The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-06-20

Monday, July b. Dy EMIL BuQnlJZ.UruSJee.O ON Tn
premises, a house and lot in Crowdersville
18th district.
Monday, July 6, by Noah E. orutt. assignee, Of
the premises, fee-simple property on Ingle
side avenue, Gainesville.
Tuesday, July Z. by X. H. Bussey. attorney, a
the Court House door, house and acres o
land at the junction of Falls and Black Rocl
roads, 9Th district
Tuesday, July IA, by VIM. s. Keech and W. Gil
Smith. attorneys, ETC., at the Court Hous,
door. a farm of SO acres near Hoffmanville
9th district.
1.-The Fourth of July falling on Saturday
this year will cheat the public school children
out of one holiday.
- The ladies of Partition NJ. E. Church will
hold festival and supper, Saturday afternoon
and evening. June Doth.
- Children's day services will be held at
Pine Grove Union Church, near Loeb Raven
Sunday, June 21st, at 2.30P.M
->It is said that some people are so arbi-
trary they would kick if they were dead. II
is believed few of this class live in Towson.
THE tournament season opened early in
Baltimore county this year but this June
weather is even too much for these hardy
affairs.
- The Towson baseball team has supplied
itself with new uniforms from the proceeds of
the strawberry festival lately held in the Cooper
building.
@At the morning service at Hiss NJ. E.
Church, Hartford road, next Sunday, a class of
membership.
The directors of the Northern Central
Railway Company this week declared a semi
annual dividend of per cent, payable from
the net profits.
->The beer that was consumed in Balti.
more this week would float the battleship Ore
gon. This is only guess, but it can't be far
from the truth.
THE Baltimore Sangerfest attracted
many Baltimore county people, but not so
many who paid 81 for 25-cent tickets for the
Sunday concert.
IA number of people from a distance
have taken rooms at the Smedley House.
They are evidently pleased with Towson and
its surroundings.
THE new Presbyterian Church at Roland
Park is almost completed and it will be occu-
pied for the first time next month. The edifice
will cost about SOS 900.
1.-THE taxes of Baltimore county are COL
lected pretty closely when it is shown that at
this time only S46,81170 remains uncollected
under the levy of 1902
MIR. George G. Winemiller, miller at Cor
such Mills 7th district, has let the contract for
fitting his mill with an entire equipment of
roller process machinery.
THE Board of Election Supervisors will
meet at the office in Towson, Tuesday, June
23d, at 10 A. NJ, to take the preliminary steps
to arrange for this years election.
1.-THE new telephone line extending from
the
Union Telephone Company, of which Mr..
Benjamin F. Jordan is the president.
- The storm PERIOD of June appears to
be more persistent this year than usual There
has been much rain and very cool weather.
but very little if any out of the common.
1.-The Baltimore branch of the Woman
Foreign Missionary Society will hold its third
quarterly meeting at Catch Church, Belair
road, on Thursday, June 25th, at 10. 80 A. M.
Several millions of shad fry were placed
in Back and Middle rivers, Baltimore county,
this week, by the State Fish Commission !.
They were from the Druid Hill Park hatchery
->The newly elected officers Of Towson
Lodge, |. o. o. F., will be publicly installed
on Thursday night, July 10th, when pleasant
social affair is promised the members and their
friends.
Several of the little slips sent out with
found Their way 66acK 70 the ONCE THIS week.
And still there are others that have not yet
turned up.
the infant son of Col. and Mrs. Charles
B. MCLEAN, of Towson, died at Atlantic City
on Monday last. Its remains were brought
on and inferred in Prospect Hill Cemetery on
Wednesday.
BY the quarterly statement of the Can
ton National Bank its line of deposits amounts
to S433, 409.01 The capital stock of the bank
is 100000 and its loans and discounts amount
to $3.50, S64.12.
= Messrs. John S. Biddison and Edward
l.. Ward, attorneys for VIM II. Sparrow, have
filed bill in equity against his wife, Emma G.
