The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-08-18
stableFsvIlle. 9TH DIstr,c,

stableF5vilie, 9TH District.-The eolored
folks Of this vicinity held a tournament on Fri.
day Of last week, In grove on Columbus SHADES
farm, and IL was attended By = large number oil
white folks a. well eolore1. The coored
knights, A. q general thing. do not own any
horses, and OF course II would be quite n task 10
undertake 10 borrow one for tournament riding.
consequently they charge on foot instead Of on
horseback, which Is quite amusing TO witness and
has tendency to draw quite crowd. All Of
the programme pertaining 60 q hrst. class touTna-
inent was gone through with In the usual way.
After the successful knights had crowned the
queen and three maids Of honor, they be,ook
themselves 90 the dancing floor near By. where
music was furnished by = string band from Tow
sOntown, and q general racket was INDUCED 10
until late hour. Refreshments In abundance
were supplied on the grounds. The New MaTke,
cornet band was on hand In the afternoon, 90 en-
liven the occasion.
On Saturday evening last. 4. &. IIawkins. con-
stable, Of this district, arrested aud took TO Tow
sontown jail n colorod man named George Car
penteT, Of Oxford, Adams county, Pa. The facts
In the case, learned by your correspondent. are
follows: On last Saturday man arrived az White
Hall on the p. IN. train, aud inquired for an
officer. Constable \. G. Hawkins not being far
OF was sent for Tho stranger stated to him on
that he was from oxford, Adams county, Pa, and
while travelling through that section, horss.trad-
ing, 4e., he was robbed Of $40 by George carpen-
ter. the above named colOred man. Mr. Wiley
had traced Carpenter from Adams county to
White Hall, where he was visiting some Of his
colored friends. While Constable Hawkins aud
Wiley were arranging 10 go in pursuit Of their
man, he entered Black & McComas store, and
when In the act OF purchasing some goods, he
was identified by Wiley and Immediately arrested
by Hawkins and conveyed 10 jail as above stated.
An officer from Gettysburg, came to T0wsOn-
town on Thursday, with n requisition from the
Governor Of Pennsylvania, and took the prisoner.
George Carpenter, back to Adams eounty.-EDs.
GSIOs.
| have noticed in the columns Of the Tng
CNiOS. as well of the other journals
recently. that next year-lsSi-will be locust
year. The locust Is said u come every ~ years.
and counting from that time locust year certainly
came last in 1865. and IL would come next in
iss5. There probably was few locust in 1867,
but the main body did not come Until 1865.
The School Commissioners are making an i'm .
provcinent on public school house No 4, near
this place. by having vcs,ibuie built TO IT, which
was greatly needed and will be a great conye.
nience for the children attending school. The
brick work Is being done by J. Wilhelm 4 Sons.
Of Monkton. and the carpenter work by Thos. Il.
MasemOre. The whole being under the super
vision Of Henry WicFs. Esq.
The colorei camp meeting. which begins neat
Saturday, the 18th. will be held In Mrs. Nelson
woods, one mile east Of Hereford. The colorcd
FOLKS are making grca, preparations Tor good
time. The weather boing favorable. there will.
no doubt, be large attendance. R.N.
Rayviile, 9th District. soutown seem.
pre'iestined to be ahead Of the Upper End" in
everything. Long before Towsontown dreamed
of steam communication with the outside world a
Fatfroud af and Sen Il,
grading and masonry. bu; alas for want OF
energy and ioIessht, it las not been, aud We fear
never will be, completed. and consequently va
still iged o. pod the hills on foot while
your citizens enjoy the luxury Of the modern rail-
road coach. Tuwsontown even gets ahead Of u.
on locust year. I noticed in your last issue that
lssi will be locust year Tia your sectionl, and tina,
they have already made their appearance in your
ioSn. Their last appearance in the Upper
End was ia ls6s. and consequently they are not
due here until 1855. Nov Messrs Editors, this Il
hardly fair. You get ahead Of us on almost
everything else and we think you nigh, put
locust year oil until 1855. 80 that We may have
the pleasure Of enjoying the song Of the happy
cicada, along with Towsoa;own.
The good folks Of this vicinity gave the Rev.
Mr.. Kiraafc. pastor Of Pine Grove church. DO.
nation party at the residence Of Mr.. Vim. Cor.
such, on Tuesday night last. The donations con.
sisted Of groceries and many other nccessaric.
ceisei By the pastor. whose ability should com.
mand larger salary than he is a, present re
ceiving.
Messrs. Vim. II. Hoffman 4 Sons arc now hav.
ing their property. on the GunpOwdcr falls
knosn as the "Dcvil's backbone property, sur.
veyed aud road located through il to intersccl
the road leading from Becklcysyille 10 Parkton,
which will be great convenience TO u number OF
persons living ives, Of the falls. as IL will con.
sideraby shorten their route TO the railroad Thi.
property contains near 500 acres Of land, and has
upon il one Of the finest waier. powers In the
State. After the survey l. completed and the
road located. will send you description Of the
property and It's surroundings, including the
'DeviPs Backbone" and blouse Rock" which
are upon the property.
\ much needed rain Il falling to-day. (ljth)
The ground had become very dry and hard. and
blowing was almost impossibility. Corn wa,
beginning 90 suffer for rain and a. best II will
no, be full crop, as many stalk are without
any sign Of an ear forming upon them.
OBSERVER.
Upper Falls, 18th District.-"The pen {.
mighter than the sword" and believe II. The
Communication In last weeks paper gave Us q
cooler church At Franklinviile on Sunday. and
then again driving over the Belair road notice
the men hard at work repairing the places point.
cd out In my previous letter.
News items arc scarce around here aud 20 talk
Of the droueh, /, a subject ,hreadbare or dus,.
worn. The corn /. Iookin, badly in many place,
and late crops are generally suffering.
The canning house. Of Hlber, Miller 4 SON,
and Jarrett Standiford are now getting in,o f,l
blast. The laborcrs are thronging out 20 them
and the busy hum az Industry resound. .,o,nJ
salem eoTner.
The n a q. R.;,,o,i n,.h.. Ia .,ov ,.,.,,
along and from the fac, that mo iur;e. Of conJe,.
nation have We, been ,u,nmonei I am In honr
,ha, the ,a;l,o,J conna,x max Ia on, .;,i,an
.mnis i,.,;r. s;,hon, 100. - i.,,.i s.h,
par,icularlv so In Cro..mors'. case witch ~
stated before. il necnliarIv hard ons.
Thi. vet 4, f,ii ~ ,on,n.m.n,. all ,.i,,;.
vet the farmer eve. ioaL Isn,;nviv .tvw.,J
ami wal, far ,bo dow, ,.,,,.,;,. ~ ,La 49, a.