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

bail for the action Of the grand jury.
->E. " Missing. of ReisterstowD, is adver.
Using for long lost brother. He claims that
they have inherited large sum of money in
France, where they were born. They separated
forty years ago and have not seen each other
since. The one at Reisterstown is a barber.
~ A gasoline stove in the kitchen of Mrs.
William Kohlepp, of Lauraville, exploded
few days ago and one of her children was
severely burned upon the hands and arms.
Mrs. Kohlepp threw the burning stove into the
yard and thus prevented serious conf1agra-
ton.
- The Sparrow's Point baseball team went
up to Belair on Wednesday and beat the strong
team of that place by score of to 2. The
visitors scored their first run in the seventh
inning and marked up the two others in the
eighth. 1t was hard fought battle from start
to finish.
THE fine house going up on West Ale
gany avenue, Towson, for Mrs. Eleanor Pinker-
ton, is going forward rapidly. tits being built
by Benjamin Johnson. the only colored car
penter and builder in Towson. The location
of the house is one of the most attractive about
the town.
Mr. John f Anderson, race secretary of
the Baltimore county fair, is now sending out
the entry blanks for those events. There are
twenty-five of these-the largest number ever
scheduled for Timonium-and they will furn-
ish plenty of entertainment for those fond Of
such sport.
- MI OdfmeI LOuRc OI ncptdSOpuS Vi
Carmel, 9Th district, will hold its twenty-first
annual picnic on Saturday, August 9Th. Among
those announced to speak are Messrs. Frank /.
Duncan, Carvil ID. Benson, Harry E. Goodwin,
Laban Sparks, Samuel H. DeHoff and J. Walter
Turnbaugh.
Mrs. Harry Morrison, of Bellona avenue, near
Charles street extended, born in February last,
died on Wednesday, The child was a grand
daughter of Mr.. William H. Waters. at one
time president of the Baltimore d Delta Mar
row Gauge Railway.
- Much oats was spoiled in Baltimore
county by the wet weather, and in some in
stances entire fields of grass were not cut be-
cause of the rain. The month of July. 1905,
will long be remembered by the farmers. many
of whom were caused much trouble and loss
on account of the weather.
THE Baltimore Foundry Company has
been incorporated in Baltimore city with
capital stock of $4,000. Those named as in
corporators are Messrs. A. j. Dietrich, Ham
'm0nd Dietrich. ]. G. Dietrich, A. Clarence
Dietrich and John w. Diven. Mr.. j. Kemp
Bartlett is attorney for the company.
THE meeting in the tent on Delaware
avenue, Towson, will be continued every even
ing next week. Among those who will preach
will be Rev. B. B. Abbitt, of the Baptist Church;
Rev. G. W. Hobbs. Rev. Osborne Belt, Rev.
John r. Edwards and Rev. w. Fl. H. Powers,
the latter of Trinity P. e. Church, Towson.
The Democrats of Hartford county, in
their convention at Belair on Tuesday, named
the following gentlemen as delegates to the
Third District judicial convention that will
meet in Towson next Thursday Messrs.
Walter W. Preston, George B. Osborn. Harry
s. Carver, John o. Stearns and Hollis Courtney.
- A stalk of corn IA feet 10 inches high,
grown on the farm of the Sparrow's Point
Store Company, was exhibited at the Balti-
more Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday
A few days before stalk from Frederick
county farm was shown, but its height was
only Is feet inches. Baltimore county always
leads.
>Inquiries are being made as to the acre.
age of corn in Baltimore county this year
whether or not it is larger than usual. Per-
haps the farmers clubs would be the proper
ones to answer this question. The acreage
may not be any larger than usual, but the
prospects are that the crop will prove record
The directors of the National Exchange
Bank of Baltimore on Tuesday presented Col.
William A. Hanway. of Aigburth Park, Tow
son, with q handsome silver service. Col.
Hanway was chairman of the building COM
mittee of the bank and the gift was out of ap
probation for his excellent services in that
capacity.
