The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-05-31

The candidates and the voters are nov
speaking as they pass by, and occasionally the,
"smiIe' with one another.
Sunday, June Sth, will be Chil6ren's Day
and will be observed in all the NJ. E. churches
with appropriate services.
The product in butter from the herd o
Jerseys belonging to Mr.. John II. Small, of Yorl
county, is upwards of 200 lbs, weekly.
At Habliston's tannery, at Pleasant Val
lev, on the Northern Central railroad, chestnut
bark is selling at SO per ton and span oak at IS.
We have actually had game of baseball
in Towsontown. The 'trouble' took place las
Saturday, and since then everything has beer
quiet.
a wife is called mans better half because
whenever he does not want to do anything sht
remarks with significant emphasis: "Well, yor
better; that's ALL
Mr.. A. G. Davis, who put up the telegraph
line along the Maryland Central railroad, from
Baltimore to Delta, will next week establish ar
Office at Towsontown.
"A we'll posted farmer says always plan
pumpkin seeds in June, in the full of the moon
and you can rest assured that in the fail you viii
have plenty of pumpkins.
The Northern Central Railroad Company
will at once commence the erection of its Immense
freight buildings on the east side of North street.
from Eager to Monument street.
The Warren Union Sabbath school, Mr..
Joel Hays, superintendent, will bold Children
Day services on Sunday, June oath. Services will
be held at 81 a. M, and Il p. IN.
1t is said that Kentucky breakfast "con-
sists of three stiff cocktails and chew oftobacco
This salts actorily explains why the Democratic
party is so healthy in that locality.
The annual examination of the pupils OF
the McDonogh Farm School, in this county, took
place this week, and the regular commencement
exercises take place to-day-Saturday.
A French experimenter finds that if tomato
leaves are stepped, the dilute liquor will make an
insecticide The liquid may be sprinkled on
bushes or other plants and the insects will leave
BY authority of the County Commission.
ers we this week commence the publication Of
the Local Laws passed at the last session of the
Legislature. They should be carefully read by
every one.
The Belair Times says "That from con-
versations with Gamers from various sections Of
Hartford county gather that there will be con-
siderably more canned this year and fewer
donates than last season.
james II. Coe, said to be a resident of this
county, who received very serious injuries a
Frederick, Nd, about ten days ago, is now in
fair way to recover His name was given in THE
UNION of last week as Cole.
Mr.. Robert P Ware, native of this place
and son of the late Nathan ii. Ware, was here
this week on a visit. He has for a number oil
years been a resident of Franklin, Ohio, where he
mas Deen e1SdSeu IN turning.
We return thanks to DR.. Frank |. Duncan,
of CockeysviIle, for an invitation to attend the
annual commencement of the Law Department OF
the University of Maryland, which took place on
30th inst, at the Academy of Music.
Mr. Charles NJ. Caughy will give two art
entertainments in st. Mary's Hall, Govanstown,
on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, June 4th
and 9Th. First night-"A Journey to Rome y
Second night-''FrOm Rome to London"
verC inferpstinC race took Mace n Her.
ring Run, Monday afternoon.the contestants being
Hentsche!Ps edward H." Kidd's "Tanner Boy, D
and Groscup's eastern Shore" The first named
was the winner-time 1891, 2:4O and 2:4O.
Last week we experienced disagreeabiy
hot wave which was supplemented this week by
a decidedly cold snap. Those who had changed
their winter under clothing were glad to get back
to something having little more body to it.
The Towsontown NJ. E. Sabbath school will
hold fair and festival, in the lecture of the
church, commencing Tuesday, June 10th, and con.
tinuing three evenings. Donations will be thank
fully received. Proceeds for benefit of the school
Mr.. J. G. Rouse, an active Belair mer.
chant, offers to pay the fare of all persons from
the vicinity of Delta who visit his store and buy
$50 worth of goods, and for those buying SIC
worth be will. pay half fare This IS certainly a
novel scheme to secure trade.
