The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-05-05
LOCAL ITEMS.
SALES ADvERTIsED5 IN s.THE UNION"

LOYAL Helms.
SALES ADVERTISED In s'THE UNION
Tuesday, May 8, by ]. j. Lindsay. James Kclle!
and E. X. Halle, trustees. at the COURT House
81 acres of timber land in the 18th district.
Saturday. May IL, by VIM. Halanes Malloy, at
torney, on the Schnepfe farm, near Ellicot
City, herds of Jersey and Guernsey cattle
Thursday. May IL. By Charles Herzog and Chas
A. Mccarthy, trustees, on the premises, fet
old Pimlico road.
Thursday, May II, by Isaac Hendler, at High
landtown. So fat and fresh COWS, horses anc
mule, wagons, farm Implements, dairy uten
Monday, May 81, by the Safe Deposit and Trust
Company, trustee. on the premises, several
lots of ground and one ground rent at Glyn.
don, W. NJ. X. X.
- The church strawberry festival is now
beginning to come to the front.
- The annual Pop Concerts will begin al
the Lyric Theatre in Baltimore next Monday
night
- Robert BoIIinger, of Freeland, Baltimore
county, has obtained patent for an extern
sion bed.
The tax rate in Hartford county this year
has been fixed at 81 on the 500, the same as
last year.
- Gudgeon fishermen are now enjoying
their favorite sport, but the fish are not very
abundant.
- Decoration Day MAY 3Oth), falls this
year on Wednesday. 1t is legal holiday in
Maryland.
Three young ladies whose acquaintance
we should shun are Miss Fortune, Miss Take
and Miss Ann Thrope.
Rev. +. 1. Mumford will preach at Dover
NJ. E. Church. Sunday, May 9th, at IL A. NJ.
Sunday school at 8 A. NJ.
- The new bonded warehouse that the Sher-
wood DistilIing Company will erect at Jockeys
vile will cost about $4,000.
THE Governor has appointed Messrs.
William e. Fields and Titus L. Mason, nota-
ries public for Baltimore county.
- A pair of Percheron horses sold at auc-
ton in Chicago a few days ago Cor 81, 100.
Armour e Co. were the purchasers.
Another couple from Baltimore came to
Towson on Monday and were married by Rev.
B. B. Abbitt, of the Baptist Church.
- A two horse team OF Mr.. William Sellers,
of the I'd district, ran away in Baltimore on
Wednesday and damaged the wagon to some
extent
- Pimlico broke all previous records this
year in the matter of weather. The IL day
race meet was not once interfered with by bad
weather.
-Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, of New York,
has presented two highly bred collie dogs to
Druid Hill Park. They can be seen in the
sheepfold.
- County Treasurer Rogers had balance
on hand May LIST Of 500, 1922. The total re
ceipts of bis office for the month of April were
$49,666 So.
THE annual banquet of the Baltimore
County Medical Association will take place at
Hotel Stafford, Baltimore, Wednesday even
ing, May 9th.
= Many people who came to Towson in
motor cars inquire the way to Loeb Raven. 1t
is evident they are strangers who have never
been here before.
Complaints are being heard about the
need of rain. Some farmers have been unable
to plant corn because they cannot get their
ground in condition.
The Senior Gunpowder Agricultural Club
will meet Saturday, May 5tb, at the farm of
Mr.. James B. Ensor, near Belfast. 1t will be
reading" meeting.
-The County Commissioners have elected
DIR. ]. f. H. Gorsuch, of the 18th district, sec
rotary of the local Health Board, vice DIR. I.
Ross Payne, of Corbett.
chesapeake Aerie, Order of Eagles, of
HighlandtOwn, unanimously voted an appro-
priation of $500 to be sent to the San Francisco
fire and earthquake sufferers.
- Mr.. John A. Graham. of Baltimore, is
putting up some snug cottages on his property
known as Valley View Park, on the Belair
road south of Franklin avenue.
The Epworth League of Providence NJ.
