The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-07-19

To,csontoa,n " E. Church.-Preaching Sunday,
at IL a. m. and at u p. m, by the pastor, Rev.
W. 7. d. GLENN.
. PRAYER and praise a, getting on Wednesday even
ings, and class meetings on Wednesday afternoons,
at o'clock, and Friday evenings, at o'clock.
Grea, Falls Circuit, II. E. Churca.--Therc will
be an all DAVIS meeting at 0rem's NJ. E. Church,
on Sunday, July 9th. Rev. Lewis IL. Cole, OF
Baltimore, will preach at 109 q. m. and 3 p. H.
All are earnestly invited.
REV. WATSON CASE, Preacher in Charge
81. Johns II. E. Church, acknowledgements
ing Sunday, at IL a. IN. and 73O p. n, by the pas
tor. Rev. VIM. Dallam Morgan. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening, at $50 o'clock.
The Second Congressional District Demo-
cratic Convention will be held in Elkton on the
9th Of August.
Tie Towsontown NJ. E. Sunday school will
hold its annual pic mic at Druid Hill Park, on
Wednesday, July Both.
Peaches are becoming quite plentiful in the
Baltimore markets and arc selling at from so
cents to $3.50 per box.
Mr.. Peter F. Cockey, of Cockeysville, was
kicked on the arm Ply a colt a few days ago, re-
ceiving very painful injury.
st. Stephens church, near Kingsville, 18th
district will hold fair and festival for three even
ings, commencing August l2th.
Mr.. ARENAS Schofeld, of Ohio, will succeed
Mr.. Robert II. Thompson as superintendent OF
the Union cotton mills in this county.
The Western Maryland Railroad Company
is placing signal posts at a number of stations
with lamps and other improvements.
Tie Agricultural Society of Adams county,
Pa, will hold its county fair at Gettysburg, on
the 23d, oath and 25th of September.
The employees of the Western Maryland
Railroad will make an excursion to Annapolis
and Kent Island, on Saturday, 26th inst.
The case of Thomas f. Allen against the
Yorktown Turnpike company has been settled by
the company agreeing to pay Allen $5OO.
Mr.. Melville Pearce, son of Jacob M. Pearce,
ESQ.,, of Ny Lady's Manor, is clerk in Mr..
Philip A. Kroh's State tobacco warehouse.
Somebody now proposes to use the barbed
wire fence for the purpose OF telephone commu-
uication, and it is said the plan will work.
The man, Henry Shafer, who fell in a fit
in the city on Tuesday night, is not resident of
Towsontown, as was reported in the papers.
Loeb Raven has got to be very popular
resort for colored excursions, and the Maryland
Central is doing good business in this line.
Mr.. Thomas Kelbaugh, member of the Leg
islature from this county, spoke at political meet
ing at Mt Carmel, in the upper end, last Satur-
day.
"A chess club has been formed at Waverly,
with DR.. P. II. Reche president. A suitable
room has been rented and the club will meet every
night.
The repairs to that portion of the York and
Peach Bottom Railroad, from Delta to the river,
sumed.
The number of births in Baltimore for the
last six months were 4,O75. The Cecil Democrat
thinks the birth rate for that city ought to be
improved.
We hear of one Republican in Baltimore
county who will vote for Ben Butler for President.
When Ben is elected this fellow will get soft
place in his Cabinet.
Mr.. John C. Bosley, formerly connected
with the county tax Office, is now engaged in the
lime business with his father, Mr.. John BOsley of
VIM, Of the Sth district.
-Charies J. r. Thorpe, Esq, of this county,
has been appointed receiver to take charge of the
livery stable of John Ward & Brother, located on
Calvert street, Baltimore.
There is a great deal of billing and cooling
going on at the seaside. The TerGs Siftings
thinks the principal part of the billing is being
done by the hotel keepers.
In our neighboring county Of Howard the
Jail is without a prisoner for the first time in
twelve years. And this in Democratic Howard.
What is going to happen?
Phillip Sidney, aged nine years, son of Rev.
