The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-06-12
LOCAL ITEMS.

who participated in tho riot st Laurel Cemetery
on decoration day.
Tho regular yearly June meeting takes
place At Saters baptist church. the Ridge.
Sunday. juno 18th.
Wheat harvest will be earlier this year than
usual The fields already commencing To
show yeiiowish tinge.
The dedication Of the new Masonic TEN.
pie attracted quite crowd TO Towspntown on
Wednesday afternoon.
A few days ago a little daughter OF james
W. Hawkins, Of the 10th district. fell down the
cellar steps and broke her leg.
Tho large flower beds in the Court House
park have this week been dressed NJ and re-
planted by Mr.. Hamilton. florist.
--our entcrprising dairyman, Mr. 7. Groom
has rented Mrs. CoOper's store room and Is about
opening an icc-cream saloon therein.
The temporary supply engines at Mere
dith's ford were put t. work on Monday pumping
water from the Gunpo WIDER into Lake Roland.
The Governor has appointed Robert u.
Chapman Justice OF the Peace for the I'll dis.
trct of this county. vice VIM. IL. Harkcr. resigned.
The Towson Guards talking Of at
tending the Yorktown centennial celebration
which takes place a; yorktown. Va, nsu Sep
TENDER.
Mr. Georse Cotton lectured at IIampdsn.
Falls road. on Tuesday night. for the benefit Of
the knight of -. Thomas. His subjec, was The
Dignity OF Labor"
The wife II jackson Belt Of CppcrcO. 9TH
district. vas found lead in bel on Monday morn
ing last. She was % years Of age and her death
was caused by paralysis.
The Republicans Of Tow sont"wn and ,icin.
ity are requested 60 meet at Cullinss Hall. At y
o'clock on Monday evening newt for the purpose
Of forming a Garfield Campaign Club.
On Wednesday might. daring the prusrc..
ofthc Masonic fair. Maryland CommanlrrV ot
Baltimore. presented VIM. H. Ruby. Esq.. with =
rich and very handsome Masonic jc~sl.
William Wh,eluck. E.,,.. well knp~n
citizen OF thi. county. l. no" IN England. We
publish m interesting letter from him thi. weck.
which We hope will he followed BY others.
Col. John Wills. the Baltimore correspond.
ent of the UNisS. who had an attack Of paralysis
some month. ago. has almost entirely recovered
and was able TO pay visit On Wednesday.
Tho 80. Mary's Beneficial society If U"-
vanstown' has been incorporated. with John '.
Stricken. Joseph \. kiug. John I. Carey. John
L. kosensteel and Michael Brown. incorporator..
Many complaints are made Of the hed con.
diton u the road leading 10 the iron bridge
over the Pa,apsco at Woodstock. lately erected by
the Commissioners Of Baltimore and Howard
counties.
a eoiored boy named Thomas Martin.
aged about nine years. living with his parent. in
Baltimore. lost during the riot a; Laurel
Cemetery decoration lay ani has not since
been heard of.
One day last week Col. o. T. Macsiil ship
ped ten barrels of his Chlorine Stroniia water 90
Baltimore AMI Richmond. This water seems 20
be growing in favor wherever Il Is used the in
ereasing demand demonstrates.
MIR. Jehu Gur-uch whose death occurred
In Baltimore last week. left estate valued AZ
t5O.O00. By his will he makes the liberal begucsi
Of $4,000 to INDECENT ministers of the Mary
land Conference Of the VI. Z. church.
Waiter Hanson. of thi. county. whl lately
received pension from the Government amount
ing 10 upwards Of =. 900. has purchased the farm
Of Jacob Reagle. near Manchester. Carroll county.
containing about - acres for =. Oen cash.
The fanny t'nsumt have .srantni
permission To the BALTIC. 1 Delta railway company
70 construct a bridge over Belluna avenue. near
Charles street avenue. On condition that the com
pany build the bridge and keep il in repair
The receipts Of the County Treasurer. Of
Zee for the month of May considerably up
wards Of one hundred thousand dollars. and the
disbursements for the same month Ss0.3sl.2o.
leaving balance hand, June ist Of 500. 679. 81
The loss On the paper mill Of NJ. Daniel
Beckley. destroyed hy Ore about two weeks ago.
will not reach -. 900. u. has already
menced the erection Il mill 4 larger
scale and with enlarged facilities for manufac;ur-
ing
Mr.. George Galloway one of the York
road car conductors. sho had al attack Of dph-
liberia, has entirely recovered and u once more At
his pest. His little son. who also very dan
gerously sick with the disease. il now nearly
we'll
Adam DIETRICH has brpa.h; suit gains, the
Halls Spring railway company. claimin. $4,000
ID
February. 1879. by reason OF a car running over
him near the intersection u ihe Hartford aud Hill
len roads.
