The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-05-27

SALES ADVERTISED IN 1.-THE UNION, ;,

air road. the personal efectsof Casper Popp,
Monday. May 20, by H. Oliver Thompson and
George Whitelock, trustees at the Court
House door, 56 acres of land, with fine inn
provements, in Green Spring Valley.
Monday, May 20, by N. E. Offutt. attorney, at the
Court House door, a farm Of 239 acres, with
good improvements near Belfast,8 th district.
Wednesday. May 81. by G. 7. CurrIer, on the DR..
VIM. Whitridge farm, near Ashland, 9Th dis
trict, Percheron horse, wagons, household
Monday June R J, 81 John 3. Bell, on the premi-
SEES, a farm of 1s5 acres, on the road leading
from Parkton to Mt. Carmel.
assignee, on the premises, suburban prop
erty on the old Frederick road near the city
Wednesday, June Z. by John s. Bddison and
John g. Rogers, trustees. at the Court House
door, real estate on the Frederick road.
premises, on the Old Hartford road, near
Hamilton, horses, colts, Jersey cattle, farm
utensils, corn, hay, straw, poultry, house
- People talk about the very cool weather
Of the present month but the records show that
it is by no means unusual.
"A Baltimore man has taken out q patent
for harrow attachment for plows. Thatmust
be an odd sort Of machine.
- Mr.. J. A. Bokel, Of Govanstown, who is
q wholesale liquor dealer in Baltimore, has
secured trademark for whisky.
York county spOrtsmen who have been
Hberating many partridges are also introducing
pIover. These are game birds and very hard
to bit.
Tuesday. All the holidays of 1905, except
Thanksgiving day, come in the early part Of
the week.
The strawberry season is now about at
its height and the crop of festivals at which this
delicious fruit figures SO conspicuously is larger
than ever.
The Pikesville baseball team gave the
Hamiltons an awful drubbing last Saturday
afternoon. Only seven innings were played
score Is tot
Next Tuesday is Decoration Day and
although it is legal holiday in Maryland it is
not school holiday. The banks and public
Offices will be closed.
IA good many of THE UNIoN's subscri-
beers have been renewing this week, and some
of them brought with them the small yellow
bills sent out last December.
THE tax Office has been kept busy this
week By those anxious to pay up in order to
get the benefit of the May discount. The dis
count next month is II per cent.
- The grand Jury for the May term of the
Circuit Court adjourned finally on Friday, 18th
instant. The members had farewell din
ner at BosIey's Hotel on Thursday.
1.-THE Office OF The Baltimore County
Water and Electric Company is now located on
the second floor of the building All East Balti-
more street. corner Postofice avenue.
The first of June is almost here and many
think il the most beautiful month of the year.
The spring having been cool so far we are likely
to experience some hot weather then.
MIR. Charles Street,, of Baltimore, has
sold his farm on Blue Ball avenue, east Of the
Belair road to the Oyerlea Land Company for
1895 per acre. The place contains 81 acres.
- Anne Arundel county Strawberries sold
on the docks in Baltimore this week at from
to 10 cents box. Thousands OF crates were
received and the fruit was in fine condition:
Scott Bros. of Baltimore, plumbers, &C.,
have opened business house in TOws0n and
will give attention 10 everything in their line.
They are experienced and expert mechanics.
- The prize for pony jumpers at the horse
show last week was won BY wanda" owned
BY Miss Rebecca Diffenderffer, daughter of Mr..
w. Stewart Diffenderffer, of Green Spring
Valley.
strawberry and ice-cream festival in Wilson's
Church Hail. on Saturday night, June 10th.
Several useful articles will be disposed OF by
chance.
- The subject Of the electric railway be-
tween Towson and Cockeysville is again being
agitated. 1t was said this week that SzUUOU
had been subscribed towards the building of
AS the Fourth Of July approaches the
annual crusade against the fatal toy pistol has
commenced. The innocent looking plaything
was the cause of many deaths in this country
last year.
