The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-03-01


exhibitions are not to be commended, ii is
rather pleasing to know that we didn't come
out second best. Too much choleric is not a
good thing, especially when exhibited in this
manner by our lawmakers.
- very large crowd attended the sale of
Mr.. VIM. w. Shroyer, at Dover, 4th district,
on Thursday of last week and satisfactory
prices were obtained throughout. A. NJ Ruby
was the auctioneer. Mr.. Shroyer will now
conduct his own farm, known as the Captain
Lucas place, near Mantua Mills.
- The sale of the personal property of Mr..
Joshua NJ. Matthews, which was to have
taken place at his farm on the Jarrettsville
turnpike, 10th district, last Tuesday, was post
poned on account of the rain until Monday
next, March Sd, when it will positively take
place, without regard to weather.
1.-THE beautiful trees in the Court House
park suffered severely from the sleet storm of
Friday, February 2lst. and it will take them a
long time to recover from the damage wrought.
A few hours of such weather as then expert
enced can destroy what it had required many
years of care and thought to produce.
%Towson looked likes cyclone had struck
it after last weeks sleet storm. 1t is doubtful
if ever before the town presented such spec
tacle, the streets being in places almost entire
ly blocked by fallen limbs and telephone and
electric light wires. Fortunately no accidents
occurred, but the danger was imminent.
MIR. Thomas W. Offutt, manager of the
Mt. Washington Electric Light and Power
Company, has been a very busy man this
week. The storm of the 21st ult. badly
damaged his lines and he has had large force
of men engaged in getting them in shape
again.. Everything is now going smoothly:
James Ceilings and Daniel Keleher, who
were held in Jail here upon the charge of caus-
ing the death of John T. Ceilings at Ellicott
City, on the 18th of January last were released
by order of Judge Burke on Tuesday. There
was no evidence against the men of completely
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release.
Notices of the annual meetings of the
stockholders of the Baltimore and Hartford
Turnpike Company, the Baltimore and Jeru-
salem Turnpike Company and the Baltimore
and Yorktown Turnpike Company appear in
THE UNION today. The companies are now
all controlled by the United Railways and
Electric Company.
THE pouring rain of Tuesday, coupled
with the melting snow, caused heavy freshet
in Jones falls ice on Lake Roland broke
up and went off with the high water. There
were apprehensions of serious damage, but
nothing of much moment resulted. The Gun
powder and other streams in the county were
also greatly swollen.
IAN old resident of Baltimore county,
speaking of the sleet storm of last week, said
that thirty-five years ago we had a worse
storm of the same kind in Maryland. Then,
be says, the ice was so heavy that large trees
were borne TO the ground by its weight, and
that many of the country roads were COM
pletely blocked to travel.
1.-The February meeting of the Junior
Gunpowder Agricultural Club was held last
Saturday at the farm of Mr.. Thomas V. Rich
ardson, near Phoenix. The principal subject
for discussion was "HOw can we get better
grass sets ~ Mr.. Richardson owns very large
farm and is one of the most extensive and sue
cessful dairymen in the county.
THE exhibition of the Gardeners Club
held at Royal Arcanum Hall, Baltimore on
Monday afternoon and evening" was very
successful affair. Carnations and roses were
in great profusion and there were also other
flowers. The judges were Messrs. William
Fraser, Richard Vincent, Jr.. and William Nc
Roberts, all of Baltimore county.
- Candidates are looming up for the offices
that will be filed in this county two years
from last fall and, if rumois be true, some
very pretty plans are being laid. But some
times even the schemes of the most astute poll
member the homely old saying Don't count
your chickens before they are Matched"
- The regular meeting ofthe Neighborhood
Improvement Club of Govans will be held in
Golden Eagle Hall, Tuesday, March 4th, at
p M, Address by Mrs. Edwin c. Grice, of
Riverton, N. j.; talk by Miss Gertrude Lana
han, on her trip to Greece and Palestine; vo-
cal music by Miss Lillian Anspach and Mr..
