The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-05-10

-Telegraphic communication was made be-
tween Boundary avenue and Delta, along the
Maryland Central road, on Thursday, when the
| first message was sent over the line.
| Mr.. Henry Ruby and wife, of Chambers
burg, Pa, celebrated the 5Sth anniversary of their
marriage this week. Mr.. VIM. II. Ruby, editor
| of the Maryland journal, of this place, is q
nephew of this aged couple.
| Mrs. johnson, who conducted the popular
Landon House, in Lutherville, last season, will
preside over the same this summer. We learn
that upwards of seventy-fve guests have already
secured rooms, and as usual the house will be
| filled to its utmost capacity.
Capt. John Ridgely's promising young
mare, "Nellie Hoyt," is again in the hands of
Jake Hiner and is doing finely. She was greatly
admired at the county fair last fall, where her
| performance surprised some of the knowing ones.
| The late Henry L. Johnston was a very
| intimate friend of the late Charles Ridgely, of
Hampton. Capt. John Ridgely, off,, was one of
the pail bearers at Mr.. Johnston's funeral, which
took place at Greenmount, Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. ]. Frank Mather, of Brooklandvile,
will accept our thanks for bunch of mammoth
rhubarb of the Victoria variety. 1t is the largest
and finest we have yet seen. He also sent us
choice collection of beautiful cut flowers which
were highly appreciated.
The postofice department has conferred
authority on postmasters not possessed before to
correct misdirected letters, where possible, and
forward them, instead as has been the custom, of
| sending them to the dead letter office. This is
| certainly commendable step.
The monthly report Of County Treasurer
| Schone was submitted to the County Commission
ers on Tuesday. The amount of cash on hand
| April LIST was S12,2O6.34; receipts during the
month, S13, 423 disbursements, ST., 1878; bal
ance on hand May LIST, $13,S4159.
The Hanover Junction, Hanover and Get
| tysburg Railroad has recently received from the
| Baldwin Locomotive Works at Philadelphia, a
| new engine, known as the "Wooten' patent,
weighing with water and fuel, 1880 lbs. 1t cost
on the track at Philadelphia, S1O,OS5.
MIR. Seth S. Hance, prominent member of
| the Society of Friends and for many years well
| known dealer in patent medicines and drugs, on
Baltimore street. died at his residence in the city,
on I'd inst, aged 81 years. He was brother-in-
law of Major Jesse s. Hunt, of Towsontown.
Several my sterious fires have occurred in
this vicinity the past week and, as usual ut least
one of them has been charged to tramps. We are
not of those who believe that tramp will willfuy
fire building. If searching investigation were
made perhaps the mystery might be unravelled.
At special meeting of the Medical and
Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, held on Satur-
day last, to take action upon the death OF their
late colleague, DIR. J. Robert Ward, resolutions
expressive of the high personal and professional
qualities fthe deceased were unanimously passed.
During the past winter the Philomatharia
Literary Society, Of the Sth district, has been
very successful, furnishing agreeable entertain
ment for its members. The closing exercises for
the season will be held in a short time, when DR..
Edward Duncan will deliver the salutatory, and
Mr.. A. J. Brown the valadictory.
Forty minutes by steam between Balti-
more and Towsontown is entirely too slow for this
age and the patrons of the Maryland Central
road, we think, have just cause for complaint.
About 6 minutes to the mile will do right well for
a horse car, but it hardly comes up to the pub
lies idea of what steam travel ought to be-
The haystack hat is what the girls are now
wearing, and calling it style. The haystack hat
is not handsome, and is wholly sustained by the
character of the face underneath. 1t happens,
however, that where the face makes the hat in one
instance the hat ruins the face in dozen. The
haystack hat promises to have limited popu-
larity.
-Messrs. Woodside and Morgan, the two
fancy bicycle riders who left New York LIST
inst for their great ride to San Francisco, passed
through Towsontown by the York turnpike,
about o'clock on Tuesday afternoon last.
They are on a wager to cosnubss Naeir jour
ney in seventy days. The sS,e'8altmore on
Wednesday.
