The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-05-16


tee, at the Real Estate Exchange, Baltimore
two Baltimore county farms and some city
property.
Tuesday, June 2, by George L. Mowen and Ed
ward L. Ward, receivers, on the premises
the entire equipment of The Arthur b. Nitsci
Brick Co., ct Lansdowne, 18th district.
-The second month of spring will enc
next Thursday, May 21st.
- Watermeons and cantaleupes from the
South are now beginning to arrive in Balti
more.
- The May term of the Circuit Court will
begin next Monday, 18th instant. 1t is usually
a short term.
= Charles E. Barrett, of Loreley, Balti.
more county, has secured a soldiers pension
at the rate of IS per month.
49, The directors of the Towson National
Bank have declared semi-annual dividend of
4 per cent, payable on demand.
- The strawberry crop in Baltimore cOun-
ty this spring is partial failure, owing to the
cold weather of April and early May.
- A marriage license was issued in Balti-
more on Tuesday to William H. Card and
Gretta Wilson, of Baltimore county.
- Many people are coming to Towson Just
now 10 pay their taxes and are thus getting
the benefit of the May discount of 2 per cent.
- At the Baltimore Horse Show on Thurs
day Mr. Robert NJ. Taylor's Gray Rock won
the first prize (s75) in the heavy hunter class.
IA number of those drawn to serve as
Jurors at the May term of the Circuit Court
were excused this week and others drawn in
their stead
- Harry Parks, son of L. ]. Parks of the
9Th district, was kicked on the chin by horse
few days ago. Some time ago the boy was
kicked by mule.
- Work on the improvement of the Joppa
road east of Towson was commenced on Mon
day last. 1t is being done under the super
vision of Engineer Crosby
- Two children made narrow escapes from
fri0 in fbo
same day last week. Parents should be more
watchful of their little ones.
- Everything is going along smoothly in
the office of the County Treasurer Mr.. Mays
is IAN old hand at the bellows" he having
previously filled the Office four years.
THE yearly all day meeting of the PRINT.
tive Baptists will be held at Black Rock
Church, Butler, on Sunday, May oath These
gatherings are usually largely attended.
special confirmation services, conducted
by Bishop Paret, will take place at Sherwood
Church. Cockeysville, on Sunday morning
next. Several adults will be confirmed.
-sAt the weekly tournament of Prospect
Park Shooting Association on Monday last ],
NOVEL; Hawkins. formerly of Baltimore coun.
ty, broke Sc clay targets without miss.
- Cinders from the great forest fire at
Convention last Sunday fell about GAINESVILLE
two miles east of Towson, or a distance of
about ten miles from the scene of the fire.
- The circuskook many thousands of dol
lars out of Baltimore this week, the greater
part of it from the poorer classes. The circus
comes high but it appears we must have it.
- Two cows belonging to Michael Potter, a
farmer at Fork 18th district, were poisoned on
Friday night of last week and died on Sunday.
Who the poisoner is cannot be ascertained.
- Mr.. William w. Shroyer, well known
farmer of Mantua Mills, 4th district was bad.
~ hurt few days ago by being kicked in the
side by horse. Dr. ]. H. Drach attended him.
- Howard Maglidt who served in the U
s. Army in the Philippines, and who was
honorably discharged, has re-enlisted. He is
son of Mr.. William Maglidt. ST., of Luther
vile.
1T. Howard Hanway. a Belair bntcber
made deed of trust this week for the benefit
of his creditors. Mr.. Charles H. McComas,
yzlaRjs-pa-..os- -t-.-~4
= Judge Burke on Thursday dismissed the
protest against the granting of liquor license
to George M. Steck, near Parkville, Hartford
road, and ordered that license be granted
to him.
> On Saturday afternoon the Towson base
ball team at Clifton Park, Baltimore, defeated
the Buckskin Club 4 to 3. The game is said to
have been fast and snappy one all the way
through.
"a baseball team has been organized at
Catonsville By the Young Mems Reading
Room Association. Their first regular game
will be played this afternoon with ateam from
Baltimore.
