The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-09-14

-TimOtly Rcdding, boss at No. shaft OF
the water worl %, about three months ago, hat
his back brol = being caught between tn,
"cage'' and IL ,Ide of the shaft, has now nearly
recovered. lie had previously been engaged on
the works but had relinquished his position and
after buying small place in Hartford, commence
ed farming. He was asked to come back to the
works, which he did, and had not been there a
day when the accident occurred.
The Democratic primaries, which were held
on Saturday last, generally passed off quietly
| There was some little trouble in the Sth district
| but nothing of a serious nature occurred. j.
| Fred. c. Talbot Esq, gained complete victory
over the combined forces of Messrs. Merryman
and Carman, and his unqualified success was a
great surprise to many His victory proves that
he is an ndefatigable worker and good organ
izer and he is deserving of credit for the able man.
ner in which he managed his campaign.
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CoNvENTION.-The dele
gates elected at the primary meetings in eleven
districts of Baltimore county comprised within the
| ID Congressional district met at the Court House
on Tuesday for the purpose of electing six dele
gates to meet in convention at Cockeysville on
|. Thursday, and with those from Carroll, Cecil and
Hartford, to nominate a candidate for Congress for
this district The following is list of delegates
chosen:
ID District.-Lewis Wedi, VIM. II. Harker, DIR.
| II. j. Hebb, John II. Kalb and John t. Isaac.
Sd Dist,fct-Cary McCIeland, Martin NJ. Man
ger, Samuel Roach, Nathaniel Watts and Charles
B. Rogers.
4h Distriet-Jesse Upperco Nmrod C. Logs
dom George L. Stocksdale, Charles ]. Beckley and
| Geo. Nichols
5h District-Thomas J. Gorsuch, Henry A.
BurgOyne, ]. Baseman Davis, Thomas Kelbaugh,
and a tie between Abraham S. Cooper on the Mer-
| nv IN ticket and Erastus Thompson on the Tai
| bolt ticket.
9Th Disfriet.-Thomas L. Enser, Geo. B. Hamp-
shire, John Shuppert, John Morris, Philip d.
| Kroh.
7h Distric,.-C Christopher Slade Albert Mays,
Wilmor Amony, Pleas. Hunter, Philip A. KrOh.
Sh Disfrict.-Dr. John Galloway, NJ. F. Con-
nor, Thomas C. Bosley, Patrick Scalley, William
Hepburn.
9Th District-Wm. Mitchell, VIM. Cowley, Louis
Dawson, John Halpin, Charles A. Ross.
10Th Diarict.-H. Slcer Upton, VIM. Thomas
Slade, Henry Green, Jr., R. Oliver Price, VIM A.
| Anderson.
| Ilh Distrief.-Edw. A. Gorsuch, JOS Snyder,
Benjamin W. Ady, John I. d. Parlett, Charles NJ.
4 Jessop.
l2h Disfriet.-Wm. H. Reever, Patrick Hanne-
| gan, Lawrence IIofstetter, Martin Smith, Freder-
lex Altevogt.
Promptly at one o'clock the convention was
called to order by the chairman of the Executive
| Committee. John Z. B. Parlett, 18th district, was
selected as temporary president, and NJ. F. Con-
nor of the Sth district, and Thomas kelbaugh, OF
! the 9TH district temporary secretaries.
On motion u committee credentials and per-
| manent organization, composed of one from each
district, appointed. The committee retired
and after an absence of Thirty minutes returned
and reported the delegates above named as emit
tied to seats in the convention. Several delegates
were unable to be present and their places were
| filled BY other gentlemen. There having been q
tie in the 9TH district between two delegates on
opposing tickets, the committee reported that that
district would be entitled to but four votes. The
temporary officers were selected as permanent Of
fcers of the convention. with DR.. II. j. Hebb, of
the ID district, and W. Thomas Sade, of the 10th,
as vice presidents. The report of the committee
was adopted
The convention being ready for business
DIR. Hebb, offered the following:
"The delegates from the second. third, fourth,
fifth SIXTH seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh
and twelfth districts of Baltimore county to a
convention of Democratic Conservative party, as
sembled at TOwsontown this 10th day of Septem-
Der, A. ID. 1873, to elect six delegates to c1nven-
ton of the Democratic Conservative party, to be
held at Cockeysvlle ON the 18th of September in
slant, to nominate a candidate for the House of
Representatives of the United States in the Sec
Ond Congressional district of Maryland, do here
by reaffirm and indorse the platform of the Demo-
cratic party of the United States in convention
President and Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks for
Vice President of the United States and do here
by denOunce the frauds through which the people
of this great Republic were deprived of the SER
vices of Mr.. Tilden and Mr.. Hendricks to thG high
offices to which they were elected by the people Of
the United States and call upon the voters Of this
Congressional district to express their hatred of
this fraud and to do all in their power to prevent
a repetition of the same at the next election for
President of the United States, by supporting the
nominee of the Democratic Conservative party for
Congress in this Congressional district
'Resolred, That the delegates elected by this
convention hereby instructed to support j.
