The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-06-30

more county ends tOday-Satur0ay, June oUtn.
->If it be true that time is money some
people waste a lot OF cash monkeyiDg over
trihipg things.
Clarence H. Murray, of Towson, has
been appointed by the County Commissioners
constable for the 9th district.
IAN all day meeting will be held at Dover
NJ. E. Church, on Sunday. July LIST, to which
general invitation is extended.
1.-The Fourth of July-next Wednesday
is legal holiday in Maryland. All the banks
ard public offices will be closed.
THE annual picnic of the Sunday school
of Towson NJ. E. Church will be held in Druid
Hill Park, on Tuesday, July 18th.
The directors of the C0ckeysyille National
Bank have declared q semi-annual dividend Of
q per cent payable on and after July 9Th.
+Another couple from Baltimore came to
Towson last Saturday night and were married
by Rev. Thomas E. Copes, ofthe NJ. E. Church.
MIR. John N. Carroll, of Reisterstown,
4th district, has been drawn to serve as grand
Juror at the present term of the U. s. District
Court.
The discount on county taxes paid dur
ing the month of July is per cent The dis
count on State taxes for the same month is
per cent.
- During the thunder storm on Thursday
afternoon lightning struck and instantly killed
"a horse belonging TO Mr.. Samuel z. Cole, OF
Glencoe, N. @. r. r.
one court in Baltimore last Monday. This is
very bad showing and days record that is
rarely if ever equaled.
Mr.. Samuel E. Pentz has purchased from
Dr.. A. o. Swallow vacant lot on Groveland
avenue, West Arlington, which he will inn
prove with fine cottage.
The Y NJ. G. A. of Govanstown has
secured vacant lot on the York road and Cold
Spring lane, which will be used as an athletic
field Including ball ground.
IA class of forty children took their first
communion at the Church of the Immaculate,
Towson. last Sunday morning, the pastor, Rev.
Philip 81. Sheridan, officiating.
- Many fine pleasure teams are seen about
Towson daily at this time of the year. show
ling that large part of our summer population
still prefers horses to automobiles.
@The Sunday school of the Lutheran
Church at Jacksonville, 10th district will hold
its children's day service on Sunday, July LIST,
commencing at 7.3O P. NJ. All invited.
Emory Grove camp-meeting will begin
August 9th and continue until the 23d. The
meeting of the Itinerants' Club will be held on
the grounds from 18th to 18th, inclusive.
"A railroad surveying corps was again at
work on the turnpike north of Towson this
week, presumably for the reported extension
of the United Railways line to Lutherville.
- Wounds from toy pistols are almost
certain to result in l0ckjaw and death. Parents
should see that their children are kept away
from these deadly playthings on the Fourth.
Ida l. Sinclair has been appointed post
master at Rossville Baltimore county, vice H.
H. Sinclair. deceased. The office is located on
the p, B. & w. Railroad, in the 18th district.
"a Home Product Show will be held at
Electric Park, Arlington beginning Septem-
Der Sd and continuing one month. The object
is to promote the sale of Maryland products.
Judge Duncan has notified those who
may be brought before him for unlawfully
speeding automobiles on the county roads that
he will punish them to the full extent of the
law.
Those interested in the proposed new
bank at Towson say that the whole of the
capital stock ($50,000) has been subscribed.
at is also said the bank will be located near the
Court House.
= Tracey's Hotel Towson has been i'm
proved with new slate roof and some Of the
fencing has been renewed. Mr.. Frank y. u
Boarman lately purchased the property from
the Ady heirs.
Oscar Johnson, constable in the 10th
district, was on Tuesday granted an absolute
divorce from his wife on the ground of abandon
ment. He was given the custody of his four
minor children.
>Towson was visited by several violent
electrical storms between and 2.30 P. NJ. on
Thursday. Some hail fell with the heavy rain.
number of telephones and electric lights
were burned out.
