The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-03-12

- Lewis E. Fowble has been appointed
postmaster at Woodensburg, Baltimore coun-
is located in the extreme northwestern section
Of the county, on the Hanover Branch Of the
W. M. Railroad.
THE County Commissioners have set
Thursday, March 18th, for hearing OF the
petitioners In the matter of the reopening OF
what is known as the North road through the
property Of Mr. T. Dudley Riggs. near Steven
son, Green Spring Valley.
THE grand jury on Tuesday returned
presentments against Wilson Conway, alias
bay mare from George w. Montgomery and a
brown mare from Emil Venzke, both of the
18th district of this county.
- Through the kindness of Mr.. Robert
Garrett the Ailsa Athletic Association, Of
Lauraville, has received permission to use
portion Of q field on Grindon lane as baseball
ground, and as soon as the weather will permit
il is TO be put in firstclass shape.
- Miss Marie Van Lill daughter Of Mr..
Stephen J. Van ILL, of Gainesville, who had
hospital in Baltimore, has recovered sufficient
ly to return to her home. An injury to the
limb made the operation necessary.
"A 10th district farmer complained this
week about the wretched condition of the Jar
rettsvilIe turnpike and he declared 1t an out
road. When asked who had charge of the
road bis laconic reply was, Nobody"
MIR. w. Gill Smith, attorney for Thomas
F. Burton and wife, has. filed a bill in equity
against Charles Burton and others to procure
decree for the sale OF house and lot near
Providence, 9th district, and for distribution
of the proceeds among those interested.
$The York road electric line was entirely
blocked for more than an hour on Wednesday
evening caused by breakdown in the Preston
who had left Baltimore by the cars were
caught on the road and had to walk home.
1.-The ice on Loeb Raven broke up on
Monday last and the freshet in the Gunpowder
carried it down over the breast of the dam in
immense blocks nearly two feet thick. For
the first time since early last December the
lake was freed from ice by the heavy rain OF
that day.
= We publish in another column Of THE
UNION today an extract of the law relating to
the killing of song and other birds. The
deputy game wardens should see to 1t that this
law is rigidy enforced. The birds are the
farmers best friends and he should see that
they are protected.
District Court, appointed Messrs. Stevenson A.
Williams, Richard Dallam and William II.
Graffiin, receivers of the Henry Reckord Man
ufacturing Company of Belair. They bonded
in the sum of SIS, 900. The company has been
declared bankrupt.
For the first time since the Baltimore
fire the electric cars on the York road COM
menced running on Tuesday on their regular
12-minute schedule from Towson. For a
month the trips were half hourly and this
made the service bad on account OF the crow
ded condition of the cars.
THE Baltimore Annual Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church will meet in
Fayette Street Church, Baltimore, on Wednes-
day, March Goth. The Maryland Conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church will also
meet in the city, at Allnutt Memorial Church,
on Wednesday, April 9Th.
ION Saturday last Judge Burke sentenced
Andrew johnson. the boy who caused the
death of bis schoolmate, Emory Mumma, by
shooting to st. Mary's Industrial School until
he is q years of age. Johnson, who is IA
years old, is q son Of Mr.. Charles B. johnson,
farmer near Knoebel. 10th district.
THE remains of the old Sauerwein house
in Mt. Washington were destroyed by fire on
Monday night last. About ten years ago the
mansion was partially burned in mysterious
way and was never rebuilt and the last ire
was as mysterious as the first. The property
is owned by Mr.. George A. Boyden.
Rev. Richard w. Jungfer will deliver the
Passion Play lecture. showing in life motion
the various scenes and incidents IN the lie OF
Christ from His birth to the Ascension. in st.
Johns Lutheran Church, Parkville, Hartford
road, on Thursday, March Oath, at 7.30 M.
The lecture will be in both English and Ger
man.
The present Office of the German Fire
Insurance Company of Baltimore is in the
Hoen Building, on Lexington street, opposite
the City Hall. The former office, northeast
corner of Baltimore and Holiday streets, was
destroyed in the great fire. This company
carries heavy line of insurance in Baltimore
county.
Mr. W. w Crosby general superintendent
of parks and squares in Baltimore city, has
sent letter to each of the district superinten-
dents stating that the parks and squares must
be kept in more cleanly condition. He says
in the letter that hereafter no excuse will De
accepted for the unkept condition of the parks
and squares"
Nov the annual bad road cry is again
coming to the front. Can it be possible that
this evil will never be mitigated? Money can
be secured for every other thing, but it seems
to be the rule that the roads must look ont for
themselves. 1t does appear that the people
must become more enlightened before we can
''S EEs ii. was q month last Sunday since the
Baltimore fire, which started on Sunday morn
ing, February 9Th. The time is short, but al
ready the city is beginning to rise from its
ashes and the people who sustained losses are
cheerful and looking forward TO bright ~
ture. Great changes will be wrought in the
burned district in the space of few months.
THE detectives declare that they have
their eyes on suspect in the case of the
murder of John Beckman of }. They have
been 'suspectirg" good deal ever since that
be any nearer a solution OF it than they were
the day after the murder. Detectives that
can't detect appear to have mistaken their
calling. 100 :,
Refer, of Unionville, 18th district planted po-
tatoes and peas, but for six weeks afterward,
ON account of the protracted wet weather, he
was unable to do anything to the ground in
which be did the planting. We cannot have
such an early, spring this year, but the chances
are that it will be better than last year when 1t
does come.
THE loss of Mr. Edward c. Gill, of Bor-
ing, 4th district, whose fine barn and other
buildings were burned about two weeks ago,
together with several horses, provender, ETC..
was much heavier than at tirst reported lt
will reach nearly Sc, 700 and he carried only
81, 600 insurance The fire Is believed to have
been of incendiary origin, but 1t is not known
if any attempt has been made to arrest the
perpetrator of the crime.
- Another runaway couple came to Tow
SON on Wednesday and were made one by Rev
John R. Edwards pastor of the M. E. Church.
The groom was from Baltimore and the bride
from Philadelphia. And still another couple
this time from York, Pa.,-put in an ap-
pearance on Thursday and were married by
that Rev. MIR. Edwards has been stationed at
Towson he has married nearly one hundred
couples.
der, of Nebraska, died at the home OF Mr.
Herman Badenhoop, secretary of the State
Bureau of immigration, at Convention, Balti-
more county, a few days ago. The family
was emigrating east to locate in Maryland,
when the wife was taken sick. Mr.. Baden
hoop kindly took her to his home where she
died before the arrival of her husband, who
was travelling with the car containing his
stock. &c.
The Will of MIR. Abel Probated--He
Was a Resident of Baltimore County
The will of Mr.. Edwin F. Abel, president OF
the A. s. Abel Company, publishers of the
Baltimore San, was filed for probate in the
Orphans Court at Towson, on Tuesday last.
1t was executed March %, 1901, and bequeaths
the entire estate for the benefit of his widow
and children.
Mr. Abells sons, Messrs. Arunah s. Abel
and Walter w. Abel, who are also named in
the will as executors, without bond, are be-
Queathed the entire estate in trust The net
proceeds are to be divided by them into four
equal parts.
One of these four equal shares of the net in
come is to be paid to the widow, Mrs. Eliza
beth Maxwell Abel, in quarterly installments
yearly during her life.
Another of the shares is to be paid in the
same manner to Mr.. Abell's daughter Mrs.
Ma~x, A hal Moroau uuifo IF Dr lance Dudlev