Frank J. Taylor, accompanied by Mrs. H. G.
Turnbull
"A Baltimore city man who owns a farm
il this county that has been under rent for
some years is not pleased with the result He
thinks be is worse off now than when he COM
menced to rent and he knows the farm is sadly
out of repair He says the best thing he can
do now is to let the farm remain idle and take
care of itself. Anyway, be don't want any
more ''share rent in his.
- At the Juniors celebration in Calvary
Baptist Church, Towson, on Sunday night last
the pastor, Rev. w. E. Robertson, presented
prizes for perfect attendance to Carey Hunter
and Marvin Ratcliff, and to Lillian Hunter for
bringing the largest number of new members
into the Sunday school. An interesting pro-
gram was rendered by the Juniors, of which
organization John Price is president.
- Baltimore county building associations
and there are number of strong and well
conducted ones here-will strongly oppose the
passage of the bill now before the Legislature
for the appointment of an accountant who
shall annually examine the books of such as
sociations. The officers declare that this is en-
tirely unnecessary and that it would entail
needless expense upon the associations.
- Prince Henry made stop in Baltimore
county after all; When his special train was
returning from Washington to New York on
Monday night one of the cylinder-heads of
the engine blew out at Hardwood, near Chase,
on the p, w. & B. r. R., and the train was
delayed an hour. As it was about o clock in
the morning none of the people of the neigh.
borhood knew of the presence of the Prince.
"a lady who was last week visiting in
Baltimore, while going from Music Hall to
Hotel Studio, on Charles street, lost box
containing nearly 81 900 worth of diamonds.
A colored man named John Scott, employed
as a servant by Mr.. Christian Devries of
Green Spring Valley, found the box and turned
it over to Mr.. Devries, who saw that its owner
received it. Scott received S25 as reward for
his honesty.
MIR. Richard H. Peasants, who is inter-
ested in the Audubon Park property, in the
western suburbs of Towson, will shortly COM
mence the erection of a cottage for himself on
the north side of the Joppa road, several hun
bred yards west of the residence of Mr.. Howard
Rieman. Mr.. William p. Cole is also arrang-
ing to erect three small houses south of Chesa-
peake avenue. Mr.. William K. Burns has the
contract for the latter.
- Nearly three inches of rain fell within
twenty-four hours the latter part of last week,
but the water ran off, the earth being frozen
very hard. The heavy coating of snow that
covered the fields for month should be of
vast benefit to the wheat crop which had
wintered badly up to the time it fell. The
have followed was much needed and the good
results that will follow will be seen as spring
advances
IA marriage license was obtained here
few days ago for man from Toledo Ohio
and widow whose home is in Indianapolis.
Dul Jucy LldQc a Iulotdhcs lucy uluu nave
the knot tied here, but went to Govanstown
for the purpose. Govanstown is not bad
place, but when you want the real thing in the
way of Gretna Green don't forget that you're
looking for Towson. 1t is not necessary to put
up any argument to prove this. The fact is
too obvious.
- MIR. Henry A. Parr having rented his
Meadowvale Farm, near Lutherville. will sell
all the valuable personal property on the place,
on Wednesday and Thursday. March 18th and
18th. Included in the sale will be 95 head of
thoroughbred Jersey and Guernsey cattle and
grades, IS thoroughbred Berkshires, besides
mules, horses. Wyandotte and Plymouth Rock
fowls and all the farm implements, etc. For
particulars see advertising columns of The
UNION today.
- Last week Mr.. William s. Keech, of
Towson, advertised valuable setter dog in
THE UNION, the animal having mysteriously
disappeared from his home A day or two af-
forwards the dog was found chained up in a
gentleman's stable near Ruxton, and the col
ored coachman who had him told rather
shady story of how he came there. The sup
position is that the dog was enticed away and
held for a reward-a trick that is not uncom-
mon these days.
THE storm of last week made trouble
some travelling on the suburban trolley lines
The York road line was badly tied up on
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