The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-05-06

of horses. mules. vehicles, Office fixtures, etc
Wednesday. May 10. By D. g. Mcintosh, attorney
&c., at the Court House door, house, lot and
livery stable in Towson.
Saturday, May ID, BY B. B: Bowen:on The Caves
2K miles from Owings' Mills,3d district, driv
ing horse, buggy and harness, household fur
niture, etc.
Thursday. May IS, by Pattison Gahan. auction.
GERS, at the Court House door. a farm of about
iss acres. near Monkton, N. O. r. r.
Monday. May 20, by H. Oliver Thompson and
George whitelock, trustees, at the Court
House door, SO acres of land, with fine i'm
provements, in Green Spring Valley.
Monday. May 90, by N. E. Ohutt, attorney, at the
Court House door. farm Of 23e acres. with
good improvements, near Belfast, 9Th district.
Strawberries are becoming plentiful, but
generally they are very sour and Of poor
quality.
--The receipts of the spring meeting of the
Maryland Jockey Club at Pimlico aggregated
$47, 900.
L>Next Monday afternoon the annual race
for the Maryland Hunt Cup will be run in
Green Spring Valley.
- Thermometers in Towson on Thursday
at 2. P. NJ. marked IS degrees and summer more
than q month off yet.
- Each of the high schools in Baltimore
county is entitled to one free scholarship in St.
Johns College, Annapolis.
AN epidemic of diphtheria prevails at
Beaver Dam, 9Th district, but no fatal cases
have thus far been reported.
is 100 cents on the $780, which is 81 cents higher
than the rate in Baltimore county.
-Gudgeon fishing is now the fav0rlte sport
of many and, as usual, some wonderful stories
are being told about the catches"
- Mr.. Samuel j. Sims has been awarded
the contract for supplying stone on the Valley
road, 9th district, at ST. rs per perch.
-sPimlico has at last broken its record. "A
ten-dav race meeting has been held there with
out enough rain to seriously interfere with It,
>Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson d. Norris have
sold two lots of ground in West Arlington to
Mr. Henry Russell for 81, 300, ground rent STU.
->If perfect wealth of blossoms can be
regarded as criterion the crop Of apples and
other fruits will be unusually abundant this
-. Mr.. William Fell johnson lately placed
5000 trout fry in Green Spring branch and its
tributaries. The fish came from the State fish
- MI. John w. Hine died at his home at
Hebbville, I'd district, on the 18th ult., after
lingering illness, aged 68 years. Heis survived
- William II. Shepperd has been appointed
rural mail-carrier on Route No. 2, at Monkton,
Baltimore county, with Samuel E. Shepherd,
substitute.
THE discount on county taxes paid this
month is per cent. The discount on State
taxes paid during May, June, July and August
" Fits said that GO, 900 people passed through
the gates of Druid Hill Park last Sunday, and
still the crowd is said to have been larger on
Easter Sunday.
MIR. A. T. McComas, of Greenwood. 18th
district. lately purchased very promising
young Kuzer stallion that breeders would do
well to consider.
Helena Schurman, of Sweet Air, has
been declared insane by jury and the court
will appoint committee to take charge OF her
r,oroor, nd r,rouorfv
-On the LIST of May, 1905, there was a cash
balance of $34, 058.20 in the county treasury.
The disbursements for the month of April
amounted to $32, $3.50.
AT an early hour on Tuesday morning
the hotel at Relay, 18th district was entered by
burglars who got away with $50 in cash and
lot of liquor and cigars.
-eT6e anniversary celebration of Bethany
Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Glen Arm, was post
poned on account of the weather until We'd
nesday night next, May 10th.
Several protests against the granting OF
LIQUOR licenses were heard by Judge Burke this
week. Further than this no business was
transacted in the Circuit Court.
ION Sunday morning last Hereford Lodge
of Odd Fellows attended the Baptist Church in
that place and heard very acceptable sermon
by the pastor, Rev. ]. A. Jones.
- Mr.. Henry D. Perky, the present owner
of the Filston Farm property, at Glencoe, N.
G. r. R., and which he calls Dread, has lately
added $50 head OF cattle to his herd of Jerseys.
