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

-Tramps have lately been very annoying
along the prominent thoroughfares in the 18th
district, as indeed they have been almost every
where in the county. AS soon as cold weather
sets in these fellows head for the cities and be
come decided nuisance to people living on the
prominent roads and in the small towns.
The case of John Uzuber VS.. John II. Lew
in has been trial for some ten days in the Cir
cult Court of Carroll county. The suit was
brought in the Baltimore county court and re-
moved to Carroll by the plaintiff. The suit is for
malicious prosecution, claiming $4,000 damages.
Messrs. R. R. Boarman and John /. Yellott are
counsel for Levin.
The York road railway company is making
preparations to lay an additional track from
Boundary avenue out through Waverly. Bust
ness on the lower end of this road is now very
heavy and when the double track is completed
travel will be greatly facilitated. The present
arrangement of switches necessarily causes delays
which will then be obviated.
Rev. A. NJ. Courtney, pastor of Madison
Avenue NJ. E. Church, Baltimore, will deliver a
lecture in the NJ. E. Church, Towsontown, on
Tuesday evening, December 22d, at u o'clock.
He is brilliant orator, and as the proceeds of
the lecture will be devoted to very worthy OBJ
ject, it is hoped he will be greeted by an audi
ence that will fill the church.
For the convenience of q number of our
subscribers at Monkton and other postotfices in
that vicinity, we have sent their bills to Mr..
Thomas Kaufman, who is our authorized collector
and to whom they will oblige us by making pay
ment. Subscribers at Gardenville, Fullerton, &C.,
can pay their bills to Mr. Alex. Mccormick, Jr.,
who is authorized to receipt the same.
Mr.. Noble l.. Mitchell, School Examiner
of Hartford county, made a narrow escape a few
days ago. His mother accidentally let small
quantity of strychnine get into the breakfast cof
fee, of which he and two other members Of the
family partook. They we're all made very sick,
but fortunately the mistake soon discovered
and the prompt use of antidotes soon them out of
danger.
The case of John Johns, indicted for libel
ing Frederick j. Bruno, of the law firm of Brown
& Bruno, has been removed, at the instance OF
Mr.. Bruno, from the city Criminal Court to the
Circuit Court for Baltimore county. 1t will be
remembered that this grows out of letter
written by Mr.. Johns to Mr.. Bruno about some
matters connected with the celebrated John folly
Johns will case.
The Owings' Mills postofice has not yet
been changed, although it was announced some
weeks ago that Henry S. Fitch had succeeded
Mrs. F. B. Hartman, who has very acceptably fill
ed the Office for many years. The fact that Mrs.
Hartman is a woman and that there are no charges
against her. has been sufficient in the eyes OF the
Postoffice Department people to allow her to con-
tinue in charge of the Office.
VIM. o. B. Miller, a Towsontown printer
and son of Col. James Miller, has secured place
in the Government printing office, in washington
COL Miller who has been lifelong Democrat,
is one of the California forty-niners, and is an
ardent admrer of President Cleveland. Hon. j.
Fred. c. Talbot secured the place for Mr.. Miller,
who was born in the Golden State and named for
Hon. William 0. Butler.
The colored man, Henry Washington, who
was arrested at Glyndon the supposed murderer
of Mr. Sharpless, of Delaware county, Pa, is still
in Jail here. 1t is plain that he had no moro to
dc with that murder than he had with the assas-
sination of Garfield. 1t is strange therefore, that
our authorities continue to hold him. But Wash
ington is having pic mic in the Jail and would
no doubt be delighted if he would be kept there
all winter.
1t is said that the County Commissioners
have determined to weed out of the county police
force all the negligent and inefficient officers ILL
ing their places with sober, reliable men. If the
Board will carry out this plan it will deserve the
commendation of every good citizen OF the Belt,
as well as of the whole county. What is needed
in this branch of the public service is some rigid
discipline, which it has never had. Let us have
force that will be credit to the county, instead
of laughing stock
Referring to the Towsontown postoffice the
Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Amer
lean says: "The Democrats of Towsontown want
a change, but the term of the present incumbent
lasts for over year yet" We have heard of no
movement of this kind and doubt the accuracy of
the correspondents statement. The commission
of the present incumbent Mrs. FEAST does not
expire until two years from May, 1885.
