The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-07-08
LOCAL ITEMS.
SALES ADVERTISED IN 1.-THE UNION"

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SALES ADVERTISED IN "THE UNION
Saturday, July 8, by Joseph Miller, at Long
Green p. O., 18th district, personal property
of various kinds.
Henrietta Schmidt. at Blenheim. 10th dis
trict, all the real estate and personal prop
wednesday, July 10, by John S. Biddison. as
sienee. at the Court House door. real estate
near Fullerton 18th district H..or .r,,stee on
the premises, valuable tract of land between
Mt. Washington and Pikesville, in the 30
Tuesday, July IS, by Robert H. Bussey, attorney,
&C., on the premises, real estate and ground
wedeesds az niy s. By Alfred L. Jackson
signee, at the Court House door. real estate
at Pleasant Hill, 4th district:
Tuesday, August l. by Charles Herzog. attorney,
on the premises. commodious dwelling and
lot Of ground at Tuxedo Park, 9th district
John &. Schnepfe, of Baltimore county,
has been granted his discharge in bankruptcy.
lyon can get q COPY of the Timonium
fair premium list by personally applying at
Or THE UNION office. nn 30 -
mo more holidays now until Thanksgiv-
ing day, which will fall this year on Thurs
day, November Both.
MIR. Z. C. Merryman has been appointed
postmaster at Corbett, N. G.. r. R., vice Mr..
John v. Slade. resigned.
THE public school at Parkville, Hartford
road, Mr.. Thomas f. Mallonee, principal, now
has library of $50 volumes. :.
->The 4th Of July being legal holiday all
the public offices were closed and it was like
Sunday about the Court House.
There was nothing more than moderate
rain in the southeastern section OF Baltimore
county on Wednesday night last.
ION the Springfield State Hospital farm az
Sykesville Manager Barnett has threshed l,3lO
bushels of barley from 10 acres of land:
ION the LIST of July there were u inmates
in the county aims house. During the month
of June were dismissed and 3 admitted.
1.-The receipts of the County Treasurer,s
Office for the month OF June were S9O, 10 40.
The balance on hand July LIST was 1901, S96.2o.
THE month of June, 1905, broke all pre-
vious records in the matter of marriage licenses.
SO having been issued from the County Clerks
->Mr. s. g. Sparks, who lately bought the
Underwood property at Sparks Station, N. Z:
X. R., is having large grain warehouse erected
there.
- Isaac LeRue, of Towson, has secured the
contract for the stone work in the improve
ments to be made in the jail. His bid was
S1.278. -.
By the distribution of the State public
school fund, made by the Comptroller on the
LIST inst, Baltimore county schools will receive
s2,yl6.09.
- Some people from Michigan have been
in Baltimore county this week on the lookout
for farms. They like Maryland and want 10
locate here.
->St. Clements P. E. Chapel will be opened
for service on Sunday, July 9th, at P. M, and
the same will be continued every Sunday until
further notice.
=. In the 4th of July shoot at Waynesboro,
county. won the high average by breaking l49
out of 100 targets.
- Read this and bear it in mind: A man
at Cumberland has been fined $50 for killing
six robins. Not being able to pay he was sent
to Jail for thirty days.
I Judge Burke signed an order on Thurs
day restraining the Franklinville Turnpike
Company from collecting toll until its road IS
' put in proper condition.
THE Batimorefirm of J. s. Ditch q Bro,
proprietors of the Farmlands Dairy has been
dissolved. The business will be continued by
members of the old firm
"A Jury has been selected to examine into
the condition of the Hartford road complaints
having been made that the lower end OF the
road is in very bad shape.
4 ->The congregation of Glyndon NJ. E.
Church has increased the salary of their pastor.
Rev. F. @. Watson, to 500 year. He is also
provided with a snug parsonage.
1.-The public school at Belfast, 9Th district,
had three graduates this year-Misses Ellie
Ensor, Ethel Hughes and Eureka Ensor. Miss
Blanche P Baldwin is the teacher.
THE people of Gainesville have COM
menced q crusade against the worthless dogs
ing great annoyance to the people.
g. - Late rains have somewhat interfered with
harvesting, but they have given the grass and
corn crops boost that has no doubt put them
out of the way of all danger of drought.
The Betterton baseball team came up to
Lauraville last Saturday and literally wiped up
the earth with the last named team. Score
DO. But il was good game for all that.
THE ladies Of Andrew Chapel NJ. E.
Church South, Gardenville. will hold lawn
Al. 49, kho0 on od.
nesday afternoon and evening, July 18th.
THE Fourth passed very quietly in Tow
son. There were no special demonstrations,
but the boys had their usual fun with explo-
sives. No serious accidents were reported.
mn Charles ]. Mitten. who lives on the
Westminster pike, near Reisterstown, was
painfully hurt in a runaway accident few
days ago. DR.. Fl. NJ. Slade attended him.
THE Sparrow's Point Store Company has
field of corn that was feet in height week
ago. 1t is said to be of the same variety of corn
that averaged 10 feet in height at maturity last
- Few accidents were reported in Balti-
more county on the Fourth and those that did
occur were not of serious nature And this
in face of the fact that explosives were freely
used.
->The weather man performed his work on
Tuesday in most satisfactory manner. The
day could not well have been finer-just such
weather as was suitable for outdoor sports OF
all kinds.
The Christian Endeaverors took Balti-
more by storm this week. The city was over
run with them and they seemed to be having
the time of their lives. The convention ends
on Sunday.
THE quarterly conference of Monkton
Circuit, NJ. Z. Church, has increased the salary
of the pastor, Rev. Solomon German to $500
year. The parsonage of the circuit is located
at Monkton.
Chautauqua meetings will begin at Glyn-
don Park, on Sunday, July 10th, and continue
until the 10Th. The Demorest medal contest
between six young ladies will be feature OF
the meetings.
Some delegates to the Christian Endeavor
convention in Baltimore showed their good
sense by securing boarding places in Towson.
They can reach the convention hall from here
in 40 minutes.
The Towson boys repeated their circus
parade on the afternoon of the Fourth and they
furnished good deal Of amusement for the
onlookers. Dogs and goats cut large figure
in the turnout.
- Early this week there were only five
prisoners in Towson Jail, believed to be small
II est number ever known. These will be re-
moved to Baltimore jail while the Jail here is
THE Fourth was a red-letter day for base
ball and many games were played in this
county, all the local clubs having one or more
engagements. This game appears to be grow
ing in popularity.
-DThe Methodist Episcopal Church to be
erected at Stevenson, Green Spring Valley, will
be of stone and the cost complete, will be up
wards of $4,000 1t will be an appointment
of Hunts Circuit.
->At the closing exercises of Dulauy's VAL
ley public school Miss Mabel Gompf received
gold medal for highest general average. The
teacher Miss Bertha Halle, supplied treat OF
cake and ice-cream.
LAST Sunday morning Old Folks day
was observed with special services at the United
Evangelical Church at Hebbville, I'd district,
when the pastor, Rev. J. II. Turner, preached
an appropriate sermon.
People travelling the Dulany's Valley
turnpike-which is miles in length and ex-
tends from Towson to Meredith's ford bridge
say it has been damaged to the extent OF at
least 81 900 by this weeks rains.
Men who have seen the condition OF
affairs in some sections OF this county since the
deluge of Wednesday night say it will cost
many thousands of dollars to repair the dam
age to the county roads and bridges.
summit Grove Camp Meeting, on the
Northern Central Railway, will begin on Thurs
day, July 9th, Rev. E. L. Hubbard, of Nc
Kendree Church, Washington, will be in
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