The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-08-18

farm of Is acres. with improvements, nea
the Belar road. l4th district.
Tuesday. August Is, by Thomas j. Hunter, at
tornev, on the premises. a small farm nea
the White House. 9Th district.
Thursday, August ~, by Anna NJ +. =. %. Gay
near Hebbvile, I'd district.
Saturday, September /, by James III. Smith. trus
tee, on the premises, a house and lot on Cole
Tuesday. Sept. 4, by w. Gill Smith, attorney, al
the Court House door, farm of about 81
acres near Upper Falls, 18th district.
Monday. September TO- by +. W Feldner, as
signee, at the Court House door, leaseholC
property on Bloomsbury lane. Catonsville.
Monday, September II, by John w. Marshall, as
signee, etc, on the premises. opposite Cathe
dral Cemetery, tract of 30 acres of land
known as "Lyndhurst." along the western
limits Of Baltimore city
- The public schools of this county will
reopen for the fall term on Monday, Septem-
Der 10th.
- Another runaway couple from Balti-
more had the matrimonial knot tied in Tow
son on Thursday.
- Adam Refer has been appointed post
master at Glen-Arm, Baltimore county, vice
A. G. Sherman, removed.
- This week Baltimore again kept up its
rather unenyiable reputation of being among
the hottest cities in the Union.
- Catalogues for the approaching limo
mum Fair may be had by personally apply
ing for copies at THE UNION Office.
THE Towson fire engine company has
answered more calls the past year than any
other company in the county department.
->The annual tournament of Bethany
Lodge, I. o. O. f., of Glen-Arm, lower Long
Green Valley, will be held Wednesday, Au-
gust 9th.
The India famine relief fund in BaIti-
more now amounts to upwards OF Sll 900.
Many Baltimore county people have been con-
tributors.
The dog-days will end next Wednesday,
22i inst. After that time the nights are usu-
ally cool. The second month of summer
ends the day before.
-Some of the canning houses in this
county have commenced operations. In many
places the tomato crop is failure and the
sweet corn crop is short.
THE days are rapidly shortening, but the
weather gives no indication of the approach
of autumn. 1t will be here, however, almost
before We are aware of it.
-The middle of August is past and the
broad gauge cars are not yet running on the
BALTIC & Lehgh Railroad 1t is said, however,
that they will be in a few days.
AN artesian we'll is being bored on the
store property of County Commissioner Slade
at Phoenix. 1t has reached depth of 100 feet
IS of which are through solid rock.
THE Sunday school of EPSON NJ. P.
Church, Towson, went on an excursion to
Queenstown on Tuesday. Mr. Joseph S..
Bowen is superintendent of the school.
-Ebenezer Belt, teamster for DR.. John G.
Orrison, of the 8th district, had his head Sc
riously injured on Wednesday while assisting
in unloading a cider mill from wagon.
THE Bishops Guild of Trinity p. Z.
Church, Towson, held fete on the church
lawn, Thursday evening. There was large
attendance and the receipts were satisfactory.
The Parkton and White Hall Gun Clubs
have decided to consolidate. Hereafter G. +.
Fishel, of the Parkton Club. and Edgar Burns.
of the White Hall Club will be the field cap
tains.
IA number of the members of the Green
Spring Valley Hunt Club had a hunt by
moonlight few nights ago. The novelty of
the affair was much enjoyed by all who par
ticipated.
Ion Monday night Burgoyne's Military
Band rendered a complimentary serenade to
Mr.. Harry Bosley, proprietor of Bosley's Ho-
tel. Towson, who had just returned from his
~'ez. ~ edsnIP nleeLIng season Ior 5ne present
anee has bse9 eGaES 9xsT 20 lar sne sse i
terest in these open air assemblages appears to
be on the increase.
- Some experienced Baltimore county
farmers say this seasons corn crop will fall
at least so per cent. below what it would have
been had the conditions been favorable. The
drought is what did it.
- Frederick E. Wilson, of Notre Dame
a deed of trust for the benefit of his creditors.
