The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-09-12

The county Democratic convention, which
will be held here next Monday, will be an inter-
esting gathering which the uninitiated might
take q peep at with profit. If we are not mis-
taken there will be dead loads of fun here and the
circus will be free, doubtless a large crowd will
be attracted.
Some Towsontown business men are COM
planning because they cannot have their freight
delivered promptly by the Maryland Central
road. The road has been overrun with bust
ness lately that it is next to impossible to move
all freight promptly. Additional rolling stock is
badly needed.
The fine large stable of Messrs. Denny &
Mitchell, corner Boundary avenue and Oak street.
in the Belt, is fast nearing completion. 1t will
have stabling capacity for over one hundred
horses, with unlimited room for the storage of
carriages, provender, &C., also fine offices and
waiting rooms.
The county officers are just now having
lively time with tramps, large numbers of them
having recently appeared in the Belt. Within
few days past Justice Dorsey has committed no
less than six to the county jail These fellows
seem to be drifting towards Baltimore in large
numbers just now.
The country residence, formerly belongingto
Mr.. Henry Schwerdtmann, on the west side Of the
turnpike q short distance above Govanstown, has
been sold to Mr.. Lamb, of Baltimore, for SIG, 800.
The place contains % acres and has a fine house
the market long time.
-Halstead race track, near Pimlico, was in
augurated this week with two days trotting
meeting which proved very successful. There
were two races each day, the attendance having
been large. The first days gate receipts aggre-
gated 81 $500. The track is a fine one and all the
accommodations frst-class.
Mr.. Elbon D. Johnston, son of Col. R. M.
Johnston, formerly of Pen Lucy, near Waverly,
has been appointed to a clerkship in the Balti-
more postofice, he having passed the civil SER
vice examination. Mr.. Johnston was for seven
or eight years in the employ of Messrs. Arm
strong, Gator & Co., of Baltimore.
Arrangements for better mail facilities for
Reisterstown are under way and the proposed
plan of applying to the Department, as suggest
ed by The UNION last week, if adopted, will Sc
cure all that is demanded. Major Bailey, super
intendent of the mails, has the matter in hand,
and this fact will insure its success.
Complaint reaches us from subscribers at
Lavender Hill postofice of the irregularity expert
enced in receiving their papers. The UNION is
mailed regularly every Friday evening, and there
fore the fault is not ours. If these complaints
continue, we will be compelled to report the Office
to the Department at Washington.
Mr.. Arthur Chenoweth. of Pikesville,
writes us t, It it was his son, Chas. II. .Cheno-
weth, and not Arthur Chenoweth, as incorrectly
published last week, who was one of the two sue
cessful candidates for the scholarships in st.
Johns College, Annapolis. He is 16 years of age
and very studious and industrious boy.
Mrs. Samuel M. Shoemaker, of Green
Spring Valley, with a son and daughter, have
lately been on a visit to Portland, Oregon, and
have gone from there to Alaska. They will re-
turn in time to be present at the wedding of Miss
Nellie Shoemaker and Mr.. John j. Donaldson,
which will take place at Burnside Park some time
next month.
Mr.. Lewis F. Bowen, ST., of Calverton,
who built large number of houses in the north
ern city limits for Mr.. Chas. f. Pitt, Jr., and
others, has now a contract for the erection of
fourteen houses on west Monument street, for the
German Bank, south Broadway. Mr.. Bowen has
been very successful as builder and has had all
the work he could do.
Now comes the toothsome oyster stew
To cheer the youth and maid,
And, better, there is coming too,
A boom to trade.
Then he who'd rake the shekels in
When trade begins to rise,
Which soon it will, must now begin
To advertise.
The immense barn of Mr.. g. O. Wilson, on
his farm near Cromwells bridge, is well under
way and when finished will be one of the largest
and finest in the county. Mr.. Wilson is breeder
of fine horses and this barn will have accommo-
dations for over fifty head, besides other stock
The very handsome new cottage on the farm is
now occupied by Mr.. Wilson's family.
