The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-06-15

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at the Court House door. limestone quarry
property at Texas, N. G. r. Il.
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Here is the middle of June and fires and
heavy clothing are still necessary for comfort.
The premium lists for the coming limo
mum fair will be ready for delivery by July LIST.
THE public schools of this county will
close next Friday (2lst) for the summer holi-
day.
->The Consolidated Gas Company expects
to be supplying gas in Towson by the end OF
the present month.
->The farmer who bought himself an auto
mobile and a riding cultivator now sings
Everybody Works but Father"
james Russell Lowell called May 1.-The
pious fraud of the almanac" His eloquent
tribute to June awaits confirmation.
Miss Mollie Mallonee has been appointed
postmaster at Cronhardt, Baltimore county,
vice Miss Lena Cronhardt, resigned.
->It cost the proprietor of fashionable
New York restaurant "a $50 in fines for having
grouse aud quail in his possession out of season.
>The receipts Of the County Treasurer's
Office for the month of May were 1914 COZ 81.
The disbursements for the month were $50, :
1856
THE good old summer time" about
which we have heard so much will be with Us
one week from todAy-that is the almanac
says so.
AT Children's day service in church
in a remote section Of Baltimore county last
Sunday morning the collection amounted to
over &12.
erty at Texas, N. c. r. R.. is now being adver-
tised in THE UNION by Mr.. William Grason,
assignee.
Arrangements are being made for special
excursions to jamestown on Baltimore Day
June 18th. A very low rate will be offered for
the round trip.
ION Tuesday evening Bishop Paret visited
the Chapel Of the Incarnation, at st. Helena,
Baltimore county, and confirmed class of
twelve persons.
More rain this week proved another set
back to the tilers OF the soil and they are still
complaining of the unfavorable weather of the
present spring.
Sunday, June Both. will be known this
year as Stainless Flag" Sunday, and it is ex.
pected that it will be observed throughout the
entire country.
-Fifty-seven young women graduated last
week from the Woman's College OF Baltimore,
which makes over 700 since that institution
was established.
THE old maids convention held lately by
the ladies of Pine Grove q. B. Church, Ray
vile, netted $85. The money will be used to
improve the church.
->Mr. P. L. Ruby has purchased from Mr..
James Phipps lot on the south side of ALE.
gany avenue, TowsOn, upon which he will
erect a house for himself
IA farmer who cut lot of grass last
Saturday said it was still lying on the ground
on Thursday of this week, with no immediate
prospect of being able to save it.
1.-THE lawn fete held two evenings last
week by the ladies Of EPSON M. P. Church,
Towson, proved successful affair The pro.
ceeds go to the new church fund.
- The Towson baseball team will go to
Frederick today Saturday and play a game
With the team Of that city. The manager, Mr..
Dixon @. Walker, will accompany them.
>Mr. Oscar Hook, of Brooklandville. who
was working on new house in Towson on
Monday, fell distance of "a feet and was pain
fully injured. He was sent to his home
~Royston is the name ofanother suburban
town that is being developed on the Hartford
road, north of Hamilton. Lots 25 by $50 feet
have been selling from $50 to s16O each.
- Tent sites have been selected on the
Emory Grove camp ground and several families
are already there for the summer. The regu-
lar camp-meeting season begins August Sd.
"a horse belonging to Mr.. William Cuddy
was struck by an engine on the Northern Gen.
trail Railroad, near Blue Mount Station, on
Wednesday morning last and instantly killed.
THUS far the month of June has furnished
very poor awberry weather" The berries
have been plentiful, kut they have been Of
rather poor quality owing to the lack of sun
shine.
IA man said this week that blackbirds can
do q cornfeld as much harm as crows. They
walk along the rows and pull up the plants to
brothers do.
ALI traffic on the Md. & Pa. Railroad
was tied up several hours on Tuesday afternoon
caused by q car loaded with brick jumping the
track between Fallston and Watervale. No
one was hurt.
- Night Alarm, a thoroughbred colt own
ed by Mr.. Ut. Harris, Of Towson, won the half
mile heat race on the Belair fair grounds track
on Monday last beating field of four. Best
time 81 seconds.
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stated meeting in the Presbyterian Church at
Ashland, N. G.. r. R., on Tuesday next, June
18th. commencing at II A. NJ. A general invi-
tation is extended.
THE outlook for corn in this section of
Maryland is exceedingly poor, due to the IN
the farmers mostly rely and they are decidedly
blue at the prospect.
- Some of the brilliant Baltimore reporters
have now located Melvale, N. G. R. R., in, as
they say, "the" Green Spring Valley. It would
be Just about as sensible to locate Gainesville
or Relay in that beautiful valley.
THE engine of passenger train on the
Md. q Pa. Railroad struck horse at Notre
Dame Station few days ago and cut the ami
mails head off. He was working as leader in
q coal cart and was valued at 5000.
->Some of THE UNIONS local letters came
too late last week to get attention. If our
friends will persist in mailing their letters SO
that they reach us as late as Friday morning
they may expect this to occur often.
"a man at Prospect Park race track last
week saw 1900 men and counted among the
lot only seven straw hats. An outrage, be
said. Heis in the straw goods business. Straw
hats are at discount so far this spring.
- Mr.. Fred. Offutt, well known farmer
and breeder of horses at Granite I'd district,
bred two Percheron mares (mother and daugh-
teri on the same day in 1906, and on Sunday
last they each dropped fine horse colt.
THE Marble Hill improvement Associa.
ton is taking steps to have the company i'm
prove the York turnpike north of Jockeys
. vile. The members say that they will not pay
toll unless something is done to the road.
$50 far this year Mr.. Christian Devries
whose country home is near Rogers Station
Green Spring Valley, has Matched over ,00C
chicks. DR.. and Mrs. N. K. Smith. of the same
valley, are also successful poultry raisers.
"a young lady, whose father is q progress
sive Baltimore county farmer. has gone into
business of growing asparagus for market. She
has ten acres growing finely and the venture
will no doubt prove q most profitable one.
"a number of Baltimore county Sunday
schools held their Children's day exercises last
Sunday. most of them having had elaborate
programs. The weather was beautiful and this
fact contributed largely to the pleasures Of the
day.
There are now three candidates for the
Democratic nomination for States Attorney in
this county-the incumbent, Mr.. Robert h
DuoSey, mr.. JOQu 0rabOu anu MT. JOuu mays
Little, the latter being resident Of the 7th dis
trict.
THE new Methodist Episcopal Church
near Stevenson Station, Green Spring Valley
will be dedicated on Sunday. June 23d, with
services continuing during the day and eve
ming. An elaborate program has been pre-
pared.
MIR. Howard Nelson has purchased SSl
acres Of land in the 10th district, part of the
Clynmalira property. from the international
Trust Company and Mr.. Rignal W. Baldwin
receivers of the late Henry D. Perky, To-
$3.50.
- Boys who are in the habit of killing son,
birds with air-guns and sling-shots are proba
bly, not aware that such sport ~ is in violation
of the State law, and any person who sees then
kill bird can have them arrested and fined TO
every offense.
Mr.. John e. Faulkner, of Lauraville
Hartford road, who is about to abandon farm
ing and dairying, will sell all his valuabl
personal property on the Schultz farm, OF
THURSDAY next, June 10th. See advertisement
in THE UNION today.
Sealed proposals are now being asked D.
the Highways Commission for improving tn
public highways between Oregon and Quake
Meeting House. known as the Oregon road
and between Browns gate and Broadway
known as the Falls road.
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