The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-07-23
LOCAL ITEMS.

ing their old mill mt woodberry, and large force
Of men are engaged in the work.
Miss Sallie o. Phillips. teacher Of the pub.
lie school at Union. LIST district. was partially
parAlifed In one arm q Few days ago.
The name Of the Philadelphia aud vii.
minston railroad has been changed to the BALI.
more division Of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Several teachers who attended the recent
examination held by Mr.. Bruf entertain a very
poor opinion Of the value Of Saturday Normal
classes.
FOURTEEN Knights participated in the tour
nament nj Westminster on Wednesday. J. W.
shiPl:y. knisht Of Rsistsr-town. carried on the
third honor.
Now that harves, is about over pie mics and
tournaments are In full feather and any number
Of them will be held from this time until the cold
weather sets In.
-Tow.ontown has been duler FOR two or
three weeks than we have ever known Il before.
A great many OF our people are of snmmcring
and more will 60.
The County Commissioners have accepted
the iron bridge built at Mt. Washington by Wen
dell Bollman and this week paid him the con
tract price-$l, 1856.
Sherwood. formerly Ei,lcr,. il now the
neatest aud prrttiest station "n the line of the
Northern Central road. The country surrounding
IL Is also very attractive.
1t would be u good thing if people would
cut down the noxious weeds growing about their
premises. alleys. &c. To leave them until they
decay may cause sickness.
Joshua Burgcc. an employee Of one Of
Hooper 4 Sons mills. at wooi6crry. was stuck on
the head by piece Of lumber u few days ago and
received ugly scalp wound.
MIR. VIM. Jennings. of Pimlico. thi. county.
the owner Of the we'll Unknown horse Glcnnorc. has
purchased two very prising three yesr.oiis from
Mr.. George Lorillarl. Of ~. Y.
The Manchester Carroll county fishing
clsb encampcd this Summer on the Gunpowdsr
falls. near Ilonman's paper mill. in ihi. county.
They had o good time generally.
Mr.. IIaight has sold his stage line the
Liberty road to Henry :. Jean for S50o. Thi.
line carries the mails. Mr.. II. has secured n
position on the Northern Central railroad.
The annual all-day meeting at Jcssops
church above Cockey will be hcld 20 morrow
Sunday. July eth. Should the weather be
Gne there will no doubt be large attendance.
Roasting ear corn. raised in the vicinity
of Towsontown. has been selling the past week
at Ii ets. per dozen. Tomatoes are pientiiul and
very Gnc. They are selling Mt 20 cts. per peck.
There Is not much progress being made
towards the building Of the proposed Catholic
aud Presbyterian churches in this town. In fact
matters in that line seem just now to be at
stand still.
DIR. J. Hanson Thomas, AM aged and highly
esteemed citizen Of Baltimore, aud father-i in law
Of Col. john n. Carroll. Of this county. died a,
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, W. Va, on
the 18th inst.
The c. A. Gambriil Manufacturing Com.
Psny has purchased the Orange Grove Touring
mill for $4,000. and the patapseo mill for Sl32.
oe0. These mills belonged to the old firm Of e.
A. Gambriii 4 Co.
Mr.. Philip ID. Boyd. we'll known in thi.
county, aud father Of Mr.. Robert l.. Boyd, chief
clerk In the Baltimore posiofice, fell a fen days
ago and fractured his skalI. from the effects Of
--There has been wonderful change in
temperature here since last week, the mercury
going down from 90 TO Go. In fact two
three nights the early part Of the week were al
most too cool for comfort.
The County Commissioners on Tuesday
paid Chas. I. Holloway, Of Baltimore, $4,000 for
an SIS gallon double.tank chemical IRE extin.
guisher. The apparatus will be placed ON the
Frederick road, LIST district.
-Trsasurer IIatchins has y force at work
'evying for taxes due for the year lss0. Messrs.
