The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-04-28


practically none. This is difficult TO explain:
Mrs. NJ. Elizabeth West, who died sud
denly at her home in Baltimore few day
ago. was a Miss Naylor, of Philadelphia, before
her marriage. She was the wife of Mr.. William
H. West, the well known clubman and horse
man.
-Automobiles were plentiful on the roads
last Sunday and those who drive 'scary" horses
had their hands full. Some new styles of carr
are making their appearance. Some OF the
| most elaborate of these cost large sums Of
money.
"A man who drives a good deal drove to
Towson on Monday morning and said the day
was more dsagreeable than any be had ex.
perienced during the winter. With the cold
| rain and high wind it was everything else but
| pleasant.
This week Mr.. Redmond G. Stewart, of
/ Green Spring Valley, received consignment
of IL horses from Wyoming. He will keep
! of these animals and the remainder will be
| taken by others. The horses will be trained
| for saddlers.
THE Highways Commissioners this week
| agreed with the Falls Road Improvement AS
ISOLATION to contribute $1,000 toward the i'm
| provement of the Falls road, provided the as
ISOLATION would expend like amount on that
| thoroughfare.
= Glen Arm, lower Long Green Valley, is
ordinarily a small postofice, but THE Union
sends over 60 papers there and this number
will be still further increased when the new r.
/ ~. TOutC lIOk1 buot piuSC 6Oco AutO CnCCt Ou
the LIST of June next.
>Mr. ]. NOVEL; Hawkins, well known
| sportsman, is making arrangements for the
| annual Maryland county shoot, which will
take place at Prospect Park from June 18th to
| 18th, inclusive. These shoots have heretofore
proven very successful.
=. THE UNION inadvertently stated last week
that the late Judge Robert GilmOr was the nth
son of Robert Gilmor, of Glen Ellen. As a
matter of fact he was the first son. Mr. Rich
ard Tilghman Gilmor, surviving brother OF
the Judge, is the seventh son.
- The Lutheran Church at Blenheim, 10th
district, having undergone repairs and inn
provements, will be reopened for public service
in the morning and in English in the afternoon.
A general invitation is extended.
- The Messrs. Magic, OF Elizabeth, N. j.,
who for some years have been exhibitors of
AYRSHIRE and Jersey cattle at Timonium fair,
have sold their farms and are now offering
their show herds for SALE They intend to
give up breeding and exhibiting.
- Mr. G. H. Koeners blacksmith shop, at
RosedaIe. Philadelphia road, was damaged by
fire on Tuesday to the extent of about $500.
The building belongs to Mr.. Charles 81. Seward,
whose dwelling and store, on the opposite SIDE
of the road, made a narrow escape.
- Holders of stock in the old Baltimore
County Agricultural Society should present
their certificates to Secretary Nussear, who is
authorized to exchange them for certificates
bearing the new name OF the society There
are about $50 of these stockholders
- Mr.. Bernard Dunnigan, who had been a
bailiff in the Circuit Court at Belair thirty six
wears died at st. Joseph's Hospital, Baltimore,
on Wednesday last aged Is years. He was
held in highest esteem by the court, members
of the bar and others who knew him.
- County Treasurer Rogers will be ready
to receive taxes under the levy OF 1905 on and
after Thursday next, May Sd. The discount on
county taxes until the first OF June is per
cent. On State taxes it is 5,per cent. for the
months of May, June, July and August.
who died at her home in Baltimore few days
ago, her niece, Mrs. H. E. BartlesoD, of Cock
eysvilIe, will receive 5000, and her nephew,
Mr. John A. Conkling, farmer near Baldwin,
S., 200. Mrs. Snyder left considerable estate:
ITO our friends of the Towson National
Bank: Why don't they put up a new fence
around their vacant lot just south of the bank
building. The present one is wreck and most
unsightly. Either new fence or the removal
of the old one is what the people would like
to see. =.
land from the pen of Mr.. Cared Van Wagenen,
is published on the first page OF The UNION
TODAY It will be remembered that Mr.. Van
Wagenen was one of the best speakers at the
late farmers institutes held in Baltimore
county.
tional and social association the Young Mems
Republican Club of the 18th district has been
incorporated. Those named as incorporators
and managers are Messrs. George Mitzel, Ellis
Seidel. George Schmeiser, Jr., Louis Hartman
and George Long.
