The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-07-04
WoOdenshurcr 9TH District-I promised


vivacious and witty correspondent from this dis
| trct, hope that shall not interfere with her
| correspondence in touching too much upon local
matters with which she, "Gussie Sunlight" prin-
cipally deals. shall, in fact, with your permits
| sion, IN what correspondence l may find to do,
advert to other matters, leaving these topics to
Miss "Gussie," feeling that she is fully competent
to take care of Glyndon Reisterstown, "0ld Hun
| dred, "Alpha and Omega" and all the rest of
| those fellows. In the past think she has done
this in very fine style indeed, and 1 hope she will
| continue the good work of demolishing the bonn
bastic illusions with which the two latter, "Alpha
and Omega" have endeavorcd to environ that
little town, named after the Reisters, which, if it
was not, should have been finished one hundred
years ago, and 1 verify believe almost was,
although since few new houses have been
added and some of the old that stood
before that era repaired. True, Resterstown is
not the most unattractive and least progressive
village 1 have seen, growing somewhat and i'm
proving in small degree as its young and thrifty
neighbor, from which "Gussie" writes progs it on,
or else it would be left irretrievably in the rear
and in the obscurty to which it seemed inevitably
destined by this young scion of modern go-ahead-
ativeness. But, oh, what blunder its wealthy
men committed when they refused to aid the W.
M. R. r. and induce it to pass through its con-
fines d! Otherwise Glyndon would not have been
known. All the business, thrift and enterprise
that characterize it would have centered in the
older village of Reisterstown to its great building
up and enhancement, and "Alpha and Omega"
would have had something to boast of besides
"hickory pole" (professedly representing Jacksons
principles, though that saint, together with his
principles as ancenty understood by Democracy,
| believe is long since dead) and few board
walks and Indifferent brick pavements scattered
so far apart that in winter you get over neck and
ears in mud in endeavoring to reach the one from
the other. The good turnpike road, which runs
Dolk
saving quality to the place, and prevents the
people coming to the direst calamity when things
are worst and this mud the deepest.
But have a word to say about another place,
when this rivalry for precedence is taking place
between neighboring villages. 1t is the town near
which 1 am writing-Wo odensburg. Have not
the Glyndonites and the dual correspondent from
Reisterstown heard that this latter village also is
growing and improving? If they have not so
learned SEEM it is because they have not recent
ly visited it and also driven out the old road,
which leads from it around up again to the Han
pike, at Fowblesburg, or towards the 5th dis
trict, at Pleasant Grove church, or down into
Worthington Valley, along which road 1 notice
loads of lumber almost every day passing, to con-
struct new houses repair old ones, denoting
thrift in the community of this section. But 1
shall speak of the improvements of Woodensburg
and its environs more particularly in some future
correspondence, and which, when spoken of, will
perhaps make both Reisterstown and Gyndon
vince and begin feeling quite uneasy respecting
their regulations for progressiveness and enter
prise. Suffice it for the present to say that the
H. j. H. & G. r. R., which connects with the W.
NJ r. R. at Emory Grove unlike the latter road
at Reisterstown with its nearest station O mile
away, up to the very door of the village, at
Woodensburg, and that Mr.. J. W. Benson, who
has lately undertaken business at the station in
tends rvaling his competitors, Messrs. Gus Burke,
- Ar,1 IL DAAn. NJ a,,1
P. Townsend, at Glyndon, in the coal, lumber,
grain and other business. VIII that not make
these other parties and places look wise? A short
time since Mr.. B. paid Mr.. Gather Helms price
for piece of ground ON which to build his ware
house that was at the rate of more than n thous-
and dollars per acre, which exceeds even the high
price of ground in Glyndon. Thus is shown the
progress in real estate of this locality also.
Reisterstown has about gone crazy on the base
ball business, and her young men are expanding
q great deal of muscle, if not talent, in that line,
which, if expended at the ends of hoe or pillow ham
dies would largely increase the corn and potato
crops Whereabouts and greatly add to the prosper
ity of the place. However, it is better to have
reputation for something than nothing, even if it
be only proftless baseball, and the club of that
place, called the Eclipse, is certainly getting
very good one. Among the promoters of the in
terests of the club are Messrs. Toly Worthington,
Leonetto Cipriano, Vinton II. Gore, II. Quicker,
Jr Robert Beckley, and others, and among the
players some very fine ones, including in the
nine Andrew Banks, Jr., Frank Dyer, John Het
chew, Jr., VIM. Green, j. Marion Duncan, VIM.
