The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-06-27
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TO ADVERTISERS AND CORRESPONDENTS
No Rural Delivery July 4th.


wAsHINoroN,J une TO- The Postoffice Depart
ment announced today that July 4th next will
be complete holiday for all the rural free
delivery carriers in the country.
In order to have THE UNION delivered mex
week we will have to print it on Thursday after
noon, SO as to send it by the rural carriers OF
advertisers will please send in their favors so al
to reach this Office not later than Wednesday
night or Thursday morning.
THE discount on county taxes paid mex
month is per cent. On State taxes it is
per cent
- Fourteen new members were initiated in
the Towson Lodge of Elks at its meeting or
Tuesday night.
We invite attention to the special notices
printed at the head of the second and third
pages of THE UNION today.
THE summer encampment of the Mary
land National Guard will begin at Belair on
Thursday, July 9th, and continue ten days.
-All the public schools of the county
closed on Friday, June Goth. They will not
reopen until about the middle of September
->Towson has not arranged for any special
celebration of the Fourth but no doubt the
usual quantity of explosives will be consumed
->The directors of the Cockeysville Ma
tional Bank, at their meeting on Wednesday,
declared dividend of 24 per cent for the past
six months.
IAN unoccupied house belonging to Jacob
Shew, situated on the Baltimore county side
of Ellcott City, was badly damaged by fire
last Sunday morning.
- Several more couples from distance
were married in Towson within the past few
days and affairs in the matrimonial line are
decidedly on the boom.
- The third rural free delivery route going
os4ff oil mill ho
in operation next Wednesday, July LIST, with
Willard f. Swift as carrier.
- Gathers City and Suburban Express
Company has increased its capital stock from
$4,000 to 100000. A new central station is
to be erected in Baltimore.
1.-The open season for brook trout fishing
in Baltimore county will end next Tuesday,
June Both. The deputy game wardens should
see that the law is enforced.
Next Saturday will be the 4th of July
and it should not be forgotten that it is legal
holiday in Maryland. All the banks and pub
lie offices will be closed that day.
- Some farmers say that the late rains
have helped up the growing grass wonderfully
and that the prospects for hay crop in this
county have been greatly improved.
IA carrier pigeon came to the home of
Mr.. Edward Rooster, on the Camp Chapel
marked $50 and the right T. @. 1929.
- Mrs. Ebeling, widow of Rev. George W.
EbeliDg, has sold her home on Ingleside ave-
nue., Gainesville, to Mr.. Henry Keidel 1t
contains IL acres and is well improved.
~ The board of MANAGERS. of tha- Raltimaza
Rennert, Baltimore, Saturday, June 2Ith, at
IL A. NJ, instead of Saturday, July 4th.
Tile month of June will end next Tues
day and it will go down in history as one OF
the ''wettest' ever experienced. 1t more than
made up for the drouth experienced in May.
THE principal altar in the fine new Cath
Ollie Church in Towson has been completed.
1t is of Italian marble, with onyx trimmings,
and is an artistic and beautiful piece of work.
- The net proceeds of the lawn fete held
two evenings last week for the benefit OF the
public school at Cockeysville were 500. Inc
money will be used for the school library and
organ.
1.-The annual commencement and closing
exercises of the Junior Epworth League OF
Towson NJ e. Church will take place on sun
dav. June 28th, at p All are invited to
attend
While picking raspberries a few days
ago on the farm of Mr.. Simon |. Kemp, near
Granite. I'd district, William ]. Davis killed q
black snake that measured six feet one inch in
length.
= Work in the green stone quarry near
White Hall, N. O. r. R., was commenced this
week. The property is owned by Chicago
company, for which Mr.. W. s. McComas is
manager
THE new -four mill at White Hall, N. c.
r. R., was put in operation this week. 1t has
all modern machinery, and will be operated
by the White Hall Grain and Milling Supply
Company.
> The residence and outbuildings of Mrs
Comfort NJ. W. Morrison, of Cockeysvllle, Will
be supplied with water from tank of 5000
gallons capacity, which is now in course Of
construction.
- The annual picnic of the Sunday school
of Calvary Baptist Church, Towson, was helc
in Chew's woods, near the town, on Thursday
Mr.. s. Howard MerrymaI is superintendent
of the school.
- At least one Towson minister approves
of the views on dogs as forcibly expressed by
MIR. E. Livezey, of Catonsville, in THE UNION
last week. He thinks Mr.. Liyezey understands
the case exactly.
- People are still on the hunt for houses il
Towson, but there are none to be had of thu
class needed. 1t requires houses of modern
improvements to supply the needs of tenant
of the present day.
"A valuable article on "Trespass by DO
nestle Animals is published in The UNIoi
today. The author is lawyer and therefor
competent to deal with subject that is OF 81
much interest to many.
Since the closing of the cotton mill a
Phoenix, N. c. R. r., several families have re
moved from that place to Yardville, N. j.
where Mr.. VIM. L. Boyer, formerly of Phoenix
is now in charge of mill.
-Prof. Loose, of Baltimore, will give TIVE
Of his illustrated musical entertainments a
Mays NJ. E. Church, Chestnut Ridge, Monda.
and Tuesday evenings, June 18th and 3Oth
general invitation is extended.
- The Board of Election Supervisors me
this week, as required by law, and appointe
some of the judges of election for 1903. VIII
will also serve as registration officers. The lis
will be completed next Tuesday.
MIR. John Ridgely, of Hampton, nea
Towson, commenced his wheat harvest OF
Monday, but the rain of that night put stol
to the work. He has las acres to cut and !
presents fairly good appearance.
$50 much wet weather in June has greai
ly retarded the work on the Improvement
the Joppa road at Towson. The contractor
had hoped to complete it in two months, bu
their expectations cannot be realized.
>The two hundredth anniversary OF th
birth of John Wesley will be observed at Boz
ley NJ. E. Church. Hereford Circuit, Sunday
June 2Sth, at 3 P. NJ. Addresses by Kew. .
Fred. Heisse, d. D., of Baltimore, and other
- The Sunday school of St.PauPs Luthera
Church, Lutherville, held its annual Children
day service last Sunday afternoon, with lare
attendance. The sum of SIS was raised IL
the Lutheran Orphans Home at LOUISVILLE, p
>Six new mail cars were this week put
service on the lines of the United Railway
Company. They were built at the company
shops at Carroll Park. Two new express ca
built at the same shops have also been place
on the lines.
THE June meeting of the Fallston Fa
mers' Club was held at the home of NJ
Walter p Reckord near Queenstown. tt
members of the club were much pleased wit
the beauties of the neighborhood in which NJ
Reckord lives.
THE first day of summer Qast Monda
was remarkable only for its GOODNESS and Il
Temperature was far from summerllke.
New York weather prophet says that b
weather will set in this week and contln'
throughout the summer. =,
-->Mr. ]. H Keplinger, gardener for N
place on Bellona avenue, north of Govanstow
has invited the Gardeners Club for an outIl
to take place Thursday, July 9th, from &c
Pm, at Mr.. Lanahan's. =.
>Mr Robert s. Francis, manager for N
John X. Cowan, on his farm in lower Lol
Green Valley, commenced his large harvt
this week. He has 80 acres of very fine graz
much of it pure timothy, in addition to lar
acreages of wheat and oats.