-Mr. John T. Clarke, formerly a large
landowner in Anne Arundel county, died on
Tuesday, AGED 80 years. Before the Civil War
he was large Shareholder and it is stated that
two days before Lincoln issued his emancipa-
ton proclamation he was offered and refused
500, 900 for his slaves.
- Within the last ten days two persons
have lost sums of money in TowsOn, and their
efforts to recover them have proven fruitless.
A lady who dropped SIS on the street is almost
sure that white man who stood near got it.:
1t has often been said that Towson Is bad
place to lose anything in.
-Towson Lodge, ]. o. Q. F., with several
other lodges of the order will attend service at
the Church of the Messiah, Gay and Fayette
streets, Baltimore, on Sunday next, to celebrate
the 87th anniversary of Odd Fellowship. The
members of Towson Lodge are requested to
meet at the hall at 8 A. NJ.
Mr. William Wesley, whose store and
dwelling at Sunnybrook 10th district, were
burned few weeks ago. is now living IN a
building at that place that he erected for hall,
in which he has also opened store. Mr..
Wesley's loss was about 81, 900 and he did not
have q dollar of insurance.
On Sunday next, April Goth, the services
at Trinity Church. Long Green will be held at
3 P. NJ. instead of II A. NJ. The rector, Rev. A.
r. Walker, will that day take the morning
service at st. James Church, My Lady's Man
or. After that date the morning services at
Trinity will be held at the usual hour
Zone saloon keeper who tried to get
license for a second place in the name of his
hostler, failed and the hostler may go to Jail
for perjury Under the law q man cannot even
have an interest in asecond place where liquor
is sold much less secure two licenses for carry
ing on the business at different places.
~ successful fair for the benefit OF the
Pikesvlle Athletic Club was held in the Odd
Fellows Hall at that place, two nights last
week Mr.. Lester T. Watts was chairman OF
the committee of arrangements. He was as:
sisted by Messrs Chenoweth Mccullough and
Crusey. A number of ladies also assisted.
- Birds of all kinds appear to be more
numerous this spring than ever before and
some of them are unusually tame. This latter
fact is due to the protection afforded them by
our present excellent law. Everybody should
constitute himself deputy game warden to
the end that the law may be strictly enforced.
>Some curiosity is expressed to know
whether the Towson and COckeysville Electric
Railway is to be constructed on the bed of the
pike or in the fields at the side of it. II has
been noticed that the engineers drove their
stakes in the fields. But they couldn't drive
them in the pike and expect them to remain
there.
- Some people will persist in sending un-
signed communications to THE UNION and often
we should like to publish them but cannot do
so without violating our rule relative to an
nonymous communications. If people cannot
entrust us with their names they bad just as
we'll save their time, envelopes, paper and
stamps.
- A bright little Towson boy who goes to
the public school told his mother the other day
that after this year they were going to spell all
words different from what they do now-spell
them as they sound. For instance, he said,
good" would be spelled ''gud." and so on.
We don't think that style of phonetic spelling
would become popular.
>Garden Lodge. l. o. 0. F., of Gardenville,
appropriately celebrated the S7th anniversary
of the order last Sunday afternoon. Rev. Joel
| T. Rossiter, of the First Reformed Church,
Baltimore preached sermon, and there was
an address by Mr. John B. Goodwin. secretary
of the Sovereign Grand Lodge. Miss Hazel
Knox sang several solos.
THE building committee of the School
Board has finally decided that the new high
school building in Towson will be erected on
the lot purchased from Mr.. George @. Tracey,
on the west side of the town. Much opposition
was sprung BY property-owners against this
location, but the committee determined to
ignore all the protests and proceed with the
building.
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