The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-09-20

Wednesday evening, at 7.3O o'clock.
81. Johns Mission, York Road.--Preaching to-
morrow afternoon, at o'clock, by Rev. W. 7. d.
GLENN.
The Petit Jury was discharged on Tuesday
until Monday next, 22d
The sun crosses the equinoctial line to-
morrow-Sunday, 21st inst.
Mr.. William Bull, of Govanstown, lately
lost two young children by dphtheria.
Bishop Lay ,ofthe diocese of Easton, preached
at All Saints Chapel, Reisterstown, on Sunday
last
Miss Pattison, who had private school
in TowsontOwn last winter is about re opening the
same.
IF you want to preserve your strength,
work. If you prefer to be weak and feel tired,
do nothing.
The dwelling of Peter Goss, at Homestead,
Hartford road, was slightly damaged by fire on
Thursday last.
-Misfortunes never come singly. We had
Democratic convention and fire in Towson-
town last Monday.
Mr.. Daniel Shamberger, of this county, has
been granted patent for an envelope moistening
and sealing device.
-Towsontown is receiving four mails
daily from Baltimore, two in the morning and
two in the afternoon.
raised 43 bushels of wheat to the acre. of the Red
Mediterranean variety.
ALI the guests Of the Smedley House have
now departed for their city homes. The house
will be kept open all winter.
Mr.. Richard H. WoolIen, of the Sd district,
has been drawn to serve as Grand Juror at the
coming term of the .. S. District Court.
"A petition has been filed in the Circuit
Court By Michael CARING, asking to have Thomas
Keyworth declared an involuntary insolvent.
"A young child of Mr.. Theodore Ries, who
lives on the York road, about mile south of
Towsontown, fell on Tuesday and broke its collar
bone.
Tho Purnell Legion, which was organized
at Pikesviila- this ennnty- eariy in the late war
he'd re union in Baltimore, on Wednesday
night.
The bass fishing in the Susquehanna, at
this time, must be excellent. We have heard OF
one gentleman who took nearly sixty in few
days fishing.
Mr.. George II. Carman, the present fire
marshal of the county, has, understand,
nounced himself candidate for Clerk of the
Circuit Court.
The Republican Executive Committee of
Baltimore county is called to meet at No. Post
Office avenue, Baltimore, Saturday, Sept. 9th, at
l o'clock p. N.
Mr.. Charles T. Hipsley, through his attor-
ney, has filed bill of complaint for divorce
from Mary Cora Hipsley, alleging abandonment
and desertion.
Mr.. Henry Herring, of Perry Hall, 18th
district, viii please accept our thanks for box Of
delicious ripe Strawberries of the Cumberland
Triumph variety.
Mr.. Chas. Thomas, of Hampton mill farm,
left perfectly formed double cantalerpe at
Urban's restaurant, few days ago. 1t is quite
curiosity in its way.
Fire Inspector Holloway, of Baltimore,
accompanied by Fire-Chief Johnson, of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, inspected the Baltimore coun-
ty fire department last Monday.
Col. R. NJ. Johnstown will read from origi-
NAL sketches descriptive of country life it Georgia.
at the Court House, Towsontown, Tuesday, Sept.
49, at p. m. Admission so and % cts
The drug store of Mr.. Beruasco on the York
road, short distance below Waverly, was entered
by BURGLAR on Wednesday morning and robbed
of 800 cigars and a small amount of cash.
Hon. William A. Fisher, after an absence
of three months in Europe, accompanied by a
portion of his family, has returned, and entered
at once upon his duties in the City Court.
-Grasshoppers have attacked the corn fields
in some sections of Hartford county, eating the
tasses and blades and the ends ofthe ears. They
were most destructive on the farm of DIR. Lee
"A well-known Govanstown gentleman sail-
ed for Halifax on the I'd inst, and on the 18th
the Journal announced the fact. If you want to
keep up with the news you must read the Journal.
Mr.. Godsborough S. Griffith pays Sheriff
Joseph r. Knight high compliment for the
healthy and cleanIy condition in which he found
the county Jail on his recent visit to that insitu-
ton.
Albert Morrow has been committed to Jail
by Justice Pole, of the Sd district, charged with
assaulting and threatening to kill Frederick
Silker. The Grand Jury will investigate the
matter.
Every man, woman and child should feel
interest enough in our county fair to visit it al
To oil Fri IA
and have generally good time, don't let this OPP
portunity pass
Hereford Circuit has eight churches and
two parsonages and there is not debt of one
dollar upon any of the church property. This j:
record of which the Methodists of that Circuit
may feel justly proud.
Mr.. Hugh Sisson will exhibit at the New Or.
leans Exposition fac-simile in Baltimore county
marble of the Washington Monument at Washing
ton, and specimens of all the marble in the Balti-
more county quarries.
The citizens of Canton making strong
effort to have the city build them market house
The Canton Company contributed the ground
but it is claimed the city has not complied with
her part of the contract.
Mr.. Talbott's friends-those who stuck tc
him from the frst-are not too well pleased al
the action of Wednesdays convention. They are
doing some lively clicking" and some of them
are making the air sulphurous.
There were sllgnt fr0Sts IN some sections
of Baltimore county on Sunday and Monday
mornings last. A fall in the temperature of neal
forty degrees in less than three days is something
remarkable even for this tickle climate.
-Ex Sheriff Richard C. Tracey is building
handsome and commodious barn on his farm in tht
5th district, and is making many other improve
ments about the place. He is tidy farmer ant
understands perfectly what he is doing.
"A private hop and German will be held al
the Smedley House, Towsontown. Tuesday nigh
of next week, from $50 to l o'clock. A specia
car on the York road will be run for the accom-
mediation of those invited from the city.
Mary Ross, aged l6 years, resident Of
Baltimore, was on roaring drunk in Waverly
one day this week. Justice Gallagher sent bei
to the House of Correction for six months. Sht
had only been released from that institution few
days.
Moses Humstead, colored, has been com
mitted to Jail. charged with assaulting Ella
CLANCY and Eliza Jane Clancy, residents Of
Cross Keys, Falls road. Humstead is from tn,
South, but has been living at Cross Keysfo som'
time.
"A correspondent informs us that many
hogs owned in the vicinity of Kingsville, It'll
district, are dying of cholera, Mr.. Thoma
Armstrong having lost upwards of thirty. Th,
disease seems to be much more fatal than it wa
last year.
At the meeting Of the Maryland Sanitar,
Council, at the Blue Mountain House, W. M. R
R., the past week, DR.. Jackson Piper, of Towson
town, read highly interesting and valuable pa
per on "Diphtheria-Its Local and Sanitar,
Treatment"