The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-04-24

Williams.
The Executive Committee Of the Emor,
uruyc cainp- meeting association held a nectin,
| ON Tuesday, when the previous action. directin,
the trustees 20 enclose the eAmp-ground with
high board fenee was reconsidered. and n sub,ti
tote adopted directing that fence be placed alons
the railroad.oniy. Mr.. John Whitsiord was elect
sd superintendent Of ihs grounds.
| Petitions have been in circulation in Tow
sontown this week To have the nam. Of our post
Office changed TO "Towson.' We favor thi,
| change because the town is as useless as IL ID
homcly. "Towson" let il be and We will hAv,
taken one step towards blooming into = full
nslged city. People will aiso save time and ink
in writing the name Of our postotiice.
-Mossrs. Franklin Davis 4 Co., well known
nurscrymsn, have leased n field containing about
forty acres, in front Of Cold Spring Hotel on the
York road. upon which they propose putting oui
large number Of fruit trees. This same firm ha.
about hfty acres under lease irou the Messrs
Ruhl. who occupy the Myers property, above
Gosan'town. Tho headquarters Of the firm 1.
| Richmond, Va.
a few days ago the men employed by H.
q. Dunphy In the ore bank on Mrs. Chcw's prop.
crty. when at depth If - feet below tho surface
they loanl imbcldcl In the ore an iron rake with
a wooden handle. The handle Of course Was rot
ten but the iron comparatively good. How
this rake came there and how long il had been in
the ground are mysteries which w will not at
tempt 10 explain.
Mrs. Finkcrhaglc. living near Cub Hill,
Hartford road. had her pocket picked while coming.
| out Of Meals store. Baltimore street. on Monday.
| A gentleman saw the colorcd man in the act and
followed him up aud caused his arrest. The
pocket-book. containing small amount Of money.
vas recovered. This picking Of ladies pockets
has come TO be very common thing in the city
and IL would be well for all % observe n little
more care and thus prevent loss.
The road from Towsontown 10 the water
II rs.WNa q. "a.
ufc driving has again commenced in that Iircc.
tion. There l. NO more beautiful drive in the
country than from this place tp McTsiiths ford
by way 81 the Cromwell. briLsc road aud Luch
Raven. In time Loeb Raven mus; become a
'ct! popular resort FOR people from the city 8.
well a. olscwhrrc. a. there is no more beautiful
and Romantic place To- be found in the state.
Some few people complain that Sl.50 u
year 10 too much To- paw for county paper. II
they would think for n moment they would per.
baps change their minds. There are - issues ia
year aud At 81 each paper costs little les.
than cents j. there family in baltimore cuun
Is t"p poor To- pay :. cts. week for newspaper
We venture 10 say there /. scarcely one which
does no, actually waste five or ten time, that
much every seven day anl yc; they are TO" poor
g. pay :: cts. week Tor paper which would Al.
Ways prove Source Of pleasure as well - pros,
| T. them.
Lately several more packages have been
stolen Noin tho iufk road car oiirc on Holiday
street. one gentleman meeting with lose Of so.
and vet the company has taken no steps g. MO
tee; the patrons uf the roal. II il evident 20 cur
mini that there j. gang of thiGyc. VIM han 4:
around the Office for the purpose of pouneing IN
! any package which may be LEFT watched and
wortl again al,iic people 10 he very careful OF
their bundles. any store IN the vicinity &c the
car station would undertake the care of packages
for passenger. charging small fee therefore i,
might reap ample reward.
We last week stated that some 0xcitoincn,
had been cau.el in wavcriy b. the sudden lis
appearance Of young married man and young.
unmarried woman of that place. Since then the
ImsricsH gives the names Of the pafiis. well
NJ the circumstances attending the diSarp carancc.
| The mans maine 10 Frank \. banakcr anil il.r
| Young woman's Miss Salc Willis. daughter q
| Mr.. John Willis. Danakcr. whose family denies
that lie has gone "a with another woman. leass.
behind him a wife and three children. Both arc
members Of the ". +. Church anil were member.
of the choir. DanakcT being the organi,i. rs
both parties arc respectable the affair created
much comment in the village Of wayerlJ.
