The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-06-07


- Mr.. James NICK. Merryman, ofthe Coun.
ty Clerks Office, was thrown out of road
cart on Wednesday afternoon, while going to
his home from Towson, caused by the colt he
was driving taking fright and running away.
He was kicked several times, but escaped Sc
rious injury.
~ series of lectures and concerts will be
given on Emory Grove camp grounds, begin
ming Tuesday, July ed. The regular camp
meeting services will commence Thursday,
August 9TH, and continue until the 21st. Rev.
L. I. Waterman will be in charge of the
camp this year.
- Rev. DR.. Thomas E. Carson is expected
to preach in North Point NJ. E. Church South,
Sunday, June 8th, morning and evening. the
occasion being the anniversary of the dedica-
lion of the new church. DIR. Carson is one of
the leading ministers of the Southern Metho-
dist Conference.
->Col. Charles B. Rogers, who occupies
the old Rogers homestead, situated in Green
Spring Valley, and known as "Lystra" is
making number of Improvements, including
painting the house inside and out. There is a
spring. on this property that is one of the
finest in Maryland.
THE law requires that the county tax Of
fee be kept open every day of the year, except
Sundays and legal holidays, as follows: From
April LIST to November LIST, from to 4 from
November LIST to April LIST, from 9 to g. The
Baltimore Office of the Treasurer is open every
Saturday from 8 to r.
Tile drought that has continued for some
weeks and which at this writing FRIDAY noon)
shows no signs of being broken. is getting to
be decidedly serious matter with farmers and
truckers and there are apprehensions that all
vegetation will be practically ruined unless
rain comes very shortly.
Trout-fs fishermen say that locust years are
not good ones for their favorite sport. They
say the fish feed on the locusts that drop into
the streams and will not bite because they are
not hungry. Perhaps there is something in
this. The open season for trout in this county
ends with the present month.
Those people who like to eat locusts are
invited to call at THE UNION Office and try
some we have that have reached the venerable
age of "a years. They are not alive of course,
but we have no doubt they are in other re-
spects just as good as their brothers and sisters
that are now making music for u.s..
Another one of the famous Milk Pro-
ducers' cases was commenced in the Circuit
Court at Towson on Thursday, before Judge
Burke and jury. The First National Bank
of Westminster is the plaintiff, and Mr.. VIM.
Ensor, we'll known farmer, the defendant.
The suit is on two notes of 1888 each.
>Some of the farmers who came to Tow
son this week were very gloomy over the crop
prospects. There has been no improvement
in the grass and much of it is so short as to be
not worth cutting. The wheat crop will be
generally light and corn is very badly in need
of rain. Garden crops are doing poorly.
THE County Commissioners this week
fixed the amount they will hereafter pay ply
sicians for making post mortem examinations,
naming $40 as the sum. A Baltimore doctor
sent in bill for $500 for performing three of
these examinations. The Board ordered a
check sent him for $15 and he returned it.
>The iceman is having his innings now
and the benignant smile that wreathes his face
says to us all too plainly We'll, I've been
waiting my chance for some time, but I've
caught on at last" And he handles the man.
ufactured article only, which, it is said, is
made of distilled water and should therefore
be pure.
- The case of John Wesley Devine, the
colored man indicted in Baltimore for the
murder of Patrolman Donahue, has been re-
moved to Towson for trial. Devine is ma
tive of the 8th district of this county, where
his arrest was effected by the Baltimore police.
He is desperate character and has been in
many troubles before.
->On Wednesday afternoon the County
Commissioners, upon invitation of Mr.. T.
Dudley Riggs, went over to Green Spring Val
lev to look into the proposed change that Mr..
Riggs proposes to make in the public road at
Stevenson Station. After the inspection they
were entertained at the beautiful home of Mr.
Riggs, near the station.
1.-The receipts at the city Office of County
Treasurer Cochran on Saturday last were I'M
usually large and the Office was kept open
until late in the afternoon in order to accom-
modate all who wished to pay. The receipts
for the last week in May pushed we'll I'D to-
wards $3.50, 900, which is nearly one half the
levy for the entire year.
>It is a very unusual thing for court to
be in session in this county on legal holiday,
but this is what it was on Friday of last week.
A case that was on trial the day before was COM
pleted on Memorial Day. which is legal hol-
iday in Maryland. The grand jury however,
adjourned from Thursday until Monday, upon
which latter date it adjourned finally.
1.-THE first warm days of June hurried
city people into the country and the hotels and
boarding houses have been filling up rapidly.
Thousands of Baltimore people spend their
summers in this county and add much to the
social gaity during the warm months. And
they also add largely to the bank accounts of
the storekeepers and tradesmen generally.
THAT locust eating affair that took place
at Lauraville Hartford road, on Saturday even
ing last, was not much of success. A Balti-
more man named Altland disposed of some of
the pie" but those countrymen who were on
hand were satisfied to allow him to have that
end of the fun to himself. Locust pie is not
likely to become popular article of diet at
Lauravile.
1.-THE annual fete at the Confederate Sol
diers' Home Pikesvile, was held Tuesday af.
ternoon and evening, under the auspices of
the ladies of the board of visitors. The at
tendance was large and the affair was finan-
cial success. The locusts proved something of
present in great numbers on the tables, benches
and ground.
Two shops and storehouses of the Ro-
land Park Company were burned between 8
and 10 o'clock on Wednesday night, causing a
loss of about 81 800 Mr.. e. III, Bouton who
had lot of furniture and rugs stored in one
of the buildings, lost 50, 500 1t is not known
what caused the fire, which would no doubt
have been much more serious but for the d.
rection of the wind.
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Bethany M. E. Church, Baltimore, has pur-
chased handsome set of cyprus furniture for
his summer residence at Glyndon with the
purse presented to him by the congregation in
honor of his fifth appointment to the church.
The money was given to him upon condition
that he buy something that would serve as q
memento of the occasion.
flames V. Christy and William II. More
ton, two young men of the 9Th district of this
county who gave information to the Balti-
more police that led to the arrest of the colored
murderer Devine, think they should be rewar-
ded for their services and the Police Commits
sioDers agree with them, but they have no
fund for such purpose. 1t is likely the Board
will ask the City Council for an appropriation
to pay the reward.
+The interior marble work, including the
pillars and wainscoting, of the new st. Fran
cis' Catholic Church, Towson, is now nearing
completion. The pillars are high and mas
sive and, when dressed and polished, will be
very beautiful When completed this will be
the largest and finest church in Maryland.
All the interior decorations will be rich and
elaborate. 1t is said the edifce, when entirely
finished, will have cost about 100000.
These are busy days at Locust Vale
Stock Farm, Towson. Scores of horses and
mules are constantly arriving at and departing
from the farm and buyers are on hand almost
every hour of the day. 1t is asserted that Mr..
e. E. McCleary, the proprietor, has said that
when he started here he had no idea of build
ing up such large business. He appears to
have hit exactly the right location, within
easy reach of Baltimore city, from whence
very large percentage of his customers come.
Work of the Orphans Court.-In the
Orphans Court this week letters were granted
on the following estates:
On the personal estate of Eliza Walton to
Robert H. Black burn, executor.