The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-10-14

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torney, at the Court House door, 81 acres of
land near Reisterstown.
Tuesday, October 81. by Elmer J. Halle and A..
a. Piper, trustees. at the Court House door.
KingsvilIe, 18th district.
Tuesday, October 81, by DIR. ]. E. Orrison, agent,
on the York turnpike about IL miles north
OF Cockeysville. horses, cows hogs. farming
wednesday. Nov'r1 i, by C. Lyon Rogers, and
Ashby Tolson, trustees, on the premises, val
liable real estate corner Mt. Wilson lane
and Reisterstown pike, % district.
$They have an autumn Arbor Day
usually about the middle of October-in Penn
sylvania, and the idea is good one:
- The fall and winter schedule ofthe West
ern Maryland Railroad will go into effect next
Sunday. Some important changes will be
- Many wheat fields are looking green and
beautiful and are getting good start to with
stand the freezing and thawing OF the coming
winter.
-. The rain of this week was badly needed,
but It must have been very disc0uraging to the
managers Of the two Maryland county fairs
that were running.
- Another young lady in Towson has taken
10 riding horseback man fashion, but the d.
vided skirt will never be as graceful and popu-
lar as the short habit.
The mercury dropped to "a degrees in
Towson on Thursday morning. This week
has furnished about every brand OF weather
that could be imagined.
T The man who rolled the first ball on the
new bowling alleys in Towson did make "a
strike" but the services OF tailor were needed
Immediately after the accident.
- Today-Saturday October 14th-the sun
rises at 16 minutes after and sets at 70 minutes
after 5. making the day 30 minutes shorter than
il was ON the first of the month.
sThe election proclamation of the Super
Wilson's of Elections appears in the advertising
columns of THE UNION today. Read it and in
form yourself of what its requirements are:
Robert Bowman, colored. who applied
for registration at the second precinct OF the
18th district on Tuesday, said be was 1O6 years
= old and that be was born in Tennessee.
GOOD roads cost money, but bad roads
cost a great deal more. This fact is better
understood than formerly. but is not yet prac-
tically acted on to anything like the necessary
extent.
AT the meeting Of the Evansville Farmers
Club on Saturday night last Mr.. W. I. l.. Tai
aferro, State agriculturist, talked on the selec-
ton of seed corn and testing it for terminating
power.
- The new bowling alleys at the Towson
Guild House charge only cents game, but
none except members have the privilege OF the
alleys. These pay the small fee of 25 cents per
month.
made fine exhibition of their pleasure veh-
Giles at the Hartford county fair this week, and,
- as they always do, captured number OF pre-
miums.
- Services of the Protestant Episcopal
Church will be held in the hall over Plow-
mans store Parkton, N. c. r. R., on Sunday
afternoon, October 18th, at o'clock. All will
be welcome
- The dates for the Timonum fair of 1906
have been fixed by the managers of the society.
They are September 4th to 9Th. inclusive. The
wear 1905 has been the best the society has ever
experienced
s.t-s Bowling has become a very popular form
of amusement since the opening of the fine
new alleys at the Towson Guild House. They
are kept in almost constant use and Will prove
great money-earners.
- A meeting in the interest of the cause of
temperance will be held in Lakeview NJ. E.
Church, Dulany's Valley, on Monday, October
10th, at O'Clock Pm. Address by Rev. Joshua
E. Wills, of Baltimore.
- Mr.. Frank I. Duncan will resign bis po-
sition as State Insurance Commissioner at the
end of this week and early next week he will
take the oath of Office as Associate Judge OF
the Third Judicial Circuit.
THE last of the Maryland fairs for 1905
will be held at Frederick next week. This is
one of the most popular fairs in the State and
ALWAYS attracts large crowds. Hagerst0wn and
Belair held their fairs this week.
The registration officers will sit again in
this county next Tuesday, October 18th, but
no new names can be registered at that time.
The sitting will be for revision of the lists only
in order to make corrections, etc.
->M Mr.. George A. Walter. of Perry Hall, by
advertisement in THE UNION today, announces
that he has engaged in the business Of general
auctioneering while Mr.. William Smith, of
White Marsh, will act as his clerk.
The Elks' fair is announced to open in
the new hall in TOwsOn, on Monday, October
2Sd, but some fears are now being expressed
that the building will not be finished in time.
This may necessitate postPonement.
- Saturday, October l4th, the Junior Gnn-
powder Agricultural Club will celebrate its
thirtv-first anniversary. The regular monthly
meeting will be held that day at the farm of
Mr.. T. Melville Pearce. Ny Lady's Manor
M oaa a Fl tRe .1S
last week and they took SO many prizes that
it would be tiresome to enumerate them. The
exhibition of poultry was large and very fine.
->The Sunday school convention at Will
sons NJ. E. Church. Long Green, will begin
today Saturday. and continue over Sunday.
Rev. George III. Mock will be in charge, assisted
by Mr.. James E. Dunphy, county president.
Mr.. George l.. COpes, of Baltimore has
presented Towson M. K. Church with hand
some copy of the new church hymnaI to be
used on the pulpit. Mr.. Copes is the father Of
Rev. Thomas E. Copes, pastor of the church.
- Can you realize it that Christmas is
scarcely more than two months off? The old
year that was only little while ago introduced
to us as the new one is on the down grade and
everything appears to be CREASED for the occa-
sion.
- New corn has been selling about Towson
at $3.50. to S2.75 per barrel. If farmer can
raise ~ barrels to the acre he can only realize
$50 per acre atthe first mentioned figure. This
looks like small compensation for much hard
work.
-Mr. Robert NJ Taylor, who lives near
Towson, has purchased from Mr.. W. G.
Fletcher, of Upperville, Va, the handsome
general utility horse Surprise, an animal that
has won many prizes at the Virginia horse
shows.
s3GS Mrs. A. L. Boring of the 5th district,
was in runaway accident last Sunday and
was seriously injured, one of her ribs having
been broken. The carriage was upset. throw
ing her OUT She was also severely cut and
bruised.
- Attention is invited to a notice in the
advertising columns of THE UNION today ad-
dressed ITO All Users of Turnpike Roads"
This is a matter that concerns q large body OF
our population and it is, therefore, highly i'm
portant one.
- The order of Knights of Pythias will
hold grand jubilee in Baltimore on the 18th
of December next and IL is expected that not
less than 1900 members will participate.
This order has number of lodges in Baltl-
more county.
William D. Frigate, teamster for Mr.. J..
III. Hartman, superintendent of Holy Redeemer
Cemetery, on the Belair road, had one OF his
feet injured so seriously few days ago by q
horse tramping upon it that two OF his toes had
to be amputated.
- From present indications it would seem
that the Poe amendment to the constitution
will be badly showed under in Baltimore county
next month. Republicans are almost solidly
against it, while the Democrats are hopelessly
split on the subject.
People should cut down the weeds about
their premises and burn them as soon as they
are dry enough. Thus they will Danish an
unsightly nuisance and get rid of weed seed.