The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-08-08
LOCAL BREvITIEs.-

R. h. Boarman, ESQ., and family, are at
| Bedford Springs Pa.
Col. d. G.. Mcintosh and wife are at one of
the Virginia Springs.
The colored camp meeting commences at
this place on Saturday next
| Mr.. S. Parker Bosley and wife, of this
| town, are at Watkins Glen, N. Y.
Col. Dennis NJ Matthews and Edward S.
Peerce, Esq, of Dulaney's Valley, are at Cape
May.
William D. Blackstone, a well known cit
izen of the 18th district, died on Thursday of
last week.
Sheriff Butler and VIM. A. Slado, Esq, Of
the 4th district, sailed from Baltimore for Bos-
ton on Thursday.
"A tournament, for the benefit of ST. Thomas
Church, will be held at Hampden, Falls road,
on Tuesday next, 11th instant
"Phantom party" at the Smedley on Wednes-
day night next. Buy your paper muslin at
once before the price advances.
| The Republican Executive Committee Of
Baltimore county will meet at Towsontown on
Tuesday. August 1Sth at IL a. m.
Rein Mersen, o resident of Ellicott City
for seventy-four years, died at that place on
| the 25th of July, in the SD year of his age.
The employees of Messrs. Poole & Hunt, of
| Woodberry, went on an excursion to La Belle
Groveon Saturday last, on the steamer "Pentz."
Jesse Owings son of the late Levi Owings,
of Owings' Mills, this county, died at his resi-
dence, in Baltimore, a few days ago, aged 81
years.
Prof j. C. CovelI, of Govanstown, has been
appointed principal Of the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind Asylum Of West Virginia, located at
| Romney.
Officer Crooks, of the I'd district, has re.
turned $l29, less commissions, to the County
Commissioners, he having collected thatamount
for dog tax.
Mr. ]. M. Watkins, of this town, during his
recent trip to Pennsylvania, purchased several
barrels of pure old rye whisky. which he now
has on sale.
1t now seems tc be a settled fact that there
are bass in Lake Roland. A lady living near
the Lake caught several With hoak and line. a
few days ago.
Mr.. Samuel L. Cuttings, formerly of Long
Green, Baltimore county, is now the principal
of Montgomery Female Institute. located at
Rockville, Md.
The wife of j. II. Vonderhorst, proprietor
of brewery on the Belair road, was very Sc
verely burned last week by the explosion Of a
quantity of gasoline.
| MIR. VIM. Ii. Mlttan, a highly respected Cit
izen of this county, died at his country resi-
dencc, in Govanstown, early on Monday morn
| ing last, in the Goth year OF his age.
The United Brethren in Christ will hold q
camp meeting in Mr.. Richard G. Tracey's woods,
near Trenton, Baltimore county, commencing
on the 18th of August and continuing seven
days.
Mrs. De Speyr, mother of Samuel W. Nc
Donald, now confined in the city Jail charged
with the murder of Berry Amos, has returned
home from Europe and visited her son on
| Tuesday
S. N. Whittle, plastercr, has been engaged
this week in repairing the ceiling of the front
porch of the Court House. Heretofore it has
been in very unsafe condition, parts of it
having fallen off.
Mr.. James A. McCaoley has commenced the
IS 49, h,1al
dwellings, on the Falls turnpike, at Hampton.
Mr.. B. F. Cox is also erecting three dwellings
| in the same village.
Work on the Sunday school building, adj
joining Trinity P. +. church, in this place, has
been commenced 1t will be constructed Of
white lime stone, and of the same style OF archi
lecture as the church.
thousand people at Emory Grove camp meet
ing on Sunday last. Over five thousand six
hundred were conveyed to the ground by the
cars of the W. M. Il. r.
One of the most delightful hops Of the sea-
son took place at the Smedley House on We'd
nesday evening last. A brilliant company
gracod the parlors OF the hotel on that occasion,
and all went "merry as o marriage bell"
The bed Of the Maryland and Pa. r. r.,
between this place and Lake Roland, will be
ready for the rails by October LIST, provided the
difficulties between the Company and the City
Water Board are adjusted before that time.
