The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-11-15

LOCAL JoTTINGs.-
-Almanacs are now ripe and are given away
at the drug stores.
| "A protracted meeting is now in progress al
the Towsontown M. E. Church.
| John T. Foard, ESQ.,, has commenced re
building Holiday street theatre.
For the week ending Monday, Nov. 10th
there were lis deaths in Baltimore city.
The Millerites have missed itagain. They
| expected the world to come to an end on the
| 3lst of October.
Several black bass from the upper Poto'
| mac have been placed in the large lake IN
| Druid Hill Park.
John Bacon, ESQ.,, the newley elected Coun'
| ty Clerk, will take charge of the Office on Tues.
day, 18th instant.
The juries for the December term of the
| Circuit Court were drawn on Monday last
| See names elsewhere.
"A man named Michael Lacy succeeded in
getting ga head put on himself" down at Home
stead the other night.
"A new Lodge, Knights Pythias, has been
established at Mt. Washington, and is styled
champion Lodge, No. 81"
1t has now become question as to wheth.
er phrenologist can tell what barrel con.
tains by examining its head.
If a man has any religion worth having
he will do his duty and make no fuss about it
1t is the empty kettle that rattles.
The new High School building at Waiver
ly will be dedicated on Wednesday afternoon
next, at 81 o'clock. Public invited.
There are now thirty-six prisoners confn-
ed in the Jail at this place-a right good sized
family of boarders for the new Sheriff.
BY reference to the market list of Mr.. c.
r. Chew it will be seen that prices of flour
corn meal, sugars, &C., have some what declin
ed.
Mayor Vansant has appointed Daniel j.
Foley, Director on the part of Baltimore city,
in the W. M. R. R. Co., in place of Decatur H.
Miller, resigned.
On Monday next, Sheriff Butler will dis
pose of his hotel fixtures, &C., at Cold Spring,
preparatory to taking up his residence at the
Baltimore county Jail.
Our friend, Z. B. Amony, ESQ.,, the
very efficient and obligng clerk to the County
Commissioners, we are glad to say, will be re-
tanned in his present position.
When a woman gets letter out ofthe post
office she carries it home in her hand, but when
she buys two pounds of sausages she manages
to squeeze them into her pocket
Mrs. Elizabeth c. Slicer, wife of Rev. Hen
ry Slicer, d. D., the venerable and distinguish
ed divine of the M. Z. Church, died at her res
idence in Baltimore on Monday last
We are glad to state that Thomas Philpot,
ESQ.,, the very efficient and accommodating
deputy Register OF Wills under o. P. Macgill,
ESQ.,, will be retained by Mr.. Mitchell.
"A grand charity concert, for the benefit of
the yellow fever sufferers of Memphis, will be
given by the Baltimore Leiderkrantz, at Ford's
Opera House, on Sunday evening next.
In week or two--in accordance with our
established custom-we will commence rem
dering our yearly bills for subscription. We
hope our friends will respond romptly.
1T is stated that Mr.. Bacon has received
three hundred and ten applications for positions
in the Clerks office. There are ten appoint
ments to make so that three hundred gentle
men will be disappointed.
The old and well known firm of George &
Jenkins, provision dealers, 81 South street, Bal
tmore, has been dissolved by mutual consent
Philip IT. George, ESQ.,, continues business at
the old stand under the FIRM name of P. I.
George & Co.
We learn upon the best authority that a
man who was sick in bed and who has since
died, actually Uoted at the 1oaosonto'on precinct
on election dag The fellow that voted on his
name should be made to feel that We have laws
to prevent that kind of business.