The Baltimore County union., 1883-11-17

Annual Meeting OF Our County Asri.
cultural Society.-MoTe interest thaa usual
was shown in the annual meeting Of the stock.
holders. which was held at Timonium on Friday,
November 9th Besides the advertisements, no.
ticrs sent 10 all the Stockholders IL being de.
sirablc TO have as large a number present as was
practicable. Dr. q. ~. Boslcy was called TO the
chair AMI Mcssrs. John Piersol aud Chas. d..
kogeTs appointed teucrs. A large number Of
persons were put In nomination for the Board Of
Managers, Mr.. John liidgely, Of Hampton. alone
declining To serve longer. The following named
were found TO have the highest votes and ma.
jorlty of all the ballots cast Col. W. $. Prank
lin. Samuel Brady, WIN. 5. Carroll, Edward Aus
ten. Col. u. VI. Matthews, Thos. u. Todd, Col.
Vim. Allan, VIM. II. Sands, l.. Cuttings Merry
man aud Fred Won kapd.
committee consisting Of Messrs. Pentland,
Ridgcly and brady, appointed 10 audit the books
aud accounts Of the treasurer, reported that they
had done 50 and und them properly kept aud
correct, the expenditures being all supported BY
suitable yOucheTs The total receipts for the year
from all sources were Ss.OGi6G. and the disbursc-
inents S1,sis2G, showing a balance on hand Of
s2l6iG. All the floating indebtedness, save =
ieW small iieins. has been paid, including $1,000
| borrowed money.
Mr.. Chas. T. Cockey. Of the "a district, offered
= resolution, which was unanimously adopted,
that the policy and management Of the Board Of
Managers during the past year was heartily en-
dorscd by the stockholders. The new board will
elect the officers as usual at Its first meeting.
Mr.. John Ridgely. of Hampton. declined a re-
election as q member of tho Board Of Directors.
for the reason that he thought . change In the
board would be Of advantage 20 The society. lie
has always manifested great interest In our fairs,
aiding IN every way possible 20 make them sue
| cessful.
The new members Of the board. Messrs. Fred.
aFtuk AMI nj "a
active. energetic young men, aud will do what
they can TO further the interests of the society.
The very efficient secretary and treasurer, Mr..
Vim. u. Sands. was highly complimenIed Tor the
business like way In which the affairs of the
society are conducted.
Reisterstown, 4th District. On Saturday
afternoon the 81. Paui's Lutheran church, near
Pow blesburg, celebrated the tooth anniversary of
Luther's birth in n modest but interesting and in.
structive manner. Al the same service over
hundred pounds Of candy and a number Of cakes
were distributed to the Sunday school children.
In tho evening the Mite Society, composed Of
young folks of the community. gave an entertain
ment, consisting Of music. reading, declamations
and lecture by Major Johns, Of Dover The
Major subject was "Thc argument from Design, %
which he treated In a mastery and effective man
ner, showing himself u close rcasoner. a logical
thinker aud n dct out believer ia a final cause
The audience may justly haitcr themselves that
the lecturer should consider them able to appreci.
ate 50 finely polished and highly wrought treatise
on 80 abstrusc a subject The lecture was deliv.
cred in y church and from the pulpit, but was In
no wise out Of harmony with the place. In his
Introduction hS paid Luther u beautiful and CON.
plimcntary tribute by comparing him ia his
character and work with Paul the great Apostle.
The Lutheran congregation In Rcistcrstown
celebrated the memorial of Luther on Sunday
evening. Mt ) o'clock. The weather was very un-
rukia hufu ~.
nicely ill the church Had the day been a fair
one could not have accommodated all who
would have come The ladies during tho previous
week had beautifully AMI tasicfuly decorated the
church with cvcrsrcen'. appropriate texts. mot
toes and flowers.
