The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-22

900 bushels and he had $50 bushels of oats.
THE Towson and Waverly Suburban
League teams will play at Oriole Park, Yorl
road. on Wednesday. August 18th, commend
ing at P. NJ. Admission Is cts. to any part 0
the grounds. A fine game may be expected:
- The office of the School Board, in th'
Offutt Building, that had been closed for tive
weeks, was reopened last Monday, Superin
fendent Cook and Assistant Superintendent
Hershner having returned from their vacations
->Towson has William Jennings Bryar
and bis father is a red hot advocate of the Ne
braska statesman for the President. Ii he il
beaten we should not like to predict what The
consequences will be with this ardent supporter
"a largely attended meeting of the Balti
more County Medical Association was held
Thursday afternoon at the Richard Gundry
Home near Catonsville DR.. e. A. Jones, Of
Towson, spoke on "The Differential Leucocyte
Count"
The ladies of Andrew Chapel NJ. e
Church South will hold lawn fete in the grove
adjoining the church, West Franklin avenue,
near Belair road, Thursday evening. August
9th, from 6 to 10 o'clock. Every body will be
welcome.
There appears to have been mistake in
the reported purchase by Mr.. Robert II. Wright
of the Stevenson coal business at Sherwood,
n. G. r. r. Affairs there are still in charge OF
Mr.. Stevenson and it is said no transfer is likely
to be made.
This has been an uncommonly dull week
about the Court House, the absence of the
County Commissioners being largely response
BILE for this. Few strangers have been around
and there has been little doing in any of the
departments.
"A woman in Baltimore had her husband
arrested on the charge of nonsupport Before
the magistrate she swore that the only thing he
had given her in two years was 2-cent pos
tage stamp. She didn't say SO but we'll bet
he stole that.
- Mr. Harry T. Campbell has secured the
contract for improving Taylor avenue extend
ing east from the Hillen road, on his bid OF
q 200 The bid Of Mr. ! Fr "a Parks lsi 500
was held over.
THE second month of the present sum-
mer ended on Friday, 21st inst, according to
the almanac. An authority says that the dog
days ended ON the 18th of August but the
generally accepted opinion is that they continue
until September LIST.
1.-THE Junior Gunpowder Agricultural Club
met last Saturday at the farm of Mr.. Upton II.
Tarbert at Glencoe, with Mr.. George E. Shelley
as foreman. Messrs James b. Ensor, Lewis
NJ Bacon and E. Cuttings Merryman repre-
scented the Senior Club.
- The sale of ice cream, cake and candy on
Saturday evening, August I'D, on the lot oppo-
site Lee Building, for the benefit of the new
Towson M. p. Church, will be in charge of
Mrs. John F. Conrey and Mrs. M. ]. o. Hara.
Your patronage is solicited.
Towson, will be offered at public sale on Tues
day next at IL None by Mr.. w. Gill Smith,
attorney, and the other by Mr.. q. Howard
Isaac attorney. These houses are eligibly To-
Gated and comparatively new.
IA good deal of curiosity is expressed to
learn what the Commission, named in an act
of the last Legislature, is going to do in the
way of enlarging the Court House at Towson.
Plans for improvement of the building are now
being prepared by the architects.
- The Prospect Park Fair and race meeting
will begin Tuesday. August 9Th. Information
W. W. Elliott secretary, Calvert Building,
Fayette street, Baltimore. The grounds are
located on the Eastern avenue road.
- Mr.. Henry A. Nagle, of Gainesville, has
been awarded the contract to build for Mr.. r.
w. Evans a modern residence to cost $1,000
on EdmondsOn avenue, near Beech wood ave-
nue., Catonsville. 1t will contain Is rooms and
be steam heated and lighted by electricity.
->The Timonium Fair will begin one week
from next Tuesday. Secretary Nussear can
now be found at the grounds daily and those
wishing to consult him about fair matters
should see him there. In making entries by
mail send them to Mr.. Nussear at Lutherville,
IA we'll known citizen whose house is
supplied by water from pond or dam, had
all the water run out of the house and pipes
because several Italians washed their shirts in
the pond. He said he could stand good deal
but thought this was putting it on rather too
strong.
