The Baltimore County union., 1886-04-24


Thursday, May 9th, by John G. Erdman, the val
liable property on the Belair road known as
ruesda1 May t& Sy George whiteock trus
tee. real estate of the late Capt. Robert G.
Barnes, at Mt. Washington.
Tuesday, May 18th, by Henry y. Iapman, Irus, US
county.
Sam Jones will commence his revival meet
ings in Baltimore, at the Biddle street rink, Sum-
day, May I'd.
-Towsontown has its quota of base ball dew
otees, who make frequent trips to Oriole Park, on
the York road.
DIR. Frank Slingluff, of Baltimore, has rent
ed for the summer the residence of Mrs. Wing
field, in Towsontown.
The Easter offerings in Trinity P. E.
Church, Towsontown, will be devoted to the pur-
chase of new organ.
Mai. John l. YelIott has been in Montgom-
cry county, Nd, for week or ten days, engaged
in professional business.
Mr.. W. A. Ridgely, of Glenwood, Howard
county, was lately married to Miss Ofutt, OF the
I'd district of this county.
-Twenty-two postulants were received into
the novitiate of the Sisters of Notre Dame, Co.
vanstown, on Saturday last.
The next meeting of the Baltimore County
Historical Society will eheld In the Court House,
on Wednesday next 2Sth inst.
--"Bock beer" is now the popular drink. 1t
is SAID 10 De stTOuS anu uot very PioaednI w tno
taste, but it gets there, all the same.
Rev J. Kinsey Smith, the new pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Mt Washington, was
regularly installed on Tuesday night.
-Messrs T. Holcombe Mitchell and c. Lewis
Cross are assisting Mr.. Samuel F. Butler in the
work of numbering the houses in the Belt
The County Commissioners will complete
the levy for 1886 at the next meeting. A slight
increase over the previous levy is looked for.
Get your licenses or before the 1st day
of Nav, The Sheriff's notice, to which attention
is called, is published in advertising columns.
DIR. L. S. Arnold, of Resterstown, has pur-
chased the drug store of DR.. Ellicott, in Mt.
Washington, and will hereafter conduct the same.
The Marine Hospital building on Reming
ton avenue, in the Belt, has been completed, with
the exception of the heating and pumping appa-
ratus.
CHARLES E. Mettee, a pupil of the McDonogh
Farm School, died on Sunday of brain fever. He
was 13 years of age and a son of the late Samuel
Mettee.
sontown on Tuesday evening. The lightning was
very vivid and the thunder quite heavy, but there
was no rain.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Marine of Hartford, and who
is well known in Baltimore county, proposes max
ing pleasure trip to Europe and will sail some
time this month.
the summer months, the residence of Mrs. T. Ellen
Talbot, in Lutherville.
Bishop Paret visited St. Johns Church,
near Dover, on Tuesday evening, and confirmed
a class of six persons. He was assisted by Rev.
A. J. Rich, of Resterstown.
Mr.. Elijah Bishop, who has the contract
for transferring freight at Boundary avenue sta
ton, NJ. C. R. R., had the misfortune to have one
of his legs broken few days ago.
john Shea, of Texas, Sth district, is an
applicant for a messengers place in the Custom
House. He is cripple, having been injured in
q quarry accident year or two ago.
-To-morrow is Easter Sunday and the last
day of the Lenten season. The 25th of April is
unusually late for Easter and it will be many
years before it again occurs on that date.
-"My boy, don't you know that piekn g
eggs is gambling ?" "Is it?" eyes, my boy, all
games Of chance are gambling" "Well, I amt
a-takin' no chances-mine's china egg"
Mrs. Elizabeth A., wife of Mr.. VIM. T..
Gent, died at her residence on First street, Balt
more county, on Wednesday, in the 73d year of
her age. She had been married over fifty years.
DIR. A. C. McCurdy, of this place, who
takes great deal of interest in the cultivation of
flowers, has nearly fifty different varieties of roses
which he expects to have blooming this summer.
We are glad so say that the post has been
removed from the centre of the road at the Charles
street avenue toll gate. 1t was dangerous OBJ
struction and once caused very serious accident.
Mr. VIM. II. Hart well known citizen of
Homestead, Hartford road, died on Monday last,
aged 43 years. He had been employed as clerk
for the Consolidated Oil Company for many years.
EVERY body is making mistakes. Every
body is finding out afterwards that he has made a
mistake But there can be no greater mistake
than stopping to worry over mistake already
made.
-On Saturday last Walter Dykes, an en-
ployee of the Union cotton mill, in the 1st dis
trict, had one of his hands badly crushed by hav-
ing it caughtin some of the machinery of the card
ing-room.
Bishop Paret will pay visit to Trinity
Church, Towsontown, on Sunday next and will
conduct confirmation services at IL a. m. The
Easter services will be of unusually interesting
character.
-"I am glad to see you.' How often do
people deliberately lie when they use that SEN
tence? Of course we don't expect any answers to
this question. It would be well for every one to
think of it, though.
Mr.. John Henry Keene, Jr., the well
known lawyer, has received splendid thorough
bred saddle horse from Kentucky. He is blue
steel grey, with black points, five years old and
sixteen hands high.
very severe attack of pneumonia, which for weeks
confined him to his residence in Hagerstown, has
go far recovered to be able to assume the duties
of his new charge in Baltimore
Michael Gallagher, of Philadelphia, lately
purchased from Hon. H. B. Holton, of this coun-
tv. an Orange Blossom stallion colt for which he
maid 81 ,OOO The colt is full brother of Col
Chas. T. Cockey's horse "Garrison."
Mr.. Alpheus H. Wight, of the Sth district
who successfully passed the civil service exami-
nation, has been appointed to clerkship in the
Baltimore postofice. He is brother of ex-
County Commissioner VIM. H. Wight.
On Sunday last Trinity Lutheran Church,
Germantown, Pa, celebrated its fftieth anniver-
sary, upon which occasion the sermon was preach
ed by Rev. John G. Morris, D. D., president Of
the Baltimore County Historical Society.
Travel on the Maryland Central road is
increasing very rapidly, now that spring has fair
ly opened, and it will be larger this summer than
ever before. The company will do its best to ac-
commodate the public in its schedule of trains.
Mr.. Joseph Trainor, of Baltimore county
recently passed the regular civil service exami
nation and also the supplemental one for book
keepers for the departments in Washington. The
latter was very difficult and technical and only 9
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