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

take place on Tuesday last. the matter having
been satisfactorily adjusted. Mr. James j.
Lindsay was the attorney.
Almost every day now new Democratic
candidate looms up for one of the many offices
to be filled in Baltimore county this year. Fol
one of the most prominent places we have
already heard of six aspirants and It Is almost
q certainty that there will be more. The pri-
| mary contests promise to be lively.
lotto Caesar, German 48 years old, who
! was the keeper of Mr.. Fred. Bauernschmidt 8
Hopewell shore, on Middle river. was drowned
a few days ago by breaking through the ice.
The body was recovered before life was extinct,
| but the man died in few minutes. Caesar had
| no known relatives in this country.
| THE Baltimore firm Of George w. kir-
wan & Co., who, since the fire Of last year has
been located on West Saratoga street, removed
this week to their handsome new store. Ii
been sick with typhoid fever for the past
| twelve weeks, is rapidly recovering.
IAN attempt was made Tuesday night last
| to wreck passenger train on the Maryland
| & Pennsylvania K. r. at Bridgeton. The
engine was thrown down an embankment,
but no one was burt. In the cab were General
Manager J. NJ. Norris, Lehman GuytOD, en-
gineer, and Edward Taylor, fireman.
- The sale of Mr.. Charles w. Treadway,
which took place on his farm in the 10th dis
trict last Monday, was largely attended and in
all respects successful. Mr.. John V. Slade, of
Slade & Risteau, conducted the sale. Mr..
Treadway, who was formerly employed there,
will resume his work at Loeb Raven.
- Mr.. Leslie w. Baker, principal of the
public school at Perry Hall, 18th district, has
line, and his first announcement appears in
this weeks issue of THE UNION. White Wyan-
dottes is the breed he is growing and his efforts
thus far have been entirely successful.
THE Grand Jury for the March term of the
Circuit Court, which adjourned finally on Fri.
low 18th inof a hanntIof at the SmodIav
House on Thursday. Among the invited
guests were Chief Judge Fowler and Mr.. Frank
I. Duncan. The jury presented its foreman,
Mr.. John Green, with silk umbrella.
>Plenty of spring birds may be heard now
and their cheerful notes afford Us much pleas
ure. Whole focks of robins have made their
appearance within the past week and it must
not be forgotten that it is unlawful to shoot
them. The deputy game wardens should keep
their eyes open to see that the law is not vio-
lated.
THE Gardeners Club held its annual
meeting in Baltimore on Tuesday night and,
after the usual banquet, elected the following
officers President. Philip B. Welsh vice.
Perry; financial secretary, George Talbot;
treasurer, f. G. Burger; librarian, @. M.
Wagner.
p Many liquor license applications have
already been filed at the County Clerks office
and more are coming in daily. The time for
the first day of April. The number of appli-
cations for these licenses in 1904 was 348, and
it is more than likely that this will be increased
this year.
THE Neighborhood Improvement Club
Of Govanstown, through Mrs. 81. d. Richard.
son, chairman of the special committee. will
distribute packages of flower seeds among the
public school children of that place. Late in
the season the club gives prizes to those who
have been most successful in the cultivation OF
the flowers.
-DThe establishment of the Maryland
Journal, newspaper that was conducted in
Towson for the past forty odd years by the late
William H. Ruby, is now offered for sale.
Next to THE UNION it is the Oldest paper in Bal
timore county. Mr.. William M. Isaac, the ad.
ministrator of Mr.. Ruby's estate has charge OF
the Journal at present.
lit is something very remarkable about
the present March that although 1t is about
two thirds over we have not had even one high
wind. Generally March has all kinds of blns-
ter to its credit, but this has been strangely
lacking in 1905. However, as we still have
thirteen days of the month left we may yet
get it "hot and heavy"
-On Wednesday afternoon the County
Commissioners paid an official visit to the
Police Station at Mt. Winans, 18th district, to
inspect the improvements that have lately been
made there. The committee under whose di-
rection the improvements were made later en-
tertained the members of the Board and num-
Der of other invited guests.
