The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-05-03

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| ties ON LIST instant.
The Waverly high school has about coo
pupils on its roll, with an average daily attend.
| ance of $50. Prof. Wilmington is the principal
and there are ten assistant teachers.
! Mr.. William T. MARYLAND, the owner oil
the Govanstown Hotel, on the York road, died al
his residence, in Baltimore on the Goth ult., Of
consumption, in the 63d year of his age.
| MIR. C. Getzendanner, of this county, has
purchased from Mr.. ]. W. Wolvington, of Balti-
more, farm of 225 acres, on the old National
pike, Washington county, for $4,000.
! In the Orphans Court this week letters OF
administration were granted to Mary E. Duncan
on the estate of Joseph Beard, ST., deceased, and
to J. H., Howard and Henry Reiman on the es-
tate of VIM. ]. Reiman.
| Under a law passed at the last session of
the Legislature, discount of per cent. will be
allowed on all taxes paid during the month of
May. Under the old law the discount for the
same month was per cent.
-Polard's stage line, which has for some
time been making three round trips per day on
| the York road between Baltimore and Towson-
town, has been withdrawn. The stages now run
only on Sunday, making two round trips.
Mr.. John c. Bosley, of this county, was
one of the ushers at the wedding of Mr.. Geo. A.
Taylor, of North Carolina, to Miss Ella Norris,
daughter of Mr.. II. L. Norris, of Westminster,
which took place in that city on Wednesday.
james B. Preston, Esq, of Hartford coun-
| ty, formerly member of the Legislature, was
married in Baltimore on April 18th, to Miss Cor
nelia E. Holmes daughter of the late Judge John
| B. Holmes, of the 10th district of this county.
The first championship game of base ball
of the season was played at Oriole Park, Thurs
| day afternoon, between the Metropolitans and
the Baltimores, and resulted in a victory for the
latter by score of to 3. 1t is said that 9,OUo
| people visited the game.
The death this week of our highly respect
ed friend, DIR. J. Robert Ward, of Govanstown,
| removes from our midst one of the most kind and
| generous-hea of men, an accomplished ply
stefan and highly esteemed and valuable citi-
zen. We shall not look upon his like again.
Solomon Schmuck died at the residence of
his daughter, in Waverly, on the 24th ut, In the
73d year of his age. He was brother of Mrs.
Mary A. Shealey, of this place. and was for
many years a resident of Towsontown. His was
the third death to occur in Mrs. Shealey's family
within month.
Grand Master John F. Plummer, Jr., of
the Grand Lodge of Maryland, L. o. o. F., has
appointed Mr.. Jas. E. Dunphy, of this place,
Chaplain of the Grand Lodge. Mr.. Dunphy is a
member of Towson Lodge and has been filling the
position of District Deputy Grand Master for up
wards of six years.
An interesting sight, consisting of large
frame house being moved bodily on rollers, may
now be seen on Mr.. Jere. d. Mallory's place, on
building will be moved 200 feet in order that
Mr.. NJ. may have room to enlarge the lawn sur
rounding his beautiful new residence.
Capt. d. p. Barnette, assistant examiner
of the county schools, is a native Virginian, but
has been teaching school in Maryland since the
war. He was one of six brothers who served in
the Confederate army and he is the only one who
survives, the other five having lost their lives in
the service. The Captain was wounded four times
Hugh Gaffney, the we'll known steeple chase
rider, died of yellow fever in Mexico, the early
part of last week. His wife lives near Pimlico in
this county, and was to have Joined her husband
next month. He won the first race at Pimlico
under its present management, but was after
wards ruled off of all American tracks by the
Maryland Jockey Club for striking rider nam
ed Salt with a loaded whip.
in the Anne Arundel Circuit Court last
Monday, Samuel G. Acton was placed on trial for
violating the local option law. The defense was
that the sale was made in Baltimore county and
that Acton's bar-room outside the Anne
Arundel boundaries. The jury, after being out
three hours, was discharged, owing to the illness
of one of the jurors. They stood seven for con-
yiction and five for acquittal.
