The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-03-05


5000 to the salary of the members of the Boart
- Today-Saturday, March 5th-the su
rises at 6.4l A. n and sets at 5.58 P NJ. Th
rapidly frightening days make the thrift
farmer FESTIVE. He feels that he ought I
begin turning up the earth for bis summe
crops.
- Burbank, the man who invented tn
potato that bears his name, is about to brin
out something new in the potato line that,
Is claimed, will revOluti0nize the trade in tha
almost indispensable article of household
economy.
= Messrs. C. P. Blackburn & Co., commits
sion merchants, whose business place. befOr
the fire, was located on Commerce street, ma,
now be found at No. 2 East Saratoga street
near Charles, where they are transacting bust
ness as usual
- Every countryman who goes to Balti
more now does not think he has completed BIZ
visit unless he has made an inspection of th,
burned district" view of that dismantlet
quarter will furnish topic of conversation TO
months to come.
IA delegation of prominent citizens O
Baltimore went to Annapolis on Wednesday
to urge upon members of the Legislature an
increase III the appropriation for the Maryland
Hospital for Consumptives, near Towson, from
81, 500 to $4,000
The County Commissioners have com
pleted the revision of assessments for the
present year Some reductions were made buI
the accessions to the taxable basis far exceeded
these. The levy is not announced until the
latter part of April.
MIR. J. G. Miller, a well known farmer oil
Parkton, 9TH district. on Thursday, with five
horse team, hauled a load of bundled rye
straw to the country place of Mr.. William
Lanahan, near Govanstown, that weighed
tons and 600 pounds.
more public sales of personal property
may be found in the advertising columns of
THE UNION today. 1t is surprising what ex-
cellent prices are generally obtained at these
sales and it is a rare occurrence for any of
them to prove unsatisfactory.
THE Beckman murder mystery is no
nearer being solved today than il was the day
after the crime was committed. The fact that
there is a standing reward of 81 800 for the APP
prehension of the murderer does not appear to
have any bearing upon the case:
- Mr.. e. e. McCleary, proprietor of Locust
Vale Stock Farm. Towson, who last week
went to Missouri for mules. purchased three
car loads of them and they arrived at Luther
vile on Wednesday. They are a fine lot and
they are going off like hot cakes.
- Mr. John L. Wagner, florist, who bought
a piece of ground on the Joppa road short
distance west of Tows0n, will begin the cree
ton of his plant thereon as soon as the wealth
er will permit The location ought TO prove
an excellent one for the business.
- Members of Towson M. E. Church,
under the leadership of Mr.. John T. Hershner,
Mr.. Chester B. Turnbull who has been look
ing after the spiritual good of the prisoners
many years, also made an address.
- A country place near Towson wanted an
unmarried man as gardener and lawn keeper
and the owner advertised for one in THE UNION
Of last week. By Tuesday morning three
young men had applied for the place and
doubtless the advertiser is suited before now.
- Gradually the street car lines in Bati-
more are resuming but all those in the burned
district are not yet in operation. The half
hourly service on the York Road line still con.
tinues and it is doubtful if it can be improved
until the main powerhouse is again in service.
- Mr.. Joshua ]. REGISTER, who had been a
patient of the Sheppard Pratt Hospital, near
Towson for the past two years, died in that in
stitution on Tuesday. He was so years of age
and a son of Mr.. Joshua REGISTER, who owns
large farm on REGISTER avenue, east of the
York road.
- The Maryland and Pennsylvania Rail-
road continues to carry many passengers be-
tween TOwson and Baltimore most people pre-
ferring that mode of travel to the York road
electric line. especially during the late after
moons when the cars of the latter are usually
so densely packed.
- The sale of the personal property Of Mr..
John Schneider. near Sunnybrook, 10th dis
trict, which took place on Wednesday, was
largely attended and in all respects satisfactory.
The farm of 40 acres, that was offered at the
same time, was withdrawn. Slade & Risteau
were the aucti0neers.
the vexed question of the appointment
of a policeman for the village of Arlington, Sd
district, continues unsettled. Among the resi-
dents there appears to be much difference of
opinion as to who is the right man for the
place. Why not decide it by vote and let the
most popular man get the appointment?
- The bill to authorize the Circuit Court of
Baltimore county to dissolve the incorporation
of the Maryland Agricultural and Mechanical
Association has been reported favorably in
the Legislature. 1t should not fail to become
a law as that association is such IN name only,
having held mo fair P@s II fom resi-
dents of Govanstown about the frozen water
not e sHd
wells, many of which had been abandoned
when the artesian water was introduced, the
people would be in decidedly unpleasant pre-
Cicament.
- The keeper of lunch-room in Balti-
more. who was cleaned up by the fire, not
only bad his business insured: but had a poll
cy of insurance on his profits for year and he
is not troubling himself now whether he starts
up again or not until the end of that time.
He was the only man in the city who carried
such insurance.
IA Woman's Christian Temperance Union
medal contest will take place in Hunts M. y.
Church. near Sherwood, on Friday, March
18th, at P. M, under the auspices of Carpen-
ter Memorial Union. The contestants will be
Misses Matte Childs Isabel Coale, Elva Nc
Comas, Martha Dozen, Mabel Eden, Odessa
Hook and Clinton James.
- The good roads movement is one that
should enlist the hearty support of every citi-
zen. more particularly, of those who live in
the country and are Obliged to use such roads
as are always to be found at this season.
These detract much from the pleasures of
country life for several months each year and
the remedy for them is not yet in sight.
- Messrs. Thomas r. Jenifer and Arthur
w. Shanklin have again commenced burning
lime at their kilns near Loeb Raven. On ac-
demand for building lime in Baltimore this
year. The "bottom" lime produced at these
kilns had wide reputation years ago on
account of its excellence for all inside work.
- Elias Hartz, of Reading, Pa. who is
known as the ''goosebone prophet" declares
that all his predictions relative to the present
winter have come true. He also says that the
weather will continue cold until April. Per
haps Elias is somewhat of fake. He'll have
hard work to make the average man believe
in his NONSENSE cal weather representations.
Mr.. John P DeLauder, as administrator
of the estate of his wife, the late Mrs. Alice L..
DeLauder, will sell all the personal effects of
the deceased on the Jericho Farm, near Frank
linville, 18th district, on Thursday, March 18th.
furniture consisting of pieces of mahogany,
curled maple, etc., that will no doubt attract
wide attention.
Next Friday, March 18th, will be the
sixteenth anniversary of the great blizzard of
1888 that paralyzed the railroads and telegraph
lines throughout the Eastern States. II was at
that time that the Lee Building in Towson,
and with it the entire plant of THE UNION,
was destroyed by fire that might have burned
the greater part of the town had it not been
for the fact that the roofs of the houses were
covered with snow. Our people had no fire
protection at that time and we were entirely at
the mercy of the flames.
The Hayfields herd of Hereford cattle,
with all the other valuable stock, farm inn
elements and machinery, ETC., will be sold at
public sale on the Hay Farm, near Cock
eysviIle, on Tuesday, March 18th, by Miss Ann
Colt Merryman, owner. This is the Oldest
herd of Herefords in the United States and
was established by the late Hon. John Merry
man, father of the present owner as far back
as 1856 Mr.. William D. Merryman. manager
of the farm and herd, can give any desired in
formation. He and his sister will remove
from the State after the sale.
Turnpike Company Won the Case.-A
case of interest to travellers on turnpikes was
heard before Judge Harlan, in the Baltimore
CITY Court on Wednesday. James Copper
sued the Baltimore and Reisterstown Turnpike
r. 80. xynd a N