Fred. C. Talbot candidate for Congress in
the Second Congressional district, to use all prop
err and honorable means to secure his nomination,
and to ycsa for him, and him alone, for that posi-
ton until the pOaipatiOn is made.
"Resolred, That VIM. 5. Keech John S. Bidd-
son, DIR. Geo. ii. Carnes, WIN. Parks, Philip A.
Eroh and George L. Stocksdale are hereby de-
clared the choice of this convention as delegates
to said convention, to meet at COckeysvile on the
18th instant, and are hereby elected delegates to
said convention"
After the reading of the above Mr.. Lewis Turn
err, Jr, of the Sd district, whG had been selected
to take the place Of Mr.. Gary McClellaRd, the reg
ularly elected delegate, arose and said tha4 he DID
not object to the first portion of the resolutions
but that he did object to the last, and offered
substitute for the motion to adoptthe resolutions,
by reclamation. that ballot be taken. A vote
was taken and the substitute was lost DIR. Hebbs
resolutions were then adopted and the business of
the convention was at an end.
Mr.. Talbot was then called for and mounting
the judges stand made a brief but eloquent
spsech, thanking the members of the convention
for th5r pnanimOus action.
Mr.. Carlnat gas also called for but did not re-
spOnd.
On motion the eOsFssti..s adjourned sine die
and the delegates dispersed quietly 10 ais ir homes.
HARTFORD ROAD ITEMs.-DedM ofa Child from
Bwas-Fight at a Baii-Smdoy AmUsemeats Of
u Questionable Chardcter-Improremea de-
Last April three year-old child of Robert
Smith, coOrea, living on the Hartford road, above
Hiss church, was SsIy seriously burned about
the body by its clothes taking er.s from stove
during the absence of its parents. Ehs child
fingered until Friday, 9th inst, when II died.
During the progress of ball at Lang's, Home
stead, on the night of August Goth, serious dis
turbanee and there was considerable fight
ing. Special officer Henry Otto who on duty
at the time, attempted to quell the disturbance
when he was set upon and seriously beaten. On
the roilcyjng morning Constable John Otto ar
rested young man named Kidd, charged with
being one Of the partles 70 the affair. He was re-
leased on bail for his appearance.
Some people on this road make p ha6p Of firing
pistols and guns on Sunday, when there Is copsif
cradle pleasure driving, often frightening horses
and may yet eaHsa serions accident. 1t is time
the practice was broken up,
regret to say that there is not ths proper o.
servance of the Sabbath here that there should
be. Hotels and restaurants do not cease selling
and whilst there may be no open violations of the
law, yet it is done cOvertly, and should not be
continued.
| Several Sundays ago a large party came out
from the city to place on the road and INDUCED
in q Eic-nic, at which there was music and dane
ing and mqea bilarity. This also ought to be dis
/ continued.
| fine large stable has jqst beeT completed by
Robert Moore, Esq, to take the place Of ths one
destroyed by fire some time ago! It is bulb in
the English cnttage style and is beautifully and
extensively fRishsd inside and out.
Mr.. seekold's fRe summpr residence on his
place in the rear Of the six-Miie HGRss, Is fast
nearing completion, SE4E
FROM CHAsE's STATION, 18TH DISTRIGF,=-IB-
jued By Cat-Fish-S. s. Mc-ImprOre-
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