"A number of children of Trinity Sunday
school, Towson, gave very successful " M 9TH
er Goose entertainment in Grange Hall. on
Friday night of last week. The proceeds are
for missions.
- George E. Miller, a Hampden carpenter
while at work on a scaffold on Eutaw Place,
Baltimore on Tuesday, fell distance of S6
feet and was instantly killed. He leaves five
small children.
-On Sunday morning last Bishop Paret
confirmed class of sixteen persons in Trinity
p. E. Church, Towson, in the presence Of a
very large congregation. The Bishop preached
an able sermon.
- What is known as the Ward quarry prop
erty at Texas, N. G. r. R., has been purchased
by Mr.. John j. Kelley for 1900 1t was
owned jointly by the estate of the late NJ w.
Offutt and Mr.. Kelley.
The regular monthly meeting of the Tow
son W. G. T. u. will be held at the home of
Mrs Gerand Bowen, Wednesday afternoon.
May 31st, at 3 o'clock. full attendance OF
members is requested.
There was heavy frost in the upper end
of this county last Monday morning, but no
damage has been reported. For several days
early this week fires and heavy clothing. were
necessary for comfort.
IA verv useful little pamphlet has been
issued by Mr.. Rein H. Denny, of the County
Clerks office. entitled "List of Indexes and
Records in the Clerks Office of the Circuit
Court for Baltimore County"
MRS. Henry Barton Jacobs has sold about
40 acres of land on the corner of Hartford road
and Erdman avenue to company for nearly
$300O0 The new owners will develop the
property for building purposes.
Mr. Robert G.. Ware, eldest son of the
late Robert G. Ware, who at one time owned
farm near Loeb Raven, died on the 10Th in
slant at JOhnstown, Pa, aged 30 years. he is
survived by widow and one child.
->Shadrach G. Sparks has been appointed
postmaster at Philopolis, Baltimore county,
vice George A. Underwood, resigned. Last
week Mr.. Sparks bought Mr.. Underwood's
property at Sparks Station, N. G. X. X.
-Some farmers say the clover crop gener-
ally will be short this year, but there is fine
prospect for timothy. The growing wheat IS
making splendid progress and the prospects for
an abundant harvest were never better.
THE May meeting of the Junior Gunpow-
der Agricultural Club was held last Saturday
at the farm of Mr.. Granville Matthews, near
Philopolis. 1t was a reading meeting and there
was general discussion of farm topics.
Those interested in the Riggs road case
have been notified by Mr.. Z. Stanton Bosley,
chief clerk and auditor, that the County Com
missioners will announce their decision in this
case on Wednesday, Nav 31st, at 2 P. NJ.
The Towson baseball team has a game
scheduled for today Saturday. with the strong
Bartlett & Hayward team of Baltimore. It
will begin on the home grounds at P. NJ and
those fond of the sport should not miss It.
THE convention of the West Baltimore
District Epworth League will be held in the
M e. Church at Gainesville, May Slst and
June LIST and I'd. Rev. John X. EDWARDS,
formerly of Towson is pastor OF the church. !.
The inventory of the personal estate OF
the late Samuel B. Sexton, Jr., Of MT. Wash
ingtop, shows its value to be 1896 $40. MI.
Sexton was brother-in-law of Mr.. George >.
Kieffer, foreman of the May term grand jury.
-sSome wellknown gentlemen who fave
property interests in and about Towson are
again making an effort to have the trolley fare
on the York road reduced. We are now pay
ing higher fare than on any other suburban
line.
THE public school at Phoenix, n: G. X.
R., Miss Anna Cole, principal, will hold fete
on the school lawn, June LIST and I'd. The
public road in front of the school house has
lately been much improved under the supervi-
sion of Mr.. George Royston.
Some of The UNIONS local correspon-
dents will please bear in mind the fact that we
do not consider it of sufficient Importance to
report visits among neighbors. These are mat
tiers of such common occurrence that they
cannot be classed as news"
- With the last issue of the Maryland
Journal the publication of that paper ceased, il
having been merged with the Towson Democrat
The late William n. Ruby established the first
named paper nearly Al years ago and published