The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-08-19

0TTOEUEYs
change, 3l5 acres of land in Green Spring
Valley; also. Baltimore cf1y property.
THE Hartford county fair will begin this
year on Tuesday, October 10th, and continue
four days.
They had snow at Hazleton, Pa, at
o'clock on Tuesday morning last. This is a
great country sure enough.
THE Citizens Cornet Band of Alberton
has been reorganized. with Prof. Walters, of
RandaIlstown, as instructor.
THE Baltimore County Medical Society
held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday
in the Guild House at Towson.
THE second month OF this remarkable
summer will end next Monday. In the matter
of rainfall it has rarely had an equal.
- When the August weather is the hottest
and "stickiest" then the sodawater man wears
his broadest smile. Drat him, anyway.
- Peaches grown near T0wson sold here
this week at one dollar a peck. There ought
to be big money in fruit at such price.
THE Baltimore weather bureau has new
head now. If he can't do any better than his
predecessor he'd better go drown himself.
The Outing Club OF COckeysville, Mr..
Theodore Crommer, president, is spending ten
days camping and fishing at Crisfield, Md.
- Arrabgowan, the old Baltimore county
favorite racer, won the mile dash at Fort Erie,
New York, on Wednesday. The betting was
8 toll.
- The mercury in Towson at o'clock on
Thursday morning registered go degrees, and
there was real falllike crispness in the atmos-
phere.
-. The lumber used in the frame Of the new
Elks Home in TowsoD was sawed in the woods
of Col. D. NJ. Matthews farm, in Dulanys
Valley.
Those people who pin their faith to Hicks
as a weather prophet appear to think he has
been all right on his forecasts for the present
month.
- Grant Hare, who has served as constable
Of the 18th district for eight years, has resigned
to take effect August 10Th. He will engage in
farming.
The September term of the Circuit Court
begins on the third Monday of the month
the 18th. The jurors Cor the term were drawn
this week.
- The annual picnic of EPSON M. P. Sun
day school, Towson, was held at Loeb Raven
on Wednesday. Mr.. Joseph s. Bowen is super
intendent of the school.
- At the last meeting of the Falston
Farmers Club series of resolutions on the
death Of Mr.. Garrett Amoss an honorary mem
Der of the club, was passed.
don't make any engagements for the
week beginning September 4th. That's the
week of the Timonium fair and you can't
afford to miss it, you know.
- The grass fields are as green today as they
were in early spring and must be affording fine
pasturage for stock. This should prove benefit
TO farmers in the saving of feed.
Nothing has developed in the alleged
criminal assault case that was reported to have
occurred at Loeb Raven, on Thursday of last
week. No arrest has been made.
ION Wednesday Justice Herbert, of Tow
son, held Harry Gill to bail in the sum of $500
upon the charge Of stealing lot of chickens
from Mrs. Ellen Shea, of Texas.
THE clouds of Monday night prevented
the eclipse of the moon from being visible
here. The partial eclipse of the sun on the
Both will occur early in the morning.
THE Towson baseball team has a game
scheduled for today with the Bartlett & Hay
ward team in Baltimore. The latter is one of
the finest amateur teams in the State.
Republican primaries will be held in
this county today saturday. between the hours
Of and P. NJ. The convention will meet at
Towson, on Tuesday next, 22d instant.
There was raised this season on the Chest
nut Grove Farm, in the 18th district, Az bushels
of wheat aud 60 bushels of barley to the acre.
The farm belongs to Mr.. John M Griffith.
1.-THE annual tournament and alday festi-
val at the Confederate Soldiers Home, Pixies
vile will be held on Tuesday, September 18th,
and preparations are now being made for it.
- Mr.. Charles A. Councilman, of Worth
ington Valley, came to TowsOn on Tuesday to
collect the insurance on COW that was killed
by lightning during recent thunder storm.
THE Norrisville Farmers Club will hold
its annual picnic on Thursday next, August
oath in Edies woods, near Norrisville. These
affairs always attract great deal of attention.
