The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-10-25

Prof. James NJ. Southwick, curator, Roger
Williams Park, Providence, r. l., thanking
him for box containing a number of books
and reports which he says will be useful to the
museum.
- Mr.. John G. Erdman who, about yeal
ago, bought the Lang place, situated at the
corner of Belair road and Franklin avenue, fol
Sc, 600 has sold the same for $12, 600. 1t con-
tains acres and has on it the house in which
old Mr. and Mrs. Lang were so cruelty murdered
some years ago.
THE preliminary steps for the extension
OF st. Paul street from its present terminus to
Forty-first street, which carries it to the Gull
ford estate, are now being taken. 1t will have
a width of 108 feet and will be parked in the
centre. This will prove great improvement
to the suburbs of north Baltimore.
ION Saturday afternoon last the United
Railways Company relieved the crowded con-
dtion of the traffic on the York road line by
running cars to Towson every six minutes,
proving great improvement over the twelve
minute schedule and the change was duly APP
preciated by the company's patrons.
- The beautiful residence of Mr.. Edward
A. Jackson, situated on the west side of Charles
street avenue, near the Sheppard Asylum en-
trance, will soon be completed. 1t is of brick
and frame and will cost about $4,000. Mr..
John Cowan is the contractor. Mr.. Jackson is
president of the Elkridge Hunt Club.
Judging from the number of visitors at
Locust Vale Stock Farm, near Towson, there
must be a lively business constantly going on
there in the sale of horses and mules. Scores
of dealers and others from Baltimore and else
where have gone to the farm this week and
sales must have been unusually brisk.
AT the Richmond Horse Show last week
the entries from Mountain View Stock Farm,
handled by Mr. G. G.. West master of the
Overland Hunt Club, captured prizes amount
ing to $575. His string did not show the last
day, owing to some dispute, otherwise the win
how
- The meeting held at Kings on the Jar
rettsville pike last Saturday night, under the
auspices of the Sunny brook Republican Club,
was well attended. Speeches were made by
Mast. The club will hold another meeting at
the same place, Saturday night, November LIST.
IA largely attended Republican mass
meeting was held at st. Denis, 18th district,
on Tuesday night and, it being the home Of
Mr. VIM. Tyler Page, nominee for Congress in
the Second district there was great enthusiasm.
Big delegations were present from Baltimore,
Gainesville and elsewhere. Speeches were
made by Mr.. Page and others.
- 1t is said that one of the most carefully
kept and attractive homes in Baltimore coun-
ty is that of County Commissioner John v.
Slade, at Corbett, N. q. R. R. Four acres of
ground surround the house, the greater part
of which is in lawn, to which Mr.. Slade de-
votes much of his spare time. The place is
the admiration of all who see it.
When the cornerstone of the old Odd
Fellows Hall in Gainesville was removed and
opened few days ago in the box in the cavity
was found, with other articles, a copy of The
BALTIMORE COUNTY UNION, dated Saturday,
June 14th, 1873. The old building was re-
moved to make room for fine Lutheran
Church to be erected on the site.
ION Wednesday the United Railways
Company issued an order for a reduction of
car fare over its Frederick road line between
Irwin otor aud Gainesville from = cents To 2h
cents Books containing forty tickets have
been issued by the company, and they will be
sold for 81, and will be good only on that por-
ton of the line above mentioned.
- Evangelistic services are in progress at
North Point M. K. Church South, the pastor,
Rev. w. E. Henry, being assisted by Mr.. I. T..
Fishburn, banker of Roanoke, Va, who is a
man of great spiritual power and devotes much
of his time to evangelistic work. Much good
is being done. Mr.. Fishburn will remain
over next Sunday, preaching twice on that
day.
THE two large and beautiful houses that
Mr.. George G.. Jenkins is erecting in Green
Spring Valley are rapidly nearing completion
and the grounds surrounding them are now be-
ing graded. Mr.. Jenkins purchased the land,
which lies Immediately in front of the coun-
try place of General Agnus, from Col. Charles
B. Rogers. The houses are among the finest
in the valley.
