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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

Dunkard Services.-Elder Lemuel Hillery,
of Kansas, one of the ablest ministers in the Dun
kard church, will preach in Waverly Baptist
church, Friday and Saturday nights of this week,
and Monday and Tuesday nights Of next week
On Sunday, 18Th, he will preach in Waverly Hall,
Mt II a. M and 7.30 D. IN.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

RELIABLE SEED HcUsE.-We call attention to
the advertisement of j. Bolgiano d Son, seeds
men, in another column. This old reliable house
has been established for over so years, and their
seeds are now used from Maine to Florida. Their
business has grown on them until their five-story
warehouse is too small at times to contain their
stock.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14
CAUGHT at Last.-On the 21st of Februar,

Caught at Last.-Un the list OF February
man named John NJ. Clark, employed on the farm
of Mr.. John McShane, near Ellicott City, while
ON his way from Alberton to his home, accompa-
MED by twelve-year- old girl named Fanny
Kearney, who was also employ ed at Mr. McShane's,
attempted, as alleged, to commit an outrageous
assault upon the girl. The accused managed to
elude arrest until Thursday, 9Th inst, when De-
'tective Droste, of Baltimore, captured him at
McDonough Station, on the W. M. R. R. He
was lodged in Jail at Ellicott City.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

Destroyed by Fire.-An unoccupied dwell
ling and a smoke house, containing near thOus-
and pounds of meat, on the property OF Mrs.
Quinn, in the I'd district, near Leicester, were
destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon. The
origin of the fire is unknown. Loss about 5000.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14
An Insurance Suit Decided.-Tn the Coz

An Insurance Suit Decided.-In the Court
of Appeals on Tuesday, Judge Robinson delivered
an opinion in the case of Catharne A. Webb, by
her next friend and husband, Albert l.. Webb VS..
the Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Balti
more county. By the act of incorporation of the
insurance company power was conferred on it to
pass by laws excluding any member failing to
pay the interest on his premium notes, according
to the constitution and bylaws, from all benefit
of Insurance. and providing, also, that such mem
Der should be liable to contribution for losses
during the time of his default. In pursuance OF
this authority the policy contained stipulation
that in default of the payment in advance OF the
annual interest on all the premium notes, ON or
before March l in each year, the policy shall be
suspended until the payment of the interest, but
the member shall be bound for assessments for
losses. A fire occurred in November, 1879, and
the interest due March 1st had not been paid.
The company, though it was the custom for it to
give notice to members of the time of payment of
interest, was not bound to do so, the charter or
bylaws not requiring it. The insured, having
chosen to make such a contract as the policy con-
tans, is bound by it. and is not entitled therefore
to recover on the policy.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

Sale of q Hartford County Farm.-The
fine farm of the late ohm Joshua Street,, near the
Rocks of Deer Creek, Maryland Central Railroad,
was sold at trustees sale this week, and was pur-
chased by the widow of the deceased for $1,000.
1t contains 200 acres and is nicely improved.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

Orphans Court.-In the Baltimore county
Orphans Court this week letters of administration
were granted to Richard E. Tidings on the per-
sonal estate of Ann Bounds; to James @. Plum
mer on the estate of Thomas S. Plummer; to
Mary A. and Aquia Fowler on the state Of Ann
Fowler; to Charles Kimmel on the estate OF John
Kimmel to John v. L. Fndlay on the estate of
Anna p Holmes to Margaret and George G..
BENJAMIN, on the estate of William M. Benjamin; ;
to John P. D. Parks, on the estate of Mary A.
steinhagen; to Charles E. Loeber, on the estate
of Henry j. Loeber, and to William Cronmiller
and Edward Scott, on the estate of John Il. Cham
payne, deceased
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14
Two Horses Die Mysteriously.-A pal,

