The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-12-21

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An exchange says "Mrs. LiVeFmore lectures
every where this Winter" Wehaye not yet heard
of her appointment for Towsontown.
"A word of warning to those who freely use
firearms on Christmas day, is now in season.
By little care doctors bills may be averted.
The people on the line of the Baltimore and
| Towsontown railroad are penning up their cattle
| to prevent them from being run over by the cars.
| The Sabbath School connected with the Luz
theran church in Lutherville, Withhold festival
in the church on the afternoon of Christmas day.
| Something like the ''epizootic" has been go
| ing the rounds among the families IL this vlclnl-
| ty Bad colds are the rule and not the exception.
| Pascal calculates that the weight of the air
around the globe is 1888, $50, 440, 900, 0OO 600
French pounds. Gracious goodness Poor Pascal,
| "A number of ladies and gentlemen have been
busily engaged the past week 10 decorating the
Interior Of Trinity church for the Christmas sea-
son.
| "A faithful minister Of our acquaintance pray
| ed on Sunday last for 1.-THE absent members who
were Frustrated on beds OF sickness and chairs OF
| wellness."
| Before another issue Of this paper reaches lis
| subscribers Christmas will have come and gone
| We wish YOU, one ard all, delightful season Of
enjoyment.
| We erpect TO receive a number of Christmas
gifts, such as turkeys, sc. Please send them
aloEg in time 50 that your kindness may be duly
| acknowledged
The season for pulling shot guns through
| fences and getting carried home on "A siretcher,
with handful o: bird-shot in your diaphragm,
| is now at hand.
| A Christmas entertainment will be given the
children connected with the NJ. E. Sunday School,
in this place on Thursday night next, 26th inst,
| in the basement OF the church.
The subscriber who intends liquidating bis
Indebtedness to this office with fat young turkey
for Christmas is requested to report at these head
quarters, at once, for further orders.
-Messrs Brown, Gillice & Co., contractors on
the NJ & P railroad have opened a store for the
| accommodation OF their hands in the house OF
Mrs Pearson, in the rear of the drug store.
The Union has again been designated by
Hon. Edward Mcpherson, Chief Clerk of the
House of Representatives, to print the laws pass
ed by the third session of the AID Congress.
John n Fitzsimmons was admitted to bail
| on Monday last, in the sum of 81, 500, Mr.. Cas-
sard becoming his bondsman. Mr.. Bosley, whom
he assaulted, has almost entirely recovered.
Rev. J. B. Stitt, pastor of the Towsontown
NJ. E. church, will preach christmas sermon"
on Sunday evening, Dec. 22d. The hour for SER
vice is o'clock instead of d as formerly.
| The jury in the case OF Jesse Uppercu, was
discharged on Monday at o'clock, being unable
to agree upon a verdict. This will necesSitate
another trial-a second League case, no doubt.
| Chestnut Grove Presbyterian Church, near
Sweet Air, which has been undergoing repairs
for some time, has been finished and is again
used for service.
Two dollars and fifty cents for an ordinary
sized turkey just now and yet we are told that
civilization advances, and that Providence tenn
pers the shorn lamb who cannot raise the wind.
A great many people are of the opinion that
1 AZ in no
at least, would be of considerable benefit to the
county in the way CT increase in the amount of
| taxes.
On Monday last the contract for constructing
| the Baltimore and Towsontown railroad was
| signed and delivered, the figure being 500, 000
| for the work. The contractors are MesSfs. Crow
| ley & Dickinson.
The newspapers of the country are urged to
warn advertisers that post-masters are forbidden
by law to deliver letters addressed to initials or
| fictitious names, unless sent TO the care of some
responsible person.
| There are few county officers who are so
much burdened with work as is the Board of
County Commissioners two days in each week
| The road questions constantly arising occupies
great part of their attention.
| j. Wesley Lee of this place, in company with
Charles Frances, conductor on the Towsontown
railway, on Monday last killed twelve rabbits and
one wild duck, along the Gunpowder in the
| neighborhood of Cromwell's bridge.
