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

SALES ADVERTISED In 1.-THE UNION


road in Govanstown.
Wednesday, May 10, by Leo Friedenwald, at the
Farmers Sale and Commission Barn, Woth
Ellington Valley. horses, mules, cows, wag
ons, harness. etc.
Wednesday, May 49, by John ?. Phillips, on tn.
Garrison Forest road. Sd district, fine hero
of Jersey COWS and Jersey bull.
Saturday. May 10. by G. w; Amoss. agent, al
Valley, lot of new vehicles, harness. etc.
Monday, May q, by Barnabas Balls, on the Yorl
road, in Govanstown. horses, wagons. car
riages, harness, slaughter house fixtures
] upright engine, etc.
Tuesday, May %, by Charles II. Stanley and d.
s. Briscoe, mortgages, on the premises, lot
and improvements at Normandie Heights
Roland avenue.
Wednesday. May %. by Ernest Hoena Jr.. attor-
,epty In Govanstown. 20. - ~
Thursday May "a, by William T. Roberts, solic-
itor, on the premises, the fine estate of the
late Charles f. Reeder, on Wilkens avenue
and Maiden's Choice road.
Monday, May y, by John I. q. Lee, assignee. on
on Normandie Heights, Roland avenue.
Tuesday. May 29. by, Bernard wiesenfeld and
Richard M. Venable. attorneys for the exec
utor of Levi Furstenberg's estate. at the
Court House door, ,lS5 acres of land at Lor-
IT,. eley, on the e. B; q Q, , Railroad re .,.
at the Court House door. improved property
Tuesday. May %, by W. Gill Smith. assignee. at
the Court House door, small property near
Monkton, 10th district.
- The tax rate in Hartford county for the
current year is 88 cents on the 500.
- The next legal holiday in Maryland will
be Wednesday, May 30th-Decoration Day.
- The summer schedule of the Baltimore
& Lehigh Railroad will go into effect Sunday,
May 9Th.
= The Governor has commissioned Mr..
William b. Hummell as notary public at Spar
rows Point,
- Bayne's stage line, between Towson and
Lutherville will resume its regular daily trips
next Monday.
- George Preston, of Della, LIST district,
has been granted Government pension at the
rate of So per month.
->County Treasurer Fowble will be ready
to receive taxes under the levy of 1900 on
Monday next, May 7th.
=. Farmers are now, in the midst of corn
planting. The ground has become very dry
too dry. in fact, to work well.
There appears to be little abatement of
measles in this county. New victims of the
malady are being heard of daily.
-The May term of the Circuit Court COM
mences on the third Monday of the month.
II is usually the shortest term of the year.
- The assessment of the Chesapeake Elec-
trio and Water Company has been increased
from 100000 to $4,000 by the County Com
missioners
ION Tuesday night coal oil lamp ex-
ploded in the house of David Buttertield, of
Govanstown. The flames were extinguished
with little damage.
- District assessors made additional re.
turns this week as follows Gassaway H Bat
tee, 14th district. S1l, $50; Charles H. Kline
18th district, $3.50.
=. Messrs. William B. Sands, William P.
Cole and Charles A. Steuart have been appoin-
ted examiners on the petition for the opening
of Prospect avenue 9th district.
1.-THE Baltimore City College baseball
team will play game with the Taylor team,
at Taylor, Saturday, May 9Th, commencing at
good game ia exDectpd
THE receipts in the County Clerks Office
here last Monday for licenses amounted to
s14,849 S.. This was largest days business
that office had done up to that time.
"a cineograph entertainment will be
given in the p4R liz school 9o4se. Dulanv's
show that there are in Baltimore city $4,000
buildings of all kinds. The census of 1890
made the number of dwellings alone Y, liz.
- Where is the baseball team that the
young men of Towson were talking about few
weeks ago? The material is here all right, but
the team has not materialized. "Play ball."
ELEVEN hundred gallons of milk is now
being shipped daily from Monkton, Northern
Central Railway, to Baltimore. Most of this
goes to the United Milk Producers Association.
