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

- Mr.. Charles C. Dienstbach has a splendid
growth Of. tomatoes in his garden in Towson
They are called the California Trailers and the
fruit grows in fine clusters and is almost as
solid as an apple The vines. which are very
strong, require trellises.
- Landowners are getting ready for fall
trespassers by ordering notices to warn of
prowling gunners, chestnut hunters, etc. This
nuisance Of people trespassing upon the prem.
ises of others has become most troublesome in
some sections of the county.
- Many prominent residents OF the I'd dis
trict have started a movement to have the
Liberty road taken over by the State High
ways Commission. II is an i'm portant
thoroughfare-the most numerOusly Travelled
in that section of the county.
- The Loyal Temperance Legion will hold
a conundrum tea and lawn fete on the lawn
adjoining MasseDburg~& Sons drug store,
Monday evening. August 10th. Ice cream,
cake and confectionery for sale The generous
patronage of the public is solicited.
- According to the figures of the Health
Department there are nearly twice as many
cases of typhoid fever in Baltimore city as there
were this time last year. During July 140new
cases were reported, as against IS in July, 1907
The fever is said to be all over the city.
- MISE. Cuttings Merryman, Mrs. James
S. Nussear and Mrs. Thomas Mccormick COM
pose the executive committee that will look
after the wants of the guests of the society at
the Timonium Fair this year. They will be
assisted from day to day by other ladies.
- At Sunbury, Pa, on Wednesday j..
NOVEL; Hawkins, son of DR.. J. w. Hawkins
of Towson, won first average at the annual
tournament of the Selins Grove Gun Club,
breaking 172 out of It's targets making q con-
secutive straight run of 143, both of which are
the club records.
Secretary Nussear will open his office on
the Timonium Fair grounds. on Monday, Au-
gust 18th. where he can be found from 8 A. NJ.
to P. NJ. daily. All entries, except for the
races, should be addressed to Mr.. Nussear at
Lutberville, but exhibits for the fair must be
sent to the grounds only.
>Archibald Davis, an old resident of Tow
son and veteran of the Civil War, who is in
the employ of the Baltimore County Water
on Monday by falling from one of the COM
pany's wagons on Hamilton avenue. He was
brought to his home here.
-DThe August meeting of the Senior Gun
powder Agricultural Club will be held today
at the farm of Mr.. James B. Ensor, at Belfast.
The chief topic for discussion will be 'Prepa-
ration of the Ground and Seeding Wheat"
Messrs. Laban Sparks and Frank G.. Scott will
represent the Junior Club.
Two games of ball will be played at Tow
son Saturday afternoon, August 9Th, at 2 and
o'clock, between the home team and the
of the Suburban League, with a clean record,
not having lost a game during the season.
Fine contests may be expected.
THE annual reunion ofthe Sunday schools
of Long Green Circuit will be held in Clayton's
Grove, near Fork, on Wednesday next, Au.
gust 18th, and a large turnout is promised.
Several former pastors and others will make
addresses. A band of muc will be in attend
ance and there will be other attractions.
THE County Commissioners have issued
a stringent order regarding the conducting of
certain amusements on Sundays at some of
the resorts near Baltimore. Last Sunday there
was much less noise at these places because of
this order and it is hoped those living near
them will have fewer causes for complaint.
>The Maryland Country Club, on Park
Heights avenue, which has been recognized,
was formally reopened last Monday. when
ladies were received between and IL p NJ.
Mr.. Charles e. Ford is president of the reor-
ganized club, which has among its board of
governors number of well known gentlemen.
1.-THE Board of County Commissioners ad-
journed on Thursday 9Th instant and the
members will enjoy their usual summer holt
day until Tuesday, Septeptember LIST. The
Office will be open daily as usual in charge of
Mr.. E. Stanton Bosley, chief clerk and audi
tor, and Mr.. Hugh P. Gallagher, transfer clerk.
- The Sunday school of Providence M. E.