Mr.. John Z. McColgan, well known attor-
ney, is named as trustee.
THE union services of the Towson
churches will be held Sunday evening, 18th
inst, in Calvary Baptist Church. Sermon by
Rev. j. r. Edwards, of the M. e. Church. A
general invitation is extended.
> The Wilson q Kenney Company of Tow
son has donated $25 to the Towson Volunteer
Fire Company as a testimonial CT appreciation
for the effective work done by the company at
the recent lumber yard fire here.
IN .c.,1~ Srlorrn fNf 1r Inlrr
II. Wight, near Chattolanee Springs, Green
Spring Valley, will be completed and ready for
occupency by early fail. 1t is one of the
most attractive houses in the valley.
- Chestnut Ridge is keeping up with the
procession-in fact is pretty nearly in the
on that elevated spot, claims to have raised 70
bushels of wheat on II acres of ground.
1.-The mill of Mr.. Daniel Shamberger, at
Shamburg, in the 9TH district of this county,
is being equipped with new machinery and
otherwise improved. 1t will require about
two weeks to make the proposed changes:
- Both the Republican and Democratic
nominee for Congress in the Second district
are Baltimore county men and both are we'll
known and have hosts of friends. The fight
between them promises to be lively one
-The showers of this week were most
welcome, but they were not enough to materi-
ally aid languishing vegetation. 1t will re-
quire several days of good, steady rain to
break the persistent and blasting drought.
"a squad of Troop A, Maryland National
Guard, will leave Pikesville today for prac-
tice march to Capon Springs, w. Va. They
will go by way of Hagerstown and Winehes-
ter and the trip will consume about ten days.
1.-THE man who said, with much show of
knowledge, that the summer of 1900 would be
AN unusually "cool' one, due to a lot of
signs" hasn't a word to say just now, but
his faith in his signs has been rudely Jared.
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was ever before as low as 1t IS just at this time.
In some places it is so narrow that a man
could almost Jump across it. This lake fur
nishes the chief water supply for Baltimore
city.
1.-The fine steel bridge of the BALTIC. &
Lehigh Railroad over the turnpike in Towson
has been completed and is great improve
ment in appearance and otherwise as COM
pared with the former unsightly wooden struc-
ture.
-. ~ Ths BaItinaoEs GeuatE AgEicpltuIal So;
an office opposite the Towson National Bank,
ON the York road, in Towson, where all bust
ness relating to the coming fair will be trans
acted
-The Christian Endeavor Society of Pho-
nix, through the efforts of Mr.. William A.
Schumacher, provided for the care of q num-
Der of Fresh-Air children from Baltimore.
The Odd Fellows Hall was arranged for their
accommodation.
THE East Baltimore District Epworth
League monthly rally will be held in the
grove adjoining Gatch's Church, Belair road
Thursday, August sd. Entertaining speakers
will make addresses and there will be good
music. All invited.
THE Baltimore papers will persist in To-
eating the ancient st. Thomas Church, Gar
rison Forest, in, as they invariably say, 1.-The"
Green Spring Valley. As matter of fact it is
no more in Green Spring Valley than the City
Hall of Baltimore is.
Twelve Lutheran congregations of Bal
timore city and county were represented at
the annual missionary festival held at Gebb's
Park, on the Hartford road, last Sunday.
Eleven ministers were present, most of whom
took part in the services.
AT the meeting of the Junior Gunpow-
der Agricultural Club, held on Saturday last,
a letter was read from Mr.. William B. Crow
Their, president of the United Milk Producers
Association, setting forth the benefits OF CO.
operation among farmers.
8The regular monthly meeting OF the
Baltimore County Medical Association was
held on Thursday at the shore of the Maryland
Yacht Club. Papers were read by DR.: Robert
w. Johnston, of Baltimore, and DR.. Thomas
Hall Emory, of Baltimore county.
1.-THE will of Miss Nancy Badders, late OF
Towson was admitted to probate in the Or
phans' Court on Tuesday. With the excep-
ton of several small requests to friends the
estate goes to the relatives of testatrix. Mr.
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