The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-12-15

On Tuesday evening of last week Mr..
Richard Davis, of Woodstock, highly respected
farmer, was married to Miss Julia Owings, daugh-
ter of Hon. C. Howard Owings, for several years
one of the Judges of the Orphans Court of this
county. The ceremony was performed at Wards
chapel, by Rev. Mr.. Curley, and the attendance OF
relatives and friends was very large.
john Powers, whose little son, six and a.
half years old, was killed by a stone thrown out
from blast from Harris quarry, on the Falls
road some time ago, sued Harris for $4,000 dam
ages for causing the death Of the boy. The ease
was tried in the Superior Court of Baltimore this
week and resulted in verdict for Harris Plain
tiff has made a motion for a trial.
Officer Whittle Wednesday had quite a
chase after two Baltimore hucksters who were sell
ing "spiled" eggs in Tows0ntOwn without a Ii
cense. They were captured on the Joppa road,
near the residence of Mr.. James BOyce and taken
before Justice Herbert, who released them on
promising that they would return the money
for the eggs which proved to be mot VERY good"
On Monday night last officer Brown, of this
place, found an aged and unknown man lying be-
side the Dulany's Valley turnpike, about two miles
above TowsOntown. He said he was from Balti-
more and was looking for some charitable institu-
ton, where he could find rest. The officer took
the old man, who was very feeble, to the JAIL tenn
pOrarily. He will be removed to the county aims
house.
On Saturday night last Sam. Hill and his
lady love, who, it appears. were DESTROYS of emu
lating the example set the same evening by Venus
and the moon. ''came together on the turnpike in
TowsOntown and lively scrimmage was imml-
nent when an "occultaton occurred, and although
these were not 'heaveGly bodies" both were echps-
ed in about four minutes by the intervention of
officer White
Mr.. J. Alexander Green, of Baltimore. was
married at Trinity Church, TowsOntOwn, on Thurs
dav evening of this week, to Miss Lizzie A. eldest
daughter of the late Charles r. Chew, of EPSON,
near Towsontown. The ceremony was performed
by the rector, Rev. DIR. Hof. Notwithstanding
the fact that there were cards of invitation is
sued the church was well filed with the friends of
the young couple.
"A stack of straw, containing about ten
TONS belonging to Mr.. John C. Armstrong, living
on the York turnpike near Texas, was burned on
Monday evening last. little son of Mr.. Arm
strong's, with another boy, playing about the
stack and it is thought they, bent on mischief,
fred it. Both were frightened at what they had
done and ran off and concealed themselves, giving
their parents much uneasiness.
Chief Engineer Robert X. Martin, who has
charge of the work on the Gunpowder permanent
water supply, reports that the work at Loeb RAJ
ven has been somewhat retarded by the late fresh
cts, and that operations at the dam Will cease
altogether on account of winter. Lately strong
spring at shaft No. | has been causing much
steam pumps to keep the water out of the tunnel
so that the men can go on with the work.
The annual meeting of the Maryland State
Grange was held in Baltimore this week. The fol-
lowing were the delegates from Baltimore county:
James L. Ridgely, Jr., Thomas B. Todd, Walter
C. Gambrill, Adolphus Cook, E. F. Raphel, Mr..
Warner. Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Jenifer, Nathan
Nelson, Col. and Mrs. Edward P. Philpot, Mr.. and
Mrs Dickinson GOrsuch and A. Breckenridge
Much important business was transacted. The
necessity for a law taxing mortgages and for dog
law were fully discussed and steps taken looking
to the enactment of said laws.
Nearly four hundred persons attended the
temperance meeting in Towsontown NJ. E. church
Tuesday evening The proceedings were of
very interesting character. Mr.. Daniels, presi-
dent of the State Alliance, stated that he had with
him blank petitions which it was his object to have
signed and forwarded to the Legislature at its
next session asking that body to pass an act TO
submit to the votes of a portion or all of Balti-
more county the question of local option. There
was a large delegation present from Warren and
many strangers from other sections of the county.