The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-03-18

Tuesday. March rs, by c. G. Coe,on the Gorsuch
Retirement Farm 10 miles on the YORK turn
pike, horses, cows, wagons.f farm implements
wednesday, March 20. by Frank Emrhein. COR
ton ton horses, COWS, hogs, complete dairy out
fit. furniture. etc. ~
Tuesday, April 4, by Mrs. d. a. HaTkins. on me
Warren road, X of mile from Cockeysyille,
wednesday,, April IL, by Charles B. Nicolai. trus-
P se Ho ' Race Track. in the 81 district com
prising Is acres Of land and buildings.
lyon are liable to arrest if you shoot
robin. The law prohibits it.
lit was four months last Monday since
the first snow of the winter Of 1904-5 fell and
there is still some of it on the ground.
Mr. +. A. Sparks, who has been assistant
at Station B. has been transferred to Station A,
Towson, to succeed Mr.. Q. V. schneider.
- Next Friday March 24tb, will be Mary.
land Dav and it will be appropriately observed
by the public schools of Baltimore county.
Judging from reports many OF the county
roads must be in the most wretched condition,
rendering travel, in some cases, dangerous.
- The soda water fountain will soon pc IN
the .sfiz. biz" again. That is not harbinger
of spring. L is the real summer swallow"
- Most of the fields are bare OF snow, put
large drifts still line many of the fences and It
will require much warm sunshine TO remove
THE vehicles coming to Towson from the
country tell what the condition OF the roads
must be- Mud mud, mud seems to prevail
everywhere. ...u
ST. Patrick acquitted himself beautifully
this year and bis own day could not nave Deen
finer. with genial sunshine and pleasant spring
up Bv the quarterly distribution of the State
nublic school fund, made by the Comptroller
on the 18th inst Baltimore county schools VIII
nj, ~ egos continues To decline and
this week 1t reached 10 cents. The hens are
getting down to business since the advent OF
peasanter weather.
->Mr. b. Howard Mays has been awarded
the contract for repairing the abutments OF the
county bridge over the Gunp0Woor at GLENCOE,
for the sum OF $735.
"A few DAYS of pleasant sunshine this
week greatly helped in drying up the mud and
thus benefited the roads. We need all we can
get of this just now:
Fire Insurance Commissioner, has been located
in the new American Building, corner OF Bal
timore and South streets, Baltimore. y.
- Don't forget that the street cars OF balti-
more city now stop on the far side OF the street.
BY bearing this in mind you may . save you ,d
DMr O. A. Holden, of the LIST district. is
also an aspirant for hen hOnors. he says ne
has IA white Plymouth Rock hens that laid Us
eggs in eight days. That's record hard to
beat
- Boslev Bros, of Towson, have been
awarded the contract for the erection OF
poultry house on the Timonium fair grounos.'
The contract for the new stand has not been
awarded.
- The sale of the Fishpaw property, near
Cockevsville. advertised at mortgage sale In
THE Union last week by Mr.. K. II. Bussey,
assignee, has been withdrawn, the matter nav
ing been adjusted.
There will be no meeting OF the Senior
Gunpowder Agricultural CLIP TINS month no IN
The Junior Club will meet at the home OF Mr..
Edward e. Scott. Western Run Valley, on
Saturday, March 18th.
Some of THE UNIoNs local correspon-
dents have been silent long time and now
that spring is at hand they should wake up
and let the outside world know tney are sui
in the land of the living.
- Contractor NJ. H. Merryman has COM
menced the erection of a cottage on west Ale
gany avenue Towson, on lot that was orlgi-
naliy part of the old Matthews property. The
site is a very pretty one.
= Rev. w. H. CIadebuck, of Baltimore i'm
mersed more than twenty converts at MI owe
(colored) Baptist Church, Tows0n, last Sunday.
The attendance at the service was very large
and included many white persons:
good roads because if they are made first-class
the country would be overrun with automo-
biles and people who use horses exclusively
would be obliged to abandon them, =,
THE ladies of Cedar Grove Churc6 viii
hold an oyster supper in the church, on Satur-
day evening, March 18th. for the benefit OF
Evna public school. A liberal patronage is
requested as the object is worthy one.
- Prof. Loose, of Baltimore. will give
stereopticon entertainment IN Poplar "a. T:
Church, near Warren, under the auspices OF
the Christian Endeavor Society, on Wednes-
day night, March 22d. Admission 10 cts.
- An entertainment of life motion pictures
and illustrated songs will be given in the n: Z.
Church, Towson, on Monday and Tuesday
evenings, March Goth and 2lst. Admission 10
cents. Proceeds for the benefit of missions.
- Another "Bluebeard" has turned up in
Baltimore in the person of one Charles n:
. Richardson, who has three living wives. AND
they are all after him now and Mr.. Richard
son is about to experience the time of his life.
- Rev. T. E. Peters, of Annapolis. will de,
liver his interesting lecture on Things Old
and New in Hiss M. E. Church, Parkvllie,
Hartford road, on Monday evening, March 10th.
commencing at 8 o'clock. Admission ~ and
20 cents.
- Now is the time to clean up about your
premises and get things in shape for summer.
The accommodations of the winter are always
unsightly especially in towns, and often dele
terious to health. Get rid of them as soon as
possible.
- According to the almanac next Tuesday,
March 21st will be the last day of winter, and
we will speed the parting guest with more than
ordinary pleasure. 1t has been real old-time
fellow. and we don't care to look upon its ike
again very soon.
The large barn on the farm of Mr.. R. K.
Robinson, with 80 high grade Jersey COWS and
other valuable contents, at Snaran, harIoru
county, was burned at o'clock on Thursday
night. The loss, estimated at over So,VVo, Is
covered by insurance.
MIR. Edward L. Felgner, OF Baltimore,
has transferred the Horace Slingluf property
in the western end of Green Spring valley, TO
the Safe Deposit and Trust Company OF baiti IL
more for $27, 500. The place contains about -
acres and is well improved.
-Sboth the Republicans and Democrats OF
Baltimore city will hold primary meetings on
Tuesday, April 4th, from IL N. TO P. M, lot
the purpose of selecting candidates for the two
branches of the City Council. The Board OF
Supervisors will govern the meetings.
MR. William p. Cole, Clerk OF the circuit
Court, who will build house for himself on
West Chesapeake avenue Towson, commenced
preparing the ground for the same this week.
The location is an attractive one ana the I'M
provement to West Towson will be highly ap-
preciated.
->The "canariesr sent out with the first
issue of this paper last Decem Der are still find
ing their way back to the office. This shows
that our subscribers have not forgotten the IN
vtation to ''caIl at the captains office" There
are still many, however, that we should IKE 70
hear from.
There arrived at Hampton, near Towson,
on Thursday Jersey bull calf. about months
old from Biltmore, the great Vanderbilt estate
in North Carolina. He is beautiful animal
and bred in the purple. Mr.. John Ridgely
bought the calf while travelling in the South
few months ago.
- Within the past few days two carloads
If extra fine mules, weighing from 200 to
l.4OO pounds, and also some lighter ones, have
arrived at Locust Vale Stock Farm, Towson .
new lot of work and general utility horses
have also came in lately. These animals are
worthy Of inspection.
>Does the Fire, Marshal of Maryland in