The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-09-21

AT the meeting of the Wicomico county
School Board a few days ago it was decided to
discontinue the use of copy books in the schools
and use practice paper instead, making PEN
manship study from principles, and not mere
copy work.
@Squirrel shooters were out in force last
! MoDday-the first day OF the open season-but
not many of the little fellows were bagged.
| It's hard matter to see a squirrel in tree
when he is trying 10 hide from you among the
/ thick leaves.
IA slight fire in the home of Mrs. Annie
/ K. Urban, of TowsOn, early on Monday night,
caused by the overturning of lamp. produced
| some excitement for q time. The fire COM
| were not required.
- Mr.. D. H. Mullen, who farms the Home
land estate of Mr.. e. Glenn Perine, on Charles
street avenue, raised this season 104 bushels of
potatoes on half an acre Of ground. Some of
them were Of immense size and he had two that
weighed pounds.
- Mr.. VIM. J. Copper, an employee of the
Reading Railroad, who died suddenly in Phil
adelphia on Monday last, was a son Of Mr..
Cyrus Copper, superintendent Of Mt. Carmel
Cemetery, near Baltimore. He was AZ years
of age and leaves family.
- The Woman's Guild of Trinity Church,
Long Green, will hold a bazaar in the hall at
Glenarm. on Saturday evening, September 2lst,
to which a general invitation is extended.
Fancy articles will be on sale and supper and
refreshments will be served.
- The Democratic campaign will be opened
in Baltimore county with barbecue at Mount
Carmel, 5th district. on Saturday, October 18th.
All the State and local candidates of the party
will be present and ample provision will be
made to feed all who attend.
- Hurricane Branch and his lood-hounds
have been hunting murderer in Montgomery
county, Md, and they met with the same sue
cess that they did when trailing Ike Winder in
Baltimore county in March, 1906. Their work
here was the worst sort Of farce.
I - Mp. j. II. Harris, who keeps provision
store in Towson, had his pocket picked of $50
at Prospect Park races one day last week. On
the same day a sneak thief cleaned out the till
in his store here and got about $40 more. It
was bad" day for Mr.. Harris, evidently.
1.-THE United Railways Company is en-
gagged in improving the four curves around the
loop in Towson and gangs Of men have been
working all night on the job. The new rails
being used are much heavier than the old
ones which were laid when the line was first
built.
- Messrs. Shea & Mcclure are advertising
in THE UNION today an important sale of build
ing lots a. Ruxton, N. G. r. r., to take place,
on the premises, on Saturday, September 18th.
A rare opportunity is here presented for the in
weston or the home builder. For particulars
see advertisement.
->Some people think we are having warm
weather now to make up for the lack OF. it in
the early summer. Their belief is that the
September sun will help TO mature the corn
crop, which started off late on account of an
nnfavorable early season.
- "A Frenchman named Vincent La Court
had his neck broken while diving from the
high platform in the Electric Park bathing
pool last Sunday. He was employed as a
gardener by Mr.. Austin McIanahan, of Mel
vale, Baltimore county. The unfortunate man,
who was 81 years of age leaves family.
. - The annual fair and races of the Prospect
Park Association ended on Saturday last and it
is said to have been the most successful in point
President Henry A. Brehn and the other gen.
tlemen in charge were much pleased with re-
suits and were warmly congratulated by their
friends.
The annual announcement of the great
Hagerstown Fair appears in the advertising
columns of THE UNION today. Many addi-
tional attractions will be offered this year and
it promises to be bigger show than ever
and that is saying great deal. For informa-
ton address Mr.. D. II. Staley, secretary, Ha-
gerstown. Md.
- Some progress was made this week toward
perfecting arrangements for the firemen's fair
to be held in the Guild House, Towson, for a
week beginning September Both. A meeting
will be held this Saturday. evening at O'Clock
when it is hoped there will be large attend
ance of citizens as well as members of the COM
pany and others.
- A tea and sale of fancy articles will take
place on Trinity Church lawn, Towson, on
Thursday, September 18th, from to P. NJ,
under the auspices of the Woman's Auxiliary.
Proceeds for the benefit of a mission school in
the Blue Ridge mountains. If raining on
Thursday the affair will be postponed until
the next clear day.
- Mr.. Harvey s. Writ, who conducts the
Hayfield's farm, near Cockeysville, had big
2100 bushels of wheat 600 bushels of barley,
$50 bushels of rye, It's tons OF hay and IS tons
of rye straw. His wheat yield was 30 bushels
to the acre, his rye yielded Is bushels and his
barley 40 bushels.
- Mr.. Charles Morris Howard, receiver of
Mr.. Hollins McKirn, will sell all the valuable
personal property of that gentleman, on bis
country place on Edmondson avenue, LIST dis
trict, on Wednesday next, September 25tb,
commencing at 10 A. NJ. The sale will be con-
Quoted by Messrs. Pattison & Gahan. See par
ticulars in the advertising columns of THE
UNION today.
"a Towson goat that is well broken to har-
ness is never so happy as he is when surround 4
ed by a lot of boys at play. He watches their
antics in apparent real enjoyment and does a
little stunt himself occasionally. This goat
sometimes follows the boys to Sunday school
and puts up big bluff to get in. One day he
actually did go into a church while the service
was going on.
- The new st. James A. U. M. P. Church,
on Jefferson avenue. Towson, is nearing COM
pletion and is a very creditable building It
has belfry and the bell that was placed in it
this week for more than half century did
service on the Presbyterian Church at Govans-
town, the present chimes having replaced it.
1t is sweet toned and pleasant addition to the
church bells of the town.
The dahlia show of the Vincent Com
pany attracted a large number of visitors to
Convention this week, many of them coming
from distant cities. The ladies of Ebenezer M.
E. Church, who are holding fair and festival
in connection with the show, have profited by
the great number of visitors to it. Doubtless
a very handsome sum will be realized to make
improvements at old Ebenezer Church.
- Messrs. Pattison 81 Gahan, auctioneers,
will sell at the Baltimore Real Estate Ex-
change, on Wednesday next. for Messrs. Will
liam ]. Dickey & Sons, about 900 acres of
real estate, subdivided into forty tracts con-
tanning from 2 to so acres EACH located at
Della, in the LIST district of Baltimore county.
This will be highly important sale and will
offer rare opportunity for investment.
- While riding across country few days
ago Mr.. Redmond G. Stewart, of Green Spring
Valley, had leg broken by his horse falling
upon him while trying to take jump. Mrs.
Stewart and several friends were with him at
the time of the accident. Mr.. Stewart is re-
garded as one of the most expert cross-country
riders in Maryland. He is member of the
law firm of Barton, Wilmer, Amber & Stewart.
"a large number of articles in Glass L, in
the household department at Timonium fair,
were uncalled for on Saturday, Septemb Der 9TH.
Since then these have all been returned to their
owners. Some persons blamed the managers
of the department, but in every instance il
was the owners own fault because they did
not return their coupons. Not having these
the managers did not know where to forward
the articles.