The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-20

were growing IN importance, or else, welI, We
won't attempt to guess further about what they
thought.
On Tuesday last q lady Of this place mot with
quito \ serious accident. She attempted TO Gu,
some wood and the are slipping, struck her foot,
inhicting painful ucund- some time ago We
beard ofa lady up the country Who cut efa hngcr
while engaged in the same occupation. Evidently.
cutting wood Is not woman's mission on earth.
BsssIa A.
From Gardenviile, i2.h District. re.
opening Of Gaich's N. D.. church. Great Falls Cir.
cult. took place on Sunday last, Rev. =. Richard
son presiding. The church now present. q fne
appearance and looks well when new. The
building has been covered sith new roof. tho
inside waiis Handsomely frcscocd. the benches
painted and vanished, new blinds put 10 the win.
dows. &c.. the entire cost of which being n little
over $500. Donations and subscriptions amount.
60 nearly S3uO had already been raised, leaving a
balance Of Slos. and after preaching so of this
amount was contributed, leaving the remainder
ye, 10 be collected which the committee is salts.
fed can be done.
Early in the week there another large crop
Of ice cut IL being about inches thick but not Of
n very good quality on account of the snow ia IL.
There are n large number Of pond. along the
Belair road. but the demand is greater than the
supply. one brewer has an icc.house which will
hold 800 tons. and there some eight smaller
ones. besides large number owned by butchers.
This gives work TO many men and requires quite
a number Of wagons To- DO the hauling.
There has been splendid .lcighing during the
past week. and both old and young have been en-.
joying themselves. The children have hal their
share of coasting.
The Gardenville band. under the leadership of
Mr.. Hugh Biidison. has purchased supply
Of new music b'ok., aud they hold weekly
meetings will soon learn the new tunes. The ban 4
l. ever ready for business but Of late has no, had
many calls.
IL was my pleasure 20 be presen, at a Johnny.
cake supper on Tuesday night. I was wishing
that you. Messrs. Editors. were present too. a. I
suppose that you. like myself. hal never seen one
baked or eaten one. The corn dough Is made up
some hours before being used. with crackiings in
IL. and then pa;;ed out a board about IL inches
long by inches wide. IL IL then placed before q
large fire of Goals and when baked on one side il.
turned aud baked on the other. They are splendid.
The board On which the cakes were baked has
been in use IN the family Cor over fity years.
NJ. A. r.
Death OF an Aged and Highly Respect
ed Lady Mrs. Ellen Matthews. relict Of the
late Amos Matthews. Of this county. died sud.
denly. nj the residence of her son.in-laW, Mr.. J.
q. Booth. Dulsny's Valley. on Saturday evening
last. in the sith year Of her age. She was the
mother Of Col. d. NJ. and Joshua ". Matthews.
well known farmers aud business men. She also
leaves five daug ghteis two marie and three gle
The deceased was sister Of the late Captain
Joshua Marsh, Of this county. and the las, of her
family. her brothers aud sisters having all been
dead for many years. wth the exception of Capt.
Marsh. Who only died within the past fsw years.
She vas buried from the residence Of her son. J..
". MAtiheSs. in Duiany's Valley, on Tuesday
morning last. in the old family burying ground.
BY the side Of her husband and where ether rel
atives repose. Mr.. Matthews vas born on the
farm where her remains inferred.
The pail bearers were Messrs. Edward :. Peerce.
Robert Piper. Jeremiah Yelio,,. Geo. II. Merry.
man. Alex. N. Morrison, Milton Dance. Rev
Mr.. harrow. uf Trinity J.. y. church. Long Green,
assisted By Rev. Mr. Ra;hbarn. of Chestnut
Grove church. near Swee. Air. oniciated
Mes.r,. J. H. Slade 4 Son, unieriaker,. Of
Cnionville, served the funeral.
From Eklo 9th Distric,.-The a..i.,an,
teacher a, kuhrs school arrived On the sth inst.
and conveying the children o. aud from school ia
sleds makes things lively while on the road, for
the patrons.
