The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-08-28

Estate QOLce-JOS. II. Virgin, ueCedSous
Administrators sale of leasehold property.
Reliable fertilizers, Whitman & Co., BALTIC.
Bckford Hoffman grain drill, &C., BALTIC.
Ms~ For particulars see new advertisements
LOCAL BREvIrIEs.-
The season of "the scar and yellow lear
is near at hand.
Next Wednesday is the first of September.
Summer is about over.
ALI honest men will bear watching. 1t is
the rascals who cannot stand it.
1t is unlawful to shoot cartridges before
the 10th of October. Remember that.
The continued wet weather of the past
month has been hard on the county roads.
Jones, the clothier has renewed to 70 west
Baltimore ST., BALTIC. See notice of removal.
St. Swithn let go his grip after Tuesday
last and we have had good weather ever since.
Another tournament is announced. This
time near Mt. Carmel, on Tuesday, August 31st.
Republican primary meetings will be held
TODAY, The convention meets on Wednesday
next.
The annual meeting at Jesssop's Church,
near Cockeysville, takes place Tomorrow
Sunday.
The duties of the public schools of the
county will be resumed on Wednesday next,
Sept. 1st.
"A good chance for church or Sabbath
school to get fine organ very cheap. Apply
at this Office.
Every member of the Republican Execu-
tive Committee should be at Towsontown on
Wednesday;Sept 1st.
The cam Injecting on the Powhatan Rail-
road (Summerfeld Cireui) will be continued
over to morrow, Sunday.
The regular quarterly meeting efthe Farm
ers' Union will be held at Duncan's Hall, Sat
urday, Sept. 4th, at q p. m.
"A gentleman living at Westminster raised
this season sixty bushels OF Fultz wheat on one
and quarter acres of land.
For the week ending Saturday, Aug. 2lst,
there were. LAT deaths in Baltimore, of whom
SO were males and 7S females.
Lewis Turner, Jr., Esq, has been appoint
ed member of the State Democratic Execu-
tive Committee for Baltimore county.
The Democratic Executive Committee OF
Baltimore county will meet en- Tuesday next,
to fix the time for holding the primary meet
ings.
There were two tournaments advertised to
take place in this county on Wednesday last,
and it wasn't such good day for tournaments
either.
An eclipse of the sun will take place on
the 29th OF September, at o'clock IA minutes
in the morning; visible. The sun will rise
eclipsed
-"The black-bass in the Susquehanna jump
into boats to be caught. But those said to be IN
Lake Roland are not so active nor so anxious"
-BGLto. Times.
Ground was broken on Wednesday on Ma
ryland avenue, at Brown street, for the laying of
the rails of the Baltimore and Hampden pas
senger railway.
THE awkward size of the paper on which
the Union is printed this week must be charg-
ed to the manufacturers. As will be seen they
"cut us rather short"
A few days ago Mr.. VIM. II. Cole, of Balti-
more, caught 10 Lake Roland, bass measur-
ing sixteen inches in length and weighing four
and one eighth pounds.
Maggie Bobless was arrested in Baltimore,
charged with beating her husband, William.
If William had Bob-less around this trouble
might have been averted.
Rev. B. F. Brown, rector of All Saints
Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, has
declined a call to the rectorship of st. James
Church, My Lady's Manor.
There are six hundred and sxty-six con-
victs in the Maryland penitentiary. Of this
number forty are females Nearly all are en-
ployed at some kind of work.
We regret to announce the illness of DR..
SamI Kepler, Secretary, Treasurer and Exam
liner of the School Board. The DIR. is suffering
from an attack Of bilious fever.
On Wednesday night last the stable of DR..
J. L. Warfeld, on the Liberty road, near the
city limits, was entered and robbed of two sets
The pic mic of EPSON NJ. E. Sabbath School,
announced to take place on Wednesday last,
was postpoed until Wednesday next, Sept. LIST,
on account of the incement weather.
The testimony before the County Commits
sioners in reference to the opening of Green
Spring avenue, was concluded on Wednesday.
The matter was held under advsement.
-"Andrew Banks, Esq, member of the
Maryland Legislature from Baltimore county,
but now citizen of Baltimore, is with his fam
lily, visiting Saratoga Springs" BaltimoreGn.
Some Of the chickens in this town are
dying of peculiar disease, thought by some
to be cholera. One gentleman bad fourteen
fine hens aud all but three have died within a
short time.
old st. Swithin stuck it out to the last day
this time. Hereafter "St. Swithin's Day" will
occurs on the 18th of July, and not on the 25th,
as some seem to think.
The County Commissioners advertise for
proposals for furnishing the court house
and aims house with one hundred and sixty
five tons of coal. Bids will be received until
Wednesday next, at IL m. See advertisement
David Fowler, Esq, of the 18th district,
son of the late Hon. Robt. Fowler, is ,announc-
ed as Democratic candidate for the Legisla-
ture. Samuel Brady, Esq, of the Sd district
is announced as candidate for County Com
missioner.
Zone of the natural curiosities of Towson-
town is the Navy Yard there. 1t should be
visited by all strangers Sunday Tezecram
A navy yard natural curiosity" and in
Towsontown, too! Something wrong with that
TELEGRAM man.
R. G. Dunphy, of this town, had a valua-
ole mule injured in Baltimore, on Friday of
last week. One of the breast-chains broke caus-
ing the heavy wagon to run up on him, and
one of the wheels catching his left hind foot
tore it almost off.
Accounts from the sea coast state that
millions of potato bugs, flying out at sea, are
encountered by incoming vessels, many miles
from shore."-Er. Are these the same kind
that are now nfesting Baltimore city and other
parts of the State?
The Harrisburg Patriot SAYS: edward
Hoyer, brother of Geo. Hoyer, conductor on the
Northern Central railway, died at New Mar
ket, York county, few days ago, Of cerebro
spinal meningitis The deceased was univer-
sally esteemed by his acquaintance.
About one o'clock on Saturday morning
. last wheat rick on the property of Wonder
emith's 14-Mile House, Reisterstown road was
set on fire by some malicious person, coal oil
being used to carry out the intentions of the
ineendiary. We have not learned the extent
Of the damage.
Tine heavy rain of Sunday afternoon last
did considerable damage in some sections of
the county. At Weber's brewery, Hartford
road, an ice pond was washed away, causing
damage amounting to over $500. At Lees mill,
near by, the sudden rise damaged machinery,
-four, grain, &C., to the extent Of about 5000.
"A correspondent in last weeks Journal
wants the Democratic Executive Committee to
adopt the "Crawford County System" or some.
thing like it, for their primary meetings this
fall. If this System" should be adopted
and there is not probability of tive know
many well-laid schemes would be knocked
into smithereens.
The idea that heavy rains at this season
of the year tend to replenish streams and wells
seems to be an erroneous one. In forty days
ended on Tuesday last, we had nearly forty
rains, and some of them very heavy ones, vel
we hear of wells and springs that are failing
or have failed altogether. Will some one arise
and explain why this isl
"A private trot took place on Wednesday
afternoon last between Col. Ad. Smiths bay
horse "Billy" and the roam horse "Mergan" be