The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-08-15
RalioiouS Notices.

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Religious Notices.
To,osonto,cn M. E. Ckurch.-Preaching Sunday,
at IL a. m. and at p. m, by the pastor, Rev.
Watson Case.
PRAYER and class meetings on Wednesday and
Friday evenings, at o'clock. Pastors class on
Thursday afternoons, at o'clock.
81. Johns M. E. Church, LutherUille.-Preach-
ing Sunday, at ii a. 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, To,csontoUn.-Preaching
Sunday by the rector, Rev. W. II. II. Powers, at
IL a. m. and u p. m. Bible class Wednesday at
7.45p -.
There will be preaching at Lutherville, by Rev.
W. II. II. Powers, in the Public Hall, every Sun-
day afternoon, at 81 o'clock
-Govanstown has been supplied with fire.
alarm boxes.
Four Germans were naturalized by the
county Court on Tuesday last.
Upwards of seven thousand people attend
ed Summit Grove camp meeting last Sunday.
The colored camp meeting in st. James
Grove near TOwsontown, closed on TUESDAY
morning last.
Mr.. Charles Brooks, whose farm is on
Piney run, Sth district says his loss by the Hood
of Sd instant will be fully $500.
The new chapel at Sparks station, N: Z.
R. R., which is being built by Mr.. Edward Aus
ten, is fast nearing completion.
The Democratic Executive Committee OF
Baltimore county will meet at Towsontown, Tues
day, Aug. 18th, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Mr.. William Daniel and other temperance
advocates spoke at an all-day temperance meet
ing at Gardenville, Belair road, on Thursday.
Col. S. N. Hyde, of Long Green Valley,
This week. HIS
pack of goods this year will be larger than ever
before.
Col. Daniel Dorsey, proprietor of Barnum's
Hotel. Baltimore, who had been very i'll at his
residence, near Waverly, for some days, is greatly
The McDonogh Farm School re-opened on
Tuesday with seventy pupils. The school build
ings have been greatly improved during the sum-
mer vacation. :,
Tile Clerk of the Baltimore county Circuit
Court has sent to the Land Commissioners ONCE,
at Annapolis, extracts of deeds and mortgages to
June LIST, 1885. j.
The Republican Executive Committee OF
Baltimore county will meet in Baltimore TINS
saturday. evening, at 8 o'clock, corner North
and Fayette streets.
John II. BeckIey has been awarded the
contract for building an open wooden bridge s on
the Joppa road, near the Philadelphia turnpike
IIth district, for $50.
Rev. Watson Case, pastor of Towsontown
M r. Church. attended Emory Grove camp
meeting the past week, and assisted in conduct
ing the religious services.
ON the 4th instant Mr.. Charles L. Hartley
completed his fortieth year as manager, &C., OF
the Patapsco Flour Mills, having been first en-
ployed in the mill in 1S45.
Mr.. Samuel A. Sweeney, of Freeland's,
Baltimore county, has removed his family 70
York, Pa, where he is employed as trace clerk
for the Pennsylvania R. r. Co.
Rev Isaac Cole, formerly of this county,
who died at his home, near Westminster, recent
w. had his life insured for So, 900 in the Mutual
Reneft Life Association of Newark, N. j.
One day last week 1000 bushels of new
wheat. principally from Howard county, were re-
ceiyed at the Patapsco -four mill and sold at 80
and go cts The receipts of another day were 5,0OO.
1t is estimated that the losses by the late
food in Harford-public and private-Wlll reacn
Sl50,000. The loss to the county alone IN brldg-
es and damage to roads will reach probably $751;
900.
At meeting of the Democratic club of
Rosedale, 18th district, held on Wednesday even
ing last, a resolution was adopted endorsing Mr..
J. Hartman Schone for denomination for County
Treasurer.
Mr.. George E. Mann, of the Sd district,
raised this season on II acres of land, 1856 BUSH
els of very fine white oats, weighing 30 pounds to
the bushel. The average per acre was something
over IS bushels.
