The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-05-30


an inch or two of feet in height.
New Freedom and Vicinity Spring at
last has truly made its appearance, transforming
this vicinity into beautiful and blooming gar
den. Situated as we are some 81 miles from Bal
timore, on the N. G. R. R., there is no place on
the line, outside of Luthervie, that can vie with
us in picturesqueness of scenery. Standing in
Centre Square and looking to the northeast the
steeples of Shrewsbury, that lovely and antigua
ted town, loom in sight; to the north lie the ex-
tensive farms of Mr.. Amos Baughman, the we'll
known stock dealer; to the west Mr.. Robert Kol-
Ter owns q splendid mansion and one of the finest
cultivated farms in the States whilst to the south
40 acres in woodland mark the Summit Grove
camp ground, SO we'll known to your readers and
the visiting public in general.
Just now our town is receiving marked atten-
ton in railroad matters. The N. c. Company has
a double gang of workmen engaged in shifting
switches prior to making connection with the
Stewartstown branch. Col. Diller, contractor of
this line, is pushing ahead with red-hot earnest
ness the grading and trestling. Thirteen expert
enced trackmen appeared here Monday evening
and commenced laying the track. In CONVERSE
ton with President Fulton he expressed the SAN
guine expectation of having the road in running
condition by the middle of July. The N. G. Com
pany has plans and specifications drawn and will
shortly erect a large and commodious depot, with
section of the two roads,
Some time past the light Fingered gentry have
been reaping a harvest in this moral vineyard
Meat grain, clothing, jewelry have been hypothe-
Gated with daring bravado A veritable Beair
Market or Harrison street store could have been
run with the plumber. But our genial turnkey
got "the bulge" on two last week. Itappears Mr..
Bowser, in examining one of his hay houses, found
two sacks filled with six sailed beef hides and
quantity of miscellaneous articles. The build
ing was Swallowed and at two O'Clock next morning
two worthless were captured. They were immedi-
ately placed in the clock up" but succeeded by
daylight in nearly demolishing that institution
and effected their escape into Baltimore county.
They were subsequently captured and sent to
York, where Judge Fisher will doubtless let
them hear water run in iron channels for some
time to come. Their plan of operation was to
steal and ship their goods to Baltimore by wagons
through the aid of confederates.
A gloom has been cast over our town in the
death of Miss Cassie Rehling, daughter of Mr..
Edward Rehling, formerly of Baltimore county.
For some time past she had been suffering with
heart disease, although her demise was not ex-
pected so soon. Her remains were inferred in the
cemetery at this place.
This reminds me that Glen Rock has had her
share of fatalities in the past few days in the shape
of two drowning cases. Horace Frey, small boy,
while fishing was taken with epileptic spasm
and lost his life. A few days later Cyrus f. Seitz,
late of the firm of G. F. Seitz & Co., who recently
failed with heavy liabilities, committed suicide by
drowning himself in the forebay of his Touring
mill.
The picnic held by the Literary Society last
Monday, proved success both in a literary and
financial point of view. u.