The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-06-21

OOuuLy OOmulSSlOQSrS ana DuDllS0cQ IQ1i
week shows that at the end of the last fisCa
year the county had balance of assets over liza
biities amounting to Sill, 40. The present
financial condition of the county is therefort
very satisfactory.
MIR. Clagett Pyles. of West Arlington
who was run down on Park Heights avenue
about three weeks ago by an automobile driven
by Mr.. Charles G. McColgan, of Baltimore
has sued that gentleman for 5000 damages
for personal injuries. Mr.. Pyles is clerk in
the Custom House.
- Messrs. John F. Centrum and John 8
Biddison, attorneys for MIR. Augustus Essg
have obtained an injunction in the Circuit
Court here to prevent the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company from planting
poles in front of the plaintiffs property on
Park Heights avenue, Sd district
THE Egerton School, an institution for
orphan girls in Baltimore. has again taken for
the summer the house on the Glen Ellen farm
of Mr.. HI. l.. Brack, four miles northeast OF
Towson, and on Tuesday the teams of Messrs.
VIM: s. Treadwell and Harry Treadwell moved
out the effects belonging to the school,
1.-THE County Commissioners this week
designated the First National Bank of Cations.
| vile as one of the repositories for the county
funds. The county's other repositories are the
Towson National, the Cockeysville National
| and the Manufacturers National of Baltimore.
All of them allow q per cent. on deposits
1.-The collections in some of the Catholic
i churches of this county for Pope Leo resulted
i as follows st. Marks Catonsvile 500; Sacred
Heart, Highlandtown, $4,000; st. Joseph's
Texas, S25; st. Mary's, Govanstown $40; St.
Marsh, SO Sacred Heart, Mt Washington, 81.
- The closing exercises of the primary de-
| partment of Towson High School took place
on Thursday, a very large audience having as
| sembled to witness the ceremonies. The adj
dress to the pupils was by Mr.. William Grason,
| of the Towson bar. The senior department
held its commencement exercises on Friday
evening.
->The Board of Estimates of Baltimore
city has declined to appropriate any money to
| pay a reward to James Christy and VIM. H .
Moreton, of the 9Th district of this county, for
rendering assistance in the capture of Divine
the colored murderer. The Police Board has,
however, decided to pay each of the young
men $50. es
- We regret to say that little attention was
| paid to Flag Day in this county and very few
flags were displayed in Baltimore We doubt
| If a half dozen were shown in Towson. This
does not speak well for the patriotism of our
/ people and is bad example to the rising gener-
alton who should, of all things, be taught
| patriotism.
- Mr. Charles E. Bowen, of Towson, who
had the contract for painting the dome of the
Court House, had snapshot photographs taken
of himself and his three sons in different posi-
tons on the outside of the dome. The boys
are John Ridgely Bowen, aged II; Clyde Els
worth Bowen, aged 8, and Harry Taylor
Bowen, aged 6.
->The May term grand jury Mr.. Van
Brant Rittenhouse, foreman, reconvened at
Towson on Monday morning to investigate
the charge of criminal assault against James
Lewis, colored. After examining several wit
nesses the jury promptly found true bill of
indictment against the accused, who is still
held in Baltimore city Jail.
p Last week man living on the Hillen
road, south of Towson, advertised in THE
UNION blind Jersey cow that he priced very
highly, and that had strayed from his prem,
ises On Sunday morning farmer living
about two miles distant sent him word that the
COW was at his place. The advertisement
found her, as it rarely fails to do.
->In the Circuit Court here on Monday
Miss Esther Nathan obtained q verdict for
81 500 damages aginst Fl. A. Brunier, for al
legged slanderous statements. The defendant
was not represented in court and permitted
judgment to go against him by default The
! plaintiff was represented by Messrs. James r.
Pratt, Horace McSherry and 7. Scott Offutt
- Mr.. John W. Wolf, who rents the Fur
mace Farm of the Hampton estate, commenced
cutting his grass this week. He has 108 acres
and he does not think it will cut over 40 tons.