THE price paid for the lot on West ALE
gany avenue, Towson, upon which the new
Methodist Protestant Church will be erected,
was $780, 1t fronts rs feet on Allegany avenue
and has depth of $50 feet on Bosley avenue.
The purchase was made by committee COM
posed of the pastor, Rev. John l.. Straughn,
and Mr.. Clarence w. McMaster.
- Mrs. Mary P. Lee, who died at the home
of daughter in Baltimore a few days ago,
aged 20 years, was the widow of DR.. Richard
ID. Lee, of Belair, and daughter of Parker
Moores, who was in his day successful Gamer
of Hartford county. Deceased was sister OF
Mr.. John Moores, one OF the Oldest and most
prominent farmers of Hartford county.
MIR. G. +. Thomas, who was found dead
in his rooms in Baltimore few days ago, was
brother of Mrs. Ohio E. Ridgely. He was 90
years of age and unmarried. Deceased was
son of the late Capt. Charles Thomas, Y, ,.
Navy, and was a native of Baltimore. The
coroner decided that his death was caused by
inhaling Illuminating gas and was accidental.
MIR. Samuel G. Croker, who conducts
dairy at the corner of Charles street avenue
and Cold Spring lane, has Holstein-J Jersey
Ions of milk day. Her owner says that her
best yield in q year was nearly $4OO. Mr..
Crocker says he once offered to sell this COW
for 500, but no money like that would buy her
today.
met with an accident while on his way to Bal
timore by way of the Hartford road few days
ago. He had on load of potatoes and when
passing barley Park his horses got frightened
at an automobile and, wheeling around in the
road, upset and smashed the wagon and spread
its contents all over the road. Mr.. Corbin es.
capped unhurt.
- II was reported in Towson this week
that Mr.. Frank B. Boarman. of the 18th dis
trict, had rented the hotel property of the late
Benjamin w. Ady, located on the west prong
= 81 II ,nsH HHd oto md ia m
cellent one. Many years ago Mr.. Boarman
was connected with Ady's Hotel in Towson,
and later he became proprietor OF Wrlght's
Tavern, on the Hartford turnpike:
- Some of the Baltimore dailies have been
trying to make it appear that there was no little
excitement in Towson because Superintendent
Sherman, of the Court House, had refused 10
do the usual janitor's work in one of the off.
ces in that building As matter OF TACT there
was no excitement whatever and Mr.. Shear
man is having the work done as usual. To
make sensation out OF such trifiing material
is an uphill business.
THE negro John johnson, who was con.
victed in court here on Tuesday of assault and
battery, was adjudged guilty and sentenced to
the House of Correction for one year. The as
sault occurred at the home of Mrs. A. ID. Brown,
near Timonium. johnson is the same fellow
who was arrested at Towson year or more ago
upon the charge of cruelty beating cow that
he was leading along the pike. Upon this
charge he was convicted ana got jail sentence.
->The 122d annual session of the Mary
land Diocesan Convention of the P. E. Church
will be held in Emmanuel Church, Baltimore,
May oath and 25th. The following Baltimore
county clergymen are entitled to seats in the
convention Revs. w. H. H. Powers, Edward
T. Lawrence, Hobert Smith, John w. Lar
mour, Duncan McCulloh, r. Heber Murphy,
w f. Watkins, Jr., W. Rollins Webb, Joseph
Fletcher, Percy f. Hall, Adolphus T. Pindell
and Sidney A. Potter.
THE mysterious person known as the dog
poisoner has been getting in bis work about
Towson again and several CANNES have sue.
cumbed to his dark practices. 1t may be all
right to poison worthless or dangerous dog.
but to place poison about secretly, with view
to catching any dog that may find 1T is the
work of q cold. hearted person and one who
might do worse were he not afraid of the law /:
Why don't the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals take this matter up2
>The sidewalks in Towson have lately
been the cause of many complaints, and no
wonder. Many of them are bad-very bad,
indeed-but as this is an unincorporated town
and we have no means ofimproving such things
except by paying for them out of individual
pockets, the matter becomes one of some seri-
business. As most of the population of Towson
gets no benefit from the taxes they pay into the
rood f1nd tho Countv Commissioners should.