- The surveys being made by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company north and east of
Baltimore city are causing much comment just
now among property owners in those sections
of the suburbs. 1t is evident that the company
has in contemplation some extensive improve
ments that will involve the expenditure of
vast sum of money.
- Whilespending part of his vacation with
relatives in upper Hartford Mr.. Charles E. Fen
dali, of Towson, took try at the white fish in
Deer Creek. In a short time one morning he
caught over dozen of these fine fish, from s
to Is inches in length, using grasshoppers for
bait. He found they would not bite at the
ordinary angle worm.
M Volinff NH ho fret
man in Towson to provide himself with an
automobile, now has garage on his premises.
Now don't be alarmed and think this last ac-
QUESTION is some sort of wild animal that
may get loose at any time and eat up some nice
people. It's simply pretty little house to put
his auto in-when it's good.
- Messrs. Henry and Harry Imwold,
trading as Imwold & Co., furniture dealers
in Baltimore, have made application for the
benefit of y. s. bankruptcy law. The liabili-
ties amount to SIS. 1885, and the assets are
placed at So, 125, of which $500 is stock in
trade. The senior member of the firm owns a
pretty country place on the Joppa road west
of Towson.
IA spick and span four-horse team, with
bright new wagon and new trappings through
out, passed through Towson towards Baltimore
on Thursday evening. 1t came from Halten
Farm, in the 9Th district, which will hereafter
be the summer home of the Messrs. Fahnes-
took, Baltimore bankers who lately made ex-
tensive land purchases in that beautiful section
of the county.
- Baltimore county roads passed through
a severe ordeal last month. With heavy wash
ing rains and an occasional clordburst thrown
in it is not to be wondered at that much dam
age resulted. Complaints have been numer-
Gus, and no doubt some of them have been
Just. but people should be reasonable and not
be unnecessarily fault finding. Time will right
such things if you will have a little patience.
N infolliOpnf v0unp man who fravalod
through six or eight of the Western States in
the past six months says that from his obser-
walton none of them can in any way compare
with Maryland as place of residence. He
says that fortunes are being accumulated there
in almost all branches of business, and that
the people are so much absorbed in money
getting that they bother themselves with little
else.
- Editor Powell, of the Ellicott City Times,
puts it this way: Read your county paper all
through. 1t is your representative at the
county seat and through it you can keep posted
on county affairs. The man or woman who
doesn't keep up-to-date on what is going on
and does not take direct personal interest in
all the affairs of the county has no right to
complain of high taxes, poor roads or poor
schools"
- What will no doubt prove to be the most
interesting game of ball played at Cockeysville
this season will be that of Saturday afternoon,
August 9th, when the team of the Country
Club, of that place, will meet the strong team
from Taylor, Hartford county. The Jockeys
vile team has been playing very consistent
game lately, and the sturdy toll tillers from
Hartford will have to play their best to come
out victorious.
- Many of the residents of Roland Park
and vicinity are vigorously opposing the assess
ments made by the examiners for the opening
of the new boulevard to extend from Roland
avenue to the city limits. A meeting was held
on Friday night of last week that was attended
by about 300 persons at which committee of
five was appointed 10 investigate the matter.
Mr. E. H. Bouton, president of the Roland
Park Company, has been pretty sharply crit.
cised for his part in the affair.
A Trolley Ride to New York.-Mr. and
Mrs. J. c. Hughes. 2019 Cromwell street, Bal
timore, have returned from two weeks troll
ley tour through parts of Eastern Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, New Jersey and New York.
Leaving Baltimore by boat they connected
with the first trolley at Delaware City for
Wilmington, DEL, where they stopped over
night with the parents of Mrs. Hughes, MIR.
and Mrs. @. T. Davis. formerly of Baltimore
county. At 7.20 the next morning they left
for New York via Darby, Philadelphia, Frank
ford, Bristol, Trenton, New Brunswick. Plain
field and Elizabeth. The Cortland street ferries