The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-04-17

Tuesday, April 20. by j. H. Keplinger and II. j
Broening. trustees on the premises. dwell
ing house property on the south side of Ham
ilton ave., Hamilton, Hartford road.
Tuesday, April q. by John s. Biddison, assignee
ETC., at the Court House door, house and lot
at Overlea, Beair road.
Wednesday, April 2S, by DR.. Wilmer Brinton
on the premises, the fine property known as
Alta VISTA" on the York road south OF
Friday. April 80, by Harry E. Parkhurst, attor-
ney, ETC.. on the premises, leasehold prop
erty on lvanhoe avenue, Govanstown.
Monday, May 3, by ID. Meredith Reese. attorney,
on the premises, suburban dwelling on For
est avenue.
Monday, May 8. by Elmer r. Halle, trust, e. at
the Court House door, 3 acres Of land and
Monday. May 3. by j. L. G. Lee. attorney, ETC.,
at the Court House door, two acres of land
near Park Heights avenue.
Thursday, May 6. by VIM II. Lawrence, trustee,
on the premises, 81 acres of land Tin lots)
near Poplar Station, b. q. o. Railroad
Several Baltimore people were in Tow
son on Monday looking around either for
farms or country places.
The rail and Bessemer mills at Sparrow's
Point have been closed, throwing 700 men out
of employment. Dull business is the cause.
The florists reaped 3 harvest at Easter.
Flowers were never more abundant and beauti-
full and the prices were generally reasonable.
- Don't fail to read the advertising col
umns OF THE UNION. You will always find
something interesting in them and also profit
able.
>Stories of fruit being injured by the April
cold snap are coming in. Buds were not far
enough advanced here to sustain any material
damage.
Mr.. ]. P. Corbin has purchased from
Mrs Harry W. Russell her house and lot at
Glenarm, lower Long Green Valley. The price
paid was 81 200
- It was decidedly cold Easter day-really
too cold for comfort-but the spring fnery and
wonderful hats were out just the same despite
the wintry blasts.
The summer schedule of the Md. & Pa.
Railroad goes into effect on Sunday, April 18th
See announcement in advertising columns OF
THE UNION today.
- Nearly $1,000 of the stock OF the Towson
Athletic Association has already been sub
scribed for and the total amount $4,000 will
soon be forthcoming.
- The weather man made good with his
showers this week and the couple days rain
was welcomed by the farmers, the earth hav-
ing become very dry.
- Rev. E. L. Hubbard, a well known
Methodist Episcopal minister, who owns a
fern in Dorchester county, is successfully en-
gagged in raising terrapin there.
- Contractor Jacob L. Fowble is erecting a
number of new horse stables on the Tmonium
fair grounds. Other Improvements will also
be made before this years fair.
- Mr.. Edward G. Gill has sold his beauti-
ful farm at Boring 4th district, and purchased
a cottage at Forest Park, Liberty road, where
ne Will MAKE his nome IN the future.
"A number of protests against the grant
ing Of liquor licenses were fled in the County
Clerk 3 office on Thursday. All OF these are
in districts adjacent to Baltimore city.
- Mr.. Zephaniah Leister, prominent Car
roll county farmer died on Sunday last at his
home near Westminster, aged n years. He
was the father of Mr.. Winfield 8. Leister, of
Towson.
->Mr. James w. Shea, OF the g. Mile House,
who has rented 100 acres OF the Nisbet farm,
Tnv hn6 v11-r fs<,l1
on Thursday-a very unusual sight in this
county.
->Mr. William NJ. Hsilig, of Lutherville,
trading as W. NJ. Heilig & Co., made an assign
ment on Thursday for the benefit of his credi-
doris. Mr.. Walter /. Dawkins is named as
trustee.
->Some Easter hats we're pretty, some were
funny and some were-well, drat il all, what
can you say about them any way. How the
how in thunder did they ever get them in such
shapes2
IA large number of people visited Pros.
pect Hill Cemetery last Sunday and the graves
were abundantly strewn with flowers. The
day being clear the views from that elevation
were beautiful.
