The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-02-17

torney, at the C0urt House door, house and
lot near Warren, 9Th district.
Tuesday, February %. by X. r. Boarman, James
j. Archer, D. 6. Mcintosh and ]. F.. Han
cock, trustees, at the Court House door, a
farm in the 18th district.
Tuesday, February 81, by Fred. A. Groom. on the
Dairy Grove Farm, at Towson, horses, mules,
dairy stock, farm and garden implements,
dairy and ice-cream fixtures, etc.. also, one
Peerless engine.
administrator. on the Windsor Farm, Dula-
ny's Valley. all the personal effects of the
Friday Ms March BY RoSert E. Francis on The
Caves Farm, 4th district, horses, cows, young
stock, farm implements. etc.
Monday. March 9Th, by Thomas B. Gorsuch,near
Fork. 18th district, horses. COWS, farm imple-
ments. growing wheat, etc;
torney, on the premises, six houses and lots
on Clinton street, Highandtown.
Wednesday. March a. BY Ralph Robinson, as.
siRnee, on the premises, one house and lot
on Clinton street, Highlandtown.
~ American Beauty roses sold in Balti-
more this week from Sc to S12 dozen.
- Ash Wednesday falls this year on the
18th of February, which is the beginning of
Lent
- Henry Nafe, of Owings' Mills, has Sc.
cured Government pension at the rate of Sc
per month.
MIR. o. Parker Baker, attorney, has been
appointe a receiver for the Mt. Washington
Cornet Band.
Walter P. Reckord has been appointed
postmaster at Reckord, Baltimore county, vice
]. o. Cole, resigned.
Several schools in the upper end of this
county have been closed because some of the
pupils have been attacked with diphtheria.
Next Thursday February 22d, is Wash
ington's birthday and legal holiday in Mary
land, The banks and public offices will he
closed.
>Lewis Martin has been appointed post
master at Armacost, Baltimore county, vice L.
w. Merryman, resigned. The Office is located
in the 9Th district.
ION Thursday, February 22d-Washing-
toms birthday-an American flag will be
raised on pole at the public school house near
Freeland. n. G. r. r.
THE Senior Gunpowder Agricultural
Club will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary
at its meeting to be held March 10TH at the
farm of Mr.. James B. Ensor
"A man in Baltimore was fined IS ON
Tuesday for kicking his horse in the nose
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals is doing good work
Park looking to the division of the 9th district
into two districts. This is something that
should have been done long ago.
IA number of horses and cattle in the LIST
district have had peculiar disease, something
like influenza. 1t is not necessarily fatal, al
though some deaths have occurred.
Joseph S. Hastings, of White Marsh,
took by accident an overdose of laudanum
last Monday and died soon afterwards. He
was 80 years Of age and unmarried,
rress at Phoenix NJ E. Church. conducted by
Rev. J. T. Marsh, of Hereford Circuit.
THE second winter month will end rext
Wednesday and even now there are some small
signs of spring. The vernal season will be
here now almost before we think of it.
- The spring meeting at the Gentlemens
Driving Park will begin on May I'D and con-
tinued four days. The club will apply for a
fifteen days racing license for the year.
IAN alarm of fire in Towson on Thurs
dav evening was caused by burning chimney
in the house of Mr.. Levi Hunt, on the east
side of the town. No damage was done
1.-THE Baltimore County Agricultural 90
ciety has established an office at 80 South street.
Baltimore, where Mr.. James L; Reese the
new treasurer, may be found at all times
"A Martha Washington tea will be held
in the chapel of Trinity Church, Iowson
Thursday evening, February 22d, from 8 to III
o'clock. A cordial invitation is extended.
- The fence on the west side of the cOun-
tv fair grounds at Timonium was somewhat
damaged by fire one day this week, caused, 1t
is supposed, by SPARKS from passing engine.
appointed Harry w. Patterson, assessor OF new
and missed property for the 10th district, and
VIM. L. Tracey, constable for the 9Th district
The blizzard period of February, 1900,
was filled in with copious showers of rain, &C
companied by springlike temperature that
was in marked contrast to that OF February,
1899.
This week it cost Baltimore county near
lv $4,000 to compromise three damage suits.
Careessness on the part of road supervisors
comes high and the taxpayers have to pay the
--It was enormously stated in these
columns last week that Mr.. Robert H. Black
burn had rented his farm, on the Hartford road,
near Carney He is still open for suitable
tenant.
THE very high wind of early last Tues
day morning did some damage in the county
by blowing down trees, fences &c. A frame
barn on the Cloverdale Farm, Falls road, was
wrecked.
- Perhaps the grounding hasn't anything
to do with it, but the weather. since the 70
instant, has not been calling forth any remarks
of approval. But then it might have been
much worse.
A social conversations will be given by
the B. Y.P. U. of Calvary Baptist Church, Tow
son, in the Sunday school room, Thursday, Feb
ruary 22d. at P. M, to which the public IS cor
daily invited.
NJ E. Church, Arlington, Thursday evening
February 22d Rev. w. w. Barnes will de-
liver lecture in the same church on the even
ing of March 18TH
> When the ice broke up in the Baltimore
county rivers last week sportsmen enjoyed
some good shooting. At Marshy Point shore
three gunners fired into flock of redheads
and killed thirteen.
"a postoffice was established in farm
ing community III LDlS County dCOuu pdtdllNSlS
short time ago and already over twenty copies
of THE UNION are going to it weekly. This is
fact that tells its own story.
pit is now positively asserted that there
was no foundation for the rumor that Pitts
burg capitalists, through Mr. H. G. Frick,
were negotiating for the purchase of the Mary
land Steel Works. at Sparrow's Point.
While in Baltimore few days ago with
his market wagon Mr.. Louis Z. Schaub, OF
Gardenville, came in collision with an electric
D.1ks No Drt
but the front of the car was demolished.
Victory Council, Jr. o. U. A NJ, will at
tend Ebenezer NJ E. Church next Sunday, al
3P NJ. when Rev. Thomas S. Long, of Great
Falls Circuit, will preach patriotic sermon
Subject" his country and his God"
THE P. I. George Company was incor
porated in Baltimore on Tuesday. with cap
ital stock of $4,000. Among those named
as incorporators are Messrs P. I. George. G.
Homer, ]. G. Harvey and Lawrence B. Kemp
THE Ruxton Floral and Nursery Com
pany has been awarded the contract for sup
plying the Baltimore Park Board with 80, 0O
plants Mr. Isaac H. Moss. of Govanstown
will also furnish some of the plants required
-Mr. J. H. Wight has secured q fine flow
of water from the second artesian well bore'
on bis property in Green Spring Valley. Tn
first well was sunk to depth of several hun
dred feet but sufficient flow of water wa
not struck.
Next Monday the County Commission
ers will begin sitting as a board of review t
receive applications for altering and correcting
assessments The transfer books will close Oh
the Sd of March. See advertisement in tn
UNION today.
- Mrs Elizabeth Williams Leftwich, VIII
died at her home in Lynchburg, Va, few
davs ago. was the mother of Mrs. Wingfeld
wife of the late Dr. T. H. Wing6eld, of Tow
son. She was a prominent and highly es
teemed woman.
@Tf fire should occur in Towson jus
now the people could stand quietly by and Sc
their property burn. We have the water, bu
we cannot touch the plugs to draw it for use
Isn't it about time something was done t
right this wrongP
Whenever farmers have a gathering O
any kind in Towson things are brisk in III
USIoN Office Last Monday, although th
weather was about as bad as it could be, was
busy day with us and the mailing lists OF tn
paper were substantially increased.