The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-11-19

| Work ON the Baltic 4 Delta narrow gauge
is progressing rather slowly, the track having
| been laid only about four miles from the Boun-
| dairy. temporary engine house, large enough
to accommodate two engines, has been erected at
the Baltimore terminus. All the rails and ties
for the road have been delivered.
The Rossville fox hunters meet with better
success than the Elkridgers. They had run the
other day and the result two brushes, while
the Elkridgers didn't even get hair. fthe lat
ter want to have some fun they ought to send
down and borrow Capt. Brians dogs. FIVE are
not mistaken they can corral fox little more
previous" than any other pack in the State.
"A deed was filed for record in the Clerk s
Office here from John X. Cowen and E. J. d.
Cross to John w. Garrett, conveying four tracts
Of land in this county known by the names of
"Carter's Struggle" "Wheeers Good Will"
Coolies Discovery" and "Singers High Germa-
n.y." aggregating lS44 acres, the consideration in
the deed being 1865.
The Sth anniversary of the opening of the
McDonogh Farm School, in this county, will be
celebrated with appropriate exercises next Mon
day, upon which occasion William A. Stewart
Esq, of the trustees, viii deliver the annual
Grafton upon the life and character of John Nc
Donogh. The school now has fifty pupils, all
that can be accommodated.
On Friday night of last week about s or 70
barrels of corn the Ward property, Roland
avenue, which had been cut off and carried to the
edge of the field and placed against the fence,
set fire to and burned. 1t will be remembered
that several incendiary fires occurred in that
neighborhood few days before. There is yet
no clue to the perpetrator of these villainies.
On account of the sickness of large num-
Der of the horses of the York road line the cars,
since Saturday last, have been running to Tow
sontown every two hours instead of hourly. The
late wet weather very hard on the stock and
the action of the company in withdrawing some
h. Cd fhav a.,hl
some extent, was at the same time humane and
commendable.
Samuel Brady, ESQ.,, chairman of the DEM
ocratic Executive Committee, had counted the
votes cast in the 9th district the Sth inst, for
members of the Committee, when it was found
that DIR. Jackson Piper, DIR. Geo. II. Cairnes and
Sterling Thomas were elected. With two M. DIS
on the 9th district Committee Democratic
friends ought to be able to keep things in
'healthy" condition in the future.
Mr.. w. Frank Mitchell, of this place, will
no doubt be surprised to learn that he is dead.
At least the Fork correspondent of the Belair
-Egis says he is and we have too much confidence
in "W. H. r." to believe that he would "fb'
about a serious matter like this. But then the
last time we saw Mr.. Mitchell-only a day or two
ago-he looked like a real lively corpse. Per-
haps he is simply walking around to save funeral
expenses.
Rev. J. II. Manley pastor of St. James
eOlOred NJ. p. church, of this place. has again in
troduced something entirely novel in the way of
an entertainment to raise funds for his church.
lie calls it ga live pigeon pot-pie entertainment
and the advertisement states that ga live pigeon
will fly out O.. a pot pie at 10 o'clock, and who
ever gets the pigeon after it flies around the
five minutes will receive a prize. The enter
tainment will take place in the colored Odd Fell
lows hall, Friday evening, Nov. 18th.
The attendance at the meeting of the Tow
sontown Literary and Musical Association
Friday evening of last week large and the
programme presented was excellent The lecture
By Major A. NJ Hancock was highly entertaining
as was also the reading of Mr.. George Gilling
ham, Of Baltimore. There is one thing to which
desire to call the attention of the executive
committee The boys who attend these meetings
should either be compelled to behave properly or
they should be elected from the room. We be-
lieye they are admitted free and this being the
case they should have manliness enough about
them not to disturb those who go to considerable
trouble to entertain the society.
"A practical mechanic suggests the follow
ing method of securing tires wheels: Before
putting on the tires, fill the feoes with hot lin
seed oil brought to boiling heat The timber in
spokes and felloes should be dry, green timber
will not absorb the oil, and care should be taken
that the oil is not made hotter than boiling heat,
or the timber will be burned. The spokes should
also be well rubbed with the hot oil. Timber filled
with oil in this way is not susceptible of injury
by water, and is rendered much more durable by
this process. After the wood has thoroughly alb
sorbed the oil it should be left standing for some
days before the paint and varnish is applied If
these directions observed, the tires never get
loose and the spokes and felloesTemain firm until
the tires wear out.