The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-05-09
There was NO small amount Of kicking

Towson more expeditiousIy. 1t was said tina
there was not enough power to propel so man
cars, hence the slow time made on the road.
1.-THE Court House park looked like
cyclone had struck it when the thousands O
people who filled it on Friday of last week ha
taken their departure Debris by the cart loa
covered the ground and several men were EN-
ployed all day Saturday cleaning up the place
- Some of the people who were throw
ont of work by the shutting down of Phonil
and Franklinville mills have been finding EN-
ployment at Woodbury.. !. 1t was said thi
week that there is a possibility that the mill
at Mt Washington may also cease operations
"A young couple from Baltimore was il
a runaway accident on the Loeb Raven roa'
last Sunday afternoon. Their buggy wa
badly damaged and the girl was cut about tn,
face. Mr.. Harry G. Held brought the couple
to Towson and from here they proceeded II
the city.
parties last Sunday and the woods about Tow
son were almost entirely stripped of wild flow
ers. Scores of people came out from Balti
more in the electric cars and returned witt
their arms filled with the snowy dogwood anC
other flowers.
Waters have organized pack of drag hounds
to hunt the country around Gainesville twic'
a week during the summer. They have gotter
the consent and approval of the large majority
of landowners of the vicinity, and large ares
will be open to the hunt.
1.-The annual commencement exercises oil
Hannah More Academy, Resterstown. will
T. Lawrence, rector of st. Marks Church
Pikesville, has been named by Bishop Paret a:
one of those whose duty it will be to examine
classes before commencement.
THE ladies' aid society of Towson NJ. E
Church on Tuesday elected the following of.
ficers for the ensuing year: President. Mrs
William B. Krout; vice-p presidents, Mrs. Maria
johnson, Mrs. j. E. Fiayhart and Mrs r.
Annie Pbipps secretary, Mrs. Gerand Bowen
treasurer Mrs. John T. Hershner.
Zone of the latest political rumors in
Towson this week is to the effect that Mr.. G.
Albert Mays. appointed County Treasurer on
Tuesday, will retire from the field as candi-
date for Clerk of the Circuit Court, and that
County Commissioner George w. Yellott will
become a candidate for that Office.
- Beaumont" part OF the property of
COL l.. B. McCabe, at Govanstown, was offered
for sale under mortgage. on Saturday last,
and withdrawn on bid of $4,000. Mr.. Edgar
H. Cans occupies the property, which has a
large stone mansion upon it, 1t is said the
face of the mortgage is for $4,000.
ITO read some of the Baltimore papers
one would naturally conclude that there are
more Republican candidates for office in Balti-
more county this year than there are Demo
cratic. But many of those whose names have
appeared in print are not candidates and would
not accept nominations if rendered them.
Two Baltimore detectives came to Tow
son on Friday of last week. suspecting that
some crooks would come here to work" the
crowd. They had hardly struck the town be-
fore they captured two pick pockets and landed
them in Jail to remain until the ceremonies at
tending the Spanish gun reception were over.
>The report of the Baltimore weather
for Av@rsl ch tt.o fhor 70 \
been normal. The mean temperature was
little more than one degree above the average
for the same month for the last thirty three
years. The rainfall was also slightly above
the average, the precipitation having been 800
inches.
IA bridge is badly needed over White
Marsh rum near Convention, B. IL o. Railroad,
but it seems the county authorities cannot get
their courage up to the point of putting one
there. Some narrow escapes have occurred at
that point and one of these days an accident
may happen that will cost several times as
much as the bridge.
- The trial of Edward G. Watts for the
murder of his wife, which took place at Bel
air, will cost the taxpayers of Baltimore coun-
ty 50 456O5. Watts is a resident of Baltimore
city, but his crime was committed in this
county and our people have to pay the ex-
pense This looks like big sum to pay for a
worthless man. and the end is not yet.
- Baltimore county was without Treas
urer from H. 80 O'Clock on Friday night of last
week (the hour of Mr.. Cochran's death,) until
the County Commissioners elected his success
sor on Tuesday. No money could be received
for taxes and nothing could be paid out. This
appears to be strange condition of affairs that
some change in the law might remedy.
