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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07
BALTIMORE PRICE CURRENT
RETAIL PRICES.

Beef.-ROast Is to 20 cents per pound rib
roast 20 cents pOrterhouse stake 25 cents siroin
Is and 20 cents; round Is and II cents soup
meat and IL cents corned beef 10 and II CENTS
tongue 70 and Is cents each.
Veat-Breast 122 cents; loin Is cents; outlets
Is and Is cents per pound.
Pork-Hams 16 and IS; sliced 20 and 25 cts;
miGdling l24 to IA chops II! cents.
Mutton.-Leg Is; forequarter 10 and ~; hind
quarter Is; chops II! and IA shoulder, breast
and neck and IL cents per pound
Lamb-Forequarter Is; hindquarter Is; chops
16 and 20 cents.
egetables.-Sweet potatoes 4Oc per peck, Irish
potatoes $50. per peok string beans a5c. per
peck; tomatoes 10 to 15c. per quarter-peck; cab
bage to loo. per head; carrots &c. per bunch;
onions 25c. peck egg plants to Sc. apiece !;
beets &c. bunch; oyster plants Sc. bunch; turnips
SOC. peck; lima beans IL to 15c. quart cauli-
flower Is to 3Oc. each; squash 10 to SOC. each,
parsnips to 10c. each; celery and &c. bunch;
pumpkin to zoe. each; citrons 5 to 15c. each !;
cranberries 1Sc. quart; spinach go to 75o. peck !;
kale 30c. peck lettuce Sc. head.
Fruit.-Apples 20 to 40 cents per peck pears
90 to So cents per quarter peck Concord and
Catawba grapes TO IL cents per pound, and
Maagas rs cents lemons 20 cents per dozen !;
oranges 40 cents per dozen; German prunes $3.50
per baskets bananas 80 cents per dozen.
Butter and Eggs.-Butter- 80 and 20.
cents per pound; creamery, 30 to 40 cents per
pound; roll, rs to 30 cents per pound. Eggs
80 to 80 cents per dozen.
Game and Foaol.-Canvas back ducks So per
pair; redheads $1.25 per pair; blackheads 65 cts.
per pair; coots so cts. per pair; pheasants $l.25
per pair; prairie chickens $1.00 per pair NAL
lards 81 per pair; cartridges So per dozen !;
turkey l6 and Is cents per pound chickens so
to 81 per pair; rabbits 30 and 35 cents each.
Fish.-Mackerel 20 cents per pound perch 25
to 80 cents per bunch; tayors IL to % cents
each and Is cents per bunch for small soft-crabs
so to 80 cents per dozen hard crabs 25 cents per
dozen pan-rock rs to so cents per bunch boil
ing rock IL cents per pound; spots 25 and so
cents per bunch.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

should be no pretext for anxiety touching the
protection of the freedmen in their rights, or
their security in the enjoyment of their privileges
under the constitution and its amendments. All
discussion as to their fitness for the place accord
ed to them as American citizens is idle and un-
profitable, except as it suggests the necessity for
their improvement. The fact that they are citi-
zens entities them to all the rights due to that
relation, and charges them with all its duties,
obligations and responsibilities.
These topics, and the constant and ever-varying
wants of an active and enterprising population,
may we'll receive the attention and the patriotic
endeavor of all who make and execute the federal
law. Our duties are practical, and call for indus
trious application, an intelligent perception of
the claims of public Office, and, above all, firm
determination by united action, to secure to all
the people of the land the full benefits of the best
form of government ever vouchsafed to man.
And let us not trust to human effort, alone; but
humbly acknowledging the power and goodness
of Almighty God, who presdes over tho destiny
of nations, and who has at all times bee, revealed
in our country's history, let us invoke His aid
and His blessing upon our labors.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

Ng- The postage on newspapers and periodicals,
to all others except publishers, is now one cent for
fonr ounces 1t was formerly one cent for two
ounces. This is for newspapers and periodicals
only, and does not include any other kind of print
ed matter Periodicals are defined as publications
issued at regular intervals, weekly, monthly OF
quarterly. For instance, under the old law, two
copies of The UNION, sent in one package to any
part of the United States, would require two
cent stamp. Now they can be sent for one cent,
as the two do not weigh over four ounces. Persons
wishing to send periodicals, such as magazines, to
their friends, are required to pay only one cent for
four ounces, but if they weigh fraction over, one
cent more. ANY paper ormagazine weighing less
than four ounces requires a cent stamp.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07
THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO 1T.