MIR. Lewis w. Held, Judge of the Or
phans' Court, who conducts large mercan-
tile business in Towson, his brick store and
dwelling being located on the corner of the
York road and Allegany avenue, is extendin e
the building back on the latter to the alley and
will add two additional stores which he will
either rent or use in his own business. Con-
tractor VIM. K. Burns is the builder.
- Within the last few weeks two well
known landmarks in Green Spring Valley
have disappeared-the old Stump homestead
- . o@cn
Agnus, and the old brick mill that stood on the
same property and whose machinery ceased its
activity many years ago. Mr.. Walter B.
Brooks, Jr., is the present owner of the prop
erty and no doubt will handsomely improve it.
-Since the destruction of the Beckleys-
vile paper mill by fire there is talk of resum-
ing the manufacture of paper at the Rockdale
Mill, at Hoffmanviile, 9TH district, which has
long been idle. Mr.. George M Fultz success
fully managed this mill for the Hoffmans for
period of twenty EIGHT years. The property
is now owned by York company that is en-
gagged in the manufacture of powder and other
explosives there.
- Christian Hesse, Andrew Selling and
Frank Wells, the Highlandtown deputy game
wardens who last week had their commissions
revoked, say they were fired for political spite.
A man who had hand in their removal says
it was done on the complaint of number of
citizens who asserted that the officials have
been using their office to prey upon the public
and that they (the wardens) were the worst vi
olators of the law they were sworn to uphold.
lin July, 1872, Mr.. John G. Halbert, a
well known truck farmer of Perry Hail. 18th
district, found on his mothers farm (now his
OWN land terrapin which he marked with
his initials and the year en- the under shell.
In 1894 he found the same terrapin and on Oc-
tober 9th, 1902, his son, Raymond Halbert,
again found the terrapin. Although thirty
years had elapsed since he first saw the terrapin
Mr.. Halbert says he does not think it had in
creased any in size.
> Mr.. Robert NJ. Taylor, of Towson, with
Mr. Charles G. Denison's Easter" and Mr..
John Rush Streett's Gray Rock" won 1926
in the jumping classes at Richmond Horse
Show last week. This week the horses are at
the Lynchburg show. When their engagement
is finished there they will be delivered to a
young society man of Richmond, who bought
them at long figure. Mrs. Charles Stewart
Lees Pathfinder also won several ribbons at
the Richmond show.
For the Sale of Old Pimlico Track.-The
time in which appearances may be entered in
the case of the State of Maryland. represented
by Attorney General Rayner, against Charles
H. Nicolai, surviving trustee of the Maryland
Agricultural and Mechanical Association the
Mayor and the City Council of Baltimore and
others, expired on Tuesday, and decree pro
confesso may be taken against those for whom
no appearance has been entered. The suit is
for a decree to sell the Pimlico track. The APP
pearance of Hon. William Pinkney Whyte has
been entered for the Mayor and City Council !;
Messrs. Grain & Hershey and Elmer J. Cook
for Frank Brown Messrs. Cans & Hannah for
the Maryland Agricultural and Mechanical AS
ISOLATION, and Messrs Gill and Preston for
Charles H. Nicolai. All of the parties defen-
dant, except the Pimlico Driving Club have
now appeared by counsel. Mr.. Nicolai will
have twenty days in which to file his answer,
and no move on behalf of the State is expected
until after November 10th.
On Wednesday the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore filed an answer in the above mat
ter. The city admits all the allegations of the
bill, except the priority of the States claim
and the existence of the claim of Frank Brown.
1t also consents to the sale of the property as
prayed in the BILL
Well Known Colored Man Stricken
Benjamin Hicks, a well known colored man
of Towson, aged abont 65 years, and who car
ried the mail and ran stage line between
Towson and Dulany's Valley, was stricken
with paralysis on Sunday night last and has
since been in an unconscious condition and
his recovery is extremely doubtful. He has
been under the care of DR.. j. w. Hawkins
"Ben" was a slave to the late Micaiah Merry.
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