The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-05-16

The majority against extension was 54l
votes, instead OF 5a5, as enormously stated last
week.
Three old boots, gater and hoop-skirt
in front of house indicate that the family
has moved.
Choice Native Wines, fine liquors and CT
CARS, and lager beer at Urbans Saloon, oppo-
site car station.
For the week ending Monday, May 11th,
there were one hundred and twenty-nine
deaths in Baltimore.
| Col. Mann is renovating the Smedley and
preparing to receive his summer guests. The
season promises good.
-Gudgeons are now being caught in great
numbers at Herring run, Stemmers run, and
at the Relay House, B. & o. r. r.
Gov. Groome has appointed D. M. Mat
thews, Esq, of Dulaney's Valley, member of
his staff, with the rank of Colonel.
William Club, butcher on the York
road, says that he has slaughtered as high as
eleven hundred calves in one year.
The picnic season on the Belair road was
| inaugurated on Monday last. Three were held
| at the different parks on that avenue.
The newly appointed Assessors have not
yet commenced operations 1t is said the law
| will be tested before the work is begun.
Proposals are asked for building an open
wooden bridge over the run near Mr.. Lur-
mans. first district. See advertisement.
| MIR. Bruff, principal of the Towsontown
high school, had one of his eyes badly cut
| whilst playing base ball on Saturday last.
| kind words are wonderful in their way"
| SAYS an exchange, "but so far as children go, a
boot-jack exerts more powerful influence"
| Peter McNally, of No. 81 east Madison ST.,
| Baltimore, wants to know of the whereabouts
of his brother Francis P, aged about IL years.
MIR. John W. Garrett, president of the B.
& o. R. R., who has been in Europe for some
time past, will return home in the early part
of June.
The many friends of Rev. J. F. w. Ware will
| be glad to learn that he will preach at the Ma
sonic Temple, Baltimore, on Sunday evening,
! 18th instant
If there ever is a time when man is JUS
titled in changing the subject suddenly, it is
when his wife asks if he posted that letter to
mother promptly.
Pm so thirstyr' said boy at work in a
corn-feld. "Well, work away" said his in
dustrio1s father "You know the prophet
says Hoe, every one that thirsteth' ,"
Mr.. James Lytle, of Belair, until recently
a resident of this town and member of the
Baltimore county Bar, has concluded to quit
law and has removed to Philadelphia.
Mrs. James Turner died at her residence,
"Castle Calder" near Parkton, on Monday
morning last, aged 81 years. She leaves a
large estate which will pass to seven heirs.
! "A short time since casting, weighing 49,
| 900 pounds, was turned out from the foundry
OF Messrs. Poole & Hunt, of Woodberry, for
the marine railway at Locust Point, Baltimore.
DIR. w. II. Davis, physician at Mt Vernon
Mills, Falls road, was lately presented with a
| fine set of harness by the employees OF the
| factory by whom he is held in much esteem.
DIR. J. Robert Ward, of Govanstown, Balti-
| more county, has been appointed by Governor
| Groome, a mem Der ofthe Ste tie Board of Health,
of which Prof. n. r. Smith has been elected
president.
The Ninth Annual Commencement of the
State Normal School will be held affords OPP
era House, on Tuesday evening, May 26th.
Prof. Newell will please accept our thanks for
| invitations.
The Tswsontown high school has now two
hundred and thirty-6ve pupils. The new
building is too small to accommodate them,
| and one of the classes has been removed to the
old school house.
If every farmer and farmers son would
plant one tree each, every year, and every
farmers wife and daughter cultivate half
dozen flowers each, how much brighter the
country would be.
Pavilion Retreat, formerly Brown's) on
the North Point road, was opened for the sea-
son on Thursday of last week, on which occa-
sion the proprietor, Mr.. Harry MCGOWAN, en-
tertaned host of friends.
The bright days we have had this week
have made an agreeable change in the appear
ance of the trees. The tender buds are gradu-
ally expanding, clothing the branches in deli
-Messrs, James G. Clark and Henry Tyson,
both well known here, have resigned their po-
sitions of third and fourth vice presidents OF
the Erie railway. Mr.. Clarke has been APP
pointed general manager of the road.
"A horse stolen two years ago from Mr..
Edward Sweeting, of Hartford county, was re-
covered in Baltimore few days since. The
man in whose possession the horse was found,
claimed to have purchased him from another
person.
AT an election for Town Commissioners OF
| Belair on Monday of last week, the following
gentlemen were chosen: Preston Gilbert,
Chas. W. Norris, John T. Spicer, Alex. L. Full
ford and John Bauer. The number of votes
polled was 1903.
Mr.. Hugh Bone, superintendent of the
Gray Cotton Factory, has been granted pat
| ent for cooling and moistening the air in cot
ton factories to condition the cotton, and has
assigned the same to Charles Marean, Esq, of
| Baltimore city.
Hundreds of people this week came over
from Washington to see Booth at Ford's Opera
House. Returning after the performance they
| reach home sooner than we can who only live
seven miles from the city. Verify, we are be-
hind the times.
| Mr.. L. Mongar has rented the large stables
connected with Govanstown hotel. They have
| been put in thorough repair and much i'm
proved. Mr.. MARYLAND, owner of the property,
is building house on his premises expressly
for Mr.. Mongar
--Messrs. Thos. R. Clendinen and Charles
George Wilson have purchased the Baltimore
and Randallstown horse railway. The road
will be put in thorough repair without delay,
| and run on regular time in connection with
| their new and magnificent Highland Park Ho-
tel.
| We return thanks to Capt. Waltemeyer. of
| the 18th district, for a number of old pamph-
lets containing ordinances passed by the City
| Council of Baltimore in the years 1917, 1918,
1919, 1920, 1921, 1923 and 1924. They contain
f:.------f 50 .e-est-to which we may revert here
after.
| Mr.. j. M. Watkins, of this place, has re-
| ceived an invoice of the celebrated catawba
wine from the Sandusky (Ohio) Wine Compa-
ny. Those in want of pure and delicious ar
ticle should call upon him at once. This wine
| is conceded to be the best and purest of the
kind in the market.
| Some fellow has invented a fountain pen,
which, by the pressure of the thumb on small
| rubber ball, projects stream of ink through
| the holder and into the face of the "cuss" who
is looking over your shoulder while you are
writing. If the inventor will come this way
| we will take six to commence with.
| Three Baltimore roughs were arrested at
| Highlandtown, by officers Weise and Ford, on
| Sunday last, charged with riotng. They were
| lodged in Jail, but were afterwards released on
security for Court. They resisted arrest when
| officer Ford drew his pistol and fired. There
are now only five thumbs among the three.
The citizens of the 18th and 18th districts
held another meeting at Blue Ball, few days
ago, to take some steps to compel the Philadel-
phia Turnpike Company to put the road in
better condition. We are glad to know that
our people are awakening to a sense of their
| duty and have determined to see themselves
justly dealt with.
| An individual in Towsontown is much
| troubled in spirit. Heretofore he has paid no
| taxes, but under the new law, taxing churches,
grave-yards, &C.. and exempting all other prop
erty, he finds that at last he will be obliged to
contribute something towards defraying the
expenses of the county. He owns lot in Bal
timore Cemetry and wants to sell out.
| An additional corps of engineers COM
menced work on the Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York railroad on Monday last, which
| is in charge of Mr.. Worrel Marks. The corps
started in at Cromwell's bridge, four miles east
of this place, and will work in the direction of
Belair. The old corps is now engaged near the
| N. C. R. R., and is in charge of Mr. Charles
| Mclean.
| The law taxing dogs-$1 for males and 50
| for females-went into effect on the date of its