The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-28
LOCAL ITEMS.
SALES ADVERTISER IN 1.-THE UNION"

Tuesday. July 81, by Ernest Hoen: Jr.. attorney
on the premises, house and lot on Wood
bourne avenue, near the York road.
Tuesday, July 81, by Ernest Hoen, Jr., attol ney
on the premises. house and lot on Wood
bourne avenue, near the York road.
Tuesday August 4 by Arthur NJ. Easter, attor
ney. on the premises, house and lot OF
Woodbourne avenue, near the York road.
Wednesday, August 8. by ID. g. Mcintosh, at
torney. at the Court House door, a farm o
l64H acres, situated on the York turnpike a
Timonium.
Saturday, August II, by the Company, at S. v
Miller's store, Mt. Carmel, a French coacl
stallion, cart. harness. &c.
Monday, August ID. by John T.. G. Lee, assignee
at the Court House door, 20 acres of sanC
land at Rosedale, Phila. road.
Monday, August 3D. by John L. G. Lee, attorney
at the Court House door, $40 acres of sane
land at Rosedale, Phia. road.
Tuesday, August II, at the Court House door
by James J. Lindsay, attorney, small farm
near Perry Hall, 18th district.
Monday, August 20, by VIM. p. Lyons, attorney
on the premises, tract of land on Merry
mans lane and the BALTIC. & Lehigh R. X.
trustee, at the Court House door, truck
farm of IS acres, with improvements, near
the Belair road. l4th district.
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- Peaches are becoming more plentiful and
the quality is improving, but the price is
still rather steep.
- Mrs.Jane Hundertmark, of Cockeysville,
was painfully scalded on Monday by upsetting
q boiler of hot water over herself.
- The days are a half hour shorter now
than they were on the first of July. From
this on they will shorten rapidly.
THE County Commissioners have APP
pointed Henry Moody, constable for the 18th
district, vice John Jackson, resigned.
There are now over fifty tents on Emory
Grove camp ground, although the meeting
does not open until the 18th of August.
- Beware Of the deadly trolly wire.
broken one dropped in Baltimore this week
and, striking horse, instantly killed him.
H. nk~.c Ev.ln O. Ca
Johns NJ. e. Church, Lutherville, has con-
tributed s23 to the children's fresh-air fund.
There is a scarcity of water in some Sec
tions of this county, springs and wells having
become very low because of the long continued
drought.
- Messrs Booth & Jessop are using this
year a machine that threshes and cleans the
wheat and binds the straw, all with a single
operation.
IA 9th district tenant wrote as follows to
his landlord 81 am afraid the pump is not
even convalescent, but is still troubled with its
internal complaint"
- Rev. NJ. Matsumoto, NJ A., of Japan,
will talk on his native country in Towson NJ.
Z. Church, Wednesday evening, August LIST,
commencing at s clock.
- Wesley Grove camp-meeting of the NJ.
e. Church South commenced on Friday 9th.
The grounds are on the B. & o. Railroad, a
short run from Baltimore.
THE collections in Baltimore on account
of the India famine relief fund now amount
to over $4,000. Many Baltimore county peo-
pie are among the contributors.
THE icecream festival announced to
take place in the grove at Dover NJ. E. Church,
4th district, Saturday afternoon; July 28th,
has been postponed indefinitely.
They prayed for rain at Glyndon Park
camp-meeting last Sunday and it came before
the meeting. was over Jupiter Pluvius is on
the side of that camp-meeting, sure
- Mr.. John Ridgely. of Hampton, raised
this season 800 bushels of oats on 80 acres He
has not yet threshed his wheat. He had over
100 acres and the yield will be heavy.
THE regular monthly meeting of the
Junior Gunpowder Agricultural Club will be
held this Saturday afternoon at the farm of
Mr.. William D. Curry, Ny Lady's Manor
- There have been few thunder storms
thus far this summer, but perhaps more in
the past ten days than usual. A good deal of
damage has already been done by lightning.
1.-The year 1901 is beginning to appear in
figures in the advertising columns of THE
UNION. We will mildly assert again that this
will be the first year of the twentieth century.
