The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-06-11
LOCAL ITEMS.

ID
The thermometer was down To about 20
this week aud fires were again comfortable.
The annual June meeting nj Sater's hap.
list church, Falls road, will be held Tomorrow.
The annual commencement exercises Of
Lutherville Female Seminary begin on Monday
An iron bridge Is 10 be erected BY the eoun.
~ over shoemaker's run, In the Sd district, near
BrooklandviIlc.
The eOlOred people will hold bush. meet.
ing at Lavender lIill, Hartford road, tomorrow
Sunday, June 18th.
democrats primary meetings will DO held
June l7th and 18th. and the county convention
on Monday, June 2Oth.
There was 4 glut Of Strawberries In the
Baltimore markets on Tuesday aud fine fruit sold
At - 20 3 cts. per quart.
There will be total eclipse Of the moon
&c. night, Saturday commencing about midnight
aud lasting until 2:39 o.. IN.
The 9Th Of July falls this year on Monday.
TowsontOwn will have its usual grand dsmonstra-
tion-programme hereafter.
AN the inside work ON Lake MOntebello
has been finished and II Is now ready 10 receive
the waters Of the GunpOwder.
On Saturday evening last Bishop Pinkney
eoahrmsd class Of twenty three persons at ST.
Iehn's j. Z. church. wsvssly.
"A horse belonging TO Mr. X. u. Dunphy
Of thi. place. had one Of hi. hind legs broken !
the stable on Wednesday night.
baltimore county is still without . local
Board Of Health. Every resident Of Towsontown
should be bis own health commissioner.
The Grand Jury on Wednesday presented
number Of persons living ON Jenkins run for
maintaining q nuisance on their premises.
-kcv. Albert He'll. the new pastor Of the
Lutheran church at keisterstoun, preached his
first sermon there on Sunday morning last.
Some Few iocusts have been heard singing
and one has been caught In Tousontown. hut Ne
ARE old RAJ Nhss nasf h. =
AIR. Samuel Ceilings, of Luthsrville. has
sold bis Gne trotting mare FLORENCE r." To q
gentleman in Baltimore for . good round figure.
When members of he GRAND Jury are cog
infant Of violations of the Sunday Law Il 10 their
sworn duty to bring the matters before the Jury.
AIR. James Rogers, the we'll known black
smith on the York road south Of Towsontown. Is
erecting neat and comfortable dwelling for him.
self.
County Commissioner Millender. whose III.
ness vas announced last week, IL still confined TO
his house but his con iition Is considerably i'm
proved.
Mir. benjamin =. Jordan and Mr.. X. q.
Mackey, both Of the 9Th district are making prep
aratiOns to engage this season in the canning
business.
a very heavy rain storm, accompanied BY
thunder and lightning. passed over this pace on
"wednesday afternoon. prostrating the growing
wheat and grass.
Whit. Monday 10 not much observed =. =
holiday except BY the colored people There were
several fishing parties at the Lake. meeting with
the usual success.
There has been rather more rain within the
past ten days than vas needed. but the weather
except being a little too cool-has been the for
the growing crops.
a postofirc l. to be re-establi she'd at Joppa,
the ancient capital Of Maryland. II Is located
near the mouth Of the Gunpowder river, on the
Hartford county eide.
We regret to learn that the health Of lion.
WIN. II. Hoffman an aged and highly respected
citizen Of the upper end of the county IL still in
precarious condition.
A great many people in the upper end Of
Baltimore county are turning their attention TO
growing tobacco aud the subject Of tobacco culture
Is being very generally discussed.
The Circuit Court has appointed WIN. A.
Stewart Fed, Of Baltimore. trustee Of the real
tate Of the late Mrs.. Ella V. Davis, and he has
filed bis bond in the sum of 900.
-samuei ID. sadtier. aged - years. son Of
Mr.. Columbus sadtler and n very highly esteemed
young man, died suddenly at his fathers resi-
denee, in this county, on Tuesday last.
