The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-07-26

= The Elkridge Fox-Hunting Club has sent
its pack of hounds to Saratoga, N. Y. 1t is the
intention of the club to hunt with other clubs at
that point during next month.
"A delegation from the 18th district called
on the County Commissioners this week and asked
that another voting place be established in that
district, at the s Mile House, Hartford road.
Upwards of 100 tents have been erected at
Emory Grove camp ground, and it is thought by
next week that the number will be increased to
200. The camp begins Thursday, August 18th.
The Asbury Grove colored camp meeting,
situated on the Western Maryland Railroad, near
Reisterstown, commenced on Friday. Already
III tents have been erected. The camp will con-
tinue two weeks. Nine churches are represented.
Mr.. Norris, a Baltimore merchant now
boarding with his wife at the Smedley House.
Towsontown, is about beginning the erection of
dwelling on the lot recently purchased by him
from Mr.. Marriott on Charles street avenue, near
Woodbrook station.
"A teaspoonful of borax put in the last
water in which clothes are rinsed will whiten them
surprisingly. Pound the borax so it will dissolve
easily. This is especially good to remove the
yellow that lime gives to white garments that have
been laid aside for two or three years.
The secretary of the Waverly Democratic
club wrote letter to Gov. Cleveland, promising
that Maryland would give him from $4,000 to
10000 majority Another case of counting chick
ems DeI6re tney are natcneQ. Brag ana Dluster
is one thing. Votes quite another.
Els it correct to say have went?" was
asked of a young man. 81 don't know" he re-
piled. "Why, thought that you graduated from
a university % $50 did, but you see we never
had anything to do with the English language.
I hear that it admits of great possibilities"
For few days last week some of the Dem
Ocrats of this place literally "painted the town
red." The exuberance of feeling over Cleveand's
nomination, with few other things added, had
the effect of elevating the spirits of number of
the faithful far beyond anything we have seen
lately.
Two traction engines passed through Tow
sontown this week, creating no little stir. 1t
would be we'll for persons moving these engines
from place to place to pay due regard to the law
passed at the last session of the Legislature, and
which was published in the local columns of The
UNION few weeks ago.
--Conundrum by the Waverly Ne,os GLOW
can the county police attend pic-nics at barley
Park and patrol their beats at the same time ?"
Give it up. Ask US an easy one, please. The
same paper also propounds this one: every sa-
loon in Waverly, with one exception, was open
last Sabbath. Why is this thus ?"
Mr.. Lowry j. Albert, owner of North Point
Tivoli, in this county, has had another suit for
damages brought against him in the Circuit Court
here, growing out of the terrible accident at that
place in July, 1888. The aggregate damages laid
dozen more lawyers are engaged.
Mrs. E. P. cambridge, of Winchester, Va,
who had been visiting at the residence of her
brother-in law, Mr.. J. Fl. r. Nicholson, near
Sherwood, N. c. r. R., for several weeks, died on
Tuesday morning. She was the younges. daugh-
ter of the late Charles II. Pitts, leading lawyer
of Baltimore, and was in her 33d year.
"A very pleasant entertainment was given
at Glencoe Springs Hotel, this county, on Mon
day evening last. Dancing commenced about
o'clock and continued until towards morning.
Many ladies and gentlemen were present from
the neighberhood and with the guests the house,
formed a very agreeable party. This hotel is be-
coming quite popular resort under Miss Graham's
management.
Phillip L. Moore, ESQ.,, clerk for Sheriff
Knight, is president of the Towsontown Glove
land and Hendricks club. Having been Speaker
of the House of Delegates of California about
well, we wouldn't like to say how many years
ago-his abilities as a presiding officer are I'M
surpassed. And then such consummate dignity
Such-but then we don't like to fatter. As the
boys say, she's way up in G."
Mr.. Thomas Peerce, of Dulany's Valley,
has his trotting mare in training at the Belair
fair grounds. Mr.. Geo. W. Yellott, of Long
Green Valley, has very promising colt at work
at the same place. If the managers of our county
fair had little more snap in them Baltimore
county gentlemen would not be compelled to send
Unfortunately we are afflicted with rather too
much old fogyism.
We have to thank our Towsontown Demo-
cratic friends for some choice music on Wednes-
day evening The band they had out for their
ratification meeting was certainly the best we have
heard in this town for a long time. The "chin"
music furnished on that occasion did not char
monte" so well with feelings, but the "brass"
music was just simply too jolly for anything
Really, we wish they would have a ratification
meeting every week.
The Towsontown correspondent of the Sun
says there we're 500 people in attendance at the
Democratic ratification meeting held here on
Wednesday night. The meeting was very re-
spectacle one, but counting Democrats, Republi
cans, ladies and boys there were not over 300, if
that many in attendance. If this can be taken
as a fair sample of the newspaper. twaddle to
boom Cleveland and Hendricks, then we feel very
sorry for tho "boona."