The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-03-15
LOCAL ITEMS.

we have had, the sun being almost too hot for
comfort.
The temperance people of the county seem
to be preparing for an active campaign on the To-
cal option question.
Mr. Joseph PassanO. a well-knOwn citizen
of Reisterstown. has opened a general merchan-
disc store in that place.
During the past week S subscribers to the
USION have renewed their subscriptions, making a
total of :3j7 since Dee. LIST. 1873.
=. w. Bruno Jr., Esq, of the Baltimore
bar was on Monday last admitted to practice in
the Circuit Court for Baltimore county.
Hon. John ii. Price, of Hartford cOun-
ty, formerly Judge of the Circuit Court here, is
named for the vacant U. S. Judgeship.
--Gov. Carroll has appointed Stephen 5.
Cloudy, Justice of the Peace for the first district
of this county, vice Lewis Lehman, resigned.
Hon WIN. J. Albert and Hon. VIM. P.
Preston, both prominent and well-known citizens,
have been very i'll at their residences in the city.
The School Commissioners have purchased
of Mr.. John I. Isaac, of Granite, I'd district, a
lot of ground on which to erect public school
house.
Mrs. Susan Fitzhugh Norris, widow of the
late Richard Norris, died at her residence, near
ReisterstOwn, on Monday last, in the Slst year of
her age.
The extensive machine shops of Poole &
Hunt, Mt WOOdberry, are now running on full
time which has not been the before for nearly
two years.
The record in the case of William Webster
and others VS. the County Commissioners of Bal
timOre county, was sent to the Court Of Appeals
on Monday last.
Rev. J. H. Meredith, of Baltimore. will de-
liver a lecture in Towsontown NJ. E. church. We'd
nesday evening, March 10Th, at a. Subject
"WOman and her Wants"
On the 10th inst, officer Brown arrested
Julius Winkler, white. on echarge of vagrancy.
lie was committed to the House of Correction for
three months by Justice Gallagher.
The population of WOodberry has lately
been considerably increased by the location there
of some fifteen families from Carroll county. most
of whom will find employment in the mills.
Mr.. George w. Leisenrng has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Lutherville, vice d. A. c.
Webster, resigned. Mr. L. is the proprietor Of a
store at that place and is very clever gentleman.
The citizens of Hartford county fairly rival
Baltimore county in their "mad hunt for office, )"
there being already eleven candidates for Sheriff
in that little county with new ones looming up
every week.
The residence of DIR. Holiday, on the Fred
erick road was robbed ON Saturday night last of
about $50 worth ofsilverware. Other burglarious
attempts were also made in that neighbOrhOod on
the same night.
in the Orphans Court this week letters of
administration were granted to Lydia Appleby, on
and TO Joseph S. Smith, on the personal estate of
Margaret A. Smith, deceased.
A concert and literary entertainment, under
the direction of Prof. Singleton, for the benefit Of
the Sabbath school, will be held at Union Chapel,
near Sweet Air, Thursday, April 10th, commence
ing at II P. NJ. See advertisement.
On Monday of last week an infant child of
Mr. VIM. H. w. Reed, of ReisterstOwn, had one
its legs broken by falling from the arms of its lit
tie sister. The extent ofthe injury was not known
until the day following the accident.
The officers of the Baltimore County Agri-
cultural Society will meet at Timonium, on Thurs
day, March 9th, at 81 o'clock A. NJ, at which
time a surveyor will be present for the purpose of
laying out the grounds, locating the track, &c.
William Fahner was arrested on Saturday
last on the charge of passing counterfeit $50
note of the National Shoe and Leather Bank OfN.
Y, on Elizabeth Mtzel, of Canton, 18th district.
The note passed through several hands before its
spuriousness was detected.
The spring meeting ofthe Maryland Jockey
Club win commence at Pimlico, May goth, and
continue four days. The following are the nOmi-
nations for several events Baltimore cup IL !;
Peyton handicap stakes, 10 Vernal sweepstakes,
%; Rancocus handicap, "a.
