The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-09-08

Thursday, September ID, BY John Marx, Sr., on
the Belair road, about four miles from Balti-
mOrs. truck farm of - acres ; also, stock
farm implements. garden tools, etc.
ecutor. on the premises, in Towson, an I'M
divided interest in q house and lot; Also q
lot of personal effects :.
the premises. in Hartford county. about X
miles from Baldwin Station, b. Il L. r. r.,
horses. mules, cows. sheep, hogs, wagons,
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.
"01 az yNcrmSnd f Heights. valuable lot and
modern dwelling house.
~ L. Smith has been commissioned post
master at Fork, Balhmbre county.
----ZBFHefe was q fiffe display OF fruit at the
County Fair this week and it attracted much
attention.
The Office of Mr.. N. Bosley Merryman.
Clerk Of the Circuit Court, now closes on Sat
urdays at P. NJ
THE congregation of Towson M. E..
Church will hold a harvest home service on
Sunday September 10th.
- Mr. Noah Walker, OF the Sd district, has
been appointed an additional deputy game
warden for Baltimore county.
- Mrs. Mary s. Austin, widow, of Boring,
Baltimore county, has secured Government
pension at the rate of IS per month.
THE public schools of the county will
reopen next Monday for the fall term. The
city schools do not open until the 18th inst.
- The season for squirrel shooting in Bal
timore county opened last Saturday and sports
men report that they are to be found in large
numbers.
- Mark Tracey, of Warren, had his right
ankle fractured on Tuesday by heavy wagon
running over it. Hewas attended by DR.. Thos.
G. Bussey.
->The Bryan and Mckinley days at the
oo,trfv faf u,oro 70 oa Thara waro M enooch oa
and the crowds were no larger than on ordi-
nary occasions.
- Attention is invited to the notice Of
registration, which is published in THE UNION
today. The work will begin this year on Tues
day, October I'd.
- Communion services, conducted by Rev.
John Kohr, will be held at Geists meeting
house. near Shawan, Sunday, September 9th.
at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
->The ladies' aid society of Hiss NJ. E.
Church. Parkville, Hartford road, will hold a
supper and fair on Tuesday and Wednesday,
September 18th and 18th.
THE report of the proceedings of the
last meeting of the Senior Gunpowder Agri-
cultural Club held at Filston Farm, will be
published in THE UNION next week.
- Wednesday next will be the 18th of Sep
TENDER and, by proclamation of the Cover
nor, legal holiday in Maryland. The banks
and all the public offices will be closed.
1.-THE Governor having issued proclama-
ton designating Wednesday. September 18th,
q legal holidey. the public schools of this coun-
ty will be necessarily closed on that day.
- Helen Miller, aged years, daughter of
Mr.. James j. Miller. of Granite, I'd district
ing taking fire from some burning paper.
--s Mr.. John M Nelson, of Sherwood,
while bathing in the surf at Ocean City last
Sunday, had his collarbone fractured by COM
ing in violent contact with another bather.
- Rev. Albert Price has organized Pres
hut az Vhifa H0ueo m the
9Th district of this county. For the present
services will be held in the public school house.
Thomas Lucas, aged years, son OF Mr..
Thomas Lucas professor at Rohinson's can
ming house. near Fallston, was almost instant
ly killed on Tuesday by wagon running over
him.
~ The county fairs now. in full blast
Octo6Sl s9RtiRaIlaG. nEls ahont the mi. middle pf
was a successful exhibition and enjoyed by
thousands Of people.
-T The Jersey herd from the Filston Farm
captured the first prize at the Timonium Fair
this week. r.Asa B. Gardiner, Jr., the genial
manager, received the hearty congratulations
of his many friends,
The curios shown in the Household De-
partment at the County Fair this week attrac-
ted grea. deal of attention. The display was
not as large az it should have been, but it was
none the less creditable.
- Mr.. John Moores prominent member
of the Deer Creek Farmers Club, raised this
season triHe over so bushels OF wheat to an
acre. It was sown on land from which crop
of sugar corn had been taken.
Mr.. Elisha W. Parks, farmer near
Towson, was touched" at the county fair on
Thursday for S45 He carried his wallet in
hip pocket, from which it was easily extracted
by one of the light-ingered gentry.
Some interesting facts about the
ssharyest moon" are published in THE UNION
TODAY. The correspondent who asked some in
formation from us on this subject will ind 1t
in the communication OF Mr.. +; >. Gross:
- Mr.. L. ]. Heathcote. Of the 9TH district
of this county, has been appointed special
inspector in the Baltimore Custom House and
will be located at Sparrow's Point. He Sc
cured the place under the civil service rules.
THE Taylor and Aberdeen base ball
teams will play q game on the grounds at Aber
deem, this Saturday afternoon, for the cham
pionship of Hartford county. They are strong
and evenly matched teams and fine game is
expected.
with August in the matter of uncomfortable
weather. Another week of heat and dust has
still further added to the discomf0rts OF swelt-
ering humanity. Perhaps it will be cooler IN
December.
1.-The will of DR.. Josias S. Bowen, late of
Mt. Washington, was admitted to probate this
week. The Safe Deposit and Trust Company
of Baltimore is named as executor. The bond
was for s360,000, indicating an estate OF half
that value.
- CcDdSldu 11dlulB, SaluChCl AOl Anis Soos
F. McCabe, on the York turnpike, had very
large and attractive exhibits in the household
and farmers departments at the county fair
this week. He was awarded number OF
premiums.
-THE UNION returns thanks to Mr.. ].
Robert Gordon, whose farm is near Provi-
dence, 9th district, for a basket of beautiful
peaches. He had large crop this season and
readily sold many Of the finest of them at one
dollar peck.
- Arrangements have about been cemple-
ted for the annual all-day festival and tourna-
ment to be held at the Confederate Soldiers
Home, Pikesville, Wednesday, September 18th.
These are very pleasant affairs and always
largely attended
THE Baltimore justices of the peace are
laying it on with heavy hand to those who
Be- ccmmsnded f6s use 81 Pfoisns
and unseemly behavior on the cars should
not be tolerated.
-The crowd at Timonium on Thursday
was estimated all the way from ten TO fourteen
thousand people. The management OF the
fair says that the combined attendance the
three first days of the fair was greater than the
three first days last year.
THE month of August 1900, proved q
record breaker, SO far as heat was concerned.
The records of the Weather Bureau in Balti-
more show that not since it was established
has such q long period of intense heat been
experienced in Maryland.
- It was hot and dusty at the County Fair
this week but the thousands who attended APP
peared to enjoy themselves. The absence of
the usual number Of fakirs was commented
on, but there were side shows and other forms
of amusement to fill in the time.
Talk about "hot times" how did Thurs
day at the County Fair strike you? twas SIM
ply sweltering. but there were those on the
grounds who said they had seen it hotter at
Timoninm. Perhaps but we hope they'll
never see it hotter any other place.
"A new track record was established at
Timonium on Thursday, when the PAGER
"Ainsworth" owned by Mr.. "Dick" Hent-
schel, of Baltimore, turned the track in 2124.
He won in straight heats against his three
competitors-time 2123. 2:124 and 213{.
Affairs on the standard-gauged Baltic &
Lehigh Railroad are now going on more
smoothly and the trains are making better
time. The company's new and heavy engines
are not yet in use. the smaller borrowed ones
of the Northern Central doing the work.
- The Towson reporter Of the Baltimore
San said the September term of the Circuit
Court of Baltimore county would commence
on the 18th of the month This is an error
and may mislead many. The term begins on
the 17th-the third Monday of the month.
- The show of cattle, sheep and swine at