Two Horses Die Mysteriously.-A pair
of fine truck horses, belonging to Edward Parker,
coored, of Baltimore, and valued at $500, died
very mysteriously in Greenmount Cemetery
few days ago. Parker had hauled heavy der
rick into the cemetery to be used in the erection
of monument After it had been removed from
the truck Parker, with other men, were engaged
in erecting it, leaving the team alone. When he
returned for his horses late in the afternoon, they
could not be found. Search was instituted but
without success, and it being then dark, and Su-
perintendent Hefner declining to allow the men to
use lanterns for fear that persons passing would
think there something wrong in the cemetery,
further search for the night had to be abandoned.
Bright and early the next morning Parker ap-
peared at the gate and being admitted went
directly to the spot where he had left his team the
day before. What was his surprise to find there
his horses, with portion of the wagon attached
to them, and both dead. There were no marks
upon them and the colored contended that
they had been frightened to death, while others
serted that they had run themselves to death or
had been killed by eating some poisonous plat
No damage was done in the cemetery, which would
seem to disprove the belief that they had been
running, and when the bodies taken to
Horner's factory and opened, nothing was found
to indicate that they had been poisoned. Alto
gether it is very mysterious affair.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14


Chestnut Ridge, 9Th District News items
for the Ridge are scarce The winter has been q
long and hard one, and people can't do much
but go to sales and talk about how badly the
wheat looks. The prospect is not bright but we
have cherries, lima beans and backberries to fall
back on and need not despair.
Somes of our folks attended sale in the eastern
part of the country. After travelling for some
time they concluded they must be in Delaware
They kept on, however, and reached the sale,
where they found nearly every other man full of
Jersey "pizen," which convinced them that they
were in Hartford. After coming home they con-
suited map and found that after all they had not
been out of Baltimore county. "My what a big
world this is" said they.
| Mr.. George Schwartz got one of his feet badly
mashed last Saturday by oneof Mr.. Lewis Ahren's
| wagons.
There is nothing else to write about but the pub
| lie school question, and this is free country
ard every fool has his say, I will have mine
What want is good and efficient schools at a
fair cost, and as anything of the cheap and nasty
kind is seldom good, we must pay for good schools
If we want them. / am interested in the public
schools as the little "book larnin" received was
from them, and all my children will get will be
from the same source. say abolish the road tax,
court tax, fire department tax any or all of them,
but don't stop or curtail the usefulness of
schools. believe that the School Board has
tied amount of cloth they had to cut from, and no
one but simpleton would expect you to make
mans coat out of what barely sufficient for a
child. What would the grumbers have? The
schools closed the teachers salaries reduced fifty
per cent, or, that scion of eete royalty, would
they stigmatize them public charities and abol-
ish them altogether? To close the schools would
be injurious. The teachers, with but very few ex-
certions, are paid less than the lamplighters,
watchmen, ashmen, or any other public servant.
do not believe that they know what they want,
but are using the school question as hobby
whereby to give vent to personal spite by general
innuendos. If they know of anything "rotten in
Denmark" why don't they specify it. The records
are open to all, and if there is anything wrong it
can very easily be found out. A great many peo-
pie believe that political capital is at the bottom
of all the hubbub, and SO do I. Some say that
our schools try to teach too much I am like the
Baltimore county man who drank fourteen cups of
coffee for supper at Baltimore hotel. He thought
that if he drank good deal of water he would be
sure to get some coffee. So with US. We will take
all the "1arnin" we can get and maybe we can use
some of IT, DOVER ROAD.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

A Wonderful Cows Butter Record
The wonderful Jersey COW, Princess I'd, belonging
to Mrs. Samuel NJ Shoemaker's Burnside Park"
herd, has just completed seven days test of her
abilities as butter maker that surpasses any
thing in that line ever before heard of, and will
doubtless appear incredible to most persons yet
the statement is true. Princess I'd was purchased
few years ago by the late Sam'l NJ. Shoemaker,
who paid something like $1,000 for her. On her
first seven days test, made under rather unfavora-
BILE circumstances, she made little less than
thirty pounds. 1t is said that after this test Mr.
Shoemaker was offered and declined $4,000 for
her. The last test-the seven days ending one
day the past week-was made under the super
vision Of a committee appointed by the Jersey
Cattle Mems Association, who, we learn, were
most careful that it should be in all respects fair
We have not been able to ascertain the particulars
as to how the COW was fed, how often MIXED, or
how often the churning was done, but the yield of
butter at the end of the seventh day was forty
sir pounds and t,celre ounces. This goes away
ahead of anything in the line of butter making we
have ever heard of and doubtless far surpasses
any previous record. When the full particulars
of this test are made public shall take pleasure
in giving them to our readers.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

