The Baltimore County union., 1881-04-16

MIR. John v. Cray, young man who has
been teaching school at Providence, east Of Tow
sontown, for some years, made application 20 the
last NJ. y. Conference for authority 10 preach and
last week Presiding Elder Chapwas assigned him
TO West Hartford Circuit, 70 assist the Rev. Mr..
Cronin, senior preacher. Mr. Gray will preach
his hrsl sermon next Sunday.
We have now reached the 10th Of April and
We haven't yet seen anything that we could hon
esily say looked like Spring. Somebody says that
on the 10th Of April, 1862, we had snow twelve
inches deep. This may be true and there is there
fore some consolation In knowing that other
Springs have been equally a. Unreasonable and
intensely disagreeable as the present one.
-Inquiry having been made this week at the
Office Of Brown a Lowndes, bankers, Raiiimose,
In regard 10 the amount Of subscriptions towards
the $i5O,O0O Of the hTst mortgage six per cent.
bonds Of the Baltimore and Delta Railway Com
pany, IL was ascertained that the full amount had
not been subscribed. and as the right IL reserved
to decline all subscriptions IL the amount required
should net be received, this rejection will be Gu
forced.
The Elkton Democrai Of last week says /:
"JOhn X. Bowen, brother Of William Bowen Of
this county aud for some years n resident OF BAL
tmore county, died at his home In Edna, Knox
county. Missouri, on the 29th ultmo. In the sith
year Of his age. He was q native Of this county
aud the son OF Oswald and Sarah Rieketts Bowen.
lie learned the milling business In baltimore
county, and subsequently, removed 90 the West,
Mr.. n. Charles Burke has purchased frsm
Mrs. Lewis II. Wheeler. Of Burlington, Vermont.
the very handsome building lot, i05 by $50 a., on
Chesapeake ave-. west Of the Court House, nearly
opposite the residence Of DR.. Bsslcy, for 1900.
The late Mr.. Wheeler, who resided here up TO the
tms Of his death, and who was . weli.known
member Of the bar, purchased the lot with view
20 building upon II, but never did so. The sale
was effected through II. L. Bowen, real estate
agent.
Those who have examined the streams In
this vicinity into which largo number Of young
trout were placed upwards Of two years ago, have
been unable 20 SEQ any signs Of them and the i'm
preston prevails that they have all either died or
been carried away By high. water. These trsut
were no, more than half an inch long when placed
In the streams and if stil living should have at
tanned y growth Of from six to eight inches. Some
ten fifteen thousand Of them were buted In
this neighborhood alone.
The Towsontown temperance society, which
has not held meeting for about eight months, met
on Monday evening last for the purpose Of closing
~ its business and paying OF srpail debt owing
by the society. Il was decided that the organ,
which cost $50. should DO sold at public auction
and after the debts have been liquidated the bal
ance of the money 10 to be equally divided between
the VI. T.. and VI. J.. Sabbath schools. This So
ciety claims no connection with the State TEN
perance Alliance and declined TO send delegates 10
n meeting Of that body In Baltimore this week.
After some Discussion q motion 10 disband the
ciety was carrisi.
--wili tho new line 20 be built from Balti-
more to Philadelphia by the BALTIC. a Ohio rail-
road company affect our narrow gauge project il
u question which is just now sgiiating the minds
Of some 81 our people. Some profess TO believe
that the H. q y. will secure portion, at least Of
the narrow gauge right.of.way. which will gi-e
the Hartford people the railroad facilities they
need and that therefore they will feel no further
interest in the other project. The Belair papers,
however, do not believe that the two lines will in
any way conflict and that the narrow gauge road
will be built. We arc also inclined TO think that
there Is yet no cause for alarm on the par, Of our
people, because have faith In the officers Of the
road and believe. u 1t 10 possible. they will redeem
their nromises