The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-27

10. couutJJ uodi rOToSI KILL
Mrs. Charles R. Chew having rented he
farm, "Epsom," has removed to Towsontown AM
is residing on the east side of the town.
-Catonsville, Baltimore county, is now al
incorporated town and will go into business on it
own account. The Monumental City must lool
to her laurels now.
An intelligent correspondent sends us al
interesting communication on the "Early Histor
of Baltimore Country" which we will take pleas
ure in publishing next week.
Mrs. Bond, wife of G. Morris Bond, Esq
and daughter of John j. Wight, Esq, of the ST.
district, is lying very i'll at her husbands resi-
dence, in the Belt, and her death is momentaril.
expected.
The racing stable of Mr.. Charles Medinge
about twenty horses-which had been wnterinl
at the farm of Mr.. Charles Amos, near Jarretts
vile, passed through this place on Wednesday, ol
their way to the city.
MIR John w. Merryman, of the Sth district
has been employed as farm manager on the estate
cf Hon. Geo. Hawkins Williams, in Long Greer
Valley. Mr.. Eli Bond, who has superintended tn,
farm for a couple of years. has removed to tn,
neighborhood of Brooklandville.
Mr.. Robert Boarman. father of Mr.. Francis
B. Boarman, proprietor of Wright's hotel, on The
Hartford road, died on Wednesday night last, il
the SD year of his age. He was native of Har.
ford county but had resided in Baltimore county
for many years, part of the time in Towsontown
Mr.. L. 4. Dunning, of Towsontown, has
sold fine young driving horse to Mr.. John F
Farber, a WELL known horse fancier of Baltimore
at a good round figure. This horse was raised b.
Mr.. jeremiah Yellott, of Dulany's Valley, and
took first premium at the Baltimore county fair in
his three year-o form.
We invite the attention of our readers
particularly the boys and girls of the county tc
an advertisement of our County Agricultural So
ciety which appears in The UNION to-day. An
opportunity is here presented for the young folks
of the county to distinguish themselves, and we
hope they will profit by it.
james E. johnson, the coored man charged
with others with stealing the body of colored
woman from Laurel Cemetery, on the Belair road
was tried in court here on Wednesday and con.
.:~.~1. JOL-sv.., , Le.d boon released o. 81 90
ball. skipped and was not present at the trial.
The penalty for the ofense is from five to fifteen
years in the penitentiary.
Mr.. Phineas Hartley, who lately sold his
farm near Elysville, I'd district, and removed to
the mill property purchased by him in Long
Green Valley, had been resident of the first
named section of the county for sixty-two years.
having been born there. He is much pleased
with his new home and greatly encouraged by the
liberal patronage extended to him.
Persons who have superstitious dread oil
Friday will not be pleased to learn that this is a
thoroughly Friday year. 1t came in on Friday
will 60 out on Friday, and will have ffty-three
Fridays. There are four months in the year that
have FIVE Fridays each changes of the moon &C.
cur five times on a Friday, and the longest and
shortest day of the year each falls on Friday.
Ellen Hicks, very estimable colored wo
man and wife of Benjamin Hicks, of Towsontown
died on Thursday night, after long illness from
consumption. She was a daughter of William
Taylor, we'll known and highly respected colored
man of this place, who was formerly slave of the
late Micajah Merryman and who purchased hi:
freedom long before the manumission ofthe slaves
IF one of the pillars Of the Court House
should happen to fall and kill before the
eyes of the County Commissioners, would they pay
Justice Somebody for holding an inquest on the
body? We don't think they would. Will they
pay justice for holding an inquest on the body
of an unfortunate man, the cause of whose death
was apparent to even a child ten years old? We
hope they will not.
In the will of Elijah NJ. Stansbury, which
was published in THE UNION last week, it appear
ed that his son William had not been so well pro-
vided for as some other members of his family
This can be accounted for by the fact that about
one year ago Mr.. Stansbury decided to William a
farm of 1871 acres, with good improvements, in
Worthington Valley, and which was, of course
not mentioned in his will.
