The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-19

Sunshine avenue near fOfK. llJn OlbJrlcC.
Thursday, November IA, by d. G.. Mcintosh and
Edward N. Rich, trustees, on the premises,
the property known as WoOdhome Farm.
near Pikesville, divided into number OF
parcels.
>Govanstown has a strong football team
this season. 1t numbers %, most of whom are
old players.
- Another child was burned to death this
week while playing with fire-the second one
within ten days.
=. Old Home Week baseball in Towson
didn't materialize. Not enough spirit to get
the thing going.
fifty members in the fraternal parade in Balti-
more on Wednesday.
- Can you realize it that Christmas is only
about two months off and that Thanksgiving
will be here in jify?
~ man with a two-hOrse wagon was
around Towson this week selling what he call
ed mice country potatoes"
"a number of Baltimore county lodges
participated in the big parade in Baltimore on
Fraternal Day-W Wednesday.
- Towson had big representation at the
Mt. Carmel barbecue last Saturday and the
Court House was practically deserted.
->And still the ''canaries" come back, al
though slowly now. This years crop of them
will soon be ready to take their fight.
- Wednesday was legal holiday in Mary
land, made so by proclamation of the Gov
Just think of it Seven hundred and
forty.two thousand people rode on the cars of
the United Railways Company on Tuesday.
lit is said there is still lots of corn uncut
in Baltimore county. This is unusually late,
due, in many instances to a scarcity OF help.
- Baltimore city entertained over 100000
strangers this week. This shows whether the
home coming celebration was a success or not.
- Proprietor Wolters, of the Hotel Carney,
Hartford road, is preparing to entertain his
de ~ HToIr. nof-
Der 30th.
- The fair held last week for the benefit of
the Hamilton Volunteer Fire Company was in
all respects successful and must have realized
a large sum.
- Messrs. R. Vincent, Jr. & Sons, of White
Marsh. Baltimore county, had a fine display
of dahlias and other flowers at the Hagerstown
fair this week.
- The Elkridge Hunt will meet today (Sat-
urday) at Timonium at 2.30 P. M, and the
Green Spring Valley Hunt at Painters lane at
the same hour.
The weather man deserves vote of
thanks for what he did this week. He's all
right and the Home-Comers can't find WORDS
of praise enough.
- The all.day meeting at st. Johns Luth-
eran Church, Parkvile, Hartford road. will
take place next Sunday. Both dinner and sup
per will be served.
- The highest score in the shooting contest
at the firemen's fair in the Towson Guild House
F. WAS mduC NY Mr. OdTl OclcolCIt WIZ Will Uc
given q silver medal.
Ill is said that 5000 people attended the
York fair on Thursday of last week. The at
tendance for the week was the largest in the
history of the society.
- Frank L. Slade, carpenter who lives at
LuLherville, had two ribs broken last Saturday
by falling from a scaffold at the new school
building in Lauraville.
The United Railways must have enjoyed
the heaviest business in its history this week.
It will be interesting to know exactly how
many fares were collected.
- Heavy frosts several mornings this week
damaged vegetation pretty badly. On Monday
morning the mercury dropped to 35 degrees in
some sections of the county.
The ladies of Loreley Nj. &. Church
South will give an oyster supper at Loreley,
on Saturday evening. October Goth, to which
general invitation is extended.
- Lawrence Carroll, son of Mr.. Edward
Carroll. of Baynesville, and pupil of Towson
High School, had his right leg broken while
playing at school on Tuesday.
- Mr.. George W. Sauter, of Spring Side
Farm, I'd district, grew an ear of corn this
season that measured 10 inches in circumfer-
ence and contained 1,270 grains.
- Thousands of Baltimore county people
participated in TIE enjoyments of Old Home
Week in Baltimore and helped to make the
affair the success it undoubtedly was.
"A number of articles remaining over
from the late fremen's fair in Towson, are
still to be disposed of. When this is done it is
thought the net receipts will be over 500.
- Automobiles haven't slaughtered any
body in Maryland this week, but party of
four was instantly killed in the North by the
chauffeur running into fast express train.
THE Masonic fair in Govanstown will
begin next Monday and continue two weeks.
1t will be held in the large summer boarding
house on Woodbourne avenue, near the York
road.
- Pickpockets did lively business among
the crowds in Baltimore this week and some
county people were among their victims. The
police made many arrests of the light-hngered
gentry.
THE sheep-killing dog is again at his work
in Baltimore county. Those elected to the
Legislature this year should be made to pledge
themselves to give US some legislation on this
subject.
->The military parade in Baltimore on
Tuesday was a beauty and was enjoyed by
countless thousands of people. Troop A. Capt.
G. Lyon Rogers, attracted much attention in
the line.
- The White Hall Farmers Club and I'M
provement Association will be addressed on
Saturday night, October 18th, by Mr.. W. W.
Crosby, chief engineer of the Maryland Geo
logical Survey.
THE freight business of the Md. & Pa.
Railroad continues to grow and the passenger
traffic also shows steady increase. The road
is well managed and it is becoming yearly a
more valuable property.
"A Baltimore paper says "former County
Commissioner Quietly celebrated bis Gath BIRTH
day on Wednesday," This is going from home
to get the news. By the way, who is County
Commissioner Quietly?"
"a colored man named William Banks
was killed Tuesday night by being struck by
train on the Northern Central Railway near
Sparks Station. A coroner's jury rendered a
verdict of accidental death.
There have been fewer political meet
ings in Baltimore county this year than we
ever knew in campaign before and there is
not much time left to get in the wind work"
Perhaps this is just as well.
1.-THE smoke nuisance in Towson re-
rults from burning the leaves as they fall from
the hundreds of maple trees that line the
avenues. If they could be disposed of in some
other way it would be relief.
-Thesemi- centennial anniversary of Catch
M. Z. Church will be celebrated on Sunday and
Monday, October Goth and 21st An elaborate
program-which is published elsewhere in THE
Union tOday-haS been prepared.
- Many Baltimore people who own sum-
mer homes in Baltimore county continue to
occupy them until late in the fall. They like
to spend Thanksgiving day in the country and
do not leave it until after that date.
IA copy of the official ballot to be used
at the coming election will be published in
THE UNION next week. Then the voters will
have a chance to study it and familiarize
themselves with it before election day.
->Towson people who saw the alleged
"bombardment of Fort McHenry" on Tuesday
night thought they had been gold-bricked after
fhe most approved fashion. They say the
affair was the biggest fake of the season.
- Mr.. Walter Steltz, who for some time
had been assistant agent at White Hall, North
ern Central Railway, has been made agent at
,hox M Dor1I