The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-08-28

act Of the Legislature Of 1850, have sold 1900
shares Of Maryland defense stock held by Balti.
more county, realizing s., $3.50 on the sale. The
money will be applied to purchasing additional
land for the county Amshousc near Texas.
"A few days ago We received postal money
order from Lexington, n.y.. addressed TO the post
master ut "Towsonto~B." As there l. now no Of
ice by that name the order had 90 be returned to
the Office issuing Il with instructions TO make II
payable at "Towsoa." This looks like u good
deal Of red tape for nothing but We suppose iis
all right. Postmssiers should remember that the
name of our Office il Towson.
Two Baltimore bTuisers named John frOh-
Itch and Charles Gillespie, went out Sunday
near Bayview, 18th district, TO settle an old dis
putc. They CONNER ccd pummeling each other in
good style when county officers Smith and Schwinn,
who had n previous mixing Of what was to take
place. pouneed upon the party and arrested froh.
Itch and Eve others 81 the party, all Of whom
landed in the Canton station house.
"A young man In Towsontown conceived the
idea that there was n whole heap offun in making
paper balloons and sending them up by the aid Of
hot air. lie constructed ono on Monday after
noon. Of about five feet in height. and while u
was being inflated the paper took ERE and the
whole thing went up-in smoke. lie made
second attempt with same result and now he has
concluded 60 employ his talents in some other Ill
Tection.
inspection OF the Pilxesviilc Arsenal
Property by tho Board OF Public Works.
On Friday, 10th inst, Gov. Hamilton, Comp
troller Heating and Treasurer Compton, members
Of the State Board Of Public Works, paid n visit
Of Inspection TO the Pikcsville Arsenal property,
located at Pikesvillc, on the Ilookstown road, in
this county. where they were met by y. II.
Waller, ESD. DR.. II. l.. Naylor and several other
gentlemen. This Arsenal which was given 20 the
State of Maryland by the United States Govern
men': and was formally accepted by act q the
last Legislature was established as n military
post in 1919. IL Is an enclosure Of lsi acres Of
good land, abundantly shaded by enc old trees Of
different varieties, and IL fitted up with officers
quarters. barracks, u large magazine, stables,
offices. and. in brief. all the outbudngs necessary
for an arsenal. With one or two unimportant cx-
cepiiuns all the houses are built of brick and
painted yellow. The buildings are in excellent
condition. the walls being solid. the ceilings hTm
AMI the foundations evenly settled and Of rock
like sOlidity. The houses are. Of cOurse. in need
Of thorough ovcrhaulng and repairing. hut. aside
from this. their pcticc, state OF preservation was
"a matter of much surprise 60 the visitors. none II
whom had ever seen the atscnal before. The
main dwelling or officers quarter, which IL two
stories high. while possessing quaint and an
tiiuc appearance. would. il put in order, be avery
han lsuinc h"usc. The officers quarters face the
road. aud the other bailding. stretch out To- the
lea and rear uf IL. leaving space for n parade
ground GA the right and room Tor company drills
on the LETT. L. front OF the place j. high stone
wall. which i aso painted yellow. The rest of
Ntc .FhuuI - iiltlhrct WIN u h'nItN renee W men
the late broke "ut the arsenal was in charge 81
Col. benjamin lIugcr. Of south Carolina. who
afterwards joined the Confederate side aud be-
came u general. In Col. Iiugcrs time the arsenal
was well taken care of. but since then the govern
ment has paid little attention 10 il. During the
var several COMPANIES Of Federal soldiers
stationed there at different periods. Several year.
ago Capt. y. J. Gralish. Of Kansas. was in coin
mand Of the aTscnal. AMI when he was ordered TO
Augusta. Genrgia. Sergeant Alfred Gui"n took
charge, and remained at the arsenal Until it was
given 10 the state Of Mary land. the government
No; knowing Wha; else g. lo with il.
One Of the ar,cnals relics q: by gone days j. old
Christopher Lambcripn. who acted a. clerk Of the
post for many year,. some thirty years ago.
while working in the magazine. old Christopher
WAS nearly killed by an explosion. from which he
bears the g. this day. When the ownership
Of the place changed hand. Christopher wa.
thrown GU; Of job. Through Mr.. fenton'.
activity lac has since been placed on the pension
roll ot the United States government.
