The Baltimore County union., 1883-06-30

Meek.
Mr. james C. Stevenson, living near North
Point road, l2lh district, lost two children this
week from diphthsria.
school in the 9Th district, has been appointed to
eleTkship Ia the County Clerks Office.
a eolorcd man. employed as n waiter ht
Hampton, fell from a cherry tree. Monday even.
ing last, injuring himself quite badly.
| john =. Benson, Of woodbcrry, died on
Saturday last, at the residence Of his brother,
Rev. u. 7. Benson, In tho 5th district.
MIR. Peter Ruhl, Of Govanstown, agent for
Joshua Thomas, Baltimore, has sold this season
between thirty and forty reapers and mowers, and
about twenty.6v chieftain horse rakes.
in the contract between Cyrus Dillcr and
the Maryland Central Railroad there 10 said to 10
a clause making the compAny's chief engineer the
judge Of the amount TO be paid. and providing
that his estimate shall be final and without appeal
--Frcigh, IL now being shipped by the Mary
land Central road, the destination Of which l.
near Delta, York county. This branch Of the
business Of the road Is Increasing rapidly that
two freight trains will soon be necessary to trans
port IT,
1t is said that Messrs. wm. II. Hoffman A
Sens, contemplate the erection of paper mill,
on the "Devils backbone property, on the Gun.
powder, In the upper end Of the county. The
water power at this point is said to be the best in
the State.
baltimore county was represented at the
commencement exercises Of Harvard College. on
Wednesday last, in the person Of Talbot j. Albert,
Esq., Of eatonsyille, who is 4 graduate Of the
Law School Of tha, justly renowned institution
Of learning.
ten. sherman's eldest son, who has, for
the past Eve years, been studying for the Jesuit
priesthood. at Woodstock College. Howard county.
will soon leave that institution and after visiting
his mother. will 20 10 teach in the Western pro.
vince, TO which he belongs.
Some Of our farmers predict that the apple
crop will not be large one this year They say
the fruit blossomed well. but seems to have been
injured by the cold, wet weather that occurred
about blossoming time, and rs n result, much Of
the young fruit IL dropping on.
The postmaster at baltimore has received
instruction from the Department at Washington,
ordering mail service on the Maryland Central
Railroad. commencing Monday. July 9th. Mails
will be dispatched from baltimore via Towson.
town. Baldwin. Falls,on TO Belair.
The .iaericaH: The railroad has been ca.
tended TO Bclair at last: but Il IL only n narrow
guage. aud IL l. thought IL will require at least
siX.foot gauge TO accommodate all the candidates
Hartford county will send down 10 the Democratic
State Convention next September. They can walk
home
st. Johns and East Baltimore circuits, Of
.he Colorel VI. T. church. will hold a camp meet.
l.
TOwsontoWn. commencing Friday. July 25th. aud
continuing three sundays. The camp will
be in charge of Rev. f.. scott ani e. u. vii.
lam..
a private party of young folks from Bel.
air came down to Loeb Raven on special train
on Friday evening Of last week. and enjoyed a
dance in the railroad eompany's pavilion. Lyle's
band furnished excellent music, aud the evening
was delightfully."- spent. The party returned about
T. o'clock.
--AibeF; Dunn has been arrested and lodged
in Towsontown Jail. charged with stealing two
COWS. each valued at 500, the property Of Anton
Zimmerman and Charles Sioucher. living near
Carroll y. o. 1T dis;ric; Of this county. Il /, al.
legged tha; he took the cows from the pasture aud
sold them in the city.
The Wilerman family. in the 81 district
OF this county. Is one Of the largest in the State.
Al one time there were seTenty-six Of that name
the registry book of that district and We are
told iha; just nov there are nearly hfty. one of
the older Wiiermans had thirteen sons. all
voters. and another had nine.