Rev. c. l.. Amy wa. the recipient of n hand
some Christmas present, a $50 grecnback, donated
by member of the Baptist church ai Hereford.
The absorbing theme at Merriken's store j.
smallpox. Many rumors are aaoa,. some caused
By rash or breaking-out of short duration.
which has followed vaccination among children.
From the two original eases, eminating from
Rockdale paper mills. I; has spread from a want
Of precaution tn tWo houses near By, making four
houses. resulting IN eight eases inclujing the
original ones. Of these one has entirely recover
ell. three eonvalescing. one 70 AZ It's height,
but not dangerous. having been vaccinatsd before
taking sick. and three are dead. RsspoS.
Street Lamps for Reisterstown.-The
Reis,erstown Voice has acquired the habit, re
Gently, of expressing itself very plainly on some
things. In the matter Of street lamps II seems TO
have the greatest concern, speaking right ou, re-
gardless Of consequences. IL says several new
private street lamps have been erected 10 town re-
Gently. II the County Commissioner are de,ir.
Gus of making political friendship by lighting the
town, they had better be sending on the lamps.
or everybody nay have one Of their own.
and then-well then they can keep them. We
need lamps. and citizens realiEe the fact that
wc arc entitled 20 them from the county. The
Commissioners seem very indifferent In the mat.
ter. and for time they have the authority 20 use
their pleasure in tho matter. But a. all things
earthly have an end, 90. also, will the present term
Of Office Of the Board of Commissioners. Perhaps
the next one will give them 10 Us.
Tho Hartford National Bank.-At . meet
ing Of the shareholders Of the Hartford National
Bank, held at Belair last week. the cashier made
his report of the business Of the bank for the two
months ended December 30th, 1889, A. follows.
9ii deposits sg7,3s0; loans 10000; expense
account .222, and tho discount and interest ac.
count 81 .567, = net profit on the FIRST two months
business Of $i2G. The report ~ of January sth.
that was also read. made n still better showing.
The day of meeting the deposits reached si25. 900
and the loans Si30.OOO. The Board Of Directors
were elected at this meeting. the names of which
We published last week, and out of the 500 shares
3Oi were represented nj the meeting. II must be
very gratifying 90 the nagement 20 know that
the Institution Is getting along so we'll.
Blow His Brains out.-on Saturday after.
noon last young German named Joseph NJ. Sendt-
ner. who had been boarding with family In Bal.
timore, was found dead on Cold Spring lane near
IL crossing with the Maryland Central railroad.
In one hand he held revolver. with one chamber
empty aud In the other . wine glass, while an
empty wine bottle was lying between his legs.
bullet hole in his right temple told plainly en-.
ough the cause of his death. A jury examined
into the cause Of death and rendered q verdict Of
suicide. A sheet of paper was found In the dead
mans pocket upon which was written, "As In life,
soin death always merry. Ny last glass drink
10 my friends. Joseph Miekie, s." Deceased was
an engraver and had only been In this county
few weeks. Ills body was taken TO waveriy sta
tion house from whence u vas decently inferred by
friends from the city.
Curious verification OF a Christmas
Legend.-A correspondent Of tho Bsiair TSme.,
says u has often been said. aud doubted BY many.
that hops come up on Old Christmas night, and
last Friday night the sih Of January. party
Of young ladies and gentlemen gathered at the
residence Of W. II. Pyle TO test the matter. They
cleared the snow away from the frozen ground
where the hop vine grew, and began the watch.
Just ~ the clock struck twelve the first prong
came In sight, and In q few minutes several more
were plainly 10 be seen. In hfteen minutes Il
grew 10 the height Of inches, when each Of the
party cut Oh piece for = keepsake, and TO show
10 anyone who desires 10 see u.
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Temperance Meetings.-The meetings Of
the 10th and 1ith districts Temperance Alliance,
announced 10 be held st Upper Pals and at
Ph@nix, vera postponed on account Of unfavor-
able weather. A meeting, however, was held At
unnaf Ralla. on Thnr.hax axenlne. Iannarr 18Th