The Baltimore County union., 1882-12-09

From oardonvills, i2th pistrict.-Th,
| Gardenville Musical and Literary Society held I
meeting In the high school building on Thursda,
evening, Nov 30th. Aiter considerable discus
sion constitution was adopted aud the folOwin,
officers elected; President, John s. 9iddison
| vtce-prcsident, ThOs. q. Carter; secretary, Mis
Susie d. Biddison treasurer, J. Harman Schone
executive committee. Rev. VIM. Strnger, John
Centrum, ChAs. y. Markland, Misses Hattie Swin
and Alice Burgan. A programme was arranged
by the committee for the next meeting, which val
! held on the eth inst.
Prof. Joseph A. Neumayer IL meeting with
marked success as instructor upon the organ
piano, violin and brass instruments. lie has nou
large class which l. daily increasing, nearly BIZ
entire time being engaged. lie has the bes
wishes for success in this new occupation fol
which he seems cminently atted.
The stockholders of the Baltimore and Jcrusa.
lem Turnpike Company met a this place on Mon.
day, 9Th inst. The Board % Directors meet on
the first Monday Of each month, and at iis meet.
/ ing on the above date Messrs. Francis Cardwei
and Joseph Snyder were appointed supeFinten.
dents to build and grade that portion Of the road
between the Camp Chapel road and the Gunpow.
der Falls, Mr.. Cardwell TO commence at the Falls
and work west and Mr. Snyder to work east from
Mr. Brooks old place, they to grade ano maeade'
miEe the road NJ they 60.
The Farmers and Gardener Society Of this
place, which u now In the 35th year of its cxis.
tence, and which meets twice 4 month on Monday
nights, held it, annual election for officers on the
9Th inst. with the following result; President,
Joseph Klein vice'prcsident, Geo. Hofstetter
secretary, John NJ. Herman treasurer, Albert
NoEt committee, Carl Seegcr andJ. Henry Herr
man messenger, Edw. nofsteiter; hall commit
tee, Messrs. Herman and liOfsteiter. The society
is In = prosperous condition, having l50 active
members, and has paid for funeral benefits during
the past fourteen years 81 200.
The first fre for many years al Clifton, near
the first toll gate, Belair road. occurred Sunday
afternoon, about 81 o'clock. The Gre originated
! from n defective hue In Mr.. John lIud's dwelling
and communicated to the adjoining dwelling,
owned and occupied BY Mr.. Geo. Baker, who is
the captain Of Fire Company No. q. Tho engine
house is only short distance from where the Gre
| occurred. which was soon exting nguished. Damage
| about $3.50. Fire Companies Nos. 2, Z and
answered TO the call BY telegraph. hat the Gre
extinguished by the time they arrived. NJ. A. II.
Arlington Items. -Mekendrse Chapel has
been completely mctamorphesed. II has been re-
paired and painted until Il looks 50 new and
bright that We really believe if any of the good
folks who Worshipped there In "yc olien time
could return they would not know the place. II
is quite an ancient cdice aud has been the place
Of worship of several generations. Our old resi-.
dents can tell Of what II was when they were
young-of the large and dcvont congregations,
stirring reviyals anil good Old Methodist meetings
that were held within IT, walls. "Ah. they were
congregations that were congregations" said one,
when class meetings were held. every Sunday
morning At what was then the parsonage. hut
what j. now u saloon. Then. every good brother
and sister gave In his or her experience in true
Methodist style and read their titles clear" or
"wiped their wecpin' eyes" as the ease might be-.
but that was in the days when Arlington was
only plain lookstoWn before the city was extended
so far cut and education anil "culchaw" so much
cn.rosscd the minds Of our people. Then changes
came. a new namc given to the place another
church or two built, the population increased
and things boone generally. Of course contact
With the outside world caused simple mindelncs.
20 give way in great measure TO worldly wisdom
and the average Arline,onian of TO. day il college
bred. well up in the sciences and faif in mat
tiers pertaining to the literary. dramatic anil fash
ionabc world.
The revival which has been In progress for
. several weeks at the NJ l.. church South. closed
last week. Several = rsons profcssei conversion
and have united with the church.
proirnc,cd meeting was begun at Mckenlrco
chapel on last Sunday night ami still continues.
