The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-07-21

>Mr. Noah g. 0ffutt, of the Towson bal
who is also farmer at Cockeysville, exhibite
lot Of his farm and garden products ct tn
Court House on Wednesday and was hight
complimented by his friends upon the exec
lence Of the samples.
Some gentlemen who provided them
selves with automobiles have already grow
tired of the sport and one has sold his machine
One reason given for his action was that hi
I mother was afraid he would either kill himsel
or some other person.
"a stereopticon lecture on Porto Rico will
be given at Chestnut Grove Church, near Swee
Air, on Friday night, July 9th. Admission
| free, but an offering will be taken. Specla
interest in the island at this time makes thu
lecture most acceptable.
| -Towson has several old iron and rat
merchants and the quantity OF stuff that they
gather up around the country is amazing
! Almost any day one or more wagon loads car
be seen being brought into the town. Ths
dealers are colored men.
THE Board of Managers of the Baltimore
County Agricultural Society has put q ban upon
| gambling and there is to be no more of it on
| the fair grounds. This is commendable move
and the people should show their appreciation
| by an increased attendance.
->All the indications point to big corn
| crop in Baltimore county this year. The fire.
progress, and it Is now practically ''out of the
| woods" the ground being too well shaded to
be much affected by drought.
- Mr.. William L. McAfee, of Baltimore,
aged rs years. was run over by an electric car
last Saturday night, between Thompson's Sea-
girt House and Riverview, and instantly killed.
How he came to be on the track is not known.
The body was terribly mangled.
IA party of fishermen from Cockeysville,
including Messrs. A. G. Crommer, George
7 ID \
others, had fine sport in Bush river few days
ago. They caught SO dozen white perch in q
few hours with hooks and lines.
>Dr. Denard s. Williams, well known
physician, died at his home in Woodbury.. on
the 18th instant, after an illness of five days.
directly traceable to oyerwork during the recent
epidemic of typhoid fever in Woodbury..
81 Last Sunday was st. Swithin's Day and
as there was small shower in the morning
we may, according to the old legend, expect
rain for the next forty days and nights. And
indeed it looks as though it would come true
for we have had rain nearly every day since. !.
THE annual statement of the expenses of
Baltimore county for the past fiscal year is
published on the first and fourth pages of THE
UNION today. If you wish to know how the
peoples money is spent you can ascertain the
fact by running your eye over these columns.
John Conner, of Texas, through Messrs.
John 1. Yellott and Robert H. Bussey, his at
torneys, has sued the Northern Central Rail-
way Company for $1,000 for alleged damage to
his property by flooding &c. The County
Commissioners are also made defendants in
the suit.
THE Sunday school of Ashland Presby-
terrain Church will give its annual excursion
to Colchester Beach, on Thursday, August
9th. Fare for round trip from Cockeysville
very enjoyable affairs. A general invitation Is
extended.
Several memorial windows in Parkton
NJ. E. Church having been destroyed by re-
cent hail storm the ladies of the congregation
will hold box social on the church lawn, on
Saturday evening, July 21st. to raise fund to
replace the windows. A liberal patronage is
requested.
- Messrs. Ceilings & Bro, of Lutherville,
this week bought Is head of fine fat Hereford
cattle from the farm of Col. Robert NJ. Deni-
son, on the Pot Spring road: their weight being
between LOO and 100 lbs. each. They re-
fused to be driven from the farm and had to
be shot there.
-Mr. Charles A. Councilman, of Worthing-
ton Valley, one of Baltimore county's most
successful farmers, raised this season 1856
bushels of wheat on 81 acres of grOund-an
average of 394 bushels to the acre. One thous-
and bushels of this was sold to one man, who
will dispose of it for seed.
arrangements are nearly complete for
the Sunday school reunion to be held in Clay
9Th. A number of well known ministers will
make addresses and the Long Green Cornet
Band will furnish music. A pleasant day is
promised all who attend.