The Maryland Central railroad is required
to place lantern at night under the trestle which
spans the turnpike in this place, and the COM
pany has not failed to comply with the require
ment, but would you believe it Within the last
month four lanterns have been stolen from this
trestle. We expect some envious people will say
the railroad company is fortunate in not having
the treste stolen-but it was there this morning.
"A correspondent states that COL Webster
ex-collector of the Port of Baltimore, is now per-
manently at his home in Belair, and intends de-
voting himself to his duties in the Hartford Ma
tional Bank, of which he is president, and toras-
ing cattle, attending to his farm and congen ial
pursuits of that kind. When Col. Webster be-
came Collector he turned his large law practice
over to the firm of Harlan & Webster, the latter
of whom is his son and the former his son in law
The Belair Democrat says it was the bad
water in Towsontown that caused a citizen ofthat
town to expire before he reached home. That's a
nalpnhle error n mart Brother Straatt We
have never yet known a resident OF Belair to fool
with Towsontown water, not even for bathing
purposes. In fact VIC have heard several promi-
nent citizens of Belair make the assertion that
water once depopulated the earth and that people
will keep on fooling with it until it does some
more serious damage.
Henry B. Taylor, who lives in York coun-
ty, near the Baltimore county line, was very nice
" tricked out of IS by two sharpers, at Union
Station, Baltimore, a few days ago. 1t was the
same old story of real nice fellow with check
which he could not get cashed and needing money
to ship his goods on the railroad, asked his new
made friend fer a small advance. He got it and
Mr. Taylor is just that much out. When will
countrymen get their eyes opened to the tricks OF
city sharpers?
At the sale of Mr.. Henry II. Carroll, on
CAROLS Manor, near Phoenix, on Wednesday
his fine six mule team was sold as whole tt
Simon I. Kemp Esq, proprietor of the distillery
at Melvale, N. C. R. R., for 81 ,060-a great bar.
gain. The sale included all the harness, fly nets
halters, chains, &c. A gentleman who knew the
team said that last spring Mr.. Carroll paid $500
for the two lead mules alone. He also said that i
the team had been sold in pairs they would have
averaged $500 pair. John V. Slade was thu
auctioneer.
Mr.. John f. Anderson, native of Baltl
more county, died at Longwood, Orange county
Florida, on the 10th inst, aged 50 years. He wa'
q son of the late Ira Anderson, who resided neal
Monkton, and brother of Messrs. Chas. W. and
George Anderson, well known citizens of the 10th
district. For about twenty years Mr.. Ander
son had been resident of Louisville, KY, where
he was engaged in mercantile pursuits. Failing
health induced him to remove to Florida last year
where he engaged in orange growing, but he wa
not benefited by the change.
Last Sunday the principal drives out of thu
city were filled with vehicles of all kinds, thu
weather in the early part of the day being excep
tionally fine. The leading road houses wer
crowded with visitors, as every man who think
he owns trotter was out for an airing Th
leading resorts on the York road presented ar
animated appearance and it was all that lat
conner could do to get standing room for hi
horse. There are more good road horses in Bal
tmore to-day than ever before and the numbe
appears to be constantly increasing.
"A anonymous personal letter was one o
the vagaries to which our attention was calet
the past week. A man who will write such a let
ter is too small to merit q notice at our hands
but we give him the benefit of this and beg to as
sure him that if he does not like The UNION h
can order his subscription discontinued, and if h
has paid in advance, we will refund his none!
and be thankful to be rid Of such specimen l
subscriber has any fault to find with our course
let him do it over his own name, like man, ant
not like sneak. We don't like towards, and CIV
identity this fellow is one of that despicable class
Mr. D. Sterrett Cuttings son of the lat
Richard J. Cuttings, of Baltimore county, wa
among those who took the civil service examina
ton for clerkships in the Baltimore postoflice OF
Tuesday. He is highly educated young gentle
man and no doubt could easily pass the exami
nation except for the fact that he cannot hear ant
this greatly interfered with his exercise in dicta
ton. This difficulty was partially overcome b,
permitting friend to read to him, being guidet
entirely by the motion of the lips of the reader
His many friends in Baltimore county will b
much gratifed to learn of his success.