The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-01-15


Viek's flower and vegetable seeds.
Statement of Fire Insurance Company.
E8~For particulars see new advertisements.
Local BREvITIEs.-
There was no business of interest trans
acted in the Circuit Court this week.
-"When the days begin to lengthen the cold
begins to sirengthen"-and this has been the
case this week.
They have a Centennial" oyster house at
Elieott City which is presided over by two
brothers named Preacher.
Three dredging machines are now at Lake
Roland ready for work. Operations will be
commenced when the weather will permit.
AFfhe Phila, Wilmington & BALTIC. R. R. Co.
is preparing for the Centennial by building a
large number Of 6rst-class passenger coaches.
We return thanks to Hon. Chas B. Roberts,
Representative in Congress from the I'd Nd.
district, for copies Of the Congressional Record,
sc.
The chairman of each board of Road su-
pervisors is notified to meet at the Court House
OF Wednesday next for the purpose OF bond
ing.
The Grand Jury visited the county aims
house on Wednesday As usual the superin-
tendent, Mr. Cole, entertained the members
handsomely.
The Journal has "silver subscriber" SO
its editor saws We have one-tbe fellow that
hasn't paid anything for nine years-who we
will cal a "brass" subscriber.
The man who was sufocated at the lime
kiln near Calverton, one day last week, turns
out to have been VIM. Burke, who resided in
Howard county, near Gray's Factory.
In the Honse of Delegates on Wednesday
Mr.. Curtis presented petition from the Farm
ers' Union of Baltimore county tor a law to en-
courage the production of wool and mutton.
Mr. George Matthews, near Glencoe, n.
C. R. R., the last season, raised on II acres Of
ground 200 barrels of corn. The only fertil-
lzsr used little plaster, dropped in each
hill.
Mr.. s J. Robinson, of this town, has what
is known a counterfeit" game hen which
will be fifteen years old next spring. What
an excellent fowl that would be for boarding
house
"A few days since one of the cars running
between this place and Baltimore, broke an
axle on McDonald's hill. A short detention
was the only inconvenience experienced by
the passengers
AT the late poultry show in Baltimore Mr..
Joseph Gorsuch, of Towsontewn, took premi-
ums for two pairs of "Chinese" geese. After
the exhibition he sold one pair of the geese for
$1,000, and the other pair for $500.
The postoffice at Brooklandville, Balti
more county, has been discontinued, by order
of the P. o. Department, because of the failure
OF the postmaster to render quarterly returns.
Papers, &C., now go to Stephenson.
On Sunday night officer Brown arrested
John Fay, colored, charged with stealing lot
of iron, chains, axes, &C., from Mr.. Joseph H.
Reiman, near this place. He was sent up for
the Grand Jury by Justice Herbert.
John Cowman, resident of Baltimore eoun
ty, thoughtlessly put one of his fingers in the
barrel Of his gun and then discharged the
weapon while crossing a fence. The gun is
all right, but Johns finger has not yet been
found.-BGLt0. Bee.
The I'm of Fenton & Jones, contractors
for building the dam the Gunpowder for
the permanent water supply, was dissolved on
-4he 9Th instant, by mutual consent. The work
will be continued by Mr.. D. Fenton, rho bought
his partners interest for $4,000.
John T. Piquett, ex-policeman of Balti-
more county. and Joseph Ware were arrested
on Tuesday By officers Jas. Cristy and Fred.
Sausrwald, on charge of rioious and disor
ly conduct at Garrison lane, Baltimore county,
on Monday, and were committed in default of
bail.-SuH.
II OF Aue year 1919 Tue Ol6th Vi thS SlECult
Court returned through the County Commits
sionsrs to the State Treasurer S599.97, which
amount was in excess of the fees of the of
fee. For the year ending Nov. 3Oth, 1875,
there were paid into the Clerks Office for Ii
censes, SIS, 24l.56.
in the Circuit Court on Monday last, John
Jones, -colored, was tried, convicted and SEN
fenced to the penetentiary for three years and
six months for stealing a set of harness from
n Tob r. Tba was al
.ond Monday Of last week for stealing harness
from Col. Denning, of Govanstown, and acquit-
ted.
-Catharine Nee vile of the man who was
greGnd up on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
about Christmas, has sued the Company for
$4,000 damages. The accident occurred
about four miles from Baltimore, the ground of
the suit being that previous to the accident
Nee had been foreibly elected from the train,
and was over and killed.
On Friday night of last week the Sabbath
school attached to TowsOntown NJ. E. Church,
held festival in the lecture room of the
church, at which all kinds of confectionery,
fruits nuts. &C., were dispensed to the chill
dren very literally. An address from the pas
tor and the rendition of several musical
lectiens helped to complete the programme for
the evening.
"A number of farmers in some sections of
the county have lost nearly their entire corn
CROP The cause of this loss was the musting
of the corn after it had been placed in the
cribs rendering it almost useless. We are in
formed that owing to the warm weather last
fall the corn dried out very slowly, and that
having been housed before thoroughly dry, and
the long wet season following, wrought the
damage.
The second pastors reception was held on
Friday evening Of last week in the chapel con-
neeted with Trinity P. f. Church, this place.
Rev. DIR. Hoff delivered a short address, and a
number of choice selections of vocal music
were we'll rendered by amateurs. The feature
of the evening was lecture on "German HUI
NOR" by c. Bohn Slingluff, Esq. The recep-
ton was largely attended and was very en-
joyable affair.
"A petition is being extensively circulated
in Baltimore and Hartford counties, asking the
Legislature TO remove the Eastern Hay Scales
in Baltimore, "te safe and accessible place,
convenient to the Hartford and York roads"
The removal is asked for on account of the
danger in approaching the scales caused by the
W. NJ. R. r. passing along Buren, street. Those
desiring to sign the petition can do so by call
ing at this Office.
In referring to the "eorn contest by the
Gunpowder Ag. Club, the American Farmer
says: "The yield of corn achieved by our ven
.
we can recall the heaviest ever grown in
MARYLAND, the measurement of which is fully
authenticated. Mr.. g., notwithstanding his
advanced age is still active in body and mind,
and does not hesitate to declare his belief that
he will yet reach crop of 80 barrels to the
acre"
On the evening of Dec. 10Th, Rev. George
X. Warner rector of st. James Episcopal
Church. Baltimore county, was made the vic
tim of Of pleasant surprise party, composed
of members of his congregation. They brought
with them variety of good things, and spent
a few hours most pleasantly, leaving the rec
tor and his family happy, and making them
selves happy as people always do in giving
pleasure and assistance to others, especially
their minister.-Belair 1Egis.
Mr.. Joshua Griffin, of Wyanet, Illinois
formerly of this county, writes US in reference
to crops and prices in that section. He says
f'the cat crop was very good, averaging about
so bushels per acre. AT least 10 bushels per
acre were lost on account of the wet harvest
The corn crop will average about IL bbls. per
acre. Old corn, shelled. is worth 80 cts per
bushel; new, 35 cts" He concludes his letter
as follows: al had $50 acres in corn, on part
of which corn had been planted for twenty
enc successive years, without any fertilizers
and / raised eighteen hundred bbls How is