The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-09-27

at which excellent speeches were made by Col.
Blair, candidate for Congress, and VIM. M Marine,
Esq. The vote of Cation on the 4th of November
will prove a surprise to many.
Philip Colgate Gilbert, SON of the late
Colgate Gilbert the well-known starch nanufac-
turer, of Buffalo, N. Y, died at "Hillside," the
residence of his mother, in this county, on Tues
day, in the 2lst year of his age. He was pupil
of Johns Hopkins University.
"A Hartford county man visiting Towson-
town this week, remarked to a 5ar-keeper when
| ordering his glass filed for the second time ::
"Don't talk to me about water, if you please"
81 saw glass of water once through a micro
scope. It's tough looking stuff"
The Young Mems Republican Campaign
Club of Mount Vernon and Hampden, held very
enthusiastic meeting on Thursday evening. The
meeting was addressed by Ii. Clay Naill ESQ.,
Col. I. c. Blair and others. The crowd present
was estimated at fully 500 persons.
The Sovereign Lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, in session at Minneapolis,
Mimi, few days ago awarded the contract for
erecting monument in Baltimore city in memory
of the late James L. Ridgely, of Baltimore county.
1t will be of granite and bronze and will cost
$50 600.
The annual statement of the expenses of
Baltimore county, which appears in our columns
this week, takes up the greater part of our space
to the exclusion of usual budget of interesting
matter. This unusual pressure will continue but
short time, during which we ask the indulgence
| of our readers.
Mr.. Thomas B. Dorsey, of Howard county,
| took a great number of premiums at the Penn
| sylvania State Fair Poultry Show, which closed
last week, for his fine exhibit of poultry. He also
got special premium for best cockerel of any
variety in pen, l2S cockerels competing, won by
his Red Pile Game.
The Rev. J. Brown, colored, who some time
| ago victimized number of respectable colored
people in the vicinity of Cockeysville, by pretend
| ing that he was their new minister, sent by the
awaiting the action of the Grand Jury, who will
| investigate his crookedness.
The official programme of the Maryland
Jockey Clubs annual meeting, which begins
Tuesday, October II, and continues for four days,
has been issued by the secretary of the club,
Major ]. D. Ferguson. The meeting will no
doubt be good one, as the programme includes
O number of interesting events.
Mr.. Alex. Brown, who foremost in
the organization of the Elkriige Club, and who
has been master of the hounds, has resigned his
membership ON account of business and private
reasons. Mr.. 7. Swami Latrobe has been elected
to succeed Mr.. Brown. The hunting season will
open about the LIST of October.
The Maryland State Fair, in conjunction
| with the Agricultural and Mechanical Associa-
tons of Washington and Carroll counties, Nd,
Franklin county, Pa, and Jefferson county, West
Virginia, will be held at Hagerstown, commencing
October 21st, and continue four days. The
premium list amounts to Sl2, 900.
throwing, on account of the present pas
senger schedule on the Maryland Central road,
goes bravely on, but it does not appear to have
any effect 1t is certain that the present running
of trains offers very poor accommodation to the
travelling public, and the falling off of travel in
| consequence thereof is quite noticeable.
Judge Brown, of Cobb county, Georgia, is
Ioval- hoo dad man Ha raoantlv ;sSuad n ordar
directing the Sheriff not to summon tales jurors
from the hangers-on of the court room. When it
| is known that men habitually hang about court
houses for the purpose of being summoned as
jurors, they should be quietly looked over and
| other and better men selected.
The long continued drought has caused
scarcity of water in some of the wells and springs
about Towsontown, in some instances entailing
much inconvenience. very fine spring on Mrs.
Shealey's property, which has not failed for years,
is now practically dry. 1t may be of interest, in
this connection, to mention the fact that this is
the only spring in Towsontown the water from
which flows into the Gunpowder. All the Others
flow into branches emptying into Lake Roland.
