The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-05-27
LOCAL MATTERS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Pocket-bo lost.
Fine Stallion for sale.
Estray--one bay mare colt.
Trustees sale of building lots.
Annual meeting Farmers Union.
Mortgages sale of house and lot.
Administrators sale of dwelling houses.
claims against county-oraer of payment.
Sherif's sale of the B. P & N. Y. Railroad.
Agricultural implements-Linton & Lamott.
ggs- For particulars see new advertisements.
LOCAL BREvIrIEs.-
-Seversl days of very cool weather this
week.
"A tournament will be held at Westm ms
ter on Monday, June 5th.
The Democratic State Convention will
be held in Baltimore on Wednesday of next
week.
The barn on the farm of Mr.. David Lee,
at Jerusalem Mills, was unroofed by the gale
of Monday night Of last week.
WIN. E. Hooper Sons cotton mill at
Wood berry will cease operations in few days
for the purpose of making repairs.
%. P. Macgill, Esq, has removed his
family from Towsontown to his farm in Green
Spring Valley, near Brooklandville.
Bishop Nottingham visited st. Johns
P. E. Church, Waverley, on Sunday last, and
confirmed class of twenty persons.
Mr.. Alex. D. Browns "Austral" won
the three-quartcrs of mile dash at Pimlico on
Tuesday, and bagged $500 for his owner.
Mr.. Joseph Allison, foreman Of the pres
emit Grand Jury, taken suddenly iii at
Adys Hotel, in this town, on Saturday last
a new postoffice has been established at
Mount Winans, on the BALTIC. Ohio R. R., in
this county, with Emanuel Urine as postmaster.
On Wednesday last, on motion of VIM. F.
Wharton, Esq, Alfred G. Cole, Esq, of the Bal
timore bar was admitted to practice in the Cir
cult Court for Baltimore county.
1t is said that Col. Alexander D. Brown,
of this county, a member of Gov. Carroll IS
Staff on bis recent visit to the Centennial, was
frequently taken for Marsh all Mcmahon.
BY an act of the last Legislature the
Clerks of the Circuit Courts in this State will
receive five per cent. on all moneys paid over
to the State for licenses, fines or otherwise.
Col. Tom Scott is president offfteen cor
porations, the n. G. Railroad being one of the
number. He receives no salary for his servi-
ees as presiding officer of the n. C. Company.
Over $1,000 in taxes were paid into the
Office Of the Treasurer and Collector on Mon
day and Tuesday last. The time for the six
per cent. discount expires on Wednesday of
next week.
During the races this week the result of
each contest was conveyed from Pimlco to
Baltimore ~ Carrier pigeons. One of the
birds made the distance in the short space of
four minutes.
Thomas O'NeiIl, hagman in the en-
ploy of the Northern Central R. R. Company,
was struck by an engine at Boundry avenue
bridge, on Monday, and had his left leg broken
in two places.
Josephine Shay was arrested by officer
W. H. Smith, on Thursday, charged with steal
ing a lot of wearing apparel from Catherine
Houek of Weodberry. Committed to Jail by
Justice Herbert.
DR.. Samuel Kepler, Secretary and Treas
urer of the Baltimore county School Board,
L. ral
worse this week, and but faint hopes are en-.
tertaned of his final recovery.
A movement is on foot to build branch
railway from Stewartstown to connect with the
Northern Central at New Freedom. A meet
ing 60 consider the subject will be held at New
Freedom this day-Saturday, May 9th.
Hon. John Merryman, of this county,
has been appointed by Gov. Carroll as one Of
the Commissioners to select site and attend
to the removal of the Eastern Hay Scales to a
point between the York and Hartford roads.
Does Towsontown intend having cele-
bration or the coming 4th of July If so it's
about time move was being made locking to
that end. We ought to be able to display our
patriotism at least once In an hundred years.
Some of the restaurants on the Centen-
NAL grounds charge as much as 81 for single
spring chicken. When we 60 to the exhibit
ton we shall carry the photograph of a rooster
with US, and simply look at it when We feel
hungry.
