The Baltimore County union., 1881-02-05
LOCAL ITEMS.

appearance In Waverly and surrounding villages.
--George l.. stOcksdalc, watchman and keep.
CT Of the Court Housc, has embarked In the auc.
toneering basiness.
Second Lieut. George W. Fesiemyer, Of the
Bond Guards, Catonsville. has sent his rssigna-
ton 20 the Governor.
DIR. Massenberg. Of this place. will accept
our thanks for late copies Of Macon, Ga, and San
Antonio. Texas, papers.
in the Orphans cour, this weeks letters Of
dort were granted TO Catherine Ostendorf
Sixteen marriage lisenses were issued from
the county Clerks ofice during the month Of Jan
uary, six less than for tho eorresponding month
oflast year.
--EEra Elliott. who len Baltimore county
sixty year. ago for Cincinnati, and who became
Que Of the best known merchants ofthat city, died
few days ago, aged 20 years.
MIR. John q. Harryman, brother OF Mr..
George Harryman, . weli-known Citizen OF the
Sth district Of this county, has been elected d.
rector Of the baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange.
John Ridgely, Of Hampton. the newly
elected Captain Of the Towson Guards. will give
the company 4 supper at Ady's Hotel on Tees
day night next. The company will appear in full
dress uniform.
Three men employed In deep cut on the
line Of the Balto Delta railroad. were buried
under q mass of falling earth few iaysago. Ono
Of them hal o leg broken and the others were
more or less injured.
Argument on the motion for a new trial in
the case of John Gothard. sct for Saturday last.
was postponed on account Of the illness of Col.
Mcintosh, States Attorney. who suffered from .
slight attack Of scarlet fever.
Mr.. Jas. u. Causey, proprietor Of Cockey' 5
tavern. on the Falls road. Who heretofore stated
In these columns. lost one child of scarlet fever.
has since lost another With the same disease. the
last one being about one year old.
This has been another hard week on the
birds and We have no doubt hundreds have per-
ishei from hunger. Don't forge, to throw out
grain and crumbs for them. Il will cost you
nothing and will prevent much suffering.
The total receipts by County Treasurer
IIutehins during the month Of January--includ.
ing balance on hand nj the first Of that month
were -. .210.S9; disbursements for the month.
S26,23S.3j balance On hand Feb. ist, S2i ,O32 81.
Isaac y. Mccieary. frei ut brakeman on
the Penna. railroad. who was killed near Marys.
willie on the 2s,h. while coupling cars. wa n ma
tive Of the 9Th district Of this county. His re-
mains were inferred at Middietown on Sunday
last.
Mr.. John Glenn has been appointed by the
County Commissioners 20 collect the benefits ~.
scssed TO the property owners on Hilton avenue.
the new road in the lst district, recently con.
demned by the Board. The benefits amount to
$l.I25.
Mr.. John ID. G. Duncan, tho well.known
merchant at Marble iiili. above Cockeysville, has
taken into partnership with him his son. Mr.. =.
/. Duncan and hereafter the business will be con
Quoted under the name and style Of J. ID. C. Dun.
can 4 Son.
Thomas Doyian aud Charles Burns were
around again Tuesday ening with q one horse
sled. opening walks through the deep snow. II
Il not for this dsinterested service pedestri.
mating in Towsontown after y Inow storm would
be difficult work.
Tho Towsontown Literary and Musical
NJ hoi n m IN isshN naWN
The last meeting was postponed on account Of the
great amount of sickness In the town. The pro-
gramme arranged for that meeting will be oh.
served on Monday night.
Judge henderson, Of Lebanon, Pa, cxecu.
tor of the estate of the late William Webster, o!
this county. has sold one Of the farms Of the de-
ceased, in the 81 district Of Hartford county. TO
Messrs. Alphonso and John McGaw, for $500.
The farm contains 200 acres.
