The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-06-25


he Possessed n wonderful facility for making him.
self ridiculous But he's only a ''little shaver
and beyond using some bal language did no dam.
age.
--cOun,y officer Moore on Saturday last ar.
rested John Mooney, charged with cutting Thos.
Duffy In the head with a knife inaicting serious
wound. The accused was committed 10 Jail for
the action Of the Grand Jury. The ARRAY occur.
red at llOanan's old brewery, near Charles street
avenue.
-0lenmoTe, owned by Mr. Vim. Jennings,
81 Piinlieo. this county, won n big race NJ coney
Island last Saturday, beating such noted horses
~ Luke Blackburn, Parole, Monitor, Uneas and
others. Mr.. J. pOeketed large sum on the race.
blackburn was prime favorite aud his hackers
lost heavily.
-Messrs. Samuel BRADY and Joseph Jack.
ins. examiners on Belviderc avenue, LIST aud ID
districts, have collected nearly all the assessments
from property owners through whose lands the
avenue will pass. II will cost about $500 70
complete the avenue. which extends west from the
Calverton drove yards.
The eolored bush. meeting In Payne's grove
near Towsontown, last Sunday, was well attended
Mrs Deborah fitchet. Of Wilmington, Del, spoke
in the afternoon. followed by an exhortstion from
Rev. j. ii. Maney, the new colored minister, who
10 an able and earnest speaker. About $50 was
collected during the day.
DR.. A. {. McCurdy, dentist, Of this place,
will accept our thanks for very curious species
Of vegetation called an EGGPLANT. When sitting
In the sun u looks rs though Il covered with
sheet Of ice and small ice cieies depend from the
leaves and stem, presenting. Mt this season Of the
year, . very odd spectacle.
The old saying that "a short horse il soon
eurried' was illustrated in the meeting Of the
Democratic convention here on Monday. The
plans were all laid before the convention met and
all u had TO do was 10 assemble aud 20 through
the formula Of electing delegates. Throughout Il
was decidedly the grandest farce Of the year.
During the prevalence Of the thunder
storm on Monday afternoon lightning struck the
Gag pole on the new vonderhorst brewery, Belair
road, SCATTERING Il badly. A picnic was In pro.
gress at the time at sehriers park, adjoining the
among the people caused much conformation.
No one was hurt.
-Christian Spueh, meat packer on Jen.
kins' lane, In this county, has sued the city Of
Baltimore for q, 900 damages for depriving him
Of the use Of the city water 'upply. lie claims to
supply him with water and that the supply was
cut Of wiihou, fret notifying him. thereby greatly
injuring his boiler aud machinery.
Sunday last, 10Th inst, was the lay upon
which all things here below were TO colIapse-that
the world was to end on that day. But We are
more than pleased TO say that everything /, mov-
ing along about rs usual aud there has been no
perceptable change In anything. We may add,
incidentally, that are still prepared 10 receive
advance subscriptions 90 the tSioS.
"A week ar two ago the name Of Mr.. John
Arthur, Of Fork, Baltimore county, was published
among those against whom judgments had been
entered In the Baltimore county circuit court, at
the suit of the baltimore and Delta Railway Co.
Mr.. Walters. President Of the company, informs
us that the judgment was enormously entered, the
claim having been already paid.-Beiair -Egis.
We have received from our friend Col Ed
ward :. Young. assistant general ticket agent Of
the Northern Central Railroad. q copy Of the
Pennsy lvania Railroad Summer excursion book.
worry Handsomely gotten up AID containing much
matter ofinteres;. This splendid and safe road
offers superior inducements 10 Summer travellers,
some Of the most popular resorts in the country
being reached by it, numerous lines.
in the Orphans Court this week letters Of
administration were granted 60 Thomas Z. Pugh
on the estate of DR.. y. =. Clements ; to Lewis
fowbie on the estate Of Leah A. fowbie; TO VIM.
Bishop on the estate Of kcIiah Brooks; to Charles
II. CARRIER on the estate Of Peter Garber to Thos.
Cummings. ST.. on the estate Of Thos. Cumming !;
to Louisa NJ Schafrr on the estate Of John Schafer
10 Lewis Holmes ON the persona estate Of William
Holmes.
WIN. =. Wharton, Eco. OF this place, on
Tuesday received by express from his brother, Col
Jack Wharton, Of New Orleans, \ live alligator
about two feet in length. The animal came
through cafe aud was lively ne a cricket when
IL arrived here. Mr.. Wharton has not yet deter
mined what he will do with II, being In much the
zane position the man who longed 10 own an
elephant and after getting one, didn't know what
to do with L..
