The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-02-14
Religious Notices.

Religious Notices.
Trinity p E. Church, TO,csontoOn.
Sunday by the rector, Rev. W. II. III. Powers, at
IL A. m. and y p. m. Bible class Wednesday at
7.45 p.
There will be preaching at Lutherville, by Rev.
W. H. H. Powers, in the Public Hall, every Sun
day afternoon, at 81 o'clock.
To,osonto,cn M e. Church.-Preaching Sunday,
at IL a. m and at y p. m, by the pastor, Rev.
w. 7. d. GLENN.
PRAYER and praise meeting on Wednesday even
ings, and class meetings on Wednesday afternoons,
at o'clock, and Fri lay evenings, at u o'clock.
81. Johns II. E. Church, acknowledgements
ing Sunday at IL a. IN. and 7.30 p. IL, by the pas
tor, Rev. WIN. DalIam Morgan. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening, at 1880 o'clock.
Lent commences on Wednesday next, 18th
instant.
Mr.. Robert Caskey, of Maryland Line who
has been i'll with pneumonia, is now rapidly re-
"A horse shoe over the door won't keep
away the tax collector, the witches either, for
that matter.
Several prominent Eastern Shore farmers
have gone 10 New Orleans as the guests OF Gen.
James G. Clarke.
The very heavy rain of Monday night
seriously damaged the public roads in some Sec
tions Of the county.
County politics are beginning to ferment a
little. In about four or FIVE months from now
they will be seething.
IS. Parker BosIey, Esq, spent several days
the past week in Philadelphia, where he went on
professional business.
-when you see a man using single nails
for buttons you can bet your last nickle that his
wife is building a crazy quilt.
The 22d of February is a legal holiday IN
this State. This year it falls on Sunday and un-
der the law Monday, the 23d, will be observed.
The State farmers convention, heretofore
announced to be held in Baltimore on the 23d
inst, has been postponed for one day and will
meet Tuesday, 24th.
Mr.. III. L. Bowen's driving horse "Muske-
teer." that had one of his fore legs broken o few
weeks ago, is getting on very we'll and it is now
believed will entirely recover.
Constable L. Emmerick, of the 18th dist,
is suffering from blood poisoning, brought on by
handling the corpse of man named Lehman,
whose body was found on Deals shore lately.
Capt. John Ridgely, of Hampton, will sell
forty head of his registered Jersey cattle at Rear
ney's stables, Baltimore, Wednesday, March
18th, commencing at 10 q. m. See advertisement.
Mr.. Frank Ports, an employee of Poole d
Hunts shops, Woodbury., died suddenly on Tues
day morning last, in the 26th year of his age. He
was son of David Ports and leaves wife and
two children.
ties of "Strontia" water from the spring on his
farm near Brooklandville. The water is gaining
wide reputation and the demand for it is con-
stantly increasing.
Counsel for Nathan Isaac, of the 18th dis
trict now in Jail here on the charge Of assaulting
his sister in-law, has petitioned for writ OF ha-
beas corpus to secure his release. The writ Is
made returnable to-day.
1t looks as though the people Of Canton
are to have market house. The Canton Com
pany gave lot upon which to erect the building
and Mayor Latrobe has inspected the same and
found it in every way suitable.
"A well known Baltimore Democratic poll
tician says that Baltimore county man will sue
coed Col. Adreon as postmaster Of Baltimore city.
He says this is settled. The present postmaster's
term expires some time next May.
Capt. Chas. B. MCLEAN, delegate from
Bethel Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen,
Of this place, left on Tuesday to attend the meet
ing of the Grand Lodge of that order which as
sembled in Camden New Jersey.
The population of Towsontown is increas-
ing with astonishing rapidity, and boys seem to
have the call. If we are not mistaken several
prospective Presidents of the U. S. have first seen
the light in this place within very days past.
SO far the grounding prophecy is being
pretty well fulfilled. Wehave had rain, snow, wind
thunder and lightning, the thermometer below
zero, and almost every other condition of the ele-
ments. And we are momentarily expecting more
weather.
