The Baltimore County union., 1884-12-13

discontinued ut the stone quarry on the farm of
Mr.. Trump, which has been operated for the past
eighteen months by Messrs. Shwin Miller, get
ting out stone for several bridges for the Balti
more Ohio II. r. extension. The stone from
this quarry was considered by competent Judges
to be the finest on the line of the road. Mr.. Syl-
vester Ritter did the blacksmith work for the
company. About 20 men employed in the
quarry.
The Fullerton Literary Society recognized a
few weeks age, with Mr.. John T. Ritter president;
G. G. Fowler, vice president; Carv Mccormick, |
secretary; Stonewall Biddison, treasurer, and |
Thomas and Howard Mccormick, musical direc-
tors. The Society meets every Thursday night |
and has so members, with average attend
ance of 40. The society is very fonrshing ana |
affords pleasant entertainment for our people.
Mr.. Charles Jones, who recently had his leg |
broken by kick from horse belonging to Mr.. |
| Hargess, has returned from the hospital and is |
now going around crutches.
Mr.. Edward Seabo)d, of this place, had his arm
| broken recently while using roller skates. The |
accident occurred in Baltimore.
Mr.. Wilson Ritter, blacksmith, has moved to
Baltimore, where he will engage in business lie
is an expert at horse-shoeing, and will be great
ly missed by his many patrons here.
The persons who engage each year in making |
| up evergreen decorations, had to go beyond
Washington, D. c., to get spruce, it being so
| scarce in this section. 1t was brought back in
| wagons. When worked up and ready for use it
| is sold at from three to ten cents per yard.
| A sad funeral service took place at Hiss church
| last week, it being the wife and child of Mr..
Joseph Cooms. The deaths occurred close to-
| gether. The mother sick for nearly year.
| Rev. Watson Case oficiated.
| The fight for road supervisor is causing much
| speculation among the friends of the respective
applicants.
ments under Cleveland. One man, account of
his German education, wants an appointment in
t1of Of RaI
A delegation from here will attend the inaugura-
| tion of the President. JUNO.
He Came to the reception Our old
friend Capt Isaiah Baker, of Perry Hall, 11th
| district, who has been subscriber to The UNION
| since the first number of the paper was printed
| paid visit on Monday and renewed his sub
scription for another year. He said he came over
| tc attend the reception spoke of last week,
| looking upon the matter joke, but when he
| entered the Office and saw number of people,
among them several ladies, he thought the Gre
cepton" was actually going on and he at once
entered into the spirit of it.
Capt Baker is in many respects remarkable
man. Notwithstanding the fact that he is now
in his seth year, he is still hearty and active. His
sight is somewhat impaired, the result of sun
stroke last summer year, but in other respects he
is wonderfully robust and no one would suppose
that he had passed his allotted three and en
Imbued with military spirit, Capt. Baker or
ganized company of infantry for the Mexican
war, and commissioned Captain by Gov.
Thomas G. Pratt August 9th, 1916. His COM
pany composed of fifty men, with rendezvous
at point on the Falls road, where they awaited
marching orders, but Maryland's quota having
been filed, the orders and the COM
pany finally disbanded. About fifteen of those
whose names appeared on the muster roll of the
company still alive.
