The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-07-27

ting themselves in shape for q big eight 10
Maryland this year and next. Il looks IKE
this organization is going to make good deal
Of trouble for some Of the candidates Of the
political parties.
n THE camp.meeting Of the Seventh Day
II Adventists at Gardenville, BeIair road, will be
continued over next Sunday, closing on Mon
day. The meeting is said to have been very
IlsuccessfuI, number OF persons having pro-
4essed conversion.
- Elliott, the negro who shot young EnsoF
on the Shroyer farm, near Dover, nearly three
weeks ago. is still at large and this is rather dis
creditable to our officers Of the law. II does
look IS though they are not troubling them
DContractor J. VIM. Phipps has about
completed the work on theimprovement OF the
road extending from Towson to Charles street
avenue extended. Two concrete cuIverts were
built hill graded and the road stoned ana
->ToWson had another water famine this
/ week and nobody seems able to explain the
cause Of It. The residents were considerably
agitated over the matter. 1t is rather bad
state Of affairs to be without water with the
- We have experienced nearly dozen
| rains since st. SWilhin's day, SO that ancient
tradition don't count for anything. 1t can
now be placed in the same class With ground
| hog day and lot Of other nonsense that some
people affect to believe in.
The new national bank at Pikesville is
certainty. A board Of directors has already
been elected and the capital stock has been sub
scribed to double the required amount. This
speaks well for the spirit and enterprise OF the
people Of that community.
- Since the fire that destroyed the house at
| Mr.. D. H. Rice's Valley View Stock Farm
number Of articles saved from the flames have
been stolen al night. thief who robs others
under such circumstances must be among the
very lowest of Gods creatures.
- Mr.. Milton H. Foster, Of Chestnut Ridge
lost very fine horse on Wednesday last from
acute o. .tenS = HIM hn s,r; " oo
late to be Of any service. Mr.. Foster lately re-
fused an offer Of $500 for the animal.
III - colored boy named Luther Riley, who
Hives at Mt. Winans, found dynamite cap in
| when it went off and he lost three fingers
4 Of his right hand and the sight Of his right eye
hDynamite is dangerous plaything.
- The Towson National Bank appears
among the Maryland national banks IN the
troll OF honor issued by the New York Finan-
cier. This list includes only such banks whose
surplus equals their capital. This State has
twenty.four such banks including the Towson.
II IA large tree on the Price farm, near
GOcseysvll,eS Tas LIVES Mhoye s1sd vesrs
/ son Of Mrs. William McShane,. who had been
/ under II moment before, made narrow es-
\ cape. He was slightly stunned by the shock.
Y ->The proposed Home Coming Week for
M0rylHuu, 10 tUk6 DtdSc III OCtOUcN nCAts 40 GA
ready attracting considerable attention. The
prospects are that it will prove an immense
success, and will therefore be another Feather
in the cap" Of Governor Warield, who sug'
gested i.
Sandman, at st. Denis, 18th district, was dam
aged by fire on Wednesday morning to the ex-
tent of 81, 600 which is partially covered by in
surance. Mr.. Sandman, who is successful
business man, is an ex-member OF the House
of Delegates.
- Al conundrum tea will be held in connec
ton with the festival for the benefit Of the new
church fund. held by the ladies OF EPSON M.
| p. Church. on the vacant lotin front OF the Lee
Building, Towson. on Saturday evening. July
| 9th. Miss Lou Parks will be in charge.
general invitation is extended.
- The annual picnic Of the Sunday school
of Providence M. e. Church, Mr.. William 8.
Treadwell, superintendent, was held on We'd
nesday, with very large attendance: Two
games Of baseball were played during the day
between the Baynesville and Providence teams,
both OF which were won by the former.
- The Sunday school of st. Johns Evan.
gelcal Lutheran Church, Blenheim. will hold
helm school house, Wednesday, July Slst.
| The Long Green Cornet Band will furnish
music. One of the attractions will be Pari-
sian carousel. Everybody is invited to attend.
