The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-09-12

were as fine lot of birds as were ever seen a
the fair.
Mr. William B. Cockey, of Garrison
Farm, showed his splendid mule team at tn
prize, while Mr.. Thomas Cradock, also of thu
Sd district, got second place. Better teams ar
rarely seen.
THE Sunday school of Holy Family
Catholic Church at Harrisonville. I'd district
that was closed during the summer months
was reopened last Sunday. 1t is in charge 0
the scholastics of the Society of Jesus of Wood
stock College.
"A new and attractive series of electros o
the Dolly Madison shoe for the fall of 1901
starts in THE UNION this week. The excel
lence of this shoe is universally admitted, anC
its constantly growing sale is the best evidence
of its popularity.
The Baltimore County Medical Associa
ton held its regular monthly meeting at Tow
son, on Thursday afternoon, with the presi
dent, DR.. Richard F. Gundry, in the chair
DR.. H. Burton Stevenson read paper on
Typhoid Fever"
THE fall rally of the Baltimore Distric
Epworth League will be held in the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Glyndon this Saturday
September 18th, with two sessions, at $50 and
7.30 P. NJ. An interesting program will be pre-
sented al each session.
- Although summer, according to the
almanac, does not end until the 2lst of the
present month, we have been enjoying some
charming autumn weather in the last two
weeks. By many this season is thought to be
the most delightful of the year.
1.-THE Court House Commission wants to
get all the county Offices under the same roof
This is why the building at Towson is to be
enlarged and modernized. 1t was all right
when it was built, but it is far behind the re-
quirements Of the county at the present day.
"A colored servant named Annie Hender'
son, charged with robbing the house of Mr..
Harry B. McGlone, at Timonium. has been
committed to Jail here by Justice Herbert. Ii
is believed she tried to set fire to the house in
order to cover up her theft ofclothing shoes etc.
THE farmers picnic to be held at Mt.
Carmel, 9th district. ON Saturday next, 18th
inst, will be an affair of much more than ordi.
nary interest as it will partake somewhat of
the nature of county fair on a small scale.
1t is expected that several thousand people will
attend.
THE tournament at Bauer's Park, emile
House, Hartford road, on Labor Day, was
largely attended and very successful and en-
joyable affair. The fitting was holly contested.
The addresses were by Mr.. ]. Howard Fox and
Mr.. Arthur P. Shanklin, both of the Tow
son bar.
->The Red Cross tent on the Timonium
fair grounds was made frequent use of last
week and proved an important adjunct to the
fair. Among the physicians in charge were
DR.. VIM. L. Smith, DIR. B. f. Bussey, DR.. 81. s.
Jarrett, DR.. H. B. Stevenson and DR.. John
H. Drach.
There were no fatal accidents at limo.
mum last week, although several of the jock
eys were painfully hurt, one of them will
liams) seriously. The sudden death of Mr.. R.
Noble Wilson was a most shocking incident
the first occurrence of the kind in the history
of the fair.
THE horses from Mr.. G. Frank Morgan IS
Dulany's Valley Stock Farm, that were ex.
hibited at Timonium fair last week, attracted
q great deal of attention and were there with
the goods" when the prizes were handed out.
His Admiral Kuser and Dan Kuser were espe-
cally admired.
THE Presidential election is only little
over two months off and will take place Tues
day, November Sd. The campaign is begin
ming to warm up by the forming Of clubs, etc.
Some canned" speeches have already been
heard in Baltimore county and there will be
plenty more before election day.
1.-THE unbeaten Waverly League team was
cleaned up last Saturday by the rather weak
Evergreen Lawn team, but it took revenge on
the Towson team on Monday afternoon to the
Waverlys, where the game was played, had
not little to do with this result.
- Most of the Baltimore people who spent
the summer in Baltimore county-we mean
those who we're boarders-have returned to
their homes in the city. Those who have
summer homes Of their own in the county
usually remain with us until late in the fall
some of them until after Thanksgiving.
