The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-05-27


mr.. John Cowan, the well.known con
tractor and builder Of this county, has been
awarded the contract for the erection Of tn
new buildings on Cedar avenue for the Egen
ton Orphan Asylum. The buildings will b
/ of brick and will cost about 100000.
- Mr.. Louis Koch, of Baltimore, one of th
workmen engaged in stating the Cooper Build
in putting on the roof of the west wing OF tn
Sheppard Asylum in 1882. Mr.. Koch Is q ma
/ tive of Germany and 70 years of age.
The Sunday school Of Calvary Baptis
Church, T0wson, held its Children's day servi
ces last Sunday night in the presence of an au
dence that filled the church. The school, O.
which Mr.. s. Howard Merryman is superin
tendent, has about fifty children on roll.
"a rear end collision, early on Thursday
morning, on the Westport trolley line, in ths
18th district of this county, resulted in tbs
death of one man and the injury Of about u
Others Both cars were badly damaged. Nearly
all the passengers were South Baltimore people
Men employed on the county roads in
the vicinity of Baltimore will hereafter be paid
| $3.50 per day. So many men were attracted to
the city by the better wages being paid there
that it was found impossible to secure enough
to do the work on the roads at the old rate OF
wages.
- In the fifteenth annual "Roll of Honor
of the national banks of the United States the
Towson National makes a splendid showing
standing seventh in the State and 202 in the
national system. The percentage, surplus and
undivided profits to capital" of this bank is
1878.
- Acknowledgement Bryan has filed in the
Circuit Court claim of the State against the
Maryland Agricultural and Mechanical Asso.
citation amounting to S49, 500. The property
was lately sold for $40 600 and the State is the
largest creditor. Part of the claim will be re-
covered.
- Some farmers have not yet finished
planting corn. while their neighbors may be
replanting because of the ravages of the cut
worm. 1t is not often that this pest has been
so bad as 1t is this spring. But the potatobug
as been knocked out so far. The very cool
weather was too much for him.
Next Sunday, May 18th, st. Mary's
Protestant Episcopal Church, on Roland ave-
nue., will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary.
The services will be continued throughout the
week. Rev. f. Ward Denys is the rector of the
church, which has been greatly enlarged and
improved in the last few years.
->The contemplated improvements to the
club house of the Green Spring Valley Hunt
Club will cost about $15, 600. Architect Sperry
committee is composed OF Mr.. Harry Gilmor,
chairman, and Messrs. Albert T. Myer, John
McHenry and Gustav l.. Stewart.
>The several bids that were received on
Monday by Architect Nussear for the erection of
the Elks Hall in Towson were rejected by the
to have been excessive. 1t is said that all the
bids were over S., 200. The committee was d.
rected to make other arrangements.
THE Northern Central Railway Company
will shortly begin the erection of handsome
station house at Brooklandville, on its Green
Spring Valley Branch, the ground for the same
having been given by the Brown family. The
company did propose to erect station house
at Rogers, but it is said this idea has been
abandoned.
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Rock Baptist Church took place last Sunday.
Services were conducted morning and after
noon by Elder II. G. Ker, of Middletown, N.
J. The annual association" of this denOmi-
nation was held three days last week at Upper
Cross Roads, several ministers from distance
being present.
a ravine east of Oakleigh Station, on the Md.
& Pa. Railroad, was destroyed by fire at late
hour on Wednesday night, and a passenger
train bound for Belair made narrow escape
from plunging into the opening: It was saved
through the presence of mind of Engineer
David Hughes.
- The weather of last week was rather un-
favorable to the horse show, yet 1t is said to
have been success financially and otherwise.
The attendance on Saturday was the largest in
the history of the association. In the matter
ofwinning prizes Baltimore county Jared rather
badly. The most successful exhibitors were
those from distance.
THE Towson baseball team went down
to Lauraville last Saturday afternoon and
cleaned up the team of that place to the tune
of 16 to 5. It appears that there must have
been some unpleasantness resulting from the
game as the manager of the Laurayille team
cancelled the return game with the T0ws0ns to
take place here Saturday, June 10th.
Son Friday night, 10th inst, Towson
Council, Royal Arcanum, entertained the off,
GERS of the Grand Lodge of Maryland at the
Guild House in Towson. Among the guests
were Grand Regent Alex Owens, Grand Sec.
Charles Hogandorf, Grand Guide Richard
Baden, and Grand Warden, Louis q. Berni.
-Towson Chapter Epworth League enter
tanned the members of the Board of Control of
East Baltimore District Epworth League in
Towson M. E. Church, Thursday night. After
several speeches by the visitors and others in
the audience room of the church the company
repaired to the lecture room, where refresh
ments were served and some time spent in social
converse.
New Democratic candidates for the local
offices to be filled this year are looming up
almost daily and there will be far too few pIums
to go around. But chronic candidate for
Office never seems to get discouraged. He fails
this year, but next year he again comes up
smilingly just the same as though he had never
been showed under before. This hunger for
office on the part of some men is truly Won
derful.
MIR. J. Alexis Shriver, with a party of
invited guests, made trial trip from Carney to
Beair and return on Wednesday afternoon
with 14-horsepower Packard automobile. 1t
was in all respects successful and much enjoyed
by the party. Regular auto trips over this
route will begin today, Saturday. The schedule
for the runs, and also for side runs to villages
on either side of the Hartford road, will be an
nounced hereafter.
What is known as the Cooper Building
in Towson, that has been vacant ever since the
former owner moved out, is now being repaired
and will no doubt again soon be occupied.
1t requires tons of roofing slate to cover it,.
This building was erected before the Civil War
by the late Judge Benjamin M. Payne, and for
some years it was occupied as store and
dwelling by Nelson Cooper and later by his
widow as boarding house.
-Some sections of Baltimore county are
becoming pretty thoroughly honeycombed
with rural free delivery routes and subscribers
to THE Union are now almost daily having
their addresses changed to conform to the new
order of things. Many regrets are expressed
because the Inauguration of this new system
makes necessary the obliteration of the old
postoffices whose names have served as land
marks for many generations.
THE remains of the late William H.
Ruby that, since his DEATH some weeks ago,
had reposed in the public mausoleum in Green
mount Cemetery, were removed from there
last Sunday afternoon and inferred in the
family lot. Services were conducted at the
grave by Rev. John K. Edwards and Rev. Page
Milburn, both of the M. E. Church. A mum.
Der of friends and members of secret orders
were present at the interment.
The Deer Creek Farmers Club held an
important meeting last Saturday evening at the
home of Mr.. John d. Worthington. A feature
was the able address of Mr.. B. Howard Hannah.
of the law firm of Cans & Hannah, on the oyster
question. The club is much interested in this
question which. Mr.. Hannah thinks, the most
important that the people of Maryland have to
deal with at this time. Mr.. Charles A. Coun-
Gilman, the Baltimore county alfalfa expert,
was among the guests of the evening.
An Old Baltimore County Homestead
Among the rapidly disappearing old houses
located in the vicinity of Baltimore there re-
mains one still in excellent repair after the