The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-11-21

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son and Van Buren, |, Is not strange that resi-
dents here took up the fashion. J will refer 10 q
couple Of them.
About twenty-five years sincca Mr.. Cochtanc
n Young law student nineteen OF twenty year
old was killed near this city, by Julian May, ioI
.omr irining oF imaginary ailrout Rt an evening
parIy Il IL stated that Cuchtanc went on ID
The field in a coach and four, IN high sririis
| humming M Oieta,ic aii. When the comhalaui.
were placed In position aud asked by their se
cunls u they wrr, ready, tuchrduc promptly
answered. Yes tossing mp his hat in the air.
| tie was shot through The head ~ ihc Ere, Gre,
| but fingered iusensiblc several houis. Both par
- lived ia this city Mr.. May was aiicrwaTd.
appointed a lieutenant ia the Mounted Rifles, and
distinguished himsrlf IN the Mexican war. lie u
now dead
In June. 1896, Daniel ". Key "a son oi Franci'
= Key, the author Of ihc "S,1r Sranelcl Ban
ncr, and brother oi Philip u. kcl Killed by
Gen Sicklts,J had "a meeting 10 sofnhcld
near Biadrn-hurg with Mt. Shc'busrc, a New
Hampshire nan Both we've midshipncn. On
the ground Shciburnc said
mir. kcy, have no desire 10 hill YOU.
"No matter sial KEY, "lcamc 10 hil' you.
''vciy well, replied ShcrtuInc, "ihcn will
kill YOU which be did ai The rs, lir', aud H., =
dead body WIS hroughi home ,n biz igihcf' house
whetc the frantic distress oi lis muihc. Was iLdr
scril ahlr. and almost incourri'allc
William Cosi johnson. ~ Mar land lrd - VI
Schlcy, OF baltimore, fought rsar AlrAhndtit.
soinp iwrniy ytafs age. "n % bitter cold m"inlns.
the ,h.imonltitr at 1cru Alihrugh I"husuu Nas
expert with the pistol aud Sch!tt h'd scarcely
ever fI.d one. the former received % severe flesh
wound in hi- thigh, aud The ,aii,t escaped uu-
hurt
TIE war ur Isl: produced - il,uiiiL' crop o.
ducls For large part ui the i;mc lhr oil 'r- %
the army had little rlsc 10 DO lu: ,tumh'c a. ihc
uncoinfOtiab,oucss OF tie Climai, "a ihr t'n.ii
an froniirr. the roads and various ahn"' ar''-,
and getting ont ul han.ur iu tight with r'th "''tg
so also. with the wai witl the BUidtt S'i''. ia
the early part a. this ccn'uft Gar na' .. rilirr's
wrYr I'm CONSTANT collision with British !r' 9, NJ
Gibraltar Il was said 81 Lieutenant Sumcrs
who Was ultimately blown up IN the PuN boat
Intrepid that nc fought three dUcls IN onr dat
aud. bcins WOUNDED. had iu ~ Down The l,s'
time tu fire pucis were il,O ,o!ciahl! comrun
daring th, latter pagt ui ihr Revolutionary wht
There were ir" 81 no dI,l, in Tie tuiou arms
during the lalc g,Acilion though ih' ehivAlry
kept NJ the custom amur-si ihVm'clt's
\ i,w ducs hnyc taken place c'cW 10 liusioE
itself The most remarkable one Wa III whirh
took place between licmt, Philips and Hcnl
woodbridge. on ntslun Common. iu i,.s. 10
which Woodbridge was kiii,d IL wAs fought hy
moonlight with swords aud without seconds
Woodbridge body w4s found ~ dAthgh, ih"
next morning and great cAcii' n.'ni, o. '."rsr.
was created The mggltrT escaped un . ip,u ~
war then in the harhor. and ji,i ia traarc, after
suffering all the horrors OF f,morsc 'ui! ac-
count ~ the whole circumstances cuIi,tt I'D with
this inrl will be- found IN SaEggnts Dealings
will the Dead
will remember iha, duel took place in 1917
bet~ en- the late T. 7. I. Degranl, Of Boston.
