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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30

SCARE CRows.-A correspondent of the Coun-
try Gentleman sends that paper the following
plan for keeping crows away from the corn field
'Bat the crows in some portion of the field,
and when they become little familiar, embrace
some opportunity when they are not watching,
for they are watchful and cunning, and set a
steel trap, concealed from open view, in the vi
cinity of the bait, and you will be pretty sure
to take one in it, if you are as cunning as Mr..
Crow is. Now, Mr.. Crow will probably an
nounce his misfortunes by loud cries and strug-
giles, and, as his kind are somewhat curious un-
der such circumstances, they will congregate
in numbers, sailing about at safe distances to
see what the matter can be; but don't you be
too anxious; keep out of sight, out OF the vicin-
ity of the field, take no particular notice of the
commoton till the crows have disappeared 8
then go to the spot. despatch the crow, spread
out his wings and fasten them and the body in
position. and thus leave him and all his kind
will be pretty sure to give that field the go-by.
This is one of the most effectual "scare crows"
for keeping off the birds that know Of"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30

@-A number of ladies arrested in Portland
Oregon, recently, for disorderly conduct in
singing in front of liquor saloons, chose foolish
~ to 60 to jail rather than pay the mild penal
ty of S. and costs.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30
Garden Seeds, the Usual Variety.
G. Q 4

{bz=The best quality of FAMILY COAL always for
sale We deliver by load to any point the North
ern Central Railroad Also CUMBERLAND COAL-ths
coal is the very best for Blacksmhs. We furnish it by
load for steam lime burners at the very lowest
market rates. and deliver by car load promptly.
{Gz-Farmers who intend to build Dwellings, Barns Sta
bles Barracks Corn Cribs Kitchens, Cow Sheds Chicken
Houses Ice Houses find the material at yard cheap
as any place Northern Central Railroad its branches
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30

TIE JOCKEY CLUB RAcEs.-Thc Spring meet
ing of the Maryland Jockey Club commenced
at Pimlico on Tuesday and closed on Friday.
The first day the track was very heavy, owing
to the rain storm of the day before; but the
was in splendid condition and continued SO
during the meeting, the weather being all that
could have been desired. The races were very
good and were each day witnessed by thous-
ands of people. The grand stand was thronged
with fair ladies and gay gallants, and altogeth-
er the scene was a most attractive one. The
meeting was successful one, and the receipts
at the gate on the first day, we learned from
good authority, were over three thousand dol
lars.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30

CONTRACT AWARDED On the Goth instant, the
County Commissioners awarded the contract for
building bridge, over the Rolling road, near
Mrs. humans ice pond, in the lst district, to H.
A. Nagle, for 1894 SO.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30

BARN BLOWN DowN-Two PERSONS KILLED.-
During the heavy rain and hail storm of Mon
day afternoon barn upon the place of George
Ellis, on the old Frederick road, about eight
miles from Baltimore, and about mile and a
half from Hallow6eld station, on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, blew down, resulting in the
death of Mr.. Ellis, about so years of age, and
his daughter, Josephine Ellis, aged about 2S.-
The large double doors of the barn had been
left open for ventilating purposes and upon the
approach of the storm Mr.. Ellis and his daugh-
ter went out to close them. Just as they had
succeeded in doing this gust of wind struck
the building and tilted itever upon them, bury.
ing both in the debris.
The wife of Mr.. Ellis and another daughter,
hearing the crash made by the falling timbers,
gave an alarm, anu soon the neigh bors gather
ed and went to work, removing the timbers in
search of the bodies of Mr.. Ellis and his daugh-
ter When found both were dead, their bodies
being horribly crushed and bruised. Miss
Ellis was found lying under beam with her
skull fractured in two places, and her body
badly crushed. Mr.. Ellis was under an i'm
mense pile of broken tImbers, lying upon his
face with large joists across his neck He
was badly crushed about the head and stomach,
a portion or the entrails protruding from the
abdomen
1t is supposed that both were killed Instant
ly. The bodies were removed to the house near
by, and as the news of the unfortunate occur
renee spread the neighbors gathered to witness
the scene and to express their sympathy for the
bereaved family. Mr. Ellis had lived in the
neighborhood for about twenty-five year, and
was well and lavorably known in the commu-
nifty. 1t is learned that a colored man named
James Henry Carter was in the barn just be-
fore the storm came up, and that he was also
assisting to close the doors. He, however, es-
capped serious injury, and assisted in extrca-
ting the bodies OF Mr.. Ellis and his daughter.
Three horses which were in the lower part of
the barn escaped injury. 1t is thought that had
Mr.. Ellis and Miss Ellis been inside the barn
at the time they also may have escaped at least
fatal injury. Mr. Ellis leaves a wife and two
daughters, one of whom is married and was
away at the time of the fatal occurrence
The barn that blew down was frame structure
about % by 40 feet; it was set upon stone
foundation, raised but short distance above
the ground. The barn blew down about six
years ago, but not with any fatal results, and
had been rebuilt.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30

