The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-05-17

the premises. q farm or % acres near JOCK
Tuesday, May 90 by Henry strothmeyer, agent,
on the premises, farm on the Reisterstown
turnpke near 20 ow WiP1s Mis- orsucb trustee
at the Court House, country residence at
Unionyille, in the 18th district; ,,,,o =
signee, on the premises, four valuable lots
of ground near the city limits, east of the
Tuesday June TO- by Joshua N Gill, mortgage.
on the premises. farm with Improvements
near Butler P. o.. in the 9Th district.
- Fine strawberries sold in Towson the
past week at Is cts. box.
- The tax rate of Howard county has been
fixed at 70 cts. on the $780, the same as last
=. 90, Sunday next May 18th, is Whit Sunday,
the day following being observed by many as
q holiday. e
= Locusts are appearing in large numbers,
the Court House park being alive with them
this week.
= Mr.. Fred. C. Bauer, Govanstown for
list, has the contract for planting flowers in the
Court House park.
1.-THE County Commissioners have APP
pointed Edward w. Cole, constable for the Sth
district for two years.
- Frederick Eckhart, of Texas, N. G. r. r.,
fell from scaffold few days ago and broke
his leg near the ankle.
= - Henry Dennis, of Arlington, Baltimore
county has been granted a soldiers pension at
the rate of So per month.
>"Klondyke" is what they call the present
terminus of the electric line on the Belair road
And it isn't such a cold place, either.
->Some bad coins are just now being circu-
lated in Baltimore and it would be well for
people to keep their eyes open for them.
- IF you pay your taxes this month you'll
get discount of per cent. That isn't much,
but "a penny saved is penny earned"
- Rev. DR.. B. w. Bond, presiding elder of
East Baltimore district, will preach at North
Point NJ E. Church South, Sunday, May 18th,
at pm.
IF. B. Boarman, assessor for the 18th
district, on Tuesday made return of new as
sessments to the County Commissioners aggre-
eating $1,000.
THE club house at Pimlco is to be en-
larged and improved at an outlay OF 5000
The addition will be about double the size of
present building.
Two car loads of horses and mules for
Locust Vale Stock Farm arrived at Towson on
Thursday morning by the Maryland & Penn
'sylvania Railroad.
- The ladies of EPSON NJ P. Church will
bold strawberry festival in Armory Hall,
Towson Wednesday and Thursday evenings,
June 18th and 18th.
- The Presbyterian Church that is soon to
be built at Roland Park will cost about SIS, 900.
q
Philadelphia architect
!. - Poplar NJ. P. Church, near Warren, will
be dedicated next Sunday, the services conf
mencng at $50 A. M. and continuing through
out the day and evening.
: - The dockets as made up for the May
term of court show that they contain the fol-
lowing cases: Trial docket, 1876 magistrates
appeals. % original docket, 20.
- Mr.. Richard Cromwell is making
number of improvements to his fine house on
bis farm on the Pot Spring road, preparatory
to occupying it for the summer.
- The ladies of Trinity Church, Long
Green, will hold strawberry festival at the
rectory, Saturday evening. May 24th, to which
general invitation is extended
THE County Commissioners have APP
pointed Capt. VIM. w. Nelson, of Towson,
special policeman at Riveryiew Park, his salary
: to be paid by the park company.
THE second month of spring Will END
next Wednesday. Up to this time we have
experienced but three or four days that may
be said to have been really warm.
- There is general complaint, especially
among truck farmers, about the great need of
! rain The earth has become very hard and
{ vegetation is making slow progress
Z ->The Beaver Dam Marble Company,
: whose quarries are near Cockeysvllle, Baltl-
more county, was awarded gold medal for its
! exhibit at the Charleston Exposition.
/. - Some of the blue bills sent out with THE
4 UNION nearly six months ago are still finding
: their way back to the office. No doubt they
will continue to do so for months to come
- Decoration Day (May 3Oth) is legal
(. holiday in Maryland, although it is not gen.
!. orally observed as holiday. The banks and
: public offices are always closed on that day.
->Th welcome showers of Tuesday of this
week put temporary end to the sitting dust
and did great deal of good in freshening up
: vegetation that was much in need of moisture.
!. "a game of base ball at Kingsville, 18th
district on Saturday afternoon last, between
the club of that place and the Magnolia team
resulted in a victory for Kingsville, score IL
to9
- Towson has baseball team this year
that should be mighty hard one to beat. All
the boys want to do is to practice They can't
expect to play good and:fast ball if they don't
work.
MIR. Harry Malcolm, of Towson, has
been devoting good deal of attention this
week TO the Court House park and it is begin
ming to show the results of his careful super
vision.
THE first administration account in the
estate of the late Judge William A. Fisher, of
Ruxton was filed in the Baltimore City Or
phans' Court on Tuesday. 1t aggregated $780,
1884.
Son Sunday last Herbert Ridgely, aged
Is years, son of Mr.. Benjamin T. Ridgely, a
well known farmer near Warren, 9Th district,
fell from tree and broke his left leg below
the knee.
t. j.
trying the experiment of Matching lot of
English pheasant eggs under hen. Should
he succeed he will go into it on larger scale
next year.
- Bishop Paret will conduct confirmation
services at st. Thomas Church, Garrison
Forest, next Sunday morning. In the after
noon he will visit st. Mark's-on-the-Hi at
Pikesville. ef
- Mr.. John A. Sheridan has the contract
for building the large hay barn on the city's
farm at Meredith's ford bridge. Mr.. VIM. r.
Amrein, formerly of Blenheim, will do the
carpenter work.
- The horse show at the Kennels, Charles
street avenue, this week attracted great deal
of attention. 1t was the leading society
event. of the year. As show it was pro-
nounced success.
> A few DAYS ago 600 shares of the capital
stock of the Baltimore and Reisterstown
Turnpike Company were sold at auction in
Westminster at 1920 to $40 per share. The
par value is So per share.
THE Gardeners Club is arranging for an
excursion to the Maryland Agricultural College
on Wednesday, June 4th. Special rates will
be secured on the B. & o. Railroad and it is
hoped to have a large party.
1.-The County Commissioners on Wednes-
day awarded the contract to Mr.. III. E. Barte.
son, of Cockeysville, to furnish 100 tons of No.
white ash coal to the alms-house at 50 per ton,
and so tons of No. at 1925.
- William Rice, who for many years kept
store and saloon on the York road near
Arlington avenue, has sold out the business to
Thomas ]. Roach, who had been employed at
the Sheppard Asylum many years.
THE strawberry bug" has made its ap'
pearance again in Caroline county and the crop
of berries will be much shortened because of
its ravages The last appearance of this pest
in Caroline was about seven years ago:
Mr.J. William Merryman, a well known
butcher who supplies many families in Green
Spring Valley, says since the rise in price his
sales of beef have fallen off perceptihly. He
sees little prospect of change for the better.
THE regular monthly meeting of the
Senior Gunpowder Agricultural Club will be
held today at "Gerar," the farm of Mr.. b
Cuttings Merryman, near Cockeysvllle. Ii
will be what is known as READING" meeting
- Within the space of four days from last
Saturday the wholesale price OF beef advanced
$3.50 per hundred pounds. Porterhouse steak
retailed in Baltimore on Tuesday at 70 to ~
cts. pound and prime cuts of roast at " to
Is cts. d,
"a rumor gained currency the past week
that the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
formerly BALTIC. d Lehigh) had been secured
by the same syndicate that purchased the
Western Maryland. The report has since beer
denied.
- Charles E. Cloman, the young man who
fell from telephone pole in Towson last Feb
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