The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-07-28

exactly nalI mile IN lengLn.- lbs suOuls
settle the contention that the track is shor
half mile.
THE annual camp-meeting at Emory
| Grove will commence on the 9th OF Angus
and continue two weeks. Rev. A. f. Camp
bell will have charge of the religious services
| number of families are already encamped Oh
the grounds.
- The Hack Drivers Association of Bal
timoredecided this week not to drive at Sunday
fuDefals after August 18th, except in cases
where death is due to contagious diseases.
number of clergymen and undertakers endors
ed their action.
The succession of thunder storms in this
county last Sunday afternoon was something
very unusual. They commenced about 2o'clock
and continued until after 10 P. NJ. A large
quantity of rain fell, but it came steadily and
therefore did no damage.
- Arrangements are about complete for the
reunion of the Sunday schools of Long Green
Circuit, NJ. E. Church, to be held in Clayton's
Grove, near Fork, on Wednesday, August 9Th
There will be plenty of music and refreshments
and big crowd to enjoy it all.
THE Ladies' Home Interest Club of the
9Th district held its monthly meeting on We'd
nesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lewis
NJ. Bacon. Mrs. Charles II. Price presided and
Miss Ella Scott was secretary. There was a
general discussion of household duties.
- While returning from market late last
Saturday night Mr.. Louis Eubel, truck farmer
on the old Frederick road. was run down by
an automobile and his horse was killed. The
driver of the wagon made miraculous escape.
1t is said the affair was purely accidental.
THE Sunday school of Bosley NJ. E..
Church and the Ladies' Aid Society held joint
picnic and supper at the church last Saturday
afternoon and evening. MIR. Lewis Nj. Bacon
is superintendent of the Sunday school and
Mrs. Bacon is president of the Aid Society.
THE apple cropin some parts of the upper
end of Baltimore county was entirely ruined
hxJ fho Lot hnl ofn LloA rr0kh fOp
these the fruit would have been plentiful
Some grain fields were so badly damaged from
the same cause as not to be worth cutting.
- Forty houses, of style entirely new in
that locality, are about to be erected in Mount
Washington, and plans for the same are now
being prepared. The site is on hill COM
manding fine views of the surrounding country.
The houses will cost from Sc, 900 to S. 600 each.
THOSE Towsonites who went to Oriole
Park on Tuesday afternoon to see the great
Belair baseball team wipe up the earth with
the Walbrook team, came home much crest
fallen. The Belairs managed to get 8 runs
while their opponents accumulated g. 1t was
bad-very bad.
plans are now being matured for the
building ola trolley line from Baltimore to
A>ffanchise for this road was secured at the
last session of the Legislature by Speaker Ben
son, whose father, Mr. Oregon r. Benson, is a
large landowner at Haethorpe.
- George A. Murray, of Towson, who was
run down by an engine on the Md. & Pa Rail-
road at Nofre DAME Station, on the 18th of
July, and who miraculously escaped with his
life, is able to go about on crutches. 1t will be
remembered that the mules he was driving
were killed and the wagon demolished.
- Miss Louisa Lay, daughter of the late
Bishop Lay. of the Protestant Episcopal Do
cese of Easton, died few days ago at the home
of Mr.. Edward Reynolds, near Upper Falls,
11th district, where she was spending the sum-
mer. She was SO years of age and had been
very active in church and charitable work.
"A colored woman named Retta Sharp,
whose home was in Baltimore, was struck by
the engine of an express train at Lutherville
Station, on Monday morning last and instantly
killed. A coroner's jury exonerated the rail-
road company from all blame. The woman
was so years of age and leaves two children.
1.-THE Second National Bank of Towson,
which was fully organized last week, has pur-
chased the Law Bnilding-the stone building
opposite the east front of the Court House
and will be ready to begin business there within
sixty days The location is an excellent one
and the building well suited for the purpose.
- The County Commissioners on Tuesday
Investigated the charges made by Mr.. Oscar
Luyties against Police Officer Noah Kirk. 1t
was decided thatthe charge of intoxication was
not sustained. The officer arrested his accuser
on Park Heights avenue upon the charge of
driving bis motor car beyond the speed limit.
