The Baltimore County union., 1881-11-26
LOCAL ITEMS.

The cold rain Of this week was very hard
on horses afflicted with 'pinkeye."
Chief Judge GrasOn sat in the Hartford
county Circuit Court the past week.
There 10 some uneasiness felt in Baltimore
on account Of the prevalence Of small pOx.
-Mr j. Edwin Webster, son of Col. y. II.
Webster. has been admitted to the bar at Bclair
There are 761 inmates in the Bayview
Asylum, located In the 18th district Of this county.
The commission of J. A. Hamilton, the
new postmaster at Govanstown. has been received.
Rev. 7. 7. Wysong will preach at Fair
= view church. near Sunnybrook. Sunday. Nov.
'25th, at 3 p. m.
-Tharsday--Thanksg day-.having
been = legal holiday, all the Offices in the Court
House were closed.
sheriff Richard c. Tracey removed his
|. family from the jth district to the Jail in this
place last Tuesday.
Don't forget the lecture Of Rev. Thomas
Guard In Towsontown VI. Z. church. Thursday
night, December sth.
-Ridgeiy Encampment. |. q. o. T.. Of this
place, attended the funeral Of Hon. James l..
Ridgely on Sunday last.
MIR. W. W. orndorf recently re. elected
secretary Of the Baltimore aud catonsVille Rail-
road Co. for the nineteenth time.
The mother Of Mr.. Robert X. Martin. chief
engineer ~ the Gunpowder water works. died at
Newark. Delaware, last Saturday.
Pour Of the children Of Mr.. Henry Dcinsi.
bach. of this place. were III the past week with
diphtheria. bat all Of them have recovered.
Several farmers in the ncghburhood Of
keeny's mill. 9th district. claim To have found
specimens of gold ore upon their property.
Major John |. lelloit. counsel for Mrs.
Alfred J. Gent. on Wednesday fled cavcat 10
the will Of John u. Holmes. father Of Mrs. Geni.
-Thankssiving day has no particular charms
for Newspaper men anl printers. They are
obliged 90 work the same as on any other day.
MIR. John Wise a well known citizen Of the
9Th district, died at his home near Parkton. on
Tuesday last. after brief illness from pneumoia.
-Upwarls Of one hundred houses have been
erected In wooiberry within the past few months.
That place ''booms" almost equal to Towsontown.
We are now promised that oar railroad
shall be running 90 Towsontowa by Christmas.
Only abou, three miles Of the track ye; remain to
be laid.
The Frederick turnpike bridge over the
Patapsco at Ellico;t City i represented 10 be in
q dangerous condition and needs immediate at.
tention.
1t IL said the County Commissioners intend
making some changes in the police force. We
believe the people generally will SECOND thisprop
osition.
The annual meeting Of the association of
Public School Commissioners Of Maryland will
be held in Baltimore on Tuesday next. 29th inst.
at VI.
Mr.. Samuel Brady ha. been reelected
president of the Baltimore county Agricultural
Society AMI Mr.. WIN. d. Sands. secretary and
treasurer.
The Judges Of the Circuit Court will ap-
point the School Commits ssioners for the county on
Monday. January "a. They are appointed for
two years.
Mr.. :. Merryman Anderson. living on the
Furnace farm, Dulany's Valley pike. has been
\ quite III for some time but we glad TO state he
Eis now better.
The stock on the Towsontown horse. rail.
fway 10 not yet able 20 10 full work and the cars
pave only been running every two hours during
khe past week.
ten. Hancock lately visited wilmo, John.
.on, Esq. at hi. fine residence in the leah di..
.riei cf ih. county. AMI enjoyed day or two of
duck shooting.
Hon. George Hawkin. Williams. State
Senator from Baltimore county. returned from
Europe last week. His health was greatly bene
cited by the trip.
Another comet was seen due wes, from
here about s.So o'clock on Thursday night Of la,;
week. II had long aud bright tai. aud was al
mos, perpendicular.
