The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-07-23

Monday, July %, BY A. 4. Street,, aomi lns
tor at the Mile House, Hartford road, norses'
Monday, August 3. by Jas j. Lindsay and Harry
K Brooks. Trustees. on the premises az MI
Winans. 18th dristrict, three lots OF grouno'
- According to the almanac the first month
Of summer ended on Thursday last.
You can get catalogue of the coming
county fair by calling at THE UNION office.
The growing corn in this county Is max
ing fine progress and the outlook Tor the crop
Is excellent.
the present year, but the church festival goes
The lawn fete held lately by the congre-
CATION OF st. Joseph's Catholic Church, Texas,
N. C. r. r., netted $3.50.
->In Mr.. Charles e. FendalPs garden, IN
Towson, can be seen single tomato stalk that
- Howard r. Smith, of Parkton, N. @. r.
Pr 5Fo fsfe witch stafs foE aases
- Benjamin w. Catch has been elected
captain Of the Alert Volunteer Fire Company
lately organized on the Belair road.
THE use of gasoline caused another death
in Baltimore this week: People will continue
to ss this deadly stuff despite the danger in it.
- Tuesday, July 10Th. was the hottest day
Of the summer up to that time. Thermome-
tiers in Towson registered from 20 to W de-
grees.
ION Wednesday Mrs. William Burroughs
and daughter, Of Govanstown, attempted to
part two dogs that were lightning when both
were badly bitten by the CANNES.
"a man who has been employed in the
Court House seven years is Just now enjoying
bis first vacation. For faithfulness and atten-
ton to duty he easily holds the record.
Mrs. England. who lives near Butler, is
girls from Baltimore. When their allotted
time Is MP others will take their places.
Mr. Peter Conrad who has been rum
ming stage and express line between Glyndon
and Reisterstown for some years, has sold out
the business to Mr.. Price Buckingham.
-DThe katydids have been singing merrily
this week and they are never heard until after
wheat harvest. Why they suddenly appear
lust at that time every year is mystery.
The thirty second annual session Of Wes-
ley Grove camp-meeting. on the b. q U. Rail
road, commenced on Thursday Of this week.
Il is conducted by the NJ e. Church South.
->The Timonium road is to be improved at
once with good coating Of crushed stone and
Stag from the old Ashland furnace. The road
has been in need Of attention for long time.
THE Western Run Cornet Band will hold
a festival at Western Run postoffice, 9Th dis
trict, on Saturday, August 9Th, commencing
at6p.M. Proceeds for the benefit of the band.
->Towson W. @. T. U. will hold its annual
meeting at the Methodist Protestant parsonage,
Wednesday, July 9th. at P. N. Members
are requested to be punctual in their attend
"a fair for the benefit of Sater's Baptist
Church, Falls road, will be held on the grounds
adjoining the church. ON Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday evenings, July 9th, 18th and
The Jacob Brehm Company, the new
owners Of the Central Hotel ProPeTty, in REFS Refs
Mr.. r. Leigh Hobbs, OF Baltimore, will be the
manager.
THE new Guild House on West Pennsyl-
vania avenue, Towson, is making good progress.
When it Is completed the young folks of the
church will have cosy and comfortable place
of meeting.
-On Sunday morning next, July oath,
Rev. John r. Edwards, pastor Of Towson M.
e. Church, and Rev. John L. Straughn, pastor
Of EPSON NJ. P. Church, TowsoD, will ex-
change pulpits; go,
Hartford road. had yield of about 25l bushels
of wheat to the acre. He considers the crop
extER EQQ8 in view Of the fact that It had been
- It's the ice man who looks impertinent
and gives you short answers now when you
kick about the size of the lump" He'd
better make the best of it now. He won't be
in il next December.
- Much of this years wheat crop has al
ready been threshed and some farmers have
hauled their grain to Baltimore, selling 1t at
a fair price. In most instances the yield was
smaller than expected.
