The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-08-27


GERS say the prospects for successful fair are
excellent. The weather is always good during
Timonium Fair week, so nothing need be said
about that.
- essrs. Brian & Merritt, manufacturers
agents for farming implements, South Ere
mont avenue, Baltimore, will make fine dis
play at the coming Timonium Fair. All the
indications point to an excellent exhibit in this
department.
The Prospect Park fair and races will take
place on the grounds, Eastern avenue extended,
September 18th, 18th, 14th, 18th, 18th and 18th.
Mr.. w. w. Elliott is the secretary, to whom
inquiries should be addressed. See advertise
ment in THE UNION today.
- Emory Grove campmeeting closed at .
o'clock last Monday morning. The Salvation
Army camp is now in progress in Glyndon
Park, near the grounds of the former. Many
of the tenters at Emory Grove remain there
until the LIST of September.
PLENTY of amusements and diversions are
| promised by the management for the coming
| Timonium Fair, and when the children go
there they will find plenty of entertainment
not only on Friday, which has been set apart as
their special day, but every day.
->For the first six months of 1904 $50 mar
rage licenses were issued from the County
Clerks Office at Towson, or % less than for the
corresponding period of 1908. June was the
banner month, 65 licenses having been issued,
when the month following but 81 were issued.
"A broken axle caused troublesome
freight wreck on the Northern Central Railway
at Phoenix early last Saturday morning. Sew
eral of the cars were wrecked and the tracks
were blocked for some hours. No one was
hurt, Conductor Harp receiving a few scratches
only.
1.-The Mt. Washington baseball team play
ed a great game at the Maryland Oval last Sat-
urday afternoon with the Maryland A. c. and
| shut it out by a score of4 too. When country
team can do that to an aggregation as strong as
the M. A. c., they must be corking good ball
| players.
- Among the finest buildings in the burnt
| district of Baltimore city will be the homes OF
three of the daily Dewspapers-the american,
on its former site; the Sum- on the southwest
corner of Baltimore and Charles streets, and
the Neacs, southeast corner of Calvert and Fay
| cite streets.
some recreation and took ''little run" down
to Cape May. 1t took him seventeen hours to
reach there. He had just thirty minutes at the
Cape, and then had to start for home again. A
break down on the railroad was the cause of
the trouble.
THE Aid Society of Ebenezer NJ. E.
Church, Hartford county, will hold festival
and meat supper in the grove at the church, on
the evenings of Wednesday, August 3lst, and
Thursday, September 1st. The proceeds will
be applied to remodeling the church. All will
be welcome.
"a liquid is being used on the roadbed of
the Towson electric railway that seems to be
destroying the weeds and grass that were over
running the tracks in many places. If this
method is found to be effective it will greatly
simplify the work of getting rid of this ever
present trouble
- Rev. Matthew OKeefe, the aged pastor
of the Catholic Church at Towson, attempted
to board Towson car in Baltimore few days
ago, when the car moved before he was entirely
on the platform and he was thrown into the
street. Fortunately he was not hurt and was
able to conduct service as usual the day follow
ing.
- load of hay is not a very important
thing in itself, but when it is upset in a street
through which trolley cars run it can block
travel about as effectually as anything we can
think of. And load of hay, when spilled
around promiscuously, looks about four times
as large as when it is going along quietly on
the wagon.
- Upon invitation of the improvement As.
ISOLATION the County Commissioners will, next
Tuesday afternoon, make an inspection ofsome
of the roads in and about Woodlawn I'd dis
trict, including the western end of Franklin
turnpike. Judge William E. Zimmerman, Of
the County Orphans Court, is president of the
association.
THE valuable real estate of the late Mrs.
Margaretha Schurman, of Sweet Air will be
sold at public sale, on the premises, by Mr..
George Treut, executor, on Thursday, Septem-
Der LIST. It embraces a farm of 125 acres be.
sides several improved and unimproved lots.