The Presbyterians Of this place have sc.
cured the old school house on the side Of the
town and will hold religious services therein after
IL has been renovated.
-Vennor says that the coming month Of
December will be mild and pleasant one. II
anybody else but vennor had said would
be inclined % believe il.
Mr.. John Z. Owens, who has been play in ?
very successful engagement in the South. /. on
his way home aud will play in Frederick Nd,
this Saturday evening,
MIR. Thomas Bond. Of the 10th district. the
new warden of the Jail. has rented Squire Gal
laghers house on east Pennsylvania avenue, and
will move his family here.
n MIR. Y. J. clousher. superintendent of the
MeDOnogh School Farm. ia ,hi. county. has 100.
acre field Of wheat some of which, ten days ago,
measured %! inches in height.
--Mrs. Eliza ". Boone, mother of the late
Col. WIN. VI. Boone, died at Oak Hill. this coun-
", on Wednesday, aged - years. She the
widow Of the late wm. +. Boone.
MIR. Z. J.. Ijams. until recently principal
Of the Reisterstown high school. in this county.
has been appointed fret assistant in male gram
mar school No. I, Of Baltimore city.
The TOwsontown Literary Society will
meet Friday evening. Nov. 2jth. at o'clock. 4
highly entertaining programme will be presented
and there should be n full attendance.
Mr.. Wiley Hunt. living on the York road.
near the Boundary. while attending the funeral
Of James J.. Ridgely, at GreenmOunt, on Sunday
last, bad his watch stolen from his pocket.
The house Of A. Hawauagh. at Highland
town, was damaged by ere on Tuesday 10 the ex-
ten; Of $50. The building was saved by the
prompt action ofthe county Gre department.
We learn that notices have been posted by
the Water BoOrd prohibiting duck shooting on
Loeb Raven. Those who looked forward 10 some
sport from this source will now be disappointed.
1t IL proposed 20 sink one or two artesian
wells at Spring Grove Insane Asylum, lst dis
trict, In order TO secure an abundant supply of
pure water. On the let Of Nov. there 392
I inmates in the Institution.
y Rev. VIM. :. Read, n Baptist minister.
died at the residence Of bis father. in Waverly.
this county, last Sunday, in the sd year Of his
age. lie had until lately been located at Tappa-
hammock, Essex county, Va.
Rev. ]. y. Davis, ID. d., pastor Of Towson
town VI. T. church, will lecture every Wednesday
evening in the church theological subjects
The lectures viii require about twenty minutes In
their delivery and will be free.
a man living on DIR. fundenburg's place
near Pikesyilie, buried four children on Tuesday
last. Two Of them died Of diphtheFia aud tbs
other two we're young twins. Both the father
and mother are quite III At this time.
a party Of young folks from Baltimore. "a
the number Of forty, came 20 Towsontown Wei
nesday nigh; for the purpose Of enjoying dance
In Shealeys Hall, but the music did not put in an
appearance and the dance had to be omitted.
The scarcity Of nuts and the thinncss oi
the corn husk, the invarable signs of the weather
wise farmer, indicate that the weather will b.
warm, while the goose bone, an equally reliable
and solemn authority, points 10 n cloudy, stormy
and inclement season.
On account Of the burning Of the barn and
proven der on the farm Of Mr.. Samuel Ceilings
Chestnut Ridge, last Sunday night, he and hi
tenant, Mr.. w. $. Musgrove, will sell all thei
hne stock, &e., at public sale, on Tuesday next
See advertisement In to-day's issue.
Some work is being done on the property
Of the Wilson Sanitarium, on Gwynn's falls. ID
district, purchased some time ago from Z. Live
ssy, ESQ. The bed Of the falls l. being straight
epsd and y railroad switch Is TO be put in beior'
work on the buildings IL commenced.
Mr.. Samuel n. Hyde, of Boothby IIiil
Hafford county, who bought the Halle property
In Long Green Valley, will remove 10 the SAINT
next spring. II Is said he intends TO erect there
- - ~ &c Ess-a- T.