The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-01

- heV. j. a. Jones, o! brO0K lyn, N.
formerly of Hereford, will preach at Hampde
Baptist Church, on Sunday, August I'd, morn
ing and evening. He is DESTROYS of meetin
any Of his Maryland friends at the church o.
that day.
- The Montrose Farm, on the east side O
the York pike, opposite Texas, has been lease
for term of years by Miss Harlem James a
81, 600 year. The place contains 100 acre
and was for many years the home of the lat
Miss Ann Nisbet.
- An Epworth League rally will be held a
Wilson's M. E. Church, Long Green Circuit
on Saturday, August LIST, commencing at s P
N. Addresses by Or. John S. Green, Mr.
cordially invited.
The Glyndon volunteer fremen distin
guished themselves few days ago by saving
the barn on the property Of Miss Alverda Gore
near st. George Station. Mr.. George Price i!
the tenant on the farm. It is not known how
the fire originated.
81 essrs. H. w. Knoebel H. w. Dilworth
and Charles H. Linvile appeared before the
Highways Commission on Thursday and asked
that the road leading from Hyde's Station,
Long Green Valley, be topdressed and rolled
The request was granted.
1.-THE Towson Lodge of Elks held social
session on Tuesday night, with very large at
tendance. Several new members were initia.
ted. This is one of the most hourishing lodges
of the order in the country and its member
ship is constantly growing.
There have been q number of inquiries
lately for Baltimore county farms and it looks
like this class of real estate is in growing de.
mand. 1t is evident that a good many people
have come to the conclusion that there is
money in farming after all.
IA game of baseball at Towson on We'd
nesday afternoon between'the Collington A. G..
and the Towson team, resulted in victory for
the latter-6 A. TOwson will have Govans-
f0uu for e az Iva do
Saturday afternoon. August 1st.
!. - Five cases of diphtheria developed at
ParktoD 9 few days ago, but by the prompt9e-
ton Of thehealth authorities the spread OF the
dangerous disease was checked. Miss Mary
Thomas, daughter of Mr.. Mordecai Thomas,
was the first to be attacked by it.
1.-THE Sunday school Of Ashland Presby-
terrain Church will go on an excursion to Toll
chester Beach, on Tuesday. August 4th, and it
is expected that over 200 persons will go.
Steamer leaves Pier 16, Light street, at $50 A.
NJ. and 2 and G.20 r. NJ. Tickets Is cents.
- The proposition to turn Highlandtown
and Canton into East Baltimore City" don't
appear to meet with much favor. Those towns
are important parts of the county and when
they get ready to slip their hawser they will
likely become an adjunct of Baltimore city.
- Messrs. Chenoweth Bros. are about COM
pleting very convenient and pretty cottage for
Mr.. Greenbury P. Shepperd, on Bellona ave.
nue. just south of Cuttings avenue. Good judges
say il is an excellent piece of work. Mr.. and
Mrs. Shepperd will shortly occupy the house.
THE big balloon that sailed away from
Electric Park on Wednesday afternoon came
down at Hagerstown. II is said to have trav-
eled So miles in four hours. Mr.. Ernest Gill
had his first experience in sailing through the
clouds, he being one of the three men in the
basket.
the electrical equipment of THE UNION
office is not quite complete, but we hope to
have 1t so in few days. The motor that is to
drive the newspaper press was adjusted this
week and appears to be working satisfactorily.
The motors will take the place of the steam
engine.
THE northwestern section of this county
experienced what the people called cloud
burst last Monday morning and the streams
were suddenly swollen to the dimensions of
rivers. The county roads suffered from the
deluge of water and great many fields were
badly washed.
IA correspondent writing from Perry
Hall says there is no Sunday baseball and beer
drinking at that place but admits the game is
played Sundays at Germantown. The villages
are not far apart and this fact may have &C.
counted for the statement made by THE UNIONS
last week.
THE lost or stolen iron lawn roller that
DR.. A. @. McCurdy, of Towson, advertised in
The UNION last week, has not yet been heard
from. The machine has been doing duty in
almost every section of town and must have
finally gotten so far away from home that it
couldn't find the way back.