Major jesse : Hunt. foreman IL tho Tow
sontown IRE company, had the truck 0u; ex-
hibition Saturday afternoon last. Major Hunt
deserves credit FOR Ms careful attention Il ;hc
"maehinc.' which looks as we'll ~ !, iii the lay
IL left the shop.
At Bear Creek. eth district. on Tuesday II
last week a man named John Eier struck by
- A - ~
Of a thunder storm. lie held an open knife in his
hand at the time AMI the lightning /. supposed 20
have been attracted by the steel blade.
Hebron Lodge, No. -, X. Il r., - Cock
eysville, will give an excur.ion 20 Tolche-ter
Beach Thursday. July ls;. IN the steamer
Pilot Boy, leaving pier .. Iish, street wharf. AZ
$50 a. m. Round trip ticket. from Pho nix have
been d. ed at the low rate Of sl.I0: children 65
cents.
There rumors of consultations havin 2
taken place between the authorities ~ the Phila.
Wilmington 4 Baltimore railroad and our narrow
gauge company with a view to turning the latter
into . broad. gauge road. We hope there i truth
In the report and that the arrangement, may be
contaminated.
On Friday evening of last week two youn
men from Baltimore made their appearance IN
our streets mounted on bycicle. and created sons
excitement for time. They rode ou, by way Il
Charles street avenue and returned by the York
road. Their graceful and rapid movements we're
much admired
Through tho kindness of Mcs.rs. !. ". Lee
Son and the Baltmors telephone exchange tho
people of TOwson;Own we're kept posted 20 the
result of every ballot in the Chicago convention.
Much interest was manifested and the store 81 the
Messrs. Lee was almost constantly besieyeh By
anxious inauirers.
Mr.. r. v. Spencer. Knight Templar
from Baltimore who participated in the dediea-
ton ceremonies on Wednesday evening, while
leaving here for the city. in carriage with SOW
s,al other gentlemen, the vehicle broke down,
throwing them all out but without injuring them.
Careless driving was the cause % the mishap.
-Constahie Ryan, Of the 18th district. this
week presented . nice little bill 10 the Count
Commissioners, amounting 10 upwards of four
hundred dollars. for serving warrants in the dump
fused In pay the bill. being satisfied that much
less would pay the officer for bis arduous duties.
Pred. Michaeis was lodged In jail some
days ago on the charge of setting Ere 10 load Of
bark bsionging % Henry Hohaeker, o. the 5th
district. a writ % habeas corpus was issued thi.
week at the instance Of X. x. Boarman. Esq,
counsel for Mchaels, and the prisoner was brought
before Judge Yellott on Wednesday and released
10 5000 security for his appearance a, Court,
The goth annual Commencement Of Luther.
Vile Female Seminary took place on Thur.day d
last week. The graduates we're Miss w. Maggie
sehasaer, Pa; Miss Lille N. frantr, PA Miss
Annie Kimberly, Baltimore, and Miss Hattie
Boyer, Pa. The graduating class presented the
principal, Rev. Mr.. Dimm, with . handsome sii-
yer pitcher. There were bu, forty pupils in ths
school last year.
At the recent election for directors of the
Baltic. a Hanover Railroad the following were
ehosen: WIN. n. viekery, VIM. II. Hoffman. e.
W. slagle. G. G. Wooden, T.. y. Melsheimer and
Stephen Keefer. The Board organized by the
election Of the following officers: President. Capt
A. W. Eichelberger; vice-prcsident, William II
vickery; secretary. l.. y. Msisheimer; treasurer
Robert W. Writ.
The 5th Regiment band, which accompa.
MED wavesiy Lodge to Towsontown on wednes
dav aftsrnoon WAS highly comm limented for the