The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-06-19

are requested to leave positive oT0eTe
with the Court when they wish such
advertising to appear in THE BALT1-
MORE COUNTY UNION. If they fail to
give such order the business may be
diverted into other channels.
The camp-meeting season is rapidly ap-
preaching.
- According to the almanac next Monday
will be the first day of summer.
- Several more divorce suits were 1nsti-
tuted in the Circuit Court here this week.
- Baltimore county pays So to bury
human body and 50 to bury that of dog.
The Timonum fair will begin one week
later this year than usual-September It'll.
- Very little attention was paid here to
Flag Day. Lack of Patriotism Perish the
thought.
- June seems determined to keep its rec
ord for rain. Thus far full day of sunshine
has been a rarity.
- Another person died IN Baltimore county
this week who had reached the remarkable age
of nearly 81 years
- Looks like the Oriole baseball team was
on the toboggan this season. Can't strike
winning gait somehow
>Towson Lodge of Elks continues togrow
rapidly in membership and or 10 persons are
now waiting to be initiated.
- Democratic primaries will be held in
this county next Saturday, June 10Th, between
the hours of IL NJ. and P. NJ.
THE public schools of this county will
close on Friday next, June 18th, when most of
them will hold interesting exercises.
Natural gas is the absorbing question in
Baltimore city Just now. There is good deal
of it on tap in Baltimore county too.
Zone of THE UNIONS correspondents last
week told you all about this weeks eclipse of
the sun. Did you see it late on Thursday
afternoong
Three baseball teams of the Suburban
League are tied for first place-Towson, Wa
verify and Roland Park. Each has won ana
lost game.
There are more red-head woodpeckers
about Towson this spring than we ever saw
before, and they are very busy little fellows as
well as beauties.
1.-The month of June thus far has been q
hard one on the farmers and truckers and
growers of strawberries and cherries have sus-
stained heavy losses.
- Last year the Pennsylvania Railroad car
ried 141 659 SAB passengers over its Is 600 miles
of trackage, not one of whom was killed. This
is remarkable record
by the quarterly distribution of the
State public school tax, made by the Comp
troler on the 10th inst. Baltimore county
schools will receive $27, 1891.
%Towson's water wagon continues to make
its daily rounds and many families get their
supplies of drinking water from it. This water
comes from the artesian wells.
- Miss Margaretta Ridgely, of Cape Mount,
Africa, will address meeting in Calvary Bap-
fist Church, Towson, on Tuesday, June I'D, at
Arm. Public cordially invited.
- Mr. BENJAMIN Fl. Peregoy, well known
contractor and builder, died at his home in
Hampden on the 18th inst, aged 66 years. He
had been in failing health year. :,
1.-The Sunday school OF Lake View M. y.
Church. Dulany's Valley, will observe Chill
dren's day on Sunday, June Goth, commencing
atSP.M Everybody will be welcome.
They could get only of the u Downs
jurymen to say that willie" was guilty The
him. The American jury is great institution.
The beautiful country place of Mr.. j.
Harmanus Fisher, at Ruxton, N. G. RI, has
been purchased by Col. VIM. A. Boykin, of
Baltimore, who will make it his summer
home.
THE large and attractive circular signs
for the York road entrances to the Timonium
fair grounds were placed in position this week.
They are made of iron and the large letters are
gilded.
- The subject of incorporating Towson is
again being sgitated and many property owners
favor it. Some of the things tolerated in this
town are outrages that nothing short Of incor-
poration will cure.
THE cherry crop in this section OF Mary
land was almost total failure this year and
many growers sustained heavy losses. Mr.. d.
w. Knoebel, of the 10th district, lost the fruit
from about so trees.
AT Cockeysville last Saturday the Tow
son team won an easy victory-11 to 4. To-
day June 19th) the Towsons will meet the
Forest Park team on the athletic grounds here.
1t ought to be good game.
-Ex-County Commissioner George w.
Yellott publishes in the advertising columns
of THE UNION today an open letter giving bis
reasons for declining to enter the Democratic
primary on the 18th of June.
MIR. George NJ. Jewett, well known
Hartford county farmer, is experimenting this
year with acres of spring wheat and lift turns
out well-which it now promises to do-he will
increase the acreage next year.
->At Syracuse N. Y, last week Charles
Chaffee, convicted of stealing chickens. was
sentenced to State prison for life. The judge
had no discretion as the man had previously
been convicted five times for burglary:
>The county statement, published in THE
UNION today, consumes much of our space to
the exclusion of some standing" advertise
ments All missed insertions of these will be
made good at the end of the contracts.
"a young man named VIM. Nj. Bloom,
who said he lived at Mt. Washington, had to
pay fine of $25 and costs in Baltimore a few
days ago for hugging young girl on the street.
Wonder if he thinks it was worth all it cost.
- Joseph Shipley, the trouble man" con-
nected with the Towson Exchange OF the Q. q
P. Telephone Company, rode his motorcycle
from here to Twenty-third street in nine
minutes The distance is little over miles.
->Some cities are already taking drastic
action against the use of explosives at the
coming 4th of July celebration. These things
cause the loss of many human lives and the
destruction of much valuable property every
year.
1.-Two young runaway couples from Balti-
more made up party on Monday and came
here and were married by Rev. I. E. Copes,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1t
appears they had been contemplating such a
step for some time.
- Highland Park witnessed q fine game OF
baseball on Wednesday afternoon when the
Towson team-in an thinning scrap-beat the
team from the Sheppard-Pratt Hospital to /.
Those hospital fellows know some pretty slick
tricks at this game.
- Mrs Rachel Norwood Bay, who died at
the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Helm, of
Roland Park on the 18th instant, in her 18th
year was the widow of Oliver Bay and sister
of Giles Norwood, who was well known IN this
county many years ago.
John Eager Howard Council, Jr. 0. U.
A. NJ, will, on Sunday morning, June 10Th,
attend service at Towson Methodist Protestant
Church, that date being the first anniversary Of
the church. the corners stone of which was laid
by the council one year ago.
Those Towson people who were not pre-
viously supplied by the Baltimore County
Water Company and who wanted the service
their houses by that company.
MI Moriah Masonic Lodge, Of Towson,
gave a reception and entertainment on Friday
evening of last week in honor of its lady
friends, that proved very enjoyable affair
Messrs' n. Howard Isaac and E. Stanton Bosley
composed the committee in charge.
- Many people are just now interested in
the proposition to issue bonds to improve the
roads that are not included in the State aic
plan There is q good deal of opposition IN
some quarters to the bonding idea, and yet il
has worked successfully in other states.
"a large class of girls and boys received
their first communion last Sunday morning IN
St. Marks Catholic Church, Gainesville, o.
which Rev. Edward A. Williams is pastor, AND
at4 p NJ, the children renewed their baptismal
VOWS and were enrolled with the scapular.