The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-28

Monday evening May Both. After the Iectur.
refreshments will be for sale.
>Mr. William s. Thomas, of the BaIti
more law firm of Williams, Thomas & Viii
liams has purchased a piece Of ground from
Gen. Felix Agnus, in Green Spring Valley
upon which be will erect summer home fol
himself. The site is beautiful one.
Troop A, Maryland National Guard, will
have a general mounted drill at the new
armo.y, Pikesville, on Saturday afternoon,
June 4th. Albert 7. Clabaugh has been promo
ted to lance corporal of the Troop, and Dudley
s. Hill and Frank NJ. Sands to corporals.
- The entertainment given in Grange Hall,
Towson, on Friday night of last week, for the
benefit of the Towson baseball team, was a
successful affair and much enjoyed by good
audience. The play given by local talent was
entitled Men. Maids and Matchmaker"
--Some highly ornate fish stories were
told in Towson this week about the millions
of perch that filled the Gunpowder below
Loeb Raven dam. A man who works on the
lake was asked on Friday morning about this
story and he said it was the first he had heard
of it.
1.-THE testimony in the Riggs road case
from Green Spring Valley, was concluded in
the Circuit Court here on Tuesday aud argu-
ment of counsel was commenced. The case,
which has become somewhat noted occupied
the attention of the court almost the entire
week.
THE County Commissioners this week
passed an order requiring the Philadelphia,
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to place fagman at the crossing at Chase.
The place is said to be very dangerous one
and there have been several narrow escapes
there.
IA load of hay from the Howard county
farm Of Governor Warfeld was destroyed by
fire on the Frederick road, near Gainesville,
q few days ago. The wagon was also damaged.
It is thought to have been set on fire by sparks
from pipe that a man with the team was
! smoking.
>The warm weather of the latter part of
| May will serve to hurry city people into the
country IN order to escape the heat. This class
of Baltimore county's population grows large
with each year and to live in the country dur
ing the summer months is becoming more and
more popular.
- The great sleet storm of February, 1902,
proved blessing in disguise to the maple trees
in Towson. The weight of ice broke off
thousands of the long struggling limbs, neces-
stating the trimming of the trees. Since then
they have thickened up wonderfully and today
they are more beautiful than ever before.
:; - There are many visitors TO Locust Vale
Stock Farm these days and business must be
brisk in the horse line. Twenty head of high
class horses from New York State were receiv-
ed at the farm this week. The location of this
business at Towson has brought thousands of
beople here who doubtless never saw the place
before
->Mr. Clarence C. West, the well known
horseman, while trying some horses under the
saddle at Locust Vale Stock Farm this week,
met one that was too much for him and he was
sent to grass. He was badly "stove up by
the fall, but not seriously hurt. He declared
that it was the first time he had ever been
thrown.
Zone day this week a Baltimore magis-
trate fined young negro $40 and costs for ty-
ing tin can to dogs tail. He said he did il
lust for fun" Perhaps he didn't feel so fun
ny" when he planked down the cash. That
was good lesson to him as we'll as to others
who Ike to have "fun" by causing pain to
dumb animals.
"a number of Baltimore county people
attended the memorial services to Rev. DR.. j.
B. Stitt, which were held at Fayette Street NJ.
E. Church, Baltimore, last Sunday afternoon.
The addresses were by Rev. DR.. ]. st. Clair Neal
and Rev. DR.. L. T.. Waterman, the latter hav-
ing entered the conference at the same time
that DR.. Stitt did.
- Mr.. Edward Hartley, engineer of the
Mt. Washington Water Works. who, as stated
in THE UNION last week, was suffering from
lockjaw as the result of an injury to his foot,
isrecovering. The dread disease seems to have |
responded to the anti-toxin treatment It is |
said that tetanus has before been successfully |
treated in this way.
Preparations are making for the erection |
of more handsome residences in Green Spring |
Valley. A gentleman who drove through that |
section last week for the first time says it is |
the most beautiful country he ever saw and he |
was not surprised that people are aocking to it.