To show the esteem in which the late DIR.
J. Robt. Ward was held by his friends, it is only
necessary to say that Mrs. Dodd came all the
way from Clear Spring, Washington county, Nd,
to attend his funeral. She had not seen the DR..
for twenty-five years, but having esteemed him
highly she came on as soon as sne saw holce Vi
death in the papers.
The following are pertinent suggestions
Just now: "Straighten the bricks in the walk,
clean up the side yard, put the garden in order,
fix the fences get the sticks and snders out of the
way, beautify things around home, and so help
to improve the appearance of the whole town.
Order, neatncss and beauty are ennobling and
educating influences in a community"
Tile late William Haeffer, of Adams coun-
ty, Pa, whose death occurred recently, was the
owner of 81 farms, situated in York and Adams
counties Pa and Carroll and Frederick counties,
Nd, and much other property. The appraise-
ment of his personal estate reached S201 900. He
made no will, always contending that "the law
made the best will" The deceased was well
known in this county.
-washinston avenue, Mt its intersection
with Aliegany avenue, Towsontown, is dis
grace to the place and the County Commission
ers should take steps to improve it. The side
walk is also in horrible condition, and Trinity
Church congregation should see that it is made at
least passable. 1t is the main drive and walk to
the church and that it has not been improved long
ago is incomprehensible to US.
"A gentleman who witnessed the late pri-
mary meeting in the Sth district says it would be
blessed good thing if the law which applies to
the sale of liquor on general election days also
applied to primary meetings. Warren is local
option place, but he says that on this occasion
the Warrenites were conspicuous for their thirs-
tiness. Strange, too, when the Gunpowder falls
flows right through that village.
The regular quarterly meeting of the Bal
timore County Teachers Association was held in
Baltimore on Friday and Saturday of last week.
On Friday Mr.. S. G. Boyd, of the Maryland Cen
trail Railroad formerly superintendent of public
instruction of York county, Pa, delivered lee
ture on "The Origin of Local Words" The pro-
ceedings throughout were of an interesting char
acter and the sessions were largely attended.
An nj w called
at THE UNION Office last week, was presented with
the mammoth potato which Mr. Chas. B. Taylor
| brought from Colorado. He writes that after ex-
hibiting it to friends he cut % "eyes" from it,
which he carefully planted, after which his wife
prepared the balance of the potato for the table
| and it was duly disposed of. The potato is call
| ed the Mammoth Pearl, and is very popular in
| thewest.
The will of the late Joseph Beard has been
left for record in the Office ofthe Register Of Wills,
at Towsontown. Already his two sons, not being
satisfied with its provisions, have filed caveat,
and the result will doubtless be long and expen-
| sive legal contest. Mrs. Mary E. Duncan, a
daughter with whom the deceased lived, at Law
| ender HILL Hartford road, comes in for a greater
| portion of the estate, which is supposed to be
| worth about $4,000.
Patrons of the Maryland Central road in
| the vicinity of Woodbrook station, are up in
| arms because the company has removed James
| Russell, who has been the fagman at that point
since the road was first opened. Russellis a most
| polite and accommodating man, and is much
| thought of by those who know him. So far as
| we have been able to learn there is no charge
| against him he was simply removed to make
| room for another man.
-"There is a rage now for what is called
wild gardening" says veteran seed raiser at
| is modification of a very old fashion and is
especially popular with young ladies. Such fow-
! ers are being cultivated as the ranunculus, the
anemone, the columbine and the English cowslip.
There is also sort of fashionable frenzy for
aesthetic flowers, such the cockscomb, marigolds,
peoples, sweet peas, thorn apple, nasturtium,
single dahlias and the blue corn flower. Fashion,
you know, repeats itself even in flowers"
The Maryland Central's City Endorse
ment. Ways and Means joint committee
of the Baltimore City Council held meeting on
Monday afternoon and heard the appeal Of the
Maryland Central Railroad for Endorsement Of
$500 900 of its bonds to take up Sl50, 900 second
mortgage bonds and with the balance to extend
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