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

Tuesday. August IA, by w. Gill Smith, assignee
ments In the 10th district. on road leading
from Phoenix to Carroll's Manor.
The first month of summer will end to.
norfoW-Sunday, July 22d.
I'VE are now In the midst Of the dog
days--the most oppressive and disagreeable
season Of the year.
- Bass fishing in the Potomac river is now
at its height and many fine fish are being taken
-sThe crop Of bIackberries is abundant
this year. Those who gather them for sale are
making pretty penny.
The Northern Central Railway Company
has filed q protest against the granting of q
liquor license to Owen Harrison, Of Texas 9Th
- Already the days are growing perceptibly
shorter. Today (2lst the sun rises at 4.57 and
Il sets at 7.27. The autumn days will soon be
The Timonium dog show promises to be
agood feature of this years county fair. Those
who have It In charge promise to make 1t at
tfactive.
- SummR Grove camp-meeting, on the
Northern Central Railway, will begin on
Thursday next, July 18th. and continue until
August 9Th.
. The Timonium Fair is only little over
month off and those who intend to make ex-
hibits in the various departments should be
getting ready for 1t.
Mile House, on the Hartford road will be held
on Wednesday, August 10Th. Particulars Will
be announced hereafter.
--DTowson is to have fine new bank build
ing on one Of the most prominent corners in
thetOWn. This will be an improvement that
= the people will appreciate.
- Mr.. Charles e. Ellicott has let the con-
tract for the erection of summer residence
near MeIvale. N. C. r. r. Messrs. Ellicott q
Emmart are the architects.
IT, has folf mr. f1rf her efFinOQn0v n
the matter of ice. The Independent Company
that supplies the town with the manufactured
article Is equal to all demands.
--e The stables on the property Of Mr.. John
LAM, near Rosedale, Philadelphia road, were
burned on Friday of last week, entailing loss
of $500. The stock was saved.
THE County Clerks Office at Towson
uses between 80 and 20 blank receipts for deeds
-and mortgages every day. This gives some
idea CT the large business OF the office.
the boys fair warning about the killing Of
song birds. Those who fail to heed his procla-
nation will, if detected, be made to suffer.
- The death list growing out OF Fourth OF
July accidents is increasing and now reaches
over 500. to say nothing OF the injured. That
looks like big price to pay for little fun.
- More of the "pink slips that went out
with the first issue of THE UNION last Deem
Der found their way back to the Office this
week. There are still good many to be heard
from.
-STimonium NJ. E. Sunday school held its
annual picnic in Druid Hill Park on Wednes-
day Rev. L. NJ. Gosnell, pastor of st. Johns
Church, Lutherville, is superintendent OF the
school.
- Some upcommonly fine tomatoes, grown
on the farm of Hon. j. Fred. G. Talbot at,
Lutherville were shown in TOwson few days
ago. One weighed 16 ounces and another 123
ounces.
-pFor the first time in the history of Balti
he ofo Of
shows receipts in excess of 100000. This
shows the growth and Importance OF the
county.
Mr.. D. H. Rice, of Valley View Stock
Farm, is handling this week a very handsome
pair Of 5-year-old Kentucky horses. They are
blood bays. with black points, and finely
matched.
- The County Commissioners have arrang-
ed to take vacation from the 9TH to the 2lst
ofAugust The Office will be open as usual.
However, in charge of Messrs. Bosley and
t Merryman.
-SIn Baltimore county potato bugs are con-
spicuous by their absence this year and the
growers are wondering what has become of
them. The absence OF the pest relieves farmers
of much extra work.
- Walter Hoffman. son of Mr.. Joseph
Hoffman, of the 9th district was bitten on the
hand by copperhea6 snake few days ago.
The prompt attendance of DR.. J. s. Baldwin
possibly saved his life.
Two tournaments are announced to take
place in this county next Wednesday-one at
Wolters Carney Hotel, Hartford road, and the
other near Hyde's, 11th district, for the benefit
Of st. Johns Catholic Church.
The tournament season opened in Balti-
more county this week. The next one of these
affairs will be held on Wednesday, July 18th.
at Wolters Carney Hotel, at the terminus of
the electric line on the Hartford road.
-SIn the convent chapel of the Sisters of
Mercy at Mount Washington on Monday morn
f,.<,a uow M nFOnnuncQ0 the frlnlQ
vows of poverty, chastity and obedience which
forever bind them to q life of sacrifice.
- The Junior Order United American Me-
chanics is making arrangements to its grand
annual demonstration at Gwynn Oak Park, on
the 18th of September. Many thousands of
people attend these affairs every year.
-pJohn B. Hershey, of Stewartstown, York
county, came to Towson on Wednesday to get
q marriage license. Heidi not succeed for the
reason that he is but 10 years of age and did
not have the written consent of his parents.
III Charles A. Croft, well known Phila-
delphia physician, who is q native of Owings'
Mills, Baltimore county. fell from trolley car
a short time ago and broke leg: DR.. Croft is
>THE UNION was very poorly printed last
week owing to some disarrangement of the
machinery that could not be remedied at the
time. We hope our readers will be better
pleased with the appearance of the present
ISSUE
- During the high wind of Tuesday after
noon large oak tree near the first toll-gate, on
the Hartford road, was blown down and fell
across the car tracks, carrying nearly all the
wires with it. Travel was tied up for several
hours.
Thieves in the neighborhood of Govans-
town have been making trouble for the tele-
phone companies by cutting down the wires
aud carrying them off. The work was done
late last Saturday night. No arrests have been
made.
-pThe tournament held at Capt. A. H.
Coles Parkville House, on the Hartford road.
on Wednesday afternoon attracted several hun
bred people and proved an enjoyable affair.
Fifteen knights contended for the honors and
THE young ladies of LuthervilIe will
hold fete on the lawn of Mr.. E. S. Dickey,
on Tuesday evening, July Oath, for the benefit
OF the Fresh Air fund. The object is q most
worthy one and liberal patronage is ex-
->The drinking fountain recently erected
in Monument Square, Baltimore by the Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals, was
designed by Mr.. Lawrence Hall Fowler, sue
cessful architect and son of ex-Judge David
Fowler.
-DThe North and South were singularly
united in Towson on Monday and it was with
the assistance of o minister that it was accom-
piished. The groom was from Milford, Mass,
and the bride from Lexington county, South
Carolina.
-On many York county farms this year
the wives and daughters of the farmers helped
in the harvest fields, owing to the scarcity of
male help 1t is said that in some instances
the work was more satisfactory than that done
by the men.
-eMr. j. NOVEL; Hawkins, formerly of
Baltimore county. won first average at the an
nual mid .summer shoot of the Shamokin (Pa.)
Gun Club few days ago. He broke III out
of $50 targets. Two men tied for second place
with 167 each.
MIR. Samuel W. Shanklin, of Perry Hall,
an extensive grower of vegetable plants. is q
firm believer in the benefits of advertising.
He is steady patron of the columns of THE
UNION and results have always been most salts
factory to him.
sThe proud Belair baseball team got a
trouncing at Walbrook on Wednesday after
noon by the team of the latter place-13 to 8.
II must have been an off day with the Belair-
isns They usually clean up everything that
comes their way.
Robert Pennington, colored, who died
at his home in Baltimore few days ago at an
advanced age, was for over forty years faith
fuI servant in the family Of the late. James
Carroll, of Summer6eld, by whom he was
highly respected.