The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-06-20

The wife of Mr.. Geo. Thatcher, of Thatcher
| Primrose & Vests famous minstrels, died at her
husbands summer residence, Westfeld, N j., on
| Thursday. Mr.. Geo. F. Wheeler, proprietor of
| Ady's Hotel, Towsontown, married sister of Mr.
| Thatcher's.
| The Glee Club of Baltimore will give a con-
| cert and tableaux in the Court House. Belair
| Tuesday evening next, June 23d, assisted by the
ladies of Fallston and Beair. The proceeds will
be devoted to the library associations of those
| two places.
Miss Rachie Ensor, of Baltimore county,
| and Miss Lavinia Tawney, of Baltimore, attend
| ed commencement exercises at New Windsor Col
| lege Carroll county, and were the guests of Miss
| Leah Ensor, of Oak Orchard Frederick county,
one of the graduates.
Mr. ]. C. LIE Grand Cole, of this county,
was called by telegraph to Atlantic City few
days ago, to assist in nursing his brother, Con-
gresham elect Cole, of Baltimore city, who has
been quite ill at that resort At latest advices he
had considerably improved.
The closing exercises Of Pen Lucy School,
corner of North and Maryland avenues, took place
Monday last, and number of premiums were
awarded to the pupils. This school is very sue
cessfully conducted by the Misses Johnston,
daughters of Col. R. M. Johnston.
-Asbury Grove colored camp meeting, on
the Western Maryland railroad, near Reisters-
town, will commence August 21st and continue
until Sept. Sth. This has heretofore been one of
the largest camp-meetings in the country and will
| be larger this year than ever before.
Rev. j. b. Stitt, pastor of the NJ. E. Church
| in Hagerstown, was taken suddenly i'll few days
ago and serious results at first apprehended.
| The attack was the result of over-exertion. His
many friends in Baltimore county will be pleased
| to learn that he is now much improved.
At meeting of the Presbyterian ministers
| in Baltimore on Monday, resolution of sympathy
and appreciation passed concerning Rev. S.
II. Thompson, formerly pastor of Govane Chapel,
| Govanstown, who will spend the summer at st.
| Paul, Minnesota, on account of i'll health.
No mistake about it this time. For three
| or four days the past week we experienced some
| summer weather that nothing short of the word
| "beastly" will properly characterize. The mer-
curry was soaring among the nineties and the hui
| nudity of the atmosphere was really distressing.
Invitations out for large garden party
at "Ivanhoe," the beautiful residence of Mr.. Rich
ard Peasants, the Hillen road, short distance
south of Towsontown, Wednesday evening next,
oath inst. A special train on the Maryland Cen
trail road will convey guests to and from the city.
The Ladies' Industrial Society of Mount
Vernon M. E. Church, Baltimore, gave a very
successful garden party at "Poplar Grove" the
residence of DIR. d. G. Morgan, near Calverton,
on Tuesday afternoon and evening last. About
1000 persons were present and royal time was
had.
Miss Isabella Mooney, of Allegany county,
Md, who had for some time been an inmate of
Spring Grove Insane Asylum, in the LIST district,
died on Tuesday, aged 33 years. She weighed
1872 pounds, and was afflicted with mild malady
which caused her to laugh immoderately at all
| times.
Hunting for four-leaf clover is an innocent
pastime which is now in season. The success is
not always proportional to the zeal of the search,
| but that may be predicted of many other results.
| There is an old superstition that to find four
leaf clover and put it in the sole Of the shoe brings
| good luck
-Edward F. Kelly, the Woodberry carpenter
returned to his home on Monday. He had been
in Atlanta, Ga. The young woman who left
| Woodbury. about the same time Kelly did, and
who, it was supposed, went off with him, has not
yet turned up.
The Thomas Wilson Sanitarium, on the
| Western Maryland railroad, near Pikesville, was
opened for the season on Monday. Twelve
mothers and thirteen children from the city were
entertained the first day. special train will be
run daily to the Santarium, leaving Hillen Sta
ton at $50 o. m.
