The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-04

InQleside avenue, near Catonsville.
ner receivers ON the premises
at Shawan. Sth district, all the personal
effects Of Daniel Dubbs.
Milford Farm, near Howardville. on the
Liberty road, registered Percheron stallion,
nsamenfs ana nam macRinery harness etc. ''
Monday. February n, by Louis A. Rettaliata,
assignee, on the premises, a house and lot
TUESDAY. February IS. by VIM. s. Keech and w.
Gill Smith. attorneys. at the Court House
door, farm of 80 acres, near the Dogwood
road, in the LIST district.
- On the LIST day of February the balance
in the county treasury was Sl07, 1854.
- Lent will begin this year on the 9Th OF
March, and Easter will fall on the 23d of April.
On Monday last Mr.. George H. Wesley,
of Loeb Raven, butchered cow that dressed
sos lbs.
- The Belair baseball club has been re-
organized for the coming season. Mr.. Henry
w. Archer was re elected manager
- Several of THE UNIONS local correspon-
dents sent in their letters this week at such
late hour that they could not receive attention.
&C. Frank Halle, of Baltimore county,
has made deed of trust for the benefit of credi-
tors to Major John l. Iellott who bonded In
the sum of 5000.
- Mr.. Edward s. Peerce supervisor of the
Towson and Dulany's Valley turnpike, has
had force of men engaged this week in clear
ing the road OF snow OrlItS.
- After the introduction OF lot OF new
and improved machinery at an outlay of nearly
10000 the cotton duck mill at Warren, 9Th
district has resumed operations.
- The last day of January was no more
pleasant than most of its predecessors When
the icy breath of that day was felt it made us
again long for 1.-THE good old summer time
- February has only twenty eight days this
year, but whole lot of weather can be crowded
into that many. Perhaps the worst is over
and the bluebirds will soon be with US again.
- Many of those who attended the Farm
ers' Institute on Tuesday drove here in sleighs
and said they found that mode of travel very
pleasant, despite the Brightness of the atmos-
phere. :,
- Mr.. Joseph Kindig,- of York, q we'll
known horse dealer, by Mr.. Elmer j. Cook,
attorney, OF Thursday filed a bill in the Circuit
Court here for the appointment OF receiver
for Vivian w. James.
- Road Supervisor Shanklin, of the 9th
district was this week directed by the County
Commissioners to clear the CrOmwelps bridge
road and also the old Hartford road, of the snow
drifts that blocked them.
- But for an old-time winter this one con-
tinues to keep up its record-a record that is
by no means pleasant to contemplate. We
have had Is snOws-if the tally be correct
and there is still time for many more.
- Mr.. August Eisner, of Sparrow's Point,
who has been suffering with blood poisoning
for the past two weeks, and who was operated
upon by DIR. VIM. I. G.. Whiteford, of Bark
vile, is in much improved condition. ;.
-, Several counties beside our own were
represented at the Farmers Institute in Tow
son this week. The meeting was the most sue
cessful yet held here and State Director Will
liam l.. AmOss was very much pleased:
- Mrs. Mary Bayne, widow OF Thomas
Bavne who lives with her daughter, Mrs.
Charles Stetser. of Towson, fell down fight
of steps on Monday morning and disl0cated her
left hip. DIR. Massenburg attended her;
- The Board of Sanitary Officers of Balti-
more county held meeting at Towson on
Wednesday and disposed of some routine bust
ness. Dr.. f. H. Gorsnch is president of the
Board, and DR.. I. Ross Payne, secretary.
- Mrs. Daniel Tyson, who lives near Refs
terstown, Alb district has nine pullets that have
been laying regularly since last November.
From Christmas day to the 9th of last month
she gathered nine eggs every day from them.
The TowsOn Guild has reelected its old
officers for the ensuing year, viz: President,
Osborne l. Yellott; vice president, Frank /.
Wheeler; secretary, Prof. A. s. Cook treas
urer, Thomas G. Sinclair; collector, Urban I.
->The Farmers Institute in Towson this
week brought many callers to The UNION
Office, and they were all of them of a substan-
tia nature-that is they renewed their sub
scriptions and some of them became new sub
->The enterprising Shrewsbury firm of
Messrs. Bortner & Grove have an immense
stock of fine vehicles ON hand for next spring
and summers trade and, by an advertisement
in THE UNION today, they invite an inspection
of the same.
= Florida strawberries sold in Baltimore
this week at IS cts. quart. The kind of straw
berry shortcake the lunch-rooms are selling
now has one good sized berry divided between
four slices. They say its tine-so tine one can
hardly see it.
The matrimonial market was very slack
in Baltimore county last month. Only %
licenses were issued from the County CLERK s
ofice-an unusually small number Did the
very bad weather have anything to do with
this falling off?
The Commissioners of York county,
which adjoins this county on the north, have
the public roads cleared of snow drifts at the
public expense. This fact was freely COM
mented upon at the institute meeting in Tow
son on Tuesday.
->The mercury in Baltimore county on
Tuesday morning, January 3lst, registered from
2 to 10 degrees below zero, and it was one Of
the coolest of the winter. In Towson Their
amometers did not register quite so low as they
had previously done.
- Loeb Raven, which is four miles east of
Towson has been an isolated place this week
so far as any but steam communication is con-
cerned. For the most part the road leading to
that point is closed to travel on account OF the
stupendous snow drifts
Mr.. George Simon of Parkville, who had
one of his feet seriously hurt few days ago
while engaged in hauling wood, is improving
. under the care of DIR. W. L. g. Whiteford; Mr..
Simon is brother-iD-law of Mr.. George Seidel,
the well-knOwn builder.
- Some of the r. r. d. carriers of this
cOunty had been unable up to the middle OF
this week to reach the houses of some of the
people on their respective rontes on account OF
snoEdrifts. Baltimore county has not In
long time been so completely blocked.
~ The silver medal contest, which waspost-
poned on account of the storm last week, will
take place next Monday evening, February
9th, at 7.30 o'clock, at Providence M. e. Church:
The Rotations will be interpreted with vocal
selections by male quartette from Towson.
Democratic candidates for the various
Offices to be filled in Baltimore county this year
are already bobbing up in spots, and those VINO
keep posted on such matters say the neld Will
be large one. 1t is said that most OF the in
cumbents will be candidates for denomination.
Some of the brag farm teams OF the 9th
district-the ones that haul such immense loads
of produce-went to Baltimore this week with
towering loads of husk and corn. Neither the
weather nor the condition of the roads appear
tointerfere with the movements Of these teams.
- On Friday, January 9th, the Joppa road,
from Towson to the Hartford road, was opened
by Messrs. Dennis Carter and James Donovan,
OF Baynesville, whose big teams of horses and
mules, with the assistance of strong force oil
men soon leyeled the drifts and made the way
passabie.
MIR. W. Hall Harris, the new postmaster
of Baltimore city, took charge OF the office at
midnight on Tuesday night, succeeding Mr.. s.
Davies Warfield. The change from one adj
ministration to another was very quietly made
and there was no interruption to the business
of the Office.
THE number of new subscribers that TIKI
UNION has added to its mail lists this week
shows the steady growth of the papers circu
lation. These new additions came from nearly
every quarter of the county. and everyone Of
them is q farmer by occupation. and several Of
them milk-producers also.
MIR. John Creamer, who has been farm
ing part of the Fellowship estate, near Tow
son, for several years, will make sale of all o.
his personal effects on Wednesday, 18th in