The county Agricultural Society has ex-
tended an invitation to the public schools of the
county to visit the fair on Friday, October Sd,
aud if the schools attend in body, accompanied
by their teachers, they will be admitted to the
grounds free of charge. This is liberal offer
the opportunity. To several thousand chill
dren upon the fair grounds at one time would be
in itself o sight worth travelling many miles to
witness.
On Saturday last a kite found on top
ofthe Young Mems Christian Association building,
corner of Charles and Saratoga streets, Baltimore,
upon which was the following inscription 1.-The
finder of this kite will please inform the San, as
there is bet as to the place where it will fall
Respectfully, the Towsontown Cleveland and Her.
bricks Club" The joke about this little business
is that the club named sent up no kite and some
body has evidently played a trick upon the or
ganization.
Mr.. E. de MerolIa, the italian consul of
days ago, owing large sums Of money in the city,
quite well known in Baltimore county and
owned some property here. consisting of lots on
Cold Spring lane and on the Pimlico road. Some
of his creditors, through Messrs. Grason 4 Son,
have levied on this property and hope to make
themselves whole 1t is said that in addition to
Mr. de Meroa's debts in Baltimore he owes
about $4,000 in Washington, mostly borrowed
money from friends.
Mr.. Humphry Lloyd, a respected and pros
porous citizen of Delta, who with his family spent
some time this summer in Wales, the land of his
nativity, returned last week and was very warmly
welcomed home by his numerous friends. Many
years ago he came to Delta poor man, but by
industry and frugality he has risen in the world
and to-day occupies position in the business
community of which any man might feel justly
proud. We take pleasure in extending our con-
CALCULATIONS on his safe return with the hope that
continued prosperity may attend him.
Some time ago a. cayeat filed in the
Orphans Court here to the will of the late Joseph
Beard, who died at his residence on the Hartford
road, some time during the early part of the
present year. The caveat filed by the only son.
Jos. S. Beard, of Baltimore, the ground that
(ckln eTf.x Al
was executed, alleging under influence, &c. The
matter came up in the Orphans Court on We'd
nesday and by agreement of the heirs the will
was set aside and the property will be equally
divided among them. The estate is supposed to
be worth about $4,000, most of which had been
bequeathed to daughter. Mrs. Duncan.
On Saturday night last Deputy Sheriff
Risteau arrested Pat O'Conner and his sister
Mamie, who run the disreputable groggery on
the York road, short distance above Towson-
town. and who have been such a nuisance in the
community for many months. The charges
against O'Connor were keeping dsorderly house,
indecent exposure of person, and many others
They are now in Jail and it is hoped they may be
kept there or elsewhere until the sink of iniquity
over which they preside is effectually stamped out
Let the law take its course and we feel sure the
community will be ridded of these people, whose
place has so long been disgrace to our town.
George w. Goodwin, of this county, was
in the city on Wednesday night, stopping at
Streets Hotel. He fell in with a couple of ex-
ceedingly clever fellows who insisted on taking a
drive in Mr.. Goodwin's team. He finally con-
sented and the clever friends, who proved to be
sharpers, took him to a quiet place and went
through him for all the cash he had amounting to
about SIS. The police notified and one of
the fellows was picked up and part of Mr.. Good
wn'scapital found on his person. The other
one escaped. The next time Mr.. Goodwin-but
then there is no use moraizing on things of this
Kind. When countryman gets CLEANED" for
SIS he generally remembers it.
The Rev. B. Peyton Brown says that
Methodism in America was not born in New York,
as often asserted, but in Frederick county, Nd,
and that Roberts trawbridge. local preacher from
ireland, was the pioneer in the work. He settled
on Sans Creek. in that county, and soon drew
together society of twelve fifteen persons to
whom he preached Afterwards his friends and
followers cultivated his farm so as to give him
time to go from place to place in Baltimore and
Frederick counties organizing societies and urg-
ing the building of meeting houses. He died in
1881. His remains buried a farm near
Towsontown, but were disinterred few years ago
and placed in Mount 0livet cemetery, on the Fred