IA man named George Wunder who
lived in Canton, dropped dead of heart disease
while smoking cigarette on Wednesday morn
ing. He was IS years of age and leaves wife
and eight children.
THAT was a very quiet convention the
Democrats held in Towson on Monday. There
wasn't much to be done and it took only few
minutes to do it. A good many new faces were
seen among the delegates.
1.-THE patriotic residents of West Arlington
have raised a fund of $500 for Fourth of July
celebration. Athletic games and band con-
cert during the day will be followed by sup
per and fireworks at night
MIR. Joseph Phipps, farm manager at
Hampton, this week shipped to purchaser a
trio of Barred Rocks that will be sent to Jamaica
for exhibition in poultry show there. They
were uncommonly fine birds.
-The strawberry festival is finished for
the present year. The crop of berries was
failure in this section of Maryland. Those
who had even fairly good yield made money
because the prices ruled high.
- Mosquitoes are beginning to make their
appearance in Towson. the result, no doubt, of
badly kept drains. This is something greatly
to be deplored. There should be no sign of
this summer pest 10 this town.
Another hail storm visited the upper
end of this county last Saturday afternoon and
did some damage to growing crops and vegeta.
ton generally. Some of the hailstones are said
to have been as large as hen eggs
MIR. Adam r. Smith, farm manager on
Green Valley, finished cutting his wheat on
Wednesday. He had large acreage and the
yield promises to be unusually fine. a
THE business of the Towson postal staf
ton is constantly growing and the clerks have
little time for rest during Office hours. This
roundings are improving right along.
1.-THE Cockeysville Country Club baseball
team will play the Gainesville Reserves at the
former place this Saturday afternoon, and an
interesting game is expected. The last time
these teams met Cockeysville won, 6 to 5.
1.-THE Improvement Association of Ham.
ilton. Hartford road has passed a resolution of
thanks to Dr. George G. Wegefarth for his
public spirit in adding TO the rapid growth and
improvement of that section of the county.
NEARLY forty members of John Eager
Howard Council Jr. o. q. A. NJ, attended
divine service at Towson NJ. E. Church last
Sunday morning and heard an excellent SER
mon by the pastor, Rev. Thomas e. Copes.
MIR. j. Fred. G. Talbot, of Baltimore
county, was nominated for Congress at West
minister on Wednesday for the eleventh time.
Should he be elected it will be the eighth term
he has served in the House of Representatives.
->The public school at Yeoho, 9th district,
will hold picnic, accompanied by patriotic
exercises and outdoor amusements, on We'd
nesday, July 4th, to which general invitation
is extended. Proceeds for benefit OF the school.
- The annual picnic of st. Anthony's
Catholic Church. Franklin avenue, was held at
Kinlein's Park Belair road, on Tuesday AFTER
noon, and was largely attended. Mr.. Charles
X. Schultz was chairman of the committee OF
arrangements.
People who use coal oil to kindle fires
often take great risks and serious accidents
frequently follow. Last week THE UNION re-
ported fatal occurrence from this cause. In
using Sucn lnnamma0le material people Snoulu
be very cautious.
THE foundation for the new Towson High
School Building is now under way and the
structure will be pushed as rapidly as possible.
1T will be hardly possible to have it ready for
occupancy by the time the schools resume their
sessions in the fall.
Zone boy has already died of lockjaw pro-
duced by shooting himself in the hand while
prematurely celebrating the Fourth of July.
This should prove a warning to others. The
be prohibited by law:
>Towson is looking its best just now and
all the strangers who come here are delighted
with the place. There is no more healthy and
beautiful location in the country. There is
onlv one drawback-we need more houses with
modern Improvements.
-An unusually large quantity of rain has
fallen during the present month, and on this
account the farmers have experienced great
deal of trouble in saving their hay crop, much
of which was spoiled because there was not
enough sunshine to dry it.
@Michael Kavenaugh, employed at spar.
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