We are pleased to learn that the filthy pond
in Chew's woods-referred to in these columns
last weeks to be drained, and that measures
will be taken to prevent in future the woods sur
rounding it being used as q sort of dumping
ground for the filth of the town.
The new name for fancy bed ticking when
used for dresses for ladies, is "awuing cloth y
when used for furniture covering, pillows, &C., it
is still called bed ticking. 1t comes in fancy
stripes of gray and pink and is pretty for lambre-
quins, for which it is much used.
A lot of fine cattle from York, Pa, were
received at the Calverton Stock yards this week
for shipment to Europe. The cattle came down
in one of Kohlers patent palace stock cars, which
is supplied with arrangements for feeding and
watering stock while on the road.
"A bee-keeper says that by feeding nit.oge-
nous food the queen can be induced to lay at any
time. She can be started tolay, and as fast as the
bees hatch out strong enough to cover the brood.
every cell of fresh empty comb inserted will be
found to contain freshly laid egg.
William II. Cowan, Esq, the well-known
Baltimore lawyer, who rents for the summer
the Taylor property, on the York road, short
distance south of Towsontown, keeps on the place
nearly thirty high bred dogs, many of them set
tiers of the most fashionable strains.
The game of baseball played at Luther
vile on Saturday evening last, between the Star
club of ToEsontown, and the know-Nothing club
of Timonium, resulted in victory for the former,
by a score of IS to Is. The Towsontown boys
--Confederate Memorial Day will be observ-
ed on the 9th of June, when the graves of the
Confederate dead, in Loudon Park Cemetery,
will be strewn with flowers By the Ladies Confed-
crate Memorial Association. The ceremony will
no doubt be very solemn and beautiful.
by the will of Miss Sarah Kephart, who
died recently in Baltimore, the Luthern church
at Reisterstown this county, receives 81 900, and
the colored NJ. E. church, in the same place. $500.
Letters testamentary on the estate granted
to Mr. Reister Russell, of Reisterstown.
Mr.. Clement Dietrich died at his resi-
dence Hartford Furnace, on the 25th inst, aged
79 years. He at one time owned the very val
liable Hartford Furnace property, where he built
a magnificent residence. He afterwards failed
and the property passed out Of his hands.
Our new sanitary inspector, DR.. G. NJ
Bosley, has been actively at work the past week
and we are pleased to see that he proposes to en-
force the law To this end the County Commits
sioners should render him all necessary assist
ance. Read the law to be found in The UNION.
William Carr, aged 35 years, brakeman on
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad, whilst engaged coupling cars at Brown;
crossing, in this county, on Friday Of last week
slipped on the rail and falling under the train
the cars passed over his feet crushing them terri
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was married at the Cathedral on Monday last, to
MISS EHLdDelu W. lIdufcusOu, VI IduCle
B. Laurenson, Esq, a well-known and highly re-
spected citizen of this county. The bride is a
sister of Mr.. Philip Laurenson, clerk in the Office
of the County Commissioners.
The enterprising Mr.. Taylor who has been
putting up water works for several Maryland
towns, should come out and take look at Tow
sontown. We need such a supply can only be
obtained through this means, and We would be
pleased to see our people wake up to the impor-
lance of move in this direction.
Miss Emily W. Fifeld, of Nebraska, who
lately graduated at the Baltimore Medical Col
lege, has been appointed resident physician Of
the Thomas Wilson Sanitarium, located near
Pikesville in this county. This institution is fol
the benefit of sick poor children of the city, and
is open during the summer months.
We know of one very timid lawyer in Bal
timore, who, whenever he has business in Towson-
town, comes out in the horsecars, being afraid to
ride on the Maryland Central road. 1t may be
reassurng to him to know that the latter road
has been in operation over two years and no one
has yet been killed nor even seriously hurt.
Two weeks ago we made mention of fine
cow, owned by Mr.. George Bausman, who lives on
the Reisterstown road short distance above
Owings' Mills. Since that time she has surpassed
all former efforts and is now making II lbs. Of
butter per week, on ordinary feed. If she was
fairly mt 10 the test with proper care and feed