The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-01-28
LOCAL ITEMS.


The work OF building bridge over the Pa.
tapsco at Union factory, lt district, will shortly
be commenced.
a twO.hOrse wagon load Of sassafras roots
passed through TowsOntown on Wednesday on
the way TO the city. 70
Sheriff Tracey has appointed James H.
Iiynson, Of Towsontown, deputy sheriff TO act
until further orders.
The County Commissioners have 70.
appointed John +. Dobbin constable for the lst
district for two years.
An exchange quotes Il az a singular fact
that u the good die young, how DO you account
for bald headed cditorsl
-Busness In the matrimonial line Is brisk
in the 10th district. -Four weddings took place
there on Wednesday Of this week.
-Towson Lodge, l. o. o. T., Of this place.
contempla,es holding q reunion AMI supper on
Thursday evening, February 10th.
Baltimore county now supports twenty
two insane paupers In the Maryland Hospital for
the Insane at cost Of $3.50 per year each.
a certificate Of incorporation OF Beckleys-
willie Cornet Band No. ], was filed In the Office Of
the Clerk Of the Circuit Court on Wednesday.
In the Orphans Court this week letters Of
administration were granted TO Caroline Selling
on the estate Of c. Frederick Selling, deceased.
We were visited by another snow storm on
Wednesday, but like Its predecessors Il was
small affair, followed by heavy rain and siect.
-Rev. Mr.. Barrow. rector OF 81. Johns
church, kingsvilie, conducted the services in
Trinity =. Z. church, Towsoniovn, on Sunday
last.
A fine colt belonging to Mr.. Fred. Morris,
Of Chases Station. 18th district. was stranglcd 10
death few days ago by becoming entangled in a
rope
The baltimore and Hartford turnpike com
pany has declared n dividend Of 81. 80 per share,
payable at the National Marine Bank, Baltimore,
on demand.
We regret 10 learn that Mr.. Thomas C..
Bosiey, one of the Oldest and most highly respect.
cd farmers Of Western Run Valley. has been quite
~ for some time.
proposes TO celebrate its anniversary on Tuesday
night, Feb. 9TH. upon which occasion there will
be q dancing soiree. &c.
MIR. Samuel NJ. Shoemaker. Of this county
has sold his celebrated herd book Jersey bull
"lIazienut," to Mr.. Robert Hough Of Talbot
county, on private terms.
There Is talk Of starting a steam saw mill
(for the purpose Of saving ere wood In Towson-
town. When the railroad arrives we will also be
likely 10 have q new coal yard.
AIR. James W. Thompson, index clerk in
tho Clerks Office. has suffered from a slight at
tack Of scarlet fever. with which disease several
Of his children have been affected
Mr.. Luther VI. Birmingham, a we'll known
citizen Of the 9Th district, lately returned from
trip to San Francisco. having been greatly pleased
with what he saw on the Pacific slope.
MIR. John T.. Owens, after n brief proies-
sional tour in the North. arrived At bis home.
Aigburth Vale, near Towsontown, on Sunday last.
He viii leave again shortly for the West.
a son Of Nv. Peter Heck, gardener for MIR.
Fisher, on the York road short distance below
Towsontown, was run over by the cars in Phila-
deiphia this week, receiving injuries which caused
his death.
We return thanks to DIR. Sidney o. Heis-
kell, assistant physician ofthe Maryland Hospital
for the Insane (Spring Grove), for a copy Of the
annual report Of the Board Of Managers Of tina;
institution.
On Wednesday of last week while Mr..
VIM. Gibson was attempting 90 board n moving
train at trays, near Eeoti City. he was thrown
down and rendered insensible No serious re-
suits followed.
Hon. George Hawkins Williams, Of Bali.
more county, President Of the Maryland Senate.
has been named by paper in baltimore city as
the Democratic nominee 70: Governor TO succeed
Governor Hamilton.
In the Legislature on Tuesday, Charles Z.
