The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-01-06
A nublio installation of the officers of Tow

The York road railway company having
purchased the White House property, on the \ ori
turnpike, Mr.. Chas. o. Cockey, who has been Tor
some time proprietor of the hotel, removed on
Wednesday to the Ten-Mile House, same road,
which property Mr.. C. lately purchased
On December 26th, Mr.. Joseph F. Birch, OF
Georgetown, D. c., married to Miss Maggie
Irving Dashiell, daughter of Rev. J. II. Dashiell,
well known in this county. The ceremony was
performed at McKendree NJ. E. Church, Washing
ton, and was largely attended by brilliant COM
pany.
The public school teachers of the 9th dis
trict have organized an association, the object be-
ing to create greater interest in the cause OF ed
ucation The officers of the association are, Pres
ident-Isaac Shaver; Vice President-E. Il. Mel
son: Treasurer-Geo P. Morris; Secretary-Lulu
Blanchard.
"A tramp who is known by the name OF
candy" is charged with having committed iel-
onious assault on the person OF Barbara Helss,
aged ten years, daughter of John Heiss, OF Can
ton. Justice Swayne, of the 18th district has Is
sued warrant for the arrest of the villain, but ne
has not yet been found.
During the month of December last about
$4,000 of taxes were paid into the once OF the
County Treasurer some 5000 of the same beng
paid into the city Office last Saturday, many per
sons InuS aNOlulHS paying ehO
months interest will have to be paid on taxes from
the time they were due and leviable last spring.
He took u sudden seat he did,
In all his gorgeous foppery;
Such mournful spectacles we see,
When sidewalks are SO sloppery.
And she, poor girl, went down with him,
In all her pull-baclz frippery;
Such tragic incidents take place,
When sidewalks are so slippery.
An effort is about to be made to secure a
daily mail at Gardenville postoffce, which is To-
Gated Oh the Belair road, about three miles from
the city, The Office is now served but three times
week and the patrons say that this does not give
them sufficient facilities. The business of the Of
fee is increasing very rapidly-enough to justify
the patrons in making the present demand
On Tuesday after Christmas the Sabbath
School attached to Woodberry NJ E. Church had
grand time. On stage was erected vlne-
covered castle from the chimney of which old Santa
Claus dispensed oceans of good things to the ex-
pectant little ones The affair was one Of the most
pleasant of the kind ever held in the busy town of
Woodbury., and will long be remembered by the
children.
The cold weather has been the cause of put
ting George Stevenson and John johnson, both
colored of this place, where they will be warmed
without costing them any labor. On Monday
night they were caught stealing coal from the store
of Mr.. J. w. Lee, and officer Whittle, on Tuesday,
escorted them to Jail, to which institution they
were sent by Justice Herbert, to await the re-as-
sembling of the Grand Jury.
Just think of it Seven hundred and
eighty -eight "souls with but single thought"
and as many "hearts that beat as one." During
the year Just ended the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for this county has issued 1914 marriage licenses
This proves of two things viz, that either the
times are not so hard some people would make
us believe, or that no matter how the times are the
matrimonial market is not effected.
Mr.. Joe Cadiggs, of the upper end Of the
county, has gotten up and patented truly mar
velous piece of mechanism in the way OF sau-
sage suffer. He fastens the machine on hogs
back and as the porker walks he propels the ma
chine by strings fastened to his feet, and In this
way the hog makes himself up into frst-class sau-
sage meat while he is quietly browsing around.
Mr.. Cadiggs, who expects to make fortune out OF
his invention, calls it every Hog his Own STUFF
fer" The machine must be seen to be apprecia-
ted
The sleighing fever has taken full posses
sion of Towsontown people, and wherever pair
of runners could be procured they have been
pressed into service. On Saturday night some SIX
or seven young men-some of them not so young,
either-harnessed a mule to coasting sled and
drove to Govanstown and back, creating no little
for themselves and others who saw
them. The sled, which was built for coasting, is
seven feet long, one foot wide and nine inches
high, and on this all managed to get seated, and
the mule trotted off gaily. As there were no means
provided for holding back in descending the hills,
those seated on the sled used their heels for brakes
and thus got along very pleasantly.
The weather for the past three or four weeks
has been very hard on the birds and it is safe to
say many of them have died of starvation. The
humane housekeeper should provide for them by
throwing out crumbs, &c. lady in this town,
on Tuesday morning, placed large tin plate of
bread crumbs in the yard, and in less than half an
hour every particle had vanished. One thing this
lady noticed which is rather remarkable. Of all
the birds which came to partake of her bounty she
did not notice one snow-bird. They were all Eng
fish sparrows. 1t may be possible that these vi
cious little sparrows have driven all other birds to
the woods. Don't forget the birds. "IDasmuch
as We have done it unto the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me-"
Mr.. A. H. Krout, of this town, has in his
possession Il number of very old and odd convey
ances which are well worth notice. Among them
is deed for seventytwo acres of land, situated in
Hopewell township, York county, in the Province
of Pennsylvania, which said land, on the 18th day
Ol April, llOI, hdS COuhtySu lIOlu OAdS' Jam ~
Peter Dill. The deed was acknowledged by
Joseph photograph, zone of His Majesty's Justices
of the Peace" and is witnessed by John Morris
and Hannah Webb. This same property, aftel
several other transfers, was finally purchased BY
Mr. Krout's father, Michael, and from him it de-
scended to the present Mr.. Krout and his brothers
who, at the death of their father, and under his
will, divided and sold it, Mr.. A. H. Krout being
the executor Mr.. Krout can trace this property
Nv in his from itS transfer
from Dill to Dihl up to the present time. Tn,
deeds are written on printed forms, and although
very ancient in appearance, are ellpreserved an'
perfectly legible
The Baltimore American of Tuesday, il
speaking of the snow blockade in the city, says
''The Hall Spring Railway had its snow plows
drawn by eight horses, at work all the evening, t
keep the tracks clear of the SNOWY How differ
ent with the York Road Company. Its snow ploV
| made trip on Monday night and on Tuesda.
morning the tracks were in such condition tina
| a car would not run on them mile at stretch
| The novel sight of four-horse car in the middl
of the turnpike, proceeding peacefully along, ha
been several times witnessed by us lately, and al
though perhaps more safe, is far less comfortabl
! than running on rails. If our Company had Sc
twenty five men to work at one o'clock on Tuesda
| morning all the snow could have been shovele
| from the track by nine o'clock the next day, bu
this it did not do, probably because of the cost
| 1t would be more economical and more humane
expend 500 in this way than to kill two-hun
dred- dollar horse every few days, besides, thi
would give employment to men who would be gla
of the job at Sl.00 day.
ALMOST FIRE.-The Six-Mie House on til
York road, a short distance below Towsontowl
made a narrow escape from being burned on Wee
nesday last. Mr.. Thos. Z. R. German, propri'
tor, detected a strong smell of smoke about I'll
premises, and at once set to work to learn ii
| cansa ITnon Ooino into the ward he sow smoL