The Baltimore County union., 1884-03-08


Mr.. John Kelly, of Baltimore, has leased
the City Hotel at Westminster.
The weather prophets are now predicting
that June will come in like a lamb.
The court selected DR.. Aquila Ridgely, OF
the sth district, as foreman of the Grand Jury.
Mr.. S. NJ. Anderson win conduct meeting
of the Band of Hope, at Warren, Sunday next, at
3 o'clock p. IN.
-Westminster proposes to hold carnival
on "Easter Monday" and has invited the Fifth
Regiment to take part.
The Rev. W. G. Young, local Methodist
preacher, and a native of this county, died in
baltimore on Saturday aylast-------~--r
And has our literary society gone up-or
down-too? The energy displayed by Prof.
Hanna was worthy of better results.
Don't fail to call at the Waverly stationery
store when you want reading matter of any kind.
See advertisement in another column.
"A new postal car built by the Billmyer &
Small Company, of York, was run over the Mary
land Central road for the first time on Thursday.
The Spring Meeting the Maryland Jockey
Club will be held at Pimlico, May 20, 81, %, 90.
The entries for the principal events closed on the
1st inst
Asa Jones, Esq, of Fawn Grove, York
county, recently shipped car load of 80 fine
stock hogs to Baltimore, over the Maryland Gen.
tral Railroad.
Easter cards are already beginning to food
the stores. This card business is being consider
ably overdone-in fact it is coming to be de-
cided nuisance.
We are glad to know that Mr.. Samuel F.
Butler of this place, is to get position in one of
the State tobacco warehouses under Mr.. Philip A.
Kroh, inspector.
twenty-five marriage licenses were issued
from the Clerks Office of this county, during Feb
ruary. They couldn't wait TO get the benefit of
Senator Moore's bill.
Mrs Susan Jane Gorsuch, wife of Wesley
n rlx- of rfo
land, died at GAINESVILLE, Gurnsey county, Ohio,
on February 22d last.
The trustees of the McDonogh farm school
have resolved to increase the number of pupils
from so, the present complement, to 6O for the
year beginning August, 1884.
Major Thomas G. RidgeIy, a Baltimore
conveyancer and gentleman well known here,
has been appointed assistant to the engrossing
clerk of the House Of Delegates.
Nothing having been heard from the wealth
er prophets recently, it is thought they have be-
come SO discouraged with the vagaries of the win
ter that they have given up in despair.
The Baltimore Sun of Wednesday contain
ed an item of "news' which appeared only in the
local columns of THE UNION last week. Better
late than never is no donbt the Suns motto.
Walter Mcdowell, who formerly resided in
this county, or any of his heirs, can learn some
thing of great advantage by addressing L. E.
Preston, 725 Filbert street. Philadelphia, Pa.
County Grange will be held in the Young Mems
Christian Association building, Baltimore, to-day
Saturday, March Sth-beginning at ii q. m.
The good old-time wood-f are rapidly
coming into fashion again, and with them the
dude-legged tongs and the bandy-legged and
irons Fashion, like history, must repeat itself.
"A daughter of Prof M. A. Newell, of the
State Normal School. and the wife of Lieut.. A. B.
Scott U. S. Army, died in Baltimore last Satur-
day, of consumption. She was 81 years of age.
The ice-dealers have not yet fixed upon an
excuse for the high price of ice next summer. A
meeting has been called of all the dealers in that
Col. William A. McKellip, the well-known
Westminster lawyer, was in Towsontown Friday
morning. attending to professional business. He
called at The UNION Office before leaving for home.
Birds of all kinds suffering from the
cold weather. We have heard of instances where
partrdges came into barn. yards in search of food,
and that sparrows have been found frozen to
death.
ANY one having a silver dollar of the coin
age of 1904, will no doubt be gratifed to learn
that the coin is valued at 5000. Dollars of the
years 1851, 1852 and 1858 are said to be worth
$500.
john Crowther, Jr., ESQ.,, chief clerk and
auditor to the Board of County Commissioners,
has been suffering for the past ten days with
sciatica. He is again at his post but still COM
planning.