- Why can't Towson have street sprinkler
to be operated by the horses of the fire engineer
They do this in Roland Park and find it works
we'll and makes the horses help to earn their
salt.
up to Friday, 4th inst, 81, 900 had been
received for huckster licenses under the new
law, at the County Clerks Office. This money
will be devoted to the public roads Of the
county.
MIR John lyric, steam marble worker
of Cockeysville, has this week been doing some
very creditable work in the lot of Mrs. Fran
els NJ. Craumer, in Prospect Hill Cemetery,
Towson.
During the month of April the rain fall
was 1888 inches. which was considerably def
Gent as compared with normal April fall of
343 inches. There was one snow fall during
the month.
Mr. E. E. Scott well known farmer
of Western Run Valley, has written to the
County Commissioners requesting them to
make an inspection of the roads in the neigh
borhood of Butler.
1.-The thunder showers of Thursday after
noon, while not enough to relieve the parched
earth. at least dispelled the dust. which had be-
come most disagreeable. The temperature also
took decided drop.
- Last weeks issue of THE UNION was in
great demand because il contained a number
Of local laws passed at the last session of the
Legislature. Many were especially anxious to
see the law licensing traders.
- Last Sunday was an ideal spring day and
the suburban roads were crowded with thous-
ands of people out for an airing, the bicycle
being largely in evidence. although very few
women are now seen on wheels.
- Emory Grove camp-meeting will be held
this year from the 9th to the 23d of August.
AS already stated it will be conducted this year
in the old-time camp-meeting style and there
will be no admission fee charged.
"a man in Baltimore had to pay 50 and
costs on Wednesday for striking harmless
dog with brick-just for fun, you know.
Funny" fellows like that don't usually know
IS much as an ordinary sized dog.
There was a busy time in the County
Clerks office the early part of this week on &C.
count of the issuing of yearly liquor licenses.
These licenses cost $500 each and in the aggre-
gate produce very large revenue
- Gudgeons are now being caught in large
numbers and tits favorite sport with many
persons. Gndgeons are never counted singly
but always by the dozen, and hundred or
two, more or less, makes no natter
@The creamery of the United Milk Pro-
ducers' Association, located on North avenue,
nea- Charles street, will open for business
next Monday. 1t is said to be the largest and
most complete creamery in the world.
-sDr. H. Burton Stevenson, secretary of
the local Health Board, says that no patients
suffering with smallpox have been permitted
to leave the county. A strict quarantine has
been enforced over such persons, he says.
Mrs. Scott, widow of Judge Eli Scott, of
the Orphans Court, has sold her property on
the Frederick road, opposite Eden Terrace, to
Mr.. James Thompson, of Gainesville. 1t con-
tains 10 acres and has large frame dwelling
IAN entertainment will be given in the
puUilC SC0OOl mouse near Mays OHdpcl, ObCSt-
nut Ridge. Friday evening, May 18th, at
o'clock. Proceeds to be applied to the pur-
chase of an organ for the school. Admission
rs cents.
- Messrs. Henry Hilgaertner and B. Fl.
Numbers, who carry on wheelwright and black
smith shops in Towson, this week turned out
a store wagon for Mr.. Frank Phipps that re-
fleets much credit upon their taste and skill as
mechanics.
- Several fine houses will be erected in
Reisterstown this summer, it is said. For
some years it looked like that old town was
finished" but il appears to have had new life
infused into it and has again taken to growing
vigorously.
THE new School Board will meet at Tow
son next Monday, May 7th, and formally or
ganize for business. The new officers already
agreed upon by the Democratic majority will
assume the duties of their respective positions
at that time.
- Messrs. George E. Wright and Charles
Deinstbach, of Towson spent Thursday fish,
ing for gudgeons at Bradshaw. They caught
forty dozen and two. They didn't know what
to do with the two, so they just threw them back
into the water.
- Fines that have heretofore been collected
by the justices of the peace and paid to the
School Board will hereafter. by an act of the
last Legislature, be paid to the County Commits