The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-05-17

Strawberries from the Eastern Shore of
Virginia, are selling in Baltimore at 20 and 80
cents per quart
-Messrs. Chas e. Fendall, John f. Conrey
and A. D. Talbot have been appointed trustees
of the Towsontown high school, vice Messrs. John
I. Yellott, Thos. C. Bruff and VIM. II. Ruby.
The Pimlico races commence ON Tuesday
next, May goth, and will continue four days.
There will be twenty-five races. The meeting
promises to be most interesting one. Over 200
horses have been entered.
The concert held at the Court House on
Thursday night for the benefit of the Catholic
church which is to be built in Towsontown, was
largely attended. The Music was of very high
order and was greatly appreciated.
The Court of Appeals has decided that
Philip A. Kroh, of this county, is the inspector of
State Tobacco Warehouse No. 2. Mr.. Kroh's
many friends will be glad to hear of his success.
He entered upon his duties on Friday, 10th.
Mr.. r. r. Roberts, son of LewisJ. Roberts,
ESQ.,, of Sherwood, N. C. r. R., has commenced
the erection of a handsome residence on an emf
nence near the station. Mr.. Roberts was lately
married, and is engaged in business in the city.
On Tuesday last, Patrick Flanagan, a la
borcr in the Beaver Dam quarries, near Jockeys
ville was struck on the head and side of the face
by a stone slipping from a skid. Upon examina-
ton it was found that one eye was knocked out.
"A prominent citizen of Towsontown, ac-
companied by his colored body-servant, attended
the Washington races this week. The servant
carried large satchel, which will doubtless be
filed, on its return, with the contens of the pool
box. $50 mote it be-"
DIR. C. A. Rutledge and wife, living near
Taylor, Hartford county, celebrated their tin we'd
ding, April Both. A large company was present
and the large number of useful presents attested
the high appreciation in which the DIR. and his
4 hxyt a. host of Fri
Mrs. Annie S. Musseman, widow of the
late Henry Musselman, of Strasburgh township,
Lancaster county, Pa, died recently. She was
member of one of the most prominent families In
that section of country. Mr.. Amos f. Mussel-
man, a well known Baltimore lawyer, is a son Of
the deceased.
"A man went fishing in Loeb Raven the
other day and caught fifty pounds of catfish. We
didn't see the Coats" but when a fellow tells
good fish story we don't think anybody would
have the hardihood to discredit it. 1t has been
known for long time that fishermen are proven
bially truthful.
The valuable property of the late ex-Gov.
Bradford, on Charles street avenue and Mary
Central railroad, will, we learn, be cut up into
building lots and offered for sale. This property
is beautifully located and its accessibility to the
city both by the avenue and railroad, renders it
very desirable.
"A gentleman who has just returned from
the West, on being asked how he liked the coun-
try, replied: ''Well sir, every bunch of willows
is mighty forest, every frog pond sylvan lake,
every waterfall second Niagara, every ridge OF
rocks a gold mine, every town country seat and
every man a liar"
Sunday last was a delightful day for driv-
ing and those who owned vehicles ayailed them
selves of the beautiful weather and fine roads for
a drive through the country, which never looked
more attractive. The enchanting drives in this
vicinity are one of the principal features OF the
place, and they deserve to be.
We have already heard of several cows
dying from bloat. This disease is caused by cat
tie eating grass to rapidly. Mr.. Frank Smith,
of Sunny brook, this county, has a never failing
remedy, if the animal is taken in time. No doubt
Mr. Smith will impart this valuable information
to any one making application.
Letters have been granted in the Orphans
Court to Barbara Schmidt the estate of Chas.
Schmidt; to J. Harry Ward on the estate of DR..
]. Robert Ward; to Jesse Hilles on the estate of
Washington Lee to Thomas S. Hughes on the
estate of James F. Lee, and to Edward L. Bacon
on the estate of George W. Ryley.
The manager of one of the valuable Jersey
herds in Baltimore county had a young bull for
which a gentleman offered him 5000. He wanted
$500 and refused the lower bid. Last week he
took the animal to the big sale Of Jersey CATTLE in
New York city, and sold him for $50. He has
doubtless learned wisdom from experience.
