The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-11-13

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child's health improved at once and il was soon
as well Ne ever. This Is supposed to have been
another case of "didn't know IL was loaded
The new station house at Riders, n. &.
| II. r., has been finished and last week n large
gang Of men were employed in soddng terraces.
grayeling the walks and drives, &c. The new
station IL called Sherwood. The name Of Roland
station on the same road, will be changed TO
Brighiside, the name Of Mrs. Posey's summer re-
sort at that point.
MIR. Vim. a. Hall. Of Hartford county, vas
married NJ 81. Johns i. L. church, Wavcrly, Mt
noon on Wednesday. TO Miss Mary sappington.
second daughter Of Dr. Richard Sappington. Rev.
Mr.. German officiating. After the ceremony the
company repaired TO "Sunny sidc,'' the residence
Of the brides father, on the York road, where n
reception was held.
The sale Of Mr.. II. l.. Bowen's livery stable
in this place. on Tuesday, was largely attended
by persons from distance. including n number
from Baltimore. Only three OF four Of tho horses
were sold, the being rather agains, the sale
Of such stock. Nearly NIL the wagons, carriages
and buggcs were sold, most Of them going ut
moderate prices, and all were good bargains.
Charles llavcns, Of Phila., who, about two
months ago. opened n tailoring establishment in
Rcis,crstown. few days since went TO Philadcl-
phia ON business and wrote back requesting that
articles belonging 90 him be forwarded As he did
not intend TO return. This strange behavior on
the part Of Ilavens cannot be accounted for. Ills
store rent and board bill had been paid In Rd
vance and he seemed 10 be building up n good
business. lie assigned no reason for not return
ing.
There arc more copies Of the USroS sent TO
Gardcnville postotlice then there are OF all the
other county papers combined. Within the past
two weeks two Of subscribers Mt that Office had
their addresses changcd-onc TO Baltimore and one
20 Lauravillc. To make mp for these good friend
In that vicinity this week sent US two new names.
In addition TO the number OF papers going direct
TO that Office We send large number to different
business places in the city for residents Of that
neighborhood.
Mir. Elijah II. Mcrryman. n resident of the
81 district OF this county, and of Mr.. Nicholas
X. Merryman, wcl'-known n u seller Of hay for
Baltimore county farmers. has been appointed n
conductor of the elegant sleeping coaches
lately put on the BALTIC. & Ohio railroad. and Is
now running between Baltimore and Pitisburg.
Mr.. MerrymRn who IL y very clever young gen
tlcman. has for some time been in the employ Of
Mr.. j. Edward Bacon, who keeps n cigar store n;
% west Baltimore street.
There were some odd ballots cast nj the
election on the "a inst. For instance, in the
Cockcysvile precinct Of the Sth district one ticket
came out Of the box with the names Of Hancock
and English torn of and the hour Of opening and
closing the polls Scratched II Is presumed
that the man who cast the ballot intended to vote
against Mr.. Talbot but scratched of the wrong
line. Another ballot ut the same precinct had
written across the back these words: John c.
Boslcy will be our next Treasurer, and don't you
forget IT,"
The Democratic pole Mt Hereford has had
n chcckered experience. In the frs, place 1, was
taken from the woods without the consent of the
owner. When Il was being erected IL broke or
ut the splice. subsequently IL was indirectly the
cause Of riot in which one man hal ear Bit
ten OF and another was shot in the icg-a wooden
leg. On Monday last the pole had to be taken
down for fear j, would fall on some Of the Demo
Gratis Of the place and crush out what little life
there Is in them. Verify, this has been bad
year for hickory poles.
"A young man who has for some time acted
IN the capacity of constable and special officer in
district adjacent 10 the city. left for parts un.
known about two weeks ago and nothing has since
been heard of him. II appears that he had been
engaged in several CROOKED" transactions which
the late Grand Jury investigated. The evidence
being strong against him the facts some how
leaked out and the constable incontinently aed.
A few years ago. before being appointed consta-
bic. this young man bore good character and
was respected by all who knew him. wehsd i'm.
plicit confidence in his integrity Of character and
he had acted rs our collector for several years,
but abou, eight months ago We found that he had
collected money for US and had made no return,
and thus the matter stands to-day.
Saturday Nights Storm.-A very violent
wind storm passed over some sections Of the
county about II o'clock on Saturday night last,
Wnicn utu only some slignt damage mere but was
very destructive in the vicinity of Pikesyile, par
ticularly TO the property Of Dr. J. T. Councilman,
whose fine estate IL located about half mile from
that place. Its rayages are thus described: The
cyclone was about forty yards wide. sweeping
everything in its way. IL passed through corn
field, though !; did not attain its full force until
u struck the house, travelling northeast. The
icc-house was razed to the ground. and nothing
remained but hole in the ground. Planks were
strewn for yards around. Further up II lifted the
dairy, on the west side OF its track. The dairy,
stone wall and all. was demolished. A little fur
Their up the east side Of the track the cyclone
was frame she'd. in which mare and colt were
sheltered. The shed was lifted up and carried
whirlng away, while the two animals quietly
walked away uninjurcd. The barn escaped. be-
ing out Of the track ofdcstruction. The house, on
the same eide rs the dairy. and further north made
n narrow escape. The cyclone made u sudden
change to northwest and carried away the front
porch Of the dwelling. IN which DIR. Councilman
and HE son. Mr.. Charles 4. Councilman. we're Mt
the time. Otherwise the house uninjured.
On the lawn near the house was large number Of
evcrgreens. many having been standing forty
years. Tho thick trunks were snapped like reeds
and every tree carried away. Large numbers Of
English sparrows were killed and chickens carried
away. They were coming home all day Sunday,
some almost feathcrlcss After clearing away the
trees the cyclone passed upward into the air with
GU, doing any further damage. Mr.. Councilman
safs tut Iuur rouuucu uht tuut u NtukaTu, anu
he thought at one time the house would 20. The
time occupied by the cyclone in passing over the
space named was not over one minute. The dam
age will not amount TO over $1,000, the most
serious and irrcparable loss being the fine large
cycrgreens.
Jurors for the December Term.-The
jurors for the December term Of the Circuit Court,
which commences on the first Monday Of the
month. were drawn ON Monday last ~ follows the
figures after the names indicating the district the
juror is from:
Alex. l.. Crosby,........ Horace e. Thompson.
Henry lIudson....... Joseph T.. Shca......... 5
Geo. Wareheim........ :. Howard Colc........ \
Thomas Webb-........ I Geo. llarryman-...... $
Win. II. Marshal...... ! Joseph NJ. Fowbie.... $
Alex. W. Hitchcock. 2Wm. u. Gambrill......
Sam'l T. Bellison...... . Geo. W. Bclt.........
Geo. W. Raniall....... ? Vim. II. Flayhart..... .
John Wright..-....... J, q. =. Sheppard.....
Geo. o. Brown......... u. &. Longneckcr..... .
II. W. Iiuntemiller.... SIJOseph W. Fathers. o
Ephraim lionman.-... } Sam'l Parker..........IO
Martin Manger........ Jacob johnson. 10
Francis Stocksdale..... a Columbus Bennett....ll
John n. Carroll........ Geo. II. Riley........ll
Vim. Pfefer ........- Isaiah Shankiin........li
Abraham g Coat..r LTham.s n p.,s.x 10