The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-01-10


Great Falls Circuit-The fourth quarterly
meeting will be held at 0rems NJ. E. church, Jan.
18th and 26th. Preaching on Sunday, at lOl a..
m, by Rev. Watson Case, and at u p. m by Rev.
R.W. Black, P. E. Quarterly conference on Mon
day, at 10I a. IN. All are earnestly invited.
ST. Johns IT. E. Church, LutherriHe.-Preach-
ing Sunday at IL a. m. and 7.9O p m, by the pas
tor, Rev. VIM. Dallam Morgan. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening, at 7.3O O'Clock.
More ice was cut this week but was of an
inferior quality.
Miss Pattisons private school, in this place,
has now twenty-one pupils.
MIR Charles Wheatly has finally decided to
accept the secretaryship of the Maryland Jockey
Club.
Rev C. Herbert Richardson, accompanied
by his wife, has gone to the New Orleans Expo
sition.
-Towson Lodge, No. 10, 1. O. o. F. held its
anniversary supper at Wheeler's Hotel, on Thurs
day evening last.
The business Of the December term of the
Circuit Court was resumed on Monday last, after
the holiday adjournment.
-Bayview Asylum, in the 18th district, near
Highlandtown, has now nearly 1000 inmates, a
larger number than ever before.
Another case against the NJ. E. church
property, in this place, will shortly come up for
trial in the county Circuit Court.
Herman Smith, living at Notre Dame,
Charles street avenue, was thrown from a horse in
the city on Wednesday, and had his head cut.
Mr. James Cary's place, on Cold Spring
lane, was visited by chicken thieves a few nights
ago. who carried off his entire stock of rare fowls.
The attention of our sanitary inspector is
called to the carcass of defunct canine which
decorates a much travelled alley in Towsontown.
Mr.. Granville Comegys, principal of Cations
Vile high school, received Christmas gift, in the
shape of handsome clock, from his pupils of the
9th and 18th grades.
"A young man in this town played fifty
games of pool on Monday afternoon, commencing
at o'clock and stopping about 6, and was the
victor in a majority of them
THAT ever he'll get into heaven we doubt;
Let none for his happiness pray,
Who at the front door of horse-car gets out
On windy, wintry day.
JEFF. Smallwood, employed in Harris's
quarry, on the Falls road, had the thumb of his
right hand torn off on Wednesday By having it
caught in the derrick gearing.
Mrs Layinia Frederick, living in the fam
lily of Mr. James N. Frederick, of the 9TH district,
is lying extremely i'll with pneumonia. She is
attended by DIR. r. r. Norris.
Spot wheat sold in Baltimore on Monday
last at 9li and 934 cts. well-informed grain
dealer says that wheat will advance and adds that
he would rather buy than sell.
The new Knights of Pytbias Hall at Alesa,
on the line of the Baltimore and Hanover R. R.,
was dedicated on Tuesday of last week. The hall
is quite handsome building and cost $1,000.
Those of our subscribers who may have
changed their residence about the first of the year
will confer favor by informing us of the fact,
giving their new address as well as their former
one.
Miss Ada Wright, daughter of ohm Wright,
ESQ.,, of the Sd district, who attends private
school at Upper Marlboro, Nd, spent the Christ
Iol; OF and rafur nad Monday
last.
Mr.. Harry Phipps, son of Mr.. james
Phipps of this town, who has been living in Des
Moines, Iowa, since last June, is home on visit.
He is connected with the American Express Com
pany.
The faithful were out in force again this
week looking after the road supervisorships.-
Those who expected to "catch on and failed, can
now stay at home and look after their legitimate
business.
The County Commissioners have erected
two more street lamps in Towsontown. One is
placed near Trinity P. E. church, and the other
at Cooks blacksmith shop on the turnpike, near
the toll-gate.
Tile fre-proof addition to the Court House
has been completed, but we are told that the
shelving is yet to be put in. This will be done in
time to accommodate some of the present county
officials next fall.
Mr.. Abraham STREET., the new superinten-
dent of the Court House, took charge on the list
inst He is a son of the late Shadrach STREET. and
was connected with the county fire department be-
fore coming here.
DR.. James H. Jarrett, prominent physi-
clan of this place, and his son, DIR. J. II. S. Jar
rett, have formed copartnership for the practice
of their profession, the firm to be known as Drs.
]. H. Jarrett & Son.
Mr.. S. G. Boyd, until recently connected
with the Maryland Central r. R. Co., will lecture
in the Court House, Belair, on the evenings of
Jan. 9th and 10th. His subject will be Europe
and the Holy Land"
Col. VIM. A McKep, the widely known
Westminster lawyer, was married in Brooklyn,
N. Y, last Thursday, to Mrs. Sarah C. Burroughs,
of that city. The bride is said to be cousin of
Hon. Roscoe Conking.
We learn that several fine residences are to
be erected near Woodbrook Station, NJ. C. R. R.,
early the coming spring The location is very
desirable and is destined to become popular as a
place Of suburban residence.
The heaviest rain storm in this section for
some time set in Monday evening and continued
during the night. The ground being frozen it
ran off as rapidly it fell and the streams
considerably swollen in consequence.
Mr.. Christian Devries has sold his soap
stone quarries and the old Devries homestead,
near Marriottsville, B. & o. railroad to John E.
Medy, of Philadelphia, for $4,000. Mr.. Devries
has resided on the property "a years.
BY the quarterly distribution of the State
I'd inst, Baltimore county white schools receive
S8,96295, and colored schools S1,12S.14. The
total distribution amounted to Sl24, 500.
DIR. j. W. C. Cuddy, well-known Balti-
more physician, who has been very seriously i'll
from erysipelas, is again able to be out. He is a
son of Mr. John p. Cuddy, an aged and highly
respected citizen of the 10th district, this county
Rev. H. H. Westwood, who was at one
time connected with the Methodist Episcopal
church, Towsontown, has been transferred from
the Baltimore Conference to the East Ohio Con-
ference and appointed to Antioch, Monroe county,
Ohio
a few days ago we received letter con-
tanning 81 for years subscription to THE
UNION. The name was placed upon our mailing
list and the paper will be sent for eight months,
the yearly subscription price being Sl.5O to all
without distinction.
On I'd instant, tenant house on the prop
erty of J. Fl. Whipple, of Hoffmanville, 9th dis
trict, was destroyed by fire. The loss was
5000. Insured in one of the companies repre-
sented by Mr.. II. L. Bowen, Of Towsontown. 1t
is not known how the fire originated.
"A brilliant wedding was celebrated on
Wednesday afternoon last, in St. MichaePs and
All Angels P. E. Church, in the Belt, the con-
tracing parties being Mr.. Carlos N. Sanchez, a
young Baltimore merchant and Miss Caroline S.
Oliver, of Maryland avenue, formerly of Cecil
county.
Miss Rebecca Brogden, daughter of James
Brogden, Esq, of Long Green Valley, was one of
the bridesmaids at the wedding of her friend. Miss
Anna s. Buzby, daughter of David I. Buzby,
ESQ.,, of Baltimore to Mr.. Fisher Sloan, which
took place at the brides residence, on Wednesday
night last
The excellent paper on "Diphtheria; its
Sanitary, Preventive and Local Treatment" which