The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-04-04

the weather was mild and pleasant and there
was a total absence of high winds.
- Rev. w. j. Meeks. of the Baltimore Con-
ference, will preach in Towson NJ. K. Church,
Sunday, April 9Th, at IL A. NJ, and Rev r. ~.
Edwards at 8 P. NJ. Sacrament of the Lord
supper will be administered at both services
by the pastor, Rev. John r. Edwards.
The growing wheat and grass now pre-
sert most promising appearance and all the
indications point to good crops. But 1t is too
early yet to build upon what the outcome may
be. These crops were failures last year, YET
they promised we'll early in the season.
- 1t is said that wild animal, believed TO
be a wildcat, has lately been seen several
times about Loeb Raven. A man who went
along the lake a few nights ago declared that
the mule he was driving was badly frightened
by the strange beast and tried to run away
1.-The cornerstone OF the fine new scnooi
building at Sparrow's Point will be laid on
Thursday, April 10Th. The School Commits
sioners and other county officials will be pres
ent The building will cost $4,000. Mr..
Daniel Harding, of Towson, is the contractor.
school Examiner Cook and his little son
made narrow escape in Towsou on Thursday
from what might have been bad runaway
accident. Fortunately r. Z. Lee Bosley,
huntsman of the Overland Club, was near at
hand and prevented any serious consequences.
- Hernwood is another Baltimore county
postoffice that will be wiped off the map by
the establishment of a free delivery route on
the LIST of May. The Office is located in the I'd
district. And so the work of destruction goes
on. Soon there will be few of the old ones
left.
Whitewash is cheap article and now is
good time to apply plenty of it to outhouses,
fences, etc. 1t not only improves the appear
ance of things, but it aids in preserving the
wood and is also an admirable dslnfectant.
Don't spare the whitewash and you'll not re-
greet it.
MIR. Thomas V. Richardson, an exten.
sive farmer and dairyman of the 10th district,
has had his entire herd of 102 cows dehorned.
The dehorning of cattle is now generally ap-
proved by dairymen, the animals not being SO
likely to iniure each other after their horns are
THE Baltimore county appointments of
Bishop Paret for the months of April and May
are as follows st. James and Glencoe, April
2lst; Catonsville, May Sd St. Thomas, Refs
terstown, May 10th; Towson and Sherwood,
May 18th; Pikesville and Mt. Washington.
May oath.
THE United Railways and Electric Com
pany and Mr.. William A.. House, vice-presi-
dent and general manager, deserve great credit
for voluntarily increasing the pay of the CON-
panys employees. The increase is an average
Of about 10 per cent. and affects not less than
1000 men.
>The total registered vote in Baltimore
county last year was %, 1874 The 9th district,
which is the largest in the county, has more
voters than the 9Th, 9th and 18th districts COM
bined yet in county conventions each of those
districts has equal representation with the 9th
five delegates
THE Neighborhood improvement Club
of Govans will hold a meeting in Golden
Eagle Hall, Tuesday evening, April 9TH, at
s o'clock Address by DR.. Jacob H. Hollen-
der, of the Maryland @. s. R. Association. A
general invitation is extended. The address
will be especially interesting to men.
- Political matters continue to warm up
among the Democratic aspirants for office in
Baltimore county this year, but the Republi.
cans are unusually quiet along that line and
very little is being said by them. No doubt
they will also have many candidates in the
field before the time for the primary arrives.
- Officer German on Tuesday arrested
four Towson BOYS upon the charge of malicious
mischief in breaking the windows in Shep-
pard Station of the Maryland & Pennsylvania
Railroad. They plead guilty and it cost each
one $3.43. That was paying pretty dear for
their fun and should prove good lesson to
them.
-If it be true, as some assert, that about
the same quantity of rain falls each year, we
have gotten so far in 1903 much more than
our allotted proportion and this may mean q
falling off later in the year. The rains were
unusually heavy in January, February and
March and farm work was much retarded on
their account.
The congregation of the Methodist Epis.
copal Church at Sparrow's Point contemplates
the erection of fine building on the church
property for the exclusive use of the Sunday
school, which is large and fi0urishing one
Mr.. William V. Hummell is superintendent Of
the school. The pastor of the church is Rev.
