The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-06-17


The Hannah More Academy, Rsisters.
town, will hold its closing exercises at noon on
Wednesday, next, 2ist inst. Six young ladies
will graduate, among them Miss Mary d. Wright,
daughter Of John Wright. Esq., Of Ne. Washing
ton.
Miss Florence Rider, daughter Of Edward
Rider. Esq, Of Sherwood, was one Of the gradu-
ates at the annual commencement Of Lutherviils
Female Seminary on Tuesday. She read the
Latin salutatory and was awarded the second
honor.
Col. Adreon has been notified tina, on aud
after July lst, the mails for wavcriy, GOvans-
town and TOWsontown will be carried by the York
road railway. The officers Of the BALTIC. 4 Delta
road have not been aPPrised Of the proposed
change.
The woodberry Mutual Protective Union
has elected officers. viz; President. A. q. Echel-
berger vice president. Charles Gibson secreta-
~. j. X. Little; treasurer, u. W. Smith, who.
with Joseph NJ. Smith, constitute the executive
committee.
The citizens Of ReistcrstoWn have grown
indignant becausethe County Commissioner have
not granted their petition for street lamps, and
another committee has been appointed 20 wait
upon the Board aud urge upon Il the necessity Of
doing something at once.
The Granite Presbyterian church, in the
I'd district. will be re-dtdicated on Sunday morn
ing. 18th inst. The services will be Of an inter
esiing character and will be continued during the
day. Several ministers are expected 10 be pres
ent and take part In the services.
Mr.. Lewis y. Bowen. Sr., real estate agent
and collector. has removed from his old Office, cor
ncr Of 81. Paul and Fayetse sts., and can now be
found nj No. q north Green street. Mr.. D., who l.
n resident Of this county, l. always polite and at
tcntivc TO any business entrusted TO him.
Several farmers have informed Us this
week that upon examining the heads of their
wheat they found therein . small green worm. Of
species hitherto unknown TO them. They fear
that this new pest will destroy the prospects for
the abundant wheat crop that was expected.
Mr.. Charles W. Bentley IL making a num-
Der Of improvements TO his property at BENTLEY
SPRING.. n. c. railroad. putting &, in better shape
for q summer resort. Very elegant pie.ni
grounds are TO be fitted uR there. and the rail-
road company u also making some Improvements.
At the Ivy Paper Mills, near Reisters-
town. on the seth Of May, q. W. Phoieman I'm.
ished. ready for market, four tons MANILA paper.
This 10 the best work ever done In the finishing
department. Mr.. Policeman now stands NJ the
head Of the list and Is not likely 90 be cxceilcd
shortly.
"A great many people have inquired the
meaning Of the word Delta the name Of the
town at the terminus of the BALTIC. 4 Delta rail.
road. IL means . triangular tract Of land similar
in shape TO the Greek letter d. but WHY the maine
was selected for the town in question smorc than
we can say.
Charles II. Sheridan, who farms Mr.. sam
uel Chew's place. near Towsontown. this week
bought in Baltimore very fine pair Of young
work horses. They placed on the scales
here and weighed exactly I.2i0 lbs. each. They
are able. bodied. active animals. we'll suited for
farm work.
On Monday evening las, officers Powers
and O'Nicll. of the county force. found an insane
man named Thomas Jones. aged between - and
80 years. at Inglehart's, on Remington avenue.
the city limits Jones halls from Chestnut
Ridge. this county. lie was removed 60 waycrly
station house and hi, friends notified.
--Messrs. Charles and William II. Moore. of
Glenmorc. on the Hartford road. have purchased
from Col. l.. II. Webster. Of Belair. three dnc
Jersey for the sum Of 5000. IL l. stated
that during i've days trial last week one Of Col.
webs;sr's cows made II lbs. and 10 ozs. Of butter
or at the rate of nearly L. lbs. per week.
1t il n singular coincidence that the ear
riagc shops Of Nathan Grafton, at Forest Hill.
Hartford county. should have been burned on the
evening Of the 18th 81 May. and that those of
John A. Hanna. Of Belair. were burned on the
evening Of the 18th of June. Some persons are
of the opinion tina, both fires were of incendiary
origin.
MIR. John =. Cuddy. Of the 10th district,
came to Towson,own on Monday and qualified a.
Justice Of the Peace. lie had been III which nc.
counted for his no, coming after his commission
earlier. There was no truth In the statement pub.
lished in another county paper that he "ncglec,
"a I" oothiu Nfst chtHtuNflnu WHINE tue time
prescribed by Law.
a gentleman with whom VIC me, on our re.
cent trip through Hartford county. informed us
that there are in his neighborhOod twenty-five
self binding reaping machines. all of one pattern.
lie uses one himself and says he would not be
wiihou, Il for double its cost a. IL does Il. work
In a most satisfactory manner and at grea; saw.
ing Of expense in harvesting.
a crank named Ferdinand Gais.er. aged
about ?j years. has been arrested in the Let dis
triet Of this county on the charge of sending
threatening letters TO the president Of woodstock
College. GAisser, who says he IL from Indiana.
claims that the letters were written by him
through inspiration. lie has been landed in Jail
here where his inspiration" can work iiself out.
Many farmers in the lower end Of Hartford
county who used to haul all their produce 10 Bal.
timore. now carry Il TO York. where they claim
they get better prices. In this connection IL il
stated tina; the tolls % the Jarre;tsville turnpike
fell OF upwards Of $500 last year. indicating that
the travel in this direetiOn has greatly decreased
II used 20 be a common thing 90 sec long strings
Of market wagons. at certain seasons Of the year.
on their way to Baltimore. bu, this Is the excep.
ton now instead of the rule.