The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-08-10

THE growing corn now presents fine
appearance and gives promise OF good crop:
- Mr.. George M. NOVEL; has been appoint
ed postmaster at Glencoe, Baltimore county,
vice Mr.. George e. NOVEL;, resigned.
- Few apples are seen in the orchards in
this section Of Maryland and the crop will be
short. This is serious loss to farmers.
->If you've got dollar to spare just send
it to the committee on Old Home Week to
help make things ''go'' in October next.
- Burglars have been operating about Lake
Station, N. C. r. r. The last attempt was
made on the property of Mr.. Carroll b. Blick.
According to some authorities the dog
days end next Sunday, August 18th, while
others say they continue until September LIST.
- Another Baltimore dairyman was this
week fined $50 and costs for selling adulterated
milk. The health authorities caused his arrest.
THE deposit line of the Second National
Bank of Towson now amounts to over $500, 900.
The bank has been running about seven
months.
the automobiles have been reaping
harvest Of death the past week. They are
killing people almost as fast as the steam rail-
roads are.
- rather captious person was heard to
say few days ago that Sunday don't seem like
Sunday any more because automobiles makes
it smell so bad.
THE good old summer time" got back
ct us this week in good earnest-just the kind
of weather that made the perspiration ooze
from every pore.
"a threshing outfit in Talbot county was
destroyed by fire few days ago caused by one
of the men employed about it dropping match
into the cylinder.
sThe Timonium Fair will begin three
weeks from next Tuesday. If you haven't had
a catalogue get one by calling personally at
THE UNION office.
-sThe Board of County Commissioners
adjourned on Wednesday for their summer
holiday The sessions will be resumed on
Tuesday, August 9th.
1.-THE annual tournament for the benefit
of st. Marks Catholic Church will be held at
Fallston, Wednesday, August 2lst. See adver-
tisement in THE UNION today.
summit Grove camp-meeting after q
most successful season, closed on Tuesday
morning last. Many persons 2rofessed con-
version during its continuance.
->Mr. g. o. Browns talk on poultry breed
ing, published in THE UNION today is worth
reading. He is authority on such matters and
what he says counts for something.
->The tournament and race meeting on the
Manor Glen track will take place Saturday,
August 10th, commencing at 1.30 P. NJ. If
raining the first clear day thereafter
1.-THE TOwsOn's ball game with the Mary.
land Swimming Club was called last Saturday
in the last half of the fourth inning when the
score stood 6 to in favor Of Towson.
- Rev. Solomon German, pastor Of Monk
ton Circuit, has secured patent for fire
shield and extinguisher. A description of this
patent has been published in The UNION.
Stanley Standiford, son of Mr.. VIM. r.
Standiford, who lives near Taylor, was killed
a few days ago in railroad accident in Iowa.
His body was brought home for interment.
- Lexie Jones, aged IA years, son of DR..
John Jones, veterinary surgeon of franklin
vile, disappeared from his home few days
ago and is believed to have gone to Philadel-
phia.
MIR. N. Howard Gill, whose fine farm is
near Mantua Mills, raised this season 200 tons
of fine hay on 100 acres Of land. Mr.. Gill is
an active member of the Senior Gunpowder
Agricultural Club. :
Mr.Jacob Wolfe has sold his 20 acre
farm, near Reisterstown, to the trustees Of the
Jewish Home for Consumptives of Baltimore
City. The property will be suitably improved
for caring for the sick.
has been appointed superintendent of the Lib
erty turnpike road, vice Mr.. George Younger,
resigned. Proceedings have been instituted
for the condemnation of this road.
THE Sparrow's Point works of the Mary
land Steel Company has been awarded the con.
tract for 5000 tons of steel rails for the Atchi
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company.
The rails are for next years delivery.
1.-THE inventory of the personal estate Of
the late German H. Hunt shows its value to
be $685., Gal .O3. His real estate holdings were
also large. Mr.. Hunt was president of the
board of trustees of the McDonogh School.