The Towson brass band, accompanied by u
number of others from this place, made an ex-
cursion to Fair Haven, on Tuesday last A
most agreeable time was had, and no incident
occurred to mar the pleasures of the company.
The Maryland State Grange of Patrons of
Husbandry will meet in Baltimore city on the
18th of August. This Grange is opposed of the
Masters of all the subordinate Oranges in the
State, and the wives of Masters who are Gran
gers.
"A little son of VIM. Manning, living near
Boundary avenue, just outside the city limits,
was run over by wagon loaded with hay, on
Monday last, and had one of his hands terri
bly, mashed. 1t is thought amputation will be
necessary.
The Democratic primary meetings for Bal
timore county will be held in the Sd, 9th, 10Th
and 18th districts Friday, August 28th, and
in the remaining districts on Saturday, August
goth. The county convention will be held on
Tuesday, September LIST.
We are panied TO announce that W. Frank
Mitchell, Esq, young and promising mem
Der of the Baltimore county bar, is lying dan
gerously i'll at the residence of his father (Jos.
B. Mitchell, Esq, Register of Wills,) near this
town. His disease is typhoid fever.
Holiday street theatre, Baltimore, that
has been reared magnifcently upon the
embers Of the old building, was opened to the
public on Monday night of this week. The
drama, CATER Dark was performed to the
great delight of an overwhelming audience.
Mr.. Ross Jordan, farmer living near
Stewartstown, York county, and brother to
Benz. +. Jordan, Esq, one of our County Com
missoners, was kicked in the stomach by horse,
on Monday morning last, and died the same
evening from the injuries received. Mr.. Jor
dan was 40 years of age.
The Democratic Executive Committee met
here on Tuesday. An effort was made to adopt
the "Crawford County System" for the coming
primary meetings but the proposition was vo-
ted down by large majority. Our young
friend, Lewis M. Bacon, Esq, made a stirring
speech on the question, taking ground against
the System"
On Saturday night last officer Brown ar
rested Bill Wicks, colored, charged with dis
turbing the peace of Towsontown In making
the arrest the officer met with considerable re-
sistence, and in addition to being pretty rough.
ly used was severely bitten in the hand. Wicks
is desperate character and has served two
terms in Pententiary. He was lodged in jail.
Our Baltimore correspondent promised to
furnish our readers this week with an interest
ing romance connected with resident of our
county. He has complied with his promise and
the manuscript has been received, but owing
to its length, and our limited space, we are com
PEELED to defer it until another ISSUE 1t will
appear on the first page of the Union next week.
We regret to learn of the death by tetanus,
of Astor Gardner, youth of about II years,
son of Mr.. George Gardner, formerly of this
place. The deceased was an interesting mem
Der of Trinity Church Sunday School, Towson-
town. He was baptized and received into the
communion of said church a short time before
the removal of the family to Mingo, Champaign
county, Ohio.
One day this week an old gentleman from
Baltimore called at the car station in this place,
and in conversation with Mr.. Lee, informed
him that the house now belonging to the Com
pany, and occupied as an office, &C., and which
was known to be very old one, was built in
the year 1903, and that he (Mr. LIS. nforment.)
had been employed in its erection, he being at
the time Is years of age.
In the July report from the Department of
Agriculture we find the following with refer
ence to the condition of crops, &C., in this co.
"Corn-Crop in fine condition, but somewhat
backward. Wheat-fne yield. though some
what injured by the Hessian fly 0ats--Crop
will be short. Fruit--Apples dropped exceed
ingly during June; grapes present a luxuriant
| growth Concords the popular variety"
-Messrs. Won Stamp Suter, contractors for
| introducing the waters of the Gunpowder into
Lake Roland, on Tuesday last received the bal
ance of their contract money-$2S $50. Their
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