The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-12
LOCAL ITEMS.
SALES ADVERTISED IN 1.-THE UNIoN."

tracts of land near k1ngsVllie. utn uistrlcI.
Thursday April II, by Chapman Bros, near Je-
rusalem Mills, 18th district mules, horses,
cows. hogs, farm implements, provender'
Thursday April IL, by s. A. Williams. trustee,
Continuing from day to day until compile
ted at Rockford on the Hartford turnpike,
the personal property of Walter +. heckord
Tuesday April ~, by William 5. Keech and W.
Gill Smith, attorneys, at the Court House
door, a farm of 1876 acres in Dniany's valley
wednesday, April 20, by John E. Phillips, near
Gywnnbrook Station, 4th district, Jersey
cows and heifers, Jersey bull. horses, farm
Aso,,dav' AnriI 2s. by John and william Olchns-
Nv. one mile east of Glen-Arm Station,lowe
Long Green Vallay. horses. COWS. hogs, wag-
Tuesday, April 20, by Chas. j. Hull, Attorney,
at the Court House door, fee simple prop
sgty e t the ia S5 SiStE!st on
the premises. fee simple property in the vii
lage Of .violetville. 18th district;
Monday May 8, by Percy G. Hennighausen, at
torney. on the premises, dwelling house and
lot ia Highlandtown; also at the same time,
contents of florists establishment
IAN authority says early blossoms indi-
cate bad fruit year.
- Charles w. Robinson has been appoin-
ted postmaster at White Marsh, Baltimore
county.
granted soldiers pension at the rate of Sc
"a little child of Alfred Parks, OF Cock
eysville. fell from high chair few days ago
and broke its right arm in two places.
DIR. J. Edward Benson, whose home is
at Marble Hill, north of Cockeysville, is hav-
ing an artesian we'll bored on his premises.
The 17-year locusts are working their
wav to the surface, as is evidenced by the fact
that blows on some farms have already turned
them up.
- Building operations will be brisk in Ca
louisville this spring and summer. Several
houses are now in course of erection and
others are projected.
The cold, wet weather of the first week
of April was a serious setback to farmers and
gardeners whose spring work Is now far be-
hind what it should be.
Edwin G. Kirkwood, a farmer and can
ner near JarrettsviIle, has made an assignment
for the benefit of bis creditors. His assets
amount to about $4,000.
Mr.. William Wesley, of Sunny brook,
10th district. lost another horse a few days ago
being the third one since the first of the year.
He valued the three at over S400.
- Those people who predicted an early
spring because of the long and cold winter
that preceded it, see now where they were mis-
taken. The season is more than two weeks
later than il was last year.
THE Methodist ministers, who were as
signed by the Conference that adjourned on
Tuesday, will be in their new places next Sun
day The changes in this county were not so
numerous as was expected.
MIR. E. e. McCleary, proprietor of Locust
Vale Stock Farm, near Towson, is arranging
for his second spring sale, which will take
place some time this month. There are now
new arrivals at the farm daily.
- Mrs. Roosevelt wife of the President,
sent beautifully embroidered handkerchief
to the Bishops Guild of Trinity Church, Tow
son. TO be disposed of at the handkerchief
bazaar" held Friday night, April 18th.
ION Monday last Judge Burke signed
decree appointing Miss Mamie Howard, trus-
tee of the estate of the late Charles Ridgely, of
Hampton. to succeed Messrs Josias @. john
son and William r. Howard resigned.
Thieves have been stripping some lawns
in the suburbs of their flower plants. On
Monday two women were arrested for stealing
a large number from lawns at Roland Park.
They had the plants concealed in paper bags.
THE United Railways and Electric Com
pany paid its park tax for the first quarter of
1902 on Thursday. The check was for the
snug sum of S73, 1850, or an increase of $5,
2O61S as compared with the same quarter of
1901.
THE Keene property, on Altamont ave-
nue., near Gainesville, has been purchased by
Gen. Francis e. Waters, of Baltimore, who
has presented it to his daughter, Mrs. Charles
r. Spence. 1t is said the price paid was about
$4,000.
THE weather has been bad enough here
this week, but in Western Maryland it was
worse. There they had % inches of snow and
snow in Maryland is something out of the
ordinary.
Trapper Rinehart, whose home is near
Black Rock, 9th district, met with unusual
success the past winter and among the pelts
taken were the following los skunks, 20
'possums. 3 'coons, 8 miDks, IL weasels and 20
red squirrels.
william T. Gore has been appointed con-
stable for the 4th district for two years, sue
ceeding c: w Fox, who declined reappoint-
ment. The appointment was made by the
County Commissioners at the request of Mr..
e. Lynn Painter.
- The ladies of Mays Chapel, Chestnut
Ridge, will hold an oyster supper on Wednes-
day Thursday and Friday evenings of next
week. The proceeds will be applied to the
new church fund and liberal patronage is
earnestly requested.
-$We received the following note this
week from well known lady and we highly
appreciate the compliment: PLEASE find en-
closed check for $3.50. | wish to subscribe to
your BALTIMORE COUNTY UNION, the best coun-
ty paper know Of"
THE trailing arbutus, the first of our
wild flowers, is now showing its modest head
among the leaves of the forest. 1t was once
very plentiful hereabout but pulling the plant
up by the roots while gathering the flowers has
destroyed much of it.
"a successful smoker" and entertain
ment was given in Grange Hall, on Friday
Arcanum. This is beneficial organization,
with life insurance feature, and has large
membership in Maryland.
THE UNION continues to receive anony.
nous communications with requests to pub
lish If those who write these will not en-
trust us with their names they had better save
their stamps, envelopes and paper. We will
not publish unsigned letters.
1.-The Grand Jury of the U. S. District
Court on Wednesday indicted Charles l.. Ship
ley, of Pikesville, Baltimore county, upon the
charge of sending improper matter through
the mails to residents of that village. The
case will come to trial shortly.
The hayfork swindlers who had been
working successfully in the southern counties
OF pennsylvania are now in Frederick county
and have already taken in several farmers.
Again The UNION warns the people not to sign
any papers for glb-tongued agents.
> The Towson baseball team met defeat
last Saturday afternoon at the hands of the
Oxfords--13 to 3. Towson has good material,
but the boys have not yet had enough team
work to make their playing effective. They
should practice at every opportunity.
-Four children in one family in Carroll
county have died in five years from rapid con-
sumption, all of them having reached matu-
rity. 1t is remarked as being most singular
that the parents of the children are strong and
vigorous, showing no signs of i'll health.
> Eklo and Maryland Line postoffices, in
the upper end of this county, have been dis
continued on account of rural free delivery
routes having been established. Mail for
Eklo will hereafter go to Freeland and that in
tended for Maryland Line will go to Parkton.
There will be several important offices to
fill in Baltimore county in 1908 and Demo
cratic candidates are already getting them
selves in training for them. From an occa-
sional remark that is let drop we are led to be-
lieve there is big fight and warm times ahead.
- Patrick o. Mara, who sued the county for
$500 damages for alleged injuries sustained by
a horse of his breaking through bridge on
the Washington road, 18th district, obtained
a verdict for $685. The case was tried in the
Circuit Court and occupied the best part of two
days.
Commissioners this week to remove for 500
the large mass of stone, known as BLACK
Rock )" that fell into the public road near But
Ter. 5th district, about two weeks ago. The
Board referred the matter to Roads Engineer
~>Recently the weather bureau has made
a very bad fist of its weather predictions.
About the only thing it has hit was Tuesdays
storm and that was here almost ahead of the
prediction or forecast. But it was dandy