The Pennsylvania Conference of the United
Brethren Church. which was held this year at
Chambersburg, Pa, adjourned on Tuesday.
Among the appointments were the following
WOOdberry, ]. c. Crider; Manchester, W. o.
Wallace; Pine Grove, j. Lowell Dover, 5. Diller.
Col. John Seymour, an aged an respected
citizen of the 4th district, died at his residence,
near Reisterstown, on the Sd inst, of pneumonia.
Col. Seymour was native of Virginia blu: had
resided in this county about fifteen years. He
leaves wife and "a large family of grown chill
dren.
Among the graduates at the late commence
ment of the Maryland Dental College were Ed
Il De- sc paso ka md
G. Morrow, of Owings' Mills. The first named
gentleman, although quite young took the first
prize-a set of instruments-in a class of twenty
seven graduates.
Dir John 7. Stansbury, residing on the
Hillen road, near TowsOntOwn, has been very i'll
for a week or more past with pneumonia, and his
condition is thought to be critical Mr.. VIM. H.
COckey, of Lutherville, whose conVGlescence was
noticed two weeks ago. has suffered a relapse and
is now extremely i'll.
Mr.. Frederick Horn, respected German
citizen living Union factory, LIST district, died
on Tuesday of last week, of paralysis, aged Y
years. He leaves a wife and several children, one
of his sons being wealthy hotel proprietor in
California. Mr.. Horn was farmer and had been
in this country forty years.
We have still later information as to what
the tax levy will be in this county for the year
1879. 1t will be remembered that the Journal
fixed it at so cents on the $780, while the Suns
Towsontown correspondent says it will be IS cents
We hope they'll agree on it in some shape before
the levy is made on the first of May.
Mr.. Richard J. Cuttings, counsel for ]. F.
C. Worthington, one of the caveators in the cele-
brated WOrthington will case pending in the Or
phans Court of this county, has given notice OF
appeal to the Court Of Appeals from the order Of
the Court consolidating all the cases in which cav
eats have been fled with a view of having them
heard separately.
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attached to a sleigh, belonging to Mr.. Jos. Har-
man, of Gainesville, ran away at Ellicott City.
There in the sleigh, besides the owner of the
team, Messrs. Geo. W. Feelemyer, Joseph Seager
and Frank Walker, all Of whom were thrown out,
but fortunately they escaped injury. The team
was stopped without doing much damage.
"A stray dog entered the new store of Mrs.
M. A. Shealey & Son on Tuesday morning, when
some one yelled at him loudly. The frightened
animal made break for the front door and find
ing it closed he jumped through one Of the fine
large panes of glass, smashing it into hundreds OF
small pieces Hereafter they will be more careful
how they speak to strange canine visitors.
= There now two mails day direct from
TOwsontown to GOvanstOwn and Waverly, leaving
Towsontown at 10 A. M. and P. M. Heretofore
the mail for those offices was forwarded to Balti-
more in one pouch with other mail matter, and
was there assorted and returned. By the new
plan letters intended for the places named reach
their destination much earlier than formerly.
john Tunnery who was so severely cut al
Mount Washington last week by Justice VIM. ii
Richardson, is improving rapidly and is able t6
be about. Richardson's bondsmen surrendered
him on Saturday last when warrant was issued
for his re-arrest, when he came to TOwsontOwr
and gave himself up and was again bailed in the
sum Of $500, Wilson Townsend, ESQ., of the 18th
district, becoming his security.
VIM. E. Peregoy, a carpenter who had been
employed by George Brehm, at his brewery, in
the 18th district, some time ago fell through q
trap door into ice house, distance of 10 feet
sustaining injuries which viii render him Grip
pie for life. He sued Mr.. Brehm for SIT, 900 and
the case was tried in the Baltimore City Cour
last week, the jury redering verdict for $4,000
damages Messrs. Machen and Cuttings and ID
G.. Mcintosh we're counsel for Peregoy.
Every holder of two shares of the capita
stock of the Baltimore County Agricultural SO
ciety will be entitled to all the rights and prlvll
eyes of a member of the Society, which include
the right to vote in all elections-one vote to-
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