>The Messrs. Fahnestock will accept the
thanks of THE UNION for an invitation to at
tend harvest feast to be held at Halten Farm,
in the 9Th district, on Saturday, August 10Th.
"A heavy blast in Bakers quarry, near
Phoenix, ON the N. G. r. R. one day this week.
threw about 80 tons of stone on the railway
tracks and held up all trains Tor over an hour.
The creditors of G. Frank Halle are noti-
fed to file their claims with the Clerk of the
Circuit Court on or before September Goth.
Major John l. Yellott is trustee in the matter.
To-day Saturday, August 19th) is within
six minutes of being an hour shorter than il
was the first day of the month. The sun rises
at % minutes after and sets at Sc minutes
after 6.
county wore out three sets of rubber tires on
one of his buggies in thirteen months. And
he says they were the best tires in the market
at that.
-sChief of Police Street, did his best last
Sunday to stop the slot machines and illegal
liquor selling, but with the force at his COM
mand this is simply out of the question. 1t
can't be done.
THE ladies of Andrew Chapel NJ. E.
Church South held a successful fete on the
church lawn at Gardenville on Tuesday even
ing. The attendance was good despite the
threatening weather.
THE insurance firm of Messrs. Burch &
Hoff is now in its new quarters, Maryland Life
Building, 8 and 10 South street, Baltimore.
Mr.. Charles w. Hoff, ofSherwood, is the junior
member of this firm.
There was another little hitch in the
Riggs road matter on Monday that necessitated
the delay of another week. But the people
should not be discouraged. This thing will
come to an end some time.
THE proceedings of the last meeting of
the Senior Gunpowder Agricultural Club, held
on the 18th inst, at the farm of Mr.. J. s.
Crowther near Cockeysville, will be published
in full in THE UNION next week.
>Wehave had a surfeit of dog day weather
for several weeks and we need look for no per-
month
taken its departure. We will hail the advent
of September with much pleasure.
THE weather of this summer has been
very hard on the country road: and now most
rains and washings. 1t will take year to get
them up to what they ought to be.
THE Rockdale camp-meeting on the Lib
erty road. is now in progress and will continue
until some time next week. 1t is held under
the auspices of the United Evangelical Church
and is in charge of Rev. ]. W. Messenger.
THE record baseball game was played at
Frostburg, Nd, on the 18th instant, between
the team at that place and the Homecoming
team. 1t required p innings to decide 1t and
the score was to 0 in favor of FrOstburg.
THE Maryland Steel Company at Spar
rows Point has been awarded the contract for
the superstructure for the Manhattan bridge,
New York city. 1t will take three years to get
out the work and the cost will be 81 .2S4, 600.
- Hezekiah W. Viers, an inmate OF the
Confederate Soldiers Home at Pikesville, died
on Wednesday. aged 80 years. He was ma
tive of Prince Georges county, Md, and fought
throughout the war in Virginia regiment.
->One of the attractions at the fall meeting
of the Shrewsbury Trotting and Driving Asso-
citation will be the celebrated dancing horse OF
Mr.. Bentz. of York. The race program itself
is excellent and promises to afford fine sport.
The tent meeting on Delaware avenue
under the auspices of Towson NJ. E. Church,
will be continued next week. The wet weather
has not interfered with the attendance and the
meetings have been successful from the start.
- Mr. George II. Merryman has been ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of bis sister,
Miss Ella G. Merryman. Both the executors
named in the will (Andrew ]. Lowndes and
Henry R. Crane,) died before Miss Merryman.
->Mr. William B. Rayner, of the Balti-
more bar, has bought ground on Sudbrook
avenue, Pikesville, upon which he will erect
several cottages. Mr.. Rayner is the only son
of Hon. Isidor Rayner, United States Senator
elect.
MIR. Albert H. Wehr, general manager OF
the Baltimore County Water and Electric Com.
pany, said on Tuesday that the water supply OF
Towson will be increased and that further
trouble need not be apprehended on this &C.
count.