The record in the deed of trust case of
Ernault H. Williams against his father, Hon.
Geo. Hawkins Williams of this county, has been
sent to the Court of Appeals. 1t will be remem-
bered that when the case was tried before Judge
Fisher the deed was set aside. 1t will not be
heard by the Court of Appeals before October.
Last Saturday, through the kindness of the
officers of the Maryland Central railroad, the
boys of the Baltimore Manual Training School
visited Loeb Raven. They were accompanied by
several members of the city School Board, among
them Mr.. Joshua Plaskitt, who was the originator
of the school, Mr.. Paskitt's old homestead is
near the Loeb, and his ancestors owned much of
the property in that vicinity.
.--One Of the numerous hats won by US on the
last Presidential election, has just been forthcom-
ing, and four years is very long time to wait for
a new hat We were like the fellow in Texas,
who, when asked if every man was Obliged to
pistol often, but when you do want one you rant
Il aicfm bad" That fits our case exactly.
in speaking of the new Secretary of State,
Mr. George B. Milligan, the Annapolis Record
says "Mr Milligan, the Governors new secretary,
brings to the Office ripe experience for duties. He
is a gentleman of culture and legal learning, and
is admirably suited, by his attachments and pol
ished and unaffected courtesy, to discharge the
obligations of the Office in a manner satisfactory
to the Governor and the public"
of birds the greenfnch is the earliest riser,
as it pipes as early as half past in the morning.
About half past 2 the blackcup begins, and the
quale wakes up half an hour later. The spar
row occupies nearly the last place on the list
The reputation of the lark for early rising is
tirey a false one That celebrated bird is slug
gard, and does not rise until number of other
birds have been up and about for some time.
Two more arrests were made by the coun-
ty police at the Calverton Drove Yards, last Sun
day, the men being charged with violating the
law by working on the Sabbath. Is it any more
a violation of law for these men to feed and water
cattle on Sunday than for a farmer to do the
same thing? We ask again, Why don't the police
occupy some of their spare time looking up the
lquor-sellers in the Belt, who openly violate the
law every Sunday?
The youngest child of N. Chas. Burke ESQ.,,
States Attorney, an interesting little boy aged
about two years, has been critically i'll this week
and but faint hopes are entertained for his recov
cry. He is suffering with membranous Group
and his condition critical that DR.. Jarrett,
the attending PHI sican, assisted by Prof Latimer,
of Baltimore, made an incision in the throat and
inserted a tube through which the child breathes,
the throat being entirely closed.
"A party of gentlemen from Towsontown
will go up to Peach Bottom, on the Susquehan-
ma, about the Let of June, bass fishing The river
at that point is one of the most beautiful in the
country, and it is worth trip of many miles to
see it. delightful ride over the Maryland Gen.
trail will land you there in a few hours, and q
trip over the road and view of the river at that
point will amply repay any one-whether he be a
fisherman or simply an ordinary citizen.
The children of the late Henry Lightner,
formerly q resident of this town, but who died in
Baltimore, January, 1888, fighting over the
$4,000 the old man was possessed of. The entire
estate, with the exception of two small requests
made to ncphews, was left to Mrs. Elizabeth
Mccullough, daughter, cutting off the five other
children. The result is, caveat has been filed
to the will, claiming that the testator was of
sound mind at the time the will was executed.
The commission of Mrs. Sarah Feast, who
has so acceptably filled the Office of postmstress
at Towsontown for the past seven years, will ex-
pire on the 9th inst. An effort has been made
to take the office from Mrs. Feast, but it must
prove futile, as fully nine-tenths of the patrons
of the Office have signed petitions for her reten-
ton. There is postoffice in the State that has
been so well conducted, and as there is no charge
against her, we don't see that there is the slight
est possibility of change being made.
A Western Temperance Orator in the
Park.-On Sunday afternoon last, Luther P. Ben
son, of Indiana, delivered a temperance speech in
Druid Hill Park. He commenced by saying 81
believe in putting brass knuckles creased
lightning to pound the life out of saloon keep