The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-24

simple dwelling house property in Govans
town. on st. Georges avenue.
helm and Charles McH. Howard, trustees
on the premises, valuable building lots on
the Hartford turnpike, between Lauraville
Monday, September Q, by Jacob Elliott, sheriff
on the premises at Pikesville, milling ma
chine, gasoline engine, lathes. and other
Tuesday, September "a. by z. Howard Isaac. w
Gill Smith and Emanuel W. Herman, trus-
tees. at the Court House, valuable farm In
Long Green Valley.
1--WE are now in the last month of sum.
mer and it will end this year September 23d.
THE Towson baseball team has a game
scheduled at Sykesville for today-Saturday
September oath.
- Wagons from some of the big department
stores in Baltimore make daily trips to Towson
to deliver goods.
>Oliver r. Peregoy has been appointed
postmaster at Corbett, N. c. r. R., vice E. G..
Merryman, resigned.
THE sale of liquor is prohibited in ten
counties in Maryland and there are dry spots
in a number of others.
- 1t is now lawful to shoot doves in Balti.
more county, but we can't see why anyone
should want to kill these pretty things.
- The inventory of the personal estate of
the late Edward Shoemaker shows its value to
be S343. 9l9.94. He is survived by widow:
- Contractor George Brooks, of Butler,
Will LDdkc SOuc improvements u Inc pubic
school building at Monkton, at cost of $500.
- September 18th will be Maryland Day
at the jamestown Exposition and thousands
OF our people will be lin the swim that day.
- The Rockdale camp-meeting, on the
Liberty road will continue until Tuesday next
August 9th. The attendance thus far has been
good.
- Mr.. E. G. Darlington, ST., has purchased
from Mr.. Fred. w. Josenhaus, GA acres of land
on the old Philadelphia road, upon private
terms.
The grounds and walks about the new
Towson High School building have been put
in fine shape for the autumn opening of the
school,
- Weeds are ripening rapidly and it would
be good thing to cut them down before the
seed natures. This will prevent an increased
crop next year.
- Cutting corn and seeding wheat will very
shortly engage the attention of the farmers
One busy season with them scarcely ends before
another begins.
->Mr. M. w. Amoss, of Lutherville was
painfully hurt last Saturday night by falling
down a stairway at bis home. Fortunately no
bones were broken.
- The campmeeting season is about over
for this year. From all accounts they have
been unusually successful and many persons
have prOfessed conversion.
- Mr.. T. A. b. Dukehart, of the Towson
Horse Company, is schooling several fine ami.
mails that will help make the Timonium horse
show attractive next month.
"a Congress of Improvement Associa-
lions of Baltimore County" is the next thing
on the carpet. The name sounds big. Won
der how it's going to turn out.
->N is expected that more than 80, 600
people will visit the Timonium Fair this year.
Everybody goes to Timonium and you must
go there too if you want to be in the swim.
- The agricultural fair and races at Toll
chester will begin next Tuesday, August 9th,
and continue four days. Col. Robert Hough
will oficiate as starting judge for the races
1.-The days are nearly an hour shorter than
they were at the beginning of the present
month. Today Saturday the sun rises at %
minutes past and sets at 40 minutes past 6.
Mr.. w. Armour Jenkins, of Long Green
Valley, being about to discontinue the ship.
ping of milk, offers his fine herd of dairy cattle
for sale by advertisement in THE UNION toda'6
- Rev. r. Frank Caples, superintendent,
gave the Sunday school of Texas Methodist
Church a straw ride to Loeb Raven few days
ago and treated the party to aquantity of good
things.
"A farmer near Towson said this week
that his sod ground was too dry to pillow. He
could not understand this in view of the fact
that there had been so much rain during the
summer.
The annual Baltimore county farmers
picnic, held under the auspices of the agricul-
tursl clubs of the county, will take place at
Mount Carmel 9Th district on Saturday, Sep
TENDER 18th.
>Dr. Stuart Cassard, superintendent of the
York turnpike has greatly improved the road
bed from Towson to Timonium by stoning and
rolling portions of it to have it in good shape
for fair week.
- Pictures of three of the nominees on the
Republican State ticket are published in THE
UNION today. We expected to have them in
last week issue but they reached US just twelve
hours too late.
- The Ladies' Aid Society and the Sunday
school of Bosley M. E. Church cleared $50 at
the supper held on Friday and Saturday of last
week. Mr.. Lewis NJ. Bacon, Sr., is superin-
ten6ent of the school.
- Another couple from distant counties
came to Towson on Wednesday and were mar.
ried by Rev. Thomas E. Copes, of the NJ. E.
Church. The matrimonial market has been
quite brisk here lately.
-Some Baltimore county people are send
ing in their dollars to help defray the expenses
of Old Home Week in Baltimore. Send
''plunk" to the AmericGn office if you feel like
helping the good cause.
- The race meeting of the United Hunt
Clubs of Maryland will begin at Pimlico on
Thursday next August 10Th, and continue until
September I'd. Many of the best horses in the
country have been entered.
- Mr.. John E. Faulkner, who bought the
Rosenberger store and dwelling property in
Lauraville, Hartford road, is now occupying
the same Until lately Mr. Faulkner had been
engaged in the dairy business.
IA Baltimore county farmer says the
reason farmers can't get set of clover any
more is because their land is too poor. His
theory is to make theland rich and there won't
be any trouble about the clover.
THE main office on the Timonium fair
grounds is now open daily and Secretary Nus
scar is in charge. He can be found at the Sec
ond National Bank building, Towson, on Tues
day and Friday, from 8 A. NJ. to I'm.
- Automobiles have claimed a lot more
victims this week, all the result of wreckless
T.. s.rAA = IN III Il
an entire family was wiped out, one of the vic
Tins being So years Of age and totally blind.
- Some Towson people are complaining
that they can't get crushed stone for their side
walks, as promised by the County Commits
soners. They are ready to make the walks
William Glanzer. a farm hand living at
RaDdalletown, I'd district, is now under treat
ment at the Pasteur Institute in Baltimore.
He was bitten ON the arm by stray setter dog
afew days ago and it was feared rabies might
result
1.-The old copper mine at Bare Hill, on the
Falls road, has been purchased by an Ithaca
IN. Y J man and it is said he will begin mining
operations as soon as the necessary machinery
can be installed. 1t has not been worked for
years.
THE camp-meeting of the Seventh Day
Adventists, on the Belair road, is still in pro-
grese. On Tuesday night Elder Townsend
preached on 1.-THE Milleniur-Satan Bound a
Thousand Years." The services are well at
tended.
- Mr.. John A. Lawrence, of Mt. Washing
tom has made application for the benefit of the
u. s. bankruptcy law. His assets are Sic, 532
and his liabilities S25, 251.67. Mr.. Lawrence
was engaged in the manufacture OF shoes in
Baltimore.
- Last Sunday was another fine day for the
suburban trolley lines and they carried droves
of people into the country. We not never
help but wonder what these thousands did for