The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-06-03

breach
day, June 4th, at IL AN.
1.-The PEN Mar House at PEN Mar. w. NJ.
r. r. will again be conducted this summer by
Mr. John E. Crout Of Reisterstown.
Wheat harvest will be on in Baltimore
county within month and, judging from pres
ent indications, the crop will be large one.
The mercury in Towson on Decoration
Dav dropped % degrees within few hours.
There was no rain here until after nightfaIl.
IA field of growing corn is as pretty crop
as the earth produces and never fails to attract
attention. Corn is the farmers greatest crop.
Mr.. B. B. Jones, of Lake Roland, has
produced some strawberries Of extraordinary
size this season. Fifteen Of them filled quart
box.
The ladies of Dover NJ E. Church will
hold strawberry end ice-cream festival on the
lawn adjoining the church, on Saturday, June
10th.
The first day of June brought along with
itatemperature Of 40 degrees. which is decidedly
unreasonable, not to mention the unc0mforta-
BILE part of It.
- Nearly fifty persons attended the social
held by Wiseburg Chapter, Epworth League,
at the home of Mr.. John r. Griffin, on Satur-
- Mrs. Mary G.. Lee has sold % acres of
land in Green Spring Valley to Mr.. Walker.
of Baltimore, who will erect handsome i'm
provements thereon.
-Today-Saturday June 3d-the sun rises
at Al minutes past and sets at u minutes after
z. The days now are within IL minutes OF
their greatest length.
THE Warren Cornet Band will give con-
cert at Capt. Browns Valley Hotel, on the
Dulany's Valley turnpike, on Saturday; June
10th, from to IL P. NJ.
THE first Sunday in June is a favorite
time with many to show off their summer
finery so we may look out for unusual displays
at church next Sunday.
THE Sunday school Of Phoenix NJ E.
Church will hold its Chidren's day service on
Sunday, June 4th, commencing at P. NJ, to
which the public is invited.
- Everett McCauley has been held under
$500 bail at Tows0n on the charge OF hshlng IN
the Patapsco river with net The arrest was
made by Constable Gillian.
-SIt really does not seem necessary that
rufianism should 60 with baseball. Some
young men, however, appear to think differ
emily. And this is pity.
- The public schools of this county will
close for the summer holiday on Thursday,
June 10Th. The high school commandments
will be held two days earlier.
- Mr.. Charles A.. Councilman, who has an
extensive and up-to-date dairy plant on his fine
farm in Worthington Valley, is now putting
cement floor in bis COW stable.
- Extra fine Strawberries; grown near Tow.
son, have been selling here this week at 10 cts.
box. The season has not been especially
favorable for this popular fruit.
- Two funerals took place in Towson last
Sunday afternoon, which is an occurrence so
rare as 10 De worthy OF mentlOu. DUH luteE-
ments were in cemeteries here.
->The Court House park in Towson is now
looking its prettiest and reflects much credit
upon the keeper, Mr.. Marion Sherman, who
sees that it is kept clean and tidy.
ION Saturday afternoon, on the grounds
here, the T0wson baseball team defeated the
Brown Athletic Club OF Baltimore, d to z.
Bosley pitched fine game for Towson.
eAresident ofthe upper end of this county,
who was in Towson this week, says there will
be no cherries in that section, but the black
berries promise an unusually large crop.
SOLDIERS graves in all the cemeteries were
decorated with flowers on. Tuesday, Mr.. George
w. Seipp, Of Dushane Post, G. A. R., looking
after those in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Towson.
THE Mercy and Help Department of Tow
son Epworth League will hold lawn fete and
strawberry festival on the lot adjoining Massen-
burg's drug store Tuesday evening, June 9th.
- Before adjournment the May term grand
Jury presented their foreman, Mr.. George 5.
Kieffer, with silk umbrella, and their clerk,
Mr.. Hugh J. Gallagher, with fountain pen.
- The annual excursion 0ftenters to Emory
Grove camp.ground will take place on Thurs
day, June Sth. when tent sites will be selected.