Renting Farms by the Year.-The Mary
land Farmer SAYS: "No land owner, who puts out
his lands to annual renters, reasonably expect
for them to improve under the process. No ten
ant who expects TO remain at place but one year
will do much to improve it, but rather will try to
get all he can at the least possible outlay. Hence
Il is that so many rented farms deterorate rapidly
from wear to year. The frequent change OF oc-
cupants works very adversely for the worth and
advancement of a farm. 1t is ruinOus both to
the land owner and the tenant 1t Is by this sys-
TEN that so many farms every year becoming
less FERTILE and renters poorer instead OF rleher'
Every time tenant moves he looses something,
and sometimes very much. He encounters bad
weather, and is subject 10 great annoyance and
inconvenience, gets furniture broken, and often
endangers the health of members of his family by
exposure cold, wet dc.
off owners of farms would put out their lands
on long leases, say i've or ten years, tenants
would feel more at home, and would make more
effort to raise manures and keep the fences and
buildings in good condition. They would pro-
duce better crops, and the lands would improve
rather than decline. Schools and society would
be more stable, and in many ways both land
owners and tenants would be much benz fitted
When farmer gets a good tenant it is to his in
terest to try to hold him. and if lands were let on
longer time (under judicious eontract) good ten
ants would not be so hard to find. 1t is possible
to make contracts that would be mutually bench
cial to both parties
''Yearly renting ought to be suppressed as an
evil which if cuntinued, threatens to destroy our
agriculture, root and branch. Put your lands
out only on a long lease, and system OF recuper-
ation."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

Killed on the N. G. Road.-On Sunday
night.last q north bound express train ON the
Northern Central road, struck colored man,
who was walking on the track near Corbett's
Station, above Phoenix, and killed him instantly !.
1t is supposed that the man was either very deaf
or intoxicated, as the engineer did everything in
his power to drive him from the track, but with
out avail. The body was shockingly mangled,
and had to be picked up with shovel. The re-
mains were buried in the vicinity of the accident
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14
Miscellaneous.
SSSss5SSSsS
$4,000 SAVED +!

To our patrons by the unparalleled reductions in
prices for bright, fresh, fashionable Clothing for
Men and Boys.
Shrewd buyers rapidly purchasing the many
Bargains we offer in Garments of our own ac-
knowledged superior make.
Here are a few sample quotations:
zoe. and 81 for durable, good looking Mems
Pants.
$3.50 for Mans handsome Cashmere Pants
dark, neat pattern, sold everywhere for $3.50.
So for Mans All-Wool Suits.
81 for a Mans Melton 0vercoat, warm and
strong.
$50 for Boys Melton Suit, size All.
So. 80 to $50 for largest stock of Mems Over
saes and Newmarkets ever seen in America.
$40 is the uniform price for ,eraf thousand
stylish Mems Suits, all fresh and new, many re-
duced from SIS and $l4.
$I5 is the figure placed over 1900 finest
Cashmere and Worsted Suits. Every one worth
So to IS more.
Boys Suits down to $I2, $3.50 and So,
Sizes 12-l7, formerly So to 50 higher.
Thousands of Bargains too numerous to mem
ton; must be seen to be appreciated Visit
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14
BUSINESS LOCALS.