The llavre. dc trace Republican saws
McCabe Bros. were not among the successful bid.
defs in the advertised proposals for building sec.
tion Cf the Baltimore ohio extension, but Il is
under the impression that their valuable expert.
ence and sarvicss will he brought into active lie
nlani before the work is completed.
-charles Edward Hanson, who killed Mr.
I charles Ridgey White. Of Howard county, and
/ who was pronounced insane by n jury recently
and By order Of Court sent to Spring Grove In
sane asylum. made his escape from the Institution
/ Tuesday night. lie was found at his home and
taken back to the asylum on Wednesday.
The very heavy rains Of Tue,day night
Z and Wednesday morning caused about two hours
/ delay Of the morning trains on the Mary land
Central road. No damage worth mentioning was
done 10 cuts and fills and the trestles stood the
! foods remarkably we'll The "Y" at Belair was
damaged TO some extent. causing considerable
delay.
--Towsontown's Ere apparatus-a hook and
ladder tFuck-is locked up In . low brick build.
ing aud IL i doubtful whether any one has seen
IL for months. One Il these days when there
may be occasion TO use IL, We should not be sur.
prsel 90 zee the machine drop TO pieces A. soon
a. IL il moved. How would IL do 10 have IL over
hauled and, IL necessary, placed in working order.
On Saturday last 4 party OF gentlemen
from ToWsontown went down 60 Tolchester Beach,
Kent county, on fishing excursion. A very
pleasant day was spent and large number %
| rock and white perch were caught Mr.. Adam
DIETRICH. the well known hotel proprietor on the
Frederick road caterer for the party, and dis
charged his important duties in n most satisfac-
J tory manner.
--Towsontown's crack base ball nine. "The
Maryland" met nine from Baltimore. at Luther
willie. last Saturday. composed of nine from
]
team was vanquished 20 the tune Of 10 ,, the
game being mos; interesting one. On Tuesday
THE Maryland" met the West End nine. from
Baltimore. on the same grounds and cleaned them
up, the score standing 10 3.
Prof. l.. T.. Jams. principal Of the high
school at Reistsfs,own. has resigned the princi-
palship of the grammar school in Baltimore
/ city. on account of III health. His resignation
reluctantly accepted by the city School
Board on Tue,jay last. The Professor il at
I present residing a, the home of his parents in
/ Howard county. IIis condition. though serious,
! il not eon-iIeTel critical. We wish him speedy
recovery.
--Ex. Sheriff John X. Harvey, Of the slh
district Of this county, 10 little upwards Of So
years Of age and is still in the enjoyment Of ex-
eellcnt health. In order % employ bis spare time
he has lately been engaged in selling trees for the
firm Of William cOrse Son, travelling about the
country on hoFs.baek. Last week he rode through
Montgomery and Howard counties, and returned
none the wore for his long jaun,. Mr.. Harvey
is one of our best eitiEens. Republican in poll
ties and still takes lively interest in political
matters.
-Tovson,oun il dslIer this sumner than it
la. been for years, notwithstanding the fact that
ne have steam Communication with the city. We
sould iiEe % enquire whose fault this ist We
have . large hotel without . tenant, and hun
dreis of beautiful building lots and purchaser
for them. II IL our humble opinion that the
property -owners are solely 90 blame, and We be-
lieye we are 10 the same condition Of anothe:
town ne once heard of all IL needed was tao or
three GTst-elass funerals 70 make the place boom.
Unless there Is more Of spirit Of thhft shown
here than exists at present, ne might ~ we'll
build a wall around iho towb and notify all
strangers that their presence l. not desired. II
Annapolis-our capital eity-is a "6nished''
to~n, wha, may not be said Of Towsoniown9
Value Second TeHted.-The public test 81
Messrs. Watts seth's jersey COW Value Second,
which has been in progress for the past week. IN
der the supervision of Col. Weld, Of New York.
1 a. . committee for the American Jersey Cattle
! Club and Mea.r. Ajax. N. RuIfnrd Of IIarfnri