Church, of which Mr.. John G. Dorher is
superintendent, held its annual picnic in the
school of EPSON M. P. Church, Towson, held
its picnic at the church the same day. followed
by festival al night for the benefit Of the new
church.
- Mr.. Richard Vincent, of the firm of R.
Vincent, Jr. Il Son. has extended an invitation
to the Maryland State Horticultural Society to
hold its autumn meeting at the firms extern
sve establishment at White Marsh, Baltimore
county, Tuesday, September 22d, when a
splendid display of geraniums and dahlias will
be shown.
THE United Railways Company has made
another concession to smokers. Itallows them
to use four of the rear seats of the open sum-
mer cars Now the women will proceed to en-
croach on this fourth seat just as they have
always done on the three heretofore reserved.
But If they like to get the smoke good and
strong all right
THE general announcement of the COM
ing Timoninm- Eajr-naw lass tlsa,N1f snerflf}f
will furnish entertainment and amusement
enough to please everybody, and no doubt the
crowds at Timonium this year will be bigger
than ever before.
THE generally expressed opinion is that
the Northern Central Railway Company has
again treated the TimOnium Fair management
very shabbily in declining to make any con-
cesson in the sale of tickets for the coming
fair. The public going to the grounds by rail
will be much Inconvenience because of this
action of the company.
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stevedore by the Foard Company at Sparrow's
Point killed rock fish of immense size with
a shotgun on Tuesday. The fish, with many
Others had been seen swimming around the
piling but it refused to take baited hook. So
Mr.. Thomas got it with his little gun. 1t
measured "a inches and weighed 134 lbs.
THE county police force has its hands
full just now in its efforts to put stop to SUM-
day liquor selling at the resorts near Baltimore
that are frequented almost exclusively by city
people. Several arrests have been made and
it is said much testimony has been collected.
From the present outlook the September term
grand jury will have plenty of work to do.
Mrs. Mary A. McJiton, wife of Mr..
Harry G. McJilton, secretary and treasurer of
the United Railways Company. died at her
home on st. Paul street, on Saturday last,
from pneumonia following an operation. She
was member of SITS. Philip and James Catho.
lie Church and took an active part in the work
of the parish. Besides her husband she is sur
vived by three children.
- Some of the friends of Messrs George w.
Yellott, Clarence E. Baldwin and Frank X.
Hooper are anxious to know if they had
really enjoyable time on their fishing trip
few days ago. Mr.. Hooper's automobile had
the studs" that day and it required much ex-
erton on the part of the occupants to push it
up the hills. Mr.. Yelott said the machine was
like flock of sheep. Invent best the way you
didn't want it to go.
- MIS- Harry w. nOOk, OI lOWSOD, mas
been at Glyndon Park the past week as a rep
resentative of Towson Chapter Epworth League
to entertain the guests of the Aged Peoples
Outing Association. This worthy charity is
supported by the Epworth League Chapters of
Baltimore city and vicinity, the object of which
is to give to hundreds of the aged poor of Bal
timore pleasant outing of ten days duration
at the Park. which they otherwise could not
afford to enjoy.
- Mr.. Thomas C. Bruff, of Towson. who
returned few days ago from trip through
the peach. growing sections of Maryland, says
the peach crop is failure and that there will
be no money in it this year for the growers.
He also says that the drouth in that section of
Maryland was worse than it was here and that
tomatoes and other crops were practically
burned up and utterly ruined. He said he saw
one so acre field of corn that would not pro-
duce a third of crop.
- Mr.. ]. d. Homer, who some years ago
owned a pretty home on Charles street avenue
and was well known to many Baltimore county
people, committed suicide on Monday night in
his room at the Hotel Rennert, in Baltimore.
He had been engaged in business in New York
for the past fifteen years. 1t is thought finan-
cial troubles caused him to take his life Mr..
Horner married a sister of the late Lewis
Turner, Jr., who was once a member of the
House of Delegates from this county. She
died several years ago leaving one daughter.
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