- Mr.. G. Albert Mays, who was chosen
County Treasurer on Tuesday last by the Coun-
ty Commissioners, to succeed the late w. B.
has txnsa hofO Hold I1of<1 f7ao nd
discharged the duties most acceptably. He is
a successful farmer and dairyman in the 7th
district and was one of the leading candidates
for Clerk of the Circuit Court this year.
There was decided stir among local
Democratic politicians until the successor to
the late W. B. Cochran, County Treasurer
was chosen. The main point was the effect
the appointment would have upon the chances
of certain gentlemen who are candidates for
otIsirs s9e,1 tst4 nuf,s
-The German farmers who were 10 have
visited Mr.. Samuel M .Shoemaker's Burnside"
estate, in Green Spring Valley, last Saturday
afternoon, failed to arrive in Baltimore in time.
owing to the fact that their vessel was delayed
some hours in reaching New York. The invi-
ted guests from Baltimore went out, however,
and spent several hours very pleasantly at
beautiful Burnside"
THE first mass in the handsome new
Catholic Church at Towson will be celebrated
next SUNDAY. l06 COIScCTdLlOu ocTNlCco Will
not take place until next October. Work on
the interior of the church is progressing slow
". This is very elaborate and is much ad-
mired. Many persons inspected the church
last Sunday and commented favorably upon
the work being done.
"A little child of Mr.. Burklow Brown
made narrow escape from what might have
been fatal accident in front of the Smedley
House, Towson, on Friday morning. 1t would
have been run over by an electric car but for
the fact that the fender caught it. Mr.. Frank
Fitzpatrick rescued the little one from the fen
der 1t appears the motorman did not see the
child until he struck it.
1.-The insurance Press, in its issue OF this
week, gives the amount of life insurance paid
in 1892 in the different towns and villages in
Nary land. The report for Baltimore county
is as follows: Canton, 81, 500; Gainesville,
SIG, 500; Govanstown, $4,000; Hereford, ST.
600; Lutherville, $4,000; Randallstown, 3d.
600; Roland Park, $3.50; Reisterstown, ST.
500; Stevenson, $4,000; Towson, Sll, 900.
- A good many people who earn their liv-
ing by working in cotton duck mills in Balti-
more county are now having sad experience
of what trust can do for them. Two of these
mills have been closed and there is possible
ty of third and larger one shutting down.
This will mean the enforced idleness Of hun
dreds of industrious and frugal people, many
of whom may be obliged to break up their
homes.
- Mr.. John G. Appel, of Baltimore, aged
70 years, died very suddenly at Putty Hill,
Belair road, on Tuesday. He was removing
his household effects to the home of his SON
in.law, Mr.. August Moore of Kingsville, when
he was stricken. Justice Brockmyer held an
inquest and the jury rendered verdict OF
death from natural causes. DR.. l.. l. White
ford, who examined the body, said death was
caused by apoplexy.
THE remains of Gen. James G. Clarke,
who died in Chicago some months ago, and of
Mrs Clarke, who died in Mobile about seven
teen years ago, were buried in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery, Frederick, Md, on Wednesday last.
Gen Clarke was at one time resident of Bal
timore county and was superintendent of
Ashland furnaces. While living here he rep
resented the county in both the Senate and
House of Delegates.
- Mr.. Charles H. Knox, president of the
Board of County Commissioners, expressed
himself very freely on Monday as to his pref
erence for successor to the late County Treas
urer Cochran. He wanted Mr.. Cochran's son
appointed to fill out the unexpired term OF his
father, and said bis second choice for the place
was Mr.. Thomas J. Meads. chief clerk in the
office. But as it turned out his wishes in the
premises were disregarded.
MIR. K. E. McCleary, proprietor of Lo-
Gust Vale Stock Farm, Towson, intends con-
structing a driveway 16 feet wide from the
York turnpike, near the residence of Mr..
Henry Gerstmeyer, to his house, the distance
being about $500 feet. The work will be done
under the direction of Col. Charles B. MCLEAN
This improvement will add greatly to the ap
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