The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-12-26
LOCAL BREvITIEs.-

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"A strong minded woman will always be
speaker of the house.
The great labor question of the day is how
to avoid labor.
"A queer old chap has nicknamed his
daughter Misery, because she loves company
Never waste your time; waste somebody y
else's.
"A fair question-"Won't yen take a
chance?"
Eating cloves is mean way to cheat the
wife whom yoa-Asve clovs9to.
Mice fatten slow in church. They can't
live on religion any more than ministers can.
The Towsontown horse railway company
has placed small stoves in its cars, and those
who use the line are now happy.
We are to have bank in Towsontown.
Thanks to the enterprise of few liberal mind
ed men.
WIN. Fl. Price has been appointed post
master at Trenton, Baltimore county, vice T..
H. Kepner resigned
On Monday evening last, eighteen car loads
of oysters were shipped West by the B. & o. R.
r. Christmas, suppose.
Several inches of snow at Westminster on
Sunday last and sleghing was freely INDUCED
in.
The public schools of the ca unty closed on
Thursday evening, and will Resume duties
on Monday. January 4th.
-Incendiary fires are becoming quite numer-
Gus in Baltimore, a number having occurred
within the last few days.
Fire is said to be dissipated element, be-
cause it goes out every night That may be
so but then-water runs around good deal
toe.
For the week ending Monday, Dec. Dist,
iere were j ,sedth in Baltimore city, an in
rease- of one over the corresponding week of
st year.
-Messrs Pool & Hunt, of Wood berry, were
@mong the exhibitors at the Cape Fear Associ-
IN S agricultural fair, which was recently
1T Wilmington, North Carolina.
An experienced teacher says that it is i'm
tie for Sunday school scholar, with
to satisfactorily fasten his mind down
i upon the simplest exposition of the
of salvation.
we're in the Baltimore county Jail
'sy last ffty-one prisoners. If the
ntinues to increase our county will
necessity of enlarging the Jail
'ocently. if it is any
sit in the lapse of
the ages selected. Those
4 to twenty five are extra hazard
Jane must have been scantily dress
.ie was looking out for her lover, and
,"He'll come tonight; the winds at rest,
e moon is full and fair; I'll wear the dress
aat pleased him best ribbon in my hair"
AT meeting of the Directors of the N. G.
R., held in Phia. on Tuesday, Al. Cassatt.
4sq., was elected vice president of the Compa
ny. The president, Gel. Scott, and Mr.. Cassatt,
serve the Company without compensation.
The novel sight Of drove of turkeys pass
20 through the streets of Baltimore was wit
ssed few days ago. The birds were from
ohio, and had their wings clipped to prevent
heir flying.
John Oliver Cornthwait, a night inspector
in the Baltimore Custom House, and brother of
DIR. Cornthwait of this county, died at his resi-
dence, in the city, on Saturday last, in the
sixty fifth year of his age.
"A pigeon shooting match for centre-fre
breech loading bird gun, worth $500, will take
place at Towsontown, on Thursday, Jan. 7th,
at p. m. Chances So each. The gun can be
seen at Watkins restaurant
AT meeting of Mt. Moriah Lodge of Ma
sons of this town held on the evening of the 18th
inst, the following officers were elected: W..
NJ, R. Edwin Hook s. w., DIR. j. W. Haw-
kins J. w., Thos. J. Hunter Treasurer, VIM.
M. Isaac /; Sec, DR.. Samuel Kepler.
Seven beef cattle were stolen from a pen
at Canton, one day last week. The matter was
placed in the hands of the Baltimore police,
and on Friday the officers found the stolen an
finals in a field near Bayview Asylum. No
arrests were made.
On Friday, 18th, at the request of a num-
Der Of Jurors, as we'll also as to please some
members of the Bar, the Grand and Petit Ju-
rors were discharged till the first Monday in
January, 1875, when the criminal docket will
be taken up for trial.
On Monday last poultry sold from the
country wagons, in Baltimore, at the following
prices: Dressed turkeys from 16 to 20 cents
per pound chickens from IA to Is cts. ducks
Is to 1s cts; geese IL cts. Fresh eggs % to 80
cts. per dozen.
-Four Baltimore roughs were arrested the
other day by the city police charged with hold
ing dog fight on the premises of Mr.. Gear
hart, residing in this county, near the city
limits If there is law to reach these wor-
thies we sincerely hope they'll be "sent up" to
its full extent.
The Wiseburg Singing Glass will give a
grand musical and literary entertainment in
the Wiseburg M. E. church, Friday even
ing. JAM 18th, commencing at n o'clock. The
programme is made up of essays, speeches, dia-
fogues, tableaux, vocal and instrumental mu-
sic, &c.
Two musical and literary entertainments
were given by -She pupils osf sFsowsontown high
school on Monday and Tuesday evenings of
this week, both of which were well attended.
It is hardly necessary to say the entertain
ments were successful, and were greatly en-
joyed
"A deer was seen in the upper end of Long
Green Valley on Monday last. 1t was follow
ed for a considerable distance by number of
sportsmen, but the animal made good its es-
cape, going in the direction of Deer Greek, from
whence no doubt, it came. So says our in
formant.
John Bacon, ESQ.,, Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Baltimore county, has returned to the
County Commissioners, $1,O1s65, being amount
in excess of fees for indexing in his Office for
the year 1874. This is very good showing
and speaks well for the present management
of the county Clerks Office.
On Tuesday morning last Mr.. Joshua Gray,
mail carrier between Towsontown and Sweet
Air, was very severely bruised by his horse
falling upon him. Mr.. Gray's foot became fast
in the stirrup and after the horse got up he
started to run, dragging his rider about fifty
yards on the pike, before he could extricate
himself.
Monday last was the shortest day of the
year, the sun rising at 7.20 a. m, and setting
at 43s p. M, making the day between sunrise
and sunset but hours and Is minutes in
length in this latitude It will not be until
New Years day that they will be perceptibly
the period of daylight being at the time
two minutes longer than it is now.
A correspondent of the Baltimore Ameri-
can, writing from Carroll county, says fThis
year the Almshouse farm has produced 361
bushels of wheat, 1850 bushels of corn, 40
bushels of potatoes, 200 bushels of oats, IS of
rye, 1Os of barley, 5000 heads of cabbage, 50
bushels of turnips. so bushels Of beets, 9,20S
pounds of pork, and large quantity of milk,
butter, eggs, etc."
"A large frame house, situated ON the prop
erty Of Mr. W. H. Perot, on the Belair road, in
the rear of the Schuetzen Park, was entirely
destroyed by FIRE on Thursday afternoon of
last week. Loss $1,000; fully insured. The
city FIRE department was promptly ON hand
but owing to the scarcity Of water were unable
to stop the progress of the flames The house
was unoccupied.