The Baltimore County union., 1875-05-01


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LOCAL BREvITIEs.-
Where is that other snow storm?
More cold weather the past week.
The Spelling Bug" is another name for it.
The average length of farmers life is 65
years
-Caoutchouc pronounced koochook). is a
good word.
Andrew Jackson used to insist that "ex-
tream" was good enough spelling.
-House-cleaning is the popular employ
ment of cleanly housewives just now.
AS well try to live without food as for
town to prosper without steam railroad.
"A close observer says that the words which
ladies are fondest ofare the first and last words.
John Randolph said any man was a fool
who couldn't spell word more than one way.
Potatoes should be planted at different
seasons, so that il the bugs come some may
escape.
The Northern Central Railway Company
has adopted the plan of paying its employees
in checks.
The census Of Baltimore embraces nine
thousand working girls Would you like to be
q census?
1t is predicted that the air and earth are
so full of moisture that there cannot be much
hot weather this season.
The postoiiice at PhiIopolis has not yet
been re established, although efforts have been
made looking to that end.
-Towsontown was well represented at Ford's
Opera House this week to witness Miss Cush-
mans farewell performances.
The auction sale of the Highland Park
Hotel and adjoining lots, which took place on
Monday, aggregated SlOS. .336.OS.
This Saturday is the first day of May.
''Maying parties" will find little pleasure and
few flowers in the woods just now.
-''Cum down TO mite and talk me to the
splin be: I've jned em," is the way Hartford
county girl wrote to her Augustus.
On Tuesday of last week little daughter
of Mr.. Ritter, living at Elysvlle, cut off three
of her fingers while playing with hatchet.
Miss Sue Dougherty of this town, took part
in the great sE elling match at the Academy of
Music, Baltimore, on Tuesday evening last.
Mr.. VIM. Carmichael, a resident of the
"Belt," is announced in last weeks Woodberry
NeUs as candidate for County Commissioner.
DR.. Bussey, son of DR.. H. G. Bussey, sr., of
Shrewsbury, has moved to Seven Valley to
take the practice of DR.. Weiser, lately deceased.
Gudgeon fishing has commenced at the. Re-
lay House, B. o. Railroad. party of gen.
tlemen caught thirty-five dozen there on Sat
urday last.
The Peach Bottom Railway is doing a
brisk trade. Some days the rush of travel and
trade excels the capacity of their limited sup
ply of cars.
Mr.. VIM Jones, of Dulaney's Valley,
whose leg was broken in two places last win
ter by the kick of horse, is able to be about
on crutches.
Levin Gale, ESQ.,, member of the Balti.
more bar died at his residence in that city, on
Wednesday morning last. He was a native of
Cecil county.
VIM. H. Ruby, editor of the journal, and
a member of Towson Lodge, has been elected
Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of
Maryland, 1. o. o. F.
The lightning rod man and the tree nur-
sery agent are once more abroad in the land,
and the price of dogs has gone up in the rural
regions accordingly.
The aged mother of Mr.. August Loose of
this town, died on Friday night April 23d, of
paralysis. Her remains were inferred at Lou
don Park on Monday.
Mr.. Edward Austen, of New York, has re-
Gently purchased the johnson property, at
Glencoe, N. C. R. R., and is making some fine
upon it.
-"Old Prob" said we were to have "light
rain on Wednesday. The rain did come
and not before it was needed either-but it
was anything else than eight"
-"Rev." Pencil Coombe the old curmudgeon
who disgusted a Towsontown audience about
two years ago, has been talking temperance to
the good people of Kent county.
The question is asked, why the railroad
fare between York and Baltimore exceeds more
than cents per mile when the constitution
prescribes less York True Democrat.
The iron bridge spanning the Guhpowder,
recently washed away from the public road at
Glencoe, will soon be replaced by another TO
be constructed by Mr.. Wendal Bollman.
Mr.. E. E. NJ arriott, formerly principal of
the public school at this place, left Baltimore
on Thursday of last week for the State of Tex
as, where he goes to take charge of school.
-Miller's brewery, at Canton, was sold at
oil Ioef nd hv
H. Strause, Brother Bell for 100000 The
purchase includes two-story frame dwelling.
Officer Stocksdale, of the fourth district,
brought-to jail on Thursday evening, colored
man named Watkins, charged with robbing the
meat house of Mr.. Frank Low, living near Refs
terstown.
"A large delegation of heavy taxpayer of
the third district was present at the County
Commissioners office ON Wednesday to protest
against the increase of the levy for school
purposes.
The Baltimore and Hall Springs railway
line has put on bobtailed cars, which are very
pretty and about as inconvenient things for
people to ride in as could be devised.-Satur-
dag Night.
ent right man to begin his perambulations
through the country, and getfarmers' names to
contracts, which are afterwards converted into
negotiable notes.
Mr.. Edward Jenkins, member of the
Well-known firm of Edward Jenkins & Sons,
importers of saddlery and coach hardware,
died at his residence in Baltimore, on Friday
of last week. in the 69th year of his age.
David s. Jones, of Richmond, Va, EN-
,ployed bv the Northern Central railroad, had
his hand badly crushed while coupling cars at
North and Monument streets Tuesday night.
DR. Thompson amputated three Of his fingers.
The construction of the State Normal
School building, at the corner of Republican
street and Lafayette avenue, Baltimore, is pro.
or essing rapidly, large force of workmen be-
inc employed, and the second story joists are
being vut up.
Col Edward F. Jenkins, Of Long Green,
while fishing IN a stream on his property one
dav last week, discovered in the water the body
of an unknown man, evidently a German.
The bodv bore evidences of having been in the
water for some time.
Mr.. VIM. Brogden, brother OF the late Dr.
Arthur Brocden of Govanstown, who for some
time past has been city editor of the Baltimore
american. has rendered his resignation, hav-
ing accepted like position on the New York
Commercial Advertiser.
In the recent convocatlon In Baltimore
Mr.. WYATT Blanchard, in a speech in behalf OF
diocesan missions, stated that the average sal
ary of the Protestant Episcopal clergy OF this
diocese, out of the cities, would not exceed one
dollar and Gfty cents per day.
On Tuesday evening Deputy Sheriff RIs-
team and officer Brown arrested in this place,
Mary Hall, colored, charged with stealing
lot of ladies' wearing apparel from the house
of man named Roller, on Bath street, Balti-
more. The stolen property was recovered:
-"Barnum's" circus, that exhibited in Bal
timore last week, was not Barnum's circus at
ter all. The show was only travelling under
his name-for the use ofwhich he was no doubt
handsomely paid-and as circus was about
as rood as any ordinary show of the kind.
"A gentleman of probity, who reads the al
manacs, has come to the conclusion that when
ever in the course of human events their com
pilers foretell nice weather it means the direct
onposite. so that he can tell within mile or
two lust about the nature of the weather next
week.
"A country gentleman who went to the cir,
Gus was relieved of S28. he was from Harford
county and if there is one thing that the as
tute citizen doth love more than another, 1t is
a Hartford county gentleman with an air about
him of the gentle verdure of retarded spring
-BGLto. Bulletin. =,
The sale of the personal property OF Al
fred J. Gent, advertised to take place on Thurs
day of last week. was stopped, an injunction
having been granted by the Circuit Court re-
straininp the Trustees from making sale. The
81. oc AZ n life aetata of Mr. Gent was stopped