The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-15


Farms Company, at 1.-The Caves" east OF
Owings' Mills, horses, mules, colts. fat cattle
sheep, hogs, farm produce, lumber, fencing
material, etc.
@The Timonium fair is near at hand.-only
two weeks from next Tuesday.
1.-THE Patapsco Hunt Club has arranged
for race meeting to be held at Pimlco track,
on Saturday, September 18th.
1.-The weather several days this week has
been decidedly fall-like, with the mercury
down to 60 in early mornings
- Tuesday last was the forty-fourth annl-
versary of the opening of the Western Mary
land Railroad to Owings' Mills.
THE fair at ST. Johns Church, Long
Green Valley, will be continued Tuesday and
Thursday of next week, August 18th and goth.
1.-The work of improving the Joppa road
for mile eastwardly from Towson, which has
been in progress several months, has been
completed.
> well known 18th district Democrat at
tended the convention on. Tuesday and renew
ed his subscription to THE UNION, paying up
to February, 1905.
Mr. G. W. Forwood, of Glyndon, gives
notice in THE UNION this week that he is no
longer connected in a business way with his
brother, Mr.. B. L. Forwood
THE hotels and saloons of Towson en-
joyed harvest on Tuesday. Wet goods of all
kinds was in great demand, but little disorder
followed their free consumption.
"A 7-year old son of Mr.. Benjamin Beard
of Western Run Valley, was kicked in the
head by horse few days ago and had his
skull fractured. He will recover.
- The ladies of Poplar NJ. p. Church will
hold lawn fete in the grove at Warren, on
Saturday evening, August 10Th. A pleasant
evening is promised all who attend.
- Mr.. Robert NJ. Taylor's horse Arrah-
gowan finished second in race at Fort Erie,
N. Y, on Monday last. The distance was a
mile and a sixteenth and the time 1:49a
The Salvation A rmV commenced a fem
day meeting at Emory Grove camp ground
last Thursday. Services will be held daily at
$50 and P. NJ, in charge of Col. Clifford.
- In the Orphans Court this week letters
testamentary on the estate of John @. H. Press
Ter, deceased, were granted to Fred. III. Press
Ter, who is named as executor in the will
- Mrs. Rebecca Cole, widow of Frank Cole,
of the 9Th district, died on Thursday last, at
the home of her son, Mr.. Clarence Cole, of
Verona. She had been sick for some time.
1.-The second month of this remarkable
summer is almost ended The year 1908 con-
tinues to keep up its record for terrible occur
rences that are causing the death of many
people.
THE Democrats brought thunder storm
to Towson with them on Tuesday and for a
time it was almost impossible to see without
lights, so heavily was the sky overcast with
clouds.
> Another couple from Baltimore came to
Towson on Tuesday and, after procuring a IL
cense, went to the rectory Of Trinity Church
and had the knot tied by Rev. w. II. H.
Powers.
- Mr.. Jacob Quick, Gardenvile truck
farmer, has raised some unusually fine toma-
toes this season, some of the vines having
clusters of to IA of good size and well de-
veloped.
"a tournament for the benefit of St.
Mary's Catholic Church will be held on the
farm of Mr. Edward Oldfeld, near the Rocks
of Deer Creek, on Tuesday afternoon, Au-
gust 18th.
- Douglas Myers, the infant son of Mr..
Manor, died on Wednesday last. The funeral
took place at st. James P. E. Church at II NJ.
on Friday.
THE postoffice at Blenheim, Baltimore
county, will be discontinued today. Mail for
that Office will hereafter go to Knoebel. The
office is located in the 10th district, three miles
from Long Green Station.
Another installment of the early history
of Towson appears on the first page OF The
UNION TODAY. It contains much information
of interest and value and the papers will no
doubt be preserved by many.
- One od-time Democrat of the 9Th dis
trict, who prides himself on his fidelity to his
party swears that he will vote for only two
men whose names appear, on the ticket nonil-
mated at TowSon on Tuesday.
