The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-22

Towson now they are at once fixed upon as
bent on matrimony and on the lookout for a
minister. And in nearly every case the sur
| mise turns out to be correct.
- The ladies of Andrew Chapel, NJ. +.
! church South, Gardenville. will give supper
! IN tent to be erected on the corner of Frank
lin avenue and the Belair road, on Tuesday
and wednesday, September 18th and 10Th, for
the benefit of the new church.
"A young lady at Mt. Washington has
! taken to riding horseback imam fashion" and
many curious people are anxious to know who
she is. Thus far, it is said she has managed
to conceal her identity, but why she should
wish to do so is not explained.
= Mr. Harry e. Mann a well known mem
Der of the bar, has been appointed receiver of
the First Permanent Building Association of
Baltimore City. The failure of the association
is saie to be due to defalcation of the secre-
| tary amounting to over $25, 900.
> DR.. George f. Corse has purchased the
old Andrew Chapel property on Southern ave-
| nue., Gardenville, and the congregation has Sc
cured a more accessible lot, corner Franklin
avenue and Belair road. upon which a hand
some stone church will be erected.
1.-THE charge against DIR. J. G. Schofeld,
sanitary officer for the 18th district, was not
heard by the County Commissioners ON Tues.
day. owing to the absence of DR.. Fulton, Sec
rotary of the State Board of Health. DR..
Schofield is charged with neglect of duty.
- The Prospect Park Fair begins on Tues
day, September 8th--one week later than
Timonium--and continues five days. The
races will be a leading feature this year, but
there will be numerous other amusements and
diversions calculated to please every body.
- Mr.. Edmund J. Kenney, of the Wilson
d Kenney Company, of Towson, has secured
mate for his black pony and he is now driv-
ing very handy little double team to rubber
tired runabout Therg attracts not little at
tcntion as it dashes along in businesslike
way.
= William Russell Walker, who is known
as the Social Highwayman," has again been
arrested on the charge of stealing a diamond
ring valued at $500 from lady in Baltimore.
Walker has served term in the MARYLAND
penitentiary and also in the Jail at Towson for
stealing.
An interesting letter from Mr.. N. Rogers
Bayly, of Batesburg, s. c., appears in this
issue OF The UNION, and others will follow.
Mr.. Bayly, who was formerly resident of
Green Spring Valley, Baltimore county, is
successfully engaged in business in South
Carolina.
Don't forget 1.-THE Country SCHOOL, to
be given at Grange Hall, Towson, on Friday
evening next, August 28th commencing at
o'clock. This will he noval and highly
amusing entertainment and all should see it.
The proceeds will go to improvement fund of
EPSON Church
THE Junior Order United American Me-
chanics is making arrangements for a grand
demonstration to be held at Gwynn Oak Park,
on Saturday, September 18th Mr.. John 8.
Ensor, Republican nominee for States Attor-
ney of this county, has been invited to be one
of the speakers
"a few days ago Robert w. Wheeler. an
inmate of the Mount Hope Retreat for the In
sane, was brought before Judge Burke and Or
dered to be released. Considerable surprise
was expressed when it was stated that the Pc
utloner had been committed to the institution
by magistrate
"a few days ago while lady was driving
alone on the Joppa road short distance west
OF Towson, man stepped out from a vacant
house and attempted to catch her horse. She
whipped up and escaped from him. An effort
was afterward made to catch the man, but it
was unsuccessful.
Mr.. Philip B. Welsh, who lately pur-
chased the James Getty farm at Glen Morris,
4th district, is erecting several greenhouses and
will engage in the growing of flowers for the
wholesale market Mr.. Welsh continues to
conduct his florist establishment on the old
York road Waverly.
- Mondays Republican convention was
the most orderly gathering of the kind ever
seen in Towson. There were no DRINKS and
no disorder of any kind. The delegates came
here to transact the business for which they
were sent and as soon as they had disposed of
that they returned to their homes.
1.-The Baltimore Presbytery will hold a
meeting in the new church at White Hall, N.
G. r. R., in October next. The entertainment
committee is composed of Mrs. r. H. Wiley,
Mrs. w. e. Carr, Mrs. Samuel w. Black, Mrs.
W. p. Anderson, Mrs. H. M. Foster, Mrs.
Charles H. Wise and Mrs. Henry p Burns.
> Among those who passed the late civil
service examination for positions in the first
grade OF the customs service were the follow
ing from Baltimore county, with their aver
ages: Edgar G. Mitchell, 80 per cent. Joseph
Il. Mccoy, n per cent. Mr.. Mitchell is prin-
clpal OF the public school at Gardenville, Bel.
air road.
->Attention is invited to the advertisement
OF the Salvation Army camp meeting, to be
held on Summit Grove grounds, Northern
Central Railway, from August 28th to Septem-
Der 9th, inclusive. Commander Booth Tucker
and the entire army staff will be present The
music will be special feature of the meeting.
1.-THE weather men say that the weather
of the present month is the most remarkable
OF any August for many years. The tempera-
ture the greater part of the true has been
more like fall than midsummer and at times
the nights have been positively chilly. A
temperature of 81 has not been unusual, and
sometimes it was even lower than that.
> Under the law the County Commission
are constituted a local health board. This
being the case would it not be well for them
to devote little attention to Towson. The
town is becoming filthy and the health of the
people is being endangered. They have no
one else to depend upon except the Commits
sioners and they naturally look to them for
relief.
THE Baltimore County Medical Associa-
ton held it's regular monthly meeting at Elec-
trio Park on Thursday afternoon, with good
attendance. Several papers were read and
resolution was adopted asking the president of
the County Health Board to come before the
association at its next meeting and explain
the working of the law against nuisances as
applied in the county.
There are now two tickets in the field in
Baltimore county. with seventeen names on
each. When the State nominations are made
three more names will be added to each, max
ing in all forty. Add to these the names on
the Prohibition ticket and possibly some of
the Social Labor organization and we will
have a most formidable ballot to handle in
November and hundreds of people will be put
to their wits end to know how to mark it.
The County Fair as an Educator.-"It is
an education" he said. what would us
farmers do without this annual foolin' ?
come here today pore, Ignorant Teller, an
by the judicious use of dollar I've seen things
Pm blessed sure d never see in any other place.
Mind the mermaid.-the picked mermaid down
there. What a wonderful thing that was to
stedy, an for only five cents An the wild
man from the Filipinos We hear heap O.
them Filipino Islands these days, an it's
special treat to see Teller from them parts a.
caperin' round cage an to see them feed
him-only l wish they wouldn't a spoiled
him by tattoon' an eagle on his arm. Still,
they is rumors that he was barber before he
became Filipino an that it's the captivity
that upset his mind most, but it's well worth
the money to watch him gnaw an roar.
They'll tell you these fairs is dyin' out-that
they amt so good as they used to be- Nom
sensel As long as the human race is cravin'
information the county fairll be an institu-
ton. Where else could we see lady an
gentleman box like the two there in the tent
by the wheel of fortune? Not seen it ? That's
well worth dime. You might supposin'
they were married, the way the lady hits the
gentleman. You might
THE entertainment is about to begin"
shouted the Snowman.
He seemed to address himself entirely to the
worthy standing before him, hesitatipg and
still twirling the coin.
Little Egypt is now ascending up the stage"
The megaphone was aimed point-plank at my
wise friend, and to add to its persuasion the
twang of the banjo sounded from the tent.
Its an education" said the old man, and
joining the line, we went in.
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