The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-25

air and baltimore. Many extra trains wei
run ana thousands OF passengers were carried
out not a single accident was reported. Th
speaks well for the management.
- Col. Levin Lake. of Glen-Arm, Bait
more county, has sued Ex-Governor Franl
Brown for 81 500 claimed to be due him on a
alleged contract to introduce patent of SON.
sort. Col. Lake was to receive 5000 for hi
services, but was paid only $500.
- A heavy hail storm visited the neighbol
hood of Hebbville, I'd district. last Monda
afternoon and the corn fields in its track wer
rlddled. Other growing crops and fruit wer
also damaged. Fortunately the hail did nc
cover very wide scope Of country.
The handsome new residence of Nj
Walter b. Brooks, near Stevenson, Cree
Spring Valley, will soon be ready for occu
pancy. 1t is beautifully located and will b
one of the most attractive homes in that highl,
favored section of Baltimore county.
> gang of tramps have been committing
depredations on the Belair road in the neigh
borhood of Necker. One night lately the,
and carried off large quantity of onions
Other truckers sustained similar losses
- This has been an uncommonly dull
week in TOwson, the reunion CT the Elks il
Baltimore appearing to have absorbed al
other interests. Baltimore county contributed
its full share to the crowds that daily anC
nightly thronged the principal streets of the
city.
>Mr.J. Alexis Shriver has met with much
success in securing rights of way for the Belaii
and Baltimore Electric Railway. The only
man from who he has met with opposition is
John Hines, whose property is near Cub Hill
and who demands 5000 for small strip oil
ground.
"A farmer advertised in THE UNION last
week for q good general farm hand, with
steady work the year around. On Thursday
of this week he sent word to the office to dis
continue the lad. saying that he had found
a suitable man. This does not look like farm
help is so scarce.
= dvices from Carroll county say that the
wheat crop in that section of the State was
badly damaged by the wet weather and some
of the grain that was hauled to the mills was
rejected and returned. This will cause heavy
loss to farmers, who can make use of it only
as feed for stock.
- Straw rides is a favorite form of amuse-
ment among the younger people of Towson
and several of them have taken place lately.
A person who can enjoy the agonies of straw
ride and live to tell the tale deserves to be
placed in the list of those who have attained
some degree of heroism.
1.-The Sunday school of Towson NJ. E.
Church will hold its annual picnic in the
woods adjoining EPSON Church, Tuesday, July
28th, commencing at 10 A. NJ. Burgoynes
Band will be present in the evening, when ice
cream and other refreshments will be on sale.
Public cordially invited.
derson has been lodged in Jail here upon the
charge of setting fire to and burning the barn
OF Mr.. James Rittenhouse, in the 18th district
last week. The girl was employed by the
family of Mr.. Rittenhouse. The evidence
against her is said to be conclusive.
Mr. Charles H. Hurkamps Amaret won
the jumping contest at the Atlantic City
horse show last week, beating the champion
high jumper Heatherbloom. Mr. Hurkamp's
horses have been seen at Timonium and also
at the Baltimore shows. He is the owner of
Boscobel Stock Farm, Fredericksburg Va
= The Towson baseball team did not go to
Betterton last Saturday because of the heavy
rain. Many of those who intended to accom-
pany the boys were disappointed. Our people
are beginning to wake up to the fact that they
have tirstclass amateur ball team this year,
but such an affair cannot be run without funds
->Some of The UNIONS local correspon-
dents will persist in sending in their favors so
late in the week that they do not reach us
until Friday morning. AS the paper goes to
press on Friday afternoon it frequently hap
pens that there is not enough time to give the
letters proper attention, or any attention what
ever.
Mr.. Joseph F. Smith, who rents the
Henry Merryman farm at Meredth's ford, has
cut the largest crop of timothy hay that was
ever raised on that place. The average yield
on one field was nearly three tons to the acre.
