The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-08-29

at IL a. m. and at S p. m, by the pastor, Rev
Watson Case.
Friday evenings, at o'clock. Pastors class on
Thursday afternoons, at o'clock.
st. Johns N. E. Church, LutherUile.-Preach-
ing Sunday, at ii a. m. and 7.3O p. m, by the pas
tor. Rev. VIM. Dallam Morgan. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening, at 7.3O O'Clock.
Trinity p. E. Church, ToiCsontoUn.-Preach
Sunday by the rector, Rev. W. II. II. 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.
W. II. II. Powers, in the Public Hall, every SUM-
day afternoon, at 81 o'clock.
An authority says a fresh tomato leaf is a
sovereign cure for bee or hornet sting
The public schools of the county will open
ON Tuesday next September LIST, for the fall term.
This is the season for squrrel-shooting and
as the game is plentiful, gunners are having ex-
cellent sport.
Several Sunday school excursions went
over the MARYLAND Central road to Druid Hill
Park this week.
a postofice has been established at st.
Georges station, W. NJ. r. R., with Miss Kate
Gore as postmaster.
Tie house of James Freeman, on Chest
nut avenue, Hampdcn, was slightly damaged by
fire on Tuesday afternoon.
Quite heavy hail storm visited the neigh
borhood of My Lady's Manor, Tuesday afternoon,
but did very little damage.
john P. Dignan, of Homestead, Baltimore
county, has been appointed a substitute letter.
carrier in the Baltimore postOiee.
DIR. C. A. Rutlejge & Bro. commenced can
ming last week, employing about lou hands.
They will put up 675 acres of corn.
A large colored camp-meeting is in pro-
gress in Lynch's Grove, near Gainesville, which
will be continued over Sunday next.
Mr. Francis Humphries, of the 4th district,
whose barn was destroyed by fire last week, says
his loss will exceed his insurance by $500.
The Towson Guards tournament, announc-
ed to take place last Tuesday, was postponed on
account of the rain to Tuesday, September Sth.
Mr.. C. Lyon Rogers, of Baltimore county,
delivered an address at a Grange picnic held in
Hobbs grove, Howard county, on Wednesday.
The Band of Hope of this place will hold
q memorial service for deceased member, on
Sunday afternoon, at q o'clock, at EPSON h. P.
Chnrch.
The value of the personal estate of the late
Mrs. Isabella Brown, of Baltimore, mother of
Col. Alex. D. Brown, of Brooklandwood, is fixed
at 1926, 64S.91.
Mr. J. Beall Watkins, of Long Green VAL
ley, recently shot crane that measured feet 4
inches from tip to tip of wings, and which stood
feet in height.
Nov. n. u OupiiuBg Va OdeiHOiO OVuheJj
has been elected president of the Baltimore An
nual Conference of the Colored NJ. P. Church for
the ensuing year.
Mrs. Peddicord, wife of the late William
B. Peddicord, of Warren, died very suddenly, of
heart disease, few days ago. She was in the
6Sth year of her age.
The horse of DIR. Chas. II. Mitchell, of
Hampden, ran away few days ago and the bug
gy to which he was attached was broken to pieces.
Fortunately no one was hurt.
DIR. James Howard, of Baltimore, while
playing cricket at Mt. Washington, several days
ago, was painfully hurt by the ball striking him
over the eye, laying open the flesh.
Mr.. H. E. shrimp, who owns large wood
leave near the Hartford road, lost about 17,O00
feet of lumber by the late food. The foundation
of his mill was also seriously damaged.
The new system Of quick delivery of letters
and packages, by means of an extra stamp, will
90 into effect on the LIST of October. 1t only ap-
plies to the larger cities and towns in the State.
Mr.. Chapman, who has charge Of the track
at the Belair fair grounds, has number of fine
horses in training and he expects to be able to
show some good movers at the coming exhibition.
A cooperative glass factory is being built
at Mount Winans, in the 18th district. About
$4,000 are to be expended upon the works,
which will be ready for operation in few weeks.