THE appointments of the late Methodist
Episcopal Conference that were crowded out OF
last weeks issue will be found on the fourth
page Of THE UNION today. The list is com
plete and we think, almost correct
-Four or five local letters were omitted
lEOm tuc COluuuS Ol 1HE ONlON ldSb Week vi
account of the heavy pressure of new adver-
tisements. Some Of our correspondents could
avoid this If they would mail earlier.
Ion Sunday morning last thermometers
at Cockeysvile registered % degrees, so an
authority as Mr.. Joshua +. Cockey, president
Of the Cockeysville National Bank, said. Ice
was frozen to the thickness Of one inch.
- Uncle Sam did large business through
his postotfice at Easter and the clerks and car
riers were not sorry when it was all over. The
Easter card fad has grown to large proportions
and is almost in the class with Christmas
- The newly-elected officers of Towson
Lodge of Elks were installed on Tuesday night
by District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Gil
bert s. Jones, of Wilmington, Del. Judge
Frank |. Duncan is the chief officer of the lodge.
- The musical and literary entertainment
in the Guild Hall at st. James Church, My
Lady's Manor, on Tuesday night next, April
9th will no doubt be an enjoyable affair.
The proceeds will be used to improve the
rectory.
Work on the Towson reservoir of the
Baltimore County Water and Electric Com.
pany is going forward rapidly, a large gang OF
Italians and negroes being employed Exca.
waiting is greatly facilitated with the present
appliances.
- William Brown, aged 20 years, who
lived with his parents at st. Georges, 4th dis
trict died at a hospital in Baltimore last Sun
day from self-inhicted gunshot wound on the
Friday previous. Ill health was the cause Of
his rash act.
- Miss Margaret Ridgely, of Cape Mount,
Africa, will address meeting in Calvary Bap-
list Church, Towson, on Tuesday, April Goth,
at 4 o'clock P. NJ. Miss Ridgely who is now at
home on visit, is a sister of Mr.. John Ridgely
of Hampton.
THE automobiles were out in force last
Sunday and the dust they stirred up on the
roads was something terrible. Scores of these
machines passed through Towson during the
day, keeping the place almost in continuous
cloud of dust.
-~In accordance with an established Gus
tom Miss Ann Gott Merryman entertained 9
number of children of the neighborhood al
her Willow Brook Farm, near Cockeysville
at an Easter Monday egg hunt. 1t was very
enjoyable affair.
Farmers are buying new rn-planterl
and moving machines and the business of the
machine men must be brisk. And if il wasn'
for these and other labor-saving machines
how would the farmer of the present day
manage to get along?
- The big spring meeting of the Maryland
Jockey Club will begin at Pimlico next Satur
day, April oath. and continue sixteen days
Several hundred horses are at the track anC
the meeting promises to be the most successful
ever held By the club.
"A Baltimore City Councilman wants to
annex Gainesville to the city and gives some
reasons that he thinks good why this should
be done. But the Catonsvillans say: Nay
nay, Pauline" They don't look favorably
upon Sucn an allldnce.
1.-THE upper end of Baltimore county must
be enjoying boom just now. They are talk
ing about starting a national bank at White
Hall and also one at Parkton. Both these
towns are on the Northern Central Railway
and only very few miles apart.
THE relief department of the +. +. F's, a
social organization of Mt. Washington, enter
tanned about 300 children of that village on
Easter Monday. The school children wert
among the participants. There was an egg
rolling con test and candy shower.
just before Easter Rev. W. Il H. Powers
rector of Trinity Church, Towson, told thu
lady members OF his congregation that ht
wished to raise $40 900 to make certain needed
improvements in the church, etc. Looks like
big sum, but he'll get it, we have no doubt.
MIR. Charles K. Ober, secretary of q
Ober & Sons Company, after being confined L
his home, at Roland Park, all winter on &C
count of imperfect circulation in his left leg
had the leg amputated a few days ago. He il
getting along we'll and rapidly gaining strength
- Friday next, April S0th. will be Arbo
and Bird Day and it will be especially observed
in the public schools. 1t will be good thinl
for the teachers to impress upon the minds o.
those under them the importance of protecting
all birds. This is q matter of grave importanc
to all of us.
IA couple who have.been married thiIt,
wears and have had eight children, five o
whom are living. commenced divorce proceed
ings in the Circuit Court here on Monday
Thia IL danlorahle They should try to smooth