The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-06-27


advertising to appear in THE BALTT-
MORE COUNTY UNION. If they fail to
give such order the business may be
diverted into other channels.
Don't forget the Children's Fresh Air
Fund when you feel charitably inclined.
~ Next Wednesday will be the first day of
July and the summer of 1908 is slipping away
rapidly.
1.-The tax rate in Carroll county this year
IS 10 cents on the $100-the lowest of any
county in the State.
- Bishop Paret confirmed class OF seven
persons at Grace p. e. Church, Mt. Winans,
last Sunday morning.
"A lie, well stuck to. is sometimes almost
as good as the truth. At least some people
evidently believe this to be fact
- Be careful of your horses when the mer-
curry gets around 80. Don't load so heavily,
drive slower and water frequently.
- "Big Bil'' Taft and Sunny Jim" Sher-
man are the endeariDg names by which the
Republican nominees will be known.
- The statement of the expenses of Balti-
more county for the past fiscal year will be
published in the next issue of THE UNION.
- The children of st. Joseph's School, near
Putty Hill, will make their first communion
at st. Joseph's Church, on Sunday, June 28th
at the 7.30 A. M mass.
- The Goodwin property, near Padonia
Station, N. c. R. r. that was offered at public
sale on Monday last by the trustee, Mr.. q.
Howard Isaac, was withdrawn.
- Wounds from fireworks are fruitful
sources of lockjaw-a disease that battles the
skill of the best physicians. Boys should bear
this in mind as the 4th of July approaches.
- The directors of the Second National
Bank of Towson, at their meeting on Wednes
day, declared a semi. annual dividend of q per
cent
THE season for trout fishing in Baltimore
county streams ends next Tuesday. Game
wardens should see to it that the law is
enforced.
->"Fine harvest weather." That's what
the farmers said this week. When it gets so
hot farmer can't stand it it'll be bad for the
rest of us.
ION Sunday afternoon last Cardinal Glib
bons confirmed class of fifty-three persons
mostly boys and girls-at Sacred Heart Church,
Mt. Washington.
Next Saturday will be the Fourth of
July-the great National holiday. 1t is legal
holiday in Maryland and all the banks and
public offices will be closed.
->At st. Joseph's Catholic Church, Texas,
on Sunday last twenty-six children received
their first communion. The pastor, Rev.
Richard Q. Campbell, otticiated.
and reports generally indicate that the crop IS
good one, although there may be some dis
appointments at threshing time.
-The ladies of Waugh M. e. Church, 18th
urday evening, July 4th on the school lawn.
general invitation is extended.
MIR. John L. BrOOkhart, who lives on
West Joppa road Towson, has purchased lot
on Linden Terrace, South Towson, and will
erect q house thereon for his own use.
Several persons ware killed by the neat
in Baltimore this week. On Wednesday the
mercury there registered 104 in the shade and
Il was the hottest place in the country.
->Some people say that Tuesday night,
June 23d, was one of the hottest ever expert
enced in Towson. at O'Clock on wednesday
morning the mercury registered 81 degrees.
THE camp-meeting season is near at
hand: likewise the time for tournaments but
the latter have lost much of their former popu-
larity and fail to draw" like they once did.
> The great conference of the German
Baptist Brethren at Des Moines, lows, by
vote of $50 to 103, changed the name Of that de.
nomination to 1.-THE Church of the Brethren.
THE assessment on the property OF the
United Railways Company in Baltimore city
amounts to the sum of S14, S79,07 The COM
pany owns 25ot miles oil track Within the CITY
~T The Towson Guild House is being adver-
tised at foreclosure sale to satisfy mortgage
for So 400 held by Mrs. Agnes s. Emory, OF
Manor Glen. At present The place is known
as The Casino.
> The threshing rigs are already moving
about and the busy time for their operation is
now on. Much of the grain is now threshed
in the fields instead of being hauled to barns
and barracks.
W. d. Beall, Rev. Jas. McLaren, of Baltimore,
will preach next Sunday, June 18th, as follows:
Monkton, II A. NJ, Wesley Chapel, 3 P. M,
Warren, 8 M.
- Mr.. Jesse A. Smith, who died at his home
in Westminster on the Goth inst, was brother
of Mr.. Joseph Smith, of Lutherville. He was
in his 63d year and had been engaged in orange
culture in Florida.
- Last Sunday was the first day of sum-
mer and it was the hottest one of the season up
to that time, although we have had some
warmer ones since then, with the mercury up
to "a in the shade.
A Towson business man who has q well
grown son named for Bryan, is this year more
enthusiastic than ever about the Nebraska
statesman and, according to him, he is already
as good as elected President.
- Misses Kate G. Rudiger and L. Augusta
German, teachers of the public school at Pr0vi-
dence, 9th district, treated their pupils to q
trolley ride to River View Park on Monday
last and spent a pleasant day there.
The sodawater man and the iceman-
they are the fellows who wore smiling faces
this week. 1t is useless to ask them: us it
hot enough for your" The man don't live
who has seen it hot enough for them.
Mr.. N. F. Baker. well known North
Eutaw street grocer who died suddenly on
Monday last had many customers in Balti.
more county He was 81 years of age and well
known in Presbyterian Church circles.
- The Fourth of July races on MIR. George
w. Ewings property, in Green Spring Valley,
will no doubt attract large crowd on the after
noon of that day. An attractive program has
been arranged and fine sport is promised.
THE June meeting of the Loyal Temper
ance Legion, connected with the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union, will be held in
Calvary Baptist Church, Towson, Sunday after
noon next at 230 o'clock. Public invited.
1.-The farm of the late Thomas Peerce, in
Dulany's Valley. that was offered at public
sale at the Court House several weeks ago, has
been sold by the trustees to Mrs. Emma d.
Peerce for $4,000. 1t contains about 365 acres
THE cause of good roads bad fine send
off at Towson on Thursday afternoon. The
meeting at the Court House was largely at.
tended, many of the representative citi zens oil
the county being present to show their interest
- Get your smoked glass ready if you
want to see the eclipse of the sun next Sunday
IN the best advantage. The heavenly show
will begin about 9.25 o'clock and continue
nearly three hours. 1t will be partial eclipse
only.
in Towson last Saturday afternoon when the
home team was defeated by the Evergreen
Lawn team-2 to 1. An error on the part oil
Towsons let in the winning run in the ninth
inning. -
Nav" in Baltimore city. This is a new scheme
tn raise money for the Children's Fresh All
Fund and every person who is tagged will b
expected to contribute something to that worthy
charity.
81 Some more of the 'canaries' found thei
way back to THE UNION office this week at
fer an absence of nearly six months, looking
as fresh as the day they took their flight. 1
IS evident they were well taken care of TO
future use.
Two Towson men drove down to Birt
river this week after frogs and one of them salt
Afterwards that he didn't know there was a
many frogs in the State as he saw therein fac
too many to make the sport worth while il
catching them.