There is no mistake, it is one Of Baltimore |
county's beauty spots -
IAN attempt was made early on Monday |
morning last to steal horse from the stable of |
Mr.. William H. Conkling. of Dixon Park, Mt. |
Washington, but the thief was frightened off |
by Mr.. VIM. II. Conkling, Jr., who happened
to be up. He procured his pistol and fired
several shots at the intruder but without eff
feet so far as be knows.
>The spring race meeting under the aus
will take place at Pimlico track, Saturday and
Monday, May 18th and 30th There are
ing from Pn1iadeiphia, washington ana V1r-
ginia. Baltimore county will be well repre-
scented in several of the events.
1.-The attempt to set aside the will OF the
late John Wisner, of Baltimore county, fall
ed. The case case was removed from Baltimore
county and was tried at Belair last week.
Messrs. C. Bohn Slingluff and Frank l. Dnn-
can represented the executors OF the will,
Messrs George Dearholt and Charles Long.
Sarah Curtis brought the suit to have the will
set aside.
THE horse show held three days last
week at the Kennels, Charles street avenue,
was the most successful in the history of the
association and was enjoyed by thousands of
people. The attendance on Saturday was espe-
cially large and the beautiful grounds OF the
Elkridge Club presented scene of animation
and attractiveness that was worth travelling
miles to see.
THE passing of the Fiston Dairy Farm, |
which changed hands few day ago, is not |
pleasant to contemplate, because it taxes from |
our county an important business enterprise |
that was established by one of its most highly |
esteemed and progressive citizens But the |
fine estate will be put to new uses and we can |
but hope that it will prove satisfactory I'M |
dertaking to the new owner.
AT the last meeting OF the Ladies' Aid |
Society of Hiss Nj. E. Church, Parkville, it |
was decided to erect shedding at the church for |
the protection of horses. The meeting was |
held at the home of Rev. Thomas Gorsuch and |
after the business of the evening had been dis |
- A. I.awN1
meeting of the society will be held at the |
home Of Mr.. William Ehrhardt.
"A number of citizens of Baltimore coun- |
ty who have property interests in the burned
district in Baltimore city, are hot against
Mayor McLane's Burnt District Commission
because of the absurdly slow manner in which
it is proceeding with the business in its hands.
They declare that this commission is a handi- !
cap rather than an advantage and assert that If
the Mayor can possibly unload it he should do
so at once.
THE surroundings of the fine public
school building at Roland Park are disgrace
to that beautiful suburb as we'll as to Baltimore
county. There is no shade, no shrubbery, no
grass and no attempt whatever at ornamental
ton. How the people of Roland Park, famous
for its tasteful and beautiful homes, can toler-
ate such a state of affairs we cannot under
stand. To have commodious and modern
school building with such setting is simply
shameful.
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to depend upon help he could secure fronfin-
telligence Offices in the city. One day he
brought home man who spent one night and
the following day. The next night he disap.
peared and with him the best 9orse on the
place. Nothing was ever heard Of man or
horse afterwards. Then the farmer deter
mined to give up the business and he has done
no farming since. His last experience with in
telligence Office help was enough for him
"a well known business man said few
DAYS ago that Baltimore people who wanted to
buy land and build homes in the country
would not go north of Baltimore because of
| the bad condition of the roads. He said that
| Gainesville neighborhood was much more de-
srable because the LIST district roads are so
much better than those of the 9th district.
| Our roads are not of the best at some seasons,
but for the greater part of the year they are
good and it therefore looks like the criticism is
not well founded.
Real Estate Sold.-Thomas @. Biddison,
auctioneer, sold at the Court House door on
| Tuesday for Mr.. 2. Howard Isaac, assignee of
a mortgage from Gustav F. Brochat to Anna
| NJ. Standenmayer, an unimproved lot situated
on the Hartford road about 200 feet south of