The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-03-27

john Almony, while testifying in Court on
Tuesday last, tainted and fell to the floor creating
some excitement for time. 1t is said that one OF
the bailiffs started in all haste for some brandy
and when he returned and found Almony had re-
covered, quietly slipped behind the door and put
the brandy "where it would do the most good
We don't vouch for this, however.
The Belair -Egis of 18th instant says
"Messrs. VIM. and Thomas Ady, two we'll
citizens of Abingdon district, have been confined
to their house for ten days past by accident Mr..
Thomas Ady was severely injured by the falling
of heavy cart tongue, while engaged in yoking
a pair of young oxen. Mr.. William Ady is suf-
fering from a severe cut on his foot with axe"
It is said that portion of the new county
road leading from the Hartford road to the bend in
the Hillen road, near the residence of Mr.. G. S.
Taylor, is in wretched condition. One Of the
bridges is very unsafe there being holes in it in
which horses leg can be very easily broken. If
it is not attended to at once the County Commits
sioners may have more damage suits on their
hands.
Somebody has said that any town may be
known by the kind of fire company it keeps.
1t would be very unsatisfactory estimate Of
Towsontown's greatness to measure her by any
such rule. Our "fre company" is one in name
only and about the only person who takes the
slightest interest in it is the foreman, who keeps
the hook and ladder truck from being eaten up by
rot and rust.
The old anchor which has been lying be-
side the gate to the entrance to the residence of
the late Capt. VIM. Kennedy, on the York road,
near Boundary avenue, for many years, was re-
moved last week and placed with other relics be-
longing to the deceased. This anchor belonged
to the first ship commanded by Capt. Kennedy
and had long been an object of inquiry and inter
est to those passing along the road.
Charges have been preferred against Pat
rick Gallagher, a 9th district road supervisor,
asking the County Commissioners to remove him
from Office for malfeasance in not paying his hands
employed on the roads their full wages as allowed
by the Commissioners. Also for improving the
roads about his own property and neglecting ne
cessary repairs ON other roads. The case was
heard this week but no conclusion was arrived at.
The four-horse team of Mr.. John G. Booth,
of Dulany's Valley, driven by his son, took fright
about 200 yards above the toll-ga on the Du-
lany's Valley pike, last Saturday morning, and
ran away, continuing their fight down the York
road about mile before the horses stopped.
The team passed through two toll gates and all
the telegraph poles along the road, and nothing
was broken Young Booth, who was riding in
the wagon, either fell or jumped out and escaped
uninjured.
The Gunpowdcr Agricultural Club, at its
meeting on Saturday last, Endorsed the proposed
law for the suppression of pleuro pneumonia
among the cattle of the State as being demanded
by the present utter lack of any legal method of
preventing it. The meeting sent memorial to
the representatives of the county at Annapolis,
praying the passage. Resolutions were also pass
ed declaring that the Agricultural College renders
no benefit to the farming community, and asking
the Legislature to divert the moneys appropriated
to it and to support Herewith an experiment sta
ton for scientific investigation Of agriculture.
As stated in these columns last week the
wages of the employees of Mount Vernon Mills
were advanced II per cent. on the 18th instant.
Since then the employees have held meeting
at which highly complimentary resolutions to
Mr. Albert II. Carroll, the superintendent, were
passed, reaffirming their confidence and respect
for their employers generally and for Mr.. Carroll
particularly. These mills manufacture cotton
duck, Irvine, rope, yarn, &C., and $4,000 miles of
the latter article (yarn) are spun daily. There
are $40 looms and $4,000 spindles which are
driven by two immense Corliss engines of LOU
horsepower. To the credit of the Mount Vernon
Company and its employees be it said, there never
has been strike in these mills and there is no
possibility of one in the future as those who man
age the business always have watchful eye to
the best interests of those who do the work.
People who patronize the York road rail-
way have lately been subjected to many annoy
ances and losses of packages which have been left
in the Holiday st. office and stolen therefrom. Two
such cases have quite lately come to our notice.
in one of which lady of this town lost pack
age for the contents of which she had just paid
Sc. The package was sent to the Office with her
name written upon it but it was not found and
has not since turned up. We make this announce
msnt in order to place the patrons of the road on
their guard. The company will not assume the
responsibility for bundles sent to the Office and II
they are stolen the loss falls upon the owner. 1t
would certainly be great accommodation, espe-
cially to ladies, if bundles could be sent to the
station, properly addressed, where they could be
placed under lock and key until called for. To
do this the company need incur no additional ex-
pense, as the agent is always in the office, and the
work of taking caro- ofthem would be very trifing.
We hope the company will consider this matter
and by so doing receive the thanks of those who
almost daily travel the road.