The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-09-19

Apples and cider are abundant in Balti
more county this year.
- Some of the railroad parks about Balti
more have already closed for the season.
The County Commissioners this weel
appointed Grant Hare, constable for the 7tl
district.
- The September term of the Circuit Cour
will begin next Monday, 2lst inst. 1t is usual
ly short term.
will celebrate its golden jubilee next Sunday
Rev. T. B. Hughes is the pastor
IA fine Jersey cow on the Locust Val,
Stock Farm Towson, dropped twin calves
few days ago-a male and a female.
>Mr. A. A. Sparks, of Parkton, n. G: r
r. while getting off a railroad train a few days
ago, fell and painfully injured himself.
- The ladies of Poplar M. P. Church will
hold an oyster supper in the hall at Warren
on Friday and Saturday, October 9th and 10th
THE list Of the judges and clerks who
will serve at the coming election is published
in the advertising columns of THE UNION
=. special meeting of Towson W. c. T
u. will be held in the Merryman Building
Wednesday afternoon, September 23d, at 3.3C
o'clock.
MARYLAND Telegraph and Telephone Company
will be opened for business next week. 1t will
cost about $50, 600.
- Mr.. John II. Raspe has been appointed
postmaster at Raspeburg, on the Belair road
succeeding his late father, John H. Raspe, af-
ter whom the Office was named.
- Mr. Robert NJ. Taylor's horse Arrahgo-
wan won the mile and sixteenth race at
Kenilworth, New York, on Thursday. The
betting was to l on the winner.
- Mushrooms are usually abundant in the
old sod fields about Towson at this season, but
this year they are very scarce article. Why
this Is SO no one seems able to explain.
THE London Lancet says the house fly
is a residential fellow and should be banshed
with the mosquito. Flies are scarce where
streets, alleys and yards are kept clean.
-->Another couple from distance--the
groom from Virginia and the bride from Fred
erick-was married at Towson on Thursday,
by Rev. J. l.. Straughn, of the NJ. P. Church.
- Autumn will begin next Thursday, Oath
instant. The summer that is about closing
has been in many respects most remarkable
one and has been the subject of much COM
ment.
- The headquarters of the Baltimore coun-
ty Republican Executive Committee in Balti-
more is at 228 st. Paul street. The rooms are
open at all times and visitors will be always
welcome.
- The fall term of the public schools Of
the county commenced last Monday. The
army of school children in the county mum.
bers about II 900. In Baltimore city there are
over IS, 900.
- Baltimore county Democrats opened
their headquarters in the Hotel Lexington
Baltimore, ON Monday last. Mr.. Charles ]
Fox, chairman of the Executive Committee
will be in charge.
"a lawn fete for the benefit of Trinity
Church, Long Green, will be held at the resi-.
dence of Mr.. w. s. g. Williams, near Cuttings
postoffice, on Saturday, September 10th, com.
mencing at P. NJ.
sit is said that this years Baltimore
county fair will show very comfortable bal.
ance-enough to meet the cost of all improve.
ments and something to the good beside. This
is very encouraging.
- September gave us taste of some real
summer weather, with temperature above sc
and burning heat from the sun that was al
most unbearable But the September nights
arr nearly always cool.
- Mr.. Charles A. Councilman and Mr.. A
w. Fuss, of Worthington Valley are this
week filling their silos at the rate Of about Sc
tons per day. The latter has three, with ca.
pacity of over 400 tons.
1.-Two sons of we'll known farmer near
Sweet Air drive to and from their home every
day to attend the Towson High School. Later
in the season they will use the Maryland &
Pennsylvania Railroad.
- The terrific storm that swept the Atlantic
coast on Wednesday morning reached this
section of Maryland on Thursday morning
But it was mere zephyr compared to what was
experienced on the coast.
1.-The name of Mr.. A. Y. Dolfield's farm
up from the first two letters of his own three
names-Alexander Yearley Dolield-Al-Y e
Do. Unique if not pretty.
1.-THE quarterly statemente of the Canton
National Bank and the Cockeysville National
Bank appear in the advertising columns OF
THE UNION today. Both are well conducted
and prosperous institutions.
THE corn crop in Baltimore county this
year will be short, due to the fact that farmers
could not work it at the proper time on &C.
count of too much rain. In some fields the
crop was simply drowned out.
- Baltimore city and suburbs will be alive
with visiting Odd Fellows next week. They
are now focking here by the thousands and
the Hello Bill boys won't be in it in point
of numbers when they all get here.
twenty-five knights contended for the
honors and prizes at the tournament held q
at Manor, 10th district. The attendance was
good and the affair passed off successfully.
"a fine specimen of the American eagle
has been placed in Druid Hill Park. 1t was
captured on Sassafras river 1t is young
bird and its chief meal ON Monday was COM
posed of two pounds of beef and two large rats
1.-The congregation of st. John's Lutheran
Church at the second toll-gate, Hartford road
will hold its annual harvest home festival on
Sunday September 20th commencing at 2. 80
P. NJ, to which a cordial invitation is extended
to all.
Country Club, Mr.. William Mann, manager
is about winding up its work for the year. i
got under way very late in the season anC
played but twelve games, winning eight Of
them.
> The Hartford Creamery Company. whose
establishment was near White Hall, N. @. r
r., was burned out on Thursday afternoon
This will cause a great deal of Inconvenience,
to many farmers who sold their milk to tht
creamery.
Tile Gardeners Club will hold dahlis
show in the Royal Arcanum Building, Wes
2 to 10 P. NJ. Mr. Richard Vincent, Jr., presi
dent of the club, returned a few days ago from
pleasure trip to Europe.
- Last Saturday morning horse and run
about valued at $500 were stolen from The
premises OF Mr.. Joseph Frank, near Rossville
young men who were afterwards seen driving
the team on the Belair road.
= - James Shea, aged IL years, whose home
is near Timonium, was caught in the knives O.
q moving machine few days ago and had hi;
left leg frightfully mangled. He was taken t.
the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where it wa:
thought the leg could be saved.
->The driver of Filston Farm Dairy
wagon was fined $40 and costs by Baltimore
magistrate on Monday for cruelty beating The
horse he was driving To make examples o.
such human brutes is highly commendablt
anu SuOulu pIONc a ~ OtASAS Va bhCA
class.
THE Federal Engineering and Construc
ton Company, through its agent, MIR. w
Riley Weaver, has contracted with the County
Commissioners to macadamize ree-quarter
of mile of the Hillen road extending from
what is known as Reid's Hill in southeastern
direction.
-At the opening of the fall term last yea
the public school at Sherwood, N. G. r. R.
had AZ pupils. When the same school opened
last Monday it had II. The balance were alb
sorbed by the parochial school at Towson
which runs conveyance for them, the distanc
being two miles.
@The Epworth League of Gatch's NJ. E
Church. Belair road will hold rally on Sun
day next, commencing at 1880 A. NJ. and con
tinuing througout the day and evening Rep
resentatives will be present from all the ap
pointments on the circuit. Able speaker
from Baltimore will be present.
- Several of the Democratic candidates at
tended festival given at Lauraville Hall, Har
ford road, Tuesday night. by the ladies of Tay
lor Circuit, NJ E. Church South. The affai
was a success The money will be devoted +
the fund for the erection of the new church t
take the place of Andrew Chapel.
1.-THE business of the Maryland d Penn
sylvania r. R. is growing rapidly. In thre
days the latter part of August the road deliv
cred $4,000 lbs. of freight at Belair. Durin
the month of August, 1923 passengers wer
carried, an increase of over 300 as compares
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