For particulars see advertisement in THE
UNION today.
The American Methodist Historical So
ciety has arranged for pilgrimage on Tues
day, October 18th, to Sans Creek and the va
rious other points in Carroll county where
Methodism had its rise in this country and
where the first Methodist society was organized
in the United States by Rev. Robert Strawbridge
not later than 1900.
->At the sale of the personal effects of the
late Daniel w. Cameron, in the 7th district, q
few days ago, a grandfather's clock that was said
to be over 100 years old sold for $52. A Harris
burg man became the purchaser. Mr.. Came
ron, who was over 80 years of age had some
antique furniture about his house and it all
brought good prices.
- On account of the humidity in the at
mosPhere lest MQpdaZs August 22d1s YES one Of
mercury did not go above 80 in Towson, but
| the heat was something terrible and complaints
could be heard on every hand. Thunder
storms late in the afternoon. accompanied by
heavy rain, brought relief
THE Maryland Country Clubs baseball
team was vanquished on its home grounds,
Park Heights avenue, last Saturday afternoon
by the Towson team, by score of 10 to5. DR..
| Steuart Cassard, who is not a regular" pitch
ed good game for the Towsons. 1t was evil
| dent from the first that the Towson team was
| too strong for its adversaries.
"A pair ofhOrses belonging to Ditch Bros,
| of Baltimore, got frightened at an automobile
| on the Liberty road last Sunday afternoon and,
getting beyond the control of the driver plunged
| Consolidated Gas Company. The gentleman
| and his family, who were in the carriage, es-
capped with slight injuries, but one of the horses
| had his back broken and had to be killed.
THE Timonium Fair grounds were never
in finer condition than they are just now and
| the thousands who visit the fair this year will
| be pleased to note the many changes and i'm
provements that have been made. Chief among
these is the new grand stand which, with coats
of white and color wash here and there have
In1 sc ~
All these must be seen to be appreciated.
Nearly $4,000 people filled Oriole Park
| last Saturday afternoon to witness the two
games of ball scheduled between the Buffalos-
| the leaders of the Eastern League-and the Bal
| timores. They split even on the double header
each team taking game, and the record break
| ing crowd went wild with delight. The public
does not appear to be losing interest in the great
National game, judging by the crowds attracted
| to Oriole Park.
flock ofwild pigeons was seen on Friday morn
| ing, August 18th. in the woods on the country
| place of Mr.. A. G. Snyder, on the Hillen road
about a mile southeast Of Towson. A few
years ago these birds mysteriously disappeared
from this country and no one was ever able
to explain what became of them. Their sud-
den temperance. if true, is something remark.
able and as difficult of explanation.
- Between six and seven hundred people
attended the tournament held on Tuesday
afternoon on the farm OF MT. jacob ElllOtt, IN
the 9th district. The affair was conducted by
Mr.. Charles M. Pearce as chief marshal.
Twenty-one knights contended for the honors
and prizes and eight of them took rings each.
Charles e. Howard was first in the money, and
Oscar Brooks won first honor. Mr.. John Mays
Little delivered the charge to the knights, and
Mr.. Frank ]. Duncan made the coronation ad-
dress.
"A good many complaints are heard in
Towson about the noise made in the streets at
an early hour Of the morning by the taking out
of the fire engine horses, attached to the hose
wagon) for exercise. They go through the
streets at lively clip, led by the fire dog, whose
barks of delight at the fun set all the other ca
mines in the town to yelping and terrific
racket is the result. This has been particularly
bad for sick people, and it is not surprising
that they complain. We think plan can be
adopted to remedy the thing complained of.
Annual Tournament at the Confederate
Home.-Arrangement are well under way
for the annual tournament and ball to be held
at the Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers
Home, Pikesville, on Maryland Day, Septem-
Der 18th. Mr.. Harry A. Devries chairman of
the arrangements committee, has been busy
preparing the list of riders to whom to send
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