Fendall, Esq., the new member from Baltimore
county, was appointed on the only two vacancies
on committees remaining untitled, via, "InsoI-
vency" and Currency"
The house Of Mr.. Keller, on Eastern avcn
nc. In the l2,h district, was damaged by fire on
Tuesday night to the extent of slo0. The county
Ere department was promptly on hand aud pre-
vented more serious results.
The new chemical engine for WaveFy Is
now ready for use. The addition TO the engine
house Is nearly completed. and the building con-
tAtut I'll tue tuodcfu improvement Tor eNHelitius
matters In the event Of a FIRE.
Mr.. VIM. I. Cooper, Of the 9Th district.
whose family seriously afflicted last winter
with scarlet fever and diphtheria. has a little
daughter who was left deaf and dumb b. the ef-
fects Of those terrible diseases.
No new cases Of smallpox have been re-
ported in the county during the past week. In
some sections the vaccine physicians have been
busy, and all who can should avail themselves Of
their good Offices In this respect.
Mr.. Samuel II. Green having cd from
Warren to the Belt, resigned the Office Of post
master az the former place and Mr.. Reuben Glad
felter has been appointed in his place. Mr.. q.
until recently resided at Wooiberry.
The wire cables used on the new sty le horse
railways lately started In Chicago. were manu-
featured at Woodbury., this county, by the Grn
OF Pool Hunt. These cars lay down AID take
up their own tracks they pass over the streets.
At meeting Of the Maryland Improved
Live Stock Breeders Association. held In Balii-
more on Wednesday, Messrs. Andrew Banks, :.
N. Shoemaker, Samuel X. Crosby aud William
IL. Moore, Of Baltimore county, were admitted as
members.
Mr.. David c. vanhorn. Of Upper y Roads,
Hartford county, near the Baltimore county line,
recently lost two valuable young horses from lung
fever and has another sick with the same disease
Other horses in the same neighborhood have als1
been affected.
The ladies Of the ". Z. congregation Of
this place will hold an oyster supper In the lee
ture room Of the church. Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday evenings, Feb. 9Th, s,h and aih
Proceeds to be devoted TO the pastors salary,
Tickets so cents.
-Messrs. Howard and Lewis Troyer. Of the
10th district, have just completed very ine barn
The work was done dy Mr.. Il. q. McrrymAn, who
10 go-ahead mechanic. working Ia winter as well
- In summer. lie has lately had several bridge
contracts from the county.
Mr.. John II. Clarke, foreman for the BAL
ti@oFs Eisyaiing Company, died =; his residence
Canton, this county on the 18th inst, in the 18th
year Of his age. Mr.. Clarke served In the FEEDER
al army during the war and was a prominent
member Of the Masonic order.
MIR. Robert Gross, for many years q we'll
known blacksmith at downtown. this county,
died at the residence Of his son, In Prince Georges
county, on Tuesday last. His remains were in
TERED In the Presbyterian burying ground, Co
vanstown. on Thursday morning.
Mr.. Joseph u. Herbert, who, as announced
In these columns last week. had resigned his pc.
sition a. book keeper for J. W. Lee a Son, did 50
10 accept q position record clerk In the Clerks
Office. Mr.. Edward Norwood has succeeded Mr..
Herbert In the Messrs. Lees store.
Capt Y. Herrman's Sheppard Asylum team,
which, by the way, Il the finest In the county,
hauled load Of Ice through TowsOntown on
Wednesday which weighed four tons and eight
hundred pounds. The ice was y little over four
inches thick and very clear and solid.
The drm Of Bruce Patterson. who had n
CONTRACT ior several sections OF the uunpowder
water works tunnel, has secured the contract for
building the tunnel under the 81. Lawrence river.
near Montreal, Canada. This tunnel will cost in
the neighborhood Of Gve millions Of dollars.
The cold wave Of the past week came from
the extreme northwest aud sent the mercury down
with astonishing rapidity. Iee.eutting eommene.
cd on Tuesday, Il being about three inches in
thickness and very solid. The change In the
temperature from Saturday to Sunday was re-
markabie.
The work Of charging and improving
Mount Paran Presbyterian church, In the "a dis
trict Of this county, will shortly be commenced.
The new parsonage for this church, which has