The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-10-10

The protracted meeting at Towsontown M
| K. Church is still in progress and a number OF
persons have already protested conversion.
| "A four-year- old son of the late James II.
Causey, who was for a long time proprietor Of
| Jockeys Tavern, on the Falls road, died in Bal
timore, on Monday, of diphtheria.
Our friend Alex. Mccormick, Jr., of the
18th district, who had q number of fruit and veg
etable exhibits at the fair, will accept thanks
for lot of choice apples which he kindly left at
our office.
Among the first guests to register at the
new Hotel Rennert, Baltimore, which opened on
Monday, were Mr.. John H. Fowler, Mr. and Mrs
R. J. Capron and Mr.. M. Lee Ward, all of Bati-
more county.
The Sherwood dstilery, at Cockeysvlle,
| resumed operations on Saturday last. It's capa-
| city is 1890 gallons per day. The Melvale dis
tilery started up this week. 1t has capacity
of 200 gallons.
The grand stand on the county fair
grounds was sixty -four feet longer this year than
| it had been before, and still it was not large
enough to accommodate the dense crowd that at
tended the fair on Thursday.
| The election will take place Tuesday, No
| vember Sd, but three weeks from next Tuesday.
| Doubtless some of the candidates wish it were
over now-and some of them, after it is over, will
be sorry that it ever took place.
Mr.. Will Cole, of this place, who ran three
stages to the fair last week, had all the business
he could do. An enterprising Hartford man, who
brought his two-h horse team over to Towsontown,
also got many passengers for the fair.
Mrs. Denmead, who successfully conduct
ed boarding house in Luthervlle during the
past summer, proposes keeping the same open all
winter and has already rented number of rooms.
She occupies the Wilson house, near the station.
"A mule drawing an express wagon filled
with bottled beer and belonging to the Enter
prise Brewery, ran away in Towsontown on Mon
day and smashed things generally. Out of the
wagon load ouly two OF three dozen bottles were
unbroken.
"A prominent Hartford gentleman who at
tended our fair last week says sit does not begin
to come up to our Hartford exhibitions" Those
Hartford people have way of thinking that moth
ing ever undertaken can compare with what their
county can do.
Mr. Rufus King, formerly of Baltimore
county, but who has for some time been resi-
dent of Montgomery county, at Rockville, lately
declined to be candidate for Commissioner OF
that county. Mr.. King is a clerk in the Pension
Office in Washington.
Among the visitors to the county fair last
week was the veteran agricultural editor, Mr..
Samuel Sands, father of Mr.. VIM. b. Sands, the
Secretary of the Society, who is now in the seth
year of his age and still wonderfully active man
with perfectly clear mind
MIR. VIM. r. Hodges, of Baltimore, has
purchased the farm of Mr. Thos. Riggs, near
Leicester, Howard county, for $4,000. 1t con-
tains 81 acres and is nicely improved. Last sum-
mer year Mr.. Hodges occupied Mr.. George b.
Miigans place, near Towsontown.
Among the exhibitors at the Cecil county
fair this week were Mr.. Robert Moore, with twelve
registered Jerseys, and Mr.. E. Cuttings Merryman
with ten registered Herefords, the latter herd re-
ceiving number of premiums. Baltimore county
is always represented at the Cecil fair.
N n--l &c 1iofr
has patented an automatic cooking and preserv-
ing kettle, which is one of the most valuable ar
engagements of the kind we have ever seen. They
are meeting a ready sale and Mr.. Parker will no
doubt soon be around to introduce them.
WIN. A. Durham, near Cooptown, Har-
ford county, from IL acres OF tomatoes has al
ready taken over 500 bushels and thinks he had
last week 1000 bushels more ripe on the ground.
He says the yield will be be about 600 bushels to
the acre. They were planted in clover sod.
In the Circuit Court this week an order
was passed directing Mr.. VIM. Grason, receiver
of the "Towson Publishing Company" Peoples
Voice., to sell the goods, chattels, effects and
credits of the company, unless cause to the con-
trary be shown on or before the 18th instant.
