The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-08-19
Corrs,poHdenes Baifinors County Union.
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
More Warm NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Coming Oriolo-To Loeb Raven
Other Matters OF Interest.
BALTIMonE, August 18th, 1882.

BALTIMoRE, August leth, 1882.
The weather has been eppressively hot here
during the past week both day and night, though
fresh-mosily southern-breeses made the nights
tolerabls. The Thermometer has ranged from 70
10 81 degrees In the shade. Just now a. I begin
10 wrto heavy clouds are gathering In the west 10
southwest with occasional flashes Of lightning and
distant thunder which portend an approaching
storm. Let me hope Il win come A. the heat Is
very oppressive and the dust almost sudocating.
Mayor whyte has returned from his visit 10
Saratoga and again entered upon the discharge Of
his municipal duties. lie has concluded not 10
call the City Council together. talked Of TO
take Into confederation tho question OF the small
pox n prevailing In our city. From the best In.
formation within his reach that maiady 10 mach
less prevalent than generally Supposed. There
are not, u 10 believed, more than any or sixty
cases now In the city and several Of them only n
mild form Of varialoid. What added 20 the alarm
was the fact that more than the usual number OF
those having tho disease refused being sent to
the smallpox hospital. and necessarily the yellow
flag, used an indication Of small-po being close
by or In the vicinity Of where II was suspended,
has been more frequently seen In certain localities,
thus causing some alarm. Physicians best &C.
quainted with the nature Of that malady generally
agree Il is not epidemic, nor likely 10 become so.
but rather on the decline Most Of the cases have
been confined 20 localities Of the city less carefully
attended TO In cleanliness and otherwise than they
should be, whilst residents OF those sections are
% their modes Of living and cleanliness than they
ought TO be. II 10 believed by care aud due at,en.
ton upon the part Of the city authorities aud the
citizens themselves the pestilence may be entirely
stamped out or subdued TO such an extent TO
have Il expurgated In less than twenty days 90
that II need not In tho slightest degree interfere
with persons coming TO our city 10 attend the
0riole. There Is really no alarm or apprehension
of danger among our own regular residents. They
scarcely give u n thought.
Preparations for the approaching oriole cele.
bration are going forward very energetieally and
rapidly. Al the signs are indicative Of It's being
grand affair In every way and well worth seeing
u promises three days Of most agreeable jubilee.
The completion aud opening Of the baltimore
and Delta railway and the running Of regular
trains 20 aud from Loeb Raven and the magnih-
cent improvements by the Baltimore water works
on the Is most desirable triumph
and has caused a great anxiety upon the part 81
very many Baltimoreans 90 pay visits thereto at
the earliest opportunity. Vast numbers no doubt
will avail Of the excursions now projected and
about being given by the company 60 see these
T celebrated works. There IL no place within the
! vicinity Of our city that there has been n more
general desire 10 visit than the place here noticed
II seems indeed a. II the whole popuacc Of Balti
more wan, TO 60 there and the sights. the nov
elites aud bcaa;ic. u the scenery. Excursions of
this character must become very popular and
largely attended.
am glad TO say our hydraBt water. a. we'll
+ from Lake Roland as from the GunpOw,ler river.
has again become pure. good and wholly free from
any disagreeabie efiuvium or taste. IL IL also
gratifying TO know We are no longer annoyed with
l the intensely offensive smell that some years ago
put our citizens az terrible discontinue account
Of the bad oiOr that exhalei from the basin and
hatbor. II cane evidently from the ofAl Of the
sugar rehncries then in existence. nOw-unfortu-
nately for business-suspended. Thus n nuisance
gotten rid VI by bcgetting serious loss to the
city manufacturers and former large trade in
sugars and molasses. which, IL 10 earnestly hoped,
may ere long be resumed, without. however. the
disagreeable ef.iavium We were obliged formerly
60 endure
The Western Maryland Company has now q
large number Il workmen engaged taking down
the old building. on the adjoining lots TO their
present depot on liilicn street. wherein 90 erect
the new large and caparions addition 90 the pres.
ent station. - important. extended and rapidly
increasing has become the bushes. of this road
that IL is now seriously contemplated by the com.
pany TO prepare for building a. soon as possible .
double track Thi. seems really indispensable to
accommodate its greatly increased trade and basi
ness.
Peaches. watermelons and can,aleuPs are now
arriving in our city in vast numbers. NeVer be-
fore has there been 80 large supply ~ peaches.
The wharves are being literally packed with them
and will 20 continue In an increased ratio for two
or three weeks 90 come. All the packers are
busily engaged in canning them. They sell At
very moderate prices aud are OF superior quaity.
The appointment Of ex sheriff SmyTk a. clerk
90 the Supervisors Of Elections IL esteemed very
excellent one, a he is popular with all and an
/ es;imable. uprigh, citizen. No one has yet been
T appointed 4 commissioner in place of Mr.. james
Hodge. resigned but the expectation IL he will be
iair. liberal gentleman, looking to justice aud
the general good.
GOV. Hamilton, Learn still suffers con .iderably
from his gravel disease. and fears the painful
necessity Of being surgcally operated upon before
recovering wholly from the ailment.
Mr.. Robert VI. Proud told me day that he ex-
pec,ed Col. Di;;y would probably not take charge
ofhis Ofice-the Collectorship Of Internal Revenue
much before the hrst of the coming month
Mr.. D.. health Is good a. could be expected.
Col. Webster, Collector of the Port. appeared
very we'll as saw him On the street yesterday and
in good spirits.
The e0lorei man Who was convicted in our
Criminal Court a few day. ago under the new lAw.
Of beating his wife. wTithes very uneasiiy under
the prospect Of being punished at the whipping
post for that ungallant oaense. lie said he would
rather be sent 20 Jail for years-a Scriptural
number than have 20 take thirty Iashes, we'll
laid on. Nth tough. green eowhide. lie, us hope
the Law will be carried out in spirit and letter. a'
10 should on all such creatures.
Singular 90 say mosquitoes are not half 80 bad
and plentiful a. they we're last year. but dies are
ten times more abundant and rAvenous.
Business il steady for the season but without
largely from the South and wcs, \. also from our
own State. There Is an active chipping demand,
which is likely to continue. NEsToR.
Es-The Caroline county Ds@oeraf. referring
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