The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-05


did hear it and we earnestly hope they'll profit
by what he said.
IA man who said his name is George
Y Rumsey and who is believed to be horse
thief, was arrested in Towson on Tuesday.
Later, through some mysterious means, he
4 made his escape, but the horse is held by the
county authorities.
| There is talk of having some Old Home
Week baseball in Towson between the cham
lfpion team of 1890 81 and the team OF l9OI.
Some of the members of the old team-now
4 scattered around the cOuntry-have signi1ed
Atheir willingness to play.
1.-The extensive repairs and Improvements
to Sherwood Distillery at Cockeysville have
been completed at cost of over $50, 900. and
the plant is again in full operation. The i'm
provements embrace new warehouse with
capacity of 900 barrels.
Rally day was observed last Sunday by
the Sunday school of Gainesville NJ. E. Church,
Rev. John r. Edwards, pastor. Rev. DIR. Hugh
johnson, of Baltimore. preached morning and
evening and the Junior Epworth League held
a service in the afternoon.
%The price of coal is advancing and heaven
only knows what the dealers will be asking by
the time the cold weather sets in. The coal
barons are like the Standard Oil people. They
MAKE their own prices and you have to pay
whether you want to or not.
-Mr John G. Smith, of the Long Quarter
Farm, a few days ago shipped two carloads OF
| wheat direct from Towson to the Canton ee.
vators for which he received ST. cents per
! bushel. There was 900 bushels in the lot and
| the grain was of fine quality.
| 4 The Towson- Catonsville trolley line had
1.-TWO tieups last Saturday, each of which put
4 the line out of business for about an hour.
4 The one late in the afternoon, when the rain
! fell heavily, made it extremely disagreeable
\ for many thousands of people.
- State Chairman Parron has announced
! two Republican mass-meetings for Baltimore
county as follows: Wednesday, October 9th, at
| Hamilton, Hartford road Thursday, October
10th, at Catonsville. All the State candidates
will be present at these meetings.
->O Old Home Week celebration will begin
in Baltimore one week from next Monday
October 14th. 1t promises to be the biggest
thing in the Notification line ever seen in the
Monumental City. The crowds that will be
there will be something amazing.
THE attention of the County Commits
sioners was especially called this week to the
dangerous condition of what is known as
"Johnson's Hill, on the Dover road, 4th dis
trict, about which correspondent of THE
UNION made a complaint last week.
1.-THE autumn horse show at the Kennels
take place on Saturday, October 9th. There
are large number of entries and the show
promises to be better this year than ever. Ad-
mission to the grounds will be free.
- Eight knights contended for the honors
and prizes in the tournament at Coles Park
vile Grove, Hartford road, on Wednesday after
noon. I'D .Almony was the winner. The other
successful ones were O. Steuart. A. P. McComas,
Joseph Walters and William Kampske.
THE beautiful new Maryland Institute
Building on Mount Royal avenue and Lanvale
street, Baltimore, was formally opened on Tues
day. It is OF white marble and cost large
sum Of money. The fine site upon which it is
located was given by Mr.. Michael Jenkins.
- Mrs. Daisy Emerson Horner, of Atlanta
I/Ga., has sued her husband, Mr.. T. Mitchell
Homer son of Mr.. Joshua Homer, OF Ashland
Baltimore county, for divorce. Several weeks
ago Mr.. Horner sued his wife's parents for
$4,000 damages for causing her to separate
4 from him.
\ THE Highways Commission on Thurs
day awarded the contract for improving Belvi-
dere avenue, between the Resterstown pike
and Park Heights avenue to P. Flanagan &
Son for 81, 500. The other bidders were Roland
Park Company, S., 1880, and Fisher, Riley &
Corozya, 5000.
v The new rural free delivery route from
Lutherville went into operation Tuesday, 1st
instant. 1t is 16 miles in length and serves
persons living in westerly and northerly d.
rection from the starting point. Cronhardt
postoffice is discontinued. Mr.. Francis 8. Cork.
ran is the carrier.
IAN exchange remarks that home. grown,
handspanked, barefooted, hard listed country
boy makes a much better fighter in the battle
of life than the pampered, high collared creas-
ed trousered youth of the cities, whose clothes
have always been brushed with whisk broom
instead of a shingle
Mr.. Nicholas H. REGISTER, being about
to retire from the business of contracting and
hauling, will dispose of all his fine mules
wagons, etc., at his place on Bowleys lane,
near the -Belair road, on Wednesday, October
10th. For particulars see advertising columns
of THE UNION today.
1.-THE Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company that lately became the owner of the
old Maryland Journal Building, on East Penn
sylvania avenue, will shortly establish its Tow
son exchange therein. This will also bring
about some new and improved equipments that
will add to the service.
THE big Masonic fair, unGer the auspices
of Tuscan Lodge, of Govanstown, will be held
in the large boarding house on Wocdbourne
avenue, near the York road, commencing Mon
day, October 21st, and continuing two weeks.
The proceeds will go towards erecting fine
Masonic Temple in the town.
1.-THE Sunday school building recently
erected at Zion Evangelical Church, Rossvile,
was dedicated on Sunday afternoon last with
appropriate ceremonies. The pastor, Rev. H.
w. Ellenberger, was assisted by ministers from
Baltimore. Mrs. ]. Henry Volz presided at
the organ, fine new instrument.
THE election will take place four weeks
from next Tuesday-on Tuesday, November
9th. Thus far the campaign has been unusually
quiet in Baltimore county, but there seems to
be much goas-you-please work being done
among the candidates of both parties. And
this is what counts after all is said and done.
"A marriage license was issued at the
County Clerks office few days agoto two per-
sons who possess names of uncommon length.
They are FREDERICK W1lnelm hermann kelm
and Maria Martha Magdalena Haeschel. 1t
requires 81 letters to spell those names. If there
had been more letters in the alphabet perhaps
they would have been still longer.
- Lowther Forrest, 16 years old, who mys.
teriously disappeared about two weeks ago, has
been found working in store on North Gay
street, Baltimore. His home is att st. Georges,
on the Western Maryland Railroad, and he was
pupil of Franklin High School, Reisterstown.
He took this queer freak in order to keep from
going to school. The police restored him to
his parents.
1.-THE new st. James A. U. M. P. Church,
on Jefferson avenue, Towson, will be dedicated
on Sunday, October 10th. A number of minis
tiers will take part in the ceremonies, which
will continue throughout the day. The trus-
tees of the church, which is highly credtable
building are Thomas Watkins, Lawrence john
son, Alex Williams, Richard Johnson and NJ.
S. johnson. Rev. J. H. Medley is pastor of the
church.
Want Govanstown's Msil Facilities I'M
proved-Postmaste Harris Considering
the tter.-Postmaster Harris, of Baltimore
city, has under consideration complaints made
by residents of the Govanstown district regard
ing the delivery of mail in that district which
is supplied by Station H. Two committees
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