The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-08-14

one mile from h0ssvllle STATION, -. q y. %. n
Wednesday. September 1, by J: Howard Fox. as
signee, on the premises, house. storeroon
and lot in the village of Perry Hall.
Fee. AZ he Court House door Towson, lease
hold property in Govanstown.
Several cases Of whooping cough are re-
ported in TOWsOn.
"A feature Of this years Timoniuln fail
will be an exhibit of electrical appliances anc
specialties.
- Everything up the country is burned
up Is the way acountryman put 1t while 10
Towson on Tuesday.
- A farmer sold inferior apples in T0wson
toes at 80 cts. bushel.
- civil service examination for r. +. D.
carriers will be held at Raspeburg, Belair road,
on Saturday, September 4th
-DShort field crops as well as short fruit
crops are promised the farmers and this musl
be most discouraging TO them.
IA fine spring on the Baltimore county
alms-house farm, near Texas. has gone dry
something that was never known before.
THE annual tournament at Baaers Park,
Six-Mile House, Hartford road, will take place
on Labor Day Monday, september 9Th.
Mrs. Van Wilgis, Of Hyde's. won the
buggy that was CHANGED off at ST. Johns tour
nament, Long Green Valley, on the Sd inst.
~ Mr.. John link, who lives on the Warren
road. Sth district, had more than 100 chickens
stolen from his premises one night this week.
-SIt rained last Friday. Saturday and Sun
dav at and near Summit Grove camp ground
and still the ground was not made soft enough
TO pillow.
= Complaints are heard from. different
parts of the county OF wells going dry on ac-
count Of the lack Of rain in the last two
months.
- The County Commissioners adjourned
on Thursday for the usual summer holiday
The Board will reconvene on Tuesday. Au-
gust 3lst
- The Iong-continued drought will make
late seeding this year. The earth is too hard
to pillow and it will take much rain to put it in
condition.
>Mr. R. A. Mccormick this week decided
to the School Board the lot for the new school
building at Timonium. The purchase price
was S51650.
Secretary Nussear will open his Office on
the Timonium fair grounds on Monday, Au-
gust 22d. Until that date he can be seen daily
at Lutherville.
Baptist Church. Baltimore. will preach on
Sunday, August 10Th, in Calvary Baptist
Church. Towson.
"A Towson man who went to Atlantic
City for two weeks got back in four days. He
said the heat and mosquitoes down there were
too much for him.
- The 80 1000 new Lincoln pennies sent to
the u. s. Subtreasury in Baltimore were snap
ped up in no time and late applicants for them
were disappointed.
The tournament for the benefit Of St.
Marks Church, Fallston, will be held on
Wednesday afternoon, August 18th. The
-Mr Frank B. Ports, butter dealer on
Cuttings avenue, 0ovanstoWn, was kicked by
one of bis horses few days ago and sustained
several painful injuries.
- You won't have to hurt your eyes look
ing for the Timonium Fair ad. IN this week g
Of u ii nd
see what you may expect.
james Robins, aged years. son of Will
liam Robins, near Herring Run. Philadelphia
road, was drowned in Colgate's creek near
River View, on Thursday.
IAN important notice from Mr.. w. w.
Crosby. chief engineer OF the Maryland Geo.
logical Survey. appears in the advertising
columns Of THE UNION today.
- There were 40 cases Of typhoid fever re-
ported in Baltimore last week, against 20 for
the corresponding week of 1908. There were
only two deaths from the fever.
The enterprising citizens of Bslair have
organized board Of trade. Now that looks
like business. Belair is an incorporated town
and its affairs are well managed
-Ground was broken on Tuesday for the
building for the new National Bank at White
Hall, N. G. r. r. It will be Of stone and brick
% by 40 feet. and of modern construction
"A load of 80 barrels Of prime yellow corr
from the Hoen Ravenhurst Farm, in Dulany's
Valley, passed through Towson on Monday
S440 per barrel having been refused for II here
barrel.
- The summer kitchen at the home of Mr.
Joseph Dean. at Holbrook, I'd district was
destroyed by fire last Sunday. By the timely
assistance of the neighbors no further damage
was done.