SHERIFF Jacob Elliott, although he has
been in office a comparatively short time. has
had a very unpleasant experience. Within six
months he has been called upon to hang two
mufderers and he came near having third on
his hands. This is an extremely disagreeable
record for Baltimore county.
Several women, white and colored, wit
messed the hanging of Ernest Lyles in the Jail
yard at Towson on Friday of last week. This
is a painful statement to make but it is true.
1t is said that 500 tickets of admission were
printed for this affair. In the present so-called
enlightened age this seems horrible.
+Mr, w. Gill Smith, attorney for Henry
J. and John N. Hick, infants, by their next
friend, has instituted proceedings in the Circuit
Court here for the sale of the real estate of
their late father, Henry ]. Hick. The prop
erty consists of lot and Improvements on
East Pennsylvania avenue, Towson. (
passed.over Druid Hill Park on Tuesday after
noon while the Sunday school Of Towson NJ.
E. Church was spending the day there. Light
ming struck and shattered q tree near where the
picnic was held and created some consterna-
ton for time, but no one was hurt.
MIR IA. l.. Garrett, who purchased Mr..
William Bryan's Rockland Roller Mill, on the
Falls road, has made number of additions to
the machinery that add to its capacity and
producing quality. Mr.. Bryan is now acting
as agent for the products of this mill, which
are regarded as among the best in the market:
"A well known 18th district farmer who
called at THE UNION Office on Wednesday was
in a very happy frame of mind. He said he
had Just saved good harvest, had his fertilizer
and seed bills paid, and had now paid for his
paper for another year, and he didn't see why
he shouldn't be happy under such circum-
stances.
- Martin j. Carney, of Baltimore, son of
Mrs. Ann Carney, of Texas, was drowned in
Middle river last Sunday. He was "a years Of
age and the fourth grown son that Mrs. Carney
Joseph's Catholic Church, Texas, on Wednes-
day and the interment was in the church
cemetery.
THE County Commissioners are doing
some work on the avenues in Towson for
which they will receive the thanks of the citi-
zens. The town is unincorporated and moth
ing can be done in the way OF improvements
except through the Commissioners Board.
The property owners get these in return for
the taxes they pay.
->It took eleven innings for the TowsoD
team to down the famous Pikesvilles on the
grounds here last Saturday afternoon, the score
beinge6 to 5 at the finish. 1t was one OF the
best games ever seen here and was witnessed
by nearly 500 people. The Towson team now
heads the Suburban League, the Pikesvilles
having previously been the tOpnOtcherS.
Eighth district farmers are making
good showing with their crop yields. Mr..
VIM. H. Wight raised IS bushels of wheat to
the acre, while Mr.. Michael Padian raised q
fraction over 80 bushels of ryeto the acre. He
also raised &c bushels of barley to the acre.
Mr.. E. Cuttings Merryman had IL acres of
barley that yielded 40 bushels to the acre.
-On Sunday night last Mr.. Charles Deinst-
bach, of Towson, exhibited at Massenburg's
drug store beautiful night-blooming cereus
that attracted great deal of attention. The
three large flowers commenced to open about
7P.M and at $50 they were in full bloom and
the store was filled with their fragrance. These
curious plants bloom but once a year. Mr..
Dienstbach's is fourteen years old.
mir. A. j. STREET., of Sharon, Hartford
county, who was in Towson on Monday, is
an enthusiastic breeder of Buff Orpington
chickens, q breed that is destined to become
very popular. They are large and handsome
birds, strong and good layers, which is not
generally the case with big chickens. Mr..
STREET. has one rooster for which he has refused
$50. He will exhibit at Tmonium and other
Maryland fairs this year.
1.-THE motley crowd that is attracted to
Towson whenever an execution occurs is dis
grace to the town as well as to Baltimore
county. If there is any one thing more than
another that emphasizes the importance of
making executions strictly private it is this.