The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-08-12


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The first Monday in September is Labor
Day in Maryland. It is not holiday.
- August Hummer has been appointed an
additional deputy game warden for Baltimore
The Sherwood Distilling Company of
Cockeysvlle has obtained trademark for
%The County Commissioners will meet
again in regular session on Tuesday next,
August 10Th.
. The county fair will begin three weeks
from next Tuesdays September 9th. Are you
getting ready for it?
No doubt the big battle at Belair on
Tuesday was the cause Of this weeks rain. 1t
was noisy but bloodless.
"A lawn fete will be held at Union Chapel.
Sparks Station, N. G.. r. R., Thursday and
Friday, August 18th and 18th.
"A finely bred driving mare belonging to
Miss Ella @. Cockey, of Cockeysville, was gored
to death by bull few days ago.
THE work Of building two bowling alleys
at the Guild House in Towson Is now in pro-
gress. Mr.. Daniel Harding has the contract:
- We don't hear any more talk about the
Towson and Cockeysvile Electric Railway.
We hope this project will not be dropped en-
1.-The weather man gave us a taste of dog
day weather this week and we cannot expect
much better until the end Of the present
month.
MIR. John L. Wagner, florist. West Joppa
road, Towson, has the thanks of THE UNION
for lot of tomatoes, the finest we have seen
this year.
- The members of the School Board on
Tuesday made thorough inspection of the
new public school building at Highlandtown
and accepted it.
- The carpenter work on the Elks' Home
in Towson, which was commenced last Mon
day, is being pushed rapidly, strong force
being employed.
= Some cases of typhoid fever are reported
in Baltimore county but the disease does not
appear to be so prevalent as it usually is at this
season of the year.
- Mr.. Charles A. Councilman, the we'll
known Worthington Valley farmer, is now
engaged in growing garden seeds for Balti-
more firm of seedsmen.
- The second of the twin daughters of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Bosley, of Towson, died on
Monday last The death of the other one oc-
CURED several weeks ago.
- Baltimore county will be well represented
at the thirteenth annual meeting of the farmers
organizations of Maryland to be held at College
Park. September LIST and I'd.
e Baltimore county bands Will again FUR
nish the music for the Timonium fair this
year, different one for every day. This plan
was found to work well last year.
->As this appears to be good corn year"
in Baltimore county farmers should be able to
make an unusually fine display of this i'm
portant cereal at the Timonium fair.
- Mr.. George Klein, of Rosedale, Philadel-
phia road. had an arm broken few days ago
by falling upon harrow. He was taken to
hospital in Baltimore for treatment.
At Wilson, N. c., on Tuesday Mr.. ].
NOVEL; Hawkins, of Baltimore county, made
the high average by breaking 1856 targets out of
ZOO. He had one run OF 100 straight
The Western Run Cornet Band will hold
picnic and festival at Western Run postofice,
on Saturday, August 18th, commencing at 6 P.
NJ. A general invitation is extended.
Mr.. Harry Groom has again resumed the
ice business in Towson ON his own account.
The Independent Ice Company of Baltimore
also continues to supply its customers.
People are returning from their summer
vacation and getting back into their old grooves
again. The summer of 1905 is on the down
grade and its end is almost within site.
Ill appears to be pretty well established
fact that flies and mosquitoes spread disease.
For this reason. If for no other, these pests
should be fought with all the vigor possible.
- The Alert Volunteer Company of the
Beair road, gave watermelon feast and dance
at the engine house on Wednesday night in
honor of the Ladies' Auxiliary Of the company.
The board of managers of the Baltimore
County Agricultural Society met in Baltimore
last Saturday and transacted lot of routine
business. The outlook for the fair is excellent.
->The Cockeysville Country Clubs base
ball team cleaned up the strong Taylor team
last Saturday afternoon to the tune of 16 to 4.
1t was a sort ofan off, day with the Harfordo-
mans.
