The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-10-20
LOCAL ITEMS.

husklng corn.
Raw oysters are now recommended for lung
troubles. pleasant remedy.
The election takes place two weeks from
next Tuesday-November 9th.
The Grand Jury adjourned finally on
Thursday after a session of % days.
There heavy frosts this week and
vegetation has been pretty well killed.
The very latest fashion in dinner plates is
square in shape and beautifully hand-painted.
Mr. James 7. johnson, of this county,
raised an ear of corn that contains 1,l5l grains.
Col. VIM. A. MeKellip, of Westminster,
was in Towsontown on Monday on professional
business.
There will be an all-day meeting held at
Ebenezer NJ. L. church, near Chase's, 18th dis
trict, tomorrow.
To prevent potatoes from rotting it is
recommended to put them in dry place and
sprinkle with lime.
Several gentlemen from Towsontown at
tended the tri-county fair which was held at
Hagerstown this week.
fined $50 and costs by city squire for driving
cattle on Mount street. Baltimore.
-Messrs. ID. Herzog Co., OF the new dime
museum, Baltimore, advertises in The UNION for
the largest hog in Baltimore county.
Potash incorporated with soft soap will
drive away rats if the places where they run is
smeared with it. 1t is worth trying.
"A little more than two months yet and then
the girls can do the proposing. It'll be leap year,
you know. Muster up courage, girls.
THE UNIONS mail lists are increasing Won
derfuy thirty odd new subscribers having been
added within the space of two weeks.
The trial of James Clinton for the killing
of John R. Mcclure on DIR. Slnguffs farm, last
July, has been set for Wednesday next, 24th inst.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Protestant
Episcopal church of Reisterstown, held fair
and festival this week. A handsome sum was real
lied.
MANY of our farmers have finished wheat
seeding, and the next work to be performed is
corn husking, which will wind up the work for
the year.
"A small piece of charcoal placed in pot
with boiling cabbage will, it is said, prevent an
unpleasant smell from that vegetable when
cooking
trict, has been appointed to position in the In
ternaI Revenue Department, under Col. Sellman,
Collector.
Mr.. William E. Pearce, of this county, was
one of the successful knights at the tournament
held at Poplar Springs, Howard county, on
Wednesday.
Mr.. S. J. Barnett, the enterprising editor
of the Delta, Pa Herald has taken unto himself
helpmeet in the person of Miss Fannie Voght
of York, Pa.
"A little daughter of Mr.. W. F. Massey, of
Hampton fell from a carriage while in Towson-
town on Tuesday morning, and was slightly hurt
about the head.
This is a good time to examine your fues
and chimneys and put them in good condition. A
little attention to this matter may be the means
of avoiding fire.
The Republicans Of Waverly have formed
a Holton club and have gone to work with de-
termination to win. Mr.. Nicholas Rittenhouse
was made president.
-Messrs Frank Debilius and Lowry Albert
were Jointly indicted by the Grand Jury for man
slaughter and criminal neglect at North Point
Tivoli on July 23d last
Political meetings throughout the county
are being poorly attended, and Democrats espe-
cially are beginning to wonder what has got the
matter with the faithful.
Mr. John L. Cost, who has been mail mes
senger on the W. NJ. R. R., between Baltimore
and Westminster, has resigned. He has been in
the service fourteen years.
The biblical proverb, ga tooth for TOOTH,
comes out all right, but lin printing and writing)
it's often an l for ], instead of "an eye for an
eye," as the good book says
Mr. Robert Smith, well-known Balti-
more lawyer and a staunch Republican, is can
didate on the Fusion ticket for States Attorney.
We hope he may be successful.
At meeting of the Maryland State Dental
Association, held in Baltimore on Thursday even
ing last, DIR. A. C. McCurdy, of this town, was
elected treasurer of the society.
farm of the late Thomas c. Brown, situated near
Finksburg, Carroll county, containing 1S5 acres,
to R. D. Condor, for $1O,OO2.62.
We will state again for the information of
our sportsmen that it is unlawful to kill rabbits
in Baltimore county before November LIST. Better
observe little care in this matter.
"A number of the oldest residents Of the
county attended the Republican meeting here
Tuesday, coming long distances to hear what was
to be said. We hope they enjoyed it.
Rev. DIR. Rich, of Reisterstown, received
from the Dead Letter Office at Washington, the
other day, letter that he had written to friend
in Baltimore on October l1th, 1870, just Is years
ago.
There were between twelve and fifteen
thousand people on the BeIair fair grounds on
Thursday of last week. The Maryland Central
road carried upwards of 1000 people to the fair
on that day.
Take your choice: Chestnuts and other
nuts are not plentiful this fall therefore, the
winter will not be a hard one. Corn husks are
very thick and heavy therefore, the winter will
be n severe one.
MIR. Henry E. Johnston and wife, formerly
Miss Harriet Lane, recently visited the family of
the late Judge jeremiah Black, a. "Brockie,"
near York, Pa. Mr.. Johnston is well-known
Baltimore banker.
The addition to the court house is going
up gradually. We can't say yet whether it will
improve the appearance of the building or not,
but it is hoped as long it had to be built, that
it will not detract from its beauty.
An old man named Thomas Gleason, a resi-
dent of Baltimore, whose mind is impaired, was
found few days ago wandering on the Reisters-
town turnpike in the neighborhoOd of Pikesville.
He was returned to his friends in the city.
The State fair will be held at Pimlieo, 0c-
tober 80, 81 and November l and next. Exten-
sive arrangements have been made for a success
full exhibition. The Maryland State fair should
be the best in the United States, and it will be-
The case of Messrs. VIM. ii. Hoffman &
Sons VS.. the Warren Manufacturing Company has
occupied the attention of our court for a number
of DAYS and much interest has been taken in it.
1t has indeed proven to be a Celebrated case"
The difficulty that has existed for some
time between Levi Furstenburg and wife has been
amicably settled, Mrs. Furstenburg Withdrawing
the suit that has been pending in our court for
some months and agreeing to live with her hus-
band
-"Come away from dat straw stack, chile, y
called a negro woman to her son. "Fust thing
yer know yer'll hab de hay fever. Doan yer put
none OBJ dat straw in yer mouf." A TowsontOwn
man heard the above conversation at the Hagers-
town fair.
Mr.. r. F. Burton, a well-known druggist
of Baltimore is a candidate on the Fusion ticket
from the 9TH ward for First Branch City Council.
He is son of Mr.. John ". Burton, of the 18th
district and a brother of the late DR.. Burton of
this county.
The York road horse cars are again run
ming to Towsontown every hour from 6 a. IN. to
10 D. m, and the patrons of the road are much
pleased at the change. The road continues to do
heavy business, and it deserves the large pat
ronage it is receiving.
We have heard of a female postal cleI k
that was made so sick from licking postage stamps
that the department has appointed one of the
sterner sex to perform that duty for her. The
proper way to attach a stamp is to lick the corner
Of the envelope. Try it.
Charles A. Ensor, who was shot through
the body on Wednesday last, at point the
line of the Maryland Central Railroad, near
Roland avenue, is in a critical condition. Mrs.
Mary A. Hundermark, who did the shooting,
claims that it was an accident.
Mr.. Thomas Ewing, who has been driver
on the York road cars for a number Of years, has
been i'll for six or eight weeks with typhoid fever
He is still confined to the house, but his many
friends hope soon to see him at his post again
He is attended by DR.. J. ii. Jarrett.
-Partridges are scarce in this section. Two
young friends of ours went out for days shoot
ing this week and returned with eight birds-at
least they claim to have bagged that number. In
this case the game was certainly not worth the