ard FfenehGan, whnsc name escalts ~! iucn'
or, think il grew out Of some business tAns
/. Oh "a 81 al
tory 10 the laticr that he came over 30 tli' couu
,ry aud challenged Mr.. pcgtAui. Thcr fought
in Rhode Island aud Mr. h. WAS shot ~ the a.
bow which otcasiOn,i hi, ever ..fl,r ear, iu. HI
arm in a peculiar manner. as cv's, on MI, i'-
member Who saw him On Change. llAv, .tatch-
81 in win Gle ofthc Boston 'afn' iot that
year Tot particular ~ TIE event hl'"oueh u "u-
OF course IT, 'lwn iaiA az The lay. rL' lAYeIs
OF that time were pgorls cot Uc :. ai.d give hu;
u very imperfect Vira oi luc.. m.iiois. Thr chic'
topics discussed that YEAR in -, C.Hh"o'-ihc
leading paper % New IL Slail-Wti" The ,ya SER
peni and President Munru. iuuF through iac
tnion Thee Is moro hirn'. tat. '1sic aui in
dusirv DISPLAYED IN any one copy ui vour pitscn:
daily paicr. 40 ctn De found in the aggregate
of any twenty OF those published iw'ni. wears
ago.
In 1919, Lieu,cnaui Francis Il. White Of the
United States Marin, rori,. was killed ai Castle
Island Bosiou iiarlor. iy Lieut. II. Fitch Of ,he
navy whom White had challenged The 'i.d
originated IN the most trivial AMI ml ,uUy c.us.
g I think ihorc /. moaumcu' ~ Iuii 10 !'-
pcndercc 10 Lieut. Whites memory. Fitch
changed lis name 20 Bottom and was Afterwards
a post captain IN the navy.
In 1852, Jainrs &. Mckie challenged Wm. -.
Eaton at Boston. aua wa held 20 ilii 10 The ,un
o, - 900 on that account which NHs TIE last ~
heard % the matter.
Inis23. q = TrtAnor challenged Patrick boa
oboe ior something which took i'i"rr 81 public
dinner at Fanuril Hall IN honor % he h!r'hl,:
OF T. +. Mcagher. Legal proceedings putan cad
10 the Affair
In March. 1870. duel ncar, came oil, nra.
London between Louis Napoleon, ihr pr sent
Emperor Of France. and the Count Dc Leon. Tie
latter claimed TO be- natural son ol Napoleon J..
whom he s,rikngly rcscmblcd. Louis resented
this, and challenged him. The parties met on
Wimbledon Common with their secondhand sur
geons aud were all arrested anil held 20 bail
Joshua Bates Massachusetts, man was bail for
Louis
will close this with and anrcloic of the late
Col Edward 7 Gross who commanded the 9Th
New Hampshire vulnni,r;s during the late rebel
lion He was on, uf il.c bravest men in the
army, and Was ucitl, shot to pieces in the var.-
Gus battles Of the Army ~ the Potomac, aud was
finally killed al Grtil shurg. Some ten o. twelve
years ago he was . Lieutenant in the regular
army, and in coiI'lanl ui a company oi soldiers
stationed a, u remote mining settlement in All
zona rs protection from Indians. one Of ,hc
miners 'rlt aggficyrd at somc action taken by
hi, Young officer and ehalleusc followed and
va. accepted The resul; can best DC inferred
from the reply Of stage driver, who, having left
,he settlement the day OF the duel for Nevada Ci-
Is, was there the, hy the Colonel IN command u'
that district with the usual inquiry, What is
doiu, al the mncs - Well replied Jchu
'therr was nothing Of importance going on when
1 lcft except a duel hciWeen Lieut.. Gross aud "a
miner II was then noon they had been blaz-
ing away At each other with riiics a. ioriy-iye
rods ever since .unfise. and neither had got hii.
That was al there was doing ia that place, ani
I call & mighty dull foF this seciOu''