The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-04-14

-Messrs. Lewis Vogle and VIM. Morfoot
| while fishing for bass in Lake Roland, on Thurs
. dayycaught brook trout measuring fifteen inche:
in length and weighing 143 ounces. This i:
said to be the first trout caught from the Lake
and it has generally been supposed there were
none in its waters. Judge of the surprise of these
fishermen, then when they hauled up this follow
VOgle says he pulled like whale.
Mr.. Harry McGowan, of Baltimore, has
leased from the Canton Company the peninsula
between the Patapsco river and Colgates Creek,
| 18th district, and is about erecting thereon a
large Swiss cottage to be used as summer resort.
In addition to numerous other attractions there is
| to be half mile track on which visitors may
| sspeed their horses. The new resort is to be
known as "Point Breeze" and when completed
will be one of the most attractive places about
Baltimore
Great complaints are made because the 9th
district supervisors have not given any attention
to the Joppa road, between Towsontown and the
Hartford road. This portion of the road is now
and has been for some time past in wretched
condition-in fact almost impossible. 1t is said
that the supervisors in of the other districts
have paid no attention whatever to the provisions
of the law with reference to the sale of the roads,
and as a consequence there is much dissatisfac-
ton. This law may be good one, but its prac-
teal results have not yet been demonstrated.
Rev ]. Randolph Finley delivered a most
entertaining lecture in Towsontown M. Z. Church
on Tuesday evening, on the subject of "Wise Peo-
pie and Foolish People" An admission fee of
25 cts. was charged yet an audience of only about
thirty persons greeted the Rev. lecturer A few
weeks ago a slight-o hand performer gave several
exhibitions in the Court House, charging 35 cts.
admission, and each evening the Court room was
crowded. On Tuesday evening we had
complished lecturer with an entertaining subject,
and yet there were not more than corporafs
guard to hear him. Comment is unnecessary.
Amos Cofel, driver of the mill wagon of
Mr.. Thos. Fl. Matthews, of Willow and Thornton
mills, in this county, was the innocent cause Of
sad accident on Saturday morning last. He
was driving along Harrison street, Baltimore,
when a little child, aged about two years, ran
across the street and between the front and hind
wheels of his wagon, of the latter passing
its breast killing it almost instantly. Mr.. Cohcl
not aware of the damage he had done, drove on
to Mr.. Motifs store, Ensor street, where he stop
ped, and while there an officer came up and ar
rested him. He was promptly released whom the
facts became known.
Matthew Doane, boy about twelve years
of age has been arrested and lodged in Jail at
this place on the charge Of having set fire to Mr..
Levi Ferguson's barn, in the 18th district, which
was burned on Monday night Of last week. The
boy acknowledges that he set fire to the barn and
says he did it because Mr.. Ferguson, with whom
he lived, had made him mad. There was an in
surance of 81 200 the barn and contents, in the
Baltimore County Mutual Company. Mr.. Fergu-
son was insured in the Hartford Company until
about the first of January, when he became dis
satisfied and Cancelled his policy, insuring after
wards in the Baltimore County Company.