To the question at issue between the Coun-
Baltimore city there are two sides, and it is the
part of fair play and justice to look at them i'm
partially. Our Commissioners, if reports be true,
but we do not believe tnem, are a trifing body of
foolish officials who are incapable of anything
better than writing silly epistles, and the Fire
Commissioners of the city are trio of Solons who
are far removed above the ordinary plane of COM
mon humanity. At least this is what the city press
and their county correspondents would have the
people believe, and because of this contrast Of
opinions the Belt is either to be entirely deluged
by the first rain shower, or completely burned up
by the first fire, leaving nothing but charred
Belt of desolation encircling the ire-prOOf city.
Let us ask the question, who first initiated the
state of affairs that at present exists as the result
of the conference between the city Fire Board and
the County Commissioners? Was it not the city
Fire Board? Did they not invite the County
Commissioners to meet them and settle upon some
compensation to the city for the service of the fire
department in the Belt? Were they not stopped
from further negotiation by the opinion of the city
law officer? Was not their reply almost equal to
an insult to the county in the persons of their
representatives, the County Commissioners? Who
knows but that this very state of affairs was de-
liberately planned to bring about the present re-
suit? If it was, the letter of the Commissioners
to the city officials should have been much seyerer
than what it was. Men of intelligence, as the city
Fire Board are conceded to be, inviting negotia-
tions upon subject upon which they had no right
to treat, and then blaming the County Commits
sioners for their curt opinion and friendly oner OF
service to the city in of need is not credit
able exhibition of Solonism from the stald and
sober city of Baltimore. While the Belt has not
the kind of fire protection we would wish it to
have, and while we have very little confidence in
a chemical Ere service, we are not among those
who can blame the County Commissioners for any
harsh reply they might make to the city for the
insult the whole COUNT received in the person OF
their representatives.. who accepted an invitation
in good faith and while negotiations were pending
receive the summary insult given them.
We do not think there is any law that could re-
strain the promptings of humanity in the sad
event of widespread aondagration, and we 90
not believe the good people Of Baltimore county
and Baltimore city are less human than the most
highly civilized people on earth. Whoever may
live to see the sesqui-centennia of the Belt they
will be delighted at the efficient fire service it will
then have, and rejoice to behold the promptness
with which it will rush, unsolicited, to extinguish
any fire that occurs in the contracted limits of its
suburbs-Baltimore town.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

@-The Baltimore Herald says that "Presi-
dent Cleveiand's inaugural address is not remark
able for originality or brilliancy, but it has an
honest, Straightforward ring about it, and indi-
Gates that it is the reflection of the views of man
gifted with much common sense and inspired by
a sincere desire to fulfill to his best ability the
duties imposed upon him by the vote of the peo-
pie. The message is characteristic of the man
solid. unostentatious and practical" The press
of the country generally, without reference to pol
tiles, speaks in complimentary terms of the ad-
dress, which is so thoroughly business like as to
call forth the approval of ali.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

L0NG.-0n Feb. goth, 1885, near Brookland-
vile, John, son of John and Henrietta Long,
in the 9th year of his age. Also on Feb. 25th,
1885, Leanore Long, infant of John and Henri
eta Long.
FOWLER.-Feb. 23d, 1885, Miss Ann Nancy
Fowler, aged 80 years and 4 months.
VAN CLEAF.-Suddenly, Feb. 2Sth, 1885, Mrs.
Ann Van Cleaf, wife of Charles Van Cleaf, Of
the 18th district.
ALLEN.-On March Sd, 1885, DR.. Luman S.
Allen, in the 65th year of his age.
ALLEN.-At her residence in Baltimore county,
on Sunday, March 1st Mrs. Mary J. Allen, in
the 3Oth year of her age wife of Jos. E. Allen.
HORST.-On Friday, the 9th Feb, Ernst Henry
Horst aged 56 years IL months and Is days,
beloved husband of Mary Horst.
F0LKS.-On the morning of March I'd, Lima A.,
beloved wife of John E. Folks, and daughter of
John g. and the late Mary A. E. Baker.
BERRYMAN.-On Friday, Feb. 9th, at 9:2O a.
m, VIM. M. Bergman, in the 18th year of his
age.
KRANK.-On March 4th, 1885, VIM. J. Krank,
in his 9th year, formerly of Patapsco Neck.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

Ms~A railroad company ran two cars between
Memphis and COvingtoH, one of them for white
persons and the other for negroes, The one as
signed to blacks was practically the smoking car,
to which the whites and the blacks alike were in
the habit of resorting for smoking and drinking.
Ida Wells, a colored teacher, took her seat in the
white car and was forcibly removed. She sued
the company, and the Court held that she was
wrongfully elected, because to her was refused
the frst-class accommodations for which she had
paid in the purchase of her ticket, and to which
she was entitled under the law. The jury gave
her judgment to the amount of five hundred
dollars.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

