The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-01-31

GLENN officiated at the funeral of the poet, with
whom he was very intimate in his younger days
in the First Branch Baltimore City Council
on Wednesday night, a petition was presented
asking the paving of the Falls road from Mary
land avenue bridge to the Maryland Central r.
r. depot. The petition was signed by o large
number of the members of the Corn and Flour
Exchange.
"A minister Of the gospel, who has been
stationed in Reisterstown for nearly year, says
that that town comes nearer heaven than any
place he has yet seen, in that there are no mar
riages nor giving in marriage. He has not per-
formed marriage ceremony since he has resided
in the place.
The first child christened in the new Cath
Ollie church. in this place, was a son born to Mr..
Lewis H. Urban on the 18th inst. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Father Lyman, on Sunday
morning last, and the child was named Theodore
Lewis, for its grandfather, Mr. Theodore A. Bokel,
and its father.
Here is a question for the White Ground
debating society: (Which is the most fun, to see
a man thread needle or woman drive nail. y
We have no objection to the Fullerton society
taking turn at this. They might take it up
when they have the "collar and elbow" tusse
with that city society.
Col. James c. Clarke, formerly of this coun-
ty, president of the Illinois Central r. R. Compa-
nv, was in Baltimore few days ago, ON flying
visit. He is as full of vim as ever and was warm
ly greeted by large number of old friends. Col.
"Jim'' has very warm place in the hearts OF
hundreds of people in this county.
The appointment of Mr.. VIM. II. Wight to
the office of County Commissioner, vice Mr.. Par
lett, deceased appears to be particularly crafty
ing to the young Democracy, who think they see
in this the opportunity for the younger men in
the party to come to the front. We can but hope
that they may not be disappointed.
The Maryland Institution for the Instruc-
ton of the Blind has four Baltimore county pupils
viz: James Fahey and Blanche Barnes, white,
and William Harris and Jesse Dorsey, colored.-
The school for the instruction of white children is
on the north side of Boundary avenue, and for
colored children No. 25s Saratoga street, Balti-
more.
"A professional man in this town, who is
great admirer of Congressman Talbot, named his
seventh child, born recently after that gentleman.
A very bright little brother of the conner,
while one day watching the nurse battle the baby,
said to it with much gravity, swell, if you turn
out to be as smart a man as the one you're named
after, you'll be all right"
"A number of tramps are camped in the
woods on the east side of the Maryland Central
railroad, short distance above Notre Dame Sta
tion They have been foraging around in that
vicinity and in a number of instances poultry
houses have suffered on account of their nocturnal
visits The Sheriff should break up the gang and
compel them to move on.
Among those elected directors of the Bal
timore Corn and Flour Exchange, at the annual
election on Monday. were Mr. Robt S. Fowler,
brother of Judge Fowler, and Mr.. Samuel E.
George, of the firm of P. 7. George & Sons, who
were chosen on the regular ticket Mr.. George
E. Coxon, of the 18th district, who was on the
"reform ticket received 10 votes.
We enjoyed another little snow storm this
week, but the cold wave that followed it was
simply dreadful. The sudden changes in our
climate are enough to upset the constitution OF
any man, except he be of the cast-iron species.-
A fall in the thermometer of from twenty to forty
degrees within the short space of twelve hours Is
not only remarkable but dangerous.
On the first page of this weeks issue of
THE UNION we reprint from the Hanover Herald
an interesting account of the arrest, in the early
part of the late war, of the late Capt Walter Jen
ifer of the u. S. Army, who was a brother of Col.
Daniel Jenifer, of this county. As the Captain
was widely known in Baltimore county the article
will doubtless prove highly interesting.
Those people who have all along been so
scary about there being short ice supply, have
had their fears silenced. There is more than
enough and those who always afraid some
terrible thing is going to happen should learn
lesson from this 1t is always best to look on the
bright side. Don't meet trouble half way-wait
till it comes and then begin your groanings.
