The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-14

- The School Board will hold meeting
at Towson, on Wednesday next, 18th inst.
when arrangements will be made for paying
the teachers their salaries for the last half of
the term ending on the 18th inst. The new
Board will meet for organization on Monday,
May 7th.
- Bethany Lodge, /. o. o. F., of Glen
Arm. will appropriately celebrate the eighty
eighth anniversary Of the order on Thursday
evening. April 10Th, upon which occasion it
will entertain Triumph Lodge, of Belair, at
banquet The visitors will come down by
special train.
- The new residence of DR.. Wilmer Brin-
ton, on the west side of the York road. about
a mile south of Towson, is now having the
finishing touches put on and it will be ready
for occupancy in few weeks. 1t will be one Of
the largest and most complete houses in the
neighborhood
IAN aged colored man named Washing
ton Mosher, who spent most of his life in and
about Towson, lately mysteriously disappeared
from his home in Chester, Pa, and all efforts
to find him have proved unavaling. An ad-
yertisement for him has appeared in one of
the Baltimore papers.
>Charles Hare, Woodbury. tough got
drunk in Baltimore and raised disturbance
on a street car that was filed with ladies and
I children. Justice Grammar, who knows how
to handle such CATTLE fined Hare 800 and
costs. OF course he could not pay, but he'll
have to serve sixty days in Jail.
- The thirty.frst annual session of the
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4 will be held next week in Cambridge, COM
mencing on Tuesday, 17th Among the officers
| of the State Council who will attend are assis-
tant secretary H. H. Slower and warden n. s.
Watts, both of Baltimore county.
- Rev. Edward Hayes, former pastor of
Long Green Circuit, will lecture in Fork NJ. z.
| Church, Monday night, April 10Th. Subject
"Bon-Ton Society" The tickets issued for
the lecture Of Rev. Charles e. Guthrie will be
good for this lecture Admission 10 and Is
rents If rainy the next fair night
Next Thursday, April 10Th, will be the
thirty ninth anniversary of the alarming
scenes in Towson consequent about the break
ing out of the War of the Rebellion. The
events of that day and those that quickly fol-
lowed made an impression upon the minds of
the people that only time can efface
1.-The County Commissioners decided this
week to order from the Good Roads Machinery
Company, of KennettlSquare, Pa, Champion
road-making machine, at cost of 1926. II
this machine gives satisfaction others will be
secured. 1t will be tried first in the 18th dis
trict and then transferred to the 9Th.
- County Commissioners Knox and Slade
remained in Towson, Wednesday night to in
spect the Kitson street light that was put up
here a sample about week before. Mr..
John G. Bosey, the company's agent, ex-
planned the merits of the light. which is re-
markable for its power and brilliancy.
- Mr. Frank s. Hambleton has placed
beautiful window in Trinity Church, Towson.
as q memorial to his mother, Mrs. Arabella
Hambleton wife of Mr.. T. Edward Handle
ton. 1t is 10 feet high, 80 inches wide, and
has female figure feet in height. beneath
which are the words, LEAD. Kindly Light"
- Rev. J. R. Edwards. the new pastor of
Towson NJ. E. Church. will preach his firstse
mon here on Sunday, 18th inst, at IL A. NJ,
when a special musical program will be rem
dered. At 8 ?. NJ. the Sunday school will give
an entertainment. The collections taken dur
ing the day will be devoted to Sunday school
purposes.
Mr. Robert NJ Taylor, with the horse
Young Exile, of the Elkridge Hunt Club,
won the hunters steeplechase at Bennings
track. near Washington, last Saturday. Ochil-
tree, ridden by Mr.. Smith, was second. and
Diver, ridden by Mr.. Sam Nicholas, was third.
Young Exile was the favorite at big odds. 1t
was great race.
The County Commissioners this week
decided to entirely cancel the present outdoor
pension list at the end of the present fiscal
year. Last year $1,000 was levied for these
pensions and up to this time nearly $500 has
been expended. The idea is to entirely revise
the list with view to cutting off any who
may be I'm worthy.