The trustees of the Sheppard and Enoch
Pratt Hospital, near Towson, are about to be-
gin the erection on the property of a residence
for Dr. e. N. Brush, medical superintendent of
the institution.
THE ballots used at the election in 1902
were destroyed on Wednesday by Election Su-
pervisors Slade, Wise and Lynch, in the pres
ence of the judges of the Orphans Court as
required by law.
- Mr.. William Benson, farmer of the 9Th
district, has gone to the Maryland General
Hospital in Baltimore to have an operation
performed. He is brother of Drs. Benson,
of the 9Th district.
Another week has passed without any
rain and now the drought is assuming really
serious aspect. Field and trucking crops are
suffering and the outlook for corn and potatoes
is most discouragng.
about acres of land at Erdman ave-
nue. and the Belair road has been secured by
Baltimore city as an addition to Clifton Park.
1t was bought in order to prevent the erection
of undesirable buildings.
-Tbe property known as Cherry Garden
Fishing Shore, on the Back River Neck road,
was sold at auction on Monday to Mr.. A. F.
Decker at $36 per acre. 1t contains 80 acres
and has fair improvements.
- Drs. T. Ross Payne and Charles l.. Matt
feldt, acting for the Local Sanitary Board, on
Wednesday secured an appropriation of S125
from the County Commissioners to purchase
supplies for the use Of the Board.
L
for the benefit of the Towson baseball club
will be held in the Cooper Building, on Mon
day and Tuesday evenings next 1t is hoped a
liberal patronage will be extended.
~ Don't forget the oldfashioned garden
party at the Smedley House, Towson, next
Saturday afternoon and evening. The receipts
will be devoted to most worthy cause and for
that reason the patronage should be large.
->Mr. c. E. Thomas, Towson builder,
has secured the contract for the erection of a
farm house and stable on the property of Mr..
G. Ober, at Dickeyville. Mr.. Thomas G. Ken
nedy, of Mt. Washington. is the architect.
1.-THE Democratic primaries in Hartford
county will be held on Saturday, July 18th,
under the Crawford county system. There is
a long list of candidates for the offices to be
filled and the contest will be a spirited one.
Rev; w NJ Hyde pastor Of Fl Franklin N lin
( Presbyterian Church at Ashland, N @. r. R.,
4 last Sunday. The congregation of the latter
church has not yet settled on a regular pastor.
->Towson has good percentage of circus
devotees and among them are some who al
ways think an excuse necessary for going.
The children have to go and the big people
have to go solely on their account, you know.
mir. Leslie w Baker, principal of the pub
lie school at Perry Hall, is going into the
chicken-raisng business on an extensive scale
and so far he has been very successful. He
has an incubator and two brooders now in use.
- The board of Governors of the Jockeys
vile Country Club has sent out invitations to
the opening of the club house and grounds to
take place Saturday afternoon, May 23d, at 4
o'clock. Mr.. Henry Carroll is secretary of the
club.
John T. Mumma, who died at his home
in Baltimore about two weeks ago, willed his
farm of AZ acres, located in the 18th district of
this county, to his son, George l.. Mumma,
subject to the payment of $3.50 a year to his
mother.
- People in quest of wild flowers do not
appear to have care or thought for the future
From the immense quantities of dogwood that
has been broken and carried away one would
almost conclude that it would surely be exter
minated.
- Mr.. Leigh Bonsal wrote to the County
Commissioners this week pointing out the ne
cessity of better police protection at Ruxton,
N.CR.R. A number of thefts have occurred
in that neighborhood lately and no arrests
have been made.
- Woods fires have caused considerable
losses in timber and fencing in Baltimore
county in the last few weeks. These fires are
often the result of carelessness and sometime:
they are the work of people who, If detected
should be punished.
IA colored fakir who was selling quacH
medicine from a wagon in the streets OF Tow
son on Wednesday night, had bis show
brought to sudden termination by shower
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