There some ten or twelve cases of ty
phoid fever in the village of Phoenix, N. G. R. R.,
and there has been one death, which occurred on
Friday of last week. There is some local cause
for the disease and close inspection of the place
has been made with the view to stamping out the
disease The factory OF that place having been
idle for long time the population is small.
Rev. Thomas Myers, pastor of Grace M.
E. Church, Woodbury., was married on Tuesday,
to Mrs. Hail. of Baltimore county. Thisis his third
otrsx riolxy ondh a has
ted three score and ten, but is still remarkably
active man. We extend our congratulations to
the reverend gentlemen, who is one of The
UNIONS best and most highly esteemed friends.
Miss Clara Coe who has been visiting her
uncle, Mr.. Robert Badders, of Arkansas, for the
past four months, has returned She has kindly
sent to THE UNION office several twigs from cotton
plants, with the cotton ready to pick, which were
taken from -hundred-acre field belonging to |
her uncle, and which are curiosities here. Miss |
Coe is a daughter of Mr.. VIM. Coe, living near
Lutherville.
Miss Edith Long, who was injured in a |
driving accident at Emory Grove camp-meeting, |
on the night of August 1Sth died on Friday night |
of last week. She was the daughter of Mr.. Saml
J. Long, residing near Reisterstown, and was Is
years of age. Her injuries were of an internal
nature, caused by the horse rearing and fell back
upon the buggy in which she and Mr.. John West
away were seated. Her funeral took place at Refs
terstown M. E. church on Sunday and was largely
attended.
Bids for building iron bridges over the
Little Gunpowder at Green's Ford and Guyton's
Mill, were opened at Belair, on Thursday of last
week. Five bids were received and the figures
all ran remarkably close. The expense will be
borne jointly by Hartford and and Baltimore coun-
ties, the stream being the dividing line between
the two counties. The bridge at Guyton's Mill
awarded to the Wrought Iron Bridge Com
pany, of Canton, Ohio, at Sl,727.55, and for the
Green's Ford to the Pittsburg Bridge Company,
at $1,770.12.
The fire on the farm of Mr.. John A. Conklin,
in the upper end of the 18th district, on Tuesday
night of last week. destroyed his barn, hay house,
corn house and cow stables, the buildings having
been near together. He also lost all his summers
crops, including wheat oats, hay, straw and about
25 barrels of old corn, besides agricultural imple
ments, farm wagon, &c. Fortunately all his stock
out at pasture and only one young calf was
burned. The fire was undoubtedly of incendiary
origin, and Mr.. Conklin estimates his loss at
about $500, which is covered by insurance.
One of the most beautiful farms in Balt-
more county is that of Mr.. Henry Carroll, Carrols
Manor, on the road leading from Curtis's store to
Phoenix. It bears evidence of the most careful
attentions and the growing crops are true indica-
ton of its gardenlike fertility. The stately old
mansion stands upon q commanding eminence
and is surrounded by an expansive and beautiful
lawn, presenting most enchanting picture to the
eye. Mr.. Carroll's brothers-Messrs VIM. S. and
Samuel-also have handsome farms adjoining, and
they are all justly entitled to the designation of
frst-class farmers.
Will Admitted to Probate-On Thursday
last the will of the late Joseph B. Brinkley, of the
LIST district of this county, was admitted to pro-
bate in the Register of Wills Office in Towsontown,
and letters testamentary were granted on the de-
ceased's personal property to his son, John H.
Brinkley, who gave bond in the sum Of S100, 900.
Deceased's property, real, personal and mixed, is
valued at 100000. He leaves to his widow,
second wife, $4,000 in money, $4,000 of which
was secured before marriage by marriage con-
tract this to be in lieu of dover and distributve
share. Also chattels which were purchased by the
wife with her own money. He leaves to his son,
Samuel Miles Brinkley, $4,000. To Mary Fow-
Ter, wife of David Fowler, associate judge of the