HAND-M MADE SHoEs.-Alfred Phipps, on Della
ware avenue, in rear of Wheeler's Hotel, Towson-
town, makes to measure all kinds of LADIES AND
GENTS SHOES AND Doors. Correct styles and fit
guaranteed. Repairing promptly done.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

TRINITY p. E. Church, Towsontown.
Sunday by the rector, Rev. w. II. H. Powers, at
IL a. m. and u p. m. Bible class Wednesday at
7.45 p. m.
There will be preaching at Lutherville, by Rev.
W.. Fl. Powers, in the Public Hall, every Sun
day afternoon, at 81 o'clock.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

81. Johns NJ. E. Church, acknowledgements
ing Sunday, at IL a. and 7.3O P. m, by the pas
tor. Rev. VIM. Dallam Morgan. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening, at 7.30 o'clock.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

The Locusts Will be Here.-Before many
davs the farmers will commence to pillow up the
seventeen year locusts, fer they are now in the
ground, no doubt, getting ready for their long
delayed visit, and however cold the weather, 1t
cannot freeze them out. Their advent with such
certainly, at such long intervals, is very strange
indeed, but it is true The records tell us tney
were here as long ago as 5, and every seventeen
year since they have arrived on time and in great
numbers. Some of the young folks, who have
never seen these locusts, will soon have chance
to do so, but even to the elders, who have seen
them, their appearance in vast swarms is really
0 curious phenomenon.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

Arm Broken.-Mrs. Elizabeth Woods, of the
18th district, fell while walking near Kingsville,
Monday last, and broke her right arm. She
was attended by DR.. Smith.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14
The Northern centrars improvements.

The N. C. r. R. Go. on Monday last put in
use its new line between Calvert and Union
Stations, which runs under the grade at Eager
street. The nterlocking signal station between
Biddle and Chase streets has thirty-two levers
that control all the tracks connected with the new
arrangement. A large force of men were at work
on Sunday making the track connections into the
new freight sheds on the east side of North street,
between Madison and Eager streets. The cost of
constructing this line S7O,2s6.7O, and of the
two new freight houses, S2s,992.S2. These items
were provided for in the operating expenses OF
last year. The arrangement is understood to be
a first important step in the direction of the uti.
mate removal of the railroad tracks to the east OF
North street and the opening of that street as a
public thoroughfare
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

A Slander.-"It is reported that certain
party living in Belair has pass the Mary
land Central Railroad for himself and all his fam
lily, but whenever his mother in law and sister in
law use the privilege, he collects the fare himself
and pockets it. This is rich, and new way Of
getting dividends"
To the above the Belair Democrat replies as
fallows:
"The above clipping we for the first time
in the Baltimore American of Friday last. Mr..
Fulton, of the American, says it was taken from
one of the Beair papers. 1t is not from the Kgis
nor from the Democrat. Mr.. Wrenshall, the
Receiver of the Maryland Central Railroad, and
the only person authorized to issue passes, says
there is no such pass in existence. Theinference,
therefore, is clear that the publication is devoid
of truth, and is a reflection on the management of
the NJ. c. R. R. and on some unnamed citizen of
Belair. 1t is equally inferable that the publica-
ton is a SANDER, and the publisher of it base
slanderer if not malicious falsfer."
Every one who saw the above item knew it was
base SANDER, unworthy the notice of the Demo-
crdt.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14
CLAYTON ALA April the 10th 1866

Mu Dear and afectionate WJe-I am glad that
have an opportunity of writing you few lines
which leaves me in tolerable good health and
through the mercy of kind God am getting
along better now than, ever did, was set free
the first day of last june and am hired to the
man l used to belong too I am getting $4,000 per
year and my board, L am lawfully married to
free woman in the same town 1 live in, she is
cooking for the same folks that she used to be-
long too she is getting the same wages that am
10000 per year. She is very affectionate and
kind to me, we have no children, want to hear
from YOU very bad and know how you are getting
along write to me how wages is thare and how
goods and provisions are selling thar have made
as high as thirty dollars per day after had finish
ed the daily work for my owners | have paid as
high as ninety (S9O.OO) dollars for one dress for
my beloved wife, I aimed to send you six or seven
hundred dollars but found that my money was
of no account thare 1 had about $500. 90 to die on
my hands and me trying eat and drink it up,
have never suffered for any thing to eat or drink
since have been in this country l have become
Glass leader in the Methodist Church Clayton Bar
bour County ala. I want you to have send this
to Baltimore County Mount Zion Church Bill
HAYES Graft Quickley and tell them to write to me
if they know WHARF my wife they used to be my
Brethren in the Church to Sophia Cant if she is
in that country
May God bless you BENJAMIN CANT
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14
A Quaint LETTER From a Colored Man.