Sparrow for an absolute divorce alleging
abandonment, etc.
BY the quarterly distribution of the
State public school fund, made by the Comp
troller on the 18th inst, Baltimore county
white schools will receive S13, 522.54 and color
ed schools 81 1870
-Several houses in course of erection in
Towson will soon be ready for occupancy.
More houses would have been built here this
summer except for the high price of all kinds
of building material.
1.-THE next big turnaround in Baltimore
will be the annual gathering of the order OF
Elks, which will begin July Goth. In point OF
crowds it is said this will far outnumber the
Sengerfest of this week.
> The all-day meeting at Sater's Baptist
Church, Falls road, last Sunday was well at
tended, despite the unfavorable weather; Sew
eral ministers from Baltimore assisted the pas
tor, Rev. e. T. Hampton.
THE net receipts of the fair held lately
for the benefit of the new Catholic Church al
Towson will amount to about $4,000. The
ladies who were in charge deserve much
credit for such gratifying result
- Last Sunday was Flag Day and owing tc
this fact many of the public schools had OBJ
servances of the day on Monday. This day is
the anniversary of the adoption of the Star:
and Stripes as the National emblem.
~ Mr.. E. E. McCleary, of Locust Vale
Stock Farm, Towson, who made business
trip to New York last week, brought back
with him a fine lot of horses that have sine
been attracting good deal of attention.
- Rev. John r. Edwards, pastor OF Tow
son NJ. e. Church, contemplates making SOM
improvements to the interior of his church a
an outlay of about $1,000. These will includ
frescoing new lighting arrangements etc.
->In the two-day shooting tournament q
Warm Springs, Ca, this week Mr.. j. Novel
Hawkins, of Baltimore county, carried off tn
honors. There were sixty entries. The scor
of Mr.. Hawkins was 334 out of $50 targets
"a small strike occurred this week on tn
improvement being made to the Joppa road II
Towson, due to some conflict of authority
The differences were adjusted in the course o
two or three hours and the men resumed work
- Henry Ritter, of Mt. Washington, WHIT
was struck on the head with a brick on tn
14th of May last died in hospital in Bait
more, on Monday last. He was 80 years oil
and leaves family. His assailant is unknown
- During the last fiscal year Baltimor
county received nearly 5000 from the bank
in interest on deposits. This is very credita
Bile showing and in marked contrast TO the oil
plan of paying out large sums in discountin
notes.
Sits violation of the law for huckstel
to carry around chickens with their legs tle'
together and their heads hanging down. VIII
don't our officers arrest some OF the men VIII
infiict this cruelty and make an example
them?
-Towson has not yet made move for
Fourth of July celebration. This is an ann
versary that should never be overlooked.
should be especially observed in order to kee
up the fires of patriotism in the hearts OF I'd
young.
-sThe regular Pen-Mar excursion seaso
opened on Thursday last the day being desis
mated as Grand Army Day" The Wester
Maryland R. R. Company has made this on
of the most popular excursion resorts IN ID
country.
81 Dr. w. Willard Sterling, well know
young physician of the 9TH district, is about
erect fine residence for himself on land r.
Gently purchased from Mr.. ] NJ. Birmingham
Contractor VIM. T. Sitter, of Parkton, will
the builder.
- Mr.. Charles H. Wise, who is a pap
manufacturer in the 9TH district, has bee
obliged to close down his mill because his da
was washed away by recent freshet. M
Wise is member of the Board OF Eclectic
Supervisors.
MIR. George Sack, of Lauraville, has bee
awarded the contract to build the new passe
ger station at 0verlea, on the Belair road.
will be fine affair and will cost about 50 ,OC
The building will be erected by the Overl
Land Company.
THE heavy weight hunter Grey Roc
owned by Mr. Robert NJ. Taylor, of the Hill
road, has been sold to Chicago gentlemi
and will be taken to that city next week to I
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