The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-07-29

- For the eighteenth consecutive year q
number of married men Of Towson and Loeb
4 Raven, with their families, went TO Cape May
shore, Middle river, on Thursday to spend the
day. This annual outing Is always greatly
enjoyed.
- The iron safe used by the Home Build
ing Association of T0wson was this week re-
moved from the old Maryland Journal Build
ing to room in the Masonic Temple, where
the meetings of the association will be held
hereafter.
-DThe School Board has adopted Passano's
story history Of Maryland. the full title Of the
book being Maryland Stories of Her People
and Her History" It contains twenty nine
estiDg and instructive.
MATTERS political are exceedingly fiat Just
now in this county Nothing doing" seems
to be the rule. Thejudicial convention for this
district will meet at Towson on Thursday,
August 10th. Perhaps after that date things
will liven up somewhat.
ION Thursday Judge Burke signed an
order declaring that the charter of the Falls
Turnpike Company has been forfeited and d.
recting that the Falls road shall become pub
lie highway unless cause is shown to the con-
trary within thirty days.
"a little Towson Sunday school boy was
asked what he thought was done with the
money that was collected In the school every
mentioning his teachers name) fused it to
buy shoes and hats with"
Mrs. Priscilla g Wilson, who died at
her home near Churchville, Hartford county,
Of Harry Wilson, eldest son Of the late DR..
Henry Wilson, of Dulany's Valley. She is
survived by four daughters and two sons.
County Commissioners Yellotf, Slade
aud Mann have turned their summer holiday
into tour of those sections Of the county that
were visited by the food Of July 9Th. in order
| to inspect the roads and bridges and to urge
the repair of them as speedily as possible.
ACTIVE preparations are now being made
| for the Timonium fair, which is very lit
| tie more than a month off. The entry blanks
| for the races will be out early next week.
| There are twenty five of these and they include
trotting, pacing, steeplechases and fiat races.
- Mr.. Thomas v. Richardson. one Of the
most extensive and successful farmers of the
10th district, raised this season $50 bushels of
! wheat on 80 acres OF land, an average of little
over rs bushels per acre. 1t was a little damp
| when shipped and brou6h ~ cts. per bushel.
- Efforts are being made to have postal
car route established on the line of the Back
and Middle river electric line Of cars. Two
| collections and two deliveries daily are pro-
posed. Mr.. George r. Willis, the well
attorney, is said to be interested in the matter.
- The Mt. Washington Athletic Club,
| whose beautiful grounds at Mt. Washington
| were seriously damaged by the late food, will
| give moonlight excursion down the bay on
Friday, August 4th. The money raised will
be used to repair the devastation of the food
"a number of citizens in the vicinity of
Roland Park are not satisfied with the assess
ments made by the examiners on the proposed
boulevard to extend from Roland avenue TO
Merryman's lane and St. Paul street. There
will no doubt be contests before the matter is
finally settled.
Emory Grove camp-meeting, on the w.
M. r. R., opens next Tuesday and will con-
tinue until August 10th; On Sunday, July
SOth, preaching by Rev. Gross Alexander. one
There is no charge for admission and all are
cordially invited.
Two well attended tournaments were
held in Baltimore county on Wednesday-one
at Butler, 9th district, and the other at Harri.
sonville, I'd district. The latter was for the
benefit of the Holy Family Catholic Church,
of which Rev. E. f. McAdams is pastor. The
weather was delightful for outdoor sports.
- When about three dozen flies get after a
bobtailed horse wonder what he would say of
the man who deprived him OF bis tail If he
were able to express himself. We imagine
that his language would be too warm to print.
If you must have bobtailed nag put net ON
him. You'll feel better if you do and SO will he
1.-The contest over the postmastership at
Elicott City was settled on Tuesday by the ap-
pointment by the President of Mr.. Philip T.