E. Church will give missionary entertain
ment on Sunday night, May 18th. Proceeds
to go to San Francisco relief fund.
- There were 1O4 deaths in Baltimore last
month from consumption and III from pneu--
monia. Bright's disease caused the death of
80 persons during the same month.
1.-The baseball season is now on and Tow
son has already had an accident. but fortu-
natey not serious in its results. Such things
might be avoided by little more care.
up to noon on Thursday, Sd instant, 300
yearly liquor licenses had been issued at the
County Clerks Office. Licenses will continue
TO be issued during the present month.
IL kIwAa
five-dollar bills on the street has recovered her
money. 1t was picked up by person who was
waiting to see if it would be advertised.
-If wealth of blossoms count for any
thing there should be an abundance of fruit
this year. 1t is not thought that the cold snap
of ten days ago did any serious damage.
- The first quarterly meeting of Hereford
Circuit M. E. Church will be held Saturday
and Sunday. May 9Th and 9Th, at Bosley Church.
Rev. DIR. W. l.. Mcdowell will oficiate both
days.
THE lilacs are now in full bloom and
they are abundant and looking very pretty.
The late frosts last spring nipped them and
few of them came to perfection in this part of
Maryland.
There have been no new developments
in the matter of the Berger fire on the Beair
road. Convinced that 1t was of incendiary
origin the State Fire Marshal is making an in
vestigation.
-@An advertiser in THE UNION this week
offers a reward OF $40 for the arrest and convic-
ton of very mean thief who stole their turkey
hen and her eggs. This is an entirely new spe-
cies of theft.
AT the quarterly conference of Cations
vile NJ. f. Church, held on Monday night
last, it was decided to increase the salary of the
pastor, Rev. John R. Edwards, from 81 900 to
81, 200 year.
-Mr. Arthur P. Shanklin, of the Towson
bar, is named as one of the incorporators of
kbo fioI Trfrof M of uuoc
lied in Baltimore this week with a capital
stock of 81 ,000
5 The twelfth annual race for the Mary
land Hunt Cup will be run in Green Spring
Valley this Saturday afternoon. The start
will be at Brooklandwood and the distance
will be four miles.
THE Baltimore office of County Treasurer
Rogers is at the Drovers and Mechanics Ma
tional Bank, Howard and Fayette streets,
where taxes are received on Saturdays only
from A. NJ. to II NJ.
1.-The last day of April was the most sum
merry so far experienced this spring and some
thermometers in Towson registered 80 degrees.
The first day o. May was ushered in with
temperature below 60.
- With this weeks issue of THE UNION we
send out supplement containing the public
general laws passed at the last session of the
Legislature. 1t would be well to file these
away for future reference.
- Corn planting has been the engrossing
work with many Baltimore county farmers
this week. The present way of putting the
seed in the ground is a great improvement
upon what it was few years ago.
"a small brown bobtailed horse that be-
longed to the late Harry Birckhead, of AN
neslie," near Towson, is sc years old and is
still doing some work. To look at him one
would not think him so venerable.
"A spirited game of baseball was played
here last Saturday afternoon between the home
team aud the strong Mt. Washington team. the
latter winning, 10 to 6. The Mt. Washing
tons made fine showing last year.
Baltimore city's hospital for infectious
diseases will be erected on what is known as
the Hardesty property, east of Bayview Asy-
lum, and plans for the buildings are now being
drawn. They will cost about Sl25,000
"A girl in Baltimore threw a cat out of
third story window and broke its back. She
was prosecuted by the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals and the justice fined
her IS and COSTS He should have made it $50.
THE Prospect Park Shooting Association
has reelected Mr.. Henry A. Brehm, president );
Mr.. Samuel REGISTER, secretary and treasurer,
and Mr.. E. o. Ruth, captain. Mr.. Grason
Gent is a member of the executive committee.
THE people of this town return thanks to
the officers of the Towson National Bank.
They have removed the wrecked paling fence
that surrounded the fine vacant lot just south
of the bank, as suggested by THE UNION last