The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-04
-At the last meeting of the Junior Gun

AT the last meeting of the Junior Gun
powder Agricultural Club, held at the farm o
Mr.. T. Melville Pearce, on My Lady's Manor
Mr.. Grandville Matthews read the article OF
Revolution in Alfalfa" that was published
in The UNION several weeks ago.
->It is said that Mr. Henry d. Perky, wht
lately purchased Filston Farm and other farm
in that neighborhOod, has also secured an op
ton on the property of Mrs. George r. NOVEL;
at Glencoe Station. This comprises store
several dwellings and some land.
->Several months have elapsed since John
Beckman was murdered near Raspeburg, Bel
air road, and the mystery surrounding the
crime still remains unsolved. Rewards o.
81, 800 have been offered for the arrest and con
victiOn of the parpetratOr of the crime.
Extras issued by Baltimore newspapers
were quickly snapped up at 5 cents each in
Towson on Monday evening after the first
news of the sudden and shocking death OF
Mayor McLane had been received. Every
body was anxious to learn the particulars.
THE absence of potato bugs this spring
is causing no little comment. Some think the
freezing of the ground to such an unusual
depth last winter put an end to the bug fami-
ly, but we doubt this theory. There must be
some other cause for the absence of beetles.
- Under the new game law dogs that run
at large and destroy birds nests and young
rabbits can make lot of trouble for their
owners, and even harboying such dogs consti-
tutes ownership. The deputy game wardens
"a Baltimore trolley car conductor found
a pocketbook containing over 800 and prompt
ly returned it to the lost article Office of the
company. When the owner recovered his
property he left so cents to reward the conduc-
tor for his honesty Comment is unneces-
sary.
MIR. William NJ. Whiteford, q Gamer of
Jarrettsvile, has made application for the ben
eft of the U. s. bankruptcy law. His indebt-
edness amo lnts to 81, 65012, and his assets are
placed at S54. Mr.. Whiteford was formerly q
member of the House of Delegates from Har-
! ford county.
The graduating exercises Of Towson
| High School will take place in Grange Hall,
on Friday evening, June oath. The strawber.
| ~ festival held by the school on Friday night
lsq N,l Aast sxssk nestsd over $50 This money
| commencement. l'A--Aas-
| - Building is now going forward rapidly
| in the burned district of Baltimore city and It
may not be long before some of the desolate
| looking streets will be beginning to assume
their former appearance Of life and industry.
The sidewalks are being rapidly cleared and
this will greatly facilitate matters.
"a Towson lady, while cleaning house
this week, left a bureau drawer open. Her
children were playing in the room and one Of
them, spying small gold watch chain in the
drawer, took it out and put it in his pocket
He then went out and lost it and the owner
advertises it in TIE UNION this week.
- A gentleman who drove through Pho-
nix few days ago says it is the deadest place
he ever saw. Nearly all the houses formerly
occupied by mill operatives, are vacant, and
the stiffness that pervades the village is oppres-
sive. he says. A few years ago this was one of
the busiest places in Baltimore county.
- While driving near Rose Hill, York
road, on Saturday last, carriage in which
were seated Mrs. Jane Mccormick and her
daughter. of Bosley postofice, was struck by
an electric car and both were thrown out on
the road. Miss Mccormick received some
bruises, but her mother escaped injury.
->In response to the request of commit
tee from the Belair Road Improvement Asso-
citation the County Commissioners this week
agreed to appropriate $500 to equip volunteer
fire company for that rapidly growing section.
1t is said the outfit would cost about 81 600
half of which the association will provide.
->Mr. J. George Mann, the we'll known
wagon builder at Halls Springs, on the Har-
ford road. is about to introduce power into his
shops. His machinery will be driven by gas
engine, which will greatly facilitate the turn
ing out of heavy work. for which Mr.. Mann's
establishment has gained a deserved reputa-
ton.
THE Sd district firebug continues at his
work and Mr.. John 8. Cuttings, of sAshbur.
ton" has again been the sufferer. Apparent
~ the authorities have made not the slightest
effort to stop his operations but it has been
given out, since the Cuttings fire. that tile State
Fire Marshal will take the matter in hand and
see what can be done.
Heretofore people have been getting on
the electric cars at Lees corner, in Towson,
and riding to the Court House, (the terminus
OF the run,) the matter of q square or two. |
But lately some of the conductors have been
exacting nickle from these and they have
suddenly learned that it is just as good, if not |
quite SO swift, to walk to the temple of Justice.
A nickle is small thing, but it cuts large |
figure sometimes.
- Mr.. Robert M. Taylor. who had his COL |
larbone broken by fall in a steeplechase at |
Morris Park, N. Y, is now at his home near |
Towson. After the accident he went to hos.
pital in New York to have his injury attended |
to, but when he came home Dr. Fl. Burton |
Stevenson was called in and found that the |
shattered bone had to be broken over again
and reset. Mr.. Taylor is now doing well, but
possession silver medal that was presented to
him in 1888. when he was about four years
old, by Gen. Andrew Jackson, who was q
personal friend of his father, the late Col James
Piper of Baltimore On one side of the medal |
is engraved Presented by Andrew Jackson,
President of the United States to Andrew
Jackson Piper. 1885," On the reverse side are
the words, Defend Your Country"
- Powhatan, the name of one Of the Oldest |
postoffices in Baltimore county, has been
wiped off the map by the Postoffice Depart
ment and. in Difference to the wishes of GEM
etery company, it has been changed to Wood
lawn, which is the name of the new cemetery
located there. We very much doubt the expe-
diency of such move, but so long as the resi-
dents of the village don't kick it seems like
meddling for outsiders to say anything.