The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-06-27


PRAYER and class meetings on Wednesday and
Friday evenings, at o'clock. Pastors class on
Thursday afternoons, at o'clock.
81. Johns M. E. Church, LutheruilIe.-Preach.
ing Sunday, at IL a. and 7.3O p. m, by the pas
tor. Rev. VIM. Dallam Morgan. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening, at 7.3O O'Clock.
Tr;n;tv p. E. Church, To,csontown.-Preaching
Sunday by the rector, Rev. W. IL. ID. POWERS az
IL a. m and ZIP. m. Bible class wednesday az
7.45 p. m. l.. por
VIII II. Powers, in the Public Hall, every Sun
day afternoon, at 81 o'clock.
81. Johns Mission, York Road.-Preaching
Sunday, June 7th, at 81 p. m, by Rev. watson
Case.
Sunday last, June 2lst, was the longest
day of the year.
The Towson Guards will hold picnic at
Loeb Raven, on Saturday, July 4th.
The public schools of the county close on
Tuesday next for the summer vacation.
-Woodcock shooting is permissible under
the law between June 18th and February LIST.
Mr.. John Eggleston, of Fountain Green,
Hartford county, has COW that has dropped twin
calves seven times.
-Mentzel's paper mill, at Union, LIST district,
is to be equipped with new machinery, greatly in
creasing the capacity of the mill.
The Woodbury. base ball nine played at
Cambridge, Md, on Saturday last and beat the
nine of that place by score of to 4.
Cars have commenced running on the
Halls Springs railway. The road is newly
equipped and everything is in first-class order.
"A large number Of persons from Baltimore
city went up to Emory Grove on Thursday, to
select sites for tents for the coming meeting.
There will be grand display of works
at Oriole Park, York road, on the evening OF
July 4th. Music will be furnished by Wilson
Post Band.
on the grounds at Mt. Washington, Wednesday
last, with club from Philadelphia, and vanquish-
ed the visitors.
The Young men of Calverton have organ
lied a musical and dramatic association, with
Joseph A. Rohr, as president, and l.. Z. Dough-
erty, secretary.
-Messrs W. A. Taylor and J. j. Horner, of
Hampden, 9th district, each lost horse on Sat
urday night last, the animals having been pol
soned in their stables.
a Tribe of the Improved Order of Red
Men was organized at Roland Hall, Woodbury.,
on Monday night last. 1t will be known as Lena
Lenape Tribe, No. n.
-Saturday next is the 4th of July and
legal holiday. Towsontown proposes not to cele-
brate-but then we're just trimming over with
patriotism all the same.
The grounds at the Relay Station, BALTIC.
Ohio railroad, have lately been handsomely
embellished, a fish pond, fountain, &C., being
among the improvements.
BY the new adjustment of the salaries of
Presidential postofices throughout the country
the salary of the Office at Towsontown remains
the same-S1 100 per year.
The season is at hand for accidents with
moving and reaping machines. If persons who
work with machinery will observe little care all
such things may be averted.
Mrs. Wood, widow of the late Surgeon
General VIM. Maxwell Wood, U. S. Navy, died
at her residence, near 0wings' Mills on I'D inst,
in the Both year of her age.
An unusually large number of city people
are boarding at the different resorts and board
ing houses in this county. The fear of cholera
doubtless drove great many out.
The Western Maryland Railroad Co. will
ornament the grounds at the stations along the
line, florist company at Waynesboro have been
awarded the contract for the work.
The Western Maryland railroad is now
equipped with heavy steel rails the whole distances
between Baltimore and Hagerstown. Some new
iron bridges are also being built on the line.
Mr.. Joseph Engler, who keeps green gro
Gerry store in this town, while unloading a wagon
on Saturday, accidentally let keg of mackerel
fall on his right foot, MASKING it considerably.
An epicurean doctor says that in order to
obtain the full flavor of butter the bread upo q
the mouth with the buttered surface downward.
Mr.. Joshua M. Matthews, well-known
farmer of Dulany's Valley, has mare that has
dropped seven colts in six years, dating the time
from the period when she dropped the first colt.
-Towson Lodge, No. 20, I. o. o. F., of this
place, will publicly install its officers, on Thurs
day evening, July 9th, in the hall. The GER
emony will commence ut s o'clock Public in
vited.
The Republicans of Highlandtown, 18th
district, held a meeting few evenings ago to or
ganize a club for next falls campaign. Tempo
rsry officers were elected and some other business
transacted.
Mrs. S. F. Chaplin, of South Carolina, will
address gospel temperance meeting, on Mon
day evening next, June goth, in Towsontown NJ.
z. church. The meeting will be enlivened by
good music.
At the Convent of Notre Dame, Charles
street avenue, on Wednesday last, thirty six
young ladies took the holy habit of the white veil.
The ceremonies were of beautiful and impress
sive character.
The new cars which have been placed on
the York road railway giving much satisfac-
ton to the patrons of the road. They are light,
roomy, well ventilated and run unusually smooth
for horse-cars.
The most brilliant locust lie we have yet
heard comes from York county and is to the eff
feet that the insects were so thick upon the ground
as to clog the cultivator with which man was
working corn.
ANDREW Shannon, living at Homestead,
9th district, fell from second-story window of a
factory in Baltimore, few days ago, and broke
his neck. He was As years of age and leaves a
wife and six children.
The Junior oratorical contest at Dickinson
College, Carlisle, Pa, took place Monday night,
Among the speakers was Mr.. J. Fred Heisse, Of
OF Monkton, Baltimore county, whose subject
was "The Search After Truth"
The growing corn and oats throughout the
county present very satisfactory appearance
and from what we have seen we believe the wheat
crop will be an average one. The wheat is turn
ing little but the harvest will be later than usual
Mr.. ]. ]. GLADDEN. has purchased 140 acres
Of the Rogers estate surrounding the Maryland
Central station, at the Rocks Of Deer Creek, for
the sum of 81 600. He will at once commence
the erection of a warehouse upon portion of the
ground.
The annual commencement of the College
of st. James, near Hagerstown, took place on
Tuesday. Lawrence N. Lee, of Baltimore coun-
ty, carried off The Bishop Pinkney medal Bish-
op Paret was present and delivered q very fine
address.
"A young white child was found in a bas-
ket in Druid Hill Park on Monday. 1t had only
q slip on and the basket was covered with q tow
Ell. The child is supposed to have been left by
two women who were seen lettering about the
vicinity.
The Postofice Department on Monday or
dered change on the mail route from Jockeys
vile past Shawan to Mantua Mills and back,
from three times week to six times a week.
Shawan and Mantua will hereafter be served with
o daily mail.
The patriotic people of Glyndon, 4th dis
trict, propose celebrating on the 4th of July and
among those invited to address the assemblage
are Maj. John /. YelIott, of Towsontown; Hon.
L. E. McComas, of Hagerstown, and Hon. Geo.
Cotton, of Baltimore.
Alfred Downs, colored, a driver for Messrs.
Walsh Sons, lumber dealers, was caught be-
tween some boards and the wagon wheel, while
unloading lumber at the new Marine Hospital
building, on Wednesday, and received severe in
juries about the stomach.
Garfield Camp, Sons of Veterans, of Wood
berry, paid friendly visit to the Waverly Guards
on Tuesday night and were handsomely enter
tanned. The two companies marched through the