The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-09-25
RelioiouS Notices,

To,csontoon M. E. Chmch.-Preaching to-mor-
row Sunday, at IL q. m. and u p. m, by Rev.
George P. Nice, of Baltimore, on "The observance
of the Christian Sabbath"
PRAYER meeting on Wednesday evening, at "A
o'clock, and class meetings on Thursday, at p.
M, and Friday evening, at u O'Clock.
Trinity p. E. Church, To,osonto,on-Preaching
Sunday by the rector, Rev. W. II. II. Powers at
IL a. m. and p. m. Friday-Evening Prayer
at 900 p. m.
There will be preaching at Lutherville, by Rev.
With. Powers. in the Public Hall, every Sun
day afternoon, at 81 o'clock.
Sater's Baptist Chwch.-Preaching every Sum-
day by the pastor, Rev. w. j. NicolI, at Sater's
Baptist Church, at IL m, and at Pikesville Bap
tist Church at p. m.
Eutao M. p. Church, Hartford Road.-Preach-
ing every Sunday, by the pastor, Rev. ]. M. Gill,
at IL a. m. All invited.
The Hartford county fair commences on
Tuesday, October 18th.
The mail lists of The UNION are just now
having very gratifying boom.
john Bacon, Esq, late Clerk of the Cir
cult Court is quite ill at his residence near Monk
ton, this county.
The resignation of Thomas Hart Second
Lieutenant of the Wavery Guards, has been ac-
cepted by the Governor.
The County Commissioners have appoint
ed George Adams, road supervisor for the 18th
district, vice Henry Gunther, deceased.
Mayor Hodges has approved the ordinance
permitting the Baltimore and Powhatan Railroad
Company to lay tracks on North avenue.
Mount Tabor NJ E. Sabbath school of Hoff-
manville, 9th district contributed $40 10 for the
relief of the Charleston earthquake sufferers.
Conductor Harry Gorsuch, of the Mary
land Central road, who was laid up for six weeks
with bilious typhoid fever, is again on duty.
Apples are so plentiful in Carroll county
that they are selling at 20 cents per bushel, and
cider only brings from to cents per gallon.
DR.. James II. Jarrett, of this place, who
was quite sick last week, has almost entirely re-
covered and is again attending to his practice.
Mrs. Lay, widow of the late Bishop Lay, of
the Diocese of Easton, has taken house on Fifth
street, in the Belt, and will reside there in the
future
There were slight frosts in some sections
of this county on Tuesday morning. In Towson-
town at o'clock the thermometer registered As
degrees.
The New Jersey horse Gossip, Jr., paced a
mile against time at Pimlico last Saturday in
2:14. He is one of the fastest "side-wheelers" in
the country.
john E. Myers has filed bill in the Cir
cult Court here for divorce from his wife, Mary
]. Myers. They we're married in 1875 and have
two children.
"A little CHILD OF MT. MARRIOTT, OF WOOD
brook Station, Maryland Central railroad, was
badly bitten about the face by Newfoundland
dog on Monday.
At the September registration nearly four
hundred new names were registered in the 9th
district. There nearly five thousand
registered voters in this district.
The Towson Guards soon to be newly
uniformed orders to that effect having already
been issued The new outfit will consist of dark
blue coat and pantaloons of lighter shade.
"A number of gentlemen from Beair were in
Towsontown on Thursday, among them Messrs.
j. Thomas c. Hopkins, William Young, Capt. A.
Lingan Jarrett, Geo. L. Van Bibber and others.
Thomas Rupert, pupil of the Waverly
public school, was accidentally shot through the
foot on Monday by another boy named Joseph
Cook, who was carelessly handling pistol during
the noon recess.
Mr.. John L. Fitzpatrick, school teacher of
the 7th district, Baltimore county, has been ap-
pointed day inspector in the Baltimore Custom
House. He passed the civil service examination
some time ago.
Mr.. Henry Vernon, who owned small
farm near Gardenville, died at the City Hospital
on Tuesday night. He was draughtsman and
had been in the employ of Hugh Sisson Son for
more than twenty years.
