The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-08-22

Sunday by the rector, Rev. W. Fl. H. Powers, at
IL a. m. and u p. m. Bible class Wednesday at
There will be preaching at Lutherville, by Rev.
VIII H. Powers, in the Public Hall, every sun
day afternoon, at 81 o'clock.
a. Johns Mission, York ROad.-Preaching
Sunday, Aug. 23d, at 81 p. M, by Rev. watson
Case.
Prof. G. Clinton Hanna's summer normal
class closed its sessions on Wednesday.
"A good many Baltimore county farmers
are holding back their wheat, waiting for rise
in the market.
The mill at Union, LIST district, has resum-
ed operations with reduced wages and reduc-
ton in the number of operatives.
The School Board will hold a meeting on
Tuesday next, 25th, to confirm the teachers and
for the transaction of other business.
Charles E. jackson, Towsontown's well
known barber, left on Tuesday for Chicago, where
he goes on business. He will be absent several
weeks.
Prospects are good everywhere for an un-
usually large corn crop. The growing corn never
promised better at this season of the year than it
does just now.
Cars on the Hampden electric railway COM
menced running regularly on Tuesday. The
round trips are run in forty minutes, the distance
being four miles.
During the heavy thunder storm on Thurs
day afternoon of last week the barn of John Day,
near the Gunpowder, 18th district, was struck py
lightning and burned.
-Tbe Pen-Mar excursion over the Maryland
Central railroad on Tuesday, was largely patron
lied. The train contained twelve coaches and
was drawn by two engines.
Emory Grove eamp-meeting closed on
Thursday morning last. The meetings were well
attended and were successful throughout, resulting
in q large number ofconversions.
The annual tournament of the Towson
Guards will be held at Groom's Dairy Grove, on
Tuesday next, 18th instant Extensive prepara-
tions are being made for the event.
-Christian Strasinger, for fifty years a resi-
dent of Waverly, York road, died very suddenly
on 18th inst, aged 50 years. He was stonema-
son by trade and was native of Germany.
The canning house Of Messrs. S. B. Silver
4 Bro, on Deer Greek, was destroyed by an ac-
cidental fire on Saturday last. Loss about &c.
600. Insured for $4,000 in foreign companies.
The great colored camp-meeting on the
Western Maryland railroad, above Owings' Mills,
commenced on Thursday, goth inst. 1t will be a
very large camp, hundreds attending from the
city.
Mr.. Joseph S. Bowen, of this place, while
at work rebuilding bridge at Loch- Raven q few
days ago, had finger of his right hand broken
and the hand mashed by q heavy stone falling
upon it.
administration were granted to L. &. Rutledge
on the estate of William johnson, and to Dora
Grimmer on the estate of Valentine Grimmer,
deceased.
-Gerhardt Morrichen, a carpenter living at
Hampden, 9th district, fell from scaffold at the
new Marine Hospital building, on Monday, and
broke his left leg, the bone protruding through
the flesh.
The bridge near Loeb Raven station, on
the road leading up to the gate house at the lake,
was carried away by the food of Sd inst, and
travel in that direction has, in consequence been
entirely cut off.
About twenty county bridges were destroy
ed in Hartford by the great food of Sd inst, many
of them large and costly ones. The Canton Bridge
Company has been awarded the contract to re-
build all of them.
1t is said that Keleher, who shot Mr.. Ho-
shall, at Piney Hill, was a little apprehensive
when brought to Jail here that he might be treated
in the same manner that Cooper was. But his
fears were groundless.
We are now to have and opportunity to in
sure our property against damages from wind
storms-something entirely new with us-and in
view of recent events it strikes US that this is
very excellent scheme.
Two men walked all the way from Balti-
more to Towsontown last Sunday to secure pieces
of the sycamore tree upon which Cooper was
Iynched-and one of the men was formerly a res
ident Of Towsontown, too.
A New York paper says Mr.. John E. 0w-
ens's neighbors 'protest against having their
town, (Towsontown) near Baltimore, turned into
"Towzertown," as it persistently is in the pleas
ant paragraphs about john"
Miss Kate Martin, of Baltimore, took the
white veil at the Convent of Mercy, Mount Wash
ington, on Tuesday morning last. She was Dress
ed as bride, in white, with orange blossoms and
long train. The ceremony was private.
Mr.. John F. COnrey, of this place, has a
large locust or digger wasp preserved in alcohol,
which is now on exhibition at The UNION office.
The insect was caught few days ago and is q
perfect specimen, almost as large as a locust.
Politicians were out in force at Emory
Grove last Sunday and there was any amount of
wire-pulling done. But they 1.-THE politicians)
stayed respectful distance from the camp
ground and in way interfered with the services.
The Consolidated Gas Company is laying
a main out the Frederick road to Catonsville,
which place will be supplied with gas by October.
When the next Legislature meets the people of
that enterprising town expect to have it incorpo-
rated.
The County Commissioners have offered a
reward of 5000 for the arrest of John Rogers, col
Nancy johnson, near Alberton, I'd district, on the
9Th inst. Up to this time nothing has been heard
of Rogers.
The report of County Treasurer Schone for
the month of July shows cash on hand June 30th,
$113,236; received during the month, SIG, S52.99
total, $50, 0S8.99 disbursements during the
month, 46,72S.13; balance on hand August LIST,
So, 360.S6.
Mr. Berthold Hoen, brother of the Messrs.
Hoen, of Waverly, Baltimore county, died in Cali
fornia the 18th inst, in the 63d year Of his age.
He was the founder of the city of Santa Rosa, in
that State, and had amassed a fortune in wine
making and other business pursuits.
The meeting of the Democratic Executive
Committee here on Tuesday brought many aspi-
rants for Office who just dropped along to see how
the land lays. 1t is quite safe to say that some
of them departed for their homes with their vanity
knocked higher than Gilderoy's kite.
The late rains have been of incalculable
benefit to grass fields and from the present out
look there will be good pasture until frost comes
This will be of great advantage to the farmers,
. who will not be obliged to commence feeding
their stock SO early as they did last fall.
"A valuable Orange Blossom horse belong
ing to Mr.. VIM. Lanahan, who occupies the Cas-
sard property, on the York road, was found dead
in pasture lot last Sunday. Death is supposed
to have resulted from heart disease. 1t is said
Mr.. Lanahan had refused 81 900 for him.
The money (S2,500) necessary to clear of
the Indebtedness Of the Emory Grove Camp-Meet-
ing Association was raised during the camp which
has Just closed, and the grounds will now be
decided to the M. E. church and will in future be
managed by trustees appointed for the purpose.
DIR. C. A. Rutledge Bro, the extensive
Gamers, are preparing to build a store house al
the same place where their warehouse is located,
near Baldwin station, Maryland Central Rail-
road. They expect to have a regular passenger
station established there by the railroad company
On Tuesday last the annual retreat COM
menced at Woodstock College, and will continue
until the Goth. This service is always prepara-
tory to the ordinations and is intended for those
who wish to take orders, there being forty can
didates-the largest number ever ordained at any
one time in this diocese.
Mr.. VIM. r. Griffith, of the 4th district,
raised this season, on five acres, 205 bushels Of
oats, an average of Al bushels to the acre. But
this yield is knocked out by Cecil county farm
or who reports an average crop of 81 bushels to
the acre. Baltimore county has not yet been able
to show anything like that.