The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-06-24


held at Towsontown this summer.
A Sunday mail train is now run on the
Northern Central road between York and Bal
timore.
The weather the past week has been de-
lightlully cool-reminding us more OF early
fall than summer.
The Governor has appointed Hon. A. W.
Bradford, of this county, one of the managers
Of the Maryland Insane Asylum.
&C. BONN SlingluH, Esq, and vile, OF this
town, left for Philadelphia on Wednesday to
attend the Centennial Exposition.
The Albion. of Baltimore, and the Mary
land, of Towsontown, will play match game
of ball here on Monday afternoon next.
The office of the County Commissioners
and the Office of the Treasurer and Collector of
taxes will be closed on Tuesday, July 4th.
The Grand Jury visited the county aims
house on Thursday and were sumptuously en-
tertained by Mr.. Merryman, the manager.
Mr.. Lemuel W. Gosnell, an Old Defend
er, died at his residence, eagles Nest in this
county, on Tuesday last, in the Slst year of
his age.
THE Ashland Iron Company of this cOun-
u has recently obtained a verdict of $4,000
against the Hanover (Pa.) Water Company,
for damages.
place had set to with the Calvert of Waiver
lev, on Tuesday afternoon. Result-Maryland
26, Calvert s.
Within the past seven months eighty
two persons have been confirmed by Bishop
Whittingham, at the Chapel of the Holy Cross,
Frederick road.
BY an act Of the last Legislature the
Monday Immediately preceding Tuesday, the
4th day of July, 1875 is declared legal holi-
day in this State:
The public schools of the county will
close for the summer on Friday, June Both.
The schools will be reopened on the first Mon
day in September.
Mr.. Henry Mankin, a highly respected
citizen of this county, died at his residence,
near Hampden Village, Falls road, on Satur-
day last, aged Y years.
The tramp who committed the dastardly
outrage on the person of Miss Baublitz, in the
upper end of the county, week before last, has
not yet been apprenended.
The degree of A. NJ. was conferred upon
Dr. Joseph B. Galloway of this county, at the
Western Maryland College commencement
which was held last week.
Wheat harvest commenced in some sec
Gions of this county as early as Tuesday. The
crop is generally reported good-much better
than for several years past.
Much enthusiasm is manifested here
abouts on the Republican Presidential nomi-
nees. Baltimore county will give them
handsome majority this fall.
1t is said that when locust blossoms are
profuse there will be large corn crop. 1t
heavy crop of corn this year.
Nearly all the Knights Templar of Tow
sontown will attend the encampment at Ridley
Park, near Philadelphia, which commences on
next Wednesday-2Sth-and continue ten days.
Among the graduates at the late COM
mencement of Western Maryland College, at
Westminster, we notice the name OF Miss Mary
A. Miller. of Carrollton, Baltimore county.
Contracts for sections and of the tun-
mel for the permanent water supply for Balti-
more have been awarded to Messrs. McCabe Il
Co., for $4,000 and s1S4,OOO, respectively.
"A colored boy named Stockett, while
Bathing in the Patapsco, near the Relay
House. on Monday, got beyond his depth and
was drowned. His body was not recovered for
some time.
The Comptroller of the Treasury has
made an apportonment of the public school
tax for the quarter ended June 18th. Baltl-
more county white schools receive SlS, 1859,
and colored 81 ,l16.s6.
"A daughter of Mr.. Brooks, living on
Millington avenue, near the city, mysteriously
disappeared on Wednesday last, and fears are
entertained that she has been kidnapped.
She is eleven years old.
The following are the members of the
Republican State Central Committee for Balti-
more county: John T. Ensor, Emanuel Bull,
Thos E. Kemp, Geo. E. Reilly, John Bond, VIM.
Fl. Adams, and T. L. Morling
Travel on the Baltimore and Hampden
horse railway has increased so rapidly that it
has been found necessary to put on more cars.
The road has been improved and is now work.
ing to the entire satisfaction of all.
On Saturday last the pupils of the Nc
Donogh farm school, located in this county,
visited Greenmount Cemetery and decorated
with a profuson of beautiful flowers the grave
of John McDonogh, their benefactor.
An idiotc son of Michael hurry, aged
twenty four years, living with his father on
the York road short distance above Luther
vile, disappeared from his home on the 10th
of June, and has not since been heard from.
Thomas Mcdonald, Jr., indicted for the
homicide of Michael Dolan, near Halls
Springs, two weeks ago, was on Monday ad-
mitted to bail in the sum of $4,000, with Rich
ard Padian and Martin Kennedy as suretes.
A general examination of persons de-
string to teach in the public schools of this
county will be held in High School building,
TOwsontown, from the 5th to the 10th of July,
inclusive. For particulars see advertising
columns.
The Republicans of this town have had
the large pole in the centre of the town re-
rugged and in few days beautiful flag, bear
ing the names of Hayes and Wheeler, cansi
dates for President and Vice President, will be
floating from its mast.
Mr.. Aaron H. Tucker, living near Pixies
yille in this county, has sold his farm, stua
ted one mile from Forest Hill, Hartford county,
The farm contains 200 acres and was formerly
owned by VIM. Ashton.
-Pleasnt-to ride from Baltimore to Tow
sontown on the horse cars and be obliged to
stand up on the rear platform all the way,
with the hot sun roasting your back. And one
can do all this for twenty-five cents. Verify,
our privileges are great.
Rev. George Morrison, who has been
pastor of the Bethel Presbyterian Church, JAR
rettsville, for the last six years, has severed
his connection with the charge and accepted a
call to the pastorate of Chestnut Grove Church,
near Sweet Air, in this county.
An English writer says that in the case
of fire in buildings containing horses, if the
harness be merely put on, however loosely, the
horses will quit the place without difficulty.
A knowledge of this may be the means of
saving many a valuable animal.
Persons desiring to subscribe for the
Union during the campaign should send in
their names now. The paper will be sent six
months for IS cts; four months for 80 cts,
postage included. No regular subscriptions
are taken for less than six months.
We have made arrangements to procure
stereotyped cuts of the Republican candidates
for President ard Vice President, which will
be published in these columns, together with
a brief biographical sketch of each, as soon as
thew are received from Philadelphia.
The Maryland Yacht Club will celebrate
the coming 4th of July in a grand demonstra-
ton at its beautiful resort, "Bull Neck" this
county Senator Bayard, of Delaware, will de-
liver an Grafton, and Sheriff Mills, of Baltimore
city will "wrestle" with the Declaration of In
dependence.
The Sherif7s sale Of the road bed, rights
of way, franchises, &C.. of the Baltimore, Phil
adelphia and New York Railroad, between
this place and Lake Roland, which was to have
taken place on Tuesday last, was stopped by
an injunction of the Philadelphia Safe Trust
Deposit Company.
"A three year old child of Theodore Boyd,
living on the York road, a short distance be-
low Towsontown, disappeared mysteriously
from It's home about 6 o'clock on Wednesday
evening last. Search was instituted and about
10 o'clock it was found, safe and sound, stand
ing in branch on the property of Mr.. John E.
Owens.
arrangements for our 4th of July cele-
bration are going steadily on. and everything
indicates that the affair will be altogether
worthy of the occasion. People from the sur
rounding country should make their arrange
ments SO as to meet with the citizens Of this
town on that day, and help celebrate the glo-