MIR. Ed. ]. Hermann, the well-known
auctioneer, who has a fishing shore on Bird
river, caught a few days ago,in one haul Of his
sein, 1928 herring, IL shad and Sc yellow perch.
- The County Commissioners on Wednes-
day awarded coal contracts as follows: For
the Court House. E. Tyson Ware for the
aims house. George Jessop for the Jail, Onion
& Co. :.
= Hrvollir,O for iuooolf
on West Chesapeake avenue, Towson, is hav-
ing an artesian well bored for to supply the
same. 80,
-Mr. j. L. Fowble, of Cockeysville, has
been awarded the contract for the erection OF a
six.thousand-dollar cottage at Arlington, ID
district, for Mr.. Eugene Hudgeon, OF Balti-
more. :,
the cooperage plant of Messrs. Kimball,
TYLER q Co., in HighlandtOwn, which covered
about two acres of ground, was destroyed by
fire early on Tuesday night causing loss Of
about $50, 900. :,
early this week. but the farmer says it's just
the weather for grass and grain. And they
surely are looking fine and giving promise OF
bountiful harvests.
- The Towson man whose egg record has
been heretofore published in The UNION, beat
the same in April, which was one day short of
the previous month. His is hens produced $40
eggs in the 30 days.
e. Fortv-five classes will be exhibited at
the spring horse show on Charles street avenue,
which begins May 18th. Entries have been re-
ceived from New York, Pennsylvania, Vir-
ginia and Maryland.
- The Towson dog-poisoner has been
around again this week and much indignation
is expressed at his work. Why don't the agent
for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals take up this matter?
- The country home of the late John +.
- H. h wTnof M
the Hartford road and Hamilton avenue, has
been sold by the heirs to company who will
develop it. The place contains "a acres.
- Messrs Rice, Shoemaker and Russell.
composing the auditing committee of the School
Board, held meeting in the office of the Board
on Tuesday and passed upon the books and &C.
counts, all of which were found correct.
1.-The managers of the Egenton Orphan
Asylum in Baltimore have again taken for the
summer the old mansion on the Glen Ellen
estate northeast of Towson, which is now
owned by Mr.. Henry L. Brack, of Baltimore.
THE County Treasurer commenced on
Monday, May LIST, to receive taxes under the
levy of 1905. Mr. Oscar johnson, of the 10th
district, and Mr.. J. Charles Raspe, Of the l4th
district, were among the first to pay their bills.
- At JohnstOwn. Pa, on Saturday last
Mr. J. NOVEL; Hawkins, of Baltimore county,
WOE big target shoot by breaking ITO targets
out of possible It's. He made a run OF 100
straight. The next highest man broke las out
of 1T5.
- The Towson baseball team, on the horne
grounds last Saturday afternoon, defeated the
team of Magnolia Athletic Club of Baltimore,
10 to |. This Saturday. afternoon the Tow
sons will play the Jefferson A. G. of Baltimore
Game begins at P. N.
- The Junior Volunteer Fire Company, oil
Hamilton, Hartford road, will go to Waynes'
boro, Pa, on Wednesday next, May 10th, as
the guests of the volunteer firemen OF that
place. Several other organizations will accom-
panv the excursionists.
- Mr.. Frank l. Duncan, attorney for MRS
Georgana Musgrove has entered suit against
her husband, Stephen f. Musgrove, for divorce
and the custody of their only child. The cour'
passed an order allowing the wife % a week
alimony pending the suit.
THE road running along the north sloe
of Green Spring Valley, from the RelsterstoWn
pike to Jockeys tavern, on the Falls ROAD, MAJ
been selected as one of the thoroughfares upon
which to expend part of the State approprla
ton for road improvement.
>Towson Lodge of Odd Fellows ATTENDED
service in a body at the M. E. Church las
Sunday morning and heard special sermon
by the pastor, Rev. Thomas E. Copes. Tit
sermon was very highly spoken of by thos'
who had the pleasure of hearing it.
-Officer George W. Bowen, of the DruiC
Hill Park force, who was formerly residen
of Towson, was bitten on the right wrist by
stray dog that be was removing from the pari
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