The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-26

new. etc, at the Court House door, house
and lot in LauraviiIe, Hartford road:
Tuesday August 10, by John +. Centrum, at
torney, ETC., at the Court House door, u
acres of land and improvements, on the Bel
Tuesday August 10. by Daniel E. Lynch, exec
utor at the Court House door, q small farm
near Fork, 18th district.
Tuesday. August 10. by W. ]. Oeligrath, Sherin,
at the Court House door, leasehold interest
Tuesday, August 10. by Richard Bernard, attor-
ney. on the premises, SUBURBAN nome on
Euclid avenue. Irvington.
-. Save your Panama hats. They'll be nice
things to set hens in next year.
+The discount on county taxes paid in
August Is one-half of one per cent.
- Oats sold in Baltimore on Thursday at
ca cents per bushei-the highest price in years.
Elmer s. hamburger, OF Sparrow 8
Point. has been appointed clerk in the rail
THE Supervisors Of Election will meet at
Towson on Tuesday and Wednesday next to
transact routine business.
The milling firm Of VIM. Bond & Son,
of York, Pa, is about to establish grist mill
at White Hall, N. q. X. X.
- George Eckstein, Of Rosedale, Baltimore
county, has been granted soldiers pension
at the rate of s12 per month:
lit can't get too hot for the sodawater
man. The higher the mercury mounts the
more gIeeful the fiend appears.
- Baltimore county has enjoyed some line
rains within the past week and vegetation OF
all kinds is now progressing finely.
~ Flows running in the fields at this time
of the year is reminder that the season of
1.-THE sere and yellow" is not far distant.
THE ladies of Dover NJ. e. Church will
hold a festival in the church grove, Saturday,
August I'd. commencing at o'clock P. NJ.
I'VE are nearing the LIST of August and
the summer of 1902 is slipping by rapidly, the
second month of it being now well on its way.
- Next week several camp-meetings will
be in full blast and those who like worshiping
in the groves will find plenty to entertain them.
->The annual meeting of Towson w: g. 1.
Virginia avenue, Wednesday, July Both, at
- Last Saturday the Govanstown Y. NJ. c..
A. team added another victory to it string by
beating the Lloyd L. jackson team of Balti-
more, 10 to 4.
>The Sunday school class of Miss Mary
Bayne will hold lawn fete in the grove at
EPSON NJ. P. Church, Towson, Monday even
ing, July 18th.
- Watermelons and cautaloupes are now
arriving in Baltimore by the thousand. The
Little Gem" cantaloupe appears to be the
fovorite this season.
- Additional steel cases have been put in
the offices Of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
and the Register of Wills for the safe storage
OF important papers.
->By the apportionment of State tax made
by the Comptroller on Thursday, for the pur-
chase OF school text books, Baltimore county
will receive sl0903.38.
THE United Railways Company has
erected a small waiting room on the triangle
in front of Norris store, GovanstOwn, for the
accommodation Of its patrons.
The 10year-old daughter Of Mr.. Jeffer-
to the University Hospital in Baltimore to
ha onarafpd unOn for aDuendicitis
- Another couple from Baltimore was
married in Towson on Tuesday evening, Rev.
]. L. Straughn, of the Methodist Protestant
Church, performing the ceremony.
Church will hold its annual picnic in Druid
Hill Park next Tuesday Mr.. James E. Dun
ply is superintendent of the school.
- The premium lists for the coming limo
mum fair will be ready for delivery next week.
Those who may want copies should address
Mr.. A. P. Shanklin, secretary, Towson.,
VIM. T. Griffith is the mail carrier on the
snew free delivery ronte extending west from
Cockeysville and taking in Oregon and
Shawan, which offices have been abolished.
THE annual field day of Govanstown Y.
M. G. A. will take place Saturday, July Goth.
The program will include running, jumping
and vauting events, for all of which there are
good entry lists.
"a musical and literary entertainment
will be given at Mays Chapel, Chestnut Ridge.