MIR. c. Lewis Cross, as we anticipated last
week, has been appointed by Mr.. Mcclure to fill
the place at the Cattle Scales made vacant by
| the death of Abraham Jessop.
| An adjourned meeting of those interested IN
the construction of the Md. & Pa. railroad will
be held at Watkins tavern, Long Green, to-day
| saturday, at l o'clock p. m. Farmers along
| the line of the road should make it point to be
present.
The trial of J. Hamilton Shue as accessory
| with Davis in the murder of Abraham L.. Lynn,
of Carroll county, which had been in progress at
Hagerstown for some days, ended on Wednesday
evening in the acquittal and discharge of the
| prisoner.
We have been requested to state that the
Judges of the Orphans Court will meet for the
transaction of business on Monday and Tuesday
next, instead of on Tuesday and Wednesday,
The same rule will also be observed for the next
week thereafter.
A friend of ours who attended the NJ E..
church on Sunday night last become so much alb
sorbed in the discourse that he walked out and
towards home without his "tile.'' Not until
some one reminded him was he aware of the alb
sence of that useful article.
We return our thanks to Hon. W :. H. H Ter
rell, Third Assistant Postmaster General, for a
copy CT the Postofice Directory and also for a
box of specimen envelopes, stamped, one each of
all the Observation-Disclosures of postage stamps,
&c. 1t is a collection worth possessing.
Mr.. E. Seibert, dealer in ladies' and gentle
mems furnishing goods, 80 west Baltimore street,
has issued very neat pamphlet containing a
capital story entitled "Andrew Walters Christ
mas Eve" and some fine poetry suitable TO the
season. Everybody should call at his store and
get copy.
The Western Union Telegraph Company will
shorthly establish an office at the Smedey House
The wires will run from here to Riders Switch
at which point they will connect with that Com
pany's lines. This office, in connection with the
, one now here, will give us ample telegraph faci
, tiles to all points.
The second branch OF the City Council o.
Baltimore have finally passed the ordinance pro
viding for a temporary supply of water from thu
Gunpowder, and the bill has gone to the Mayor
for his signature. 1t authorizes contract will
some on or more of the persons who have submit
ted proposals. to give supply of not less than TO-,
900, 600 gallons daily into Lake Roland.
We invite the attention Of our readers, boil
old and young, TO the beautiful and touching
Christmas poetry, entitled "Anne and Willie,
10 be found on the second page of to-day's issue
II is destined to take the place of the "Night Be
fore Christmas, " which has been going the round
of the press at this season of the year so long tina
the memory of man runneth net to the contrary.
: "A story is told of a nocturnal serenader, VIII
! sang, "When the moon is shi-hi-hin-ing DER tn
: la-hake Oh, the-hen I'll thi-hi-hi-hnk of the-he
he-hee Oh, the-hen I'll thi-hi-hi-hi -hink of thee
ee-ee p As the last ''ee' escaped the fellows lip
, he went into the air and when he landed an
u came to he remarked that "that was the heavies
: clap of thunder he had ever heard" The oil
Z gentleman wore ''No. Fights"
We again beg to remind number of GU
subscribers who are far in arrear, that next week
r issue of the UnioR-Dec. 26th-will be the la!
= number they will receive unless payment is mad
preyious to that date. 10 doing this we onl
carry out our promise of three weeks ago, an
= we hope, therefore, you will not think hard {
: MS Where the amounts can be made, steps wi
= be taken to collect them at once.
e Here is something worth knowing and wort
e trying. correspondent of the Edinburgh Cou
il ant SAYS "By expanding one penny you can rel
n der one ton of coal equal to three tons. Or
q nennv worth of tar-water will saturate tub
e Goals with treble its original quantity Of bitumel
+ the principal source Of their heat and light, ant
i of course render one such tub of three times mo
value than when it was unsaturated."
The Bel-Air A3gis of 18th instant says "tl
n County Commissioners, at their meeting last wee
! were served with an order from the Circuit Cou
n directing the removal Of the Misses keatlnge
4 some asylum for the insane. These ladies' a