The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-06-29


lot of mules and horses.
Tuesday, July 2. by William Grason. assignee
at the Court House door, limestone quarry
property at Texas, N. G. r. r.
Wednesday, July "a, by John NJ. Requardt, at
torney, &C., on the premises, country es
tate of 13k acres in the 4th district.
pit costs over one million dollars to run
Baltimore county 1856 days
eThe discount on county taxes paid this
month is one per cent. On State taxes it is five
per cent.
- Urban 8. ALL of Mt Washington, Balti.
more county, has patented an emergency but.
ton-whatever that is.
John M. Diven, formerly of Hereford,
has been appointed an inspector in the Balti-
more Custom House at 81 per day.
don't forget that the Fourth of July is q
legal holiday in Maryland. The banks and
all the public offices will be closed.
MIR. James p. Offutt, of the Towson bar,
while shooting frogs near the Pot Spring road
last Monday, killed large grounding.
Its going to cost you something to run
your "buzzwagon" on Charles street avenue
beyond the speed limit. Better watch out.
~ The trout.6shing season in Baltimore
county ends with the last day of June. The
open season is March, April, May and June.
"A man in York county advertised a coon
dog in The UNION and found a purchaser for
him almost before the ink was dry on the paper.
THE new Catholic Church on Park
Heights and Wylie avenues will be dedicated
by Cardinal Gibbons next Sunday morning at
1890 o'clock.
The Towson baseball team will play two
games with the Lutherville club on the Fourth,
in the morning at Towson and at Lutherville
in the afternoon.
THE last day of spring brought us the
hottest day Of the year up to that time. The
mercury in Towson registered 80 degrees early
in the afternoon.
THE ''cool wave'' promised by the weather
man this week put in its appearance on time
and a uoln0u0o roliof from tho forrid
days preceding it.
"a young society woman in York has
bought all the CANNES in the dog pound. She
then gives them to her friends who will pur-
chase tags for them.
1.-THE early morning Growing of the roos-
tiers in Towson is far greater nuisance than
the barking of dogs. Down with the roosters !
should be the war cry.
Just before sailing for Europe few days
ago Mr.. Robert Garrett, of Baltimore county,
placed an order for sixty-horsepower Thomas
motorcar to cost 5000.
-As soon as the warm weather sets in then
drowning cases begin to be reported. 1t is
usually the good swimmers that meet this fate.
They take too many chances.
Although the season was late strawberry
growers appear to have done very well. The
prices have been good and no doubt this fully
made up for any shortness in the crop.
- Services of the Protestant Episcopal
Church will be held in the hall over Plowman's
store, at Parkton, on Sunday afternoon, June
Both, at 3 o'clock. All will be welcome.
- The Parkville Social gave very enioya.
BILE dance at Bauer's Park, emile House, Har-
ford road, on Tuesday night. These affairs
will be repeated weekly during the season.
- The improvements to the Northern Gen.
trail Railway station at Cockeysville have been
completed and they will be much appreciated
by the public: The cost was about Sc. 200.
- Next Thursday will be the "Glorious
Fourth'-the greatest holiday of all the year
in this nd Ol0ri0po mil Ao
periodically observed throughout the land.
- Last Sunday was another great day for
the suburban trolley lines. They carried tens
of thousands of people into the country to en-
THE ladies of Wiseburg NJ. E. Church
will hold a strawberry festival on the church
lawn, on Friday and Saturday evenings, June
18th and 10th, to which they extend general
invitation.
->The first tournament of the season will
be held at Bauer's Park, emile House, Har-
ford road, on Wednesday afternoon, July 17th
Full particulars will be published in The Union
next week.
- Mr.. Henry F. Emmel, an active young
truck farmer of Lauraville, Hartford road, had
q remarkable crop of peas this season. He
picked over 1876 bushels from one bushel of
seed planted.