Last year he had 30-acre field of timothy
from which be cut over 80 tons of good hay.
The same field this year, he says, will not pro-
duce over 10 tons and that of inferior quality.
- Mr.. Charles ]. Bonaparte delivered the
address to the graduates at the Baltimore Law
School commencement his subject being 1.-THE
Duties of an American Citizen" Among the
many good things he said was this "Were
asked to describe as briefly as possible the ex-
tent and limit of good citizens full duty
should say that he ought TO always mind his
own business"
- Here is one of the jokes gotten off by the
! 'snapehot' writer of one of the Baltimore
dailies: when one travels through the coun-
| try and observes piles of lime sprinkled over
the fields it does not necessarily mean that
for 10 IN FQIc IIn1n fFfTif
When you get through laughing at this send
us $3.50 and we'll mail you THE UNION for an
| entire year free.
->The congregation of Salem Lutheran
Church, Catonsville, determined last Sunday
to purchase lot on Ingleside avenue, in that
village, upon which to erect their proposed
new church. The lot is 100 by $50 feet and
| cost $1,000. The committee having the matter
in charge is composed of Hon. John Hubner,
| DIR. Charles l.. Mattfeldt and Messrs. Peter
Link and Henry Reich.
"a fellow who calls himself Stewart Small
| has been operating in the 18th district lately
and has taken in several persons. He preten-
ded to be a capitalist representing cotton
| establish large plant in that section of this
county. The man, who obtained some small
amounts of money, skipped before the law
could lay hands on him. eAt
1.-The lawn fete for the benefit of the Tow
son Athletic Club, which was held Wednesday
3
were not so large as they would have been had
| the supply of refreshments been larger. Mr..
| Thomas W. Ofutt, manager of the Mt. WASH
ington Electric Light Company, lighted the
| grounds free of charge and Burgoyne's Mill
tary Band gave free concert as a compliment
to the club.
"a long improvement at st. An
| thongs Catholic Church, east of the Beair
road, is parsonage and this will be supplied
shortly at cost of about $1,000. Rev. H. S.
k1o. 30 fsov ovxA
anything he undertakes is likely to succeed
The place where the church islocated is known
| as AnthOnysville and tract of land has been
secured there by Father Nagengast, who is de-
veloping it for building sites.
- Mr.. William s. Treadwell, who rents
what is known as the Sheridan Farm of the
Hampton estate, commenced cutting wheat on
| Thursday. His fallow ground wheat is fairly
good, but the other will not be third of crop.
| Last year Mr. Treadwell had very large field
| of beautiful, clean timothy hay. From the
same field this year he says he does not think
he will cut single ton of really good hay, the
weeds having taken entire possession of the
field.
"a specimen of the Northern Shrike or
"butcher Bird was seen this week in Towson,
| just after it had killed young robin. This
bird is about the size of robin, upper parts
slate-gray, wing quilts and tail black, edged
and tipped with white. He does his butcher
ingp with his sharp bill and be has special
aversion TO the EDgllsn sparrow, altn0ugn ne
is not afraid to attack larger birds. He will
also kill field mice and has even been known
| totackle snakes.
THE team of the Lutherville Athletic
Club played game of ball on the home
grounds last Saturday afternoon with the
West Arlington club and beat them 81 to 0.
The Lutherville team is a very strong one and
has so far sustained but one defeat. Why
don't it get up another match with the Go
vanstown Y. NJ. G. A. and play it at American
League Park or upon some other good grounds
with which neither team is familiar? That
ought to make game worth seeing.
- Last year Rev. Thomas Gorsuch, of Park
vile, who is one of the directors and agents of
the Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Har-
| ford county, paid over to the company in pre-
miums, etc., little over 81, 500, that sum rep
resenting the largest payment in single year
in an experience of many years business.
The only loss the company was called upon to
pay among the policies issued by him, in the
same year, was S525. Mr.. Gorsuch is the old
est officer of the company and still an active
worker.
Windsor Grove Assembly, pictur-
esque grovein Windsor Park Immediately west
| of Walbrook is being prepared for the use of