The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-06-23

week, Melted about 500.
! Mr.. samuel II. Tasgart has been elected
! president of the York Road Railway Company In
| place Of Mr.. James Il. Wilson.
| -children's day will DO celebrated At Hiss
church, Hartford road, tomorrow, Sunday A
| pleasant time l. anticipated.
Mr.. Rufus II. Thayer Of the Supervising
! Architects Office, Washington. D. G., paid brief
visit TO TowsOntown the past week.
The wife Of Mr.. Edward Graefs. Of Long
Green, was thrown from wagon In Baltimore,
on Thursday, and quite seriously hurt.
DR.. q. q. W. MaegiIl, Of the LIST district,
one Of the School Commissioners, who recently
handedin his resignation, has withdrawn Il.
Mr.. Geo. q. Cornelius, Who had been en-
engineer, for upwards Of 20 years, died on Thurs
day. His age was 6T.
The premium list Of the 18th annual cxhi.
| bition Of the agricultural society Of Baltimore
county has been issued. The exhibition will DO
held September 9Th. 9TH, 9th and 9Th.
| Rev. J. u. Van Meter, d. D., pastor Of
! Huntington avenue NJ. T.. church, this week took
| his family TO Mountain Lake Park, on the d. 4
%. Il. r., where they wall spend the summer.
At reorganization Of the Board Of Ditec-
tors Of the Maryland Central road, which will
shortly take place, Il IL said that DIR. A. s. Bald
win Of Long Green; Michael jenkins. of Baltimore,
and Mr.. james Mccabe, Of Mccabe Bros, con-
tractors, will become members Of the board.
--westminster Advocate. What Is known rs
| the original Mckeen tract OF land In Towsontown,
consisting Of ever twenty acres, was sold under n
decree Of the Circuit Court Monday 60 Mrs. Robt.
| e. Berry for $4,000. No such property In Tow
soniown as the "Mekeen tract ofiand." Try again,
neishbor.
On Tuesday evening Mount Moriah Lodge.
4. =. A. NJ. Of TOwson,own, elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing term: Worshipful Mas
ter, james l.. Dunphy; Senior Warden. William
Grason Junior Warden. Alfred shriver; Treas
urer, VIM. VI. Isaae; Secretary. Lewis vogle
Tyler, Vim. :. Dunphy.
The younger pupils Of Miss Mann's private
school held their commencement exercises on Fri
| DAY Of last week, aud the school closed. Miss
Mann will leave shortly for Phiiadelphia, and her
accomplished assistant, Miss Osborne. will leave
| for jamestown, Dakota. in n few weeks. where
she will spend the summer.
/ --Picasant Hunter, Jr., son Of Mr.. Pieasan Mt
lluntes, of the 9Th district; on June 9Th. was or
damned and installed ~ pastor of tho Second Con
! gregational church, Palmer. Mass. Mr.. Hunter
/ graduated at the Theological Seminary at Hart
ford, Connecticut, last month. lie Is also grad
uatc Of the Boston rui,ersity.
In York county, on Saturday last, ore war
/ rantcl t. 80 per cent was offered nj 80 and 50 %
per ton. and orc which has been selling ut - Is now
in a number Of banks in that section have been
reduced TO IS cents per day. In many Of the
bank. work has been suspended.
MIR. ". Smithson Forwood. Of Belair, while
on his way home by the Maryland Central road,
/ Wednesday afternoon, was taken very seriously
III with cramps. and for q time Il was feared he
/ could not recover. His condition was somewhat
I improved on Thursday morning. and We hope by
( this time he has entirely recovered.
! a game Of base ball Was played here On
/ Wednesday evening between two colOrel clubs,
the Spread Eagles OF wayeEy, and the OK. Drivers,
OF Towsontown. The result was a victory for the
I ox.Driyers. the score standing % to S. The bat
ting was heavy and the noise deafening. Mr..
! EdNarj Stocksdale was the umpire.
I This old puzzle l. now attracting some ~.
,rntion in the newspapers. II IL called the loo
puzzle and consists in adding BY the simple rule
Of addition, the dig,s !. ., .. I. ). G, . :, .. o,
together so A. 10 make even 100. You may
transpose the figures any way you please, but the
ten characters mus, appear without duplication.
