The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-04-17

! Stephen Barton, Esq, OF Woodberry, this
week announces himselfas a. Democratic candi-
date for Sheriff the coming fall.
The Varieties Theatre, New Orleans, which
was opened on Nov. 4th, under the direction OF
Mr. John E. Owens, closed on the Sd instant
after season of twenty weeks.
The readings by Miss Meredith, at the
Court House, on Thursday evening, in aid OF
the family of the late Chas. D. France, one of
York road railway conductors, was largely at
tended, and quite handsome sum will be re-
allied. The Towson brass band was present
and added much to the pleasures of the even
ing.
Some time since Mr.. John r. Reese, of
Owings Mills, purchased the mill property of
the late Isaac Schnavely, situated on the W.
M. r. R., short distance above Owings' Mills,
and containing 240 acres of land. The price
paid was IS, 500. Mr.. Reese is one of our best
and most substantial citizens, a skilled farmer,
and thoroughbred business man.
Mr.. VIM. T. McCauley, formerly tax-col-
lector for the LIST district of this county, and a
son OF D. j. McCauley, Esq, one of our County
Commissioners, was elected Mayor of Ellicott
City, on Tuesday last, by majority OF twenty
votes, over James L. Vansant, the former May
or. The ticket for couneilmen was composed
Of gentlemen belonging to both political par
ties, politics being ignored.
The Legislature of 1872, passed law for
bidding the destruction of insectiverous birds,
such as the blue bird, thrush, martin, mock
ing Bird swallow, oriole, redbird, catoird, sap
sucker, wood pecker, &c. 1t is also unlawful
to destroy or disturb the eggs of any of these
birds. The fine is not less than 50 nor more
than $40, and justices of the peace are requir-
ed to enforce the penalties against offenders.
james F. Hanna, formerly of Ashland, the
man who made business of going around and
swindling secret societies or their members,
has again turned up in Philadelphia. He is
now travelling under the name of James +.
Mclean, and no doubt dozen other aliases.
He was member of Mt. Moriah Lodge of Ma
sons, of this place, of Marble Lodge of Odd
Fellows, Cockeysville and of Hebron Lodge,
knights of Pythias, of the same place, from
all of which he was expelled. He was tried
in our Court some time since for obtaining
money under false pretenses, and acquitted,
although there doubt of his having
committed the offenses charged against him.''
Fourteen years ago on Monday next, April
19th-the date is distinctly remembered be-
cause on that day all was excitement in Tow
sontown, and in fact throughout the State, it
being the day on which the war OF the rebel
lion MAY be said to ha, e commemorative beau
tiful trees with which the avenues of TowsOn-
town are lined were almost in full leaf, and
shrubbery and flowers were also blooming in
the open air. Quite different is it this year.
The buds are only commencing to swell, the
trees are yet bare and brown, and the flowers
seem very tardy about making their appear
ance. The green living grass of spring has
not yet overgrown the brown dead grass OF
winter, and in fact the "etherial mildness" we
read about has been thus far a "deusion and
a snare
"A funny little incident occurred the other
day. Three or four years ago Democratic
friend of ours was candidate for the office OF
county treasurer, upon which occasion he had
a number of tickets printed for use at the pri-
mary election in his district. Some OF the
tickets were not used and were left lying
around his house until few days ago, when a
small boy, who happened to be living with the
gentleman, found them. The little fellow car
ried them cut and commenced industriously |
distributing them, and it is said some of them |
reached the 18th district, and were seen tack
ed up on store posts, &C., and all who saw |
them at once concluded, not knowing the facts |
in the case, that the gentleman was offering |
himself as a candidate for nomination this fall. |
1t is hardly necessary to say he is not candl- |
date for treasurer any other Office.
Some people say that steam railroed to
Tewsontown will not pay. Before the York
road railway was built one two horse omnibus |
conveyed all the passengers between this
place and Baltimore, and then, half the time,
it travelled the road with very few if any oc.
cupants. When the horse railway was talked |
about croakers thought it would be failure
for want of sufficient support. How far wrong
these people were can now be seen by the very
large number of people who patronize the cars
daily and hourly. The houses along the York
road in those days were few and far between.
Now how different Houses line the road on
either side, and the villages of Oxford, Waver-
ley, Friendship, Cold Spring and Govanstown
have increased in population far beyond the
expectations OF the most sanguine. We say
hat this will he the case when the narrow
gauge is finished. The beautiful building
sites along its route will be taken up and built
upon, and in few years, instead of sparsely
settled country as it now is, we will see villa
ges springing up along its entire line, and for
every single passenger carried at first, there
will be fifty to patronize it in less than
five years.