- The days are growing perceptibly short
err. Today Saturday the sun rises at 20 min
utes after 5 and sets at 2 minutes after z,
making the day about a-half hour shorter than
was the first day of the month:
"a special service will be held in Catch g
NJ E. Church, Belair road at 3 o'clock next
Sunday afternoon, in the interest of the pro-
posed new church at that appointment. 1t is
hoped the attendance will be large.
- M essrs. William e. Stansbury, William
P. Cole and William S. Cowley, all of the 9th
district, have been appointed examiners for
the opening of the proposed new road in the
14th district to be known as Seton avenue.
- Charles A. Wills, aged % years, brake
man on the Maryland 81 Pennsylvania K. R.,
was caught between cars at Sharon Station q
few DAYS ago and sustained injuries that caused
his death the next day. Helived in Baltimore
THE tournaments now in full feather in
Baltimore county, but it is a form of outdoor
amusement that has lost much of its old-time
attractiveness. Can't someone introduce some
thing else to attract the attention of the young
folks?
1.-The next meeting of the Baltimore coun
ty Medical Association will be held at Electric
Park on Thursday next, August goth, com
mencing at 2 P. NJ. Papers will be read by
Joseph E. Gichner, NJ. D., and VIM. T. Wat
son, NJ. d.
- Labor Day-Monday, September this
legal holiday throughout the United States
made so by act of Congress approved June %
1894. 1t is not a legal holiday in Maryland
unless declared so by special proclamation Of
the Governor.
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papers shot little rabbit out of season and il
cost him $40. If he had paid S1.50 fof 9
years subscription to THE UNION he woulc
have known better and been ahead of the
game exactly $500.
THE Evangelical Lutheran Churches OF
Baltimore held religious services last Sunday
afternoon at Belvidere Park on the Hartford
road. A feature was the singing of four hun
dred Sunday school children. Several minis
tiers made addresses
1.-The Ladies' Aid Society of Grace Evan
gelical Lutheran Church, Lauraville, Hartford
road, will hold lawn fete on the church
grounds, on Wednesday evening, August 18th
commencing at s o'clock. Proceeds Tor thu
= benefit of the church.
->Amos Thompson, laborer employed il
Ditman's quarries at Texas, attempted suicide
on Tuesday by swallowing quantity OF lauda
mum. The prompt arrival OF Drs. b. f. anc
Thomas G. Bussey saved his life. Thompson
has wife and one child.
There was a lot of noisy Democrats il
Towson on Tuesday and they seemed to enjoy
themselves to the full extent. The southeast
ern section of the county appears to have
corner on the leather-lunged fellows. WilC
Indians are not a marker to them.
- Reports furnished at the last meeting o
the Junior Gunpowder Agricultural Club fixet
the yield of wheat this season at s to 20 bushels
to the acre. The small yield of wheat wa
said to be due to late blowing of land and rust
Other crops were reported fairly good.
- Republican primary meetings will b.
held in all the districts of Baltimore count,
today-Saturday, August 18th. AS there ar
no contests in any of the districts the polls will
be open from to P. NJ. only. See the cal
in the advertising columns of THE UNIol
today.
= The weather being fine the tournamen
at Upper Falls, on Wednesday afternoon, 70
the benefit of ST. Stephens Church, attraC
ted large number of people. The winner
in the order named were Charles E. Howard
Howard Stansbury, A. P. McComas and G. {
Isennock.
> Mrs. Rebecca Wright died at her HON
in Baltimore on Wednesday, aged IS year:
She was a native of Baltimore county an
the widow of Truston Wright, who was We
eran of the Civil War. Mrs. Wright was
daughter of John Diyen, who fought IN tn
war of 1872.
1.-The Baltimore American of Wednesda
contained large picture of the Democrat
convention in session at Towson the day b
FORE and also very good picture of Mr.. job
s. Biddison, the young member of the bar WI
was honored with the nomination for Stat
Senator.
->Some one said the convention in Towso
on Tuesday was very much on the menageri
order. A man named Fox called the gathe
ing to order and another named Wolfe We
both temporary and permanent presiden
And then the other part of it was not unlike
bear garden.