The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-08-24
LOCAL ITEMS.

The Summerfeld camp-meeting commenc
ed at Windsor Grove 23d instant.
The cholera is playing havoc among th'
hogs in some sections of Carroll county.
The colored camp-meeting at this plaet
continues with undated vigor and will last Oyel
Sunday next
The fine new store building of Mr.. j. W
Lee is now well under way and the work is being
pushed rapidly.
Hugh Gaffney, well-known at Pimlico as q
hurdle rider, was thrown from the horse Dandy
at Saratoga, on Monday, and had one of his legs
broken.
The "dog DAYS" ended on Monday last and
since then the weather has been delightful. We
now hope that the backbone of the summer
is broken"
Emory Grove camp-meeting broke up on
Thursday morning. The meeting is said to have
been success throughout. Forty persons pro-
fessed conversion.
Thursday of next week will be a gala day
for TOwsontOwn. If the weather is good on that
occasion we should not be surprised to see three
thousand people here.
Mr.. VIM. 7. Walters, of this county, who
had been absent in Europe for some time, re-
turned to his home on Woodbourne avenue, near
GOvanstown, Saturday last.
1t is rumored that Budd DOble will bring
the California mare Molie Mccarthy to Pimlico
this fall and enter her for some of the big races
of the Maryland Jockey Club.
"A barbecue was held at North Point Tivoli
on Thursday, which was attended by upwards of
two thousand persons. During the day special
officer NayOr made four arrests.
The entries for the fall races of the Mary
land Jockey Club are nearly all full and the
indications are that this will be one of the most
successful meetings ever held at Pimlico.
We call attention to an important change
made in the Sth district registration notice The
9th district register will sit at Urbans restau-
rant, Towsontown, Monday, September ID
Mr.. August Loose has moved into his new
store in this town, and has commenced business.
1t is very attractive business place, good taste
having been displayed in all its arrangements.
1t is estimated that there between
three and four thousand people at the cOlored
camp-meeting at this place on Sunday last At
least One-third of those in attendance were white.
Miss Nora Jones, who, for several years
past, had been an assistant teacher in the Tow
sOntOwn high school, has been changed to Waiver
ly where she will hold similar position in the
high school.
The Sunday Ne,cs says that P. A. Keeper,
treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the United
German Church of Canton, has been arrested on
the charge of embezzlng the funds of the church
and also for forgery.
On Sunday last officers FOssett and Forces
ter arrested several men who were found playing
cards in the old Methodist burying ground on the
HarfOd road. They were held to bail for their
appearance at Court.
VIM. C. Johnson, a brakeman on the n.
C. railroad and a resident of Hampden, Falls
road, had his legs badly crushed on Monday
evening while coupling cars at Mount Vernon
No bones were broken.
William Hamill, aged 80 years, living on
the Hartford road, five miles from Baltimore, fell
in an epileptie fit in the city on Wednesday of
last week and fractured his SKULL from the effects
of which he has since died.
Mrs. Beaumont, wife of the late ThOs. ].
Beaumont a former resident of the LIST district of
this county, and a sister of Mr.. Samuel J. Rob-
inson of this place. died at her residence, in Bal
timore, Wednesday last, of consumption.
The grand temperance demonstration
takes place in the grove at Riders Station, N.
C. r. R., on Wednesday, Sept. 4th, lasting all
day. A number of prominent temperance work
ers will be present and deliver addresses.
"A grand concert, complimentary to Miss
Emma Pestel, will be given at the Smedley House,
TowsontOwn, Thursday evening, August 29th, on
which occasion some well known amateur talent
will appear, insuring a rich musical treat.
Mr.. Howard Ridgely of Hampton, near
Towsontown, took part in the shooting contest for
the Aorillard cup at Newport, on Monday last.
Mr.. Ridgey retired after the fourth shot, The
cup was won by Mr.. Carroll Livingston, ofN. Y.
A family in this town have moved twenty
eight times and they contemplate another another
f'fit" shortly. If three moves are as bad as
fre-and some say that it is so-this family has
suffered losses equal to having been burned out
ten times.
Hon. Andrew Banks has withdrawn from
the Congressional contest, which leaves the fight
in the 4th district open one-a kind of Stree
for all"-with chances, we understand in favor of
Mr. Talbot, who will most likely get the bulk of
the delegation.
Alexander Murdoch, ESQ.,, of this county,
has sold for $4,000 to the corporation for the re-
lief of the widows and children of the clergy of
the P. E. church in Maryland, a lot of ground,
9l1 by n feet on the corner of Park avenue and
Dolphin street, Baltimore.
The Board of Trustees of Emory Grove
camp-meeting association have been discussing
the prOpriety of charging an admission fee to
their meetings-as at Summit Grove camp-and
it is more than likely that this plan will be adopt
ed at the meeting next year.
We are pleased to see that Prof. B. c.
Reed has been re-appointed principal of the Tow
sontown high school, position he has so accept
ably filed for the past two years. He is not only
popular and thorough teacher but also
cOmpIshed gentleman and excellent citizen.
Justice Dorsey and the police of Canton
and vicinity made raid along the water front on
Sunday last for the purpose of breaking up tres
passing by men and boys from the city. They
found several parties but all having obtained per-
mission Of the owners they were not molested
There are numerous complaints against
the Phila., Wilmington and Baltimore R. r. Co.,
because the fagman at the North Point road
crossing is taken off o'clock p. m. There is a
great deal of travel on the road after that hour
and there have already been several narrow es-
capes.
have rented the Smedley House stables, and in
connection with their real estate business they
propose keeping livery stable. They have al
ready several fine buggies and carriages and will
keep horses which will be hired at reasonable
prices.
The man SehrOdt, who shot in the back
while in the act of stealing wheat from Mr.. j..
Howard McHenry's barn about ten days ago and
who has since been confined in Jail here, was re-
leased on bail Wednesday, in the sum of $780,
His wound is considerably improved although he
is not yet well.
"A few days ago Chas. Ridgely, overseer
for Mr.. Hugh Simms, at Franklinville, 18th dis
trict, while engaged in loading logs, had one of
his hands caught between the end of the wagon
pole and the hook the end of the 9Th chain,
tearing hole through the palm of his hand and
causing an ugly wound.
There we're between twelve and fifteen
thousand people on the Emory Grove camp
ground on Sunday last, larger number than
ever before at any one time. 1t is said that the
Western Maryland railroad company sold 5000
tickets at Hillen street depot, the price for the
round trip being so cents.
The Towsontown military company will
participate in the ceremonies of defeating the
new Odd Fellows hall in this place on Thursday
of next week. The new uniforms for the company
have arrived and will be used for the first time on
the 29th. They made by Messrs. ROsenfeld
Bros, of Baltimore, and reflect credit on their ex-
tensive establishment.
The master brewers and coOpers of the
Belair road have formed benevolent association,
Co. sf5o ~ fho Of In in
stalments to its members in case of sickness, and
a certain amount to the families of deceased men,
bers. The officers of the association Presi-
dent Louis Muth; ce-president, George Bauer
schmidt; secretary, J. II. VonderhOrst, Jr.; treas
urer, J. F. Weissner.
in the peak of the roof Of the new Odd
Fellows hall in this place is scroll on the top
of which is an open hand with a heart in the
palm of it, both being emblems Of the order
Some one has discovered that it is left hand in
stead of a right and we would like to know how
it is to be tortured into emblem when 1t ii
n I'LL. o1.r wfo hf