The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-05-15
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Sales Advertised iQ "Tbe Uqioq'
Monday. May 18th, by James McColgan, ator
new real estate on the Old Hartford pad
about miles from Baltimore;
Tuesday, May 18th, by Henry y; Iapmpan, rus rus
Tuesday. May 25th, by W. Burns Trundle ant
VIM: S: Keech, trustees, real eStd19 on IN n u
Tuesday, May 18th, by Henry W. FOX, attorne!
fine village of Oxford.
T,osdov Nav 9th. by j. Elizabeth Pilsch, ad
ministratrix, real estate and personal prop
erty of the late Gotleib Pilsch. on the Har
TUESDAY. June LIST, by George whitelock, trus
tee, real estate near Pimlico.
The May term of the Circuit Court com
mences on Monday next, 18th inst
The spring meeting of the Maryla JOCK
ey Club. at Pimlico, commences next Tuesday.
DIR Martin l.. Jarrett of Jarrettsvile, ha
an Alderney heifer, IA months old, that recently
dropped fine calf
been granted a trade mark for labels for cannd
corn, tomatoes and other vegetables.
Don't forget the meeting of the BaltimG'
County Historical Society, in the Lutheran ehurfl
Luthervile, on Monday evening" Hth inst.
Union Memorial or Decoration Day VII
be celebrated this year Saturday, May 29h
the regular day, MAY 3Oth) occurring on Sundg
Confirmation services conducted by BisDp
Paret. will take place in Trinity P. E. Churh,
Towsontown, tomorrow Sunday afternoon, a
o'clock.
ceiying taxes on the levy OF 1886 to-day-Saur
day. The discount for the present month
per cent.
at the last session of the Legislature, are row
being published in The UNION. They should be
An authority advises farmers to burn more
lime and buy less phosphate, and says II ney
will take this advice they will have better 1rm
and more money.
-Tbe summer schedule on the Maryland
Central railroad goes into effect Sunday, Nay,
10th. The time table is published in our aver
Using columns to-day.
Those scary people who predicted senous
drought can calm their fears now. The rams OF
the past week have been ample and vegetation
of all kinds is booming
The Masonic fair in Beair commences on
Monday, June 18th, and promises to be yer! at
tractive. Towsontown should patronlze It'll
special night train can be secured.
"A waiting room is being erected at BFthe-
wood station, Maryland Central railroad, with
platform IS feet in length. A similar one also
badly needed at Homeland station. :,
-Reyiyalist Sam Jones has attracted agood
many Towsontown people. His meetings this
week have been attended by immense crows and
the interest seems to be increasing.
We we're visited by succession ofheavy
thunder storms on Monday evening, accompanied
by high wind, some rain and considerable nall
The latter did no damage, however.
State Senator c. BONN Slinguf and ex-
County Commissioner VIM. Fl. Wight, OF the Stn
district. were in Washington on Wednesday and
had an interview with Congressman Shaw.
No lover at all had the maiden gay,
She wore no engagement ring,
But she bought fiddle and learned 70 play
And thus had bow on the string.
The Twenty-M mute Society of Trinity T.
E. Sunday school, of this place, has forwarded a
nice box of things, made by the children, which
will be sent to the Episcopalian Mission in China.
The handsome property Of the late hlcnard
]. Cuttings situated on the west side of the turn
pike, a short distance below Towsontown, was
offered at public sale few days ago and with
drawn.
Mr.. Joseph Phipps, who keeps the gate on
the Dulany's Valley pike says that the water
was higher in the stream which runs close to his
house, last Saturday morning, than he ever saw
it before.
During the storm of Monday night the
lightning struck tree standing close to the cow
shed on F. M Ulrich's place, at Chase's Station,
18th district, and killed fine cow that was IN
the building.
The indications are now good for an abun-
dapt fruit year, the middle of May having been
reached without any frost to damage the bud;
with which fruit trees of all kinds have been
heavily laden.
Mr.. Rozere Bergman has been appointed
principal of the public school at Carroll, LIST dis
trict. He succeeds Mr.. William j. Blair, who
resigned to accept a clerkship in the Baltimore
custom house.
DR.. Massenburg, sanitary inspector fol
Towsontown, publishes a notice in The UNION, tC
which we call the attention OF the citizens OF INT
town. This matter should receive the careful at
tention of all.
"A few days ago Town Officer Perine shot
and killed little dog that was supposed to nave
been suffering from hydrophobia. We don
think, however, that the dog was mad, although
acted strangely.
of Towsontown, whose sad death was recorded II
these columns four or five weeks ago, were inter
red from the vault in Greenmount Cemetery, oil
Thursday afternoon.
During the storm of Monday night last tn
lightning struck small locust tree near the larg
barn of Col. Alex. d. Brown, BrookIandwood
The only damage done was to the tree. The bari
has lightning rods on it.
Rev. Watson Case, pastor, will deliver
lecture at the monthly meeting of Towsontown
E. Sunday school missionary society, Sunday al
ternoon, 10th inst, at q o'clock. Subject
"China and our Missions There"
-Towsontown is proverbially quiet pac
on the Sabbath. We doubt if there is anothe
town in the State the size of this where all Sunda
laws are SO rigidy observed. This is creditabl
and scores one big point for the town.
Mr.. Samuel Hunt, of the firm of Samuel Hun
4 Sons, Baltimore, has rented the handsome resi-
depce of DR.. G. M. Bosley, near the Court House
for the Summer months. The DR.. expects t
spend a part of the summer in Virginia.
MIR. William j. Blair, formerly teacher c
the public school at Carroll, LIST district, who wa
lately made clerk in the warehouse department
has been appointed member of the local Civ
Service Commission by Collector Groome.
-Harford county will hold grand Sunda
School Convention at the Presbyterian Churcl
Churchyille. July 2Sth and 29th, when it is eA
nected that representatives from nearly ever
Sunday school in the county will be present.
Mr.. Albert Mcclure, of Summerfeld, Mary
land Central railroad, has purchased the Biak
property, at Bynum's Station, above Belalr, wheI
he proposes erecting dwelling and store. Ii
will also engage in the coal and lumber business
The first man to pay his tax bill under tn
levy of 1886 was Ready Gray, colored citizen
the 18th district, who came to Towsontown tt
that purpose on Wednesday. The next one VIII
paid was also colored man-Thomas Watkln
Of Towsontown.
Baltimore county school teachers are hay
ing their little Ginning" in the Baltimore CustoI
House Just now. Several of them have alread
"caught on" through the medium OF the civ
service law, and there are others who are expect
ing to "get thar"
Mr.. Charles R. Hamilton, stepson OF Mr.
Zenie Hamilton, of Towsontown, died at his res
dence in Baltimore, on Tuesday morning. ID
was an active Democratic politician and serve
twice in the Legislature and once filled the oflc
of State grain weigher.
The case of Herman Gunther, of the LIT
district, Baltimore county, against the Union an
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroa
Companies, was commenced in the Baltimore Git
Court on Wednesday. 1t will be remembered thu
last October, while Mr.. Gunther and his son, ]
years old, were crossing the railroad at Bayvie'
their wagon was struck by an engine and the DO
was killed and Mr.. Gunther very seriously il
jured. Damages are laid at 600.