The project for water supply for Cations
Vile has been abandoned until the Legislature
curing the right-of-way from several property
owners.
We return thanks to our friend, Capt. n.
M. Brian, of the 18th district, for lot of the
finest favored cantaleupes we have tasted this
season. They we're far superior to any we have
seen hereabouts.
Tuesday next is the first day of September
and the end of the dog days, during the contin-
uance of which, for the most part, we have ex-
perienced very disagreeable weather, which is
common to the season.
The NJ P. Church at Norrisville, Hartford
county, was re-dedicated on Sunday last, the ded-
icatory sermon having been preached by Rev. DR..
]. L. Kilgore, of Hampden. The improvements to
the church cost 81 600.
Mr.. Thomas Bond, who has been carrying
on blacksmithing in Towsontown for some time,
has been obliged, account of failing health, to
give up the business. Mr.. j. Alex. Parlett has
purchased his tools, &c.
"A lady who attended the Towson Guards
tournament on Tuesday, with her family, had the
misfortune to lose her pocket-book. Her husban
was with her at the time and some regard this as
o suspicious circumstance.
The Sunday school of Trinity P. E. church,
Towsontown, DIR. G.. NJ. Bosley, superintendent,
held its annual picnic at Druid Hill Park, on
Thursday. The weather was delightful and
very pleasant day was spent.
Mr.. John P. Clark, the new commissioner
on Fulton avenue, took the required oath this
week and entered upon the discharge of his duties.
He supercedes Mr.. Geo. II. Carman, who was dis
placed by the County Commissioners.
Col. Samuel N. Hyde is now using about
eight tons of ice per day in his extensive Long
Green canning factory. 1t is used to cool the
cans after they are processed. The Col. gathered
about 500 tons of prime ice last winter.
-Keleher, who is in Jail here for the shoot
ing of Mr.. Hoshall, of Piney Hill, is candidate
for the Legislature in the 5th ward of Baltimore
city. His prospects for the pententiary are much
more promising than for the Legislature.
The freight business of the Maryland Gen.
trail road is very heavy just now. Every after
noon the Falls road, at Boundary avenue station,
is packed with trucks, wagons and drays dis
charging their loads of all kinds of freight.
The county police have their hands full
trying to stop boys from bathing in ponds and
streams in the Belt. Sunday last they made a
raid on a lot of them and captured one, who was
taken before Wavery magistrate and fined.
The congregation of st. Luke's Lutheran
Church, Hampton, went on an excursion to Fair
Haven, on Saturday last, and the came day
the congregation of Mt. Vernon M. e. Church
went to Bay Ridge. Both proved to be very de-
lightful trips.
Robert Fowler, aged sixteen years, only
son of John H. Fowler, Esq, chairman of the
Democratic Executive Committee of Baltimore
county, died at his fathers residence, stamford,
near Gainesville, on Wednesday last, of typho-
malarial fever.
Joseph E. Bowen, the oldest Master Mason
in the u S., died in Philadelphia on Sunday,
aged "a years. The lodge of which he was in
stalled Master sixty-eight years ago bears the
same name as the Masonic lodge in Towsontow n
Mount Moriah.
The manager of the Hampden electric rail-
way gives notice "that persons placing wire or
other conductors between the rails of the electric
railway on the Baltimore and Hampden road are
thereby mourning great risk of injury to them
selves and Others"
The judges stand at the Towson Guards
tournament on Tuesday, having been overcrowded,
gave way and those upon it took q tumble Chas:
Murray, young son Of Mr.. Thomas Murray, OF
Towsontown, was the only one hurt, and his in
juries were very slight
On the 10th of September the people of Stew
artstown, Pa, will celebrate the completion Of the
new railroad which connects that place with the
Northern Contra! road at New Freedom. They
expect to have big time generally and will be
prepared to entertain 5000 people.
Gov. Hoadly, of Ohio, who is one of the
directors Of the company owning the electric rail-
way which runs from Baltimore to Hampton, in
this county, was in Baltimore this week and took
n rida hehind nm a If the motors He was delighted