The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-06-07

Death ofMr SamuelM .Shoemaker.--Mr.
Samuel M. Shoemaker, whose beautiful country
place. Burnside" is located in Green Spring
| Valley, this county, died at Old Point, Va, on
| Saturday night last. He had been in failing
health for considerable time and the immediate
cause Of his death was Bright's disease. In the
death of Mr.. Shoemaker the Sun says Baltimore
loses citizen who has been prominently inden-
| titled with her business developments and history
for more than forty years. Born in Louisiana in
| 1921, the son of Philadelphia who had married
lady from Baltimore county, young Shoemaker
to this city at the age of sixteen and entered
the counting-room of Alexander Falls Co.,
Wholesale grocers, with whom he remained four
years. He then became the agent here of the
Rappahannock Steam Packet Company, and in
this capacity exhibited such energy and business
tact that upon the establishment of the Ericsson
Line between this city and Philadelphia he was
selected as the Baltimore representative also Of
that enterprise. In 1843, when only twenty-five
years old, he was invited by the agent of the
Adams Express Company in Philadelphia, Mr..
Il. 5. Sanford, to join him in establishing an ex-
press line between Philadelphia and Baltimore.
He accepted the offer, and thus began close and
active connection with the great corpo alton
known as "Adams Express" which terminated
only with his death. Mr. Shoemaker became in
time controlling mind in the directory of the
corporation, and on the death of Mr.. E. S. San
he retained until compelled to resign on account
of ill-health three months ago. He has been the
resident manager or director of the company in
Baltimore since the inception of the enterprise,
and to his business sagacity and foresight was
largely due the development of the company's
business throughout the South and West There
were many other business enterprises of imp0r-
lance with which he was more or less intimately
connected, and his name may be found in the
directory of no less than thirteen public corpora
TONS"
Mr.. Shoemaker leaves a large family of chill
dren, nearly all of whom are grown, several of
his daughters being married. His estate is very
large one, and on his country place ne has herd
of Jersey cattle which perhaps cost more money
than any other single herd in the country.
The funeral took plae at Emmanuel P. e.
Church, Baltimore, Wednesday afternoon, and the
remains inferred at st. Thomas Church,
Garrison Forest, near his country home.
Democratic Conventious.-The delegates
elected at the Democratic primary meetings held
in the districts of Baltimore county embraced
within the limits of the Second Congressional dis
trict, met in Shealey's Hall, Towsontown. on Mon
day morning last. Hon. J. Fred. C. Talbot hav-
ing carried all the districts, there contest
in the convention, the work being cut and dried
before the delegates assembled. Col. o. P. Mac
gill, of the Sd district, made permanent pres
ident, he having occupied the chair during the
temporary organization; vice presidents, Edward
S. w. Choate, Samuel Roach, George L. Stocks
dale, Henry W. Ash, George Hampshire, William
Almony, George Mcdonald, Lewis Ritter, Carroll
Slade, Charles NJ Jessop and Thomas B. Catch
secretaries, N. w. Smith and DR.. j. f. H. Gorsuch.
DIR. Gorsuch, of the 18th district, made some re-
marks endorsing the course of Mr.. Talbot in Con-
gress, and moved that Dr. G. H. Cairnes, 9th dis
trict: o. P. Macgill, Sd Joshua Il. Benson, 5th
Chas ii. Quinlan, 1lth Joshua i. Cockey, 10th,
and Philip A. Kroh, 18th district, be declared the
delegates to the Second Congressional district
convention, which meets at Elkton, August 9Th,
and that said delegates vote first, last and all the
time for the Hon. J. T. G. Talbot and use all
honorable means to secure his nomination. The
resolution adopted unanimously.
Subsequently committee was appointed to no.
tify Mr.. Talbot, when he appeared before the
convention and in q brief speech returned his
thanks.
The second convention, which consisted of five
delegates from each of the thirteen districts of the
county, also met here ON Tuesday, to elect seven
delegates to the State convention, which met in
Baltimore on Thursday. Oregon r. Benson, Esq,
chosen president and Bradley S. Johnson,
secretary. Like the convention of Monday, the
work of this one appeared to have all been cut out
in advance, that it required very little time to
imously elected delegates to the State convention:
H. Moore, DR.. A. B. Gambler, Morris Elwood,
Charles II. Holmes and George Baker.
Thomas III. Moore, ESQ.,, then offered long
series of resolutions, which were adopted and the
convention adjourned.