The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-08-05

were getting your exhibits ready Tor II.
THE month of July, 1905. broke all pre-
vious records for thunder storms and the rain
fall was more than double the normal.
IA Jubilee supper and entertainment will
take place in the grove at Bosley NJ. e. Church,
Saturday, August 9Th, afternoon and evening.
Monday M" night Dr.. Il. Burton Stevenson asss Of
Sherwood. had one of his ankles badly sprained.
costly improvements are being made in
the Sherwood Distillery at Cockeysvllle. These
= include two new copper stills, enlarged build
IA cIoudburst in HeIIam township. York
county, last Saturday night destroyed 5000
worth Of property Many cattle and hogs we're
drowned
AT o'clock on Tuesday morning the
mercury in Towson registered 60 degrees. That
was more like the LIST Of October than the LIST
of August.
-eThe Towson baseball team has a game
scheduled on the home grounds for today
Saturday with the Albion Athletic Club Of
Baltimore.
John H. Burke has been appointed post
master at Lansdowne, Baltimore county, vice
James Bowman, resigned. The office is in the
18th district.
- Ex-County Treasurer Henry c. Hutchins,
who lives in the 10th district, had one of bis
fleet painfully injured few days ago by horse
jumping on it.
= People at the seashore and camp-meet-
ings this week were sorry they did not have
their winter clOtDlDg Win tneIu IL was just
tri1e too cool for comfort.
- Mr.. Walter A. Thorne, of the Hillen
road has been awarded the contract for double
tracking the Western Maryland Railroad from
Fulton Station to Walbrook.
- Mr.. Michael Padian, who farms the old
Padian homestead at Padonia Station, N. C.
R. R.. had a barley crop this season that
averaged IS bushels to the acre.
-sThe Sunday school ofSt. Johns Lutheran
Church. Parkville, Hartford road, will hold its
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church. on Wednesday, August 9th
THE ladies Of Mays NJ. E. Church, Chest
nut Ridge, will hold q festival at the church,
on the evenings of August 10th, 18th and 18th.
Proceeds for benefit of the appointment.
- During the storm last Saturday afternoon
frame house in Pikesville belonging to Mr..
Arthur Chenowith, was struck by lightning
and slightly damaged. No one was hurt.
- Republican primary meetings will be
held in this county on Saturday afternoon,
: August 10Th. between the hours of 2 and
o'clock. See call in this issue of THE UNION.
This week the wife of James White of
Baynesville. east Of Towson, gave birth to twin
boys About eighteen months ago she had
twin girls, one of whom died shortly after
birth.
=. The Sunday school of Phoenix NJ. E.
Church will hold its annual picnic on Satur-
day, August 18th, commencing at IL NJ. Mr..
Linwood NJ. Cross is chairman of the COM
mittee.
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people of Maryland will vote upon this year is
published in the advertising columns of The
UNION today. 1t should be carefully read and
studied.
- The judicial convention will meet in
Towson on Thursday next 10th instant, at IL
M. As all of its work has been arranged in adj
vance 1t can dispose of its business in few
minutes.
- The frequent electrical storms of last
month played the mischief with the telephones
IN, 0ffQu iOr0n
Repairers have been out over the lines every
faW days.
49, Thomes w. Gordon, the Baltimore hotels
keepsr who died at his country hou5e. near
Owings' Mills, about two weeks ago, left an
estate estimated to be worth between $780, 900
and 500, 900.
- Preparations are being made to construct
tennis courts at the TowsOn Guild House.
Bowling alleys will also be built. The house is
a pleasant place of meeting for the young peo-
Pile Of the towr.
- Two small boys who live in Canton were
bitten by a supposed rabid dog last Sunday
and are now taking the Pasteur treatment in
Baltimore. The dog also bit mule and was
afterwards killed.
IA German scientist says the average
number of hairs on a blond head is 10000,
while on a red head there are not more than
$4,000 The latter being coarser is the cause of
the smaller number.
