The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-04-30

Towson, on Wednesday Eext, May 4th.
- Mary j. Taylor has been commissioned
postmaster at Bradshaw, Baltimore county :.
= The rains Of this week were much need
ed by farmers and truckers and did vast deal
p Strawberries retailed in Baltimore this
week at 25 and 80 cts. a quart Asparagus
brought 35 and 40 cts. a bunch.
SThe regular monthly meeting OF the
will be held in Golden Eagle Hail. Tuesday,
May Sd, at 8 P. NJ.
Rev. william Nottingham. brother Of
the late Bishop Nottingham, will preach at
Trinity P. E. Church, Long Green, on Sunday
morning, May 1st at IL o'clock.
Tile bazaar and supper held three nights
this week in the Cooper building, Towson, for
the benefit of EPSON M. P. Church, will be
continued Saturday hight, April Both.
IA Hartford county Gamer has purchased
this spring 100 bushels of corn for seed for
which he paid 81 bushel. That may be said
to be bringing corn to very pretty market.
1.-The Highway Commission, which IS the
title of the office created by the new road law
for the County Commissioners, will hold its
first meeting at Towson, on Thursday, May 9th.
>The Office of the Thistle Mills Company,
at Thistle, on the Patapsco river, was entered
by burglars on Friday night of last week. The
safe was blown open and small sum OF money
secured.
- Baltimore street will not be widened.
The First Branch of the City Council settled
that on Wednesday night by vote Of IA to 9.
The Monumental City is still among the back
numbers"
THE Junior Epworth League of Towson
NJ. E. Church will hold its annual bazaar and
supper in the hall over the engine house, Thurs
day and Friday evenings OF next week, May
9th and 9Th.
- Messrs. John Grason and w Risteau
for T.. MnnrQq "a
entered suit for IS, 900 damages against John L.
Davis and Maria Davis for alleged wrongful
taking of piano.
- April gave us a taste of summer weather
last Monday and the mercury in Towson went
up to "a degrees. The warmth was heartily
welcomed, even If it did bring with it little
temporary discomfort
- What the farmers are now hoping for is
plenty of warm sunshine and an occasional
shower. They have been at great disadvan-
tage thus far this spring and they want to
make up for lost time.
- Adolph Bostian. anephew of Rev. John
Heinzelman, pastor of the Lutheran Church at
Fullerton, Belair road, has passed the exami-
nation OF the Maryland State Board as an en-
balmer and undertaken.
AND still the -Beckman murderer enjoys
his liberty and, so far as appearances 60, no
special effort is being made to run him down.
The 81, 300 reward appears to possess no special
charm for the detectives.
- Hicks wind up-of-April storm put in its
appearance on time this week. In fact many
ne BULGE gee on all 81 e M shiu that : hen =
Mrs. Frances r. Ritter, of Towson, will
establish a milk route here on Monday next.
The milk and cream she will supply to her
customers will come from Mr.. John Hugely 8
Hampton herd of Jerseys.
-Mr Joseph Schreibers new company IS
supplying gas to the residents OF Highland
town and others at 80 cents per l,OOO cubic
feet, which is 20 cents less than the people of
Baltimore city are paying.
- Messrs. Grason d Bacon, attorneys ior
Charles D. Halle, have filed bill in equity
against Henry G.. Halle and others. trustees,
for the sale of farm in the 10th district for
the benefit of the plaintiff, etc.
The Baltimore City Directory for 1904
was delivered to Towson subscribers this week.
It was about ready to be issued at the time OF
the great fire. but everything connected with
it was destroyed, hence the delay.
>As will be seen elsewhere in The UNION
today some important change have been made
in the Baltimore county game laws. lnstruc-
tions to the new deputy game wardens are
published in the same connection.
- Republican primary meetings will be
held in this county on Friday next May 9th.
between the hours of and P. NJ. The call
for these meetings is published in the adver-
Using columns of The UNION today.
sit is said law regulating the running of
automobiles on the public highways was passed
at the last session of the Legislature. 1t 1t was
we have been unable to obtain copy of it
and do not know what its provisions are.
"A number of citizens of TOwson are
painting their dwellings and furnishing up
about their premises. This is to be common.
ded as such things add to the attractiveness OF
the town and are also conducive to health.
- Before final adjournment on Friday of
last week the March term petit jury, through
Mr.. John Greb. of Lutherville, as spokesman,
gave Judge Burke genuine surprise by pre-
senting to him handsome silk umbrella.
THE Sd district incendiary, who caused
so many barn fires and then rested quietly for
a time, appears to have resumed operations:
We contend that this fellow could be caught if
the proper means were employed to do so.
THE eleventh annual point-to point race
for the Maryland Hunt Cup will be run in
Green Spring Valley today. Saturday starting
at 4P. M. on the Brooklandwood estate of Mr..
H. Carroll Brown. There are seven entries;
The citizens of Glyndon are urging the
Western Maryland Railroad Company to re-
build the passenger station at that place, which
was burned several months ago. The station
was the handsomest on the line of the road.
IA lady of Towson is violently opposed
to silver handles on burial baskets She de-
clares that If the undertaken dares to put any
thing like that on her coffin she ii just get out
of that receptacle and make it warm for him.
-The County Commissioners have given
ments in the Jail this year, but Mr.. Yellott,
president of the Board, said this week that nc
Sucn sum as 10000 would be expended IN the
work.
- Minnehaha Tribe of Red Men gave an
entertainment on Thursday night of last week
in their hall at Glyndon which was much en-
ioyed by about two hundred invited guests:
Mr.. Upton Bergman made the address OF
welcome.
I'VE regret to record the fact that Balti-
more couple that were married in Towson less
than a year and half ago has already been
divorced. But such results rarely occur and
the nuptial knots tied here are usually strong
and lasting.
- few nights ago Mr. William L. GLENN,
of Powhatan, caught in Gwynn's Falls, with
the aid of gig. German carp that weighed
IL mounds and measured % inches in length.
He had previously caught in the same stream
carp weighing over IL pounds each.
- Mrs. T. Harrison Garrett, who had de-
termined to give up the dairy business at her
Pleasant Plains Farm, two miles east of Tow
son. has reconsidered the matter and will con-
nue The dairy .h has had arge list OF GUS
--On Thursday Mr.. William P. Cole
Clerk of the Circuit Court, received from the
Governor q number of commissions for Balti
more county appointees. Among them are jus
tices of the peace, notories public, election su'
peryisors, school commissioners, &C.
sane Of the season on the grounds here, with
the Westerns, of Baltimore, on Saturday at
ternoon last, winning by. score of 4 to 8
This years Towson team IS sdvs s.rone one ana
The Denmore estate of the late John w
Numsen. situated at the southeast corner O
Park Heights and Belvidere avenues Sd dis
trict was offered at public. sale on on tuesday
and withdrawn on a bid OF $50, wv. IL con
tains IL acres and has large mansion on It,
- Already several copies of The UNION arr
being delivered weekly on the WORLDS ran
grounds at st. Louis. In due time balumo y
County people going to the Exposition will b
notified where they can see the paper it they
should wish to glance at home news while
there.
"A we'll known gentleman who has been
driving horses all his life said few days age
that since the introduction of automobiles, al
the pleasure has been taken out of the spor
for him BECAUSE of the fear of accidents. Ane
he is not nervous man; neither is ne afralt