The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-04-10


Monday. May 9. by Elmer R. Halle, trustee. at
the Court House door, acres Of land and
improvements near Fork. 18th district
Monday, May g. by j. L. g. Lee, attorney, etc.,
at the Court House door, two acres of land
near Park Heights avenue.
Thursday, May 9. by VIM. H. Lawrence, trustee,
on the premises % acres of land lin lots)
near Poplar Station, B. 4. o. Railroad.
>Al the Protestant Episcopal churches
will elect officers on Easter Monday, April
18th.
Good Friday, April 9th, was legal holi
day and all the banks and public offices were
closed.
-->Spring is here now and no mistake. The
street piano man put in an appearance on
Tuesday.
mir. Moses NafsiDger, a Long Green VAL
ley farmer. sold 40 bushels of wheat few days
ago at 81 80 bushel.
THE Toweon Improvement Association
will give banquet at the Smedley House, on
Wednesday evening next, April 14th.
-s"That tired feeling" was not uncommon
several days this week. Fires and heavy cloth
ing were rather too much for comfort.
sIn Baltimore city during the month of
March 10 persons met death by accident and
234 were injured. Live wires killed two.
Mr.. Charles B. Bowen, who has the con-
tract for grading the grounds for the Towson
Athletic Association. has the work well under
way.
- Congressman Talbot this week supplied
many of his constituents with garden seeds of
various kinds that come in handy about this
time.
Next Sunday, April 18th, is Easter SUM-
day and the last day Of the Lenten season. By
many the day following Easter is observed as a
holiday.
THE Elkridge Hounds will meet today
Saturday. at Hampton Gates, near Towson, at
l P. NJ. Wednesdays meet will be at limo
mum at 4.30 P. NJ.
M II
White Hall, this week captured mother fox
and young ones that they dug from den in
one of their fields
THE mercury in Towson on Wednesday
climbed up to 50 degrees, which is doing right
well for the 7th of April. 1t was the warmest
April day since 1892
About rs members OF Roslyn Grange, P.
of H., enjoyed their second annual banquet on
Thursday night of last week. The Grange is a
fourishing organization
THE spring announcement of the well
known firm of Messrs. John Arthur & Son ap-
pears in the advertising columns Of THE UNION
today. Don't fail to read it.
>SOme fruit trees are blossoming and soon
the entire country will be one vast flower gar.
den. There is nothing more beautiful than an
apple orchard in full bloom.
The second annual fair OF White Hall
Farmers Club and Improvement Association
will be held three days this year-September
18th and Goth and October LIST.
1.-The Pennsylvania R. R. Company is
about to do an act of justice to Baltimore city
by erecting there a union station to cost be-
tween two and three millions.
1.-THE newly elected officers Of Towson
Lodge of Elks will be installed at the meeting
next Tuesday night by Deputy Grand Exalted
Ruler Gilbert s. Jones, of Wilmington, Del.
- Mr. James King OF Baltimore has pur.
chased the old Maryland Yacht Club property
on Middle river and will develop it for summer
homes 1t contains SO acres and is beautifully
located.
THE first baseball accident of the season
occurred at Walbrook on Tuesday. Bobby"
Williams, well known amateur. was struck
on the head by pitched ball and had his skull
fractured.
-The Maryland Conference of the Meth
odist Protestant Church is new in session in
st. Johns Church, Baltimore, Rev. j. M.
Sheridan, who is native Of Baltimore county.
presiding.
Several hundred horses are already at
Pimlico getting in shape for the spring meet
ing of the Maryland Jockey Club, which will
begin Saturday, April Oath, and continue six.
teen days.
class of Grocer Seminary, of Chester, Pa, will
conduct morning and evening services at
Calvary Baptist Church, Towson, Sunday,
April 18th.
The Towson Athletic Association, lately
organized, is pushing to the front and prom
II should meet with the hearty encouragement
of everybody.
"A Hartford county horse was frightened
so badly at an automobile few days ago that
he reared, fell backward and died instantly
The man who was sitting in the buggy made 6
narrow escape.
Many farmers are rushing their old hay
to market to make room for the crops tha
will soon have to be harvested. 1t ranges il
price from $12 to $14 per ton, and the loose hay
sells as high as the baled.
- Robins are already industriously at worh
building their nests and every body should SCI
they and other birds are not molested. Game
wardens especially should be on the alert L
see that no birds are killed.
->The National Good Roads Congress will
be held in Mccoy Hall, Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, Baltimore, Tuesday and Wednesday
May 18th and 18th. This promises to be {
highly interesting gathering.
- Firemen's day in Towson will be Wed
nesday, May 9th, and everything points to
great day. Several thousand strangers will b,
here and every body will be welcome. Dom
fail to be among the number.
->Some of the Baltimore papers figure j
out that it cost Downs the crooked City Hal
clerk, $500 week to live. If that isn't higl
financiering on salary of $500 a year we dom
know what you would call it.
Furniture vans are now seen daily OF
the roads, which means that city people ar
already getting into their country homes TO
the summer. To properly enjoy the beautie
of spring they come out early.
"A musical and literary entertainment
under the auspices of the Jr. o. U. A. M, will
be given in the new ball at Long Green. OF
Tuesday evening, April 18th, commencing a
So'clock. Admission 25 and 10 cents.
THE list Of applicants for yearly liquo
licenses appears again in the advertising col
umns of THE UNION this week. Unless caus
is shown to the contrary on or before Thurs
day, April 18th, these licenses will be issued.
THE estimated population of Baltimore
based on the new city directory that came on
this week. is 691, 12S, or an increase Of II, 94l
compared with last years estimate. Of cours
this includes considerable area of the suburbs
- Mr.. George Bosom, who died at hi
home near Hampstead, Md, on Tuesday, age
IA years, was brother of Mr. Frank P. Bos
som, of the County Treasurers Office. II
was native of the 9th district Of Baltimor
county.
THE mortality among old residents o
Baltimore county has been remarkably heav,
within the last two months and many person
who had passed the allotted time of life hav
passed to that bourne from whence no travele
returns.
1.-THE Towson improvement Association
not satisfied with the decision of the Count
Commissioners on the water question. Th
upshot of the matter may be the organization
OF another company to supply Towson an
Lutherville.
- Hackett's cape Cure had a good sale il
Baltimore county last year and Mr.. Hacket
would like to know something of the expert
ence of those who used it. This cure. whic
is highly recommended, is again being adveI
tised in THE UNION.
- Elder William Grafton, of the Baptis
Church, who was widely known in Maryland
died at his home near Forest Hill. Md. & Pa
Railroad, on Tuesday last, in the 85th year c
his age. Deceased was an uncle OF Mrs. Mar
L. Henderson, of Towson.
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