Bowers, Harry Quicker, Edw. Storm and Wesley
Vondersmith. On last Saturday afternoon a week
the club played the Harlem Square club of Balti-
more, beating it by of II to 6, and on
last Wednesday the Clifton club, which game g.
suited in draw, the score being IA for each club,
but the former was supposed to have had some
| hpir nj
sdered superior. The club had previously badly
defeated the Patspsco club, from near Finksburg,
with an unusual score of 43 to g.
The choir of the new M. E. chapel, at Glyndon,
paid Mrs. Julia A. Duncan visit on last Satur-
day evening, at her residence near this place. and
spent the evening in singing and conversation
Among those in the company were Mr.. and Mrs.
Joshua Tracey and Miss Lizzie Tracey Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Croft Miss Georgia Fisher, Mr.. and Mrs.
Renoldo Barr, Misses Annie Longnecker, Annie
Scott, Florence Altman, Luella and Katie Barr,
Messrs. Eugene Barr and j. Marion Duncan, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Trainor and others. Refresh
ments were served at a late hour and the guests
returned home in their vehicles, having enjoy ed
a very pleasant evening. ANON.
Wesley Chapel, 10th DESTRUCTION Friday
night of last week the residence of Capt j. March
McComas was entered by burglar, but he was
frightened off before he had time to select what
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rear window, and when inside he at once went to
work opening all the doors so that he could make
a hasty exit of necessary. After inspecting the
contents of the pantry and finding nothing but a
bottle of whisky, (kept medicine he then tried
the door leading to the dining room where the
Captain was sleeping, and finding it securely fas-
tened, he procured fence rail to pry it open,
and by the time he had succeed in opening the
door, Capt. McComas awoke, and calling loudly
for his rifle, so frightened the cowardly intruder
that he beat hasty retreat. The only thing that
| was missed about the house was the bottle of
whisky. If the venerable Captain could have
conveniently placed his hands on his rifle, an in
quest would certainly have been necessary, as he.
10 s.-~h shut. Thu sl;>r Woo 1~ts-nain cd 60
enter the room in which Capt. McComas was
sleeping, that he tore the casing of the door en-
| tirely off. There is no clue to the thief
Some of the farmers in this section have already
commenced cutting wheat.
Mr.. Lewis Troyer has just finished very fine
barn to store this seasons crops. His wheat crop
is thought to be the most promising in this neigh
borhood, and his prospect for corn is excellent
| A few years ago his farm was thought to be the
| poorest in the county, and now it is considered
one of the best. Mr.. Troyer is a hard-working,
industrious man, and mis- farm shows careful at
| tention.
| Chidren's Day services we're celebrated at
| Monkton NJ. E. church on Sunday last, and long
| before the appointed hour the people commenced
assembling and the church was filled with large
congregation. The services in the evening at
tracted still larger assemblage than was present
in the morning. Lewis NJ Bacon, Esq, was
present at the evening services and delivered a
very neat and interesting address. Several other
| addresses were also delivered and on the whole
it was a complete success. The church was taste
| fully decorated. G.
Cooper in Jail Here-His Death War
rant Read to Hin.-Howard Cooper the young
colored man who is condemned to be hung at Tow
sontown, on Friday, July 31st, was brought out
from the city Jail on Tuesday by Sheriff Knight
and Deputy Sheriff Risteau and is now confined
| in Jail here. He was somewhat surprised when
the Sheriff went to the city Jail and told him he
was about to be removed to Towsontown, but he
made no objection. About o'clock in the after
noon the Sheriff read the death warrant to Cooper
| in the presence of a number of persons who had
gathered to see the prisoner and hear what he had
| to say. After the warrant had been read the
| Sheriff told Cooper that there was now no hope
| for him on earth and admonished him to imme-
diatey make preparations for the future. When
| asked if he wanted minister he replied "no
minister" but added that he would like to see
| priest. The Sheriff said he would send one to
him. Cooper manifested no feeling whatever and