The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-07-27
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=, - The katydids put 10 an appearance early
yhis week-a sure indication that the summer
IS rapidly waning.
n THE Sunday school OF Trinity r Il.
Church. Towson, held its annual picnic at Bay
Shore Park on Wednesday.
- Next Thursday will be the first day Of
August and some authorities say the dog days
end on the 18th Of that month.
- York county will raise this season ap.
something over $1,000 acres Of land.
- Baltimore county schools will receive
from the State on the LIST of August the sum OF
81 ,324 16 for the purchase Of text books.
1.-The first new wheat Of the season sold
( last week at the Westminster steam roller mill
at IS cents bushel. 1t was Of fine quality.
THE corn crop continues to make great
progress Ia this section of Maryland and the
general belief is that 1t will come out all right.
Twin daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs. John +.
Finn. Of Loeb Raven, died within twenty-four
hours of each other. They were hve months
- The divorce mill stunning pretty briskly
Tin Baltimore county just now. Two cases were
. filed in one day this week in the Circuit Court
THE talk of extending the trolley line
from Towson to Lutherville was again revived
this week and it looks like the project Is to be
carried through.
- The annual tournament at st. Johns
Church, Long Green Valley, on "wednesday
next, July 3lst, will nj doubt attract large
''ow WV N ss fsSpss;T Tommy" Wright, OF Green
Spring Valley, while training year-old hum
ter few days ago, was thrown and badly cut
about the head and face
| has been provided by the County Commits
sioners with 700 feet of new hOse-s0mething
that was very much needed.
b, - Work has been commenced on the new
Residence of Rev. P. n. Sheridan, pastor of the
4 Church OF the Immaculate. Towson. It will
Z be located east of the church.
4 THE large snake that was seen several
Hines lately near Cromwelps bridge was killed
4 a few days ago by George Bowerscx. 1t meas
/. ured feet IL inches in length.
at the residence of Mr.. James ]. Lindsay, in
Towson, few evenings ago and realized snug
little sum for the Fresh Air Fund.
The court has appointed Messrs: John F.
Centrum, John Mays Little and VIZ George
Marley, trustees. to sell the real estate OF the
late Charles E. Parks, on Chestnut Ridge.
THE health authorities OF Baltimore city
warn the people to be careful OF the kind OF
milk and water they use. They say these are
the most fruitful causes Of typhoid fever.
IA very large percentage OF T0ws0n' 8
population deserted the town on Tuesday and
spent the day at Bay Shore Park, where the
nj. e. Sunday school held its annual picnic
County Commissioners George W. Yellott,
whose productive Ridgeview Farm in Long
Green Valley is well known, has threshed his
wheat crop and realized 81 bushels to the acre.
- Summit Grove camp-meeting, at New
Freedom. N. G. r. R., commenced on Thurs
day last and will continue until August 9th.
Several special features are promised for this
- A heat wave has swept the entire country
this week and the city of Washington appears
Ito have been the hottest place, with tempera-
Lture Of 80. The highest registered in Towson
- =. Mr.. Joseph Ensor, an 9Th district farmer,
had a horse seriously injured on Wednesday
by the knives of moving machine. The
breastchain broke causing the machine to run
on him.
breaker for the suburban trolley lines. The
weather was delightful and the cars did an i'm.
mense business throughout the day and
evening.
Two Baltimore siilkmen were each fined
$40 and costs on Monday last for putting pre-
servafives in their milk. The health authori-
ties are keeping close watch on the dairymen
49, - An old warehouse of the Sherwood Dis
tilIing Company at Cockeysville is being re-
moved to make room for one Of double its ca
pacity. The new one will hold 1900 barrels
The weather is too hot to get excited over
politics. Better let matters go along quietly
until the arrival Of the cooling breezes Of Sep
TENDER. Then there will be plenty Of time LEFT
to whoop things up.
- Towson baseball team suffered another
defeat last Saturday at the hands Of the Sykes
VILE team-5 to 1. Il was loosely played
game. The Towsons have no game scheduled
Tor today-Saturday.
THE Civic League of Gainesville, which
has Just been permanently organized, is des-
tined to accomplish much good for that rap
idlv growing town. Most OF the leading citi.
zens are in the movement.
->The English shooting gallery lately in
troduced in the T0wson Guild House has be-
come very popular and many ladies patronize
IL. This sport is rather better suited to the
torrid weather than bowling.
- Crops were somewhat damaged by the
heavy rains of last week and the roads were
badly washed in places. The corn in some
fields was fattened to the ground and the oats
suffered in the same manner.
- During the heavy storm of Thursday
evening of last week lightning struck three
times near the residence of Mr.. John s. Ensor,
in Mt. Washington. A large chestnut tree on
the front lawn was split in half.
THE fine new Catholic Church at Hamil-
tom Hartford road, Is still in an unfinished con-
dition and does not look as though 1t would be
ready for the opening service on Sunday, Au-
gust 4th, as has been announced.
( THE Baltimore and Reisterst0wn Turn
apike Company has determined to put stop to
The practice some people have of pasturing their
Estock on the road. It is declared that It is q
danger to the travelling public to doso.
- The summer of 1907 was long time get
ting down to business, but when it did come
there was no installing it. Those pessimistic
folks who said that this would be year with.
ont summer can take back seat now.
THE Board Of Managers Of the Baltimore
County Agricultural Society held . regular
meeting in Baltimore last Saturday and trans
acted lot of routine business. All the indi.
cations point to successful fair this year.
-sToWson has developed some rag and bone
merchants who. judging from their activities,
must find the business profitable. One must
wonder where they gather up the loads OF trum'
perry almost daily seen upon their wagons.
IA Maryland fruitgrower has succeeded
in raising q crop of peaches with skins as de-
void of the annoying fuzz as is an apple. Mex
year he proposes to raise peaches with skin
that can be removed like that of an orange.
MIR. Harold Carter, of Baynesville, wa!
painfully hurt few days ago by being kicked
on the side of the face by Q mule. He did moi
receive the full force of the blow, otherwise the
injury would have been much more serious:
-Mr. William Leonhardt, of Parkville,
Baltimore county, IL named as one OF the In
corporators of the Leonhardt Wagon Manufac
turing Company which was organized in Bal
timore this week with capital stock Of $50, 600
- Governor Warfeld is expected to attend
the fourth annual picnic and reunion OF the
Sunday school Of White Hall Presbyterian
Church, on Thursday next, August LIST. Thi.
fact will no doubt help to augment the crowd
- Arrangements are nearly complete fo
the reunion of the Sunday schools of Lonf
Green Circuit, to be held in Clayton's Grove
near Fork, on Wednesday, August 7th. Thes,
are always largely attended and enjoyable
They make big bluff about "the create
Baltimore and yet man can't get shaved il
That town on Sunday without running chanc
of being arrested as witness against the mar
who is doing the shaving. Comment is I'M
Some large wheat crops are already bein
reported in Baltimore county despite the fac
that some farmers thought it would not turl
ont well because of the backward season. MI
Peter Kessler, of Butler, threshed $50 bushel
from acres.
tournament and dance to take place at Hote
Carney, at the terminus Of the trolley line q
the Hartford road, on Wednesday. August l4tr
For particulars see advertising columns OF III
UNION today.
- Mr.. William @. Rouse. who lives nea
Pikesvile, had an arm broken few days az
while riding in q trolley car. The accident OF
Cured while two cars were rounding curry