The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-06-13

MORE COUNTY UNION. If they fail to
give such order the business may be
diverted into other channels.
O
I'VE still have among us the man who
speaks of the baseball umpire as 1.-THE empire"
THE public schools of the county will
close next Friday, June 19th for the summer
holiday.
- The receipts Of the Office of County Treas
urer Merryman for the month of May were
1898, 1883.
> Flag Daytime 14th-falIs on Sunday
this wear and every body should display the
national coIors on Saturday.
The G. & p Telephone Company issued
new directory this week to country subecri-
bers It il dated May 10Th and contains 1863
= One of the new round sergeants of the
Baltimore county police force was in Towson
last Sunday. He was well mounted and
equipped.
+Owing to scarcity of work twenty. eight
men employed at the Beaver Dam Marble
Quarries, near Cockeysville, were discharged
last Saturday.
IA well known farmer said this week that
farm labor is not hard to get just now, and also
that wages are not as high as they were this
time last year.
- While handling a rifle few days ago
Mr.. Charles Merryman, OF Cockeysville, acct
dentalIy shot himself through the foreinger
of his right hand.
->TRe postoffice at Kingsville, Baltimore
county, will become domestic money order
office on the LIST of July. Mr.. L. L. Dilworth
is the postmaster.
wheat and it is feared the crop will be seriously
damaged thereby. 1t is said that the heads are
not filling as they should.
The quarterly conference of Glyndon M.
E. Church has increased the salary of the pas
tor, Rev F. G. Watson, 800 year-the third
time in fha last four years
"a farm that is three miles north of
Cockeysville is now located by one OF the Bal
timore newspapers in "the Green Spring Val
ley." This looks like joke.
-Another week has passed without any
rain and vegetation of all kinds is beginning
to show the need of moisture. The 'spring
drought" seems to be on in earnest.
- The second Sunday in June is observed
by many churches as Cbildren's day and elab
crate programs, over which much time has
been spent, will be rendered in most of them.
- An entertainment will be held at Du-
Iany's Valley school house, on Thursday eve
ming. June 18th, at s o'clock, for the benefit of
the school fund. Miss Lillian Henderson is
the teacher.
- Richard D. Robinson, of Phoenix, sus-
XIV jumping rom q tram &C Farkton last sun
day morning. He is under treatment at hos
pital in Baltimore.
- The spring trotting and pacing meeting
at the Gentlemen's Driving Park has been in
progress this week and the events each day
have furnished fine sport for those fond Of
light harness racing.
- A gentleman who owns acre country
place near Govanstown says he suffers BRAIN
storm every month on account of his hired
help. He says if he owned 10 acres he'd be in
the insane asylum sure.
"a member of the bar paid high COM
pliment to the members of the present petit
Jury few days ago. He said they are the
most intelligent set of jurors that has been
in Towson in many years
->In Butler county, Pa, Judge Galbreath
presides in the Circuit Court. Speaking about
the roads said the Judge: Butler county
will have better roads if it is necessary to fine
and Jail few supervisors"
THE UNION returns thanks to DIR. Benja-
min Whitley, president, for pamphlet copy
of his annual address to the Baltimore County
Medical Association, delivered at the Guild
Hall, Towson, May 21st, 1908.
- successful strawberry festival was held
two evenings this week by the Ladies' Aid
Society of Ashland Presbyterian church, on
the church lawn. There was also sale of
fancy articles at the same time.
= Messrs. Charles E. Fendal & Son, of
Towson, have sold about 1000 boxes of straw
berries from their garden this season, the
"Fendalp' berry going far ahead of any other
variety in point OF productiveness.
- Under the new ordinance over 4, 600 per-
nlits to sell milk and cream have been issued
by the health department of Baltimore city.
Many of these. it is said will be cancelled when
the premises of the sellers are inspected.
The cornerstone for the new Methodist
Protestant Church to be erected on West Allie
gany avenue. Towson, will be laid at 2.30 r. NJ.
on Sunday, June 2lst. Several ministers from
distance will take part in the ceremonies.
- Messrs. Henry Person q Sons have Sc
cured the contract for the erection of bunga-
low stable, &C., for Mr.. Hilgartner, on the lot
he lately purchased from the Turnbull estate,
opposite Rodgers Forge, on the York road.
THE Green Spring Valley Hunt Club
and the Patapsco Hunt Club are arranging for
Joint race meet to take place at Pimlico track
the latter part of August Last years joint
meeting at the same track was very successful.
The trout fishing season in Baltimore
county ends June 30th. More of these fish have
been csughtthis season in our streams than FOR
merly, showing that the stocking in the last
few years has met with some degree of success.
- Mrs. Eudocia Stansbury, who died in
Towson about two weeks ago at the age Of
nearly 100 years. owned some silver spoons
that had belonged to her grandmother. These
interesting relics are now in possession OF her
executor.
1.-The 73d annual commencement of Han
nah More Academy, Reisterstown. took place
on Wednesday last. Bishop Paret presided
and awarded the prizes. The graduating class
numbered thirteen, five of whom were from
Maryland.
"A Towson young lady bought collec-
ton of roses that she saw advertised in some
paper. She planted them and they grew all
TlRQL, Dub every OuS Vi lucu pIONcQ W Dc o
Crimson Rambler-about the commonest rose
that grows.
1.-THE Children's day service of Stevenson
Methodist Episcopal Sunday school, Green
Spring Valley, will be held next Sunday night,
June 14th. The same service at Hunts
Church, Sherwood, will take place June 21st,
at 1870 AN.
- Farmers were complaining early this
week about the dry weather, while only little
while ago "too much rainn was the cry It
H. hat onah fhipoo NOT
evened up little better But all things come
to those who wait.
- Last Sunday committees of Towson
Lodge of Elks decorated the graves of deceased
members in cemeteries about Baltimore and
Towson and also at Belair and other places.
The committee that went to Belair made the
trip in automobiles.
- Visitors to Towson Just now are much
pleased with the beauties Of the place, and the
Court House park is especially admired by
strangers. Since the trees have been trimmed
it presents a much better appearance, thanks
to the efforts of Col. D. G. Mcintosh.
- A minister of our acquaintance had fine
Young collie that had the bad habit of sucking
eggs He was told of something that would
''cure" him of it and he bought the dose at the
drug store. The next morning the dog was
dead. 1t had ''cured" him effectually.
- Wiltondale, head ofthe Wiltondale Stock
Farm, near Towson, took first prize at the
MARYLAND Colt Show last week. Pilot Medium,
Jr., owned by Mr.. Henry A. Brehm, was sec
ond in the same class Wiltondale is by Alb
dell. dam Mantua Maker by Red Wilkes.
- The Good Roads Commission and many
of the people of Western Maryland don't seem
to harmonic on the question of which road:
should be improved under the S5,0O0,0O0 State
appropriation. The Commission seems to bt
set on pursuing the course it has mapped out.
- Mr. J. Howard Flayhart has presented
to Towson Chapter Epworth League a gayel
made from the "Strawbridge Oak Tree" thai
stood near Sans creek, Carroll county, where
Rev. Robert Strawbridge, the pioneer Metho
dist minister of America, held open-air services