The fifth anniversary and reunion of Roy
er's Hill Sunday school, on Fifth street, in the
Belt, was held few days ago and the services
were of an unusually interesting character. The
principal address made by the pastor, Rev.
j. T. boucher. The school has $50 scholars.
In tie Circuit Court on Monday the case
of Howard Cooper, indicted for assaulting with
intent to kill Miss Gray, was called, but the ac-
cused having taken a sudden departure few
weeks ago, was not present to answer and the en-
try was "abated by the death of the accused"
"A station house of some kind is very badly
needed at Sheppard, on the Maryland Central
road. People in that neighborhood, when wait
ing for trains, are obliged to brave all kinds of
weather without the slightest protection. An en-
closed shed Of rough boards would be better than
nothing.
The executive committee of the Baltimore
county Prohibitionists held a meeting in Baltl-
more on Monday, at which the work of the cam
paign was partially mapped out and financial mat
ters were discussed. The members of the COM
mittee reported the outlook in the county very
encouraging.
The contest over the Reisterstown post
Office is still going with no prospect of an early
settlement. 1t is said that combination has
been formed to try and secure the place for
widow lady-Mrs. Flory-and should this sue
coed, Messrs Shriver, Passano and Matthews will
be left out in the cold.
On Tuesday last S. Parker Bosley, Esq, of
Towsontown, was, on motion of Orville Horwitz,
Esq., admitted to practice in the Court of Appeals,
at Annapolis, and on Thursday, on motion of
Louis P. Hennighausen, ESQ.,, Henry W. Fox, Esq,
of this county, was also admitted and qualified as
an attorney of the same court.
Mr.. Jesse Tyson's two fine stations were
on exhibition at the fair last week and attracted
much attention. They were not entered in the
racing events-Mr. Tyson having conscientious
scruples against that kind of sport-but in an ex-
hibition trot on Friday morning each ofthem was
able to show mile below 2:3O.
The Governor on Monday commissioned
Mr.. Alex. Bone, assistant registration officer for
the LIST district of this county. This action was
made necessary by the death of a child of Mr..
Steinecker, the registration officer, which occur
red on Sunday and which prevented him from
fulfilling his engagements on Monday.
--Benjamin McNally, of Woodberry, was ar
rested and committed to the county Jail on Tues
day, in default of 81, 900 ball. charged with crea-
ting riot on a late train on the Northern Gen.
trail railroad, last Saturday night. In addition
to other bad behavior he threw heavy beer glass
through car window, striking several persons.
"A circus which has been exhibiting in the
small towns throughout the county, showed here
on Saturday night last and had large audience.
1t was not much of a circus, there being only two
ponies connected with it, but the acrobatic feats,
trapeze acts and other specaties in that line were
very good and well worth the price of admission
-25 cents.
Mrs. Mary R. J. Mitchell, wife of Mr..
Hugh Mitchell, and daughter of Col. Daniel Jen-
ifer, of "Good Hope" Baltimore county, died sud
denly at her residence, "Linden," Charles coun-
"
terrible shock to her relatives in this county,
who were not aware of her illness, which was of
short duration.
Mr.. Patrick II. Walkers famous saddle
horse Crank" was exhibited at the county fair
last week and took the first premium. This horse
was raised in Orange county, N. Y, and is now
thirty two years old. He was formerly owned by
the late DR.. Inloes, Of Baltimore, from whom Mr..
Walker bought him. He is still in fine form and
has excellent health.
Mr.. George R. Stone, one of the oldest cit
liens of Reisterstown, had a tumor removed from
his right eye about two weeks ago. The opera
ton was performed in Baltimore, by DR.. Chisolm,
the eminent occulist, and was so successful that
it is believed the sight of the eye will not be i'm
paired. The tumor was very painful, affecting
the whole of his right side.
There was disturbance at the fair on Fri
day between Wesley Price and his brother, who
live on Chestnut Ridge, and Noble Wilson, pro-
prietor of Cockeysville hotel. The Prices Zone
of whom is a school teacher) were the aggresscrs,
Mr.. Wilson only acting in self defense The Off
GERS promptly quelled the disturbance and eject
ed the Prices from the grounds.
The beautiful new tennis grounds at Mt.
Washington, which have been in course of prep
aration for a year. were formally opened on Mon