The commencement exercises at Saint
GEORGES Hall. on the Western Maryland Railroad,
! took place Friday Of last week. The school IL
beautifully situated. aud IL in q very prosperous
I condition. feature Of the exercises was the
presentation. by one Of the Instructors, Of the in
FAINT twins Of the veteran head Of the school TO the
audience.
| The answer to the bill fled in the L. :.
District Court by Messrs. Grasop 4 6rason. coun.
sci for Cyrus Dller, against the Maryland Central
Railroad Company, praying for an injunction.
&C., will be filed by Messrs. Boarman and fendail.
counsel for the company. in a few days. Ills said
that Diller Is registered voter in Hartford coun.
~, but resides at Hanover, Pa.
Rev. W. r. D. GLENN IL engaged in a very
aggressive II not Incorporate warfare on those
who differ with him on the temperance question.
A writer in last weeks Journal hauled him over
the Goals in very pointed manner. and now We
expect 20 hear from Mr.. GLENN, who generally
"bobs up serenely" whenever any one dares cross
swords with him on the all-absorbng topic Of local
option.
The weil-knOwn brsedsrs of this county,
Messrs. Watts Seth. contemplate having an
Official test of their COW, Value "a. She has y
record Of - lbs. ounces Of butter in seven days,
aud Gal lbs. ounces in year. Their COW,
Arawana Poppy. half sister TO Arawana Butter
! cup, has a record Of Is lbs ounces in q weeks
test. Arawana Buttercup, also Of this herd, has
a record Of II lbs. ounces.
The Acme base ball nine Of Towsontown
! played a match game with the Star. Of Luther
Vile. the grounds Of the latter club last Satur
day afternoon. The game was good and
resulted in a victory for the Acme by score Of
/ litoi2. The Maryland nine. Towsontown's crack
team, will shortly meet the Baltimore club at New
ington Park also the Naval Academy team at
! Annapolis.
The iron pipe for the oil pipeline, which
| will pass through Hartford and baltimore counties
| is now being delivered by the Maryland Central
road. The line is already laid to point in IIar-
I ford n short distance above Beiair aud the pipes
we're tested with water on Monday last, when one
| Of them. which was thought TO have been defec-
tive in the casting, burst aud caused eonsiderab
trouble. The telegraph line Of this company has
reached Baldwin,, in Long Green Valley.
| a writer in the Baltimore Day speaks in
glowing terms Of the beauties Of Lime Kiln Valley,
which the Maryland Central road skirts on the
south. from the cars Of which road a grand view
is presented The writer of the article also speaks
-
Loeb Raven, keeps q restaurant, &e. The fact Is
all the buildings at that station were erected by
the railroad company, and Mr. Bishop, who con-
ducts the restaurant, IL superintendent for the
company.
Mr.. Abraham Hicks, . weil-knoxn and re.
spected ciiiren Of Wocdberry, and Who formerly
resided In the 9Th district, was stricken with pa
ralysis on Saturday last, and died Monday
night, In the Goth year Of his age. Mr.. Hieks,
who was very robust and active man, was the
third member of his family who died Of paralysis.
and he has one sister living who stricken with
the same disease about year ago and has since
been entirely helpless. Deceased leaves a family
Of eve children. one Of the daughters being the
wife Of Mr.. II. Clay suter.
- Patrick II. Walker, Esq., Of the Sd district
besides owning one Of the finest farms In Mary
land IL also president Of the Baltimore and Pixies
there was n dispute about some work that had
been done In gravel bank, rs alleged for the
company, aud the man who did the work brought
suit before Justice DAILY claiming about Ell. In
the trial Of the IL was clearly shown that the
work was done without the authority Of the CON-
pany and the magistrate gave judgment for the
defendant. Thereupon Mr.. Walker, knowing that
the man who brought the suit could not well afford
TO pay the costs tS2.75l, put his hand In bis own
pocket and paid that sum and also handed the
man n s. note. IL j. very occurrence for
man to pay the costs In a suit which he has
won, and still q rarer one for him 10 pay the man
who sued him for his lost time, but unfortunately
there few who have a heart as large as
Mr.. Walkers.