The father and mother Of Capt. l.. NJ. Hav-
erstiek, formerly connected with rs In the publi-
cation of the USIoS, are now visiting him al his
home, Moline. Illinois. They are residents Of
Mechaniesburg. Cumberland county, Pa. From
Moline they 60 TO Missouri and from thence 20
Indiana in each Of which States they have son
living. Mr.. Haverstick 10 in his slst year and
his wife In her 18th Should they live until Nov.
2sth, 1881, they will have been married So years.
We have heard IL remarked that the col
ored people very rarely originate anything; that
they are great iutators. &c., but We don't believe
u. AZ any rate the new pastor Of the 50. james
n. =. church in this place. tRev. J. II. Manley.)
has adopted an original idea in the matter of
church suppers. II IL called ga gold dollar sup
per- and 10 gotten up a. follows A quantity Of
BISCUITS are baked for the supper aud gold dol.
lar Is placed in one Of them. The tickets sold
ut Is cts. and each ticket holder gets two buis-
quits aud in addition TO the chances Of getting the
dollar he gets his supper. This certainly stakes
the buisquit" IL u don't take the dollar.
1t was our pleasure on Wednesday after
noon 20 visit the beautiful county scat Of VIM.
7. Walters. Esq. on wocdbourne avenue, near
| Govanstown. for the purpose Of examining HE
fne string Of Pereheron horses. lie now has g
| OF these. among them magnificent stock horses,
Of the late importation, weighing from .j:5 lbs.
70 1,5oO lbs. each. These In charge Of Nathan
Harris, the well known eolored groom, and are
perfect models Of strength and beauty. We were
also privileged 10 inspect the magnificent flower
gardens. In the centre Of which 10 beautiful lake
| covering about two acres. We don't think there
is as handsome place a. this In baltimore coun-
y, and MI. Frazer, the gardener, has t looking
| Its best just now. The lawns are closely shaven
and rs son TO the foot As velvet carpet, while
the beautiful trees. shrubbery, flowers, costly
vases. &c., 60 TO make up picture that only Ma.
| ture herself. assisted BY the skin Of an accom-
Plished Landscape gardener. can produce.
Democratic County Convention Com
plete Triumph for the Ring.
The Democratic county convention, 10 send
delegates 10 the State eonvention, met at Shealey
| Hall, Towsontown, on Monday. Col. o. =. Mac.
gill. I'd district. vas made permanent chairman,
and Daniel 5. Wright, llth district, secretary.
The committee on credentials Tone from each dis.
tre,) reported the following delegates rs entitled
20 seats in the convention
First Di.friet-wm. Leydecker, Geo. wehrhtim,
| q. W. feelmyer, August Peil. Thomas webb.
!Sseoad-Dr. II. J. Hsbb, VIM. II. Harker, J. T.
Isaac. n. smink, II. C. Ridgeiy.
| Hird-o. j. Maegill, 7. =. Locke, A. Peppler,
| John Hutton, J. T. Foley.
FoHrfh-Andrew Banks. John n. Carroll, II.
c. Bergman. Joshua Tracey, Jesse Upperco.
Flh-J. Y. Benson, A. Bosom, Erastus Thomp
son, w. A. Burgoyns, Johnsey Myers.
| SiSfh-J. b. Hampshirc, L. Mccullough, DR..
jos: s. Baldwin. Jeha Resrnsy. Adam shapert.
/ Ssrenh-wm. Ensor, John Sterling, Christ
Slsde, John Wis. A. W. -Uughss.
EyLG-0riek En,or. Thomas Reynolds, Pat.
rick Murray. Thomas Kurtz, Thomas Nsvin.
Hiafk-wm. Mitchell. John Farrei, Henry
Dentry, John Burton, Jr.. ferd. T. Kidd.
| TsHiA-Thos. A. Elliott, Jr., Thomas Moore, H.
| EieesnA-chas. ~. Jsssop. James q. Lamley,
james Iansy, Daniel s. Wright, Benz. Hines.
Trsyh-iIenry Gunther, Chas. Adams, WIN.
ii. Resvsr, Chas. II. Knox, Geo. Iioastetter.
Tirfssa,h-0eorge W. Wade, Patrick 0'Brien
Henry Gilleman, Joseph J. Heiman. Frederick