The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-31
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" complaint has been made to the COur
ty Commissioners about the wretched cond
ton of the public road extending from til
Liberty road to Pikesville Station, Wester
Maryland r. R. This is highly importar
thoroughfare and something should be don
on it for the relief of the public
- Miss Lizzie w. Ceilings, of Towson. b
her attorneys. Messrs. Boarman & Lindsay
has filed petition in the U. s. District Cour
praying for the appointment of corrective
for the Baltimore Building and Loan Associa
| ton. Miss Ceilings owns Is shares of Glass 4
stock, on which she has actually paid 1854.
- The Mt. Washington Electric Light AM
Power Company, having made the necessar,
connections, ETC., on Thursday night brilliant
| ~ lighted the country place of Mr.. Harry A
Parr, near Sherwood. The work of wirin
the buildings was done under the dire ction O
Mr.. Thomas w. Offutt, the compaDy's man
ager.
- Secretary Ebaugh has sent a circular t,
the. teachers throughout the county calling
their attention to the Governors proclamation
designating Wednesday, April 18th. as Arbo
and Highway Day. He recommends that ap
propriate exercises be held in the schools ant
that the pupils be encouraged to plant trees anc
shrubbery.
- While playing with fire last Sunday af
ternoon little daughter of Howard Johnson
colored, who lives near Rossville, Philadelphia
road, set fire to her clothing and was terribly
burned before the flames could be extin.
guished. DR.. L. l. Whiteford, of Parkville
who was hastily summoned, has little hope oil
the childs recovery.
-The next meeting of the Senior Gunpow.
der Agricultural Club will be held at 'Gerar, u
the farm of Mr.. E. Cuttings Merryman, neal
Cockeysville, when the question to be discussed
is: THAT Farmers Daughter-Do the changed
conditions require change in her rearing and
education, and if so, along what lines should
the change be made ?"
hn n in fho Loft fox
ers' convention held at Towson are so much
pleased at the satisfactory results reached that
they have practically determined to hold an
other meeting here some time during the pres
upon the bills submitted by the committee APP
pointed by the convention.
- Mr.. Elisha H. Bennett died at his home
at Reisterstown, on the 23d inst, in the I'D
year of his age. He spent his entire life upon
the property where he died Deceased was a
brother of the late Frank w. Bennett, the
well known Baltimore auctioneer. He leaves
one child, who is the wife of State Senator
Beasman, of Carroll county.
- Towson has become sort of mart for
the sale of fine horses and scarcely day
passes that one or more men are not here on
the lookout for coachers roadsters and sad
oilers of the better class. These horses come
here from the stock farms of Messrs. d. H.
Rice K. f.. McCleary and Wilton Greenway.
all OF which are located near Towson.
1.-The Baltimore Annual Conference of
the N. E. Church will meet in the Metropoli-
tan Church, Washington, on Wednesday next,
April 4th. On Thursday, 5th the lay confer
ence will hold its annual meeting in the same
city. This latter body elects delegates to the
General Conference of the NJ. 4. Church,
which will meet in Chicago in May next.
- Mrs. Julia A. ReckOrd died suddenly on
Thursday last. of apoplexy, at the home of
her son, Mr.. D. Burnett Reckord, in Belair
here " Gho = ho do ,<&f
Henry Reckord, who was one of Harford's
most prominent business men. Four sons and
one daughter survive her. One Of the sons is
Mr.. Walter P. Reckord, of Reckord, Hartford
-oad.
- When people looked first from their
windows last Monday morning they were
much surprised to see the earth covered with
hree or four inches of snow. It did not re-
main long, however the mild temperature
md rain causing it to disappear more rapidly
han it came. This is the last day of March
md no regrets will be expressed at its de-
)arture.
- Mr.. Robert G.. Richardson, of Hartford
ounty, is another well known Maryla horse
nan who will sell off his string of trotters and
'acers and retire from the business. His
lorses will be offered at the Grand sale in New
FORK city, next week. Among the lot is the
Maryland, 2:221 Belle Hoke 2:294, and sew
raj Others
- The Govanstown engine house living
'een turned into loafing place for idle men
nd boys, frequent complaints have been
made to the County Commissioners about the
Nuisance, On Wednesday afternoon the men,
ers of the Board paid visit to the engine
ouse and notified the fremen that unless they
roke up the practice at once they will be re-
eved from duty.
IAN authority on the local newspaper
avs: The most prosperous and influential
peal paper is readily determined. 1t has the
lost local advertising, which is seldom
Ilugged' TO fill up and there is conspicuous
bsence of low-grade foreign advertising in
hape of cheap jewelry, quack medicines, and
AXE schemes in general. The high grade local
Pee h O. 6ensn ss q tie
mi ted States law the census for 1900 will be
sken in the month of June of this year.
ONE of the pointed personal questions that
be people will be called upon to answer will
e the following:
bow old are you? Are you married, single,
Yidowed or divorced? Is the house you live
q your own and, if SO, is it mortgaged or
rec =? What is your occupation, and how |
many months out of the year are you en-
loyed
Those who are appointed census enumera-
ors will be subjected to an examination. yne
oints insisted on are physical activity. neat
less and accuracy in writing and IL ngures.
IF course, diligent inquiry is made as 70 cnar-
cter. The enumerators must Oe residents OF
he districts in which they are expected 70
perate. The prospective enumerator must
lSO give specimen OF DIS aDlnty through
test census work.
Enumerators are able to make from So to IS
Der day They are paid according to the num-
Der of names they get There is minimum
rate of two cents for each living inhabitant,
wo cents for each death, fifteen cents for each
arm and twenty cents for each establishment
sv.I, ho M
s three cents for each living inhabtant three
tents for each death. twenty cents for farms
md thirty cents for industrial institutions.
These are the questions you will have to
answer:
Location.-Street, house number, number
If dwelling house in the order of visitation,
lumber of family, in the order of visitation.
Name of each person whose place of abode
IN June l, 1900 was in this family, enter sur
lame first, then the given name and middle
initial. if any include every person living on
Tune l. 19O0 omit children born since June
!, 1900.
Relation. Relationship of each person to
he head of the family.
Personal Description. or race; sex
late of birth month, year; age at last birth
lay whether single, married, widowed or d.
7orced number of years married; mother OF
low many children; number ofthese children
living.
Nativity.-Place of birth of each person and
parents of each person enumerated; if born in
he United States, give the state or territory;
If of foreign birth, give the country only;
place of birth of this person place of birth OF
father of this person place of birth ofmother
Of this person.
Citisenship.-Ye of immigration to the
United States; number of years in the United
States; naturalization.
Occupation, trade or profession of each per-
son ten years OF age and over; occupation;
months not employed.
Observation-Disclosures school Tin months)
can read can write; can speak English.
Ownership of Home.-Owned or rented;
owned free or mortgaged farm or house;
number Of farm schedule.
Not Likely to Get Part of the Tyson Mil.
Maryland Tysons who have set
up claims to part of the many millions oil
James Tyson, who died some time ago in Aus
tralia, are not hearing anything encouraging.
In an interview few days ago with Balti-
more reporter Mr.. w. Lee Camden, who rep
resented several of the Maryland claimants,
said:
at was pretty generally believed that James
Tyson was born in Cecil county, Md, and at
an early age, with his parents, went to England
to live, and from there to Australia, where he
in boarding large fortune by means
of successful mining ventures and economical
living.
MANY of the Tysons in this city and in