- THE UNION has received from Col. Charles
B. Rogers, with the compliments of the sender,
1.-THE first open cotton boil Of Central South
Carolina" Col. Rogers is at present located at
Batesburg, in that State.
- Mr. Edward s. Peerce, of Dulany's Val
ley, has produced stalk of corn that measured
IA feet 2 inches, while Mr.. August Gross, of
Owings' Mills, claims to beat that with one that
measured Is feet inches.
- Mr.. John E. Kirby, who keeps the Sha-
dyside pleasure resort in the 18th district, has
added a full grown buffalo to the list of animals
in his zoo. 1t came from Butte, Montana, and
weighs about /, 500 pounds.
- The foundation for the new Elks Home
in Towson has been completed and work on
thesuperstructure will be pushed as rapidly as
possible. 1t is likely the building will be COM
pleted within three months.
- The cotton duck mill at Phoenix, N. G.
B. R., is being dismantled and the machinery
Shipped away. This will be bad news for those
who had lingering hope that the mill might
some day be started up again.
- Last Saturday was another bad day for
baseball on account of the rain storm, which
was very heavy about the middle of the after
noon. The thunder and lightning that accom-
panied the rain we're terrifying
THE camp-meetiDg at Rockdale, I'd dis
trict, will begin on Thursday, August 18th,
and continue until the I'D. A number of
prominent ministers of the United Evangelical
Church will assist in the services.
"A negro rough struck York road car
with stone and the conductor caused his ar
!. rest. Justice Grammar, of Baltimore, before
whom he was taken, fined him $50 and COSTS
He couldn't pay and went to Jail.
->O On the1st day of August the sun rose al Z
minutes after and set at Is minutes after z.
The days are growing perceptibly shorter and
there are numerous signs and sounds that indi-
cate the near approach of autumn.
- number of other attorneys have filed
exceptions in the Circuit Court here to the
auditors report in the matter of the sale of the
Pimlico race track property made by Mr..
Charles II. Nicolai, surviving trustee.
$In the four days shooting tournament
at Ocean City, Nd, last week Mr.. ]. NOVEL;
Hawkins, of Baltimore county, broke 76l tar
gets out Of possible 800. The next highest
man was Storr, of Baltimore, who broke 743.
Three Of the stonemas0ns who put up
the foundation walls for the Elks Home in
Towson are over 20 years of age, the Oldest
being in his 10th year. These men have worked
together more or less since their early manhood.
- Mr.. Hamilton Old6eld, who had been
postmaster of Ellicott City fourteen years, had
to give up that position on Thursday. He was
succeeded by Mr.. Philip T. Hartman. The
Office is Presidential one and pays good
salary
The County Commissioners will not meet
sgain in regular session until Tuesday. August
18th. In the mean time they have their hands
full in inspecting the roads and bridges that
were damaged by the heavy rains and floods
Of July.
->The camp-meeting season is now in full
blast, several of them being in progress in or
near Baltimore county. These gatherings
furnish pleasant outings annually for thous-
ands of people, and they are always eagerly
looked forward to.
- At the NJ. E. parsonage in Towson last
Sunday morning Mr.. Frank Beefelt and Miss
Anna Geneva Barlag, both of Baltimore, were
married by Rev. Thomas E. Copes. They OBJ
tanned the license at the County Clerks office
several days before.
- Parkville Cornet Band is sending out
special invitations for its annual fishing party
to take place at Liberty Park Shore, Back river,
on Wednesday, August 10th. Among the
features will be dancing, baseball, wrestling,
wheelbarrow races, etc.
- Harvest home services were held last Sun
day in Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Catonsville, conducted by the pastor, Rev: NJ.
L. Enders who preached sermon on The
Good God" The church was decorated with
wheat, rye, oats and barley.
- Katie Kahl, aged 10 years, daughter of
Mr.. John Kahl, of Perry Hall. had her right
hand so badly injured in cutting box few
days ago that DR.. Lingard I. Whiteford, who
was called to attend her, found it necessary to
amputate one of the fingers.
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