The two horses which escaped from Mr..
Garrett Amos. Of faiiston, Hartford county, on the
18th % May, and which we're advertised In the
USIoS, were found in Baltimore county.
Admiral Warden, Of the United States
Navy. will spend portion ofthe summer nj Rsis-
terstown, this county. Our neighboring town 10
becoming quite popular summer resort.
We return thanks TO the Messrs. Corse. Of
Furley Hall Nurseries, 18th district, for basket
Of the largest and finest Strawberries We ever
They were perfect monsters In their way.
Tho County Commissioners On Tuesday
awarded the contract for completing Wiikens
avenue from Gwynn's falls TO Stafford street, 10
Thomas J. Harden, he being the lowest bidder.
a German named Joseph Sausr fell over
board from boat ut Canton ON Tuesday and was
drowned. Justice Dorsey held an inquest aud
deceased was buried at the expense OF the county.
Among the delegates 10 the third Interna-
tional Sunday School Convention, which meets ut
Toronto, Canada, June 22d. are Messrs. J. A.
Bolgiano and Lewis Cassard, Jr., Of Baltimore
county.
On Friday evening Of last week the Tow
sontown brass band serenaded Mr.. Lewis II.
Urban aud bride. After playing = number Of
airs they were invited into the house and hand
someiy entertained.
Summit Grove camp. meeting will com.
mence this year on the 9Th Of August, and win be
under the charge Of Rev. WIN. Gwynn, pastor Of
Shrewsbury Circuit. There Is every prospect for
Q successful meeting.
in the Orphans Court this week letters Of
administration were granted 10 John X. Ross on
the personal estate Of Clara A. Rose deceased, and
70 Ellen ". Merryman on the estate Of Lewis
Merryman, deceased.
-Thomas p. Morgan, who, under . contract
with the city, did the dredging In Lake Roland,
and about the payment for which work there vas
some MISUNDERSTANDING, has obtained o verdict
against the city for 49, 1886.
Joseph Hartman, q German, Is years Of
age. attempted 10 commit suicide In Rosts beer
garden, Belair road, on Wednesday, by swallow
Ing an ounce Of laudanum. lie was removed 10
the city hospital for treatment.
The reported death Of Mr.. William Tai.
bott. ST., OF Parkton, whose con was killed the
n. c. r. r., few weeks ago, near Mount Yer
non, was . mistake, Mr.. T. still being alive and
In the enjoyment OF his usuai health.
Rev. Joseph y. Jennison will be installed
- pastor Of the new Paradise Presbyterian
church, csionsvills. at 4 o'clock p. m, Sunday.
Jane l2th. Several Baltimore ciergymen will be
prsssat and the services will be ola very Interest,"
lngeharaeter.
At the 18th annual commencement ef the
Baltimore Female College. held on Thursday, Mis-
Bessie Alien. Of Arlington, Baltimore county.
Wealth." She was awarded medal for profeisn.
cy In German.
Rev. J. b. stitt, pastor of the First M. z.
church, Baltimore, was in Towsontown wednes.
day afternoon and was warmly greeted BY num-
bsr Of old friends. lie sails for Europe about the
frst Of July and will not return before the mid
die Of October.
A stage line has been started between
Black Rock and Coekeysville. making daily trips.
and continuing the route TO Towscntown tuo day
each week. In about two months the proprietor
won't know what 10 do with his money, he'll have
made 90 much eft
The State fair al PimlicO this fall will com.
msnes October Goth and continue four days
Larger purses for trials Of speed will be offered
this year than ever before. committee has been
appointed 10 put the grounds In order for the ap-
proaching exhibition.
a certificate has been 6lsd In tho county
Clerks once incorporating the Green Spring
Chapel u. y. church, eolored, the incorporation,
being Rev. Alfred Young, Henry snowden. Lewil
N. Figge and Daniel Wall. The church will b
dedicated Sunday, JAY 18th.
-Tousonfovn usRd IN have soms repntafiou