Mr.. Smiths wheat crop was a failure, but he
expects most satisfactory results from his po-
tatoes
> Rev. Asbury R. Kelley will preach on
Young Peoples Societies in Wilson's NJ. E.
Church, Long Green Circuit, Sunday, July Goth,
at p. M. The members of the Christian En-
deavor Society of Chestnut Grove Church and
the Epworth League chapters of Waugh, Union
Chapel and Wilson's are cordially invited to
be present.
"A young colored man was lodged in Jail
here this week for tRlzjnS- ana
tp,f han mhi0h nv tho W said
to be a very common custom among colored
coachmen. The penalty under the law for this
act is fine of from $50 to 500 and from six
months to four years imprisonment.
There passed through Towson on Mon
day, on their way to the Baltimore market,
bunch of 81 extra fine fat steers from the
farm of Mr.. D. Clinton Marshall, near Sweet
Air, 10th district. Their average weight is said
to have been 1122 pounds. Mr.. Marshall has
had many years experience in the feeding of
cattle and is an expert in the business.
- Baltimore city's electric railway had
harvest this week and the company appeared
to make good use of it. 1t is doubtful if it
ever before enjoyed such a week of prosperity.
The travel was immense almost throughout
the entire week. Those who used the Towson
line had to endure many dlscomiorts, put they
are now pretty well accustomed to such things.
THE band contest at Electric Park on
Tuesday afternoon and evening was feature
of the reunion OF the order of Elks that was
enjoyed by thousands. No Maryland or Dis
trict of Columbia bands were allowed to enter,
the five contesting bands being from distant
cities. 1t was musical treat the like of which
is of rare occurrence. The principal prize was
$1,000.
have sued Mr.. William e. Stansbury, well
known farmer and contractor, for $4,000
damages for causing the death of their young
son last May. The boy climbed upon manure
spreader that was being hauled along the pub
lie road and set the machinery in motion, sus-
tanning injuries from which lockjaw resulted,
causing his death.
-General Manager House, of the United
Railways and Electric Company, has issued
strict orders relative to the suppression of the
disorder caused by colored persons and others
on the cars of the Towson and Gainesville line
at night. Arrests will be made and, it is
hoped, those guilty will be sent to Jail, as the
imposition of small fines has failed thus far to
have the desired effect.
Last Sunday was lively day in Towson,
made so by the arrival of Troop A, on the re-
turn trip from the State encampment at Belair
The Troop was accompanied by company of
regular cavalry that was on the march to Lees
burg, Va. Several hours were spent here. af-
fording the men and horses good rest. The
officers were entertained at the hotels and at
the Overland Hunt Club.
- During the storm on Monday afternoon
last lightning struck the rod on the steeple of
Trinity Church, Towson, but was carried OIL to
the earth without doing any damage. Mr..
Jacob H. Taylor, whose summer home is
within few feet of the church, saw the flash
and says that for an instant the air semed filled
with fame He thinks the rod saved the
church from serious damage.
81 the condemnation case of the West
ern Maryland Tidewater Railroad Company
against the Airing Brook Real Estate Compa-
nv, tried before Baltimore city sheriff's jury,
some of the expert witnesses fixed the damages
at $26 900 to S27 900, while the figures of others
ran as high as $3.50, 500. Sheriff's juries in the
city don't live on the fat of the land like SINH
lar juries in the county do. They even have
to pay for their own drinks and cigars.
= The State Central Committee has decided
to change the date of the Republican primary
meetings in Baltimore county from Friday,
August 14th, to Saturday, August 10Th. 1t has
been the custom for years to hold the primary
elections in the suburban districts on Friday
in order that the truckers and others could
take part, as on Saturday they attend market.
In the rural districts this did not inconvenience
the voters from attending and il those districts
the primaries were held on Saturday.
Meeting of the Dancing Class.-The
Glencoe Dancing Glass met at the residence oil
DR.. and Mrs W. F. Bland, on Friday evening
of last week. Refreshments, consisting Of
ice-cream cake and lemonade, were served al