u.s. Horace Greeley used to say that he had
rather see an old woman take snuff than stand
before the finest painting in the world.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30
Richmond Market Column.
EcrgusOn's Shoe Factory,
No. Ia Garden streer.

EOA USU1HS SIAOC r dCGOEye
No. 112 Garden streer,
RE ALL STORE,
3l4 N. Howard ST., near Richmond.
You Will save money by buying your own
and your children's Shoes direct
from the manufacturer.
Plain Extra
A sample of our prices Finish. Finish
Ladies Fine Foxed But. Boots....$3.OO $3.50
Eng. Lasting" 4" a.. $50 goo
" Lace .... 200 2.25
/" Foxed Lace do. 2.25 2.50
Kld4 French Goat But. do. 1926 3.75
French. Calf,& Morocco do. 2.25 2.75
ChiIdfen's and Misses fine Button and School
Shoes in great variety; infants Turn Cacks,
all colors and qualities, from 80 cts. up. We
manufacture our shoes from the very best I'M
ported Stock, andhave the work done under
our own supervision, and can therefore guar
antee satisfaction in Fit Style and Durability,
not to be surpassed, Jfsqualed.
r. FERGUSON,
Wholesale Mandatory, liz Garden st.
RETAIL STORE, 314 N. Howard St., near
Richmond, Baltimore. (Jan. 1O,74.-1y.
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Cow CAsE.-The american of 22d inst, says
"a complicated case, in which the value of a
COW was the issue, was heard before Justice
Hayward yesterday. Charles Hamilton, of the
village of Waverly, sold cow for $50 to J. H.
Randisch, who was a tenant upon the place of
Rev. Martin Kraft which place is also at Wa
verify. Mr.. Kraft endorsed Randisch's note, as
was alleged, with the understanding that the
COW was to possess certain qualities Randisch
has left for parts unknown, and Hamilton sued
the endorser for the money. The latter, by
counsel, contended that the COW had been false
ly represented to possess qualifications which
would have made her worth $50, whereas she
is not worth near that amount, and a number
of witnesses were examined to prove it. The
Justice holds the case under advisement."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30

CONSTABLE APPoINTsD.-On the Goth last, the
County Commissioners appointed Joseph W. Mel
son, constable for the 7th district for two years
from May 10th, 1874.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30

The Best and Safest Coal Oil burner ever in
vented. Our agent will call on you and show
you the value of the Globe Burner. Use it
and thus protect yourselves and families from
explosions.
Sole Agent for the Eureka High Fire Test
Burning OIL"
$50 DEGREES FIRE TEST
Call and examine for yourselves.
EZRA CRAFT,
No. so East Baltimore Street,
ian31-ly Baltimore, Md.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30

KILLED ON THE RAILRoAD.-Mr. Henry Gable,
a we'll known gardener and truck farmer near
Camden Junction, on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, 18th district, was killed by freight
train near his home at an early hour on Friday
morning, 22d inst. 1t seems that Mr.. Gable
had been sick for several weeks, and on Thurs
day night, while delirious, left his bed unknown
to the other members of the family, and went
out of the house. Between two and three O'Clock
on Friday morning Mrs. Gable, his wife, dis
covered his absence, when search was insti-
tuted, and the unfortunate man was finally
found lying near the railroad track quite dead.
The body was terribly mangled. He is sup
posed to have been killed by one of the many
freight trains that pass during the earlier part
of the morning. Mr.. Gable leaves wife and
three children in moderate circumstances.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30

