The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-05-26
Strawberries Of rather inferior quality

tee. on the PREMISES Iuc property kuUWu de
Ivenhoe Hall and saloon, I'll First avenue,
Canton.
Strawberries of rather inferior quality
sold in Towson this week at IS cts. box.
The total collections in Baltimore city
for the San Francisco sufferers amountto Sl62,-
V447.z6.
- Luke E. Price has been appointed con-
stable for the 9TH district, vice Grant Hare, re-
signed
=. Robert Hollinhsade, of Baltimore county,
has secured q Government pension at the rate
of $40 per month.
-The summer schedule of the Maryland
& Pennsylvania Railroad will go into effect
- Cardinal Gibbons confirmed class of
ll6 children at st. Joseph's Church, Belair
road, last Sunday morning.
There was another frost in some sections
of Baltimore county on Tuesday morning but
not enough to do any further damage.
- Parkville Cornet Band will hold an
amateur tournament at Coles Parkville House,
Hartford road, Wednesday afternoon. May Both.
THE Ladies' Aid Society of Lauraville M.
P. Church will hold strawberry festival IN
the Tabernacle on Wednesday evening, May
- Democratic candidates for the offices to
be filed in this county next year are already
looming up and there promises to be many OF
- Messrs. c. G. McCabe and J. w. Gray
have been appointed by Governor Warfied
Z additional deputy game wardens for Baltimore
-s0n the first Sunday in this month the
new Hartford road electric line-running two
/cars-carried over 6,OOO people between Hamll-
Mrs. Albert Weber, of Randalstown,
grew an unusually fine lemon this year. 1t
measured - inches in circumference and
weighed Is ounces.
Governor Warfield has not yet named
successor to William A. Slade, deceased, who
4 was q member of the Board of Election Super
visors for this county.
- Confederate memorial day will be OBJ
served on Wednesday, June 6th Special SER
vices will be held in Loudon Park Cemetery,
on the Frederick road.
-Mr. Yellottis back in the Board of County
Commissioners and his colleagues appear to be
as pleased as can be-. Wonder what the next
political sensation will be-
IA lawn fete will be held on the grounds
of the public school building at Phoenix, on
the evenings of May 3lst and June LIST, for the
benefit of the school library.
As required by law the ballots cast at the
election in this county in November, 1903, were
burned on Tuesday, in the presence of the
judges Of the Orphans Court.
- Mr. Andrew Hesser, father of Rev. Claude
M. Hesser, pastor of Taylor Circuit NJ. f..
Church South, died ct bis home in Charles
town, w. Va, on Tuesday last.
1.-The High ways Commissioners on Thurs
day rejected the bids for stoning Charles street
: avenue extended, at Bowen's HILL upon the
ground that they were too high.
Owing to lack OF rain the hay crop IN
Baltimore county this year will be far below
the average. The outlook for this crop early
in4the spring was exceptionally good.
THE White Marsh firm of X. Vincent,
Jr. & Son has Just issued 10000 copies of q
beautiful descriptive catalogue OF "a pages that
is devoted exclusively to the geranium.
- According to the weather bureaus rec
ord Friday, May 18th, was the warmest May
day experienced in period of thirty-five years.
{ The mercury reached "a degrees in Baltimore.
- The pupils of Towson High School will
hold q straw berry festival on the vacant lot adj
Joining the old Journal Building, on Thursday
and Friday afternoons, May 3lst and June LIST.
There has lately been plenty of railroad
talk about Towson and there are some who
affect to know q lot that they are not privileged
to impart. We will see what we will see later.
MANY OF those who are coming to Tow
son to pay their taxes are renewing their sub
scriptiOns to The UNION. An occasional kick
about the increase in the size of the tax biillis
heard.
Gamer Of wilma, Hartford county, made an
assignment on Thursday for the benefit of his
creditors. Mr.. w. w. Preston was named as
trustee.