Mrs. Dixon, wife &c John Dixon, overseer
on the farm Of Mr.. Geo. J. Appold. near Cations
willie. has sent TO the S"n Office very pretty and
artistic specimen Of butter. wrought into the form
Of a basket Of flowers. the work having been done
by Mrs. Dixon's own hands.
--Mr. William 7. Walters, whose Enc estate
Is situated on woodbourne avenue. near Govans-
town, will receive about this 10th Of March, anoth.
er importation Of tsenty-o head of Pcrohcron
horses. Mr.. Strcker, farm manager for Mr..
Walters. IL now in France selecting the stock.
st. Valentines day occurs Monday, Feb
ruary 18th. There are already plenty Of vaien.
tines In the stores aud some Of them are finding
their way into the mails. We know Of one gen
:lemsn who has received one. lie now wants %
see the fellow who sen, t. lie has some business
with him.
--Snow commenced falling here about Q
o'clock Monday evening aud continued during
the night aud all day Tuesday, covering the
ground TO the depth Of about s inches. The ther.
mometer at o'clock Tuesday morning registered
90 degrees. and at the same hour Wednesday only
G above zero.
from Jail John Holiday and George W. Brown
both coiored. The former was indicted for lar.
ceny and had been in Jail since last September,
without any action being taken In his case. and
the latter had been presented for the same oAeuse
but no true bill found.
&C. Bohn sIingluf, Esq.. Of this place. who
owns q farm on Chestnut Ridge. near the Fails
road, 10 making preparations to build ash ponds
In which he proposes TO propagate German carp
and other fsh. The natural advantages Of his
property for this psrpose are said 90 be unsur-
passed there being plenty Of pure spring water &c
- The semi-annuai report Of the Working
mems Mutual Beneficial Association Of the North.
ern Central railroad shows receipts for the pas,
six months, 81 l,t9o.25; expenditures. Sl,0J2.ts
amount In bank, $lt3.9j; amount In hands oi
treasurer, $i3.S2. The average assortment per
member per month has been ssi csnts. There arc
ht present S6s members.
One more death from scarlet fever has oc-
Cured In Towsoutown since our last reports
daughter Of Mrs. Rutter, aged about n years.
This Is the second child she has lost By that dis.
ease within the past three weeks. There are no
ncw cases In the town aud those who have been
VI are recovering. and our people are again be-
ginning to feel some degree Of safety.
"on aecoant Of the heavy snow storm oi
Tuesday, the lecture of Rev. Thomas Guard,
which vas TO have been delivered In Towtontown
NJ. T.. church that evening. vas posipoaed until
Friday evening, February &th. Those Who de-
sire to enjoy rich Intellectual treat should not
fail TO attend. ~Tha, reverend gentleman isknown
as oae Of the gran iest orators Of the day.
The Uxioxs presses have been busy on lob
work the past week k-inciading sale posters and
other work-whieh We think will compare favor
ably with that done in any other ofhce In the
State. Our facilities are good and We make u q
poiat 10 turn out all work promptly and on the
most favorable terms. Our sale posters Of varioul
sizes. are much admired, and never fall TO give
satisfaction.
Prom causes which We are unable 10 com
prehend, number of wise men. and others Of les,
magnitude, predicted at the beginning of thi,
year that 1881 would be noted for its unprece
dentcd amount OF sickness, death and general dis
tress In the land, from various causes. Durine
the hrst few weeks Of the new year these unfavor'
able predictions have 10 greater or less degrcs
been verified In our own midst.
The Phila., Wilmington a BALTIC. r. r
Co. 10 engaged in making some sxtsnsive im
provements At Bayview Jun n.tion. In the 18th dis
trict of this county. A large number Of addition
ai tracks are being laid and u s the intention d
make mp freight trains there aud do other work
which the limited room At President street depot
makes difieult. A number Of dwelling house,
viii be erected and property In that vicinity Il
looking up. 4.
den. J. r. Jones. formerly brigade com.
mander Of the Second brigade. stonevali Jack.
son's corps, @. 8. A., and brother % Mrs. Davis
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