The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-04

- Put Wednesday. May 9th, in your hat
and don't forget the date. It's going to be a
big day in TOwson.
- Prices Of meat and sugar are advancing
and there is not much prospect for reduction
in living expenses this year
- Six sales of personal property now being
advertised in The UNION will take place in
Baltimore county next week.
- Last Tuesday would have been another
good day to try the split.log drag on the county
roads. Have you given it trial yeti
THE hour of the sale of Mr.. E j. Poc0ck,
to take place near Sweet Air next Wednesday
has been changed from 10 A.. M. to Pm.
- Large quantities Of fine hay have been
going to market this week by way of the York
pike. 1t is fetching from SIG to SIT per ton.
- Real estate along the York turnpike,
south ofTowson, is growing in value Another
sale was made a few days ago at $500 an acre
- The Elkridge hounds will meet Satur-
day April 4th, at the toll gate on the Dulany' g
Valley turnpike, at 30 JPN. 1t will be hunt.
THE last day of March was a very disa-
greeable one, but withal it was lam bike enough.
Upon the whole the month treated us very
well.
IAN R. F. d. route was established at
Joppa, Hartford county, last Wednesday. 1t is
about IL miles in length and 60 families are
The job department of THE UNION office
has been enjoying an unusual run of work this
spring and it still keeps up in most crafty
ing way.
IA Baltimore man has tried a new and
heroic remedy for rheumatism in the leg. He
fired bullet into that member. Result not
yet known.
Arbor and Bird Day will be celebrated
on the 10th instead of the 18th of April. The
program for the same was published in The
UNION last week.
- Did the practical Joker "get you'' on
Wednesday? If he did no doubt you think
him fellow of very small mind, and no doubt
you're about right.
- The Towson Guild House was again re-
opened this week, in charge of Mr.. Henry H.
Nicoll as proprietor The place had been
closed for some time.
- Manager Jones, of the Hoen farm, at the
head of Dulany's Valley, hauled load of 80
barrels of corn to Baltimore on Wednesday and
sold il at S4.25 per barrel.
IA sudden ''cold snap on Thursday of
this week sent the mercury down over 30 de-
grees in few hours. Such violent changes
are rather trying at this season.
THE new exchange of the G. q p. Tele-
phone Company in Towson will be put in COM
mission on the 18th instant. This will result
in q greatly improved service here
- Maryla Odd Fellows will celebrate the
seth anniversary of the founding of the order
on Sunday, April 18th. Most of the lodges
will have special services on that day.
- Ground for the new Methodist Protestant
Church to be erected on West Allegany avenue,
Towson, was broken this week. 1t will be a
stone structure and will cost about $1,000
And still they come. The "canaries"
have not yet stopped their spring flight and q
number of them returned this week And
there are others that we expect to see later.
"A gentleman advertised in The UNION
last week for q man on farm near Jockeys
vile and before 10 A. NJ. on Monday he had the
place filled. There were several applicants.
- The Second National Bank of Towso n
has been made the depository here of the @. q
P. Telephone Company and all bills due tn g
company can hereafter be paid at the bank.
- The Volunteer Fire Company of Relay
18th district will come to Towson on the 9Th
of May in spick and span new uniform. Ar
engagements to this end are now in progress
- The Towson Volunteer Fire Company is
asking the County Commissioners for five
additional fire plugs in Towson. Some sections
of the town are very deficient in this respect.
- Poncratious Dennerien got marriage
license from the County Clerks office at Tow
son last month. 1t took girl with nerve to
marry fellow with patronymic like that.
-$The Baltimore police are just now en-
forcing the anti splitting ordinance. We wish
some of them would look after the York road
cars. A few arrests on them might do some
good.
The "pure milk" movement in Balti-
more CITY appears to be having a hard time of
it. They have mixed so much politics up with
the milk that no reliefis in sight for the babies
next summer
=. Mr.. William w. Lester, the new post
master at Mt Winans, Baltimore county, has
located the office in his home, on Annapolis
avenue. He succeeds Mr.. Christian F. Gaken-
heimer resigned.
- A large lot of antique furniture will be
included in the sale of Mrs r. M. Holland, on
the York road near Radnor avenue, on We'd
nesday next, April 9Th. See advertisement in
The UNION today.
- Roaming dogs are likely to find Roland
Park rather too warm for them hereafter. The
residents seem determined to put an end to the
danger and nuisance and war of extermina-
ton will be waged.
>Towson was entirely without water q
good part of Tuesday, caused by breakdown
at the pumping station. 1t is not pleasant to
contemplate what might happen should fire
occur at such time.
The new retail market on what is now
known as Market Place formerly Marsh
Market Space-in Baltimore, was formally
opened on Wednesday 1t is splendid build
ing and credit to the city.
THE several appointments of Hereford
Circuit presented Rev. F. l. Mumford, the
Junior pastor, with substantial sum of money
before bis departure for Conference. Mr.. Mum
ford was married last week.
This is the month of sunshine and
showers and everything will be looking beau
tiful very soon. In fact, the grass is rapidly
taking on its richest color and the buds of the
trees are rapidly putting forth.
- Members should not fail to attend the
meeting of the Towson Improvement Associa
ton next Monday night at o'clock. in the
Offutt Building. Matters of much Importance
to the town will be considered.
The Baltimore county friends OF ex
County Commissioner James Rittenhouse will
urge the Governor to appoint him member o
the Good Roads Commission He would nj
doubt be good man for the p M
The Montrose Flint Com W, OF New
Jersey, has leased the limestone Srry on The
Lee property. near Texas, N. c. r. ", and will
put in an expensive plant 10 prepars sand anC
other material for shipment to the 9Th.
Tile Baltimore Annual Confer, ce of thu
Methodist Episcopal Church met in HamIin'
Church, Washington, on Wednesday: Tht
Maryland Annual Conference of the NJ.