The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-12-05

will know that they have either paid In advance
or are considerably in arrear. The accounts q
the latter toe shall use other means to collect.
Most of the bills of our Baltimore city subscri'
bers will, for their convenience, be delivered by
our regular collectors.
Those subscribers whose papers go out OF the
county are notified that unless their bills are paid
promptly their papers will be discontinued.
@- Remittances may be made by check, P. o.
money order, registered letter, or by the new pos
tai notes, which latter may be had at any of the
larger postofices
@-Sending money in unregistered letters is
not a safe way of transmitting it.
The December term of the Circuit Court
commences next Monday, 18th inst
There were twenty-five conversions at the
protracted meeting held at Canton M. Il. Church
Rev. Alfred Harris has been elected pastor
of WaverIy Baptist Church and will be regularly
installed next Monday.
The personal estate of the late Henry M.
Bash is valued at about $4,000. He leaves a
large estate Independent of this.
Hereafter Baltimore county's funds Will De
deposited with the banking house of John 5.
Cuttings & Co., corner North and Fayette streets.
The farm of Mrs. Sarah Standiford, in the
18th district, which was advertised in The UNION,
was withdrawn and is now offered at private sale.
On Saturday last Col. Thos. E. Parlett, the
well known Baltimore auctioneer, sold sixty-one
head of horses at prices ranging from $40 to Sl40
The Maryland State Grange will hold its
annual meeting Tuesday next, December 9Th, in
the Young Mems Christian Association building,
Baltimore.
There were I21 deaths reported in Balti-
more last week, against 100 for the corresponding
week of last year. The health of the city was
never better.
Mr. W. Gill Smith, young member of the
bar filed the first paper with the new County
Clerk, John W. Shanklin, Esq, just after he was
sworn in on Tuesday.
DR.. Moses Merryman, a well known ply
sician of the 9Th district, who has been in Europe
some time for the benefit of his health, has re-
turned much improved
When County Treasurer Schone turned
over his Office to DR.. Hebb, his successor, on Tues
day. he also passed to his account the comfort
able sum of $27, S61.21.
Mr.. Chas. H. Quinlin, the new index clerk
in the record Office will continue to reside in the
18th district, coming here on Monday and re-
naming until Saturday.
MIR. Alfred Phipps, of Towsontown, killed
two fine hogs on Tuesday. They were Berk-
shires, thirteen months old, and weighed 3S5 and
3S7 pounds, respectively.
Mr.. John A. Edmondson removed this
week from his handsome country place, near
Blythewood Station, NJ. c. r. r., to his city resi-
dence, on st. Paul street.
Mr.. Isaac H. Cairnes has removed from
Jarrettsville, Hartford county, to New Market,
Baltimore county. His son, DIR. Frank Cairnes,
is located at the latter place.
The total receipts Of the last Baltimore
County Fair were s., 91S. The expenditures were
about the same. The financial affairs of the So
ciety are in excellent condition.
W VS. a
connected with the Maryland Central railroad, is
now lecturing before teachers institutes in the
western counties Of Pennsylvania.
Mr. j. Alex. Green will accept our thanks
for quantity of beautiful celery, grown by him.
self on his snug little place the JOppa road, q
short distance east of Towsontown.
THE UNION added several cash subscriber:
at one postofice in the upper end of the county
last Monday morning. Our mail lists are enjoy
ing steady and very satisfactory growth.
The present School Board will have served
two years next January, when it will devolvs
upon the Court to appoint new Bond, which viii
probably be composed of the old material.
Mr. Charles Thomas, who rents the mil
farm of the Hampton estate raised the past sea-
son IT'S barrels of corn on IL acres of land. The
corn was planted the second week in June.
The Baltimore Signal Service report fol
the month of November shows the total rainfall
to have been 4.04 inches. There were but three
clear days, fourteen fair days and thirteen cloudy
days.
"A little daughter of VIM. c. Clarke, o.
Hampden Falls road, fell into tub of boiling
water few days ago and was so terribly scaldeC
that she has since died. Her sufferings in
tense.
Already survey is being made looking tt
the extension ofthe Stewartstown rairoad-whicf
runs from New Freedom, N. G. R. R., to Stew
artstown, York county-to New Park and Fawl
Grove.
Prof Wilmington, teacher of the publ
school at Waverly, was married on Thanksgiving
day to Miss Florence S. Rankin, daughter of Mr.
SamI NJ. Rankin, member Of the County Schoo
Board.
The MARYLAND Agricultural Society will
hold fair next fall at Pimlico and this will prob
ably be the last exhibition it ever will hold, un
less it proves much more successful than any o
its predecessors.
People who put great faith in "signs" sa.
that they all point to a severe winter. One mai
saws he has noticed that the horses have unusu
ally heavy coats and he declares that this is
never-failing "sign."
Mr.. George W. Yellott, of Long Gree
Valley, is wintering nearly fifty horses. He ha
an immense barn, which was lately enlarged
with good stabling and all necessary appliance
for the proper care of the stock.
MIR Emanuel Palmer, of Roland avenue
Hampden, who had his skull fractured last weel
juries were at first thought to be fatal, is nov
slowly improving and will get well.
john Perry, who plead guilty in the U.
District Court at Baltimore, a few days ago, +
having robbed the Leicester postoffce, was sen
fenced to three years confinement in the Alban.
penitentiary and to pay fine of $500.
Mr. John W. Shanklin, the new Count
Clerk. was one of the Road Commissioners 70
the 9th district, which place he resigned on Tues
day. The place will not go begging, there bein
several strongly endorsed applicants for it.
Mr. Samuel Spencer, first vice president o
the B. & o. Railroad Company, who has rente
handsome cottage near Blythewood, M: Q. h
R., has had telephone connection made betwee
IL and the main Office of the B. o., in the city.
County Treasurer Hebb gives notice in GU
advertising columns that on and after Saturdays
inst. he will receive taxes at the banking hous
of John s. Cuttings & Co., Baltimore, every Sat
urday between the hours of 10 a. m and q P.
john Bristor, the man charged with havin
swindled Mr.. David Hanway out of 81, ESQ by tn
bunko game, during the late Hartford county iail
was discharged by the Grand Jury last Saturday
The evidence against Bristor was deemed lnsum
cient to hold him.
The snow which fell on Monday nigh
November 23d, although only about an inch 1
depth, has not yet all disappeared. This is some
thing unusual for the season, particularly as tn
ground has not been frozen since and there ma
been considerable rain.
The Dunkards will hold services in Waver
Iy Hall, Waverly, on Sunday, 9th inst, at III
m, and and 7 p. m, when Elder Jacob Adm
ger, of York, Pa, will preach in the German Ian
guage, and Elders Jacob Shamberger and Jaco
Hedrick in English Public cordially invited.
Six cattle belonging to Mrs. A. W. Brad
ford of Charles street avenue, were killed ie'
DAYS ago by order of the State Veterinary SUI
geon, to prevent the spread of pleuro-pneumonis
with which the herd had been affected. Mri
Bradford lost in all sixteen head of cattle.