The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-04-22

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trix, all the personal effects Of Caleb A. vii
son. deceased, near Glen-Arm, 18th district.
Monday, May l, BY Mrs; Isaac =. Tyson neaI
implements, household and kitchen furni
ture. poultry, etc.
Monday, May i, by T. Scott Ofutt and W. 8
McComas. receivers, on the premises on the
road leading from White Hall to Hereford
the real estate and personal effects OF the
Tuesday. May 3, BY Charles B. MCLEAN and
b. Longnecker, on the premises, several lou
of ground in Towson.
+. Centrum, trustees, at the Court House
door. house and lot in Germantown, BelaiE
Tuesday, May 2, by John F. Centrum and G
Ross Mace. trustees, at the Court House
door, fee simple property near Rosedale
wednesday. May .. By D. G. Mcintosh, attorney
&C., at the Court House door, house, lot and
livery stable in Towson.
- Easter Monday will be observed as q
holiday by the Baltimore county schools.
- The Volunteer Fire Company at Roland
Park has been supplied with fine new truck
- County Treasurer Mays will begin to re-
ceive taxes under the levy of 1905 on Monday,
May LIST.
The Highways Commissioners have di-
rected that finger boards be placed at road cross
ings in the 7th and 9Th districts.
- Friday, Dist instant, was Good Friday
and legal holiday in Maryland. All the
banks, public offices and schools were closed.
- On Sunday last the pastor, Rev. c..
Fieck. confirmed class of seventeen persons
at Zion German Evangelical Church. Ross
vile.
Messiah at Canton last Sunday the pastor,
Rev. E.. H. FELTON,, confirmed class OF forty
persons. -.
near Brooklandville, a few days ago. burned
over a considerable area and destroyed % cords
of wood.
- Several sales of real estate have lately
taken place in the eastern section OF the 18th
district and property values appear to be adj
vancing.
- More than fifty mules were sold from
Locust Vale Stock Farm, Towson, last week.
There appears to be constantly growing de-
mand for these animals.
- Many people are complaining OF grip
and bad colds-in fact these maladies appear
more common now than they were during the
rough weather of winter.
- On Tuesday night next Bethany Lodge,
!. o. o. F., of Glen-Arm, will appropriately
celebrate the seth anniversary of the order by
giving public entertainment.
- Sunday next, 23d instant, will be Easter
upon which occasion there will be special SER
vices in all the churches. Easter Monday is
observed by many as holiday.
- II remained for April to give us q real
taste of March weather-cold and blustry days
and nights, with snow iurries frost and ice.
Well feel better when it's all over.
-sDr. ]. Royston Green, of Towson, this
week bought handsome pair Of bobtailed
sorrel horses from Mr.. e. E. McCleary, pro-
prietor of Locust Vale Stock Farm.
THE spring meeting of the Maryland
Jockey Club commenced on Wednesday last
and will continue until Saturday, April 9th.
There are over 300 horses at the track.
- While fishing in Middle river, near Ben
gies. on Tuesday last Mr.. William E. Kepler,
of Baltimore, caught one pike that measured
IS inches and another that measured y inches.
- Mr.. George e. Coxon, Jr.. and others
have purchased the Coxon mill property in the
s1lthr district, with about SO acres of land -at-
tached. from Mr. George E. Coxon, ST., for
$4,000.
- The big circuses have decided not to give
any more street parades. The managers say
these are no longer practicable because of the
crowded condition of the streets, the presence
of trolley cars, etc.
- The first month of spring ended on
Friday. Dist instant, and we are likely to find
some warm times" before the end of the sec.
ond one. Temperatures between 30 and 45 are
by no means springlike.
A couple came up from Sparrow's Point
to Towson on Tuesday and were married by
Rev. ]. L. Straughn, of the M. P. Church.
The groom was Mr.. Charles K. Fisher and the
bride Miss Alice Sarbaugh.
