The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-06-06

tors and other advertising IS necessary,
are requested to leave positive orders
with the Court when they wish such
advertising to appear in THE BALrI-
MORE COUNTY UNION. If they fail to
give such order the business may be
diverted into other channels.
The next legal holiday in Maryland is
July 4th, and it also falls on Saturday.
- Baltimore county schools close on Fri
day. June 10Th. for the long summer holiday
Sunday, June 7th is Whit Sunday. The
Monday following is observed by many as
holiday.
- Strawberries are now abundant and very
reasonable in price. The fruit is of unusually
line quality this year.
- The festival recently held by the ladies
of Eutaw NJ. P. Church, Hartford road, netted
$3.50. The money goes to the new church fund
- Today-Saturday, June 6th-will be OBJ
served as Confederate Memorial day. Impres
sive ceremonies will be held in Loudon Park
Cemetery.
mo one has yet been pulled up for fast
motorcar driving through Towson. And the
speed limit law is violated almost every houl
of the day.
An enjoyable Children's day service was
held at Bosley M. e. Church last Sunday after
noon. Mr. Lewis NJ. Bacon is superintendent
of the school.
THE Govanstown and Towson teams OF
the Suburban League will play game on the
grounds here, on Saturday afternoon, June
9Th, at 4 o'clock.
"A gentleman who lives few miles from
Towson has ordered from Messrs. Charles E.
Fendall & Son 1000 strawberry plants of the
"Fendall'' variety.
@The rush to pay taxes in the County
Treasurer's Office continued this week, those
paying now getting the benefit of the June dis
count-13 per cent.
Mr.. William 81. Kone was painfully in
jured about the head and arm OH Tuesday by
falling from an engine at Texas. DR.. B. f.
Bussey attended him.
>Children's day services will be held at
Waugh NJ. e. Church, Long Green Circuit, on
Sunday, June 7th, at P. NJ. and at Union NJ
e. Church the same day at s p NJ.
The annual all-day June meeting at
Sater's Baptist Church, Falls road, will be held
Sunday, June 18th. when Children's day will
be observed by the Sunday school.
The man who won the 100 mile event at
the automobile races at Pimlco last Saturday
covered the distance in 2 hours and AZ seconds.
The machine was of go horsepower.
THE soldiers graves in Prospect Hill
Cemetery, Towson, were strewn with flowers
last Saturday by Mr.. George w. Sepp. who
lost an arm in the service of his country.
THE steam sawmill of Mr.. George Silk,
of Towson, which be has been operating near
Blenheim. 10th district, was destroyed by fire
on Thursday, causing loss of about 5000.
->Some Baltimore county farmers are such
firm believers in Hicks as weather prophet
that thev are aeaFl4ll piHE theif faEIVa sly
many years service in the Towson fire engine,
will be retired and spend the balance of his
DAYS on the aims house farm. Heis 26 years old.
>Get away from the wire fence in time of
thunder storms. Several men in the I'd dis
trict had an uncOmfortably close call a few
davo 200 while working in a field near one Of
these barriers.
Another couple from a distance-the
bride from Baltimore and the groom from
Philadelphia-came to TowsOn few days ago
and were married by Kew. b. b. Abbltt, OF the
Baptist Church.
- Three business places in Govanstown
we're robbed last Tuesday night, the thieves
getting small amounts of money in each. They
we're the stores of Parr Bros. and Norris q Son
and the Brick Hotel.
- The June meeting of the Junior Gun
powder Agricultural Club will be held at the
home of Mr.. Laban Sparks, on Saturday, Goth
inst. Subiect-"Harvesting and how can we
best preserve our crOps2"
- Rev. Thomas g. Pearce will preach at
Fork Christian Church, on Sunday, June 7th,
at 3 P NJ. This church property has lately
been much improved by grading the yard and
enclosing it with wire fence.
@T Troop A, Maryland National Guard, is
preparing for interesting field day exercises al
June 18th. In addition to drill there will be
steeplechases, Roman races, &c.
- Decoration day was generally observed
as a holiday this year and thousands of people
enjoyed the various outdoor sports that were
offered All the suburban resorts and the troll
lev lines did an immense business.
John Kehoe has secured a license for the
Suburban Hotel, on Park Heights avenue
GUS Fenneman was refused a license for the
same place upon the ground that he had VIC
lated the law by selling on Sunday.
Joseph Klein, aged SO years, in the en-
pIoy of Mr.. Henry Bamberger, on the Middle
River road, died on Thursday afternoon from
a broken neck caused by fall from a stable
loft The accident occurred Tuesday night.
IA heifer suffering from rabies is new
development in Baltimore county. How the
animal contracted it is not known. Too many
worthless dogs running around. Better take
steps to rid the county of a few hundred OF
them.
- Round Sergeants James E. Mann, Law
renee B. Meise and John f. Walker, of the
county police force. went on duty for the first
time on Monday, June LIST. They are mounted
and the horses and equipment is furnished by
the county.
- Before the final separation of the mem.
bers of the May term grand jury they present
ed their foreman, Mr.. James s. Nussear, with
q fine cutglass pitcher and Messrs. Edward ]
ODonovan and Wilbert Hutchins, clerks, each
with fountain pen.
The first exhibition of the Maryland Coll
Show Association, which was held this week
at Prospect Park, attracted great deal Of at
tention. 1t was a highly creditable affair anC
the gentlemen interested in it feel encouraged
for still further success hereafter.
+The spring meeting of the Manor Gler
Racing Association will take place at the track
on the Jarrettsville pike today-Saturday, JUNE
6th-commencing at P. NJ There are foul
events on the card and dancing and othel
amusements will follow the racing.
THE new apparatus for the Catonsvill'
Volunteer Fire Company will be ready for de
livery about June 18th, and it proposes to hav'
parade and demonstration on Friday after
noon, June 10Th. Several other companies o.
peighboring towns will participate.
THE county police have been pulling
some more slot machines and the proprietor
of the places where they were found had t.
''pony up'' handsomely in the way of fines
It seems very strange that this form of gamb
ling cannot be broken up in the county.
AT Pitts6eld Mass on Friday of las
week Mr.. ]. NOVEL; Hawkins, son of DR.. ]
w. Hawkins, of Towson, won first average IL
the annual target tournament of the Pittsielt
Rod and Gun Club by breaking lbs target
without miss. This is the State record.
1.-THE corner stone of the new Methods
Protestant Church, West Allegany avenue
Towson, will be laid with impressive ceremo
MES on Sunday, June 2lst, at 230 P. NJ. Sew
eral ministers will take part in the services
Rev. H. F. Wright is pastor of the church.
- Miss Mary GLENN, of Govanstown, Will
walking from church last Sunday had thu
misfortune 10 fall and brake an arm beside
otherwise injuring herself. She is daughte
of the late Rev. W. T. D. GLENN, who was
well known minister of the NJ. E. Church.
- The Chattolanee Springs Hotel, in Greer
Spring Valley, was opened for the season las
Monday A number of Improvements hav
been made to the property since last fall. Mr.
M. L. Dagger. of the Carrollton Hotel Balti
more, is in charge of the house this summer.
-The valuable real estate of the late Georg
and Thomas Peerce in Dulany's Valley, vii
be sold at public sale at the Court House door
Messrs Elmer j. Cook A. A. Piper, A. E
Donaldson, W. Gill Smith and John Grason.
Some of THE Union subscribers at Loci
Raven complain that they do not receive thei
papers regularly. The postottice at that plac
has never been discontinued and subscriber
can have their papers sent there if they wisl
instead of being delivered by R. F. D. carrier