A Quaint Letter From Colored Man
Some years ago the following quaint letter, written
by O. colored man in the South, came in possession
of a gentleman in this town, who handed it to US
a few days ago. The money he speaks of was
doubtless Confederate scrip, but the oldest thing
about the letter is that he should address it to his
"dear and affectionate wife," to whom he conveys
the information, in very business like way, that
he is "lawfully married to free woman" where
he was then living. Here is the letter just as 1t
was written
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

Property Transfers in BALTIC. County
Deeds, Leases, Mortgages, Bills of Sale, etc., re
ceiyed for record in theofice of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Baltimore county:
DEEDS AND ASSIGNMENTS.
f. d. Sauerwein to A. w. Deane, trustees
William Quinn, ct al, to Bridget Quinn.
John Oppertshauser wife to N. Mueller q wife.
J. H. Schone, treasurer, to J. S. Cuttings.
J. S. Hawkins & wife to James E. Brown.
VIM. O. Ensor & wife to Olivia Shorter.
S. J. Martinez & wife to Henry Weldberger.
J. G. Zergehoer to Lewis Lachenmayer.
Lewis Lachenmayer to f. /. Schaeffer.
Simon Brookhart wife to G. e. Brookbart.
r. A. Barnes wife to B. G. FRESHMAN.
d. G.. Mcintosh, trustee, to Adolph Storck & Sons.
Lydia Harding, &C., to Annie Harding.
Isabel Nyce, &C., to c. w. Tase.
Peter Arnold, &C., to Ezekiel Matthews.
Annie Fitch ct al, to VIM. Altman, &c.
F. o. MacTavish wife to A. G. Lee.
j. W. Benson, & wife to VIM. II. Kelley.
NJ A. Damuth, &C., to Henry Hof, &c.
Isaac Vanhorn, Jr., to Martin Smaltzer.
RELEASES.
Charles Bailey to Peter Fink.
T. ii. Gather to JOS Merkle.
E. B. Grau to 0. P. Grau.
T. J. Wilson, trustee, to ]. E. Folk.
Thos. j. Gorsuch to John E. Folk.
Lennox Birckhead, trustee, to John E. Folk.
Abraham Bosom to John w. Benson.
ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGES.
X. Mueller & husband to J. Oppertshauser & VT.
Hugh Jenkins, admir-, to Bertha L. Jenkins.
Hugh Jenkins, admir-, to Bruce V. Jenkins.
MORTGAGES.
Elizabeth Griswold, ct al, to Northern Central P.
B. & L. A., $4,000.
Peter Fink & VT. to Hopkins A. P. B. A, 81 500.
Katharine Mueller & husband to Johu Opperts-
hauser wife, 5000.
Henry Waldberger to S. J. Martinez, $3.50.
F. I. Schaeffer to L. Lachenmayer, S1,S75.
G. B. Perkins to Il. Kimmel, chattels $685..
S. R. Robinson, &C., to Jas. Broumel, $3.50.
S. A. Foutz to Waverly B. A., $500.
A. Storck & Sons to H. P. NJ. L. & B. A, 81 800.
w. H, Marriott &C., to w. Whitelock, &C., So, co..
]. E. Folks to j. Darcy Wilson, 81, 900.
J. e. Folks to B. F. Simms, $500.
A. g. Lee, &C., to Francis o. MacTavish, $4,000.
VIM. H. Kelley wife to VIM. A. Burke, 81 500.
Henry Hof & wife to Henry S. Fitch 81 200.