Several families are already encamped on the
The rains of this week have given the
growing wheat ON the safe side. In fact the
all-around prospects Of the farmers are good
Just now.
THE Sunday school of Rayville q. B.
Church, of which Mr.. p. A. Stift1er is superin-
tendent will hold its Children's day service in
the church, on Sunday, June 18th, commencing
at 10 A. NJ.
>The annual examination for teachers and
Normal School applicants will be held by
School Superintendent Cook, June 10Th, Goth
and 21st, at the Normal School Building in
Baltimore.
- Again we request the local correspon-
dents Of THE UNION not to send us items re-
lating to visits among neighbors. Such mat
tiers are of common and everyday occurrence
and are in no sense news"
->The name ofthe combined Towson Demo.
cyat and Maryland Journal is made up of part
of the names of the two papers, em0crGt and
Journal The management of the paper con-
tinues the same as heretofore.
THE discount on county taxes paid this
month is II per cent. The receipts of the
County Treasures Office last month were very
large. Many pay during the month to get the
berefit of the 2 per cent, discount
-Four young women living at and near
Warren, 8th district, have died within month
from consumption. The last one to succumb
to the disease was Miss Rosie O. Frederick,
daughter of Mr.. Samuel Frederick.
"A young lady of Towson who detests the
bugs that fill the air at night says that during
five months tour in Europe last summer she
did not see one of these pests and very few flies.
To Americans this will seem strange.
- Misses Rudiger and German, teachers of
the public school at Providence, northeast of
Towson, with their pupils of the 4th, 9th, 9Th
and 9TH grades, spent very pleasant day last
Saturday sightseeing in Washington.
- Last years potatoes are now drug in
the market and those who have some still on
hand can scarcely give them away. A four
horse wagon load passed through Towson one
day this week on the way to Baltimore.
The alfalfa crop of Mr.: Charles A. Coun-
Gilman, of Worthington Valley, is extra fine
fhio ur,rfnO and the ref 0uftinp ah0uf ready
for the mower. If the weather proves favorable
he hopes to cut it three times this year.
->Capt. ]. J. Swaine has sold Al acres of
land at the intersection of Charles street and
BeIIona avenues to Messrs John 7. Murphy,
j. Edward Mohler, James J. Stuart and w. j..
Garrett The location is a very fine one.
1.-THE deed for the Pimlico race track has
been filed for record in the County Clerk s
Office by Mr.. Charles H. Nicolai, trustee. Mr..
William r. Hammond was the purchaser at
$4,000 The grounds embrace 772 acres.
-Ground was broken this week for the
erection of q cottage at Glyndon to be used as
a summer resort for needy aged persons OF
Baltimore. This excellent work is under the
direction of the Peoples Outing Association.
Manor is another Baltimore county post
office that was wiped off the map this week on
account of rural free delivery. The village OF
Manor is in the 10th district few miles east
of Monkton, to which latter place mail is now
sent
- 1u6 IOuuS Mol 1<ltcLnIy dHu OcDotn6
Society of Towson held memorial services in
the Guild House last Sunday afternoon. After
wards the graves of three deceased members in
Prospect Hill Cemetery were strewn with
flowers.
THE G. & P. Telephone Company is about
to construct line from Partition by way of
Rayville and Middletown to New Freedom.
The same company also has in contemplation
line to run in a westerly direction from
Monkton.
IA colored man named Isaac Digs, who
was employed as teamster for Mr.. Stephen
Musgrove, of Towson, died very suddenly on
Saturday night last from hemorrhage of the
lungs. He was widower and very indus
trious man.
The neighborhood of Towson enjoyed
some fine rains early this week and they did a
vast deal of good as vegetation had begun to
langush for the need of moisture. 1t is hoped
the fine rain of Tuesday night was general
throughout the county.
AT the last meeting of the Junior Gun
powder Agricultural Club special mention in
the way of thanks was made of Mr.. C. Bosley
Littig's interest in the Corn Special move
ment, the success of which was largely due to
that gentleman's efforts.
Tuesday was very quiet dav in ToWsOn