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

- Superintendent E. Clinton Tracey, OF
the county aims house, reported this week to
the County Commissioners that there were in
that institution, April Both, Is inmates One
died during the month. Only SO tramps were
fed and lodged in April.
- Benjamin +. Bayne, who has been con-
Quoting livery stable and stage line at Tow
son, has made application for the benefit of
the United States bankruptcy law. His in
debtedness is scheduled at 6,9l2.3l, with assets
amounting to S., 537, 35.
The fifth spring sale at Valley View
Stock Farm, near Towson, will take place on
Thursday next, 10th inst. and will no doubt
attract large crowd. Catalogues are now in
course of preparation and will be ready not
later than next Monday
Ida" the old and favorte driving mare
of Mr.. William E. Upton, of the I'd district
died few days ago.. Although % years old
she was game to the last and one of the best
road animals in the State Ida" will be great
ly missed by her devoted owner.
- The City Water Board has appointed
Thomas f. Brennan, foreman at Lake Monte
bello, at 5000 year. The Office of chief of
watershed patrol, held by Gideon p. Hopkins.
was abolished. On Friday. 4th inst the Board
made trip of inspection over the Gunpowder
supply.
This week Chief of Police Street, re-
| quested the County Commissioners to supply
him with horse and buggy in order that be
may be facilitated in getting around and to
Board did not determine what it would do in
the matter.
While visiting at the home of Mr.. VIM.
H. Wight, near Cockeysville, on Wednesday
night, Arthur Pndel, aged Is years. son of
Rev. A. T. Pindell, rector of Sherwood Parish,
fell from the porch and painfully injured him
self. He was unconscious for some time after
the accident.
- Forty property-owners of Mt. Washing
ton have petitioned the County Commissioners
for revocation of the extra levy of 20 cents
on the 500 to be expended on the streets and
sidewalks of that village. The levy having
been already promulgated, the remonstraDce
came too late to be acted on. 3d.. 81
- The Maryland Journal, the baltimore
County Democrat and the Catonstille Argus
have been selected by the President of the
Senate and Speaker of the House to publish
the general laws passed at the last session of
the Legislature. The two first mentioned will
receive 1925 each and the latter $50.
- Republican primary meetings were held
in all the districts of Baltimore county ON
Friday and Saturday of this week and the coun-
Monday. The Democrats will hold their pri- .
maries on Saturday, 18th. and their convention
will be held at Towson the Tuesday following.
1.-THE County Commissioners have adjus-
ted the salaries of the clerks in their Office, to
date from May LIST, 1900. Hereafter the chief
clerk and auditor will receive 81 500 instead of
81, 200, and the transfer clerk 81 900 instead of
5000. The Board also levied this year 81 900
for counsel fees. Last year this item was $500.
1.-The new School Board of Hartford coun-
ty organized on Wednesday by electing Mr..
John d. Worthington, president; Mr.. Thomas
Q. Galbreath, secretary. treasurer and exami
ner. and Col. Ohio s. Lee, counsel. Mr..
Walter P. Reckord, the Republican member
of the old Board, was succeeded by Mr.. Chas.
W. Baker
THE last quarterly statement of the
Towson National Bank, published in the ad-
vertising columns Of THE UNION today. shows
loans and discounts, s27l O02 So; individual
deposits subject to check, 1927, 623.52; surplus
fund. $50, GOO UNDIVIDED profits less expenses
and taxes paid, s2l .102.47. The capital stock
of the bank is $500
THE law providing for discount for the
prompt payment of taxes in this county was
changed at the last session of the Legislature.
All taxes are due and payable on the first day
of May. and on all taxes paid prior to the first
day of June there shall be discount of per
cent Formerly the discount for the first
month was per cent.
Congressman Lacey, of Iowa, has bill
that is meeting with much favor. charging
the powers of the Department of Agricul-
ture to include preservation, introduction and
restoration of game and other wild birds.
Mr.. Lacey speaks of the presidential English
sparrow" and calls him 'the rat of the air.
Not bad name for him.