Mr.. Hugh Sisson, who works the Beaver
Dam marble quarries, says that when Mr.. Tai
bolt was in Congress he had no difficulty in find
ing market for the product of the quarries in
Washington, running the works on full time and
employing large force of men. This he says to
Mr. Talbott's credit.
At the annual commencement of the West
ern Maryland College, Westminster, on Wednes-
day, the DIR. c. w. Benson gold medal was award
ed to Leybu W. Bennett of Waverly, Baltimore
county, member of the Junior class, he having at
tanned the highest general average in the depart
ment of belles-lettres.
Mrs. Mary Reside, of Hampden, who called
at the White House few days ago and was so cor
daily received by the President, was on Wednes-
day the recipient of the Presidents autograph
card. Mrs. Reside who is the mother law of
n L - 1kxyosa 70
SS years of age and a remarkably bright old lady.
Some very fine bass are being taken in the
Susquehanna just now. A gentleman from Phil
adelphia, few days ago, landed a number, the
smallest weighing two pounds and the largest six.
number of gentlemen from TOwsontown will
try their luck at Fite's Eddy on Friday and Sat-
urday of this week. and it is hoped they may prove
as fortunate.
Mr.. John Galloway, for many years keep
er of the toll-gate on the pike, near Belair, who
was stricken with paralysis few weeks ago, died
on Thursday of last week, aged 65 years. He was
a good citizen and was noted for his strict dis
charge of every obligation. Mr.. Geo. Galloway,
for many years conductor on the FORK road rail-
way, is son of the deceased.
"A young man named Foreman, whose home
is at Woodbury., has developed into frst-class
base ball pitcher. He filled the box for the Bal
timore club at 0rioe Park last Saturday, and to
his efforts was due the defeat of the Pittsburg
fine all around player and has been regularly
employed by Manager Barnie.
The Children's Day celebration in Tow
sontown M. E. Church on Sunday night last was
attended by the largest audience ever assembled
at any similar entertainment here. There were
between six and seven hundred people in the
church and doubtless the audience would have
been larger but for the very warm weather. The
affair was in all respects success.
Mrs. Abel has obtained judgment in the
Baltimore Court of Common Pleas for $4,000
damages against the Western Maryland R. R.
Co. for causing the death of her husband, VIM. G..
Abel, at Highland Park station, about year ago.
An effort was made to secure new trial, upon the
ground that the amount was excessive, but Judge
Duffy refused to grant the motion.
The fastest running on the Maryland Gen.
trail road is done between T0wsontown and Loeb
Raven, where speed of near forty miles per hour
is attained by passenger trains bound east. The
road bed is in fine condition and the cars run
smoothly. In fact the entire bed of the road is
better now than ever BEFORE being under the spe-
cial supervision of chief engineer Peasants.
The association of civil engineers of the
United States, which met this week at Deer Park,
Md, will visit Loeb Raven to-day Saturday,
June 20th) leaving Baltimore at 2.30 p. m. by
special train on the Maryland Central road. The
party will be in charge of Chief Engineer Martin,
of the city water department. under whose skillful
supervision the Gunpowder permanent supply
works were built.
Among the graduates at the annual COM
mencement Of New Windsor College, Carroll coun-
ty, on Thursday evening of last week, was Miss
Florence Demuth, daughter of Mr.. S. P. Demuth,
a we'll known builder of the 10th district. She
had the salutatory honor and the degree of mis-
tress of polite literature was conferred upon
her; also medal of honor for proficiency in in
strumental music.
Two Towsontown fishermen returned from
Lake Roland few days ago with several large
German carp, which they said they had caught
with hook and line. Another enthusiastic fsher-
man at once supplied himself with lot of new
tackle and spent the whole of the next day at the
Lake, but did not get even bite. Strange as it
| may seem, the first named fishermen lied. They
caught their carp in a net
The new First M. E. Church, now in course
of erection on the corner of St. Paul and Fourth
Streets in the Belt, will be the largest and finest
church edifce in Baltimore It's seating capacity
the pews being arranged in amphitheatre
style-will be immense, and the interior finish
will be in keeping with the general magnifcence
of the building. The church will cost about $780,
600, and will be completed next fall.
Miss Emma III. Baldwin, daughter of DR..