-Towsontown people are not very well pleas
ed with the schedule on the Maryland Cen
trail road. The last train down in the morning is
at 1914 and after that there is not another one
until BIZ, about five hours elapsing between the
two. A train about IL, between IL and l,
would suit much better. And then the trains be-
tween Baltimore and this place make slower time
than ever before, the schedule time being 80 and
40 minutes to run the miles,
The Elkridge Club had a run through this
section last Saturday. The fox was let loose at
Govanstown and led the hunters merry chase,
but he was "treed" and captured near Towson-
town. About thirty persons were in the saddle,
Including two ladies, and the sight q beauti-
full and inspiriting one. There were also a num-
Der of very handsome equipages, filed with WE'LL
known society people. This was the last meet
the Club will hold this season.
On Tuesday last the country seat of the
late Capt. Cooper, on the Frederick road, was of
fered at public sale. 1t contains AZ acres, with
very fine improvements, and the best bid made
was $4,000. 1t was not sold. The property
the country seat of the late John E. Hurst, on
Lake avenue. near the Maryland Central rail-
road, was offered at public sale and was with
drawn on a bid of IS, 900. The property is val
ued at about $4,000.
The County Commissioners, in their levy
for 1884, made on Wednesday, were little more
liberal with the schools than the former Board,
yet their appropriation for school purposes, ICON
sidering the debt left by the former Board) is
insufficient. Last year the schools received $751;
600 and this year they get 800, OOO-an advance
of only $15,000-and the School Commissioners
have debts amounting to about $4,000 hanging
over them. This is not pleasing outlook and may
result in harm to the public schools of the county.
Last Sunday several men were arrested at
the Calverton drove-yards, in this county, on the
charge of working on the Sabbath. Their ofense
appears to have been unloading and watering
stock, and this was certainly more humane and
christian like than to leave the poor animals in
the cars over Sunday suffering for food and drink.
If the county police want to arrest violators of
the Sunday law why don't they arrest some Ofthe
many saloon keepers in the Belt whopay no more
attention to the Sunday law than if it had never
been passed
In a conversation in the office of the Coun-
ty Commissioners on Wednesday, the subject of
local newspapers was preached, when THE UNION
was alluded to and gentleman present-who is
himself the publisher of county paper-said
"THE UNION is the best local newspaper in Mary
land-not excepting any," This was said pub
licly in the presence of county officials and others
who were in the Office as the time. We may be
pardoned for abiding to this matter because it is
just such evidences of appreciation as this that
stimulate US in our efforts to publish an accept
able county newspaper.
On Monday afternoon last the 1853 up train
on the Maryland Central road, just after leaving
the Falls road, struck mule and cart, which were
crossing the track. The cart upset and
knocked clear of the rails and the mule was freed
entirely from it, escaping unhurt, as did also the
boy who was driving. The train Stacked up and
the passengers looked out to see the cause of it,
when their eyes were greeted by the overturned
cart and the mule standing near the track, quietly,
but perhaps revengefully, gazing at the train. The
mule bears a charmed life, but this time he got
"knocked out" in one round.
Mr.. Samuel Ceilings, of Lutherville, and
his son-in-aw, Mr.. Charles B. Taylor, who start
ed for Colorado about three weeks ago, returned on
Tuesday, highly pleased with their trip. They
speak in glowing terms of Denver and say it is
one of the handsomest and most fourishng cities
they ever saw. Mr.. Taylor has kindly left at
our Office some of the ''trophies' they brought
back with them, consisting of gold and silver
bearing quartz and potato that is SO big we are
afraid to give its dimensions. If you want to see
it call at The UNION office and bring somebody
with you that you can "see it all over at onct"
A Meeting of Mennonites.-A meeting of
Mennonites will be held at the residence of Mrs.
Geist, near Shawan, this county, on Sunday, June
9Th. The Baltimore and Baltimore county con-
gregation of the sect have no local preacher at
present, that Office having recently been vacated
by death.
They held services on Sunday last in Baltimore,
led by Rev. John Kohr, local preacher from
Pennsylvania. A city paper says: "All the wor-