The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-02-04


--Thursday, February %, was ground hog
day." and a. the sun shone brightly o. course II
bis bob.taiied hogship came out Of his hole be saw
his shadow on the snow and scampeFcd back 20 re-
main six weeks, daring which time--if there 10
anything in this old beliof-we may expect bad
weather.
Rev. W. D. Litsinger, Of Finksburg Cir.
cult, NJ. y. church. has been obliged 10 tempora-
rily relnqnish his labers on account Of an afIec-
ton Of the throat. A student Of the Western
Maryland College has been detailed 10 GIL his APP
Poinimen,s. Rev. Mr.. Litsingcr's mother and
sisters reside here.
The County Commissioners will meet at
their once In the Court House on Tuesday, We'd
nesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday Of next
week, TO hear appeals for altering aud correcting
valuations Of property that may have been i'm
properly assessed. The transfer books will be
kept open until March lst.
in the Orphans Court this week letters Of
administration were granted 10 Francis Foster on
the estate Of Caroline Foster; 10 Conrad Doenges,
yr., on the estate Of Conrad Doepges TO DR.. Y.
J. 8. Gorgas on the estate Of John s. Gorgas 10
Sarah A. Hayne on the estate Of Geo. W. Hayne I;
20 Francis Il. and ii. NJ. Slade on the estate Of
Madison Slads.
"A report having gained circulation that the
case Of smallpox ut cockeysville, and which was
removed 10 the Marine Hospital, was not small.
pox but simply . case Of measles, DIR. G. Ashton
Jessop, resident physician Mt the county aims
y
Dr.Howard.of the Marine Hospital, eectually set
ting at rest this idle rumor.
1t IL an unusual sight 10 see q man sleigh
ing with straw hat on bis head, but this specta-
Gle was witnessed In Towsontown on Tuesday.
Some enc remarked, on seeing this individual.
that there are other eFanks In the country besides
Guiteau. This item may call for Eight and there.
fore wo desire 20 say that the fighting editor Of
the USIoS 10 not we'll just now.
For the past six months the receipts Of the
workingmen's Benefit Association Of tho North
ern Central Railway were 81 ,3s3.93, and the ex.
psndi,ures, sI,iI?.ss. The As.ocia,ion has sSs
beneficial members, and since Its organization Il
has paid for sick benefits S2is30, and for funer-
raj benefits $l,092. The average assessment for
each month 10 . fraction over IS cents.
Judging from the present outlook We should
say that the chances for having Towsontown In.
eorporated by the present Legislature are very
slim. II will require several more scarlet fever
and diphtheria epidenics 10 waken our people up
TO the Importance Of this matter. In their fan
cied security they disposed 10 let the ineorpo.
ration business 20 by default. They may have
cause TO regret II when Il 10 too late.
Mr.. John Pocock, . respected citizen and
welto.do farmer Of the 10th district, died q, his
residence. near Sunny brook. on Thursday Of last
week in the 10th year Of his age, after an illness
Of only Eve days, from typhoid.pncumonia. His
funeral took place at clynmalara church, Ny
Lady's Manor, on Sunday, and was very largely
J. W. Steele, Of the Southern Methodist church.
Deceased leaves = widow and six children.
Mr.. Charles A. Roe, who was very 10 nj
Ady's Hotel for long time, suffering from an
attack Of typhoid fever. and who. upon becoming
convaiescent, was removed 10 his home at Forest
Hill, Hartford county. returned here last week.
having entirely regained his health. lie states
that after having reached his home he gained
flesh nj the rate Of one pound per day. Should
this have continued for about seven hundred days
bis weight would have surpassed that ofths Dime
Museum fat woman-we beg pardon, large lady"
Petitions are being circulated in the dis
irieis adjacent to the city, praying the Legisla-
ture to re.distrct the county. Should this scheme
succeed Il will give the lower end politicians big
advantage over those in the upper this does
not alter the fact that the proposition IL an emf
nently fair one. We see no reason, and never
could. why the 9th district, for instance, should
cast As many votes in n county convention as the
9th district, which has more than sig times a.
many people In IL. II Is understood that Senator
Williams fayors the proposition.
The Philadelphia 7ines Of Monday last
contained an interesting sketch Of the riot near
Christiana. Lancaster county, Pa. on the morn
ing Of September 18th, 1851, when Mr.. Edward
Gorsuch. an old and highly respected Citizen Of
this county, aud father Of Mr. Dickinson Gorsuch.
Of the sth district, vas killed. Mr.. Gorsuch had
gone 10 that place 20 recover four slaves who had
run away from him, when q number II colored
this occasion Mr.. Gorsuch vas accompanied By
his son, Mr. Dickinson Gorsuch, who was serious.
ly wounded Mr.. Joshua VI. Gorsuch, DIR. Thos.
Pearee. Mr.. Nicholas 7. Hutehins and Mr.. Nathan
Nelson. The men who were charged with insti.
eating the riot were all arrested and tried but
none Of them Nere convicted. The affair created
great sxcitsmsn; at the time.
in = snowy time the penny wise and pound
foolish principle appears to eharaeterife the man.
agement Of the York road horse railway. The
snow Of Tuesday 20 blocked the track that the
cars were continually jumping of At the crossings
and II not unusual sight 10 see q car cross.
wise Of the track or proceeding lsisursiy up the
middle Of the pike. The result Of all this was,
in addition 10 the great annoyance TO the passen.
gers. that some four or i've cars were broken and
one or more horses were hurt. few men with
shoves would soon have removed the snow from
the crossings aud other parts Of the line 50 that
travel would not have been so much impeded.
All day Tuesday and up % noon Wednesday the
cars were running irregularly. and all this could
have been prevented by the outlay Of n little
money for men to clean the tracks.