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


Wednesday evening, at 7.3O o'clock.
Trinity p E. Church, To,csontoacn.-Preaching
Sunday by the rector, Rev. w. H. 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.
VIII. H. Powers, in the Public Hall, every Sun
day afternoon, at 81 o'clock.
Thirteen foreigners were naturalized in the
county Circuit Court on Saturday last.
The September term of the Circuit Court
will commence on Monday next, 18th instant.
Mrs. ]. A. Hamilton, of Govanstown, has
raised an immense sunAower which weighed nine
pounds.
There are fewer mosquitoes in Towsontown
Just now than we nave seen here at this season in
several years.
About ii 900 persons attended Asbury
Grove colored camp last Sunday. The camp
closed on Tuesday.
-Wayerly Cornet Band had its first anniver-
sary supper at Ritters Hotel, Govanstown, on
Wednesday evening.
DR. j. Piper, of Towsontown, accompanied
by his wife and two children, sailed from Balti-
more for Boston on Monday.
conductor Dan Tracey, who has been on
the Maryland Central road for a long time, has
been suspended for some cause.
The elements and the Towson Guards don t
seem TO get on well IOSelner. haPe iSS D00""S9
the elements don't like tournaments.
Mr.. A. W. Perrie, of the Towsontown bar,
who spent a month at his cid home in Prince
Georges county, returned this week.
The Hampstead camp grounds are adver-
tised to be sold at public SALE on the premises,
Saturday, September 26th, at p. m.
The annual convention of the Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia bee-keepers will be
held at Hagerstown, on October 2lst.
The Masonic Hall in this place, which has
lately been beautifully frescoed, open for in
spection several evenings the past week.
The new postofice at st. Georges Station,
Western Maryland Railroad, was opened on We'd
nesday, with Miss Katie d. Gore in charge.
The health of Mr.. John E. Owens has i'm
proved so much that he is now able to be about
the house and he expects to get out very soon.
Mrs. Wagner, wife of Mr.. Albert Wagner,
a prominent and successful business man of Can
ton, 18th district, died on Tuesday last, in the
cd year of her age.
Mr.. Thomas E. Kemp, of Phoenix, who
was q very efficient clerk under Sheriff Barton, is
now engaged il the painting business, the firm
being Daily & Kemp.
The trotting meeting at Halsteads Driving
Park on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week,
was very successful event. The racing was good
and the attendance large.
Rev. j. A. Chambliss, D. D., will preach
at Sater's Baptist church, Chestnut Ridge, Sunday,
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Sabbath until further notice.
john Watkins, of Baltimore, was arrested
on Asbury camp ground Monday night, charged
with selling whisky near the preaching tent. He
was brought to Towsontown.
On Friday of last week, Mr.. Harry Har-
wood, of Baltimore, was severely injured near
Pimlico, by the horse he was riding falling on
him and breaking several ribs.
Col. Gist I. Cockey, of the Sth district, who
had been quite i'll for time, left this week for
St. Paul, Minnesota, to visit his nephew, DR.. Mel
Choir Gist Cockey, of that city.
The executive committee of the Hartford
Mutual Fire Insurance Company has awarded
Frederick Plummer, of Baltimore county, 500 for
the destruction of his barn by fire.
--Henry Buckingham, of Union, LIST district,
is perhaps the oldest man in thecounty, If his age
Q06 years. is correctly given. He is still quite
active and able to do days work.
Marble from the Beaver Dam Quarries,
Baltimore county, will be used in building the
spires of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York
city. The work will cost 100000.
At meeting of prohibitionists of Balti-
more county, held in. the city on Thursday, six
districts were represented, and it was decided to
put full ticket in the field for our county.
Mr.. Otto F. Simon, the well known pro-
lessor of music, who has been spending some time
in Nova Scotia, has returned, and will resume his
classes in Towsontown about September Goth.