Articles of incorporation have been fled in
Baltimore of the Peoples Mutual Live Stock In
surance Association of Maryland. The incorpor-
ators are Robt. S. Corse, E. W. Free, Geo. W..
S. Hoffman, Thomas Mccormick, E. Whitman
and 7. W. Matthews.
Frank Tegmyer and Henry Price engaged
in q fight in place on the Frederick road, Monday
night last, and when a county officer attempted to
quiet them one of the men drew revolver and
attempted to shoot him. Both were finally land
cd in the station house.
Five children of Mr.. Gordon Green, of Bal
more, were lately i'll at the time with scarlet
fever, but all have recovered. Mr.. Green is a
clerk in the main Office of the B. & o. R. R. Co.,
and is a brother in law of Mr.. Charles Stewart,
who lives near Cub Hill.
The unusually heavy rain of Monday night
caused many streams to overflow their banks, in
some instances doing considerable damage. The
Gunpowder rose rapidly, running around both
sides of the bridge at Meredth's Ford and flood
ing the adjacent low lands.
Mr.. Alcaeus Hooper having resigned the
presidency of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation of Woodbury., Mr.. E. W. Frost has been
elected to fill the vacancy. The sum of 5000 has
been subscribed to carry on the work of this asso
citation during the current year.
The Episcopal church at Church Hill,
Queen Anne's county, which was some time ago
the recipient of very substantial assistance from
lately been presented by the same gentleman with
an organ costing upwards of $1,000.
-Messrs. VIM. II. Hoffman & Sons Marble
Vale paper mill, on the Gunpowder, near Ashland,
will shut down to day for period of sixty days,
the great stagnation in bushes being the cause
assigned. The product of this mill is frst-cIass
MANILA paper, used for the manufacture of enve-
lopes, &c.
Mr.. II. L. Bowen, of this place, who repre-
sents several of the large fire insurance compa-
nes is just now very hard at work, this being his
busiest season. The amount of travelling he does
in the prosecution of his business is something
wonderful He finds work for three or four horses
nearly all the time.
"A young man named Ross Kibler, who is
supposed to be one of the gang who robbed the
stables of Gen. Geo. S. Brown, near Pimlico, and
then fred them, was arrested in Baltimore few
days ago. Another young man named WIN. Bush,
has been arrested on the same charge. They have
been lodged in Jail here.
This section was visited on Monday night
by the heaviest rain storm experienced here in
long time. 1t was accompanied in the early part of
the evening with thunder and lightning, some
thing unusual for the season. The ground being
frozen all the water ran off and in some places
caused considerable damage.
Mr.. Robert Fl. Bussey, teacher of the public
school at Cockeysville, has been appointed to
aS1, 200 clerkship in the U. S. Surveyors Office,
Baltimore. He some time ago passed satisfac-
tory examination and secures the place under the
Civil Service law. Mr.. Bussey is Democrat,
and had testimonials of the highest character.
"A number of sales of real estate and per-
sonal property appear in the advertising columns
of this weeks UNION, to all of which the attention
of our readers is invited. The large circulation
of THE UNION in this and adjoining counties makes
Il a very valuable medium for this kind of adver-
Using, and this fact is very generally appreciated.
The lecture of Mr.. Charles M. Csughy, in
the Court House here on Wednesday and Friday
nights, attracted good audiences and all who at
tended were highly pleased. Mr.. Caughy has
made great success of these lectures and in all
the prominent cities where he has delivered them
they have been spoken of in the highest terms by
both press and people.
"A "small" Democratic politician from one
of the back "deestricks," who has the Legislative
bee buzzing in his bonnet-they all have it, you
know-was in Towsontown this week and fred off
some of his "book larnin'" to an admiring crowd.
His district is divided into precincts and in dis
cussing the relative merits of himself and another
candidate for the same office, he said: "Well, I'm
goin' to show him that can carry my precept,
any how" This fellow is A timber and ought to
he given n chance in Marvland's Lepislative halls.