- Gen. Grants condition has become alarm
ing and it is now feared that the old soldier cannot
survive much longer. The cancer at the root of
his tongue has been growing rapidly, causing
him the most intense suffering, but he bares up
brayely through it all and does not complain.
He can take only liquid food and swallowing even
that gives him great pain. 1t is believed by his
physicians that he cannot survive much longer
Much sympathy is expressed for Gen. Grant all
over country, even among those who have here
tofore been uufriendy towards him.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07
Mg- Although three, four, five,

Gg~ Although three four, fve or six cents
seems very little for the use of dollar for year.
when left for number of years, as in the case Of
a Connecticut man who in 1888 commenced max
ing deposits in savings bank His total deposits
from that date until 1885 amounted to $1,962.25.
Between 1888 and 1858 he drew from the bank
Sl,27O.7O; and yet, few days since, on having
his bank book written up and balanced, he was
found to have balance on deposit amounting to
lI,273.33.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

M1- The Baltimore Sun is doing its level best
to mix up the city extension question with the
little tilt between the city Fire Board and our
gines coming out in the county to help put out
fires that soda fountains can't cope with. This
it strikes us, is a purely business question and
should be treated such without attempting to
appeal to the prejudices of the people,
1t is one of grave public interest and should
not be treated in a hippant, trifing man
ner. There is no excuse for the Suns position
towards our County Commissioners or our people,
1t does not appear to US good policy to endeavor
to stir up strife between the city and county au-
city extension-shall get a big boost. Let the
subject be treated in purely business way and
we have no doubt the whole thing will properly
adjust ITSELF If majority of the people in the
Belt want city extension let them say so by their
votes when they have an opportunity to cast them,
but this they cannot do until the next Legisla-
ture meets, if then, and in the mean time what
are the people of the Belt to do in case of great
conhagration visiting that section Surely we
need not fear that the city fire department will
stand by and see their homes and business places
consumed without joining in the effort to save
them. And when they do come to our assistance
and sustain damage to their engines, hose or
horses, as it is asserted they do, let the county
authorities take business view of it and reim-
burse them for such losses. This, it occurs to US,
is the only way out of the difficulty, at least until
the Legislature meets next year. We are Sin a
hole" and the sooner recognize the fact the bet
ter. All these vaporings of the city press amount
to nothing. As we said last week, "Lot US have
peace"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07
na-Tha Ralt;mora Sun ia AGAIN astride its

@-The Baltimore Sun is again astride its fa-
vorite hobby-city extension-and is just whoop-
ing it up lively. But there can't be any city ex-
tension for year at least, and in the mean time
what are you going to do about it If, when our
neighbors of the Belt get chance to vote again
on the subject, they should decide 20 link their
fortunes with the city, in heavens name let them
90. If they should leave will still have left
the most wealthy county in the State, and that
will he something to be proud Of
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07
Mabley & Carew's
SLAUGHTER SALE.

Terrific Cut in Prices in Heavy Weight Suits Overcoats
and Pants Mems Heavy Overcoats will be sold from ST. 20 to
$2O For 500 you take your choice Of any Overcoa in the
house, and guarantee they the finest in the city Mems
Suits will be sold from So $780, For $40 you take your choice
of any matched Suit the store styles Of the finest i'm
ported goods and tailor made going they less than COST
aors ask $40 and $50 for the goods Mems Pants will
be sold from 80 cents up Ladies' Gossamer 60 cents
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

@President Arthur and bis sister, Mrs. Nc
Elroy, held their last reception on Saturday af-
ternoon last and it was very brilliant affair, up
wards of five thousand ladies and gentlemen hav-
ing called during the reception hours. The Pres
ident is said to have been at his best, and many
regrets were expressed that Washington would SO
soon lose him from its society.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

We'll, we are now living under Demo-
cratic administration and the appears to shine
just as brightly and things are moving on just as
smoothly as before. Every good citizen, no mat
ter what his politics, wants to see the country
prosperous and happy, and if these blessings are
vouchsafed to US under President Cleveland's guild
ing hand, we should be thankful for them. We
should not forget the fact that we are American
citizens and that Cleveland is not merely the Pres
ident of the Democratic party, but of the whole
people, without reference to politics.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

M0-The American Farmer for March LIST is at
hand, filed with very interesting, useful and
practical material. There is great variety of
seasonable matter in every department of farm
work and life, and no farmer or farmers family
should be without this old agricultural journal,
which is now published twice month, at Sl.OO a
year, by Samuel Sands Son, Baltimore, Md.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

~ Mrs. Eliza Blaine Walker, sister of Hon.
James G. Blaine, and wife of Major Walker, of
Helena, Montana, died in Baltimore, on Tuesday
morning last. She had been in failing health for
some time and came east some months ago in the
hope of being benefited. Mr.. Blaine and several
members Of bis family were at his sisters bedside
during Monday.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