1.-The Towson young lady who last week
lost her pocketbook while on her way 70 board
not yet heard anything from it. 1t had her
name in it and also q receipt for postal money
order. The person who found it must have an
easy conscience-or rather he is entirely de-
| void OF one.
hi ->The old Remus Adams blacksmith shop
property on the Frederick road in Catonsville,
has been purchased as site for the new High
ISchool Building in that village: The lot con-
tains acres and the price agreed upon is y 500.
1t is proposed to build house to cost $40 600,
| ak n00 n which sum the county has already
- lightning has lately been playing some
/ strange pranks In Baltimore county, and some
/ people think that the many wires stretched ON
| POLES have something to do with this. But we
\ fail to see how this could be possible. The
1 generally accepted opinion is that the wires
| carry of the electricity and thus render the
II lightning less dangerous.
said: "Mr. A. W. Fuss, Of Glyndon, who was
/ nominated by the Republicans Of Baltimore
county as one of their candidates for County
| Commissioner, was formerly resident OF this
| county. He is now engaged in farming, but
is a builder by trade. He is man Of high
standing and character"
The old Halls Springs Hotel property,
on the Hartford road, a half century ago popu-
| lar resort for Thousands OF Baltimoreans, is
rapidly going to decay. The house, which has
| not been used as q hotel for some years, has
tumbledown appearance, while all Of its sur
/ roundings are in keeping with it. 1t presents
| decidedly sad spectacle today.
| Those who went from Tows0n to Phila-
! delphia last week to see the great Elks parade
were very well pleased with it, but they de-
| clared that the heat was something terrible.
| One Of them said be didn't think there was
| such hot place on earth as the City OF Brother
/ ly Love was last week. There were many
| prostrations from the heat, but no fatal cases
| were reported.
- Samuel Myers, colored, who is one of the
Oldest residents of Towson, is now in his SD
| year. Over forty years ago he was hostler at
| Ady's Hotel, ToWson, and he subsequently
served in the same capacity at the old Cold
| Spring Hotel, on the York road, and also at the
| Brick Hotel, Govanstown. Hundreds Of the
older citizens Of Baltimore county will no doubt
remember Sam"
mer near Providence, northeast of Towson,
raised this year $50 boxes of Candy strawber.
/ ries on five-eghths of an acre of land. He sold
them in Towson at an average price OF ABOUT
| IL cents. Mr.. Simms has fine prospect for
tomatoes and be commenced picking them this
week. His land is well adapted to the growing
of berries and vegetables and it is very pro-
| ductive.
resident in the person Of one Jonas K; Hollings,
head. He has sued the United Railways and
Electric Company for $1,000. 900 damages be-
| cause, he alleges, he was injured by the prema-
| ture starting of car. In his bill be declares
| that he was .'bruised, injured, wounded, lace.
rated and subjected to unspeakable mental and
| physical anguish, and rendered helpless man
for the remainder of his natural life" Poor
| fellow
These People are in Earnest.--A spirited
| meeting was held Friday night, 18th. on the
| lawn near the Volunteer Fire Engine House at
| Lansdowne, 18th district, under the auspices OF
/ Lansdowne Improvement Association. Dele
gates were present from Halethorpe, Hamilton.
| Morrell Park, Dorchester Heights, Mount Wi
mans and Wilhelm Park. Ice. cream and other
refreshments were served. The speakers who
addressed the meeting were Mr.. James Ritten-
house. Mr.. William H. Lawrence, Roads Engi-
neer Shirley, DR.. @. L. Mattfeldt and Mr.. Viii
liam McCalister president of the Hamilton
| improvement Association.
Mr.. McCallister dwelt especially on the inn
portance Of having an organized congress in
which all neighborh0od improvement associa-
lions around Baltimore should be represented
| He insisted that there was but one way OF get
ting necessary neighborhood Improvements
and that was to ask for them and, in fact, to
demand them.
efforts for q better town and it will soon be an