>"Ham. Jr.," the educated orang -outang
whose antics were enjoyed by hundreds of
Baltimore county people at the Baltimore Zoo
lew weeks ago, QleO at ALld0LlC City on Mon |
day last. His health had not been good for
several months and it is said he mourned over
the separation from his trainer, Mme.i D. Osta |
Ham" was valued at $1,000.
->John L. Rodgers. formerly of this coun-
ty, who has been engaged in the grain business |
in Baltimore, has taken the benefit of the q. |
s. bankrupt law. The schedule of his debts |
shows $34, 1897 81. with assets amounting to |
$770. Lewis K. Wright, of this county, trad
ing as George F. Adams & Co., has been gran
ted his discharge in bankruptcy.
1.-The Orphans Court room is now the
most cosy looking apartment in the Court
+ eafaficI 'generl1fy. Tde wdns nev1 been /
tastefully caisamined, the floor has been newly
carpeted and other improvements made to add
to the comfort of those who occupy it,.
- Tom Clark, owned and ridden by Mr.
George Brown, Jr., won the race for the Mary
land Hunt Cup, which took place in Green
Spring Valley last Saturday afternoon. Thir.
teen horses started The Squire, owned and
ridden by Mr.. w Plunkett Stewart, was second.
One week before Tom Clark won the April
Fool Steeplechase. which was run in the same
valley.
- Maryland has law creating an Arbor
Day and the Governor yearly issues procla-
ton naming the date and offering encourage
ment to all to plant trees and shrubbery. But
in Baltimore city, under the Hayes regime
they have taken another tack and are now
actually charging property holders 25 cts. for
every tree they plant on their premises. Is our
beautiful city finished" too?
ION Saturday last Mr.. Frank H. Zouck,
of Reisterstown, completed his contract for
furnishing ties and poles for the double track
ing and changing of the electric railway on
for about IS, 900 ties and II 900 poles. Mr.. A.
M. Ruby had the supervision of getting. out
the ties and poles most of which came from
along the line of the Western Maryland Rail-
road.
- The employees of several Baltimore
merchants were arrested in Baltimore county
this week upon the charge of selling goods
without q license, as required by law passed |
at the last session of the Legislature. The |
law was published in THE UNION last week
themselves with it. The license fee is $50. |
Those arrested were held in bail for further
hearing.
- Property-owners along the Liberty road, |
near Rockdale have movement on foot look
ing to the improvement of that important |
thOroughfare. A permanent organization, to |
be known as the Liberty Road Improvement |
Association, has been formed, with Mr.. H. G. |
Ridgely, president, and Mr.. Garrett ID. Waters, |
secretary. The members of the association |
are very much in earnest and they hope to ac-
complish some good.
- It is said that the Chesapeake Electric |
and Water Company will not only absorb |
the Gainesville Water Company, but also the
Towson Water Company. A general meeting |
of the stockholders of the old companies will |
be held at the office of the first named COM
pany in Canton. on Monday, 7th inst, to con-
slider the consolidation Mr.. Thomas McGuin-
ness is president of the Electric and Water
Company, and Mr.John w .Geiger secretary.
"A few days ago young couple from |
Shrewsbury, York county, drove in buggy |
all the way to Towson to be married. When |
they got their license at the Clerks office some
one told new clerk employed there that he
had been selected to go with the couple to the
minister as a witness to see that everything |
was done properly. Surprising that this was
part of his duties, although he was an entire |
stranger to the couple he FURNISHED himself
up hurriedly, accompanied them to the parson-
age and saw them safely through. Thelaugh
was on him when he returned to the office.
The Season of Mems Greatest Discon-
tent.-This is the season of mans yearly dis
content, for It's now the average housekeeper
discovers that her domicile has accumulated
a large amount of extraneous matter during
the winter, which she must proceed to get rid
ofinstanter, and she goes about it with an en-
thusiasm worthy more interesting cause.
Woman's fancy lightly turns to thoughts
of house. cleaning in the spring just as mans
dooq IN love and tho 0fhar mon, hers af the