The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-03-26

- Re-Don Council, No. 90, Jr. o. u. A. M
will give on entertainment in Goodwin's Hal
Reisterstown, on Tuesday, April 9Th, at 30 I
N. An interesting program will be presented
including selections by Mr.. J. Griffin Hall, th
we'll known Baltimore humorist.
1.-The March term grand jury adjourne
without bringing out anything new in th
Beckman murder case, which remains a
much mystery as it was before the jury wen
to work on 1t. The 81 800 reward offered 70
the arrest of the murderer still stands.
THE Woman's Christian Temperate
Union of Towson will give an Easter tea in tn
hall over the engine house, on Thursday even
ing next. Easter novelties. icecrea and con
fectionery will be for sale. A liberal patronag
is solicited to aid the ladies in their work.
- POstoffice robbers have again commenced
operating along the line of the Northern Cen
trail Railway and it would be well for post
masters to take extra precautions against
visitation from them. They blow open safe
with holiness that is positively startling.
- Last Sunday was beautiful spring day
and brought the people out in droves to enjoy
the genial and most welcome sunshine. Bu
these were followed by heavy rain and alto
gether dismal weather that put damper upon
the exuberant spirits of the preceding day.
- Next Sunday afternoon class of ninety
seven children-the largest in the history OIL
church-will be confirmed at Zion Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Canton. On the same day
Mr.. George A. Gegner will present the church
with beautiful chandelier to cost about $500
- Some persons are reporting that nearly
all the partricges were killed by the severe
weather of last winter, but this is not so. A
few days ago gentleman saw a covy of about
thirty near Towson and they were as lively as
crickets, showing that they had wintered we'll.
AT the meeting last week of the Balti-
more County Medical Association the subject
discussed was "La Grippe; Its Causes and
Cures" A most timely subject and we hope
our learned friends came to some conclusion
that will be of benefit to a long suffering
people.
->The new Andrew Chapel NJ. E. Church
South, situated on the Belar road at franklin
avenue, will be dedicated on Sunday next,
March 9th, when Bishop A. w. Wilson. LII.
D., will preach at P. M. Preaching and re-
ception of new members at IL A. NJ. by Rev. ].
P. Jeffries.
THE very successful revival meeting at
Hereford Baptist Church, Rev. ]. A. Jones,
pastor, has closed. There were twenty-nine
professions of conversion and nineteen have
been baptized. A similar meeting was begun
at Eklo Baptist Church last Sunday and will
continue next week.
- Mr.. Calvin S. Harlan, administrator of
the estate of the late James w. Baldwin, will
sell all the personal property of the deceased
at bis late home, in the upper end of the 18th
district. on Wednesday, April 9th. Mr.. Bald
wins maiden sister, who lived with him, has
a life estate in the farm.
- The fire ruins in Baltimore continue to
attract the attention of the curious and many
county people are going to the city especially
to see them. Last Sunday thousands of stran-
gers stroled about the disman!led streets and
gazed with wonder upon the havoc that had
been wrought by the flames.
- Mr.. Charles Councilman, of Chicago,
who died of Brights disease last Sunday at
the Virginia Hot Springs, was a wealthy ele-
vator owner and broker and a man who had
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cousin of Mr.. Charles A. Councilman, of
Worthington Valley, Baltimore county
- Among the petitions introduced in the
U. 8. Senate on Wednesday by Senator Nc
Comas was one from the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of Ruxton, Baltimore
county, and another from the Luther League
of st. Paul's Lutheran Church, Lutherville,
against the passage of the Hepburn Dolliver
bill.
"A successful fair and supper was held
three days this week in Largent's Hall, at
Stevenson. Green Spring Valley, for the bene-
at that place. Mr.. w. T. Largent gives his
hall at Stevenson for the use of the Methodist
congregation until their new church is COM
pleted.