- Next Wednesday, (May 30th), will be
Decoration Day and legal holiday in Mary
land. All the banks and public offices will be
closed. The day is not generally observed as
holiday.
- Mrs. Clinton Bidwell, who died from
blood poison at her home in Philadelphia, last
Saturday, was sister of Mrs. g. Howard Stir
ling. Of Towson. She was married about
- The dog show at Timonium this year
promises to be good feature Of the fair. The
society will offer about $500 in prizes. DR..
Stuart Cassard is in charge of this department
- The Hartford county grand jury for the
Nav term completed its labors in two days,
breaking all previous records for quick work.
It also visited the jail, giving the sheriff COM
pete surprise.
erty on the Rolling road, near Catonsville, to
Mr.. Charles Crane, of the American Tobacco
Company. It contains about 40 acres and is
well improved.
going to Baltimore this week by way OF the
York turnpike. The old is being marketed to
make room for the new crop that will soon be
ready for the mower.
- Mr.. Harry B. Alder, of Corbett, N. G. R.
R., has II acres of very fine alfalfa that i about
ready to cut. Last year he cut his alfalfa four
times and its total yield for the season was
nine tons to the acre.
- Ten saddle and driving horses belonging
TO Mrs Elisha Dyer, Jr., of New York. that
were wintered at her farm IN Long Green val
ley, were shipped North on Thursday on their
way to Newport, r. /.
The old Slade homestead at Clynmalira
Church, 10th district, has been sold by Mr..
John v. Sade to Mr.. Henry d. Perky for
$1,000. The place contains SSt acres and has
ordinary improvements.
Miss Elise Vogeler, whose home is near
Rogers Station, while driving few days ago.
was thrown from her carriage and sustained
slight injuries. Her horse became unmanage.
BILE and upset the vehicle.
THE divorce business in Baltimore city
is growing alarmingly. Every day from one
to three or more cases are reported. There
must be something radically wrong when such
q condition of affairs exists.
Health Officer Massenburg, OF the 9TH
district, wants the County Commissioners to
Issue an order that no hogpens will be tolerated
in thickly settled communities. That's right.
Issue the order by all means.
-The Towson baseball. team had an easy
thing on the home grounds here last Saturday
afternoon when they beat the B. & o. team 30
to 10. It was a very poor game, the visitors
being no match for Towson.
THE offices of the Baltimore County
School Board will be removed to the new Ofutt
Z Building. on West Chesapeake avenue, oppo-
site the south front of the Court House, as soon
as that structure is completed.
>The all.day meeting at Black Rock PRINT
tive Baptist Church last Sunday was largely at
tended. Elder H. G. Ker, of Middletown, N.
Y. !, preached in the morning, and Elder Curry,
Of Kentucky, in the afternoon.
-The Towson baseball team will go to
Pikesville this Saturday. afternoon for game
with the team of that place. The Towsons are
members of the six-team league and are now
in the running for the pennant.
THE fox hounds trials and other amuse.
ments will take place at Manor Glen Race
+ Track next Saturday, June I'd, commencing
promptly at IL NJ. An afternoon of real enjoy
ment is promised those who attend.
- Mr.. James s. Calwell, of the law firm Of
Benzinger & Calwell, has purchased from Mr.
Henry P. James 20 acres of land and improve
ments on the east side of the Rolling road
near Gainesville, upon private terms.
-%The history Of the life Of Isaac Winder
the murderer Of Gate Keeper Rinehart. has
been issued in book form. 1t is asserted thai
= Il was written by Winder just before his execu
ton. A book like that should be suppressed.
The country residence Of the late VIM
II. Waters, situated near Gainesville. wal
sold at auction on Wednesday to Mr.. Francis
T. Kirby for $4,000. The place contains A
acres and is improved by fine 28room house
- According to the almanac summer doe
not begin until the Odd of June and yet Old So
touched us up on the 18th of May to the tun'
of 95 degrees. We scarcely experienced any
thing hotter than that during the whole OF las
summer.