The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-14

bourne avenue. near the York road.
Tuesday, July 81, by Ernest Hoen, Jr. attorney,
on the premises. a house and lot on Wood
Tuesday, August 7, by Arthur NJ. Easter, attor-
ney, on the premises, house and lot on
Woodbourne avenue, near the York road.
Wednesday. August 8. by ID. G; Mcintosh. at
torney. at the Court House door, farm OF
164x acres, situated on the York turnpike at
TimOnium.
Monday, August 10. by John L. G. Lee. assignee,
at the Court House door, 20 acres of sand
land at Rosedale, Phila. road.
Monday. August ID, BY John L. G.. Lee, attorney,
at the Court House door, 8 9-l0 acres of sand
land at Rosedale, Phila. road.
O
The strident voice of the katydid is now
heard in the land, sure sign that midsummer
is at hand
out It's largest links.
- The lawn fete held several evenings last
week at st. Joseph's Catholic Church, Texas
melted something over $500.
IAN epidemic of measles is prevailing in
the neighborhood Of Reisterstown, dozen or
more families being affected.
- Henry Gantz, of Sparrow's Point, who
is survivor of the Mexican war, has had his
pension increased to $12 per month.
- Large quantities Of Southern Maryland
cantaloupes are now coming to Baltimore
They are of fine quality and sell well.
- Benjamin F. Bayne. of Towson, who
applied for the benefit of the United States
bankruptcy law hdo ACOSAfSO LIS hhoh Oio-
3 The will of Timothy Geaney, late of Mt.
Washington, was admitted to probate this
week. His property is bequeathed to his
family.
"A handsome residence is in course of
erection in Roland Park for Mr.. A. H. Ruther-
foord. II will be ready for occupancy early in
the fall
DIR G. NJ Bosley is about to commence
the erection of two additional houses on West
Pennsylvania avenue, Towson. The location
of the ground is very desirable.
THE Postoffice Department will, on the
23d of July, estab lish rural free delivery
vice at Rossville, Baltimore county. The
Office is located on the p. w. & B. Railroad.
Three new passenger coaches and three
combination mail and baggage cars for the
broad gagged BALTIC. & Lehigh Railroad were
received at North Avenue Station on We'd
nesday.
->The examination for Baltimore county
teachers will take place at the State Normal
School Building, Baltimore Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday next, and will be conducted by
Prof. A. S. Cook.
-%Mr. William Parks, Jr., an Sth district
farmer, threshed and shipped his wheat crop
of 800 bushels during the intensely hot weather
of last week. His yield was little over 20
bushels to the acre.
While at work in the hay field few
days ago Mr.. Thomas Chenworth, at Upper
Cross Roads, was overcome by the heat and
IOI u LlIQ6 ut WAS III u DTeCdIlOuS cOOQlLlOQ.
He is now recovering.
1.-The Baltimore Country Club, Roland
Park, and the Overland Hunt Club, Towson,
have each applied for license to sell liquor
The cost of club license is the same as an in
dividual license-$200.
The first threshing machine accident of
the year is reported from Delaware. A man
who knew nothing about it was running the
engine and blew up the boiler. This should
prove warning to others.
MIR. Samuel Cover, Cockeysville car
penter, while using pocket-knife on Wedres-
day, cut an artery in his left wrist. from which
the blood flowed freely DR.. j. A. Carnes,
druggist, dressed the wound
THE Baptist parsonage, which adjoins
the church on West Pennsylvania avenue,
pastor S HoaSeel gsaess Ho
Green Spring Valley, came to Towson last
Wednesday night on straw ride. There is
almost as much fun in a straw ride as there is
in leading mule on the towpath of canal.
The National Holiness camp-meeting at
Summit Grove, N. c. r. r., commenced on
Friday, 18th inst, and will continue up to
and include Sunday, 22d. The regular camp
on those grounds will begin the week following.
