The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-05-09

bridge on public road in York county feS
days ago and plunged into water and mud 2
feet below. The man who was driving th
engine went down with it and escaped W 18th
out scratch.
The canine population of Roland Parl
has grown to such dimensions as to cause seri
GUS trouble, not to say danger, and steps ar
being taken to mitigate the nuisance. Tn
their assistance.
~ Baltimore county was well represented
at the opening of the General Conference of tn
NJ. E. Church in Baltimore on Wednesday
when the Lyric Theatre was crowded to its ut
most capacity. The conference will continue
in session a month.
- Firemen like plenty of water, but they
are not "stuck on it, when 1t is present II
unlimited quantities on convention and parade
day. It was a misfortune that the weather
man treated them so badly, but it might have
been worse, you know.
MIR. Edward Bowen, a dairyman on
Green Spring avenue, was seriously gored by
a cow few days ago. The animal was sick
and while he was treating her she att tackled
him. Three of his ribs were broken and be
sustained internal injuries.
THE Towson Improvement Association
is going after those motorists who habitually
violate the law limiting speed. The members
are beginning to think the lives of their families
are in constant jeopardy because of these fla
grant violations in the town.
-In a wreck of coal cars at Bradshaw. b.
& o. Railroad, early on Friday morning OF
last week, brakeman named VIM; Sitter,
aged 40 years, was killed and William A.
Thuma, the conductor, was seriously injured.
Both men lived in Baltimore.
"A vocal and instrumental concert will
be given in Shirley Hall, on Saturday evening,
May 10Th, under the auspices of the Ladies'
.joyable affair is promised. Ice cream, cake
and straw berries will also he Sold
At the first quarterly meeting of Monk
ton Circuit it was decided to paw the new pas
tor. Rev. William D. Beall, $500 year and
supply a furnished house. The chapel at
Timonium has been cut out of this circuit and
attached to Lutherville appointment.
MIR. Wilton Greenway, of Wiltondale
Stock Farm, near TOwson, has q 2year- old
FLY, sired by WiItondale 2214. that can show
a two-minute clip when she gets good and
ready. She has fine size and looks like she
might be q world beaten one of these days.
THE horsechestnut trees are now in full
leaf and loaded with white blooms that make
them very attractive, but their foliage fades
early and is Drowned and sered looking long
before the frosts come This is a serious de
feet in what are otherwise beautiful trees
Those people who thought the increase
in the saloon license in Baltimore county from
5000 to $500 would largely decrease their num-
Der have been both surprised and disappointed
to find that the reduction is comparatively
small. There will be nearly as many as ever.
- Mr.. John Bevans. who lives on young
Mr.. Defords property, just west of Towson,
was painfully hurt here on Wednesday by the
horse be was driving becoming frightened at
the fremen's parade. DR.. J. Royston Green
attended him. The vehicle was somewhat
damaged.
- Mr.. Sam B. Nelson, the we'll known
horseman of Richmond, Va, was here this
week and purchased pretty sorrel pony from
II Of
and also bay driving mare from Mr.. r. w. J.
Parett, Of Towson. 1t is said that he paid
$500 for the latter.
- The Junior Volunteer Fire Company
from Lauraville, Hartford road, tastefully uni
formed attracted much attention in the fire.
mems parade in Towson on Wednesday and
was generously applauded along the line of
march. It was one of the most interesting
features of the day.
- Wideawake citizens of the I'd district are
talking of establishing a public automobile
line from the upper end of the district to con-
meet with the trolley line at Woodawn.
Messrs. Harry NJ. Benzinger and Edward 8.
Choale have been appointed committee to
look into the matter.
=. Several Towson ladies have been com.
planning that their dresses have been soiled by
the black grease that gets on them from the
seats in the trolley cars It is said the greas-
ing of the sliding seats is the cause of the
trouble. No doubt the management will
remedy this as soon as its attention is called
to it.
up to the close of business in the County
Clerks Office on Monday evening Chief Clerk
O'Hara had issued 255 yearly licenses to sell
liquor, the total number of applications filed
having been 357. Some of these will be pro.
tested and others will not be taken out. The
receipts from this source will amount to con-
over 100000
MIR. Isaac Tyson who had many friends
and acquaintances in Baltimore county, was
drowned from tug in Patapsco river on Thurs
day night of last week and the body has not
yet been recovered Mr.. Tyson was son of
the late James w. Tyson and one of his sisters
is the wife of Mr. Columbus O'Donneil Lee.
of Melvale, N. G. r. R. He was 48 years of
age and unmarried.
sf1 The t%o fine farms Of the late Gs0rge and
tees, Messrs Elmer ]. Cook, A. A. Piper. A.
E. Donaldson and w. Gill Smith. to be sold at
the Court House, on Monday, May 9Th On
the day following, at the same place, Mr. Robt.
H Bussey, trustee, will sell the snug little
farm of the late Christian Schmidt. at Sunny
brook, 10th district.
"a gentleman who lives on West Joppa
road Towson, has measured off a given dis
lance on that thoroughfare and has been timing
some of the motOTcarS that pass that way. He
says he has frequently seen them travel at
speed equaling from 40 to 55 miles an hour,
and he is surprised that some serious accidents
have not occurred before now. People who
drive horses have been obliged to abandon the
road almost entirely.
MANY thousands of people hocked into
the country last Sunday on the suburban troll
ley lines, most of them in quest of wild flowers.
Some were not particular what kind of bios.
SONS they obtained and good many fruit
trees suffered because of this fact. Some city
people appear to think that when they get into
the country they have right to do pretty
much as they please with other peoples prop
erty. They should be taught lesson on this
point
THE most serious woods fire ever expert
enced in that section of the county was the one
in the neighborhood of Perry Hall last week.
1t started at 10 A. M. on Monday and burned
until Thursday morning, destroying much
young timber, fences etc. About 500 acres of
the lands of Messrs. Joseph Snyder, Peter
Winkler, w. Schultz and others were burned
over. Mr.. Snyder was, perhaps, the heaviest
loser. over 100 cords of wood having been de-
stroyed for him.
- The petit jury for the March term of the
Circuit Court, which was finally discharged on
Thursday gave dinner at Hotel Towson to
the judges of the court, county officials and
others, and several hours were very enjoyably
spent. Prof. Isaac Shaver was postmaster and
the responses were by Judges Burke and Dun
can, County Commissioners Mann. Byerly and
Mattfeldt, States Attorney Bussey, Mr.. John
s. Ensor and others.
He Made Slight Mistake.-Mrs. Brown
and her small son started into town from their
home the other morning via the
the trolley cars, says the Baltimore NeDs Lit
tie Willie Brown, as is the custom of small
boys, refused to sit with bis mother, and in
stead took seat by himself at window and
gazed ecstatically at the dogwood and other
floral decorations of the country.
Directly large man, very large man in
deed, came in and sat in the seat beside him,
overlapping the unfortunate young
ster, so that he was visible only here and there
in spots, as it were.
Scarborough was his eclipse that Mrs. Brown,
alarmed for his safety, leaned over and spoke
to him.
Dear" she said, wouldn't you like to
come and sit with me?
The big man turned around and transfixed
her with wary eye. mo, num-" he said in
a hoarse voice, II do not care to sit with you.
nm very comfortable as am, and prefer to
remain right here"-and Mrs. Brown was so
abashed at being mistaken for female with
designs that she made no further attempt to