The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-06-21

Charles Fowler, son of Mr.. Samuel Fowler
living on the farm of John I. Ensor, Esq, in Bac
river neck died on Tuesday morning last after
few days illness of pneumonia. He was an ex
eellent young man and his unexpected death wa
a severe shock to his large circle of friends. Th
funeral took place on Wednesday, at Orem'
church, and was largely attended.
There numerous complaints OF tn
wretched condition of the Dover road, particu
larly where it forms the dividing line between tn
4th and Sth districts. The supervisor havin.
charge of the road so it is said, has paid little o
no attention to it, and the people who are com
PEELED to travel it feel that they have just caus
for complaint and demand that the road be prop
| erly repaired.
baltimore county has been treated to anothe
elopement in 'high life" and strange to say thu
Baltimore Gazette and N. Y. Herald have no
| given us n column or two of particulars. Mrs
Annie Batty, wife of Mr.. Samuel Batty, skipped
off in the dead hour of the night with a gentle
man named Underhi p. S.-We forgot to say
that the parties are colored people and that thei
former place of abode was 'Sandy Bottom" neal
| Towsontown.
Mr.. A. W. Eichelberger, president of the
| Baltimore and Hanover railroad company, accom-
panied by other officers of that road, was before
| the County Commissioners on Wednesday, asking
permission to lay tracks on a short distance Oh
] county road, to which objections had heretofore
been made by citizens in the vicinity. 1t was
shown that the citizens had withdrawn their OBJ
| iections but the Commissioners deferred action
until next week.
Mr.. Henry Walker, of Towsontown, who
| has been absent from home for three months, re-
turned on Friday evening of last week, much i'm
| proved in health and appearance His friends
were so gratifed to see him home safe that an i'm
promptu reception was gotten up at which music
| was furnished by the drum corps. p. S.-We for
got to say that Mr. w. is a colOred man and that
| for ninety days he had been a guest of the State
| of Maryland-at the House of Correction.
In the case of the heirs of Mrs. Ella Burns
| VS.. the Northern Central Railroad Company,
| Judge Brown, of the Court of Common Pleas OF
| Baltimore city, has decided that the plaintiffs
shall receive IS 900 in lieu of the 900 verdict
| and that the defendant should withdraw their ex-
| ceptions The Company refused to withdraw the
| exceptions to the verdict and the will go to
the Court of Appeals. 1t will be remembered
that Mrs. Burns, who lived at Mount Vernon, was
| killed some time ago near that place by passen-
| ger train of the defendant.
-Lemuel Bewley, who died from the effects
| of wounds received at the hands of L. V. Linden
| berg, now in Jail here, was buried on the 18th
| inst, near ElcOtt City. He leaves six children.
The deceased is reported as having stated that he
struck the first blow, confirming the account given
| by Lindenberg. The latter claims that Bewey
the Union factory where he was employed. He
saws he was attacked on his way to work, and
used his pistol as a last resort. The prisoner is
native of Germany, 30 years old, married and has
five children.
A drive through Dulany's Valley one after
noon this week only proved to our mind what we
have always thought, viz, that it is one of the
handsomest as it is of the richest agricultural
sections of Maryland. The growth of wheat, oats
and grass is luxuriant, while the is making
rapid and cheering progress, and the general pros
pect must be very pleasing to the farmer who is
fortunate to own land in that favored section.
One of the finest fields of corn we saw is on the
Furnace farm, part of the Hampton estate. This
place is in charge of Mr.. S. Merryman Anderson,
who, judging from appearances, thoroughly under
stands his business.
When the UNION receives a communion
ton from responsible person, complaining of the
bad condition of the public roads, &C., it publish
es it. When the Journal receives a similar COM
munication its editor places it Gin the hands of
the County Commissioners" The Commission
ers are usually too busy to pay any attention to
letters received in that way and the result is the
| complaints go unheeded, but when the letter ap-
pears in a newspaper the supervisor thinks it
about time, in order to keep the people quiet,
| that he devote some attention to the work he is
| appointed land paid for) to perform. Experience
| has taught us that the average supervisor will
| squirm more at a few sharp words in a newspaper
| than he would at a whole arm-full of letters from
the Commissioners who do not live in his district
and are not supposed to know anything of the
| true condition of affairs
A New Dodge-The barley Club of Bal
timore County and its Objects.-The Balti-
more American of Monday says: "The old adage
| that ''theres more than way to kill dog" was
very well exemplifed yesterday at barley Park in
kbo, bsah 10 Of or hot loo
was made technically legal Preparatory steps
were taken at Towsontown Saturday by the incor-
poratiOn in the Circuit Court of the "Darley Club
| of Baltimore County," The incorporation was in
| due FORM with the names of officers and incorpo-
rators, and giving in general language the objects
of the club. The membership is unlimited, and if
additions are received each Sunday as rapidly as
they were yesterday, it will soon have member
ship exceeded by no club in Baltimore, and by but
| few in the world. The preliminaries having all
been arranged in due legal form, by decisions
of the courts incorporated clubs privileged to
furnish liquor to members on Sunday, the details
| were carried out follows: At the park gate
stood familiar face, and each thirsty citizen
entered he was told that he would have to join
the club" if he wanted to enjoy the privileges of
the park. In the office, hard by the gate, sat the
president of the club with the entry book before
| him. Into this place the thirsty citizen di-
rected and his name and residence, or more likely
some fictitious name, and residence not in the
directory, entered by thepresident in the club
book. The thirsty citizen was then given a little
| pink pasteboard with his name upon it, the name
of the club and of the president, which entitled
him to all the park privileges. For this card the
thirsty citizen paid the president ten cents, and
was then memberin 'good and regular standing
| of the barley Club of Baltimore County. The re-
suit of all this that the park well filled all
day long and had the appearance ola picnic day,
/ people sitting in groups at the tables drinking
beer at their own free will, with none to modest or
make afraid. By night the membership of the
| club had reached several hundred. The success of
this somewhat sharp, though it is to be presumed
perfectly legal plan of lodging the Sunday liquor
law and the sharp eyes of the Society of Law and
Rights, will probably have the effect of bringing
about the incorporation of a number ofother SINH
| lar clubs in the county"
A Replevin Case.-A case of some public in
terest was decided by Justice Phil L. Moore on
| Tuesday. On the 10th of last May, Mr.. Samuel
M. Price, of the Sth district, impounded six head
of cattle belonging to Mrs. Maria Shanebrook
which had been taken up as estrays upon his
premises. The property on which the cattle had
strayed was private road through the place Of