THE horse and runabout stolen from the
stable OF Mrs. Annie E. Ady, Of Long Green
Valley, on the night of August Sd, was found
tho ravk dav IN tho road hnfvvonn Torrofkavfl IL
and Delta.
- Baltimore county's annual Home Com.
ing Week is rapidly approaching and it will
prove more attractive this year than ever
Make your plans to come along and enjoy i
at Timonium.
IAN automobile line from Towson to thl
Timonium fair grounds will be great accom-
mediation to the public and will help to swell
the receipts of the fair. It's good thing
Push 1t along.
his scales on Wednesday. for Mr.. @. NJ. Nash
Of the 9th district, load of hay, drawn by
team OF g. that weighed 1880 pounds-6 toni
and 500 pounds.
- Rockdale Evangelical camp-meeting viii
close after the services next Sunday. Rev
DR.. R. Dubs, Of Harrisburg, Pa, one Of th,
leading ministers of the denomination, viii
preach the last day.
-Mr. John W. Reynolds, gardener on
the Hartford road. was overcome by the heat
q
hospital and several hours later was pro-
nounced out of danger.
speaking of the serious drought now
prevailing q well known truck farmer said
this week that he had q patch of acres Of
field corn that he did not think would yieIC
two barrels to the acre.
- Last Monday was the hottest day of the
present summer, upto that time. Thefmome
tiers in Towson registered from "a to SO degrees
the latter being the figures given out by the
Baltimore weather bureau.
IA woods fire on the property of Mr.
, Patrick Hanley, West Joppa road, Towson
on Tuesday afternoon caused loss of severa
hundred dollars. The flames were subdued By
the Towson engine company.
- Messrs. Smith Bros, of Windsor farm
Dulany's Valley, delivered this week 1,4O(
bushels OF wheat to the Md & Pa. Railroad
in Towson for shipment to the Canton eleva
tors. 1t has not yet been sold.
Next Saturday afternoon, August 14th
the Towson ball team will wend their way III
to Cockeysville and see what they can do will
the farmers of that place. The Forest Parl
team will play here on the 2lst.
- Hereford Circuit, M. E. Church. Sunday
August 10Th, services as follows: Hereford
II A. NJ, Mt. Carmel, $50 P. NJ. Rev. w. j
Meeks; Jessop, IL A. NJ, Bosley, 8 P. NJ, Ep
worth. 8 P. NJ, Rev. J. 8. German.
->The Maryland Steel Company was Oh
Wednesday awarded the contract to supply tn
B. & o. Railroad with 10. $50 tons of Besseme
steel rails. This will make things brisk q
Sparrow's Point for some time to come.
DThe board of managers of the Timoniun
fair will meet on the grounds on Wednesda,
afternoon next, August 18th. The outlool
for this years exhibition is growing brighte
daily. In fact it promises to be a corker.
->It is pleasing to notice that Justic
Schone, of Gardenville, soaked" one of th
touehs who was in the riot on a Belair roa
trolley car to the tune of $25. That's the soT
Of medicine that will cure this class of cattle.
->The Baltimore Orioles have been strug
Cling hard to reach the lowest perch OF th
ladder and they got there safely with both fee
early this week. The team has number G
good players, but somehow it can't strike
winning gait.
- Entries for all the stock and poultry de
partments of the coming Timonium fair ar
coming in freely and from present indication
the display of agricultural implements an
machinery will be larger and better this yea
than ever before.
IA New Jersey r. F. D. carrier is no,
using a mOtorcar instead of horse and Wagon
IL formerly took him hours to cover bis rout
with the latter. Now be does it in hour an
10 minutes. If time is money that felloV
ought to get rich quick.
->The bands selected to furnish music 6
this years Timonium fair are as follows
Tuesday-Co ckeysville Band; Wednesday
The Alert Band Thursday Mil
tary Band; Friday-Long Green Band; Satul
day-Sunnyb brook Band.
- Mr. Alexander Garden, an inmate
the Confederate Soldiers Home, Pikesvill'
died last Sunday, aged 70 years. He was