The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-07-11

Western Run, 9th District.-Our farmers
have been busy this week cutting wheat, and the
quality is good. The oat crop promises well, and
the growing corn never looked better at this sea-
son. The yield will certainly be large one
The hay crop is the shortest have ever seen cut,
and before another season the demand will be
much greater than the supply, and prices VIII
range high.
The 4th was quietly spent in this section:
Mr.. Alfred Cole has housed fine quality OF
clover hay the best in the valley, and really the
only field worthy of note. His corn also looks
very well, and he thinks a little ahead of his
neghbors. He has been limeing and no doubt
that is the cause of his success. His farm is sit
uated at the terminus of the Western Run turn
pike.
The little village of Butler is improving, and
the new cottage soon to be built by Miss Shaul,
will add much to the attractiveness of the place.
Mr.. Aquila Chlcoat recently sold CRASHED
steer to our home butcher for $50. The animal
was in fine condition and had not eaten particle
of grain.
Last fall Mr.. VIM. Brooks, of Woodbury., del
uged this district with sheep, and the result is
lambs are plentiful and the demand slow, prices
ranging from 1926 to $3.50 per head.
The venerable Col. E. P. Philpot, who has been
confined to his room long from illness, is now
able to sit on his porch.
Mr. Evan Davis, another of old citizens,
and well known throughout the county as the
manufacturer of Davis's plows and heretofore q
very active man, does not get away from home
very much now, owing principally to old age
His absence form Black Rock church, where for
merly he was so regular IN attendance, Is very
marked.
Dover NJ. E. Church has recently undergone
many needed improvements, and will soon be re-
opened with appropriate services.
Our people are anxiously waiting for the open
ing of Emory Grove camp.
The political thermometer begins to rise and
fall and the barometer indicates storm among
our Democratic friends We will wait and see
how it terminates. WESTERN RUN.
Mt. Washington, N. @. R. R.-The Fourth
was passed without any public demonstration on
the part of our citizens, and had it not been for
the explosion of ire-crackers the day would have
appeared like Sunday. We had no military visi-
tors and even the cricket ground had comparative
ly few persons who patroniZed it. The Sabbath
school of the NJ. E. church had festival under
the shade of the trees around the church building,
which was well attended by both the children and
adults of the neighborhood. At night many Of
the dwellings and boarding houses were illumina-
ted and had displays of fireworks. So far as
have learned there was no disorder of any kind
and no accident occurred. Some farmers in the
vicinity spent the day in their hay fields and sew
eral teams could be seen hauling from the railroad
station. The railway trains were well filled with
passengers. The Fourth falling on Saturday en-
abled many people from the city to spend two
days with their friends in the country.
Mr. w. W. Watts, who formerly resided in this
village and who, after an absence of two years,
only returned on Thursday last, died on Sunday
evening from attack of congestion of the lungs
Mr.. W. had been in impaired health for some
years, resulting from metallic poisoning, and had
been unable to engage in active business. He
was widely known both in the city and county.
A local item in THE UNION of last Saturday,
headed Gan Old Maryland Town." contains some
statements that will surprise those who are familiar
with the neighborhood of old Joppa, the former
county seat of Baltimore county, especially that
one declaring that "ts site is almost an enigma"
and "the converging point of the numerous Joppa
roads traversing the county has only lately been
ascertained." Having frequently strolled over
the site of the old town and had the position of
the principal buildings pointed out by residents
of the vicinity, it is surprising to me where the
writer of the article alluded to could have got the
information that the site of the town an eng
ma and that it had "only lately been ascertained"
where the convergent point of the numerous Joppa
roads was to be found. S.