.
- Complaints are again heard about fla
grant violations of the laws-week days and
Sundays-in some sections of the 18th district.
1t seems very. odd that thep police cannot make
some show of restraining this laWlessness If
a few gamblers and Sunday liquor sellers can
set the law at defiance, respectable people had
better move out and let them have full control.
- Measles is abating throughout the coun-
ty and several public schools that had been
closed on account of sickness among the chill
dren have resumed. Since the first of Janua-
~ the prevalence of diphthera scarlet fever,
whooping cough, measles and chickenpox
among the children of the county has been
very unusual, but fortunately few deaths have
occurred.
-If Revs. Thomas s. Long and Richard
N. Edwards are not returned to great Falls
Circuit by the Annual Conference now in ses-
sion i'm Washipgtnu the uhlie~t'~-,s's- aaA--
cease. Allowing three readers to eacn paper
they claim to have had IA 600 readers during
the past Conference year. They deserve great
credit for the good work The Helper has done.
New Steeplechase Course at Pimlico.-
The steeplechase course at Pimlico has been
entirely remodeled, and the whole of it is now
located within the field opposite the grand
stand, from which an unobstructed view can
be obtained. Occupants of carriages in the
space back of the judges stand, which will be
reserved exclusively for subscribers t8 the
Maryland Steeplechase Association and their
friends, will also be able to see the entire
course with ease and comfort. -
There are practically two courses in one, the
first of two miles, starting from the present
half-mile pole, over which the Baltimore
Spring Steeplechase will be run, and the other
two miles and a-half, for the Hunters Steeple-
chase. the Patapsco Steeplechase, the Great
!. fimlico Handicap Steeplechase of 81 600 and
the Carrollton Hotel Cup, for purse of $500.
to which the Carroliton Hotel has added
handsome cup. The start for the long course
is not far from the three-quarter.mile pole,
the finish of both being on the main track in
front of the grand stand
In the short course there are two Liverpools,
two water jumps and two banks, besides eight
brush hurdles, and in the long course there is
an additional Liverpool. Liperpool gets its
frOY,, fho Gropd National 2faopla0hooa
course at Aintree, near that city, where they
are prominent features and consists of rail
Is inches high, whitewashed so as to be readi-
ly distinguished; then an open ditch five feet
wide, then brush hurdle four feet six inches
high and three feet wide, the whole to be
taken at one flying leap The two courses are
nearly the same, except that the extra half
mile is obtained by chute from the three
quarter-mile pole, Running to point nearly
opposite the club house, where it merges into
the other course. The water jumps are II feet
broad and two feet deep, and, while not deep
enough to drown, will give pretty thorough
ducking to the Jockey unfortunate enough to
lose his balance. As all the jumps are made
extra wide, with wings four feet eight inches
high, there will be plenty of room for large
number of horses to charge them ABREAST
Baltimore Neps
Veteran Railroad Conductor Retires.
"A letter from Cumberland, Md, dated April
Sd, says: capt. Harry Green, the Oldest con-
ductor in the Baltimore d Ohio service, has
wound up career of 81 years with the COM
pany and retired. He has spent 46 years on
passenger trains. Captain Green's wind-up
trip last Friday was from Cumberland to Bal
timore. He is 76 years OF age. but still active,
and will retire to his farm. Capt. Green was
never suspended or called before a board of
inquiry for any derelction.
"His life on the rail was also peculiarly ex-
empt from accident, the only one of any Seri-