MIR. William D. Randall the well known
grocer and wine merchant 410 East Baltimore
street. whose store went up in the great confa-
grafton of last month, will begin rebuilding in
a few days. This was one of the oldest store
stands in Baltimore, the grocery business hav-
ing been conducted there for more than a
century.
- Rev. Edward A. Colburn furnishes the
Belair Agis with a record of the weather of
st. Patrick day for the past forty.nine years.
as follows Clear days, "a; cloudy days, 2;
stormy days, 10. This record would seem to
knock out the long-established idea that st.
Patrick always furnishes us with bad brand
of weather.
Tho r1c
merriIy in the early mornings this week and it
is delightful to hear them, but Towson man
says look out when the bluebirds begin to tune
up early in spring. He declares that rough
weather is certain to follow the coming or
Lhese fellows from the swamps and thickets
- Mr.. George Brown has had prepared
plans for a handsome house that he proposes
to erect this year on his farm on the east side
of the Falls road, just north of Brookland-
Vile. 1t will be a two-story frame 80 by 100
feet. finished throughout with hard woods
and will be among the most attractive places
in Green Spring Valley.
Mrs. Susan J. Buckley, mother-in-law
of Mr.. Samuel J. Ady, of Sharon, Hartford
whose illness from typhoid fever was
noticed in THE UNION last week, died on the
18th inst. She went to her daughters to help
nurse the other members of the family who
were sick with the fever, when she contracted
it, with the result stated.
I'VE never before saw the wheat fields
present such poor appearance at this season
of the year as they do just now. Some of
them seem to be entirely bare, while Others
present such meager showing of green as to
be almost unacceptable. Some farmers are
talking about blowing up their wheat fields
and seeding them to oats.
1.-The snow of Thursday night of last
week, which was one of the heaviest of the
winter disappeared as rapidly as 1t came and
there was none of it left by Friday evening.
It is said that this was the twenty-fourth snow
of the winter and that there are still six or
seven coming to US. We can get along very
we'll without them, however.
THE County Commissioners were engaged
all day Monday in hearing the Green Spring
Valley road case, which went over from
the Thursday previous. 1t was not completed
and will be taken up again next Monday:
The case is exciting much interest, nearly all
the most prominent citizens of the valley being
in one way or other connected with it.
-The Baltimore county grand jury, be-
fore its adjournment, again indicted Edward G.
Watts for the murder of his wife at Phoenix,
in November, 1902. 1t will be remembered
that Watts was convicted in the Hartford coun-
ty court of murder in the first degree and was
to be hanged. He got off on tech
nicality and hence this second indictment.
1.-The water engineer of Baltimore city
says that 100000 gallons of water was
thrown on the great fire in Baltimore city
last month, and it didn't put the fire out. 1t
lust naturally stopped because it didn't have
anything else to consume, having burned to
the waters edge. Baltimore county springs
and streams, from which the city draws its
supply. furnished all of this water.
- Baltimore people who have summer
homes in Baltimore county are beginning to
occupy them and within the next few weeks
our resident population will be largely augmen-
ted by the influx of these good people. Their
number grows larger with each year showing
that it is becoming more and more popular to
own summer home in the country. There is
plenty of room and all will be welcome.
- Good Friday is legal holiday in Mary
land and all the public offices and banks will
be closed The list of applicants for yearly
liquor licenses will be published in the coun-
ty papers next week and all of them must be
in by Thursday night, March 3lst, as the
County Clerks office will not be open the next
day-April LIST. This is matter of much i'm
portance to the keepers of public houses.
1.-THE oldest herd of registered Hereford
cattle in the United States, together with much
other valuable stock farm Implements grow
ing crops &c. will be sold at public sale on
the Hayfields estate, near Cockeysville, on
Tuesday next, March Goth, commencing at 10
A. M. This SALE which will be one of the
most extensive of the year in Baltimore coun-
ty, is worthy the attention of the public.
- Mr. N. d. r. Allen has commenced the
erection of dwelling for himself on part of
the old Matthews property, on the south side