The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-09


row (Sunday) at IL q. m, and at u p. m, by
the pastor Rev. Watson Case. Prayer meeting
on Wednesday evening, at u o'clock, and class
meetings on Thursday, at p. M, and Friday
evening, at y o'clock.
81. Johns III. E. Church, LutherUilie.-Preach-
ing Sunday, at IL a. m. and 7.3O p. H. by the pas
tor, Rev. VIM. Dallam Morgan. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening, at 7.30 o'clock.
Trinity p E. Church, Totcsonto,0n.
Sunday by the rector, Rev. w. H. II. Powers, at
IL a. m. and u p. m. Bible class Wednesday at
400 m.
VIII H. Powers, in the Public Hall, every Sun
day afternoon, at 81 O'Clock.
--Plows were running in some sections of
Baltimore county last week.
Seventeen persons were released from Jail
this week by order of the Grand Jury. Sixteen
of the number were tramps.
Jesse Duvall, who had been keeper of
Mount Royal reservoir for seventeen years, died
on Tuesday, in the SD year of his age.
-Congressman Shaw has filed at the P. 0.
Department petition asking that postofice be
established at Fowblesburg, Baltimore county.
The Maryland State Farmers Association
will meet in Baltimore on Wednesday of next
week, at Pythian Hall, North Gay street, at 1880
q. m.
Mr.. Charles o. Kemp, formerly marshal Of
the county police, has taken the old Hammet
House, on the Hookstown road, and will hereaf-
ter conduct the same.
Most of the female employees who were
thrown out Of work by the stoppage of Gray's
factory, have obtained employment in the paper
mill at Union, 1st district
Major John I. Yellott, of Towsontown, has
been retained counsel by the BALTIC. Ohio
Railroad Company, to take charge of all its legal
business in Baltimore county.
john NJ. Carter, ESQ.,, of Mount Washing
ton, will deliver lecture in the Masonic Opera
House, Annapolis, on Friday evening of next
week, on the subject of architecture"
Mr.. A. 7. Houck, of Baltimore, who was
sent to Spring Grove Insane Asylum on Christ
mas day, suffering from sofening of the bran died
in that institution on Monday, aged 45 years.
by the quarterly distribution of the State
public school fund, made by the Comptroller on
the LIST inst, Baltimore county white schools re-
ceive So, 962.95, and coIored schools 81, 12S.14.
Mr.. William Price, who died in Baltimore
on Tuesday, aged 81 years, was a native of Balti-
more county. His remains we're inferred at Clyn-
MALARIA Church, My Lady's Manor, on Thursday.
The County Commissioners on Wednesday
reapponted the following constables for two years
Geo. w. Feelemyer, LIST district; A. W. Hitch
cock, I'd district, and Samuel Markley, 18th dis
trict.
At the annual meeting of the Hartford
County Agricultural Society, held on Monday,
q resolution was adopted directing the Board to
exclude gambling devices from the fair grounds
hereafter.
Miss Amanda Howard, of My Lady's Man
or, Baltimore county, who has been the guest Of
Mrs. Frank A. Richardson, of Washington, as
sisted that lady to receive her callers New
Years day.
Miss Mcintosh, daughter of Col. D. G..
Mcintosh, of Towsontown, among number of
other young ladies, assisted Mrs. W. Stuart Sy-
mington, of Boundary avenue, to receive on New
Years day.
Mrs Esther Gruber, a well known Balti-
more herb doctor, and sister of the late Henry
Lightner, formerly of Towsontown, died on Mon
day, aged 81 years. She was native of Lancas-
ter county, Pa.
The unusually heavy and continuous rain
of Monday was one of the most severe storms of
the kind we have experienced in long time. An
immense quantity of water fell and the streams
were much swollen.
MFR. Levin Lake. who, a short time ago,
sold the personal property from his farm, in Long
Green Valley, removed his family to New York
city this week. They will return to Baltimore
county in the spring.