The intense heat that continued nearly
a week was ended by the cool wave that came
Sunday night, causing drop in the mercury
of about 35 degrees. 1t was most welcome
change and brought relief to both man and
beast.
sThe next meeting of the Baltimore
County Medical Association will be held at
COLCHESTER, Thursday, July 10th. The fami-
lies of the members are expected to attend this
meeting. Boat will leave fler 10, Llgnt street
Wharf, at 2.30 P. NJ.
- We invite attention to letter from the
limited Milk Producers Association, published
in the advertising columns of THE UNION to-
dav. 1t shows the affairs of the association to
be in most satisfactory condition, with bright
prospects for the future.
- We are glad to see that the School Board
is advertising for proposals for furnishing the
schools with books, stationery and furniture.
This is in accordance with the law and is right,
but many day has elapsed since it was done
before in Baltimore county.
Andrew Mcclure has been charged be-
fore Justice Herbert of Towson, with steal
ing horse and buggy and gun from John
Proctor, colored, of Sunnybrook, 10th district.
He is believed to have escaped to Pennsylva-
mia with the stolen property.
MIR Wesley +. Bankard, of Baltimore,
has presented to the American Methodist His
tOrical Society the silver watch OF the Kew.
Hezekiah Harryman, who was born in Balti-
more county in 1770 and who was one OF the
pioneer preachers of his day.
"a company has been organized with
capital of $3.50 900, to utilize the mountains OF
slate refuse that have for years dlshgured the
landscape in the vicinity of Delta. This re-
fuse will be ground up and manufactured into
1.-The election will take place this year on
Tuesday, November 9th, and from now until
that date we shall have constantly dinned into
our ears 'silver," ''silver, " "silver." Wouldn't
it be well to give everybody rest on THIS al
least until the hot weather is over.
THE stables occupied by Mr.. James II
Gather, on South Howard street. Baltimore,
were damaged by fire on Saturday night last,
causing loss to him of several thousand dol
lars Mr. Gather conducts the express bust
ness between Towson and Ellicott City.
- Baltimore county is rapidly becoming q
network of telephone and telegraph wires. II
will not be long before almost every nook and
corner of the county can be reached by means
of the telephone and this will greatly facilitate
the transaction of business of all kinds.
This season Mr.. E. Cuttings Merryman
of Gerar Farm, near Cockeysville, raised 42C
bushels of barley, on acres of ground-ar
average of 60 bushels to the acre. This is an
exceptionally large yield, but Mr.. Merryman
has the land to grow phenomenal crops
->For the year ended July LIST, 1900, the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails expended in Baltimore city the sum Of
S6,O17 "a to collect and dispose of stray dogs
Dog licenses for the same period brought the
city a revenue of something over SIC, 900.
- Prof. A. S. Cook, the new county schoo
examiner has purchased from DR.. g. NJ. Bos
lev, the Offutt cottage, situated on the south
west corner of Chesapeake and Baltimore
avenues, Towson The lot is 80 by 1855 fee
and the cottage has electric light. bath, DC.
IA number of members of Epson NJ. T
Church, Towson, went on an excursion to Re
hoboth Beach on Tuesday, by way of Queens
town and the Queen Anne's Railway, accom-
panied by their pastor, Rev. Thomas ID
Wright. They enjoyed the trip very much.
- Mrs. Catherine Kite this week put in
claim of 500 against the county for alleget
bodily injuries sustained by fall on the publ
road between Warren and Phoenix. She wa
represented by Mr.. Laban Sparks. The Coun
ty Commissioners disclaimed any liability il
the premises.
= Judge Melchor Hoshall of the Orphans
Court. who is one of the most successful farm
ers in the upper end of the county, has threshe
part of his wheat crop and is much pleaset
with the result Some of it runs as much a
40 bushels to the acre. He harvested abou
1000 bushels.
->It is thought the catalogues for the com
ing Timonium fair will be ready for deliver
early next week. The race program has bee
printed and copies of it may be had upon appi
cation to the secretary at Towson. The fair VII
begin this year on the 4th of September AM
continue five days.
> Mr.. c. Bohn Slingluff has made com
plant about the condition of the Dover road
north of Green Spring Valley. He generousl
offered to contribute 5000 toward the repair Q
it provided the County Commissioners woul