Old General Humidity" held sway this
week and made. it0ex tremelE.- Ineer'f aztehJ
cay 7ting around the 100 mark like it did last
>Thomas J. Halle, ST., has been appoin-
ted postmaster at Woodbrook, Balto & Lehigh
Railroad. At Foreston, Baltimore county, G.
NJ. Price is appointed postmaster vice j. M.
Price, resigned.
-It was thought the broad gauging of the
BALTIC. & Lehigh Railroad would be completed
by the 18th of July, but in this the company
was disappointed, the work not yet having
been completed.
Next Tuesday will be the last day of
July and the summer of 1900 may be said to
be on the down grade. 1t will be memorable
as one of blighting drought and almost I'M
precedented heat.
THE Union services of the three Towson
churches will be held in Calvary Baptist
Church, Sunday, July 10Th, at P. NJ. Ser
mon by Rev T. H. Wright, of the Methodist
Protestant Church.
THE rains came, as they always do, but
too late to save some of the crops of the hard
working farmer. Truck farmers generally in
this county have suffered severely on account
OF the dry weather.
IAN excursion composed OF nearly one
hundred people went from Cockeysvllle to Re-
hoboth Beach on Thursday. Messrs. John w.
Frankenfield and Charles NJ. Rowe were in
charge of the party.
]They have no room for the "coatless'
man in the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce.
He tried to get foothold this week, but the
chairman of the executive committee stopped
him in his mad career.
- Lawns and flowers in Towson have suf-
fered severely from dry weather and the
burning sun and it is doubtful if they will re-
cover their beauty that attracted so much at
tention early in the summer.
> Mrs Rafferty,, widow of Thomas Raj
ferty of Beaver DAM Sth district, fell down a
fight of steps last Saturday and broke her
thigh and sustained other injuries. She was
attended by DIR. B. f. Bussey
- Mr. H. w. Knoebel, the well known
merchant at Knoebel, 10th district, who some
time ago bought tract of land on the Dula-
ny's Valley and Sweet Air turnpike, is erect
ing house and barn on the same.
- Several of Baltimore county's old and
wealthy citizens have passed away within the
last ten DAYS. leaving behind them unstalned
regulations that should serve as pleasant
memories to those who follow them.
- Ninety-five acres of wheat was harves-
ted on the Windsor Farm, Dulany's Valley,
this season, and good judges say the crop will
reach very close to 5000 bushels, or an all
around average of 30 bushels to the acre.
While driving a horse few days age
William Gore, who lives near Reisterstovn,
was kicked in the face by the animal. His
lower jawbone was broken, several teeth were
knocked out, and he sustained other injuries.
"a number of people have called at The
UNION Office this week to get copies OF the
catalogue of the coming Timonium fair. They
were to have been ready for delivery last Sat
urday, but for some reason have been delayed
- Mr.. George Lintz, q well known farmer
near Manor, 10th district, raised this season
$500 bushels of oats on 40 acres of land, an
average of 81 bushels to the acre. We doubt
if there is farm in Maryland able to beat that
- Occasionally one comes across i've
dollar gold piece in the ordinary course OF
business and when it occurs you scarcely
know what to do with the coin. They are,
however, about as scarce as the proverbial hen
teeth.
They are having pretty slick quality OF
lightning up in Washington county this sum
mer. On Sunday night last bolt of it ran
down the chimney of house and fired off 8
shot gun that was standing in the corner of Q
room.
- Notwithstanding the fact that there
have been numerous showers within the past
fortnight there are still some sections of this
county that are suffering for rain. Some Of
the rains appear to have covered very small
areas.
THE cornerstone of the Nj. Z. Church
being erected at Union Chapel near Baldwin
Station, BALTIC. & Lehigh Railroad, will be laiC
on Thursday, August I'd, the services com
mencing at 2 P. NJ. general invitation is ex
tended.
-By the distribution of the State fire.,
school book fund, made by the Comptrolle
on the 10Th inst, Baltimore county whit
schools will receive S,176.03, and coloreC
schools $I,321.42 The money is payabl
August list.
> Mrs. Mary Fields, of Ready avenue Go
vanstown, sustained painful injuries on Thurs
day by falling from a porch, distance o
about s feet. Two ribs were broken and sh
had several Commissions. DR.. John Barron at
tended her