Our friend, Mr.. S. Merryman Anderson,
brought us very acceptable present this week in
the shape of a bag of buckwheat -four, the pro-
duct of his farm near New Freedom, York county,
and also a choice lot of home made sausage. On
Is acres seeded to buckwheat he raised 300 bush
alc xubi ah SC 70 ha nolt larU
Mr.. Anderson will move to his York county farm
in the spring, and Baltimore county will lose one
of her best and most progressive citizens.
Miss Bessie Moulton, daughter of the late
John D. Moulton, of Baltimore, entered the Con.
vent at Mt. Washington, Tuesday last. She is
Is years of age and had been prominent in socie
ty. 1t is said that Miss Carrie Jenkins, who en-
tered this same Convent last August, will in a
short time return to the world. She is step
daughter of DR.. John Morris, of Baltimore,
and grand-niece of Mr. T. Robert Jenkins
There are complaints in Reisterstown that
of the patrons of the postofice in that place
are "boycotting" the new postmaster, Mr.. JOS.
Passano. They get their mail from his Office but
when they have any mail matter to send they do
it through another Office, thus depriving him of
the emolument which accrues to the Office through
the cancellation of the stamps. This looks like
a very small business and the it is discon-
tinued the better
Mr.. Henry C. Turnbull, Jr., who takes an
active interest in the welfare of the colored peo-
pie, is about trying to organize an industrial so
ciety among them here, where light trades and
other useful occupations are to be taught. A
meeting was held this week and Mr.. Turnbull
says that if the outlook is sufficiently encourag-
ing he will eudeavor to carry out his project,
which cannot help but result in great good to
those he seeks to benefit.
The petition of Edward Blakely ct al, filed
in the Orphans Court of Baltimore county, was
specially set by the Court for hearing on Thurs
day last. The petition alleges divers charges
against the Executors, Mrs. Augusta Blakely,
widow of Saml H. Blakely, deceased, and E.
Swinny, Esq, and prays that the Executors be
quested to give bond. The answer of the Execu-
tors deny all of the charges as utterly false. The
taking of evidence was commenced and some six
witnesses were examined and the case continued
until next Thursday. Messrs. NJ. W. Ofutt and
W. f. Mitchell are counsel for petitioners, and
K. r. Boarman, Esq, attorney for the Executors.
We have already received many responses
to the hundreds of bills sent out from TIE UNION
office last week, but not so many as we had ex-
pected. Our subscribers will please remember
that we do not make practice of Cunning"
them. We send bills once year and we have
right expect that those who receive them will give
them their prompt attention. The work of max
ing out these accounts required many hours of
of the day, and this fact in addition to the much
more potent one that every subscriber to The
UNION has received his moneys worth, we think
should prompt them to settle their accounts with
as little delay as possible.
The Last One Caught.-Of the four colored
men engaged in the business of robbing the graves
in Laurel Cemetery, the Belair road, three
were caught at the time the wagon was captured
with the body of colored woman in it. The
arrest of these men was due to county police off,
Ger Geo. H. Baker, who, although new man on
the force, has shown by his vigilance and shrewd-
ness in this case that he is well qualified for the
work in which he is engaged. The man who es-
capped was Isaac Jones, who was q grave-digger
in the cemetery and who doubtless is the princi-
pal one of the ghouls. On Sunday last officer
Baker was coming to Towsontown in York road
car, having a prisoner to deliver at the Jail
here. Coming up the three-mile hill the officer
saw Jones quietly sauntering down the pike. He
sprang from the car and had Jones under arrest
before he had time to think. Officer Baker
brought him here and landed him in the comnanv