One of the Most Beautiful Suburbs of Baltimore
rs located on the Liberty Road, aboutone and
a-half miles from the city, A <MCO
and can be reached by the Pow
hatan Railroad, from the end OF s1z II
Baltimore Street, by the Ran -
dallstown Railroad, from the corner OF BAKER
and Gilmor Streets, and by easy drives over the
Liberty Road from Fulton Avenue.
The Hotel is surrounded by a beautiful GROVE
of thirty acres, and is 500 feet above tlde-wa-
ter, commanding fine view of the surround
ing country and Bay.
The house is lighted throughout with gas, and
thoroughly supplied with bathing arrange
ments and all modern conveniences.
Apartments en- suite or singly are furnished
with every convenience.
There are broad and airy Verandas on front
and sides and also beautiful Terrace, Bill
lizard Room, furnihsed with four OF the latest
style Tables, Smoking Rooms, Reading Rooms
Barber Shop, &c.
Attached to the hotel is Cafe where meals
can be had at all hours. =
The House is now open for the reception OF
guests offering an excellent opportunity Tor
gentlemen doing business in the city to have
their families within easy reach, and yet nave
all the advantages of Summer Resort
A Band of Music will be in attendance the
entire Season, and the Management have de-
termined to do everything in their power to
contribute to the comfort of their guests:
KIRKLAND & CO.,
Nav 23.-tf. Proprietors.
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BUSINESS LOCALS.

@s- Every man desires to live long; but nc
man would be old.-Saoif.
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u wi 3 9 r.

100000 feet A Cuttings l2s, IDS and los.
10000 &C Ga and S-4 do.
10000 ss Extra do.
10000 Sheathing, Pine and Hemlock.
$4,000 2x4 and 81 Scantling, up to % feet long
$4,000 3x6, Ski, 3xS, 3x1O Jos up to 20 feet long
10000 &c 4x4, 6x4, exc Framing Stuff
10000 &c 4x4 Finishing Boards.
10000 6x4 and SKI Second Common.
10000 &c 4x4 Yellow Pine Flooring.
5000 Aka White Pine Flooring
10000 4x4 Dressed Weather Boarding.
10000 {" 5-8, dressed and rough weather boarding.
100000 Cypress heart shingles.
10000 Palings, very low priced.
200, 600 Plasterng laths.
$4,000 feet A Hemlock fencing inches WIDE
NGPanel Doors, Sash, Window Frames and Shut
ter Builders Hardware Moulding in great variety, Plaster
ing Hair, Bricks Sc
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30

WNo MORE LAMP EXPLOSIONS
NO MORE LIVES LOSTi
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30
PERFECT SAFETY TO ALLIE!
No. SO East Baltimore Street, Baltimore.

BUY THE "GLOBE BURNERi-THE SAT-
EST EXTlNGUISHER!
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-30

CONFIRMATION SERVICES Thursday night
of last week very interesting religious services
were held at the Church of st. Mary the Virgin,
near Franklin.own, Baltimore county, on the &C.
casion O: visitation from the Assistant Bishop
of the Diocese OF Maryland, Right Rev. William
Pinkney, D. d. The beasttul little church was
densely crowded By deeply interested congrega-
ton. 1t was brilliantly illuminated, and the
chance and altar were radiant with festival dec
orations flowers and lights. There were pr sent
in the chance beside the Bishop, the rec or Of
St.. Luke's Church, Rev c. W. Rankin, the Rev.
F. Gibson and the Rev. G. B. Gotta, assistant
priests of St. Luke's the Rev. G. Haines, rec
tor of St. Timothy's Church, Catousville, and the
Rev. W. B. Coale, the priest in charge of this
mission church. After evening prayer, the Bishop
preached very earnest discourse on the duty of
carefully and tenderly training The young in the
duties and responsibilities OF the Christian life,
after which be administered the Apostolic rite of
Confirmation to class Of nineteen persons, in
Guiding a number of youth.
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Rr.-The following cases were dis

