The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-04-01

Pimlico Race Track, in the Sd district. COM
Monday. April II, By James s. CaIweii, attorney,
on the. premises, fee simple property In Ca
louisville. lst district.
low Williams and h. W.Williame, attorneys,
etc. the Lynch property divided into lots,)
Tuesday, April Is, by Henry O. Weaver. attor-
ney. on the premises, ieasehold property NO.
2l9 Eastern avenue extended.
az the Court House door. valuable real estate
near Gardenville, Belair road.
- Today the sun rises at SO minutes after
8 and sets at % minutes past 6.
- The School Board will hold a meeting at
Towson, on Wednesday next, April 9th.
IA cold-storage company at York has ar
ranged to store q SOC, 900 eggs-15O carloads.
- Good Friday falls this year on the 2lst
of April and Easter on the following Sunday.
-s"In the spring the young mans fancy
lightly turns to thoughts Of love'-and new
spring suit.
County Treasurer Mays will begin on
Monday next to distribute the bills Of delin-
Quent taxpayers.
-. Mr.. Jacob Counsel, Of Notch Cliff, whose
barn was destroyed by fire some time ago, has
commenced to rebuild.
- This Saturday is the first day of April,
sometimes called All Fools Day Keep your
mind on your number.
- The EIkridge Hunt Club will have g
meet at Hampton gate, near Towson, this (Sat-
urday) afternoon at 3o'clock.
The Governor has issued his proclama-
ton designating Friday. April 18th, as Arbor
Day. It will also be observed as Bird Day.
1.-The new Guild House in Towson is to
have bowling alleys attached. The cost will
be 81. COO. most of which is already in sight.
- Adeline johnson, coEored. who died at
her home in the 18th district few days ago, is
believed to have been upwards OF 100 years old.
have enjoyed some 1ch Oea suhsr sprlng
calculated to make the farmers wear smiling
- This has been an unusually dull week
in TOwson, due to the fact, no doubt, that all
thefarmers are busy at home with their spring
work.
- MANY acres of Baltimore county's rich
soil was turned up by plows this week and the
tiIler of the ground is in the midst OF his busy
season.
THE social department of the Epworth
League of Towson M. e. Church presented
Mrs Edwards wife of the pastor, with pretty
The shad season is now on and fish Of all
kinds appear to be abundant HucksLers are
constantly hawking them about the streets OF
Towson.
- During the month Of March just ended
lightning struck in several places in Baltimore
county. This is very unusual for SO early in
the season.
- The annual meeting of the Belair Road
improvement Association will be held in the
school building at Gardenyille, Tuesday night
next, 4th instant.
A handy little driving horse belonging
to DR.. J. Royston Green of TowsoD, died on
Wednesday night. from an attack of collie, to
which he was subject.
- Before his departure for conference the
members of Gatch's M. E. Church presented
their senior pastor, Rev. Frank X. Isaac, with
handsome bronze clock.
THE warm sunshine and the light spring
winds have been doing good WORK on the county
roads. After all is said and done these are the
most reliable road-menders.
>The regular monthly meeting OF the
Neighborhood Improvement Association OF
Govanstown will he held in Golden Eagle Hall,
Tuesday, April 4th, at p M.
- Mr.. William H. Lawrence, of the Tow
son bar, has been appointed trustee in bank
ruptcy of the Crown Chemical Company and
has bonded in the sum of "a 900.
Mrs. Mary B. Kirkwood, wife of Mr..
Edwin @. Kirkwood, postmaster at Jarretts-
vile, died on Tuesday after two weeks ILL.,
ness from pneumonia, aged 40 years.
This is the season for woods fires and
several Of them occurred this week. These are
nearly always the result of carelessness and
sometimes terminate in serious loss.
- little son of Mr.. John Hoff, of Owings'
Mills, while playing with q feed-cutter few
DAYS ago, had his left hand SO badly injured as
to cause him the loss of one of bis fingers.
to sell liquor in Baltimore county ends on Sat.
urday, April LIST. The list will be published
in the advertising columns of The UNION next
week.
- man who located in Towson lately
prides himself on being the possessor OF pair
bic age of 16 years. And he is still wearing
=. Some of THE UNIONS local correspon-
dents would oblige US very much If they would
send in their letters earlier. Those coming as
late as Friday morning often receive scant at
tention.
- Clean up. It's time now to get the spring
cleaning fit on and FURNISH up about your
premises. This will not only improve the ap.
pearance of things, but will also be conducive
to health.
week was the real thing and large quantity
of rain fell. Perfect spring weather followed
the clearing up Of the atmosphere caused by
the storm.
lit was a 10th district boy who said to his
unsympathetic parent Pap, trouts is bitin
now" and the measured and unkind reply
was well, you let 'em alone and they won't
bite you" :,
- a freight wreck occurr ed at Cockeysville
on Tuesday morning last in which several
cars were demolished. A brakeman named
Streeney, who lives in Baltimore, had his LETT
foot broken.
The mercury in Towson on Tuesday
touched IS degrees, which is doins. pretty we'll
for spring. That's the sort of weather calcu-
lated to make many people experience "tnat
tired feeling"
contract for the repair of the abutments OF the
bridge at Glencoe, N. G. R. R., because, he says,
the water is too cold for men to work IN 1t to
build cofferdam.
- Active preparations are now going on for
the coming spring show of the Baltimore Horse
uvhi0h ruili hoOin The
Kennels, Charles street avenue, May 18th, and
continue four days.
- Many people are suffering from what is
called grip and in some instances we have
heard of whole families being sick with it.. 1t
is a most troublesome malady and one that
AT the end of last week all the snow
drifts had not disappeared from the roads IN
= the upper end of this county. and 1t IS said that
some of the snow that fell on the 18th OF No
vember was still on the ground.
NM. John B. Miles has sold 70 acres OF
land. located on the west side of the Gunpow-
der, short distance north of Phoenix, to the
Baker Quarry Company, for $50 an acre. The
land is opposite the companys quarries:
I'VE hear of one Baltimore county farmer
of the cotton sharks. We had hoped that our
people were too familiar with the ways OF the
world to be taken in by such bold swindlers.
- Mrs. Street,, of Hartford county. who was
visiting her brother, DR.. A. y. McCuruy, oL
Towson, had the misfortune to fall few days
ago and fracture her left arm at the wrist. She
was attended by Drs. J. b. and Harry >.
Jarrett.
->As stated in this paper last week Mr..
Frank l. Wheeler will today succeed Mr.. John
A. Wright as member of the Towson insur.
ance firm of Offutt. Wright & Emmart, ne
having purchased that gentleman's interest
in the same.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Anderson, Jr.
have purchased from Mr.. George G. Tracey,
lot IS by $50 feet, located on the north side Of
West Allegany avenue, Towson. Mrs. An
derson is a daughter of Mrs. John Wright
of this place.
Somehow a mistake crept into TIL
UNION report last week in the matter Of the eel
ebrated Riggs road case. 1t was the Riggs sid'
that made the motion to quash the proceed
ings. which motion was sustained by Judg'
Van Bibber
-During the past year fifty-four persons
have been received into the Methodist Episco
pal Church at Highlandtown. All the ooiiga
fions of the church have been met and there
a balance in the treasury. Rev. John d. JET
fries is the pastor.