W. G. Babcock.
81 Road Commissioner Slade, of the 18th
district, wrote to the County Commission
ers this week pointing out the urgent ne
cessity for the erection of bridge over branch
of the Gunpowder falls near Bluemont Station
N. G. R. R. He says the fording now in use
is dangerous at all times, but especially so in
times of high water.
ACTS of violence are becoming altogether
too common in Baltimore county, but it would
be mere guesswork to say that this is because
ours there must necessarily be those whose ma
lures are of the lower order and to whom the
taking of life is triAng matter.
- Books will be opened on Thursday next,
April 9th, to receive subscriptions to the CAPT.
tai stock of the Towson and Cockeysville Elec-
trio Railway. The incorporators are Messrs.
Joshua F. Cockey, William II. Wight e. Her.
man, NJ. w. Offutt and J. s. Nussear. The
prospects for the road are excellent and Mr.
Cockey says it will surely be built.
THE time for making the county levy is
now near at hand and much interest is being
felt as to what the rate will likely be for the
coming fiscal year. Last year the basis was
SOS, 141, 674 and the rate was 78 cents on the
500. This year the basis will no doubt be
largely increased and the rate will be decreased
probably as low as So or 20 cents.
>M Many complaints are being made about
the garbage and sanitary service in Towson
Some householders say that the garbage has
not been removed from their premises in three
weeks. The outlook is rather bad just at the
beginning of warm weather. The health OF
the people cannot be preserved unless due re-
gard is paid to cleanliness and sanitation.
IA rural free delivery route will be es
tablished at Granite, Baltimore county, May
LIST. with one carrier. Length of route, 154
miles; area covered, square miles pOpula.
ton served, 319 number Of houses on route,
75 postoffice at Hernwood to be discontinued
postoffice at Granite to be supplied by rural
carrier Joseph G. Merkle will be the carrier
- Help on farms and country places is now
in great demand and the supply does not near
ly come up to the requirements. Why it is
that this state of affairs should exist we are
unable to say, but that it does exist is fact
that is causing no small amount of annoyance
Foreign help will have to be availed of, other.
wise the tilers of the soil will be in very bad
way.
THE big combination sale on the Naci
rema Stock Farm of Gen. Felix Agnus, in
Green Spring Valley, will take place ON Wed
nesday, April 18th, and will be conducted by
ing farmers will join in this sale and it will
include driving and draft horses, colts, mules
Jersey cattle, swine, sheep, farm machinery
vehicles. harness, etc.
- Edward Soth, who was shot in his sa-
loon at Perry Hall. 18th district, on the night
of March 25th, and who was removed to Johns
Hopkins Hospital, is improving although his
wounds are of serious nature. It is said be
will lose the sight of an eye. Joseph Bauers
who is charged with the shooting is in jail
here. He is unmarried and the son of farmer
ofthe neighborhood.
1.-THE jury in the case of Henry S. Jean,
of the I'd district of Baltimore county, against
the Balto & Potomac r. r. Company, after
being locked up all night, brought in verdict
on Saturday morning last for SO 500 damages
for the plaintiff, who sued for $4,000. The
case was removed from Towson to Belair by
the defendant. 1t will be remembered that Mr.
Jean lost an arm as the result of an accident in
the tunnel at Pennsylvania Avenue Station
Baltimore. Messrs. d. G.. Mcintosh and s. A.
Williams represented the plaintiff.
Hunt Club Fixtures. Following are the
fixtures for the Green Spring Valley Hunt
Club for the month of April: Saturday. 4th,
Shawan. 8 A. NJ. Monday, 9th, Chattolanee
Station, $40 P. NJ; Tuesday 7th, Kennels, 5.15
A. NJ; Thursday, 9th, Atamasco Gate. 245 P.
NJ. Saturday, 18th. Cliffholme, 5.15 A. NJ;
Monday. 18th, Park Heights and Rogers ave
nues, $50 P. NJ; Tuesday, 14th, Rogers Station
5.15 A. NJ. Thursday, 18th, Painters lane, 2 &c
P. NJ. Friday, 18th, Burnside Gate, $40 P. NJ.