The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-09-28

- The Democrats OF the 9Th district organ
| lied campaign club at Mt. Carmel, on Satur-
day night last. Ex.Sherif Silas v: Miller was wa
chosen president. and Mr.. Lewis A. Gorsuch,
secretary. The club will arrange for the bar
becue to be held at Mt. Carmel, October 18th.
- We have experienced nearly all kinds OF
weather within the last week-sO varied, in
fact, that one could not keep up with it. Very
rarely do we see SO much rain in short
space of time. On Thursday morning Their
mometers in Towson registered from 43 to 46
degrees.
- Last week issue of THE UNION broke all
previous records in the number of advertise
ments appearing in its columns for the first
time. There were % of them and they occu-
pied about q columns. The value OF The
UNION as an advertising medium is never ques-
toned now.
- Miss Lizzie Reichart. who lives near Park
vile, Hartford road, was painfully hurt few
nights ago while driving to Baltimore to mar
ket, accompanied by her mother. The shaft
broke causing the horse to become unmanage-
BILE and run away. Both occupants were thrown
out and Miss Reichart was painfully injured.
- The annual horse show at the Kennels OF
the Green Spring Valley Hunt Club will take
place on Saturday afternoon next, October 9th:
The committee of arrangements is composed
of Messre. Thomas E. Cottman, w. Irvine
Keyser, James 8. Whedbee and w. Stewart
Diffenderffer. Entries for the event closed on
the 9th.
Mr.. Jesse F. Galloway, who died at bis
home in Baltimore few days ago, aged 70
years, was for over fifty years passenger con-
ductor on the B. q o. Railroad running between
Baltimore and Washington. His father was
for years an engineer on the same road, and
other members Of the family were in the en-
ploy of the company.
- Messrs. Joseph T. Hopes, James Lee
and ]. Lawrence Mccormick are three leading
Hartford dairymen who are preparing to retire
from the business. Mr.. Hopes has one of the
- 4 &c. de -. Mo- n~.1
The low price of milk and the scarcity of help
and the high price of dairy feeds are assigned
as the principal causes.
- Mr. Sam W. Pattison, of the auctioneer-
ing firm of Pattison & Gahan. conducted the
sale of the personal effects on the country place
of Mr.. Holins McKim, on Edmondson avenue,
LIST district on Wednesday. The attendance at
the sale was large and the prices satisfactory.
The sale was made by direction of Mr.. Charles
Morris Howard, receiver.
THE harvest home festival and fair held
last week at Convention in connection with the
dahlia show of the Messrs. Vincent. was very
successful affair and the ladies of Ebenezer
Church were well pleased with results. The
inclement. weather that prevailed part of the
time was q draw back, but did not entirely
dampen the spirits of the people.
THE surviving members of the S7th Regi-
ment. Pennsylvania Volunteers, that was sta
toned along the Northern Central Railroad in
Baltimore county, during the early part of the
Civil War, held their annual reunion at York
on Tuesday. But few of the old veterans are
left. COL John w. Schall, who commanded
the regiment, attended the reunion.
THE September meeting of the Junior
Gunpowder Agricultural Club was held last
Saturday at the home of Mr.. Frank 9. Scott,
near Shawan, with Mr.. Calvin d: Price as
foreman. The subject OF the production Of
milk was considered and the consensus Of opin-
ion appeared to be that COW was not profita-
BILE unless she gave 5000 lbs. Of milk year.
- You want to get in line now for Old
Home Week and send one dollar to the COM
mittee in the Fidelity Building. Baltimore, and
get certificate of membership in the army of
home.comers. It'll be worth ten times as much
to hand down to your children to let them see
that you had ''go" enough in y0u to come
home to the old State and help celebrate this
event. Do it now
"a successful festival and supper was held
Thursday. 10Th inst, and concluded Friday
night at Odd Fellows Hall, Pikesville, under
the auspices of Mount Zion Lodge, No. 81, /.
o. o. F., for the benefit of the fraternal parade
of Home Coming Week. The hall was hand
somely decorated with red. white and blue
furnished by Pikesville Military Band.
Get in line for the firemen's fair next
week. 1t will open in the Towson Guild House
on Tuesday night. Every resident OF the town
and surrounding country should help along
this good cause. The money made at the fair
will be used to thoroughly equip the Towson
Volunteer Fire Company-an organization that
has already proven itself of great value in time
of fire. Everybody should help 30 worthy an
object.
1.-THE rainfall of last Monday was the
heaviest experienced in Baltimore county in a
long time and streams were much swollen on
account of the deluge of water that fell for sew
eral hours. The roads were badly washed in
some places and it will require lot of money
and time to get them in shape again. Fortu-
nately there was no wind with the rain other.
wise the storm would have been more serious
in its results.