"a company has been incorporated at
Belair to furnish electrical power to run milk
ing machines in Hartford county. Pretty soon
dairymen who wish to do 80 can have their
cows MIXED by machines run by electricity.
THE Sunday school of Ashland Presby-
terrain Church will hold its annual picnic at
Bay Shore Park on Thursday, August 18th,
leaving Cockeysviile by the A. NJ. train. Mr..
William H. Buck, Jr., is superintendent of the
school.
The congregation Of Holy Innocents' P.
Z. Mission has purchased a lot at Raspeburg,
on the Belair road, upon which to erect chapel.
Services are now being conducted by Rev. B.
H. Orrick in the hall in the Alert Engine
House.
- Messrs Noah E. and James P. Offutt, of
the Towson bar, had fine sport fishing in the
Susquehanna at Port Deposit few days ago.
They caught number Of rock, the largest of
which weighed IA pounds and another weighed
10 pounds.
- Mr.. Ohio E. Ridgely has had a number
of applicants for his Furnace Farm, on the
Dulany's Valley turnpike, but he has not
rented it yet. 1t is most productive property
and the growing crops on it now present fine
appearance.
-O'Neill & Co., of Baltimore, have ar
ranged to accept the Orrison farm, near Cock.
eysville, by meeting the mortgage Of 81, 800
and the judgments against the property. The
mortgage sale of the farm has by agreement
been withdrawn.
THE Red Men had high old time at
Gwynn Oak Park last Saturday afternoon and
they did lot of stunts that interested large
crowd of people. Several Baltimore county
tribes of the order were participants in the
pleasures of the day.
->Arrangements are about complete for
the race meeting Of the United Hunts of Mary
land that will begin at Pimlico track, August
10Th. There will be seven races each day of
the meeting. A number of horses are now in
training at the track.
1.-The Baltimore hotel men have promised
not to increase their rates during Old Home
Week. This should prove an additional in
ducement for former Marylanders to come back
and visit their old homes and once more greet
greet relatives and old friends.
1.-THE rain of Thursday Of last week seri-
ously interfered with the annual reunion and
picnic of White Hall Presbyterian Church. A
good many people gathered late in the after
noon and heard addresses by Revs. ]. Wynne
Jones and Thomas l.. Springer.
>Carrie Nation, the Kansas saloon-smash-
er, paid q brief visit to Baltimore on Wednes-
day. While at Camden Station she snatched a
cigarette from the lips of young man and
trampled it under foot after giving him brief
lecture on the evils of smoking.
-STowson Chapter Epworth League has
chartered a car of the United Railways and
Electric Company to convey its members to
Emory Grove camp grounds on Saturday,
August 18th, to- attend the Epworth League
day services held on that day at the camp.
1.-THE big annual picnic of the Norrisville
Farmers Club will be held at Fawn Grove, on
the Maryland and Pennsylvania experimental
stations will make addresses on farm subjects.
The famous Logansville Band will furnish
music
-The annual harvest home of Salem
Lutheran Church, Catonsville, was held last
Sunday morning. The interior of the church
was decorated with wheat. rye, oats and bar.
lev. The pastor, Rev. M. L. Enders preached
sermon on 1.-THE Divine Law for Happy
Prosperity"
= The cornerstone for the new Emory N
E. Church, near Fowblesburg, was laid with
appropriate ceremonies last Sunday afternoon.
The church will be an appointment of Hamp'
stead Circuit of which Rev. Nilsson Thomas is
pastor. Labanon Masonic Lodge, of Manches.
ter laid the stone.
Mr.. Joseph Sandman, well known bust
ness man of st. Denis, 18th district, complain
ed to the County Commissioners this week thai
there was an Insufficient supply of water in
the plugs at that place during the recent tire OF
Mr.. Sandman's property. The matter was 10
ferred to the fire marshal.
@Mr. VIM. Kirkpatrick, Of Baltimore
who was injured in an automobile accloent
Ou;p0ei Mills Loot Sunday night had his r1gl