a few days ago We had the pleasure of in
spec,ins the farm Of Mr. John c. Pesrce. in Lon.:
Green Valley. through portion Of " hich the pro.
posed narrow gauge rai'oadpasses. LISA beau
tiful place Of three hundred acres. very pro-
duetivs and Astounding in line stone. insxhau.ti-
bic quantities Of which lie the surface. There
are vast deposits of stone from which the cclebra
te1 potion Iltc, 10 Produced AMI which Ia 30
highly esteemed for white coating purpose.
bringing FROM - 70 IL cts. per bushci more than
the ordinary liue. IL 10 singular fact that this
kind Of stone !. only found in the valley extend
ing from about miles east of Towsontown to
the Hartford turnpike, and all the lime u.el fo'
whiie-coa,ing come. from that section. Mr.
Pearce has fine Rch-orchari. but nearly all
the buds have been killed by recent fros;s.
Pleuro-Pneumonia-. Does Exist In
Baltimore County. missioner Le Due ha.
sent 20 the Hon. james ". Covert. chairman II
the House Committee on Agriculture. the repor;
OF DIR. Charles T. Lyman the subj0c .. ''conia.
gious pieuro-pneuinonia or lung plague Of caii!,
where anil TO what extent the disease exists in thi,
country" Dr. Lyman report consists of diary
Of ais travels in the infected district during the
months Il February AMI March. together with .
good deal Of detailed information. collected by in
| quiry ami By personal examination. respecting
the circumstances attending each outbreak Of the
disease in the localities which he visited Of the
result Of hi. inspection in baltimore and Hartford
| counties Dir. Lyman save:
"Rsturning to Baltimore on March :. in com
| Pany with Dr. Daniel lie May, a veterinary sdr-
| geon. | visited 4 herd ot milch kept in 4
dairy in Woodberry. near Baltimore. Here we
found one acute AMI two chronic cases Of the
plague. The man in charge saii he hal 60,
through with the disease. from which he had sui.
icrcd greatly some two months ago. by selling out
all his sick animals. From here We went TO an
other large dairy in the same neighborhooi. The
| gentletnanly owner here informed us that lac had
had none Of the disease for some time that his
plan was TO buy often aud sell often. Ia this xay
he found he could keep up his milking stock and
keep rid 81 disease. From here ws visited near
neghbor living ON the direct road To- the city. In
| answer 10 questions this man said that he did not
know IL his ishbor the one from whom he had
just GOMEZ called IL having the disease or not but
/ at Ia raj ma siek a. a..
his way TO the baltimore market. lie our present
inhTnerD was free 90 say that he followed the
same practice himself. and had done 20 ever since
he had lost his FIR; eight animals. lie supposed
this Vas not right bu; hi. ueighbors did Il. and
he dill. summer was invariably the worst time
thercabout. The next place visited was about .
| miles distant. aud a different road The dairy
man here had suffered greatly ia the past. but
thought that now. by selling the sick oaes lie had
nearly rid himself Of the plague.
March Is.-we droTo in several directions
arpand the city, and found the disease or ia,
effects in ell the herds, except that visited.
March ly.-To-day we examined . number Of
the COW stables In the city Itself, in which many
| chronic and few acute cases were found.
March al went 20 Hartford county, where
the disease was reported n existing In = number
Of different directions. However, We concluded TO
visit the farm Of Senator George II. Williams.
whose herd of inc Attorneys have been suffering
more or less from the scouFge for the past two
years. Here among several chronic cases was one
that. although he had been sick FOR some time, was
making no progress toward good recovery. This
animal the overseer consented 10 let US kill. The
autopsy showed, we'll marked. the LESSONS Of the
discase. The infection here. with all the other
outbreaks hereabOuts, came from Baltimore.
Tho Gunpowder Agricultural Club met
In monthly meeting at the residence Of Mr.. John
Bond, on Saturday, Isth instant. Nelson u.
Miles was foreman for the occasion. After tho
reading Of the minutes of the last meeting ut Mr..
Bonds, the Club walked over the farm. which 1.
one Of the finest in this county. Everything oE
every part of the place presents the indisputsbls
evidence that Mr. Bond l. an excellent farmer