SAs Mrs. Eliza J. Roam, one of the assis-
tants at the Aged Peoples Outing Associations
cottage in Glyndon Park, was walking along q
pile of old lumber on Wednesday her foot
slipped and she fell, breaking her left arm be-
low the elbow and she also was severely bruised
and cut about the face and body.
- Hon. Joshua lowering, who has Just re-
turned from tour of the world, having visited
mission stations in various countries, will
speak in Calvary Baptist Church, Towson Sun
day, August I'd, at IL A. NJ. Mr.. lowering is an
talker and all should hear him.
a general imitation is extended ,-------,
Baltimore county, writes: "Icannot do with
out THE UNION and its reception is looked for
ward to each week with great deal of eagerness
and pleasure, as it always brings all the news
from dear old Baltimore county"
MIR. William Chamings, who owns the
fine Chestnut Grove Farm, at Mount Vista,
18th district, saved this season over 100 tons of
prime hay without drop of rain on it. Mr..
Chamings is advertising in THE UNION today
a lot of choice lambs, sired by an imported
Hampshire ram for which he paid $75.
THE Lyon Land Company, of which Mr..
Daniel w. Dwyer is the head has purchased
for $35, 900 the property known as Cloverdale,
diately south of the Melvale road. The tract.
which contains about 20 acres, is well located
and will be developed for building sites.
1.-THE annual camp meeting of the Phila-
delphia and New York districts of the New
York Conference of the Free Methodist Church
more county, from August 5th to August 18th,
inclusive. Rev. A. q. Miller, of Phillipsburg,
N. j., district elder, will have charge of the
camp.
MRS Mary Elizabeth Archer died sud-
denly on Monday morning last at Shamrock"
her home at Belair. She was so years of age
and the widow of Hon. Henry W. Archer, one
of Maryland's most prominent citizens in his
day. Deceased was a Miss Walker, of Kent
county, Md, and was married to Mr.. Archer
in June, 1849.
- The floods in some Baltimore county
streams the latter part of last week were higher
than they had been for years and great deal
of damage was done in some places. Several
small bridges were carried away and the roads
were very badly washed in places Some Of
the railroads also suffered on account of wash
outs and other damage.
- Mrs. Mary N. Payne, widow of John
Payne, of Carroll county, who was related to
ing at the home of her son, Mr.. John Payne
of Stewartstown, Pa, on the 18th of July. She
was in the 84th year of her age and made her
home with her only daughter, Mrs. Abram
Lester, near Westminster.
- The new building on the Timonium Fair
GROUNDS tQaC Is 10 DC uSeO IOr tue OlSpidy Oh
farm and garden products has been completed.
1t will furnish ample room for the display of
such articles and this fact should lead to a
much larger and better exhibit than hereto
fore. Farmers, truckers and fruitgrowers
should bear this in mind.
"a man who lives in certain village in
Baltimore county was in Towson this week
looking for a house. When asked why he
was going to move he said the mosquitoes
were so bad where he was living that he SIM
ply couldn't stand it any longer. He declared
that it was not possible to sit out of doors in
the evenings because of the pest.
Continuous baseball is played daily by q
gang of small boys on vacant lot near THE
UNION Office and the amount of windwork re-
quired to keep it going is simply amazing.
Occasionally some boys Of larger growth and
even men get in the game and then the fun is
fast and furious. What the American small
boy would do without baseball in summer
would be problem difficult of solution.
Another Large Tract to be Developed
Announcement was made this week of the sale
of two tracts of land, comprising 81 acres in
the vicinity of Gwynn Oak Park, adjoining
Gwynn Oak Uplands, by Thomas ]. Flannery
to the Pembroke Heights Corporation. The
price paid was about $50 900. The land will be
developed, and in the near future it is proposed
by the purchaser to erect q number of cottages.
The land is advantageously situated along
Gwynn's falls and will face the boulevard
which is to run along that stream. Besides
Mr.. Flannery, Mr.. Joseph w. Jenkins is inter