For many years Capt. Baker carried the
blacksmith and wheelwright shops at Cross Keys
on the Falls road. where his son. Mr.. Charles III. |
Baker, now resides. Later in life he engaged in
farming in Green Spring Valley and from thence
he removed to the 1lth district, where he owns
two snug farms, which, with other valuable prop
erty, he accumulated through his own industry
and business tact Time has dealt very kindly
with old friend, and that his health may be
spared and that he may yet live many years to
enjoy the fruits of his industry is earnest
wish
They Strike the Belt gain.-Recently
there have been so many burglaries in tho Belt,
just north of the city limits that it has really be-
come tiresome to report them. But the last one,
committed some time during Friday night of last
week, was so neat and successful that it deserves
notice. The residence of Col. VIM. DeVere, a
gentleman widely known in Baltimore county, is
the north side of Boundary There
are twelve persons in the family and the thieves
did their work so neatly that no one was disturb
ed, and not until a servant came homo on Satur-
day morning was there the slightest suspicion of
anything wrong. The thieves, it appears, entered
the back yard and climbing upon porch got in
through window which was not fastened They
made the dining room their headquarters and from
this point paid visits to every room in the house
except one, in all of which some members of the
family sleeping. They gathered up all the i
the jewery and clothing they could find and car 9
ryng the booty to the dining room, selected such
as they wanted and left the balance strewn over
the floor Among the things taken were different ,
artc Of sill 81 helOn | 7
Col DeVeres sonn- law, large lot of fine ewelry,
several sums of money and the highly -prized gold
watch of the Colonel, which he brought from CAL j
ifornia years ago and which was esteemed as asr,
5000 worth of punder, and up to this time not a |
dollars worth of it has been recovered. The
beat of the county policeman extends all the way
to Calverton and of course he was not around
The case has been placed in the hands OF city de-
tectves.
Death From Lock -Jaw.-Mrs. Michael B.
Barrett, whose extreme illness from lock jaw was
reported in The UNION last week, died on We'd ,
nesday last. at her homo, Stevenson's lane, ,
south of Towsontown, after suffering the most .
intense agony. 1t will be remembered that about :
FIVE weeks ago Mrs. Barrett ran splinter under
her thumb nail The injury was apparently very
trihing and little attention paid to it for some
time. Finally it began causing her great pain !
and DR.. j. H. Jarrett, of this place, was called in
The disease (tetanus) soon made its appearance
and although the Dr., by great medical skill, I
managed to prolong her life, he had little or no r
hope for her final recovery. Mrs: Barrett was ,
daug ghter of the late Robert Price, who was killed
by train on the Northern Central r. R., at ,
Cockeysve, few years ago. twill be remem-
bored that suit against the Company resulted
in the family getting verdict for heavy DANA ,
ges, which was apportioned between the mother
and children, the latter being nearly all quite
young at the time. The brothers of Mrs. Barrett
for some years very successfully conducted res :
taurant or west Fayette street, Baltimore. De- ;
ceased was only twenty-one years of age and had :
been married less than year. She was a very in Z
dustrious woman and was much thought OF by 8
those who knew her. Her remains were removed
to the home of her mother, near Texas on Thurs
day, from whence they were buried on Friday.
Who Got the Hog ?-Last Sunday very
fine Chester hog, that would weigh about 300 lbs,
strayed from Mr.. Chas R. Chew's premises and
in his wanderings entered "Sandy Bottom" just
north of Towsontown. The hog was in fine con-
dition-fat and healthy looking-and this fact at
tracted the attention of some colored men, who
saw dancing before their eyes visions of sweet
chunks of pork and savory sausage meat. By
some mysterious means this hog got into lot on
the west side of the turnpike, and there it is said
it was carefully watched by one man while an
other one went home for his gun, with which to
take the life of the porker People in the neigh
berhood, some of whom knew to whom the hog
belonged, heard the report of gun, and this is
all they knew On Monday, Mr.. Chew having
heard that his hog paid visit to "sandy Bot
tom," went over in search of it and was not long
in determining in his own mind that the fine hog
| of Sunday was very choice pork on Monday.
| Accordingly search warrent was procured from
| Justice Moore and the officer found traces of
| fresh meat in house not far distant from the
scene of the slaughter. This led to the arrest of
Berry Blaston and Van Vandergrift, both colored,
| who were committed to Jail for further hearing
| next Monday. It is said there are witnesses who
saw tho hog shot, and if this is the outlook for
| Blaston and Vandergrift is rather gloomy.
| A Railroad Man as Lecturer.-In MOTTO
| ing the resignation of Mr.. S. G.. Boyd, who has
ably filled several important positions with the
| Maryland Central Railroad Company, the Har-
| ford Democrat of last week says: "Mr. Boyd has
arranged to resume his labors as lecturer, in the
same field he so ably filled before his connection
with the railroad. His subject will embrace
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