- Two members of the present petit jury
have died since the March term OF court COM
~menced-H Henry Keimer, of the 1st district, and
Joshua L. Palmer, of the 9Th district. Both
were we'll advanced in years.
- Why don't the Baltimore County Water
Company adopt some plan to increase its sup
ply of water? Towson is likely to suffer from
this cause unless something is done to perma-
nently bridge over this trouble.
"a number of protests have been filed
with the Clerk of the Circuit Court against the
granting of liquor licenses to certain appli.
cants These must all be heard by the court
before the licenses can be issued.
- On Saturday last Mr.. L. E. Benedict, who
lately removed to Towson, received painful
injury to one of bis legs from the kick of q
horse Mr.. Benedict is the manager of Pleas
ant Plains Dairy Farm. on the Joppa road.
"a well.known and popular Methodist
minister came all the way from Baltimore to
Towson on Saturday last especially to renew
his subscription to THE UNION. He is warm
friend of the paper and says he cannot afford
to be without it.
- Messrs James McEvoy, Jr., and Charles
Markell. Jr have been appointed receivers OF
The Highlandtown distilling firm of Brown,
McGinnis & Co. The partners could not agree
as to the manner of liquidating the business,
hence the receivership.
- Mrs. Catharine Seidel, wife of Mr.. John
G.. Seidel, died at her home in Baltimore, on
Tuesday last, of Bright's disease, aged % years.
She leaves three small children. The remains
were inferred in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Tow
son, on Friday afternoon.
THE following postal appointments were
made in Baltimore county this week. At
Bradshaw, Charles w. Proctor, postmaster,
vice Mrs. Mary J. Taylor, resigned; at Gwynn-
brook, Robert D. Marshall, postmaster, vice
James A. Jones, resigned.
- Land values in Govanstown have in
creased very much in the last year and house
rents have also been advanced. Residents say
that this is all due to the scent fare on the
electric railway. Small houses in that town
rent readily for SIT per month.
- In some sections of Baltimore county
last Monday morning the mercury dropped to
80 degrees and ice formed to the thickness OF a
Quarter of an inch. 1t is said that no damage
was done to the fruit because of the high wind
that prevailed on Sunday night.
- The committee on accounts Of the School
Board, composed of Messrs. Rice, Arthur and
Scott, held meeting in the Office of the Board
on Wednesday to examine the books and &C.
counts for the past year. Everything was
found in good order and correct.
- At the last meeting of the Ladies' Aid
Society of Jessop M. E. Church a vote was
taken on the question whether or not the gift
of 100000 of Mr.. John d. Rockefeller to
foreign missions should be accepted. The vote
was unanimous in the affirmative.
- Well, it's all over and everybody
pleased. The differences between the County
Commissioners and Register Of Wills Rider
with reference to doing the janitor work IN the
latters Office have been adjusted and that ofhce
will receive attention as usual That's right
Now let us have peace.
- James Carroll, an inmate of the county
alms-house whose mind was impaired jumped
from a second-story window on Tuesday and
sustained injuries that caused bis death hall
hour later. He was 50 years of age and for
merly lived at Warren. His wife is an inmate
of the same institution.
Major John McWilliams, an inmate o
the Confederate Soldiers Home, Pikesville
died in that institution on Wednesday, aged
60 wears. He was native of Baltimore city
He was a member of the Catholic Benevolent
Legion and the Society of the Army and Navy
of the Confederate States.
10y We are glad to see that at last the County
Commissioners have had the nerve to levy thu
sum of $4,000 for remodeling and improving
the Jail. This is a work that has been much
needed for years and every grand jury has re
commended that something be done to i'm
prove the condition of affairs.
- Mr.. Charles E. Fendall, of the County
Clerks office, who is an authority on sucl
matters, says that the strawberry crop will b
much diminished by the ''cold snap of tn,
early part of this week. He also says that al
early fruits have been injured according Il
their advanced state of blossoming.
Speaking of the cold weather and snow
al Il - &c