- Mrs. Sarah J. WarfieId, who died at her
home in Baltimore, last Sunday, at the age of
80 years. was the mother of Mr.. William "
Warfeld, a we'll known conveyancer. She was
a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Merry
man. Of Baltimore, and The widow of William
w. Warfed.
the reunion of the Sunday schools of
Parkton Circuit, held in Trout's grove at
Trump, on Wednesday last, attracted several
hundred people and the day was pleasantly
spent. The principal address was by the pas
tor, Rev. H. r. Savage, and the Stewartstown
Band furnished music.
THE new-fre- plugs in Lauravilla- we're
Volunteer Fire Company OF that place. The
pressure was good and everything worked sat-
isfactorily. Later refreshments were served by
Mr.. J. A. Albrecht and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Sack, at the home of the latter.
- Mr. Henry Clark, a former Baltimore
countian, who died in Baltimore on the 18th
instant, bequeathed his property to his BROTH
ers Messrs. Benjamin and Robert Clark, and
his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Sparks, all of whom
are residents of this county. Mr.. Clark, who
was widower, left no children.
The UNION Office now has its electric
motors in operation and we hope to have much
satisfaction from them when everything is
properly adjusted. The office has also been
wired for electric lighting. The work was
done under contract with the Mt. Washington
Electric Light and Power Company.
THE death of Mr.. Frank s. Hambleton,
which occurred at one of the German watering
places last Sunday, removes from the busy
scenes of life one of Baltimore countys wealth.
lest men. He was the head of the Baltimore
banking house of Hambleton & Co., and his
estate is supposed to be worth 100000.
Vegetables and fruits may be plentiful
as some assert. but the prices asked for them in
Towson would lead to different conclusion.
For corn 20 cts. dozen was asked in Towson
on Monday, and peaches of rather inferior
quality sold at IS cts. for small basket. These
are fair samples of the alleged cheapness.
>Towson can now boast of many good
sidewalks and these can be credited to the I'M
provement Association, through whose efforts
this much needed improvement was brought
about. The association can also be credited
with other good things, but its efforts in this
one direction have been especially meritorious.
->Tonsorial Artist Eyer, of Towson, who is
now at his old home in Germany, is keeping
his friends here we'll posted on his movements
by means of post cards. On the 9th of August,
accompanied by friend, he visited warship
near Stuttgart and in less than half an hour
after they left the vessel there was a terrible
explosion on board.
"A meeting was held last Saturday night
to promote the building of a new public school
house at Noonan's Corner, on the road from
Baldwin to Fork, to take the place of School
No. 4, 18th district. Resolutions in accordance
with the object OF the meeting were adopted
and delegation was appointed to present them
to the School Board.
There are by far too many mosquitoes in
Towson and their number could be materially
lessened if the residents of the town would
put forth some efforts in that direction. The
pest could be banished entirely, but it would
take much work and the expenditure of some
money to do it. Open drains in town like
this should not be tolerated.
ANOTHER remarkable find" is told as
follows by an Elkton paper about three
years ago Mr.. Theodore OFT, who lives at Lo-
Gust Point, on the Elk river, lost pair of gold
spectacles in the river. Recently while in
swimming he struck something with his foot
and found to his surprise that it was his spec
taces, as bright as when he lost them"
--Center NJ. E. Church at Forest Hill, Md.
& Pa Railroad, was dedicated last Sunday.
All the other churches on the circuit were
closed that day hence the attendance at Center
was very large. Bishop Earle Cranston, of
Washington, D. c., preached in the morning
and also at night, while District Superintendent
w. L. Mcdowell preached in the afternoon.
-Mr. Charles II. Isennock, the well known
10th district auctioneer, had his fine sorrel road
mare in Towson on Wednesday showing her
to a prospective buyer from Baltimore. 1t is
said he asked large sum for the ANIMAL but
the two could not get together on the price
The mare is standardized, 6 years old and per-
fectly fearless of automobiles, traction engines,
orr