The Board of Public Works will probably take
s.,me action n o. what shall be done with the
arsenal nj it, EcNi meeting. Mcssrs. Heating and
Compton think il would be an admirable location
for new pententaEy, ~ !; Is only miles from
the city By railroad aud miles by way q: the
IloOk.town pike An application has been
eevel from the Female House oi Refuge asking
the board 90 hand u over TO that institution. A
public institution of some sort will very likely be
built on the property, as the conditions under
which IL was given 10 the State specify that it
must either be used for military purposes or for
some public Institution. II it j. decided t. build
\ penitentiary most Of the buildings the
ground can be utilized.
Adjutani.Gen. Watkins was delightci with the
place. II is not unlikely that he will order
encampment of all the military Of the State 10 be
held n; the arsenal next summer. delegation 81
citizens from the village Of Pkesville intended To-
call upon the Board and urge theta io make the
ursenai t.var Ia the military Hauarffnent af the
state. Whatever may ultimately be done with
the arsenal. the military department can have the
use Of IL for some time 10 come.
After inspecting the arsenal Gov. Hamilton
visited the beautiful farm of T. II. Walker. Esq.
near by. and Inspected field Of corn which Mr..
W. claimed to be the finest la the State.
Hampstead Camp Meeting, near IIamp-
stead and about ihree-qua Of n mile from the
Baltimore and Hanover railroad, commenced gu
Friday uf this week and will continue over two
Sabba,hs. 4 good many tents have been erected
and large and interesting camp i anticipated.
A. good many people have stayed away from
those camps that have been fenced Ia. IL j. cx-
pected that Hampstead camp will be unusually
large. Among those ienting ON the grounds are
representatives from Washington, Baltimore.
Westminster. ReisterstoHn. Manchester and other
sections Of the country. The pulpit will be sup
pliel by some Of the ablcsi ministers ofthe Mctho.
dist Episcopal church. Among them Roys. John
Lanahan. ID. d.. of Washington. who Is TO preach
next sabbath morning II. X. NayloT, ID. H.. A.
=. Gibson. d. D.. l.. =. Morgan. u. D., W. :.
Edwards. u. H.. J. u. Stiii. J. u. still. u. =.
Clarkson, 4. j. Gill. ". ". Ferguson. J. 81. Clair
Neal. J. +. Wright. J. y. Rawiing. &. &. Cronin
and II. Il. colbarn Of Central Pennsylyania Con
ference.
On Wednesday, Sept. Let, temperance meeting
will be held and the day devoted to preaching and
addresses on the Temperance question. Tho
Bseil family. aided by Professors Robinson and
Sander. will sing on the occasion. No trains will
be run over the Baltimore 4 Hanover railroad on
| the Sabbath. and people who are DESTROYS uf com
Ing 10 camp ON sunday must secure other
way come on Saturday. The circle has already
beea fllcl With tents and people will occupy them
in two avenues. u.
a Trip to the Rocks OF Deer Creek.-On
Friday. 10Th inst. party of twenty from Wise
burg. Whitehall and vicinity visited the Rocks of
Deer Greek, in Hartford county. and spent a de
lightful day. The meeting point was AZ Black
Horse and all were punetaal at the hour, the com
pany consisting Of Rev. Pleasant Hunter and
Messrs. }. Hunter. I. Hunter, W. MeComas, T..
Wise. J. Jarvis. WIN. Bosiey. J. Frederick. A.
Pocoek, J. o. Shambcrger, and Misses l.. Walters,
| Sapp. Fell and Pearcc, Of Baltimore. and Misses
l.. and J. Hunter. Misses A. and l.. Wise and
| Miss l.. Bosley. We arrived at our destination,
after pleasant drive, at II A. ~, and there
after the ladies prepared dinner, which they had
carried with them In baskets. IL consisted of
almost every good thing ina inable and was par
taken Of with keen APpetites. After dinner =
stroll 10 the top Of the mountain was in order and
from The Rocks grand aud glorious view uas
oblsined. Later in the day = string band made
| its appearance aud contributed much 10 the
amusement and entertainment Of the party. The
Rocks seem to be a very popular place of resor,
and Is visited daily BY people from distance Our
party enjoyed the trip immensely and will repeat
| Il at an early day. Al 6 p. NJ. We started ON the
return trip. arriving safely at seasonable hour.
ORRIcE.