Those subscribers to THE UNION who fail
to get their papers this week, will know the cause
without any explanation from US. We have
given them q months notice, but they do not
seem to have profted by it.
Mr.. Clinton P. Paine, who owned the old
Windsor farm, in Dulany's Valley, and who conduc-
ted the business of the late Allen Paine q Son, in
Baltimore, relinquished his connection with the
same on the first of the year.
The Hartford Democrat says: "Mt. Wash
ington, in Baltimore county, wants to be incorpo-
rated. We have no objections, provided the new
town don't annex Baltimore before Baltimore an
nexes the much-coveted belt"
"A landslide on the Maryland Central road,
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south bound passenger trains about one hour on
Monday afternoon. The slide was caused by the
unusually heavy rain of that day.
Judges YellOtt and Fowler, of Towsontown,
while sitting with Judge Waters in the Circuit
Court at Belair, assisted in the appointment of
the School Commissioners for Hartford county.
There was no change in the Board.
The residence of j. ]. Kelly, at st. Dennis,
18th district, was entered by a burglar few
nights ago, who carried off gold watch, a suit
ofclothing, &c. Another house in the same neigh
borhood was robbed the same night.
Mr.. E. G. Cherbonnier, of Ferguson, St.
Louis county, Missouri, who is subscriber to
The UNION, will accept our thanks for his kind
remembrance conveyed through the medium of
very pretty and unique New Year card.
"A colored man named W. II. Vincent has
been arrested in Baltimore upon the charge of
being implicated in some of the recent burglaries
in this county. lot of articles that had been
stolen by him we're found in pawn shop.
In the Orphans Court this week letters of
administration the estate of Abraham Deli
grath were granted to Amelia Oeligrath; on the
estate of Philip Snyder to George Snyder and on
the estate of VIM. Fite to VIM. e. and J. Albert
Fite.
The effects contained in the Peoples Voice
printing office, Towsontown, were sold at receiv-
er's sale on Wednesday, and brought $l25. Mr..
B. Howard Scott, who one of the publishers
of fhe soff ha for
$3.50.
Mr.. John E. Owens Monday taken
from his country place, near Towsontown, to his
city residence, St. Paul street, in order to be
near his physician, DR.. Van Bibber. There has
been very little change lately in Mr. Owens's con-
dition.
We have been shown twig from a lilac
bush, the buds upon which were swelling and
looked as though they were almost ready to burst.
But this is not surprising when we consider the
very remarkable weather we have lately expe-
rienced.
"A few huntsmen of the Elkridge Club had
fine run last Saturday, starting from point on
the Hookstown road. The chase lasted nearly
three hours but the fox proved too smart for
the dogs in the end, as he took to earth on the
farm of Capt. Wilson Nicholas.
Mr.. NJ j. Kilroy, who, until January LIST,
was connected with the Messrs. Ditch, in the car
rage building business, has commenced the GREG
gage in the same line of business. He was for
merly connected with Mr.. Daniel Haubert.
DIR. J. Piper Monday called to
Queen Anne's county to see the wife of DR.. Jos.
L. Findlay, who had been critically i'll. Mrs.
Findlay is the youngest daughter of Hon. Rich
ard Grason, of Towsontown. We are glad to
learn that at this writing she is much improved.
The re-appointment of Mr.. Thomas G.
Bruff to the position of Secretary, Treasurer and
Examiner of the County School Board gives
great satisfaction to his numerous friends. He
has held the position for many years and was
teacher in the county before being promoted to
his present Office.
Burglars have lately been unusually &C.
tive in some sections of Baltimore county, and
they may devote their attention to others at any
time. 1t would be well for people generally to
be on the lookout for these scoundrels and pre-
pare themselves to give them q warm reception
should they come.
-Messrs. George and Thomas Peerce, of
Dulany's Valley, gave dinner party to q number
of their gentlemen friends on the afternoon Of
New Years day, and very pleasant time was
had. We acknowledge the receipt of an invita-
ton to be present and regret that circumstances
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