- While feeding vicious horse on We'd
nesday Mr.. Thomas Sprague, of Parkville,
hand. DR.. w. T. G. Whiteford dressed the
wound.
- The tent meeting on Delaware avenue.
Towson, held under the auspices of Towson M.
E. Church, will be continued every night next
week except Saturday. Much interest is being
manifested.
- It looks like bicycles are again growing
in popularity. Perhaps when automobiling
begins to ''go OUT wheeling will again become
the fad. Such sports usually run themselves
out in time.
- The second quarterly meeting of Here
ford Circuit will be held at Jessop Church,
Saturday and Sunday, August 10Th and 10th.
Preaching each day by Rev. Frank G. Porter,
of Baltimore.
-sThe Ladies' Aid Society and Sunday
school of Epworth M. E. Church, Cockeysville.
will hold picnic ard festival in the church
grove, on Friday and Saturday evenings, August
18th and 18th.
- This week will about wind up the camp
meetings. Emory Grove and Summit Grove
both closed on Monday, but number of
families will continue to camp on the grounds
for some time.
- If anyone in the country wishes to sub
scribe to the fund now being raised to pur-
chase gift for the U. s. cruiser Maryland they
can leave their contributions at the Towson
National Bank.
Many farmers are already busy with
their fall blowing and some have the work well
advanced. The ground has been in fine con-
diti0n-not so hard as to drag the life out OF
the pillow teams.
1.-The Western Maryland Railroad Com
pany is erecting hayshed and milk depot, oc-
S~cupying an entire block on Front and High
streets, Baltimore. The Improvements will
cost about SIS, 900.
- William Harris, colored, of Towson, is
now handling some fine young stock for Mr..
r. Emory Warfield from his Pot Spring Farm.
pair of highly bred bay colts make an espe-
cially attractive team.
Mrs. Agnes Baker filed bill in the Circuit
Court here on Tuesday for an absolute divorce
from her husband, Harry E. Baker, whom she
charges with desertion.
SMr. B. +. Jones, manager of the Hoen
farm, at the head of Dulany's Valley, exhibited
in Towson on Monday stalk of ordinary field
corn that measured Is feet inches in height.
1t had two large ears omit.
THE ladies of st. Johns P. e. Church,
Kingsville, will hold their annual bazaar and
fair In the old church, on Friday and Saturday
nights of this week. These are always enjoya-
BILE affairs and well attended.
Miss Grace Ruhl, daughter of Mrs. Mar
garet Ruhl, of st. Helena, 18th district, who
had an attack of lockjaw from running rusty
nail into her foot, has entirely recovered. Dr..
J. l.. Traux attended the case.
- Belair is enjoying the State military en-
campment this week. it being the second time
that it has been thus honored The social
features of the camp are very enjoyable. 1t
will continue until next Monday.
->Republican primary meetings will be
held in all the districts of Baltimore county on
Saturday next, August 18TH between the hours
of and 6 P. NJ. The county convention will
meet at Towson on the Tuesday following.
miss Ella Gist Cockey, of Melrose Farm,
Cockeysville, was slightly hurt on Friday. even
ing of last week by being thrown from buggy
while driving from the residence of her brother,
COL Joshua 3. Cockey, of My Lady's Manor.
ANDREW Gephart, aged IL years, OF Raspe-
burg, Belair road, was accidentally struck on
the left arm by the handle of pitchfork last
Sunday and had the bones broken near the
wrist. DR.. VIM. D. Corse reduced the fracture.
- The tomato crop is almost an entire
failure this year. The vines have made vigor-
GUS growth but there are very few tomatoes.
This is said to be due to the fact that the fire.
quent rains washed the pollen from the bios
SONS.
Mrs. Bertha Thalwitzer, who died at her
home in Baltimore, on Tuesday last, at the age
of 81 years, was the mother of Mrs. James B.
Hutchins, of Towson. The remains were in
tered in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Towson, on