We had occasion recently to visit our district
school and found Il in n thriving condition under
the mana cement of Mr.. J. Stansbury. And what
tide of rccollcc,ions to us ~ We entered Il :
Eccollec,ions Of the many days spent there a. a
scholar. Of the schooma,es with whom We were
and defeats which seemed 80 great tn us then be-
fore We aspiTci TO city high schools and colleges.
diplomas and degrees. Everything looked "just
n Cf Old here n row Of girls. there row Of boys
all inien; On accomplishing the great object Of
their lives. getting cdiication.' while in each
youngsters mind exists the encouraging idea that
perhaps some day in the dim. distant future he
will be PIe'ident. Well. perhaps one Of them
will, who knows Bessie A.
From Long Green.-On Saturday last the
train which form the residences Of the men en-
ployed in building the railroad was brought from
Glenarm and located on the long siding at IIyde's
station. This train consists Of one passenger
coach. four box.cars and one caboose, and fur.
nishes very comfortable quarters. Ten mules, be-
longing to McCabe Bros. are kept in Mr.. Hyde's
new stable nj the station, and are constantly at
work doing the necessary hauling In the construc.
tion Of the road. The track Is now rapidly ap
preaching Baldwin's. and that station will soon be
among the points reached. We learn that the
contractors intend to push the work forward TO
Bakers. near the Upper Gunpowder. when they
will suspend operations until spring. Il 10 not
definitely known when the passenger trains will
run regularly TO Hyde. station.
The meeting 60 be held at the Unionyille school
house on Saturday evening next, December 9TH.
proiniscs 10 be largely attended. The object Of
the meeting j. 10 inaugurate an interest and work
in behalf Of the temperance cause, and also to
form a literary association. Roth features Of the
meeting are worthy tf the attention Of the public
and doubtless there will be large attendance of
both lade, and gentlemen. The business Of the
meeting will be interspersei with music.
The meetings at the Chestnut Grove Presby-
| ;erian church closed last week. There were
number of additions TO the church.
Protraeted services are now being held al,
Waugh Chapel, Greenwood.
Rev. J. l.. Maxwell, formerly pastor Of the
Twelfth Presbyterian church. Baltimore, will lee.
ture in few weeks in the Chestnut Grove church.
Subject. spain"
Mr.. IL Z. Bar,ieson will establish coal depO,
a; Citing mill. Lon. Green station. ALrHA.
The Western Maryland and Col. Hood.
A correspondent Of the Westminster Adroea'e,
writing from Carrollton Station, on the ". ".
road, says: I'VE are n0w connected with Balti-
more by steel rails on the Western Maryland
Railroad u w0uld DO one good 10 see how nicely
the trains glide along when once they strike the
steel Everything along the line of this great
thoroughfare shows progress. The able manage.
men; Of the road by it, efficient executive attracts
as IL should do, general attention. Mr.. Hood has
done and Is doing everything 10 make the road
popular, AMI 10 mee. all the demands of the
travelling public n well as 10 accommodate with
prompt tran spoTtation Of all freight offered for
shipment The road is no longer an experiment
but is n permanent. fixed Institution. baltimore
city can readily look upon the Western Maryiand
a. a creation oi her own. She can afford TO do 20.
A. IL L. IT. greatest source Of supplies. The rich
Shenandoah Valley pouTs into the lap of Balti
more city, through the Western Maryland Rail
road. more supplies loeall than any other road ;
and while she (Baitimore) has "millions In IL" she
can well afford 20 have as many more"
Canton workingmen's Institute. The
semi annual meeting Of the Board Of Trustees of
the Canton workingmen's Institute was held on
Wednesday, and the agent. Kev. J. W. Jones, rep
resented the Institute 10 be in u most odFlss.aE
condition. Since the las, semi. annual meeting
large number of books. periodicals and papers had
been added. The attendance was increasing, there
being 900 visitors during the month Of November
alone Mr.. Jones referred TO the want of aeeom-
mediation In the present building. and presented
n plan for new building. aud spoke of the sligi.
bility of Canton Park a. a site for II. The build
ing proposed 10 $50 feet by 100 feet, two stories