- Grason and WIN. VI. Ristcau, receivers Of
W. worthington, ex-sheria, are also
levying for taxes due.
he annual pic. mic Of the VI. T.. Sabbath
of this place. which was held in Ridgeiy's
foods on Wednesday. was largely attended
was n very pleasant affair, every thing having
passed of In the most satisfactory manner.
The houses Of Edward Toolen, near Beaver
Dam, sth district, which were destroyed by Gre
about two weeks ago, were insured in the Hartford
county company for 3, 100. The total loss on the
two houses aud contents was something over
$1,000.
in the Orphans Court this week letters Of
administration were granted 90 Edward W. Tay-
Tor on the estate Of Nicholas Lehman to John
NJ. Gallagher on the estate OF II. W. Lathrop: 10
Patrick hurry on the estate of Christopher J.
Lamberton.
Some people In the vicinity Of Garlenvi lille.
18th district. not pleased because the two pub.
lie schools Of that neighborhood are to be merged
into one 20 be known as n high school. The
change will make il very announcement for some of
the children.
AIR. Henry A. Maggie. of the Let district, the
superintendent Of bridges for baltimore county. Is
spoken Of As Democratic candidate for Sheriff.
lie Is very clever man and would doubtless
make q good officer, should he be fortunate enough
10 secure the nomination and election.
Mr.. Edward =. Everhart, Of York county,
has removed 10 woodbcrry where he will engage
in general merchandising in co.partnership with
Mr.. Thomas Cole. II will be remembered that
Mr. Everhart was the Iscpubiean candidate for
sheriff Of Baltimore county in the Fall Of 1873.
There il no longer any doubt about our
having . steam railroad. The thing il now set
tied. aud We will not be surprised TO see number
Of Improvements being made because Of this fact.
Towsoniewn win become popular place Of resi-
dsnee when We have quicker transit between here
and Baltimore.
-Judge Yeilott on Tue.day, under writ Of
habsas corpus, discharged Adam Ross. coiored,
from the House Of Correction. where no had been
sentenced for one year BY . Justice Of the Pease
for larceny, on the ground that the commitment
did not show that the right of,risl BY jury had
been waived by Ross.
The Beaver Dam Marble Company Of Bal.
tinere soahty having appealed FROM che
ment Of the State Tar Commissioner the matter
was before the Comptroller and State Treasurer
on Tuesday who ordered that the Company an
swer interrog atories under oath and return the
same before n rehearing Of the appeal.
Charles Fisher and Robert wilkie en-
pioyed In the Canton Copper Works and wilkie
boarded In the house Of Fisher at Iiighlandtown.
This week wilkie ran away with Mrs. Fisher aud
her twe children, and nothing has been heard Of
them since. Fisher 10 justly indignant at tho
eondaet Of bis boar,lsr and IL anxious to 6nd him
and the children.
The young folks held very pleasant gar
dsn party d the old Payne mansion, short dis
tanes east Of Towsentown, on Friday evening of
last week. The attendance vas large and the
affair vas decided success. Il was gotten up by
Misses Cassie Ady and May Butler, assisted BY
Masters n. Harry Willis and win Cooper. Dane.
lag vas kept up until near morning.
in the brass band contest nj Westminster
on Tuesday, BeckieysviIie band No. !, Prof. J.
w. Baablits, leader, carried % the second prize
(tse), the arst prise (s5s; having been awarded
70 the Hanover band The other Baltimore coun-
isyssiiIs No. ., Prof. W. 4. Graham, leader. AID
Pikesvills band, Prof. A. =. Smith, leader.
-Conxressman Talbot being entitled 10 name
one cadet for the West Point Military Academy
he Win appoint u. Harry willis, son of DR.. Rich
ard wills, druggist, of this place. Master will
ns q sbout - years % age and has been stu
deaf % the Baltimore City College for some time.
Ne 10 . very intelligent young man and will have
Ne dineuity In passing the examination which
tales place Il West Point In June, iss2.
Oar people may not be aware Of The fact
bat there are some exceedingly hlthy alleys In
this town iusf mow and the odors arising from