Hartman, who was backed by Congressman
Mudd. The incumbent, Mr.. Oldfied. was
strongly endorsed for reappointment, ex- Repre-
hackers
sMr. Noah E. Offutt, of the Towson bar,
whose home is at Cockeysville, exhibited at the
County Clerks Office on Tuesday collection
Of fruits and vegetables. grown on his place.
that fully establish the fact that he is sue
cessful cutivator of the soil. The collection
was much admired by those having business
at the Office.
>The annual reunion ofthe Sunday schools
of Long Green Circuit will be held in Clayton's
Grovo Of E0rk IN "Wednesday newt inst
commencing at 10 A. M. 1t will present some
unusual features this year and pleasant days
outing is promised those who attend. Ad-
dresses by Rev. G. W. Hobbs and Rev. T. E.
Peters. both of Baltimore.
There was no baseball in Baltimore
county last Saturday, Jupiter Pluvius having
made matters too uncomfortable for the sport.
Next Saturday (July 29th) the Towsons will
play the Centaurs at Clifton Park, Hartford
road. The Towsons have two dates open
August 9th and 26th-and they would like to
arrange for games here on those days.
THE summer hotels and boarding houses
are now enjoying their harvest time. Thous-
ands of city people are summering in Balti-
more county and the cash they spend, to say
nothing of their agreeable presence, is an i'm
portaut matter with many of our citizens.
And the steam and trolley lines are also much
benefited by the constant patronage OF these
people.
- Mr. John H Grill, member of the bar,
who teaches class of young ladies in Towson
NJ. E. Sunday school, took them on an outing
to Fairview, on the Chesapeake bay, on Friday
of last week, and as some of them afterwards
expressed it, 'they had the time of their lives"
Surf bathing was among the enjoyments of the
day and some of those who INDUCED it have
since been applying all sorts of remedies for
painful sunburn.
->The Itinerants' Club had three-day
week, beginning on Tuesday. There were
lectures by Rev. DR.. Gross Alexander, of Louis
ville Ky; Rev. DIR. Charles F. Sitterly, of
Drew Theological Seminary; Rev. DR.. Charles
E. Locke. pastor of Hanson Place M E. Church,
Brooklyn, N. Y; Rev. DIR. J. B. Van Meter,
dean of the Womans College of Baltimore,
and others. Many ministers attended.
1.-The "automObility" of HagerstOwn have
organized into a club to formulate law for
their own special benefit that they will try to
have passed at the next session of the Legisla-
ture. One ofthe requirements of this proposed
Law is that the owners of all pleasure vehicles
drawn by horses shall be compelled to carry
lamps fore and aft the same as autos. If we
are not much mistaken it will be long time
before the Maryland Legislature will pass law
containing such provision.
- Last Monday afternoon while Mrs. Jesse
Tyson was driving from Cylburn, her country
home on Green Spring avenue, to Baltimore,
o man running an automobile, in attempting
to pass her on the road, ran into her horses and
came near causing serious accident. When
the fellow saw what he had done he put on
speed and escaped, but Mrs. Tyson was quick
enough to get the number of his machine and
Deputy Sheriff Noah Walker subsequently ar
rested him and he was fined $40 and costs.
"a correspondent writing from Ruhps,
9Th district of this county, to the Westminster
Sentinel says: THE smoke was plainly seen
here and the jar plainly felt of the recent pow.
der mill explosion at Rockdae Powder Works.
The residents are in constant jeopardy, owing
to the frequency of the explosions. Should
all the powder and dynamite stored at the
works explode at once buildings would be
shattered in a radius of many miles. The pro-
duct of these mills is hauled by teams over
long and rough road to New Freedom, where
1t is shipped to other points,
- Mr.. Charles B. Bowen who has quarry
on bis farm on Charles street avenue extended,
near Towson, had close call few days ago.
He was working in the quarry and had set off
blast of dynamite when he went to see the
result He stood few seconds looking at the
broken rock aud then stepped aside for some
purpose. Just as he did so large body of
earth that projected about IL feet above came
crashing down, covering the spot where he
stood to the depth of many feet. 1t took three
men several hours To remoYa the fallen earth.