The County Commissioners have adopt
ed an order designating on what days pay
meuts will be made of orders drawn on the
Treasurer and Collector by the Board. The
order will be found in full in our advertising
columns.
There will be a strawberry festival and
sale of useful articles at the Presbyterian Par
sonage, Govanstown, on Thursday afternoon and
evening. June Ist, commencing at three o'cPk.
are invited.
On Saturday, Mr.. Thos. Nicely, of this
county, while attending horse sale in Mary
land, was bitten by horse of his own, in the
hand, severiDg two fingers, and tits feared that
auiputation Of the hand will be necessary
York paper.
a fine powder and sprinkled over the ground,
is the surest and safest remedy for destroying
or driving off potato bugs. Farmers who have
used it pronounce it more effectual than any
thing yet tried.
Court for this county has issued licenses as fol-
lows: Ordinary, 22O; traders liquor, 81 ira.
ders dry goods and grocer, ESQ; female ira
ders, PSI; oyster house, 81; hawkers and ped
dlers, 3. Total number SIG.
a t~ot took place at Herring Run track on
Wednesday afternoon, between Pritchard's
Chestnut mare Lady Pritchard, and David
Logan's bay horse JACOB Leraln, mile neats,
three best in five for $1,000 side. Lerain
won in three heats, time 2:36, 2:S5, 2:4l.
The Maryland Association for the Pro
lection OF Game and Fish call attention to the
law forbidding the killing or having in pos
session any wOodcock prior to June 10th, and
a reward OF S. is offered for information lead
ing to the conviction CT any offender.
The Sisters of Charity in Baltimore coun-
ty have taken out an injunction against Jabez
Armaeost, Treasurer, and J. Maurice Watkins,
collector Of tax in the 9th district, asking the
Court to restrain them from collecting taxes on
property owned by the Sisters in this county.
Bids for the oopening OF an avenue, fifty
feet wide, running from the old Frederick road
TO Inglesids avenue, lst district, were opened
bv the County Commissioners on Tuesday.
There were fifteen, the highest being $8,700.75,
and the lowest S4,s75. The contract was not
awarded.
The fastest time made over the n. c. R.
W., on record. was made on Wednesday even
ing last. The third of the return excursion
trains. engine Isl, William Cross, engineer,
ran from Calvert station, Baltimore, to York
in 95 minutes, making three stops.-York Ga
zette, 18th.
The dedication and commencement ex-
ereses Of the State Normal school will take
place in the new building, Lafayette Square,
Baltimore. on Friday of next week, commenc-
ing at IL g. m. The occasion will be one of
much interest and will doubtless attract a
large audience.
The Grand Jury. for several days this
week, was literally over run with witnesses.
Large crowds were in attendance outside OF
the Court room door waiting their turn to be
admitted. Up to Tuesday upwards OF two hun
dred and fifty witnesses had been summoned
10 appear before the jury.
David Peyton, one of the prisoners who
eseaped from Deputy Sheriff Knight, last fall,
hut who was afterwards reeaptured, escaped
from the Baltimore city Jail on Sunday last,
and has not since been heard from. PeytoA is
a notorious villain, and has several times prov
ed ton smart for the officers of the law.
We publish on the first page of to day 5
issue an interesting memoir of noted colored
man who was born, raised, lived, died and
was buried in this county. Extra single
copies of the Union containing this memoir
will be forwarded for cents, postage included ;
two copies 10 cents. One gentleman IN Baltl-
more has already ordered one hundred copies.
Members of the State Board Of Health,
ACCOMPANIED by Drs. Jarrett and Piper, OF this
nIace. again visited the low ground on the
York road. above Tewsontown, on Tuesday. IL
was found that the marshes had been much
improved since the last visit, considerable
ditehiug having been done. The gentlemen
also visited the county Jail and pronounced 1t
in an excellent sanitary condition.
The best iron in the United States was
at one time made at Ridgely's Furnace, on
what is now known as the Furnace Farm,
on the Dulany's Valley turnpike, above low
sontown This iron was made with charcoal
and large quantities of it were exported to
Sheffield to be made into steol. This was about
one hundred years ago. Some of the walls oil
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