While in Washington Wednesday, Dr. Shaw
filed request at the P. o. Department for the es-
tabiishment of postofice at Coles store, on the
Black Rock road, Baltimore county, with Shad-
rach Cole as postmaster.
Mr.. John Pinkerton, of Germantown, Pa,
died on Saturday last, aged about rs years. He
was brother of Samuel Pinkerton, ESQ.,, of Tow
sontown, who left on Monday, accompanied by
his wife, to attend the funeral.
August Weis, of Canton, 18th district, hav
ing resigned the position of keeper of the LaZza-
retto light, Collector Groom has appointed Mi
chael Kohlerman, of Baltimore, to fill the vacan-
cy. The salary is $500 per year.
NJ Rlaip Twin
Loney's lane, 18th district, fell from tree last
Saturday and sustained serious internal injuries.
"A large band of Gypsies are now encamped
in the woods near BavEia~, lash di.s-;e..
About 5000 people attended the colored
camp meeting near Hampden, on Sunday last,
and old Jupiter Pluvious opened his food gates
in the afternoon and gave all of them good
ducking. The camp closed on Monday.
The Rev. George P. Nice, Baptist min
lister of Baltimore, will preach in Towsontown M.
E. Church, Sunday, 26th inst, morning and
evening. His subject at both services will be
"The Observance of the Christian Sabbath"
-Messrs. Gill Mcmahon, of Granite, Bal
timore county, were the lowest bidders for the
granite for the west and centre wings of the new
State, War and Navy Buildings in Washington,
but the contract was awarded to a man in Maine.
Edward A. Stiefel, son of E. W. Stiefe,
Esq, ex- County Commissioner, has been appoint
ed to position in the Office of the Maryland Gen.
trail railroad, at Boundary avenue. He was for
merly connected with the B. & o. telegraph COM
pany.
Mr.. NJ. P. C. Withers, of Bangor, Maine,
who about thirty five yeare ago was a resident of
the upper end of Baltimore county, was in Tow
sontown last Saturday and called at The UNION
Office. He is engaged in the jewelry business in
Bangor.
For the convenience of the taxpayers of
the 18th district, County Treasurer Hebb will be
at the Canton Station House, Canton, on Thurs
day, Both Sept, from 10 to o'clock, for the pur-
pose of receiving county and State taxes on levy
of 1886.
Miss May Watkins, graduate of the Tow
sontown public school and who entered the State
Normal School at the opening of the fall term, is
suffering from attack of typhoid fever at the
residence of her father, Mr.. ]. Maurice Watkins,
in this town.
-UmbrelIas, when wet should be placed
with the handle downward to drain. The mois
ture thus concentrates at the tips and falls from
the edge, instead of gathering into the folds OF the
umbrella, and thus dries quicker and the fabric
is better preserved.
Mr.. John E. Owens left for Charleston,
S. c., a few days ago. The Academy of Music in
that city, which is owned by him, was very slight
ly damaged by the earthquake and he is making
arrangements to give benefit performance in
aid of the sufferers.
The young man named William Wilson,
confined in Jail here on the charge OF shooting
Wolfe's Row, on the Philadelphia road, on the
night of September 9th, was released on Saturday
last under $1,000 security.
"A large congregation greeted the Rev. Yu-
zero Mortora, native Methodist minister OF ia
pan, who preached in the M. 4. Church, Tow
sontown, on Sunday morning last, and all were
much interested. He also addressed the mission
airy society in the afternoon.
The venerable ex Sheriff John X. Harvey,
Wad-
ney. Notwithstanding the fact that he is past
the allotted three score and ten, he still enjoys
comparative good health and is quite active,
being able to travel about on horseback.
DIR. James Gore, of Reisterstown, was mar.
ried on Tuesday last to Miss Rose Bergman,
daughter of Mr.. N. Bergman, of that place. The
ceremony was performed in the M. Z. Church
South by Rev. john A. Anderson. The ushers
were DIR. Harry Slade and Mr.. S. Bergman.
Mr.. August Hoen, we'll known and pub
lic-spirited citizen of Waverly, died very suddenly
on Monday morning last from an attack of apo.