The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-01-26

Richard j. Lucas, Jr., was arrested in the
city on Monday last and committed for the &C.
ton of the county authorities IN a charge at per-
jury preferred by George w. Lilly, of the firm Of
Lilly & Crawford, of this county.
Now that good deal of praying has been
done: Lord, help the poor"-chip in and send
ton of coal or load of wood, or some other
substantial offering. Calling on the Lord to dc
certain things, and then standing back and wait
ing for Him to do it is the Pharisee style. Tax
ing hold and helping is the Christian style.
The next four legal holidays of 1SS4-22d
of February, Good Friday, April 18th; Decora-
ton Day, May Both, and 4th of Juy-all fall on
Friday. Supersttious people, who believe that
Friday is an unlucky day, will find it hard 70 rec.
oncile such state of affairs, in accordance with
their mott ms, unless they say it is an evel omen
casting its shadow over the entire country. The
other two holidays, Thanksgiving Day an Christ
mas, will be on Thursday.
The trustees of the Sheppard Asylum, in
their annual report now in the hands Of ex-Gov.
Thomas, Chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee of the Legislature, report among other
things the very fourishing and satisfactory con-
dition of the farm. Capt. E. Herman the man
ager of the farm, is a number one business man,
giving the place his closest attention, and the re
suit is, everything about the buildings and farm
has the appearance of thrift.
prising expressmen has just completed a very
snug dwelling which is located on the west side
of Baltimore avenue, near Trinity P. E.. church,
this town. 1t is frame, two stories and attic,
heated all through by a furnace and altogether
il is one of the most conveniently arranged and
cosiest dwellings we have seen. The work was
done by Messrs. Foudry Co., of Govanstown,
and reflects credit upon them as skilled mechan-
les.
IT, I,ro l.aI
Monday morning last, at the residence of her
grand daughter, Mrs. d. C. Woods, on Maryland
avenue, Baltimore county, aged 81 years. Mrs.
Treadway grand daughter of John Adams
and niece of John Quincy Adams. She was
twice an inmate of the White House, and her
recoIlections of events and distinguished people
extended over a period of near eighty years. She
was a remarkably intelligent and vivacious lady
and was greatly beloved by all who knew her.
We return thanks to Mr.. Charles S. Ora
son, formerly Of this place. now of St. Paul, Min
nesota, for beautiful pamphlet giving a very
interesting account of the "Grand Opening of the
Northern Pacific Railroad" which took place in
that city (the Eastern terminus on the Sd of last
September. The pamphlet also contains cuts of
a number of the finest buildings in st. Paul,
among them representation of"Drake's Block"
which was destroyed By fire a short time ago and
in which Mr.. Grason had quarters at the time.
1t will be remembered that he lost all his cloth
ing Except what he had on his back) in that fire.
Delta, the Terminus of the Maryland
Central Railrord.-Now that the railroad has
been completed to this thriving town, we think the
following, from the Delta Herald will be of interest
to very many of our readers. That paper says
"the citizens of our borough may congratulate
themselves not only on the recent marked progress
OF the town, but upon its prospects which to day
seem brighter than ever before. 1t is perhaps
more than a century since the first dwelling was
erected ON the site of the present town. This was
a small log house nearly opposite to where Dough
erty's blacksmith shop now stands. Fifty years
ago FIVE other small log houses had been built at
different points. Shortly after this period VIM.
Orr, now of Peach Bottom township, and the late
VIM. Beattie erected houses near the centre of the
present town. Forty years ago there were per-
haps dozen houses in all within the present
limits. 1t then began to assume somewhat the
appearance of village and was thought to be
worthy of the name. This, it is said, given
by DR.. j. NJ. Parke, now of Washington, d. c.,
on account of the triangular figure formed by the
surrounding ridges, resembling the Greek letter
delta. However this may be, the name is pretty
one The growth of the village, however, was
slow. 1t was far outrvaled by its near neghbor,
West Bangor. Even fifteen years ago Delta was
far behind the latter village.
"At the time of the completion of the Y. & P.
R. W. to this place in 1876, the village numbered
perhaps thirty or forty dwellings, With that
event fresh impetus was given to building and
the number of houses was soon nearly doubled
During the past however the greatest activity
has been manifested. Since January LIST, 1883,
ten or a dozen dwellings have been begun or COM
pleted besides two churches and other buildings.
Business too has even more than kept pace with
the building. We have not space here to specify
the various kinds of business transacted, nor the
figures at hand to give the exact amount of each,
but let it suffice to say that the total amount of
business centered at this town is MT less than
100000 year.
1.-The future of the town is bright. With the
completion of the NJ. C. r. r. we will look for
both buildings and business to take rapid strides
forward. To help in this, there is needed new
industry to give employment to hands. There is
abundant Eeep fer ~en 4aS eRsArRgiss ejas gesa
that this would be good point to locate carshops
where these roads could do their own work.
Plenty of business, cheap building lots and low
rents are what will make our town progressive
and prosperous"