C. Herbert Richardson, died at his fathers res
idence, in the city, on Tuesday. He had been in
delicate health from his birth.
Mrs. Bagey, the wife of Dr. Chas. Bagley,
has opened general store at her residence, near
Sunny brook, the road leading from the Jar
rettsVile pike to Warren factory.
Upwards of 1900 persons attended the
colored camp meeting at Capron's woods, on Ro-
land avenue, near the Falls road, on Sunday last.
The camp will close on the 9th.
Rev. Uriel Graves, of Baltimore, minister
of the gospel who was well known in this county,
died on Sunday last in the 47th year of his age.
His death was the result Of over-work.
Ground has been broken for the addition
to be erected to the McDonogh School building in
this county. Mr.. Geo. Berry, Of Woodberry, has
the contract for the excayating and hauling.
The corn crop is making splendid progress
and the prospects for very large yield are excel
lent Some sections of the county need rain while
others have had rather more than they require.
George Ii. Martin, who has for some time
been connected with the Maryland Central road,
first as brakeman and then as conductor, has re-
signed and will go west to engage in railroading.
In one day recently fifty -four mothers and
seventy one babes visited the Wilson Sanitarium,
situated on the Western Maryland Railroad in
this county. These visitors all from the city.
-"Boys, don't leave the farm" No boys,
just take the farm right along with you when
you go elsewhere. You will find it handy if you
fail to get situation in the city, as you probably
will.
The County Commissioners of Cecil county
have appointed Mr.. C. H. Latrobe, civil engineer,
of Baltimore, to prepare estimates of the cost of
reconstructing the bridges damaged by the recent
foods in that county.
The liquor from the boiled leaves and stems
of tomato plants is said to be deadly to caterpll
lars, lice, and many other enemies of vegetation,
and its odor remains for long time to disgust
these annoying pests.
Regular postofices will this season be estab-
lished at all the large camp meetings and post
masters will be selected from the members of the
several associations, their duties ceasing as soon
as the camp meeting ends.
-Messrs. II. A. Maggie & Bro. who are erect
ing ST. Timothy's school building at Gainesville,
are pushing the work in very satisfactory man
ner and expect to have it completed and ready
for occupancy in short time.
The Orphans Court granted letters this
week to Elizabeth D. Schmidt the estate of
p. d. Schmidt to Randolph Barton on the estate
of John NJ. Gordon, and to Louisa Pelz on the
estate of Rudolph Pelz, deceased.
a man fell dead the other day while kneel-
ing in front of a sofa. An exchange suggests
the shock of finding that his wife had left them
where he put them caused his death.
Mr.. Thomas d. Cockey has been appointed
by the Court committee of Miss Fanny F. Cockey,
lately declared insane and who is confined in Mt.
Hope, and R. R. Boarman, Esq, has been ap
pointed trustee to sell her property.
a picnic numbering about 1000 men,
women and children, under the auspices of the
Green Street Evangelical Association, of Balti-
more, also chapel from York, was held in the
woods at Lutherville, on Wednesday.
Mt. 0livet Cemetery, on the Frederick road,
is claimed to be one of the most beautiful cemc-
teries in the vicinity of Baltimore. The location
is unsurpassed, commanding a charming view of
the city, bay and surrounding country.
Mr.. Lowry ]. Albert, owner of North Point
Tivoli has had three more suits entered against
him for damages growing out of the disaster
which occurred there last summer. The first is
for SIS, 900 and the others for $50, 900 each.
Rev. ]. B. Sttt, formerly of this place, now
stationed at Hagerstown, received sixty one per-
sons into full membership of his church on Sun
day, 9th instant. Rev. Mr.. Stitt is one of the
most popular ministers in the NJ e. church.
Mr.. ]. Emory Stiltz, of Hereford, who met
with very serious accident few weeks ago by
having one Of his feet come in contact with the
cutter-bar Of reaping machine, has almost
entirely recovered. 1t was at first feared that
his foot would haveto be amputated. Drs. Mitch
ell and Keech attended him.