The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-14
LOCAL ITEMS.

There will be total eclipse of the moon
visible here-on the 1lth and 18th of june
-Vennor said we would have shot weather
after the 10th of May and he wasn't mistaken.
There are thirty seven inmates from Balti-
more county in the Maryland House of Correction.
Col. o. P. Macgill has sold ninety barrels
of his Chlorine Strontia water since the first of
March.
Hon. James A. Gary has been elected a
member of the local Board of Health of Howard
county.
The thermometer was up among the nineties
this week, which is doing quite well for the second
week in May
The property of the Emory Grove Camp
Meeting Association is offered for sale to satisfy
two mortgages.
Mrs. NJ. A. Shealey, of this place, left on
Tuesday to visit her son George who is living
somewhere in Iowa.
Kilehenstein's coaches have again COM
menced running the Hartford road between
Lavender Hill and the city.
james NJ Sbew, of Paper Mills, Baltimore
: been granted patent for trimmer
andn1- ,r use in making paper.
-Rumor has it that John c. Sullivan, of the
LIST district, member of the last Legislature from
this county, has skipped to parts unknown.
Those who fish for bass in Lake Roland
meet with very Indifferent success. The general
belief is that there are very few of the fish in the
Lake.
commenced receiving taxes on the levy of 1881
and the receipts of the office for that day were
s, 1866.
In the Orphans Court this week letters of
administration on the estate Of Urith Shawl were
granted to Thomas NJ. Scott; on the estate Of Geo.
Schliehthorn to Mary c. SchlichthOrn.
-Dreary Mays skim milk month";
When feeby does the pulse stir
'Taint warm enough for calico coat
And you feel like fool in an ulster.
Within the past two weeks there has been
an unprecedented rise in the price Ofpotatoes and
they selling now as high as Sl.5O per bushel.
Somebody must have corner on the fruit
The Presbyterian congregation of this
place which meets in the court room every alter
nate Sunday. have purchased a fine organ
which was used for the first time last Sunday.
The York road railway company has asked
the permission of the City Council to lay double
tracks on Hillen street, from East to Holiday,
and on Holiday street from Pleasant to Baltimore
street.
The price Of cattle Mt the State scales
Monday was nearly seven cents per pound, big
jump from the previous week. This will have the
effect of sending beef up from three to five cents
per pound.
The congregation of Trinity Protestant
Episcopal church of this place, is making arrange
ments to have the church crescoed and otherwise
improved. The cost, tits thought, will be between
$500 and 500.
The UNION failed to reach Rockdale last
week and complaints also came from BroOkland-
vile. We can't account for this. The papers
were certainly properly mailed from this Office so
that the fault is not with US.
The opening of the new steam railroad to
Pimlico will take place next Tuesday, 18th, when
there viii be an extra days to celebrate the
occasion. There will be four races, including
steeple- chase gentlemen riders.
"A convention of Baltimore county farmers
will be held at the TimOnium fair grounds on
Thursday of next week and large attendance is
expected. number Of subjects, Of interest to
every farmer, will be discussed.
Many of the citizens of Towsontown are
whitewashing their fences and thus adding much
to the appearance of their homes. Others who
have not yet done should follow the good ex-
ample set them by their neighbOrs.
Mrs. Mary J. Warner, of this county, has
brought suit against her husband, Edward W.
Warner, for divorce, alleging brutal treatment and
drunkenness. The parties were married at Nash
vile, Tenn, November 18th, 1884.
AR. Alfred S. Cooper, of the 9TH district of
this county, has been appointed U. S. stOrekeeper
of the new Baltimore Ohio bonded warehouse at
Locust Point. Mr.. Cooper has been in the Balti-
more Custom House for long time.
-Asbury Johnson. alias Bill Cole, eolored,
was arrested at WOOdberry a few days ago,
charged with stealing horse over year ago
from John SmallwoOd, of Howard county. lie
was lodged in Jail at Ellicott City.
Capt. John Ridgey, of the TOwson Guards,
accompanied by Corporal Harry S. Jarrett, went
to Philadephia last Saturday to select caps
for the company. The caps will arrive before the
company visits the city on the 23d inst.
Potato bugs have made their appearance
and are playing havoc with tomato plants. They
are getting their appetites in trim for the potato
crop. The fellow who will invent something to
destroy these pests will be ga bigger than ole
Grant"
IF dog in TowSontown has his feelings
hurt so that he off yelping, in thirty seconds
you will hear the barking and bowling of enough
other of all sizes, ages and conditions to start
a respectable dog pOund. This burg can beat the
world for children and dogs.
The reference in these columns last week to
the unsightly condition of the front of the NJ. E.
church, in this place, had the desired effect and
steps have already been taken to make the neees-
sary repairs. This is eommendable on the part of
the pastor and congregation.
DR.. Charles Macgl, an eminent physician
Of Richmond, Va, and father of DR.. Charles Mac
gill, member Of the Baltimore county School
Board, died on the 9TH inst in the 18th year of
his age. Deceased was an uncle ofCOl. 9. p. Mac
gill, a known citizen of this county.
The genial and clever Capt. ClaypOOle,
brother-in-law of 1. Freeman Rasin, Esq, Clerk
Of the Baltimore Court of Common Pleas, will Oc-
cupy for the Summer a cottage on Winston ave-
nue. below Govanstown. He has heretofore
sided on Chestnut Hill avenue, near Waverly.
"A vicious dog belonging to Mr.. James NJ.
Eppey, who keeps store on Maryland avenue,
near the city limits, bit several persons on Mon
day last and created great excitement in that
thiekly populated section. The animal, which
was not thought to be suffering from hydrOphobia,
was finally killed.
City Register Robb on Wednesday paid to
w. L. and H. E. Garritee, administrators of Court
nay A. Batter, S5,jS6.20, the amount recently
awarded by a Baltimore court for damage done
the property of the deceased, Point Breeze,
18th district, by Capt. Constantine dumping re-
fuse from the harbOr upon it.
Mr.. Charles B. Mclean, the present eff
cient and popular county surveyor, will again be
- eanddate-fsr denomination. We have also
heard the name of Mr.. r. Bruce Hook, very
clever gentleman and resident engineer at Loeb
Raven, on the GuhDOWder water works, mention
ed in connection with this Office.
1t is rumored that ex-Sherif Worthington
this week effected n settlement with the County
Commissioners on a basis of $4,000, $4,000 of
of which he is to pay down. His deficiency on
account of the collection Of back taxes report
ed to be some SIS 200, against which he claimed
credits amounting to several thousand dollars.
The lecture of Col. r. NJ. Johnston, Of Pen
Lucy, before the TOwsontown Literary Society on
Monday night, was a rich treat and was highly
enioved by an intelligent audience. The reading
of Mr. James L. Gallagher, the veteran actor, was
also thoroughly appreciated, and the vocal and in
strumental part of the programme was very fine
"A great many persons holding United
States per cent. bonds as executors and admin
istrators of different estates have petitioned the
Orphans Court to allow them to accept the offer
made by the Secretary of the Treasury, April l1th,
and continue the investments at 81 per cent. per
annum, which permission has been granted by the
court.
Residents in the neighborhOOd of Jockeys
vile presented petition to the County Commits
sioners this week requesting them to have nag
man placed at the point where the Northern Cen
trail railroad crosses the public road leading from
Beaver Dam to the York turnpike. The road Is
very much travelled and the crossing is a danger
GUS
Politicians congregate on the benches
in the Court house yard and discuss the merits
and chances of the hosts Of Democratic candidates
a. Al :.