The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-05-15

are requested to leave positive orders
with the Court when they wish such
advertising to appear in THE BALTT-
MORE COUNTY UNION. If they fail to
give such order the business may be
diverted into other channels.
THE School Board will hold meeting in
itsoffices at Towson on Monday next, May 18th;
THE May term of the Circuit Court VIII
begin next Monday. May 18th. 1t is usually
short term. .
- It's a sign of hard year for the family
when the wife carries the stove and the nus
band the pipe. .
buzz wagon you might provide yourself with a
- White carnations were in great demand
last Sunday, thousands Of them being worn in
honor Of Mothers Day"
And then there's the persistent whistler.
He's getting to be as big nuisance in Towson
as the dogs and the chickens.
- Tommy" Wrght's Rio Grande won at
Pimlico last Saturday, this being the third race
to his credit during the week.
- Looks like natural gas for Baltimore city
which will mean big saving to consumers
from 40 to So cts. per 600 feet
-SGet in line for the opening day OF the
new athletic grounds at Towson. Don't forget
it-Saturday afternoon, May 18th:
- Bishop Paret preached and conducted
confirmation services at Sherwood church,
Cockeysville, last Sunday morning.
- Harry c. Stsrb has been appointed car
rier on Route 1, at Bengies, Baltimore county,
with Albert Hauptman, substitute.
There was q white frost in Baltimore
county on Wednesday morning but not enough
to do any damage to fruit buds and gardens.
1.-The spring meeting of the Manor Glen
Racing Association will be held at Manor Glen
track, Saturday, June 9Th, commencing at
1P. NJ.
-Hyland Park is the name of the fine new
athletic grounds at Towson. Don't fail to be
there today at 3 BOP. NJ. to participate in the
dedication.
The postoffice at North Branch, Balti-
more county, has been made domestic money
order Office. Miss Lucy A. Randall is the
postmaster.
->Thomas Emrhein, aged Is years, pupil
of McDonogh School, McDonogh, Baltimore
county, fell from tree on Tuesday and broke
his right leg.
Alice in Wonderland" will be present.
ed by the pupils of Towson High School, in
the school hall, on Wednesday evening, May
10Th, at 8 o'clock.
- The annual convention of the Hartford
County Sunday School Union will be held at
Walters Memorial M. E. Church, Cooptown,
Tuesday, June 1st
- The ballots used at the election in No
vember 1908. were burned under the supervi-
sion of the Election Supervisors on Tuesday,
as required by law.
- Although several thousand strangers
were in Towson on firemen's day not single
unpleasant incident was reported and not one
intoxicated person was seen.
->Gigging in a stream on the Hampton
estate on Monday night James Robinson
Frank Cover and Robert Clark, Jr. of Luther
vile, caught 1874 mullets and Is cells.
- Mr.. A. j. Tarbert, gardener at the Shep-
ID H0orffol ho had q finer
prospect for straw berries than he has this year.
They will begin ripening about June LIST.
Mr.. Samuel Maniford, who was at one
time general manager of the Md. q Pa. Rail-
road, and who was an ex,sheriff OF York coun-
ty, died at his home in York few days ago.
9Mr. Nicholas Lay, of the 10Th district,
sold his last years crop of wheat few days
ago at 81 .45 per bushel The grain must have
lost heavily by shrinkage sinceit was harvested.
-"Willie' Downs, the sporty City Hall
clerk who got away with about $50, 900 of Bal
timore city, cash before be was pulled up will
he tried next week. He still maintains his
innocence.
THE Arnold property in Hereford, that
was advertised at foreclosure sale to be sold at
the Court House on Tuesday, was not offered,
the matter having been adjusted before the
hour of sale.
MIR. w. B. Dukes sale of registered stock
will take place at Sherwood, II miles west of
Towson, on Tuesday next, May 18th. For
particulars see al IN tnls weeks ISSUE OF
THE UNION.
- Miss Mary J. Watson, teacher of the
seventh grade in Towson High School, took
her class to Washington last Saturday on a
sightseeing jaunt They got all that was com
ing to them.
->Mr Edward Leight and talented CON-
pany from Baltimore will give an entertain
ment and dance in The Casino at Upper Falls,
on Saturday evening, May 10Th, commencing
at 8 O'Clock.
- Echoes of firemen's day in Towson con.
tinue to be heard and the verdict is that it was
all right. The fremen themselves were SO
well pleased that they will be glad to get back
again next May.
- Mrs. Rathie, mother of Dr. J. L. Rathie
dentist at Cockeysville, died at her home al
Leesburg, Va, on Tuesday last after short
illness from pneumonia. DIR. Rathie was with
her when she died.
81 Long Green Council, Jr. o. U. A. NJ.
will raise a flag at Dulany's Valley public
school, on Saturday afternoon, May 10Th. This
ceremony will be followed by a strawberry and
icecream festival.
James Jones, respected colored man,
employed by Mr.. Charles II. Amos, of Jarretts
vile, died suddenly few days ago. aged "a
years. He had been servant in the Jarrett
family about forty years.
THE Towson and Forest Park teams
played game at the latter place last Saturday
afternoon in which the TOwson were success
ful-S to Z. This was the first game of the
Suburban Leagues season.
"a census of the population of Sparrow's
Point, completed few days ago by the police
department, shows that the town contains 8
total of 1919 residents. Of this number 3, 18l
are white and 1888 colored.
- If crows pull up your corn shoot few
of them and hang them on poles in the field
Mr.. Charles E. Fendall says all the other black
thieves will stay away when they see what you
have done to their brothers.
RolCianO Ralfimorp citp's nav lOno
distance weather prognosticator. predicted &
''cold snap between the 10th and 18th of MAY
and it looks like be made good. We had fros
this week and old Bolgy's happy.
THE circus took many thousands Of dol
lars out Of Baltimore this week, and as re
suit of this hundreds of poor people were or
short rations for several days. The circus ap
pears to be sort of necessary evil"
"a man called at the County Clerks otict
on Thursday and wanted to know if he couldn'
get divorce without employing lawyer. HI
also said he'd like to get the divorce that day
so that he could take it home with him.
MIR. George Hartman. member of thu
bar and superintendent of the fire alarm tele
graph, has been elected secretary of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee of Baltimore coun
ty, succeeding John F. Anderson, deceased.
- Mr.. Charles W. Slagle, president of thu
Baltimore and Frederick Turnpike Company
was arrested on Thursday on the charge of un
lawfully collecting tolls on carriages going Il
and returning from funerals. He was released
for court.
The 10th annual steeplechase for tn
Maryland Hunt Cup will be run in Greer
Spring Valley, Saturday, May 10Th, at P. NJ
The start and finish will be near the residenc
Of DR.. n R. Smith. Distance miles. Their
are II entries.
MIR William H. Green. of Sherwood
who sued the Northern Central Railway Com
pany for damages for killing two fine horses
got verdict in the Circuit Court here feV
days ago for $780, The animals were kille
last September.
- Watering often is far better than wait
ing till horse is almost choked and then lei
ting him have all he can drink, says FdTr
Journal. Many horses are spoiled by, the lat
ter method, while no one ever hurt horse b,
frequent watering.