The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-08-08
Letter from PHiIudeIDhiO.

PHILADELPHIA, August 1, 1874
The Peoples Fire Insurance Company, doing business
at 54 Walnut street. in this city, has suspended oper
atons The cause for the suspension is given in
tice which was posted the door which states that sin
formation having been received that the Manager and
Treasurer Of the company had left for parts unknown
it is deemed advisable suspend all further bus ness
The Manager and Treasurer is II Prndle of 176 Broad
way, New York, who, it seems, deeming change of
air beneficial to his health has raked all the cash and
available assets of the company together and left with
them for Europe, not even waiting to bid the policy
holders goodbye to explain to them in days gone
by of the many benefits of fire insurance. Prindle is
also defauer to several other insurance companies,
and is to have carried $3.50 600 away with him. The
fixtures and all the contents of the office have been lev
led upon by the landlord for rent 1t consists of three
desks ahalf a dozen stools aud empty fre-proof-
The company seems to have died of long and painful
Illness and of Prinde it may truly be sad he is gone
but not forgotten
The Security Company has also closed its doors and
suspended operations This company was formed sew
eral months ago. for the purpose of doing business in
banking, insurance real estate and stock The estab-
shment in which the business transacted large
marble front store, Chestnut street. which fitted
mp IN the most gorgeous manner The furniture, which
was solid walnut, must have cost $4,000. The presi
dent of the company is Harrison Grambo, and the
rotary A. NJ. Zane Who the other officers are, is not
known. MI Grambo has figured quite conspicuously
here OF late in suspensiOns and the company did not
have the confidence of the public, hence the collapse.
The closing of the establishment it is understood
the result of judgment obtained by j. NJ. Pile Esq.
attorney for the Gerrsh estate for 81 200 against Mr.
Grambo under his former financial troubles.
The Post Office Department and the Phila. Whining
ton and Baltimore Railroad Company have been at
outs for time in reference to the postal
vice. Mr.. Hinckey, the president of the Railroad, Co.,
has been threatening to remove the postal between
this city and Washington, unless the Department allow
ed larger compensation for running Them and the De-
partment is not willing to acrede to his demands. Mr..
Hinckley has informed the Department that he will
move the cars after to-day if his terms not complied
with, and the solicitor of the Department has replied
that if the cars are removed the Government could
take possession of the railroad and compel the running
of the at the established rates. Thus the matter
stands 1t is thought that number of railroads wish
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to take the steps he proposes to.
No dings have been received of little Charley Ross
and it is thought by that he has been taken by his
abducors to Canada where it will be difficult matter
to recover him Our detectives have worked hard on
this case, but not with much success. The New York
and Boston newspapers are quite severe on our detec
ves for their not recovering the child forgetting that
their detectives have failed unearth many crimes
One of the Boston papers is sarcastic and witty the
abduction. 1t says, zone of the kdnappers ammed the
hat the eyes of a Philadelphia detective and the
detective said if You do that again will arrest YOU
1t also says 1.-THE people of Philadelphia will forgive
the kdnappers, if they will only pick up and carry off
the detectives and advises the detectives, mot to go
Persons outside Of Philadelphia likely to dis
cover the child any here. 1t is not known in
what section of the country his abductors have taken
him, and 1t should be known everywhere that $4,000
reward will be paid for his recovery and for the arrest
and nvicton of his abductors
The English sparrows which the enterprise of our
city fathers introduced here few years ago have in
creased wonderfully, and they numbered by
thousands Before their introduction here our trees in
which great nuisance and which the little feath-
cred songsters have relieved us of. This
have had our trees full of caerpillars, and it is
claimed by some that the sparrows not insecver-
0rnithoogsts assert exactly the contrary, and
the result has proven that they correct The APP
pearance of the catepars is doubtless due to the fact
that the birds are too freely fed by private parties
ATTEMPTED POISONING.
Daniel Ranck quarreled with his wife and mother in
law, and attempted to poison them, by pouring white
vitrol ham, which was boiling on the stove
Mrs Ranck being suspicious that something wrong,
tasted the water in which the ham boiling and find
ing puckered her mouth sent of it to druggist
to be analysed. The druggist reported that it contain
ed poison, and suggested that they should place the
meat on the table for supper. They did but Daniel
did not touch it. The next day they told him of their
discovery and he pale and said if they would not
say anything about it, he would so away and
Mrs. Ranck had him at arrested and he was
held in So 900 BAIL to await the action of the grand
jury.
We had case of accidental poisoning which was the
result of gross careessness lady visiting friend,
purchased powders al drug store, to administer
to her infant The powders placed shelf with
some poisonous bath powders and the wrong powder
was given the child, which soon died.
Yours truly, -