CIRCUIT COURT following cases were dis.
posed of this week
Nicholas Burke VS.. Charles S. Rutedge; ap-
peal from Justice Sampson; judgment below for
Rutledge for $50 debt with interest and COSTS;
reversed without prejudice. Joseph Passano vs..
VIM. F. Weller; appeal from Justice Bushey;
Judgment below for Weller for 500 OF with in
terest and costs; affirmed by the Court. Peter
Dennis VS. John Raw; appeal from Justice Sway ne
Judgment below for defendant and that plaintiff
pay So "A costs; appeal dismissed without pre-
judice.
John T. Johns vs.. Talbot Denmead & Sons,
appeal from Justice Miller judgment below for
Denmead b Sons for $35 rs, with interest and
costs; judgment affirmed.
VIM. Kramer vs.. G. w. Lewis, cross appeal
from Justice Miller the judgment below for
Kramer for $4S rs was affirmed. In the case of
Heithe S. Gill VS.. Robt. S. Shipley; appeal from
Justice Bushey, the judgment below for Shipley
for 500 damages, with interest and costs, was
reversed. Samuel Bevan & Co. VS.. 0. NJ. War
field; judgment by default obtained at the March
term of Court was extended in favor OF plaintiffs
for $500 81 damages assessed by the Court, with
interest and costs John T. Johns executor of
Richard Johns, deceased, VS.. Henry Leaf verdict
for plaintiff for $3.50 &c.
Benz. j. WOrthington VS. Benjamin Goodwin !;
Judgment for plaintiff for $736 Al, with interest
from date, and costs. Henry G. Hofacker Vs.
John Hampshire and John and Rebecca Hare =
referred under rule TO Pleasant Hunter, Jas. KEEL
ly and Frank Warner. Geo. W. Hoffacker vs..
same parties referred as above. Sarah Chilcoat,
Administrative of Elijah Chilsoat deceased, vs..
Thomas Cooper; suggestion and affidavit fer re-
mova filed, and transcript of the record ordered
TO be sent TO the Circuit Court for Carroll coun-
ty. Cornelius NJ Cole vs. Sam'l j. Robinson !;
off on payment of Clerks costs by the defendant.
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ROSENBLATT & ADLER,
292 N. Howard Street.
Oppo. Richmond Market.

BEST CALICOES 81 cts. per yard; MUS
LINS reduced from 16 to 121 cts. per yard.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS offered in DRESS
GOODS, CASSIMERES & DRY GOODS GEN
ERALLY. Jan. 24.-1y.
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miscellaneous.
HIGHLAND PARK HOTEL.

THIS NEW AND DELIGHTFUL SUMMER
RESORT, SITUATED AT
---- n TD ID a RK
Smyrna times., 1874-06-17
Something to be Spelled.

10 people who pride themselves upon their
aptncSs at spelling we recommend the follow
ing test which h1s been compiled in leisure
moments by gentleman merely as literary
curiosity. 1t is cleverly arranged, with view
to pre,enting as many difficult words in as
small space as possible and there are pro-
badly few, even of the gifted spelers, who
can write the whole from dictation without
making some blunders:
" The most skilltul gauger | ever knew was a
maligned cObbler, armed with pOniard, who
drove peddler's wagon, using a mullen stalk
an instrument of coercion to tyrannize over
his pony, shOd with calks. He was a Galilean
Sadducee, and had a phthssick catarrh, the
diphtheria, and the bilious intermittent erysp-
elias A certain sibyl, with the sObriquet of
Glpsy, went into ecStacies of cachinnatiOn at
seeing him measure a bushel of peas, arr sepa-
rate saccharne tomatoes from heap of peeled
potatoes without dyeing or singeiDg the igniti-
bic queue which he wore, or becoming para
lyzed with hemorrhagc. Lifting her eyes to
the ceiling of the cupola of the Capitol to con
ceal her unparalleled embarrassment, making a
reg li>h courtesy, and not harAssing him with
mystlfying, rarefying and Supplying inuen-
does, she gave him a couch, bouquet of lilies
mlgnOnnette, and iuchslas, treatise on mne-
monies. a copy of the ApOcryha in hicrO
glyphcs, daguerreOtypes Of Mendelsohn and
kosciuszko, kaleidoscope, drachm -phial OF
ipecacuanha, a tablespoonful of naphtha for ed
bic purposes, ferruIe, clarionet, some little
licerce, surcingle, a cornelian of Symmetrical
proportions, qchrOnometer with a movable bal
ance Wheel box of dominoes, and a catechism
The gauger, who was also traficking rectfe
and a pari>hloner of mine, preterring a wooler
surtOut lhiS choice was referabe to a vaciIIa
/ ting, OccaSlOnally y-Occurring idOsyncraSy woe
/ full ,,tfor,A :
but scism, apostacy, heresy and villainy shal
be punished' The sibyl apologizngly an
swered: There is ratabIe and allegabe diff
ference between comfortable ellipsis and a tri
syllable die"ess He replied ia troches, no
impugning her suspicion. '-.Sunclay Dispatch
Smyrna times., 1874-06-17