The services consisted in appropriate singing
by the choir, short caicchism on Luther and the
Reformation. in which the congregation Joined, a
PRAYER by Rev. e. VI. Brown. of the ". T.. church
South. and an adlres. by Rev. ". =. Ferguson,
Of the VI. T.. church. in which he set forth in an
earnest and eloquen; manner the character and
work Of the greatest of all reformers. The ser.
vices throughout were highly interesting aud in
! structvc.
Allow me in conclusion to suggest q correction
To- a remark in your last issue. You seem puzzled
to know how TO explain the low price or il may
be high price Of corn in Washington county. lie.
ing a native of said county | ain prepared to set
you straight. The aour barrel l. the common
over three bushels. The average price for corn
| per barrel is from 20 cents to $500. A. u.
Robberies ut Phoenix, 10th District
Between the hours OF I and ! on Wednesday
morning last, PhmniN was visited by a gang of
burglars who broke into the dwelling Of Mr.. NJ.
| X. frisior and robbed his larder Of everything z
catablc, carrying OF pot Of preserves aud n
quantity Of cake. Strange 20 say they did not
enter the store. which is kept in the next room TO
the one In which they were operating. After
leaving there they broke open the Ph@nix store
| by wrenching OF the lock and then prying ,hc
doors open. They succeeded in getting between
sl7 and sis in small change, which had been left
/ in the money drawer, but they did not take any
goods. The tools with which they operated with
belonged to the y. c. Il. Il. Company. rs they
bear their stamp, and consist of n wrench. n drill
abou, feet long. aud one inch auger, about Q.
\ feet long. The tools were left lying in front Of
the store door. which was found standing wide
| open when Mr.. e. 7. Boehm,,a clerk In the store,
came down 20 open in the morning.
On Sunday night last the tool box Of the rail.
way company. which was At the crossing Of the
county road nj Phiiphots, was broken open BY
the lock being blown to pieces and IL Is presumed
the tools belong 10 the force under Mr.. John
Moore.
On Saturday night last the spring box in the
yard Of Thos. Kemp, manager ut tho Phoenix
store. was broken open and quite a large quantity
! Of fresh meat. sausage. &c. taken. There IL no
clue to the robbers. but it Is supposed tha, II was
done by tramps. n they are quite numerous in
this locality at present.
The till Of the money drawer was found on
weincsday noon under the culvcrt just below the
station, and in the afternoon portion of the cake
was found under rock near the Gunpowder
bridge. Mr.. G. r. Boehm has offered n reward Of
$50 for the arrest and conviction Of the parties.
r.
From Sunuybrook. 10th District. Alonra
Through. bright aud interesting little boy, son
of Wm. II. Through, was instantly killed on the
| 18th inst, by n tree falling on him. The wind
was blowing . gale nc the time and the little fel
low walked about ffty yards from the house to
where several trees had been deadened by notch.
ing them around. and one Of them gave way and
fell on him. resulting in instant death.
! Plenty Of measles up this way. Most every
house has been visited and the school was closed
| thereby. Adults have been attacked as well a.
I children.
| Mr.. George Jones u about TO erect a dwelling
house on his property. Mr.. Simon p. Demuth is
also building u dwelling upon his place. near
Dances mill. Mr.. james Bosley has purchased
land from Bridge, Kane and Is erecting n black.
smith and wheelwright shop. Mr.. Joshua N.
Matthews has just completed n large carriage
| house. 60xij feet.
A new telegraph line l. being erected through
here. We understand IL Is to connect Washing
ton and Philadelphia.
Mr.. Jacob Ycakle has u fne heavy colt, four
years dd, which we understand Is for sale.
Mr.. George llarman il now moving 10 his farm,
which he purchased last fall on Chestnut Ridge.
in the Sth district Mr.. David Akehurst has rent
ed his place here and will continue the blacksmith
and wbeelwfight business as usual.
Mr.. John Guthrie. who lately had violent ut.
tack of diphtheria. and which left him with dis.
ordered vision and speech, is now recovering the
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