-sRev D. NJ. Browning, pastor of Pataps-
co NJ. E. Church, addressed the pupils and
patrons of Grange school on closing day. Both
teachers and pupils were highly Congratulated
upon the work done.
->The American Exploration Company,
which has been incorporated under the laws Of
delaware with capital stock of $4,000. has
elected Mr.. II. Carroll Brown, of Baltimore
county. as president.
ut would be interesting to know the
number of Baltimore county's summer popu-
lation. 1t must run far up into the thousands
and it puts large sums of money into the treas
uries of the steam and trolley lines.
>Mr. @. L. OppermaD, assistant poultry
man at the Maryland Agricultural College, de-
livered an address on poultry raising last Satur-
day. night before the White. Hall Farmers
Club and Improvement Association.
->Some unusually energetic thief has been
stealing green wheat from the farm of Mr..
Samuel W. Black, at White Hall, N. G. R. R.
He cut it in an out-ofthe-way place and carried
it off for feed for animals, of course.
Wheat is rapidly turning yellow and
much of it will be ready for the binder in a
few days. No doubt it would be ready now
except for the backward season. The crop
promises well in this section Of Maryland.
1.-THE ladies of Towson M. P. Church will
hold an ice cream festival ON the vacant lot
opposite the Lee Building, every Saturday even
ing during the summer months. from to 10
o'clock. commencing Saturday. June 10Th.
1.-THE taxpayers of Baltimore county can
see by the statement of expenses, published in
THE UNION today. where their money went the
past year. This is very rich and populous
county and it requires lot of cash to run it.
>Mr. Joshua Robinson, who held posi-
ton in the Baltimore Custom House many
years. resigned on Monday last on account of
i'll health. He is a brother of the late Samuel
]. Robinson who was once sheriff of Baltimore
comfy.
-Towson's handsome High School build
ing was spoken of in the most complimentary
terms by Gov. Warfield when he came here to
speak at the commencement He thought it q
~ hn fnvur NAL oo n m
-Mr. George P. Cronise, a Baltimore
stevedore who lives at Towson, lost his gold
watch on Tuesday. The watch was in a pocket
of his coat which he hung in his office in the
city and during his temporary absence it dis.
EsNext Sunday, June 3Oth, will be "Stain.
less Flag Sunday and will be fittingly OBJ
served in many churches. Mr.. William An
derson, State superintendent of the Anti-Sa-
loon League, will speak in Towson M. E.
Church at night.
-Speaking of the approaching wheat har-
vest, Mr.. James N. Frederick, of the 9TH dis
trict, who is a member ofthe present petit jury
said this week that he remembers once cutting
wheat in his section Of the county as early as
the 18th of June.
"a mad dog has been causing much ex.
element in some sections of the 9Th district
On the farm of Benjamin Phillips, near Mt
Carmel, he bit three COWS and other animals
WcIC dloO DAttcns nc IdA bAAOu6A ShO NOAhdJ
about eight miles.
Five events will be run off at the new
course of the Green Spring Valley Steeplechase
Association, near Brook landville, on the after.
noon of the Fourth. No admission will bt
charged. Mr.. Robert H. Wright is president
of the association.
- Republican primary meetings will bs
held in all the districts of Baltimore county or
Saturday, July 18th. and the convention viii
be held at Towson the following Monday. at
M. The call for these meetings is published
in the THE UNION today.
When you let dock.tailed horse stand
whv not throw light cover over him HI
has been deprived Of bis natural means of pro
lection at the behest of fashion and he should
be afforded this much care and attention from
the constant pest of flies.
AT the meeting of the Democratic Clul
of Roland Park, held on Wednesday night,
resolution was adopted endorsing the Demo
cratic ticket nominated at Towson. MI. 0
Parker Baker is president OF the club and Mr.
J,H. Neudecker, secretary.
The fine weather of the latter part o
June made up for the cold and rain earlier II
the month and it is doubtful if vegetation
all kinds ever made more rapid progress thai
it has in the past ten days. 1t was almos