The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-07-12
The MARYLAND baseball club, of this place.

| The Maryland base ball club, of this place
| which played q game at Easton, Talbot county, on
the Fourth, defeated the Easton boys by score
| of rs to H. The gentlemen from here who went
down with the club, had splendid time and speak
in glowing terms of the hospitality of the people
of that aourishing city, which has a population
of upwards of 1000 and is making rapid strides
| in the way of business
Last week colored woman was arrested
at Loeb Raven pic mic, and out of this the chaste
local scribe of the Journal wove very choice (?)
item which he CALAMITY headed "a Big Fat
Niger Woman" Referring to the woman he says
"she was big, fat and greasy" &c. Nothing like
realistic descriptions. That sort of business fits
the Journal exactly. You want to look through
that paper to find something real nice to read.
Two colored men named Frank Knot and
Wesley Ransom, employed by Mr.. Frank Hines
in getting out stone for the Catholic church
to be built in this town. were quite seriously in
jured on Wednesday by q premature discharge
of blast in the quarry of Mr.. E. B. Almony
Knot received considerable injury to his eyes
and face, and Ransom bruised about his
body. The wonder is their injuries were not
more serious.
Under the head of "Baltimoreans regis
tered at various points" The Sun of Thursday
publishes the name of edward Peerce, Dulany's
Valley, Md" Doubtless Mr.. Peerce will smile
when he reads this. He is a well known Dula-
ny's Valley farmer and has resided there all his
life. The name of County Commissioner John
e. Crout is published in the same connection. If
he be "Baltimorean" how can he hold an Office
in the county?
The colored people have decided to hold
camp meeting near Towsontown, to commence
July 25th, and have secured Mr.. Jacob Wisner's
woods, on the Maryland Central road, a short dis
lance east of Stansbury's Gap. The grounds are
only few steps from the railroad and bind on
the CromwelPs bridge road, so that. they will be
easy of access. The railroad company will stop
trains at the grounds and will offer inducements
in the way of reduced fares.
Mr.. Chas. R. Chew, of EPSON, was driv-
ing twenty three year. old horse in a rake We'd
nesday last, when they struck bees nest. The
little pests swarmed on the old stager and he
started to run. Mr.. Chew held on manfully until
one of the rcins broke, and he landed the
ground. Tho horse kept on and did not stop
until he had reduced the rake to very fine kindling
wood. You can always trust an old horse until
bees beginsto "bite" him and then-may the Lord
have mercy you.
"A gentleman walking to Towsontown along
the Maryland Central R. r. few mornings ago,
saw dead ground-squirrel lying beside the rails,
it evidently having been killed by train. No
ticing that its mouth looked unusually large, he
opened the jaws and at once discovered the cause
The little fellow had evidently been out on forag-
ing expedition and had his mouth stored with
grain, one side being literally crammed with
wheat and the other with oats, the grains not be-
ing mixed. This must have been diserimina
ting squirrel, and he deserved better fate.
As heretofore announced, Mr.. Robt. IL.
Thompson, who has been superintendent for the
Union Manufacturing Company, of this county,
for sixteen years, will shortly take his departure
for Danvile, Va, to engage in similar business.
The employees of Union Factory, desiring to show
their affection for him, met at his house on the
4th inst, and presented him with beautiful and
costly watch chain and locket, the latter being
suitably inscribed. There is general feeling of
regret among the employees of the Union because
of Mr.. Thompson's determination to leave them.
Destructive Fire.--In THE UNION of last
week, we reported fire at the residence of L.. 2.
D. Newman, Esq, at Arlington, Sd district, which
had occurred a few days before, entailing loss
of about $500. And ON Friday, July 4th, some
where about the middle of the day, another fire
was discovered, issuing from one of the upper
rooms of the house, which destroyed the dwelling
and much of its valuable contents. The loss on
the house is estimated at about $4,000, and on
the plate, pictures and furniture, between $4,000
and $4,000. The insurance is $4,000 on the
house, and $4,000 on the furniture, &C., in the
Agricultural Insurance Company of New York,
Mr.. H. L. Bowen, of this town, agent. The fam
lily at the time, with the exception of one of the
daughters and a servant, were some distance from
the house, witnessing game of baseball Much
of the valuable furniture in the lower rooms was
saved by the timely arrival of friends, who work.
ed beroically. The county fire department arrived
at the scene of the confagration when it was too
late to render much assistance. This is the third
fire that has occurred on that place within the
past few months, the first occurring in Feb
ruary last, which was caused by thekitchen stove
falling over, the damage at that time amount
ing to less than 500.
Charlotte Hinsen, young colored woman, who
has been in Mr.. Newman's employ for some time,
has confessed to setting the house on fire, and has
been committed to Jail to await the action of the
Grand Jury. If convicted, it will be at the discre
ton of the court to sentence her to death or term
in the penitentary.