Our "Irish editor must have got his work
in on our local columns last week when he said
"Monday last was Ash Wednesday," Nobody but
a fellow with hair on his teeth could write a
tence like that.
Our popular dentist, DR.. A. C. McCurdy,
has been invited by Prof. Gorgas dean of the fac
ulty of the Maryland Dental College, to take part
in the distribution of the prizes to graduates on
the 11th instant.
in the Orphans Court this week letters of
administration were granted to Judge VIM. A.
Fisher and Col D. G. Mcintosh on the estate of
Mrs. Richard j. Cuttings. They gave bond in
the sum of $4,000.
Mr.. Edward E. Greenfield, Jr., of this |
place, young man who learned his trade in the |
Journal office, has secured position in the Gov
ernment printing Office at Washington, through |
Hon. ]. Fred. C. Talbot.
The receipts of the County Treasurer's Of
flee for the month Of February, including balance
on hand at the beginning of that month, were |
SAT 7,69457; disbursements, S26,532.56; cash on
hand March LIST, s21 ,162.O1.
Hang old Virgins He says we are to have
another storm on the 9th inst, just about the |
time we would ordinarily be looking for geniel |
sunshine and fragrant spring flowers. Virgins |
should be snuffed. He's n. g.
Mr.. Robert HI. Pennington, who has been |
conducting store at Glyndon, Western Mary
land Railroad, for some years, died on Monday |
last, aged about So years. He was formerly in
the coal business in Baltimore
We are glad to learn that Mr.. John E.
Owens, who has been very i'll at his residence, |
"Aigburth Vale," near Towsontown, is now much |
improved. DIR. Alan P. Smith, of Baltimore, was
called to see him on Sunday last.
The Pennsylvania Conference, United Breth- |
ren, which was held this year in York, adjourned
on Monday. Among other appointments were
the following for Baltimore county Woodberry
Mission, Rev. C. W. Stinespring; Dover, Rev. S.
Gipple.
= At the NJ. P. Church, Westminster, on
Tuesday of last week, Mr.. William B. Gist, son
of Mordcoai Gist, Esq, of Carroll county, was
married to Miss Alice A. Fenby, only daughter of
William Fenby, Esq, formerly of Baltimore
county.
Some of our correspondents complain that
we razee their letters too much. If we gave them
all full swing The UNION would have to be en-
larged to the size of the New York Herald. But
we'll do the best for Sll of you, SO don't be
discouraged.
About six thousand men-nearly all of
them Italians-are now engaged on the b. d O.'s |
new line in Cecil Hartford and Baltimore counties.
This don't look much as though the B. & o. peo-
pie were playing game of bluff. 1t looks like |
they were decidedly in earnest.
People got such a surfeit of sleighing dur |
ing the winter that they did not to start out
with their cutters last Sunday and Monday, |
although they could have gotten along on smooth |
roads very nicely. There is such thing as get
ting too mucn Oh any gOOu tnlnS.
Mr.. Ovington E. Weller, of Mr.. VIM.
f. Weller of Granite, I'd district, the first appoint
ment in the Postofice Department at Washington
under the Civil Service rules, has been reap
pointed, having served the probationary period
of six months with entire satisfaction.
"A news item in Maryland exchange says
"Col. VIM. Norris, of Reisterstown, Baltimore
county, is at Jacksonville, Fla, dispensing q
princely hospitality on board the yacht Ranger,
in the absence of its owner, Mr.. John A. Morris,
of New Orleans. Colonel Norris and Mr.. Morris
are very intimate friends"
DIR. Sidney o. Heskell, resident physician
at the Baltimore Marine Hospital, was married
on Wednesday morning, at Franklin street Pres
byterian Church, to Miss Addie c. Townsend,
daughter of Mr.. Wilson Townsend, of the 18th
district of this county. After the ceremony the
bride and groom started north on bridal tour.
Mr.. c. 7. Brooks, son of I. L. Brooks,
ESQ.,, of Mahaska county, Iowa, is visiting rela-
tives in this county, and called at The UNION of
fee on Monday. The senior Mr.. Brooks is a
brother of Charles Brooks, Esq, of the Sth dis
trict, and moved west about 80 years ago from
D.Iks