The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-10-03

VII. H. Powers, in the Public Hall, every Sun
day afternoon, at 81 o'clock.
81. Johns Mission, York Road.-Preaching
Sunday, Sept. 9th, at 81 p. M, by Rev. Watson
Case.
Some dissatisfaction is expressed in the I'd
district with portions of the Democratic ticket
THE Canton market-house has been COM
Melted and was formally opened on Wednesday.
john Sindall, of Hampden, Falls road, was
seriously injured on Wednesday in a runaway &C
Mr.. Harris Ceilings, of Alamosa, Colorado,
son of Mr.. Samuel Ceilings, of Lutherville, is
home on visit.
An exchange says the farmer is the most
independent man in the world-when his wife is
away from home.
On Sunday last large swarm of bees took
up their abode in the spire of st. Johns P. E.
church, Waverly.
1t is not proper to speak of the Prohibition
ticket as "full'' ticket. 1t is complete ticket
in numbers at least.
The Registration officers of the county sit
on Monday and Tuesday next for the last time
before the November election.
A fine colt belonging to Mr. VIM. Seymour,
of the 4th district, very badly hurt few days
ago by running into barbed-wire fence
The annual fair of the York County Ag-
ricultural Society begins at York, on Tuesday
Fishing with hook and line is unusually
good in the Baltimore county rivers just now, and
those who go down enjoy fine sport as general
thing. IN
Mr.. Henry Harlan, of Hartford county, will
shortly be married to Miss Margaret Poe, daugh-
ter of John P. Poe, Esq, prominent Baltimore
lawyer.
Several enterprisng citizens of Delta have
leased tract of land the ridge, near that vii
lace where they propose to establish frst-cass
trOtting track.
We have had several inquiries as to who
Mr. So and-so, whose name appears on the Repub-
lican county ticket is. We can't answer because
we don't know.
"A fraudulent Odd Fellow is travelling
through the country swindling members of the
Order Look out for him. He claims to hail
from Albany, N. Y.
Miss Fannie Louise Buckingham, daugh-
ter of Mr.. Thos Ward, of Baltimore county, has
been playing Mszeppa at the Front Street Theater,
Baltimore, this week.
Mr.. Usher Clabaugh died at bis residence,
"CIoverbrook," Carroll county, on the 9th ult.,
in the 10th year of his age. He was a son of the
late E. A. Clabaugh.
Mr.. Edward D. Sweeny, of Charles street
avenue, who has been spending couple of years
in California for the benefit of his health, reached
home few days ago.
BY the distribution of the State public
week, Baltimore county white schools received $751;,
962. 95 and colored schools 81, 5l2.56.
The largest crowd ever seen at Timonium
was gathered upon the grounds on Thursday. 1t
is estimated that there were between ten and
twelve thousand people in attendance.
-Congressman Shaw was at the Postofice
Department, Washington, few days ago, and re-
quested the appointment of Mr.. c. r. Bosley as
postmaster at Monkton, Baltimore county.
Miss Hasson, who conducted the Smedley
House during the past summer, gave up the same
on the LIST inst. The season has not been profit
able one, although the house was well conducted.
The Misses Williams, daughters of Hon.
George Hawkins Williams, of Long Green Valley,
who have been spending some time in Europe,
will reach home about the middle of the present
month.
The Methodist Preachers Association of
Baltimore purchased lot in Loudon Park Gene
terry, in which the body of the Rev. Thos. Daugh-
erty was inferred. lie was president of the As
ISOLATION.
The Hartford County Historical Society has
been regularly organized with DR.. W. S. For
wood, president; Rev. E. A. Colburn, vice presi
dent; F. W. Baker, secretary, and N. N. Mock,
treasurer.
VIM. NJ. Marine, Esq, Republican candi-
date for Clerk of the Court of Appeals, attended
the county fair on Thursday and made speech
for the Old Town Merchants and Manufacturers
Association.
Application has been made to the County
Commissioners to change the voting place of the
9th districtlfrom Cold Spring Hotel to Waverly.
The Board will consider the matter on Wednesday
next, 18th inst.
The country just now presents decidedly
fall-like appearance and already the leaves Of
some trees are beginning to show their autumn
tints. There is no season of the year more beau
tiful than the present.
The County Commissioners ask for propo-
r. I'LL dan hid nuar fho
stream at Mr.. John v. Wilson's gate, near Long
Green station, NJ. C. r. R. Bids will be received
until Tuesday next, 9th inst.
Mr.. NJ. d. Wilson, who formerly owned the
Glen Ellen estate, near Towsontown, and who
now owns fine farm near Finksburg, Carroll
county, called to see us on Wednesday. He came
down to attend the county fair.
The Southern business of the Western
Maryland railroad has doubled this season and
the general traffic of the road was never so good
as now. The able management of Col. Hood is
making itself apparent every year.
Mr.. A. W. Perrie, special auditor of the
Maryland Central Railroad Company, has been
engaged in Baltimore for more than a week, audit
ing the claims against the corporation. He is
performing the work under the order Of the Court
Hundreds of people go out every Sunday
to take q ride on the Hampden electric railway,
and last Sunday the road had more business than
it could accommodate. The running of cars by
electricity is great curiosity to the people gen.
orally.
-Messrs. Thorne Sloan, of Baltimore,
whose advertisement appears in The UNION, took
a number of premiums and were also awarded a
silver medal for the vehicles they exhibited at the
fair this week. Their exhibit was universally
admired.
rested at Stemmer's Run, 18th district, charged
with attempting to commit felonious assault
upon a little school girl named Annie Jenkins,
daughter of Thos. W. Jenkins. The child was
not injured.
The Prohibtionists held meeting at Mt.
Washington on Thursday night, at which Mr..
VIM. Daniel presided. Speeches were made by
Messrs Geo. III. Duncan, G.. W. Shamberger,
Joshua Cain and SamI W. Owings, candidates on
the temperance ticket.
Mrs. Mary E. Goldsborough, mother-in
law of Mr.. William r. Hof, of Sherwood, died at
her residence, in Baltimore, on Tuesday last. She
was a daughter of the late Ex-Governor Lloyd, OF
Talbot county, and aunt of the present Gov
ernor, Hon. Henry Lloyd.
There has been some trouble with the man.
agement of Halstead's Driving Park, near Pimlico,
and Hon. Hart B. Holton, the president, and the
other officers, have resigned and have published
q card to that effect. The track will hereafter be
conducted under different management.
The Old Town Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association visited the county fair in
body on Thursday, and marched around the
grounds, headed by brass band. They turned
out about three hundred strong and attracted
much attention. They were welcomed by Col.
Matthews, president of the Agricultural Society.
The winner of the colt race at the fair on
Tuesday was "John w." messenger Durock,"
owned by Mr.. Charles W. Lee, of Towsontown.
Considering the fact that the colt was very green
never had any training before bis preparation
for this fair-his performance was something
rather wonderful. The best time was 3:13, and
the colt could easily have done many seconds bet
ter had he been pushed. "John w." is good
one and this fact will be demonstrated later on.