THE managers of st. Vincent de Paul
Orphan Asylum, who bought the Hopkins
Hill property on the York road from Mr..
William Lanahan, are improving the front by
grading and sodding the banks. Other i'm
provements will also be made to the property
that will add to its attractiveness and value.
To-day is the ninety-sixth anniversary of
the Battle of North Point, that was fought on
Baltimore county soil and in which the British
General Ross lost his life. Wells and Nc
Comas, the young soldiers who shot him, are
buried in Baltimore and monument on East
Monument street marks their resting place.
THE valuable real estate of the late Joshua
viii fpaeq e ne a. sss hs
by the trustees-John S. Ensor, Harry s..
Carver and Joseph Gwynn. For particulars
see advertising columns of THE UNION today.
>Today-Saturday, September 12th-will
be great occasion atGwynn Oak Park and it
is expected that nearly $4,000 people will be
there. 1t will be Junior Order Day and there
the throng. There are 1875 Councils of this
order in Maryland and all of them will be
represented.
THE Junior Gunpowder Agricultural Club
met last Saturday at the home Of Mr.. Joshua
g. Bosley, in the 9Th district, with Mr.. Upton
sion was on the use of commercial fertilizers
and the most profitable brands. Messrs. Lewis
M. Bacon and James B. Ensor represented the
Senior Club.
- Looks like everybody in Baltimore is
favorable to the water loan. When il goes
through-as now seems certain-a considera-
Bile slice of the money will be used to acquire
a large section of Baltimore county's real
estate to form the bed of the immense storage
lake. This will include large acreage of
Dulany's Valley.
IA rumor was circulated this week that q
big transaction in farm lands was about to take
place at Hyde's, Long Green Valley, and in.
cluded the sale of four or five farms, embracing
in all 800 acres. It was said the purchaser in
tended to establish stock farm in the valley.
The reported purchase price was in the neigh.
borhood of $500 900.
->Albert Smith, who was killed in Balti.
more last Monday by falling from roof upon
which be was working, was formerly resi-.
dent of Hamilton and has several brothers liv-
ing in Baltimore county. He was So years OF
age and had been married two years. Mr..
Smith was a foreman in the employ of Con
tractor J. Henry Miller.
THE space allotted to automobiles on the
Timonium fair grounds was not nearly large
enough to accommodate all the machines that
entered the gates on Thursday. 1t is a rare
thing to see so many of them parked together
at one place. The value of these machines on
the grounds that day would run up into the
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
THE corner stone for the new st. Mark g
Methodist Episcopal Church at Liberty Heights,
Forest Park, was laid last Sunday afternoon in
the presence of several hundred people. The
principal address was by Rev. DR.. ]. st. Clair
Neal, pastor of Madison Avenue M. E. Church.
who reviewed the work of the church and
spoke of the present development, etc.
"a test of the artesian well at Towson was
made this week by Mr.. Robert l.. Clemmitt. oil
the Baltimore water department, under the
direction of a committee appointed by the Tow.
son Improvement Association. A full report
of the test will be made by the engineer. Con-
trary to the expectations of many of the com.
pany's consumers their supply of water was
not interfered with while the test was being
made.
- Mr.. John Ridgely, of Hampton, threshed
this week, !, 700 bushels of wheat that averaged
Is bushels to the acre. Mr.. J. Henry Clagett
who did the work, threshed ,440 bushels in
one day, and was obliged to stop short time
to make slight repairs. He also threshed CSC
bushels of oats, the product of 81 acres. Mr.
Ridgely is shipping his grain from Towson by
the Md. & Pa. Railroad direct to the Canton
elevators.
Rev. VIM. Bruce MCPHERSON. who mar
ried daughter of Mrs. Paret, wife of Bishop
Paret, died of typhoid fever at the Bishops
residence in Baltimore, after an illness of two
weeks. He was for several years rector of the
Church of the Holy Comforter, at Rossville,
and was well known in that section of the