->The regular camp-meeting at New Free
dom. N, G. r. R., will begin next Thursday.
July 18th, and continue until the 9Th of August.
A large number of people have already en-.
camped on the grounds.
-pThe hottest day in THE UNION Office of
which there is any record was on the 2lst OF
Jnly. 1901, when the mercury at 2 P. NJ. touched
SO degrees. The heat was not to great this
week by several degrees.
The reunion of the Sunday schools Of
Monkton Circuit will be held in 0uthrie's
woods, My Lady's Manor, on Thursday, July
18th, commencing at 1870 Am. Addresses by
Rev DIR. II. 8. France and others.
During the hottest part of Tuesday q
colored man passed up the pike through Tow
son driving q bunch of 30 or 40 lambs. The
little things seemed to suffer very much from
the heat and the sight was .pitiful.
->At Mt. Washington last Saturday after
noon the baseball team Of the Country Club
beat the team of the I.utherville Country Club
21 to /. The visitors made their only score in
the ninth inning by stealing bases.
The wheat crop of Mr.. John Ridgely, Of
Hampton-the yield being. smaller than was
expected-will aggregate about 1000 bushels
He has been hauling it to Baltimore this week
and selling it at 874 cts. per bushel.
"a Towson woman was sent to Balti-
more hospital on Monday suffering most ex-
cruciating pain from what was said to be
rheumatism Of the eye. At last accounts her
condition had somewhat improved.
->On Thursday Judge Burke signed an
order divorcing Frank x. Hooper, Of lower
Long Green Valley, from his wife, Adela e.
Hooper, upon the ground of abandonment.
They were married about 80 years ago.
- Mr.. William ID. Randall, the well known
Baltimore grocer, whose store was destroyed
ia the great fire of February last, has rebuilt
the same and resumed business at his old loca-
tion-41O East Baltimore street-this week.
"a number OF people have lately been
looking for Baltimore county farms, but for
some reason they don't buy. There are plenty
OF good opportunities here but to get buyer
and seller together is quite another matter.
I'VE are told that flies have been put here
for good purpose, but it's hard to make the
average man who works indoors believe it. It
may Be that they are Of some use, but as an
unmitigated nuisance they easily take the lead.
THE Sunday school of st. Johns Luth.
eran Church will hold its annual picnic in
Miller's grove. adjoining the church. at the
second toll-gate. Hartford road, on Wednesday,
August 80, to which cordial invitation is ex-
teuded.
sistant pastor of Metropolitan NJ. E. Church,
Baltimore, died from the effects OF stroke OF
paralysis, at his home at Chase, Baltimore
county, on the 18th instant. He leaves q
family.
- Last winter some men were discussing
theseverity Of the weather when an old Scotch
weather was all right until them dom bOogers'
(meaning the weather bureau) got to fooling
with It."
>The Cockeysville Country Club, having
found its present quarters too small. has deci-
ded to lease the fine residence of Mr.. r. Dunlop
Wight, which is near the present location OF
the club. The club will take possession Oc-
tober LIST.
1.-The race programs and entry blanks for
the coming Timonium fair were gotten out at
The UNION Office this week. The fair of 1904
is little more than month off and il you in
tend to make an exhibit you should be prepar-
ing for it now.
"a young son of Mr. Joshua Hoshall, O
farmer near Rayville, 9Th district, while hunt
ing eggs in the barn last Saturday, was bitten
twice By eopperhead snake. Prompt action
on the part of DIR. Norris, of Parkton, saved
the boys life.
- Fifteen Sunday schools of different de-
nominations will hold q reunion under the
auspices of the Presbyterian Sunday school al
White Hall, N. @. r. R., on Saturday next
July 3Oth. The affair promises to be q very
enjoyable one. -.
- July brought us the first real "hot spell
of the summer that kept the mercury above
the 80 mark for several successive days. L
was hot 'for keeps" but the farmers said il
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