The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-01-05

The New School Board.-0n Monday last
in accordance with law, Judges Yellott and Fow-
Ter filed an order in the County Clerks office, ap
pointing the following gentlemen members of the
Board OF School Commissioners for Baltimore
county: Samuel M. Rankin. Oregon r. Benson,
joan P. Clark, Charles J. R. Thorpe and Jacob
Shamberger. The three first named are Demo-
Gratis and the two latter Republicans.
Mr.. Rankin is resident of the 18th district
He is successful farmer and a gentlemen of good
address and pleasing manners. He at one time
represented Baltimore county in the Legislature,
but for years past has taken very little interest in
politics.
Mr.. Benson is resident of 18th district, and
alawyer by profession, spractcing in the courts of
Baltimore city and county. He has also been a
member of the Legislature, and is gentleman
erery way qualified to discharge the duties of the
position acceptably.
Mr. Clark is a resident of the 9th district, near
Mt. Washington, and is engaged in the real estate
Business in tne city. He has never held public
Office and it is generally conceded that no better
selection for the place could have been made. He
is gentleman of intelligence, strict integrity, and
withal pleasing manners.
Mr.. Thorpe resides at Mt. Washington, in the
Sd district and is engaged in the insurance busl-
ness in the city, He is widely known and very
popular, being gentleman of pleasing address,
Intelligent, and in every way we'll fitted for the
POSITION
Mr.. Shamberger is resident of the 9Th district,
where he has large property interests. He is an
Elder in the Dunkard church, and man of intel
| ;s.ss.es and irreproachable character.
The entire Board is in all essential respects as
good as it was possible to make it, and what can
BE- said to the credit of ALL not one gentleman COM
posing it sought the office.
Bad Boys Making Trouble.-For some time
there have been numerous complaints from the
officials of the Northern Central Railroad that
there is a set of young men and boys who make
habit of congregating on the car platforms and
about the station houses of the company's prop
erty at Woodbury. and Mt Washington, and by
staring passengers in tn face, getting off and on
the trains using bad language, and sometimes
firing off pistols and yelling like wild Indians,
cause great annoyance to passengers. On Satur
day last four young men, Edward j. Geany, Joseph
Grady, j ohm Finn and Samuel Donnelly, of Mt
Washington, were brought before Justice Dorsey,
of Hampton, charged with disorderly conduct on
the property of the company. Three of them
pleaded guilty and each paid 2.45 costs and were
discharged. Geany, at the instance OF counsel,
waived an examination and appealed his case to
court.
High-Priced Christmas Trees.-On Mon
day last colored man named John Boston was
arrested and taken before Justice Gallagher, of
Waverly, charged with malicious destruction of
property on the places of Col. R. M. Johnston
and Col. Chas R. Taylor, near Waverly. Boston
was charged with cutting down an imported Scotch
pine trse, On Col. Jehnston's place, which was
valued at 800. The tree was % feet high, and
was cut off about midway from the ground and
the top. On Col. Taylors place three Norway
spruce pine ornamental trees were cut. 1t APP
peared in evidence that he took the tops of the
trees and the large branches and offered them for
sale for Christmas trees to several persons in the
neighborhood. The branches of the trees were
traced and fully identified. Boston recently COM
pleted a term in the penitentiary. Justice Gala
CHER committed him on four different charges.
Breaking Balls for Gun.-On the after
noon of New Year day fifteen "shootists
assembled on Perrigos Hill, Towsontown, to see
how many glass balls they could break the prize
being breech-loading bird gun. Each man fred
at ten balls. the one breaking the greatest num-
Der to be the winner. Some broke none, some
broke one, two, three, &C., but Mr.. B. O. Marley,
druggist, of this place, having shattered the whole
number, got the gun. The balls were sprung from
trap.