Saturday night, July Goth, commencing at 8
o'clock. Tickets of admission % cents, to in
clude refreshments.
THE exterior work on the fine new Cath
Ole Church at Towson is finished and that on
the inside is going forward satisfactorily. 1t is
said the edifice will be ready for dedication
early the coming fall.
Democratic primary meetings will be
held in all the districts of this county on
Saturday afternoon next, August I'd, and the
coY1rfu convention will assem- HE at T0WqOn
the Monday following.
During the storm of last Sunday after
noon a tree that stood near the home Of Mr..
Paul A. Fleury, near Upper Falls, 18th dis
trict, was struck by lightning. No damage
was done to the house.
-The United Brethren camp-meeting at
Penn Grove, Northern Central Railway, open
ed on Friday, 25th inst, and will continue ten
DAYS. A number of Baltimore city and coun-
ty people are encamped there.
THE storm of last Sunday afternoon
damaged the Gainesville and Towson electric
here for nearly two hours. 1t was the Cations
vile end of the line that suffered.
1.-THE people of the Sth district of this
county on Sunday night last enjoyed the I'M
usual spectacle of a beautiful rainbow that
continued for some time. lunar bow is a
thing of rare occurrence in this latitude.
@The people of Roland Park are now i'm
portuning the County Commissioners to sup
ply that place with steam fire engine. They
have very little faith in the chemical engine,
which is at present their only protection.
->Sixteen prisoners whose terms expired
on the same day were released from Jail here
in bunch last Saturday. They made hasty
tracks as soon they regained the fresh air.
Some of them will likely be back before very
long.
THE colored man Devine, tried in the
Circuit Court here and convicted of murder
IL fOr k1aI
Donohue, of Baltimore, will be hanged on
Friday, September 10th, the date fixed by the
Governor.
-Again the range OF the thermometer this
week was something worth noting. On Sun
day at 1 O'Clock it was SO in Towson and a few
minutes later it was rs. By Tuesday evening
it had gotten down to 6S. After that another
rise begun.
IA swarm of bees in the garden of Mrs.
Jane Bell, of Govanstown, attacked her daugh-
ter, Miss Bessie Bell, few days ago. and she
was badly stung before she could be rescued.
1t is not known what prompted the little busy
bodies to make the attack.
sa - Mrs. Martha Emerson, 90 years of age,
who was camping with the family of her SON
in-law, Mr.. n. s. Morgan. of Baltimore, died
in her tent at Emory Grove, on Thursday, az
ter short illness. She was the Oldest mem
Der of Exeter Street NJ. e. Church.
Officer Howard j. Moore, Of the Balti-
more police force, fell from street car on
Sunday night last and seriously injured his
back. He is a native of the 18th district of
this county and his brother, James M. Moore,
is retired officer of the same force.
- From next Sunday onward there will be
preaching every Sunday in all of the three
churches on Taylor's Circuit. M. E. Church
South, with two services each Sunday at Perry
Hall Church. Rev. ]. B. Henry, the pastor,
will be assisted by Rev. G.. M. Hesser.
james r. Sterling was arrested in Balti.
more few days ago upon the charge of steal
ing horse each from George Zaiser and VIM.
Reed, of Baltimore county, by both of whom
he had previously been employed. He was
turned over to the county authorities.
-If the United Railways and Electric
Company will establish a few more colored
camp-meetings along its York road line its
fortune will be made in a very short time.
There are two now in full blast and there are
several woods and lots not yet occupied.
capt. Charles H. Stanley will give his
popular entertainment, consisting of motion
pictures and original songs, in Calvary Baptist
Church, Towson. Thursday evening, 3lst inst
at o'clock. Refreshments will be for sale on
the church lawn after the entertainment.
- During the thunder storm of Thursday
afternoon lightning struck the roof of the
frame cottage occupied by Mr.. John I. Cross,
in the eastern suburbs of Towson, and dam
aged it to the extent of about 500. No fire
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