@S- President Cleveland seems already to have
gotten into misunderstanding with some Of the
leading men of his party on the subject of silver
coinage. Republicans universally and many
Democrats commend the position of thu new Pres
dent on this question, but there is certain ele-
ment in his party that does not concur in his
views and are disposed to oppose them. The
President is manifestly right and the people OF
the country will sustain him.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

@-A young lady died suddenly in a skating
rink at Winchester, Va, OF Saturday night last.
Over-exertion brought on an attack of heart dis
ease, which caused her death. This should prove
a warning to others who have gone wild on the
subject of roller skating.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

@-A number of prominent property owners
and manufacturers in the Belt have called upon
Mayor Latrobe with reference to the city fire de-
partment and the Belt section. 1t is quite eyir
dent that Mr.. HOllOvay's high flown notions about
his squirts are not coneurred By the Belt people,
and we ara not surnrised. eitheE.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

@-On Wednesday morning the House of Rep
resentatves passed the bill to place General Grant
on the retired list of the army, the bill was at once
signed by President Arthur and the nomination
was unanimously confirmed by the Senate. This
was tardy act of justice, but it will be none the
less appreciated by the whole American people.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

gEs-Co W. F. Villas, of Wisconsin, who was
chairman of the last Democratic National Con-
vention and who is a member of President Cleve-
lands Cabinet, wears full black beard, and when
he talks in court all listen. His bearing is in
keeping with his reputation as leading orator
of the Democracy of the Northwest.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

N9- The public debt statement, issued March I'd
shows that the decrease of the debt for the month
of February was $3,2O4,975. The decrease of the
debt since June Both, 1884, has been s44, l26ss6.
The total cash in the treasury at this date is $751;
466 557
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

~John S. Cuttings, Esq, the new State
Treasurer, qualified before Gov. McLane at III
O'Clock on Tuesday morning and at once entered
upon the discharge of his duties. The penalty of
his bond is $780, 900. 1t is stated that Nr. Git
tings will make no changes in the clerical force
- hss affca
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

@-Now the fun will begin among our Demo-
cratic friends. There are hundreds of offices to
be flied and there will be thousands of applicants
for them. The number of appointments will be
nothing compared with the list of disappOint-
ments. "For many are called but few chosen"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

@- The London Times of 4th inst. says "Mr.
Arthur has filled the Presidents chair with pru-
dence, public spirit and dignity, and he deserves
credit for having punished official corruption with
exemplary severity. He can boast that he has
handed over the Government in state of un-
clouded prosperity"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

gas-At the monthly meeting of the Deer Creek
Farmers Club, held Feb. q, Senator Allen spoke
of the cheapness of lands in Georgia and gave fig
ures showing that on farm in that State worth
$4,000, clear profit of $4,000 per year had been
realized. If the Senator was correct in his fig
ures-and we have no doubt he was-ths is a
most extraordinary showing.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

~ Policeman Kruse, of the city force, who
several months ago shot and killed colored man
while endeavoring to arrest him, and OF which
charge he was acquitted by the Police Board, was
on Monday dismissed from the force for violation
of the rules.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

@arMr. Robert W. Smith, cashier for Messrs.
John S. Cuttings & Co., BANKERS, has been elected
a member of the Baltimore Stock Exchange and
will hereafter represent that firm in the Exchange.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

no. Mr.. James Young, proprietor of the Balti-
more Telegram, has purchased tbs property ia
west Baltimore street, 26 by 225 feet, for s55,00o
upon which he will erect handsome printing and
pablishinp establishment.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

What we greatly need in this country, ac-
cording to Carl Gchurz, is more children. We
know of no desideratum which is being more rap
idly supplied, particularly in Towsontown.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

8-Dr. Felix R. McManus, prominent homo-
pathic physician Of Baltimore, was stricken with
paralysis on Thursday of last week and died on
Tuesday. He was rs years of age
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07
S. Parker Bosley and N. Chas. Burke,
Attorneys, Towsontown.

YNHIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
l. scribers have obtained from the Orphans
Court OF Baltimore county, letters of administra-
ton on the estate of
COLUMBUS w. LEAGUE,
late of said county, deceased. All persons having
claims against the deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to
the subscriber,
on or before the 7M day Of October, 1885,
they may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. Those indebted to said es-
tate requested to make immediate payment.
Given under our hands this Sd day of March, 1885.
S. PARKER BOSLEY,
N. CHARLES BURKE,
Mch. 7.-4t) Administrators pendente lite.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

@-Fosr B. q o. telegraph boys walked from
Baltimore to Washington to witness the inaugur-
alton. They left at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-07

WANTED 20 to 40 Acres, with small house,
w for cash. For sale, 3 Acres with small inn
provements, on pike, near the city. JOHN P.
CLARK, Lexington and Calvert sts., Baltimore,
Sep. 6, SAY.