The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-07-16

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Neck, near the Eastern avenue road IDLE
district. 1890.
Monday, July % BY A. T. Street, adI ,sns
tor. at the emile House, Hartford road, horses
COWS, wagons, harness, etc; .u
Monday, August 8. by Jas. ]. Lindsay and Harry
X. Brooks. Trustees, on the premises at Mt
Winans, 18th dristrict. three lots OF ground.
lied at Timonium, with membership OF thirty
- Il is possible to see rainbow almost any
afternoon now on account OF the frequent
showers. =,
THE Lutheran Mission at Glen-Arm will
hold its Children's day service on Sunday night,
July 18th, commencing at 8 O'Clock.
3 - Trinity Church and Chapel Iowson,
MiIl Be- used ioF the iiist time next Sunday
@F Friday. July 18th, was 81. swithen's day.
An old tradition was that IL rain fell on that
day II would rain for forty successive days
thereafter.
ening. Today-Saturday, July 16th-the sun
rises at IS minutes after and sets at % min
utes after Z.
-sMr. Henry Deering, of Mt. Winans, 18th
district exhibited some fine peaches of bis own
growing at the newspaper offices in Baltimore
3 few days ago.
- The corn crop is now as good as made
in Baltimore county and the outlook for it is
excellent. Some Of the fields present beauti-
ful appearance.
- Recent heavy rains have badly washed
many county roads and it will require much
work and large outlay of money to get them
in shape again.
the Winston improvement Club of
GOvanstown has made number Of improve
ments on East Winston avenue that the public
will appreciate.
- business is pretty dull at this season but
along. This is at least gratifying and we hope
ii may keep up.
THE camp-meeting season is now near at
hand and it is generally believed that they are
almost certain to strike rainy time, bat this
does not always follow.
N. c. r. r., will bold meeting at the home
of the president, Mr.. Wesley A. Royston, on
Saturday evening, July 10th.
-The United Railways and Electric Com
pany has let the contract for building $50 winter
cars, with all the latest Improvements. This
new equipment will cost about $4OO, OO0
- Baltimore county continues to be well
represented at the Worlds Fair and no doubt
when the busy season is over among farmers
many more of them will find their way there.
-sAnother hail storm visited Towson on
Monday and while plenty of it fell there was
not enough to do any damage. The thunder
and lightning that accompanied it were ter
rife.
IA toy balloon caused 81. 500 barn fire
in Cecil county last week. The balloon was
sent up from Betterton, Kent county. These
are dangerous playthings to turn loose on the
public.
James Powers, near Cockeysville, was struck
by lightning a few days ago and the family,
who were seated at dinner, were slightly
stunned.
The s. N. Hyde Company has 800 acres
of corn growing on the farms at Hyde Station.
Long Green Valley, and it presents beautiful
sight. The crop promises to be extra large
this year.
There can be no excuse for Towson me-
chanics to be idle now. There appears to be
plenty Of work for all those who are willing to
do It. and this must be very gratifying state
Of affairs
s The eparrox,a Point Athletic. Club has
grounds at Catonsville on Wednesday after
noon il downed the strong team Of the Country
Club to2.
IA fine large shad was caught in sein in
the tIunpowder river, at the p, q W. Rail-
road bridge, on Thursday last. This was the
first fish of the kind ever known to have been
taken there.
1T. Julius Schaumloeffel, the Baltimore
lawyer who skipped the coop" to get away
from some Of his wrong doings, was arrested
in Pittsburg on Tuesday, altar stiff fight
with the officers.
"A Baptist mission has been started at
Timonium, N. @. r. R., conducted by Rev.
William J. Nicoll, pastor of Govanstown Bap.
tist Church. At present the meetings are held
in a'private house.
The roosters that crow in Towson at
almost all hours of the day and night are 9
start on rooster hunt and slaughter few OF
the rest destroyers.
ION Sunday last colored man named
Henry Johnson, Of Texas, 9Th district, fell
from cherry tree and fractured his skull and
spine. he died on Wednesday from the ef'
"a number Of Baltimore county tele.
phones were burned out during Mondays cleo
trical storm. One lady, the phone in whose
house was destroyed, was badly frightened by
the fash In the room.
- The ladies of Mays NJ. E. Church, Chest
nut Ridge, are making arrangements to hold q
bazaar, supper and lawn fete at the church
July 18th, 10Th, 9th and 18th. Proceeds for
the benefit of the church.
- The fourth annual farmers picnic at Mt
Airy, on the B. & o. Railroad, will be held on
Thursday, August 4th: Machinery and Other
articles will be exhibited, and there will be
lectures on several subjects.
ION account of the big strike in the Wesi
the prices of meat are soaring. Ifpeople would
stop using meat for time they would soon gel
even with the dealers who are only too glad fol
an excuse to put on the tariff:
-SOOm6 peaches Oh e4Cclleub quality dIe
being sold in Towson, and the fruit should
shortly be abundant. Maryland peaches have
q wide reputation and bring many thousands
of dollars to the growers every year
-SSome one remarked that we have haC
more thunder storms thus far in July than W,
usually have in an entire summer. Inc month
hes certainly made record in this respect anC
It appears to be trying to keep It up.
- Rt. Rev. Lucien Lee Kinsolving, ID
D., Bishop Of Brazil will officiate at Trinity
Church, Towson, on Sunday morning. July
18th, ct II O'Clock, and also in the evening a
So'clock; also at Lutherville at SPIN.
- Maurice p. Epstein. who keeps store II
the I'd district near Alberton has been released
under 81. 400 bail upon number Of charges o
selling liquor to minors, ofkeeping disOrderly
house, of selling liquor on Sunday, etc.
->Aslady from New Jersey, who is board
ing IN Towson, expressed much , surprise w6 5sI
said she really didn't know what to do with he
hands because she had nothing to slap at"
- Nearly twenty families are already tent
ing on Summit Grove camp-ground, amonI
them that Of Mr.. William Gisriel, president o.
the association. Upward of $50 tents hav'
been engaged. The camp will begin July 18th
-sThelawn fete held last week by the Glyn
don Volunteer Fire Company Melted $l22,5O
The company hopes to increase this by private
subscriptions to $500, in order to make tn
county's promised subscription of $500 availa
BILE.
- Fine dressed stone from the burned Law
Building in Baltimore is now being hauled t.
Towson to be used in the erection of the towe
to the Church of the Immaculate here Tn
teams of Mr.. Joseph Osborne are doing tn
hauling.
When you thresh your wheat dom
forget that we should like to know some
thing about the yield. Some weeks ago one o
the farmers clubs said the yield will not b
over rs per cent, but some believe it will ex
coed that
-DThe exhibition given in the public squar
in Towson on Tuesday night by the Marylan
Fire Roofing and Paint Company was in al
respects satisfactory, and proved that th
Gibralter fire resisting paints will do all that
claimed for them.
-Mr. James Stewart, the Oldest man il
Chanceford township, York county, died sue
denly on Thursday morning, aged SO year,
For seventy years he was member of Hal
mony Presbyterian Church and was its ruin
elder fifty.four years.
1.-The Salvation Army has rented Glyndo
Park, ct Glyndon, w. n. r. R., and will ope
camp-meeting there on the 18th of August
continue seventeen days. One OF the attra'
tions this year will be "hallelujah wedding,
whatever that may be.
1.-THE volunteer fire company lately forme
on the Belair road has purchased lot fror
Miss Emma Raspe, on Spring avenue, upo
which to erect q house for the fire apparatus
The name OF the new organization is the Ale