A correspondent Of the Cincnnati CONNER.
cidl writes as follows of the sale of Mr.. Sum.
ner effects in Washington "Wormley, our
famous colored caterer and hotel keepcr-a
bright mulatto, with more than his share of
flesh, and a cheerful, Jolly lace-was the princi-
pal bidder. Wormey has for years been Mr..
Summers right hand man, attending to his
house, seeing after his comfort and taking
care of him generally. Wormlcy never herald.
ed himself as the friend of Sumner. He
served him with the same love, affection, and
attentive tenderness with which the favorite
valet in the days Of slavery served his young
master, and like that valet he enjoyed Mr..
Summers confidence, esteem, and respect,
hearing from his own lips more Of the private
affairs of his lite than any ether man that We
know Of. WOrmley bought at fabulous pr.c
the dining room furniture, with which he is
fitting up at his hotel, corner Fifteenth and
Ii streets, a Sumner dining-room' The
drawing room furniture was also purchased
by the same person TIE desk and chair a
and in which Mr.. Sumner was sitting wher
Brooks attacked him, was put up 1T $50, al
absurd sum for its intrinsic worth Mr. Howe
of Boston, started the price, and Wormley
doubled it until it was knocked down t.
WOrmley at $3.50. Mr.. Summers house il
Washington is tor sale, and will doubtles
soon be swallowed up in the Arlington, b.
whose caves it is shadOwed.
Smyrna times., 1874-06-17

BIDAL GIFTS The New York World dis
courses on the crying social evil Cf our times
and country known as wedding presents.
Time was-and thirty or even less years ago
will limit it, it says-when young girl in all
the freshness of feeling was about to be mar
ried, that her father and mother quietly pre-
pared the EouSseau-nOt then so termed
literally or scantily, according to their means,
and the father, if he was rich, gave, or at least
furnished the house where the young couple
were to live, and uncles aud aunts and cousins
sent them little and unostentatious gifts usually
of household articles, and this was the end OF
1t. This is all changed; rich people are
invited because they give presents and poor
relations are excluded because they cannot.
And what sort of present" to the young
bride entering on new exfStence2 An array
of gorgeous presents stimulates no noble i'm
pulse. A meagre show, according to the new
system, works disappointment and bitterness
where there should be room for neither. The
whole sytem is radically wrong.
Smyrna times., 1874-06-17

three years, development has been rapid.
Eucharistic alteration has been avowed and
glorled in. Private masses are defended. 1t
is taught that the receiving by the priest
profits the people, even if they do not partake
themselves. Auricular confession is advocated,
and judicial absolution by the priest recon.
mended so also are prayers for the dead and
invocation of the Virgin Mary and the saints.
Indeed it would be hard to say what will be
left to distinguish the churches adopting this
system from those of Rome. But the eyes of
many who had been deluded by specious
sophistries are now opening and they recOil
from the brink of the precipice to which they
have been artfully conducted, and ask, What
agreement hath the temple of God with
idols 2
Il WOULD AFFECTIONATELY URGE
upon all my brethren the duty of abstaining
from aught that cOuntenances such departures
from the simplicity of the gospel There should
be no dalying with the deceiver. Blindness
to the true character of these corrupt practices
is now inexcusable in those who watch for
souls. As lovers Of the peace of Zion, minis.
ters should be careful not to SOW the seeds of
confusion and discord Obtaining their COM
mission from church which was purified by
fire and blood from these soul-destroying errors,
and which emblazOns the word Protestant
upon her banner, they should be loyal and
true. If we censure those who break the
unity of the church by open withdrawal, shall
there be no condemnation of those within who,
still cleaving to place and emoument, are
doing all they can to betray her into the hands
of her enemies? My own feeling would have
led me to avoid these remarks upon so painful
a subject, but this is no time for a Bishop to be
silent. May the Lord hear US in the day ot
trouble - Commercial