The School Board has offered a reward of
$50 for the arrest and conviction of the person
who is supposed to have set fire to and burned
the school house on the Yoho road, 9Th district
Mrs. Jennie A. England, by her counsel
Col. D. g. Mcintosh and Mr.. C. Herbert Sadtler,
has instituted suit against John Unglaub and
wife for 5000 damages for alleged defamation
of character.
The annual meeting of the Towsontown
Building Association was held on Saturday night
u l. Al. Ioc,oa cd f0r
another year. A semi-annual dividend of per
cent. was declared.
Mr.. Thomas Wright, ST., of Brookland-
vile, accompanied by his wife and niece, Miss
Mary D. Wright, returned home Saturday last
from Bedford Springs, Pa, where they had been
stopping some time.
There are a great many cases of typhoid
and malarial fevers throughout the county and
several deaths have been reported. This is the
season for these diseases and people should be
careful to guard against them.
"A pair of horses belonging to Mr.. Joshua
Gent, of Green Spring Valley. ran aw~y in Daitl-
more, on tuesday. Both horses were badly cut
and the Dayton wagon to which they were attach
ed was damaged to the extent of $50.
-Messrs. James r. Clark and his son, Jas.
G.. Clark, of this county, are among the incorpo-
rators and directors of the U. S. Electric Light
ing Company of Baltimore City, which has just
been organized with a capital stock of $25O,O0O.
Mrs. Cole, widow of the late Rev. DR.. Isaac
Cole, died at her residence, near Westminster, on
Saturday night last, aged 76 years. Her re-
mains were inferred at Black Rock church, Bal
timore county. DR.. Cole died on the oath of last
July.
For twenty-one days during the month Of
August the water in Loeb Raven was too muddy
to use in the city. Chief Engineer Martin says
that the rain fall in August no 36-1O0 inches)
was the greatest since the completion of the Gun
powder supply.
Three Anne Arundel county Oranges have
Joined and will hold Grange fair at Owensvile,
that county, Sept. 23d and Oath. Prominent
farmers and stock-raisers from every county in
the State are expected to be present, and a royal
time is anticipated.
The country never looked more attractive
at this season of the year than it does just now.
Everything is green and beautiful, presenting an
appearance more like spring than fall, the late
rains having had the effect of infusing new life
into vegetation of all kinds
1t is stated that the Burnside Park herd
Of Jerseys, the property of Mrs. Samuel M. Shoe
<ker, Of Green Spring Valley, will be sold at
Z bile sale, in New York city, at early day.
is herd contains some of the most valuable
rsey cattle in the United States.
Suit against the bond of ex-Sherif r. c.
racey has been entered by Abraham Stoner, by
ting, which does not disclose the nature of the
reach. Mr.. Tracey's sureties are Messrs. Geo.
4. Smith, A. ID. Talbot and Jacob Wisner, and
he penalty of the bond is $25, 900.
"A number of gentlemen from Towsontown
were present at the opening of the branch rail-
road, extending from New Freedom, N. G. R. R.,
to Stewartstown, York county, on Thursday.
This road opens up very rich country that has
heretofore been deprived of railroad facilities.
The county fair is now only about two
weeks off. Are you getting ready for it? We
hope to see this the best exhibition our Society
has ever held and this can only be done by every
one manifesting an interest in its success. County
pride should prompt all to lend their assistance.
The new double tank chemical engine for
the Woodbury. fire department was received at
the engine house on Monday and the hook and
ladder truck later in the week. The former is
drawn by fine pair of gray horses. John Nc
Gregor is the temporary captain of the new COM
pany.
Mr. Jacob M. Pearce, who bought the Slade
property opposite Shades old tavern, on Ny Lady's
Manor, has shown much public spirit and has
erected number of comfortable houses thereon
besides store, which is doing thriving business.
The improvement to the neighborhood is very
marked.
Mr.. Henry G. Turnbull, Jr, has had
mounted very large blue heron which was shot
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