Mr.. E. F. Brown, of Towsontown, agent
for the "Personal Memoirs of Gen. Grant" has
already taken sixty-fve orders here and has
many more promises. The book Is meeting Win
an extraordinary sale.
During gale few days ago q tree at
Sam Actions resort, on the Anne Arundel county
side of the Patapsco, was blown down and in its
descent struck son Of Mr. E. W. Stiefel, of the
LIST district, hurting him quite painfully.
The County Commissioners this week ap-
nj a.. AL ~ Walt En-
sor, Sth district, and Geo. Spreckelmyer, 9th dis
trict, members of the county fire department, to
be assigned to places by Marshal Smith.
Mr.. Nicholas M. Brian, of the 18th dis
trict, raised some very fine tomatoes this season.
Last Monday he sold large lot to Messrs. Legg
4 Son, of Baltimore, and those who saw them
pronounced them the best they had seen.
Summit Grove camp-meeting closed on
Tuesday night. A number of persons protested
conversion during the meeting. The association
contemplates the erection of new tabernacle
upon the grounds before next years camp.
DIR. Chas. A. Leas, of the 4th district, near
Glyndon, this year raised 500 bushels of oats on
sixteen acres of land, an average of fifty bushels
to the acre. The oat crop in that section of the
county is said to be generally very heavy.
The rear wall of the Improvement being
made to Waverly M. E. Church fell down few
days ago, caused, it is thought, by the continued
wet weather. The wall was fourteen inches thick
ana was LnOugnL 10 De IN Ill ItspccIS uISb-Cidses
"A few nights ago Douglass Scott, colored,
employed in Luthervile boarding house, was
robbed of a silver watch and chain and about $12
in money. The thief, who cannot be found, got
into Scott's room and took the valuables from his
trunk.
EPSON NJ. P. Sabbath school, of this place,
held its annual picnic at Druid Hill Park, on
Wednesday. The pleasures Of the day were
somewhat marred by rain in the afternoon. Mr..
S. Merryman Anderson is superintendent of the
school.
= The Acme baseball club of this place,
went over to Reisterstown last Saturday to play
O game with the club Of that place, and were
beaten by a score of II to 9 in a seven-inning
game. Our boys came back in jolly mood de-
spite their defeat.
The Holloway chemical engine which has
been furnished to Woodbury. by the county, is
the same one which was awarded the gold medal
at the New Orleans Exposition. A hook-and-
ladder truck has also been supplied and each will
be drawn by two horses.
The annual harvest home at the Rocks of
Deer Creek, announced to take place on Thurs
day and Friday Of this week, has been postponed
until the 9th and 2Sth of August. The destruc-
ton caused by the food to the public roads and
bridges made this necessary.
The new electric railway from Baltimore
to Hampden and Woodbury. is expected to be
in full operation by the end of this week.
Passengers are carried between the two points in
fifteen minutes. Two men accompany each car
AN engineer and conductor.
The colored camp-meeting near this place
was quite largely attended last Sunday, the
weather being beautiful. The best order pre-
vailed during the day and evening, and those
present, large proportion of whom were white,
appeared to enjoy themselves.
The extreme illness of Mr.. John E. Owens
at his residence, near this place, was announced
in The UNION of last week. Since then his con-
dition has been very critical, but we are glad to
saw he is now considerably improved and it is
hoped that he may entirely recover.
Mr.. Thomas Willis, well known Balti-
more builder, residing in the Western section of
the city, died very suddenly of heart disease, on
Saturday last, aged IS years. Deceased was
brother of DIR. Richard Willis, Of Towsontown,
and leaves wife and one daughter.
"A slight fire in the Viaduct Hotel, at Re-
lay, B. 4 o. r. R., on Sunday morning last,
caused considerable excitement but was extin-
guished with very little damage. 1t was caused
BY an electric wire coming in contact with tele-
graph wire and from imperfect insulation.
Mrs. NJ f. Slingluff, widow of the late
Upton Slingluf, of Green Spring Valley, died at