The late John W. Garrett owned between
two and three thousand acres of land in this coun-
ty, extending along the Hartford and Hilen roads
almost from the city limits to the Joppa road, ad
joining Baynesvlle, short distance east of Tow
sontown. The upper place, pheasant Plains"
was formerly the country residence of the late
William P. Preston, the distinguished lawyer.
The last little tilt between Democratic pol
iticans of Baltimore county, growing out of the
appointment of a Commissioner to take the late
Mr.. Parletts place, has ended in the selection of
Mr.. William II. Wight, well-known Sth district
business man, and in this instance Hon. j. Fred.
C. Talbot walks off with the honors. The Second
district Congressman "holds strong hand" in his
own county.
On the 23d inst, argument was heard in
the county Circuit Court on the petition of Chas.
E. Fendall, Esq, asking an order directing Res
ceiver Wrenshall, of the Maryland Central road,
to pay him 81 ,123 for professional services render
ed by him as attorney for the road before it went
into the hands of receiver. The matter was
held sub curia.
An acquaintance of ours, who contemplated
bringing a suit, went to we'll known lawyer
and asked what contingent fee might be. ga
contingent fee," said the lawyer, "is this-if the
lawyer loses the case he gets nothing if he wins
it you get nothing" "Then don't get anything,
win or lose ?" said the questioner. "Well," was
the consolatory reoinder CHATS about the size of
a contingent fee."
ed there was one clerk in the Court House who
got himself considerably tangled. At first he was
for Mr.. Crowther. On Friday he went to Balti-
moro and there got "pointer" that set him
square for Mr.. Brady, which fact he took the
trouble to telephone out here from the city. Then
the Governor appointed Mr.. Wight, and this
knocked the tangled clerk clean out. He is for
Mr.. Wight now.
The knights of Labor, of Woodbury., are
now said to be 1000 strong. They hold weekly
meetings and their deliberations are secret. They
buy nothing except such articles as are "Union
made" and thus boycott merchants and others
who sell goods not made by Union men. There
is another order in the same place, numbering
nearly 900, called the "United Labor Club of Bal
timore county - ThislahsA- is-e-rnead to con-
tract labor, and favors the eight hour system.
An exchange asks the question, "Have you
ever noticed how distant man is generally, after
you have loaned him q quarter?" We have, me
liege; but we always thankful that he didn't
strike us for instead Of for only twentieth
of that sum. The man who borrows quarter is
not bad man. He don't expect to pay you and
he don't want to make you uncomfortable by offer
ing to do so. He takes your measure when he
asks the loan, and he always sizes you up about
right.
"A few days ago gentleman who has here
tofore rarely had business in Towsontown, was
introduced to the genial Mr.. Rogers, of the Coun.
" treasurer omce. upon pelng presented the
stranger asked: ais this the Lynn Rogers 1 have
heard SO much about?" Mr.. Rogers blushed
kind of two-for-fve blushIet and assured the gen.
tIeman that he was not Mr.. Lyon Rogers, but
Charles B. And then there was general smile
while Mr.. Rogers went off humming awe never
miss the water" &c.
Mr.. P. F. 0'Hara has been the agent of the
Northern Central Railroad, at Texas, for about
fifteen years, and during all that time he has not
missed single day either from sickness or any
other cause, even declining to take his summer
holiday, courtesy extended to all the employees
Of that great road, whose pay, during their vaca-
ton, goes on as usual. Texas is important
station and the Company is fortunate in having
man like Mr.. 0Hara in charge of it. He is
brother of Mr.. Michael O'Hara, clerk in the
County Clerks office.
The man Tillman Clemson, who was arrest.
ed near Lancaster, Pa, as horse thief, and who,
it is supposed, got away with several horses from
the upper end of this county belongs to the cele-
brated Abe Buzzard gang, who have their rendez-
vous in the Welsh Mountain, in Lancaster county,
and who have for years been terror to all that
section. The Philadelphia Times says the horses
stolen from Baltimore county were taken to con-
federate near The Gay, ten miles from Lancaster,
where they were clipped and dyed and then taken
to Philadelphia and sold.
-Thaddeus Louis Poniatowski, a grandson