IA field of alfalfa will be sown on the
Hartford county alms-house farm next month
by the State Experiment Station as an object
lesson. Why can't Baltimore county do some
thing of this kind? Some effort was made in
this direction, but the scheme seems to have
fallen through. 1t is too good thing to let
drop.
- Mr.. Harry T. Campbell, contractor, is
furnishing the material that is being used in
the>fmprovement of some of the avenues in
TowsoD. He is hauling it from No. Shaft,
ON the line of the conduit from Loeb Raven to
Lake Montebello. The stone is dark blue in
color and is an excellent material for road
making
THE congregation of Pine Grove q. B.
Church will hold lawn fete on Thursday
evening, August I'd, on the lawn of Rayville
Hall. Proceeds will be devoted to defraying
the expense of identifying the cemetery at
tached to the church. Ice-cream, cake and
confectionery will be sold. large attendance
is desired.
AFTER September 1st the C. & P. Tee-
phone Company will make a cut in its subur-
ban rates and the reduction will be appreciated
by the public. Toll messages that now cost 10
cents viii be reduced to 5. and Towson. Cations,
Vile, Arlington, Woodlawn, Pikesville and
Tuxedo will be among the suburban towns to
get the benefit.
- Mr.. W. Laurence Cranston, the we'll
known contractor and builder, is erecting four
additional lighthouses for Mr.. Isaac H. Moss
the corner of Cuttings and Belona avenues.
They are chiefly of iron and glass; an immense
quantity of the latter material being used on
the sides and roofs.
THE East Baltimore District Conference
of the M. E. Church South was held this week
at st. Johns Church, Hamilton, Hartford road
The conference includes all the churches of the
northern section of Baltimore, with all the
counties on the Eastern Shore. The Ladies'
Aid Society of St. Johns made ample provi-
sion for the visitors.
THE formal opening of the New Park
and Fawn Grove Railroad will take place on
Thursday, August 9th, when an elaborate cele
bration will be held at New Park. Several
we'll known gentlemen will make addresses.
This new line will open up rich farming Sec
ton, and already the people are beginning to
appreciate its benefits.
This week scored another fatality to the
list of the unloaded (2) pistol A IL year-old
boy, son of Baltimore policeman, while hand.
ling pistol that was supposed to be empty,
discharged the only cartridge that it contained
and instantly killed bis sister, aged 10. The
victims name was E. Annette Bell and she
was to have been married next month.
General satisfaction is expressed that at
last the Riggs road case is at an end and Mr..
:. Dudley Riggs has been warmly congratu-
lated by his friends upon the outcome of this
the courts nearly five years and has cost large
sum of money. Now that it is disposed of all
should acquiesce and drop the discussion of it.
81 Mr.. Frederick Won Kapff. proprietor of
Cowpens Farm, in Lime Kiln Valley, east of
TUwson, completed his harvest last Saturday,
having saved all bis crops in excellent condi-
ton. His wheat crop was fine, and his yield
of hay was never better. Cowpens is among
the most productive farms in the county, and
Mr.. E. G. Gray, the superintendent, is an up
to-6ate farmer
THE savings department of the Towson
National Bank is now receiving deposits and
interest will begin from the LIST of August,
1905. No doubt the people will appreciate this
movement on the part of the directors of the
bank and will avail themselves of the OPP
portunity to promptly open savings accounts.
See the bank announcement in the advertis-
ing columns of THE UNION today.
THE regular camp meeting season at Sum-
NIT Grove. N. G. r. R., opened on Thursday
last and will continue until August 9Th. Rev.
E. L. Hubbard is in charge and will have the
assistance of Rev. D. v. Gwilym, of Brooklyn,
N Y, and several others prominent in evan
gelistic work. Every tent site on the ground
was rented before July 1st and it is expected
that the attendance will be very large.
Dr. Bosley's Heat Remedy.-Health Com.
missioner Bosley is great believer in the mon
profanity" remedy for avoiding il-effects from
the intense heat during the summer, says the