The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-09-26

Sunday by the rector, Rev. w. Ii. IL. Powers, at
III 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 Hail. every SUM-
day afternoon, at 81 o'clock
--Chinquapins are ripe and quite plentiful.
Don't forget that the county fair commence
es next Tuesday and lasts four days.
The Gainesville Short-Line Railroad has
established flag station for passenger trains at
Gwynn's falls.
The exhibit of agricultural machinery at
the county fair next week will be something won
derful-a show in itself.
The condition of our neighbor, Mr.. John
E. Owens, who has been extremely Ill for some
time remains unchanged.
There was considerable frost in some Sec
tions of this county on Thursday morning, but not
enough to do serious damage.
"A postofice has been established at Mel
vale, on the Northern Central railroad, between
Woodberry and Mt. Washington.
The new independent chapel at Sparks
Station, N. C. r. R., built by Mr.. Edward Austen,
will be dedicated on Sunday, October 4th.
Mr.. Samuel G.. Wilson, of this town,
well-known gunner, has killed In the past lew
days IS fickers from sassafras tree, and it is
not much of a tree either.
A Towsontown restaurant man remarked
Monday evening that the people who attended
the Republican convention held here that day
were a very abstemous set.
Mr.. E. B. Peasants, chief engineer of the
Maryland Central railroad, has rented Major
Jesse S. Hunts residence, in Towsontown, and
will shortly occupy the same.
Hon. Geo. Hawkins Williams, OF Baltimore
county, is executor under the will of the late
Richard S. Hardesty, of Baltimore, and has given
bond in the sum of s., 100000.
The shooting of cartridges is not permit
ted under the law until the LIST of October but
the law is often disregarded and many birds have
already been killed in this county.
"A young daughter of Max Davidson, OF
the I'd district, was badly bitten in the leg by
a dog a few days ago that for time it was fear
ed the limb would have to be amputated.
The third quarterly meeting of the Towson-
town NJ. E. church will be held tomorrow (Sun-
day. morning, when the Rev. Lyttleton +. Morgan,
D. D., of Baltimore, will preach at ii o'clock.
Mr. Amentis Patterson, of Emmorton, Har-
ford county, formerly resident of this county,
lost very fine young horse few days ago from
lockjaw. The horse was valued at over 500.
Mr.. Geo. W. Yellott, of Long Green Val
ley, will exhibit the fine young stallion "Clmax,"
lately purchased by him from Mr.. r. Emory War
field, of Baltimore, at the county fair next week.
Baltimore county postmasters were ap-
pointed on Tuesday, as follows: At Wethered-
willie, Charles Waitner, vice W. j. Dickey; Mt.
Winans, Edward Miller, vice Thomas A. Russell.
The married men and the single men of
the Baltimore Cricket Club played against each
other on the Mt. Washington grounds, last Sat
urday, and the benedcts cleaned up the bache-
lors.
Mr.. R. C. McGinn's school, at Woodbury.,
now has 335 pupils upon the roll, with an average
attendance large enough to call for another
teacher. There are now seven teachers in the
school,
The President has received an application
from Col. D. G. Mcintosh, of Towsontown, for U.
@ n. g. III Mol
tosh is an intimate friend of Attorney General
Garland.
Charles Reimold, who had been member
of the county police force for several years, died
suddenly Of congestive chill, at his home on the
Hartford road, last Tuesday night, in the 33d year
of his age.
-"Greenfield," colt owned by Mr.. Will
liam Jennings, of Pimlico, Baltimore county,
won big race at Sheepshead Bay, N. Y, on Mon
day, and was afterwards sold to Mr.. P. Lorillard
for $500.
Mrs. John Merryman, of Hayfelds, and her
daughter, who had been at Bedford Springs for
some time, have returned home. Mrs. Merryman's
health was very little improved by her stay at
that resort.
Luke Quinn is the name of the man who
had his leg broken in a runaway accident at Tex
as, on Wednesday, 10th, as reported in these col
umns last week. He was employed by Mr.. John
Bosey of VIM.
Seminary opened on Sth inst, with about sixty
young ladies in the various classes. Two daugh-
tiers of State Insurance Commissioner Hines are
among the pupils.
The length of Baltimore city's principal
thoroughfare baltimore street, is four and one
third miles, the eastern terminus being Loney's
lane and the western terminus short distance
west of Smallwood street.
The sun crossed the equinoctial line on the
21st inst, and this doubtless accounted for the
heavy blow of Tuesday night. Wednesday was
a real fall day and heavy clothing and overcoats
were found very comfortable.
Mr.. S. Merryman Anderson, who for IA
years has conducted the Furnace farm Ridge
ly's) on the Dulany's Valley turnpike, will short
ly give up the same and remove to his own farm,
near New Freedom, York county.
"A man who had a chain attached to his
ankle and waist, was picked up on the Reisters
town road, on Wednesday and taken to city sta
ton house. He proved to be an escaped inmate
from the Carroll county aims house.
The fair grounds at Timonium are being
put in good shape for the annual exhibition,
which commences next Tuesday. The track is
being improved and will be in much better con-
dition than it has ever been heretofore.
Gov. Pattison of Pennsylvania, accompa-
MED by his wife and daughter, have been the
guests of Robinson w. Gator, at his residence,
"Maplewood," this county, for several days this
week. The Governor is a cousin of Mrs. Gator.
There was a match race for $500, between
Merrefeld's "Mohawk Kate" and Edwards's
"Orange Boy" at Halstead's track, near Pimlico,
on Friday afternoon of last week, which was won
by the mare in three straight heats. Time 2:3O3,
2:3O and 2:281.
-Emanuel Herman, ST., at York county, Pa,
aged about 70 years, diei on Thursday night last.
He was the father of Capt. E. Herman, of the
Sheppard Asylum, this county. His death was
tie result of old age and general giving way of
the vital forces.
The congregation of Chestnut Grove Pres
byterian Church, Sweet Air, has extended a call
TO Rev. J. M. Maxwell, of Baltimore, to fill the
pulpit recently vacated by the Rev. d. L. Rath-
bun. A committee has been appointed to wait
upon Mr.. Maxwell.
Mr.. William Dawson, who lives near Belair,
recently lost several cattle from pleuro-pneumo-
mia and several others are sick with the same DIS
ease The cattle that took the disease had never
been out of the neighborhood and it is not known
how they contracted it.
Mr.. Fillius member Of the firm of Messrs.
futile Fillius, attorneys at-law, Warren, Ohio,
was in Towsontown on Thursday and called at
THE UNION office, accompanied by George White
lock. ESQ.,, of the law firm of Messrs. Schumacher
4 Whitelock, Baltimore.
The Young man John Shea, who was so
seriously injured at Texas, on Thursday OF last
week, by the explosion of dynamite cartridge,
is slowly improving ana VIII 20. we'll nc o.,
tended by DR.. Bussey, who thinks he will be able
to save his injured hand.
Mr.. Charles McRae, wholesale liquor deal
or. Ill north Calvert street, Baltimore, whose
store was destroyed by fire only few weeks ago,
has rebuilt the same and moved in last Thursday.
He is an enterprising business man and has hosts
of friends in Baltimore county.
III the present management of the Mary
land Central road would make an effort to keep
the passenger coaches cleaner, cause for many
complaints would be removed. Some water ap-
nl;ed 10 the windows and floors of the cars occa-
sionaIIy-or oftener than appears to be the rule
at present-would be duly appreciated BY all the
patrons of the line.