-Mr P Palagano, near Ashland, 9Th dis
trict, whose barn and courthouse were burned
about three weeks ago, has employed private
Waterman to protect his property. he is
now trying 10 secure evidence sufficient to con-
vict the scoundrel who caused the first fire,
recognizing the fact that the community
would be well rid of him.
IA large number of horses belonging to
the KnickerbOcker Ice Company that were
wintered by Messrs. Benjamin T. Ridgely and
Joshua Todd, well known young farmers of
the 9th district were taken back to Baltimore
on Tuesday to be made ready for the summer
campaign. The stock was in excellent condi-
ton, showing COCO ieealng, etc;
rear pgex known as the Steven J
Ns~Ff6perty, south of Tows0an ia not yet COM
pleted Owing to the character OF .the ground
where the track is laid out it will cost large
sum of money. 1t will be used entirely for
training purposes, Mr.. Greenway having -
wide reputation as handler of horses for
speed.
- Riders of bicycles need pay no toll in
MARYLAND now, Gov. Smith having signed the
bill passed at the last session of the Legislature
In addition the keepers of gates on toll roads
must now maintain a bright light on their
gates at night in order to prevent accidents.
The wheelman may not be as numerous as he
formerly was, but he appears to be getting
stronger.
-+Mr. s. Howard Merryman, who has
been successfully engaged in the manufacture
of incubators and brooders in Towson,. is
about to organize company to extend his |
business. The machines be has been making |
meet such a ready sale that he is unable to
supply the growing demand. He should ex-
perience no difficulty in securing the neces-
sary capital
- Some scheme should be devised to get |
rid of the English sparrows: They have now
driven off nearly every other bird, and au- |
thorities say they are no possible good as de-
stroyers of insects. The martin is the only |
one of the smaller birds that can knock out |
the sparrow and for this reason they should be
offered every encouragement to locate with US. |
The sparrow is. simply an unmitgated nui-
sance.
-->The sale of horses and mules made on
Thursday by Messrs VIM. B. Cockey and Nor
man Stump at Garrison Stock Farm, near |
Pikesvile was attended by large number of
people, notwithstanding the fact that the |
weather was very unfavorable. Mules brought |
from 500 to 5000 a head and the prices obtain
ed for the horses were very satisfactory, one |
of them bringing $3.50. Slade Il Risteau con-
Quoted the sale.
> Another fire in Ridgely's woods, imme-
diately northwest of Towson, last Sunday az
ternoon, burned over nearly 100 acres ofgronnd, |
but did no very serious damage. 1t was started |
about o'clock in the afternoon ard burned |
until nearly IL at night. The Towson, Go |
vanstown and Roland Park engines responded |
to the alarm, but could do little good because
of the scarcity of water and the difficulty of |
moving about in the woods. This was the |
third successive fire on that many Sundays
%Referring to what The UNION said last |
week about the changing of Arbor Day in this |
county 10 suit certain teachers Prof. Ebaugh |
says no discourtesy to the Governor was in
tended and that what he did relative to the ex-
ercises in the schools was simply following |
UP long established custom in this county |
Wle0 ATDOr lay lmIueuldtely pIeCeu6S UOOu
Friday, which is always school holiday 1t |
was not intended, the Professor says to change |
the time OF the tree-planting, but simply the |
time for holding the special exercises in the |
schools.
Work at the Targets.-The members of |
Troop A, MARYLAND National Guard, formerly |
the Green Spring Valley Troop have com
pleted their indoor revolver prectice for 1900
and Private Samuel ). Fort, of the Ellicott
City squad, lands the highest average at all
ranges, and fine Smith & Wesson army re-
volver as prize. 49,
The general average that counted in this
years instruction and in the competition for
the prize included attendance. If present at
each Of the six squad drills for revolver prac-
tice a man got 100. This was added to his
percentage of shooting at all ranges and divi-
ded by two, to arrive at the general average.
Today Saturday. at Pikesville, the troop
championship trophy and Colt army re-
volver will be contested for, at 25 yards range,
using the regulation target for that distance.
hot contests expected, as the men have been
nracticinp faithfully and at this range and tar