The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-04-25
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WhitSunday falls this year on the 9TH
of June.
- Rev. Thomas G. Pearce will preach in
Fork Christian Church on Sunday, April 18th
at3PM.
- Children's day will be the next thing in
the churches. Some Sunday schools are already
preparing for it..
son for q baseball team. Why not get move
on and organize one?
- Don't fail to clean up about your prem
Uses. A thorough "spriDg cleaning" is good
thing for many reasons.
- Observe change in the 'ad' of the Second
National Bank of Towson, which appears on
the second page of THE UNION.
IAN experienced man said this week that
the fruit buds have been somewhat damaged
by recent frosts in Baltimore county.
There ought to be plenty of rain in the
next ten days. The Pimlico races are on and
if they don't bring rain nothing else will.
MIR Isaac II. Moss, the well known florist
at Govanstown, is improving his pretty cottage
by erecting porch around greater part of it.
- Bishop Paret will conduct confirmation
services al st. Andrews Church, Hamilton,
Hartford road, on Wednesday evening, May 9th.
notwithstanding the fact that automo-
biles have come into such general use for pleas
ure and other purposes horses continue high in
price.
= goodly number of the ''canaries" found
their way back to the starting point this week
and all showed that they had been well taken
care Of
That was very orderly convention held
by the Republicans in Towson on Tuesday and
1t did not take long to dispose of the business
in hand.
- handkerchief bazaar will be held by the
teachers and pupils of Providence school, 9th
district, in the school house, Friday evening,
May LIST.
1.-The Towson Guild House is no more.
1t has been rechristened and is now known as
The Casino and its popularity appears to be on
the increase.
MIR. E. Cuttings Merryman, whose fine
barn was burned last week, will rebuild on the
same SITE 1t has not yet been discovered what
caused the fire.
ern League won its first professional game of
the season on Wednesday, beating the Mon
treal team to 2.
"A merry Widow hat, worn by a
young woman of Shippensburg, scared mule
team on Tuesday and made it run away. That
ought to settle it.
- Corn planting will be. in full swing in
Baltimore county next W \ Already some
e ~ sale us a5 hi me egs think the
- Wednesday, May 9Th, promises to be
memorable day in Towson's history. Don't
forget the date and don't fail to help swell the
throng on that occasion.
- Com missions have arrived at the County
Clerks Office for the notares public, justices of
the peace and election supervisors appointed
recently by Governor Crothers.
The spring meeting of the Maryland
Jockey Club commenced at Pimlico on Wed
nesday and will continue fourteen days. There
are over 500 horses at the track.
- DR.. A. G. McCurdy, of Towson, who is
breeding fancy pigeons as recreation, has one
bird that laid four eggs and is now setting on
them. The usual number is two.
THE members of the Towson Volunteer
Fire Company have received their new uni
forms and appeared in them for the first time
at company drill on Tuesday night.
MIR Henry G. Freyer, of Baldwin, Long
Green Valley, has Leghorn pullet that lately
laid an egg that measured inches around the
long way and inches around the middle.
- Easter Monday was observed by many
as q holiday and the public schools were closed.
The next legal holiday will be May Goth
Decoration Day-which falls on Saturday.
- Mr.. w. s. Crossmore, who has been en-
gagged in business for some time at Upper Falls,
Baltimore county, will sell his stock and fix
lures and rent his store stand at that place.
- Baltimore city will have to foot pretty
big bill for the trial of young Miller for the
murder of Grace Baublitz 1t consumed an
entire week in the Circuit Court at Towson.
1.-The General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church will meet in Baltimore, on
Wednesday, May 9th. 1t is believed that it
will attract thousands of strangers to the city.
- Mr.. Edward A. Talbot, president of the
Patapsco National Bank and a well known
business man. died at his home, near Ellicott
City, on Thursday, in the 59th year of his age
@>The professional baseball season opened
on "wednesday last and all the amateur clubs
are at the game in lively fashion. 1t seems
that baseball was never more popular than now.
"A supplement containing the most i'm
portant laws passed at the last session of the
Legislature is sent out with this weeks issue
of THE UNION. 1t would be we'll to preserve it..
1.-Two children of police officer named
Scott of Laurel, Md, died within five days Of
each other of valvular rheumatism of the heart.
They were aged, respectively, IL and IL years.
"a good many of Towson's residents have
already enjoyed the ride from Baltimore to
Washington and return on the new trolley line.
The run one way takes an hour and 10 minutes.
- Next Friday will be the first day of May.
The weather during April has been pretty sharp
at times, but not at all unreasonable and a
decided improvement or that of the spring of
1907.
IAN 8-year-old boy in public school in
Lancaster county, Pa, is credited with having
spelled 2, 800 words without single miss. What
do our Baltimore county school boys think of
that?
THE Misses Merryman, of Willow Brook
Farm Anear Cockeysvile, gave an egg rolling
party on Easter Monday and pleasantly enter
tanned number af little folks of the neighbor-
hood.
THE Highways Commission on Thursday
appointed Messrs. Henry 6. Shirley, Thomas
G. Biddison and Craven NJ. Cole examiners on
the extension of Orange avenue, in the 18th
district.
We had very fair sample of the good
old summer time" this week and the mercury
was soaring in a way that made the perspira-
ton ooze all too freely. But cheer up, the
worst is yet to come.
THE Baltimore Horse Show Association
will hold only one day show this year at the
Kennels on Charles street avenue, Saturday,
May 3Oth, being the date selected. Only local
horses will be shown.
IA young couple from Red Lion, York
county, came to Towson on Saturday last for
a marriage license, but they had to be turned
down at the County Clerks Office because both
were under the legal age.
IA farmer advertised in THE UNION last
week for female peafowl and before noon on
Monday one was offered to him. 1t seems the
advertising columns of this paper are nearly
always able to bring the answer.
County Treasurer Merryman expects to
be ready by Monday, May 4th, to begin receiv-
ing taxes under the levy of 1908. The discount
on county taxes for the first month is per
cent. and on State taxes per cent.
IAN entertainment will be given in the
Assembly Hall of Towson High School, on
Wednesday evening, April 9th, at s o'clock.
Vocal and instrumental music, Rotations and
a lecture by Judge N. Charles Burke.
- Mr.. Chas. K. Harrison, who at one time
owned fine estate at Pikesville died at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. Symington, al
Roland Park, on Monday last. He was 81
years of age and leaves a large family.
THE Marble Hill Fire Department has
been highly complimented for the fine work il
did last week at the big fire on Mr.. E. Gittings
Merryman's farm. 1t was due to the efforts OF
the company that at least one building was
saved.
"a reward of 500 is being advertised in
The UNION today for the arrest and conviction
of the person who set fire to Ridgely's woods
on east side of the York pike, opposite Luther
vile, on Wednesday last, when a large tract
was burned over,