The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-16

Young Parker, of My Lady's Manor, who
was seriously hurt ON Friday morning of last
week, on the Dulany's Valley pike, near Mere
diths Ford bridge, is slowly improving. 1t will
be remembered that he fell from his saddle mule
while driving Mr.. Hutchins' team to Baltimore,
and was kicked by the wheel mules.
-Messrs. Geo. R. Stone and Jesse Stocksdale,
of the 4th district, were before the United States
Commissioner on Wednesday, charged by David
Wagner, who carries the mail between Resters-
town and Glyndon, with obstructng him in the
performance of his duties. The charge was not
sustained and the accused were dismissed.
The snow storm which came on Friday
night of last week was the most severe experience
ed in this section of country for some years. The
snow was about ten inches deep on a level and
the cold which followed was intense and caused
great deal of suffering, particularly among those
whose business compelled them to be out floors.
The wife of Mr.. Chas. e. Wilcox, who
lives on Oak street, in the Belt, was attacked by
a man just as she was leaving the house of a
neighbOr, few nights ago, and the villain made
desperate effort to steal her diamond earrings.
The lady screamed and frightened him off.
Thieves and foot-pads are very numerous in that
section of the county.
George Nelson, Sr., the well known trainer
and track driver, who has been known among
horsemen in Baltimore county for many years,
died in Baltimore on Wednesday, aged "a years.
Nelson drove at Timonum last fall behind Mr..
Todd's "Harry Arlington" horse that he had
many times piloted to victory. His disease was
paralysis, brought on by indigestion.
james Sheridan, who was injured by pas
senger train near Sparks station, N. G. R. r.,
on the 22d of December, died in the City Hospital
last Saturday. He was walking the track with
companion named Walker. Both were struck
and Walker was instantly killed. The men were
tramps. A coroner's jury rendered verdict in
the case of Sheridan of death by accident.
The train gangs of the Maryland Central
road had most trying experience during the
snow blockade. They were compelled to face the
intense cold in their endeavors to free their trains
from the drifts in which they became fastened,
and some of the men were painfully frost bitten.
No doubt the passengers on the snow bound trains
fully appreciate the efforts of these hard-worked
men.
Never within our knowledge of the York
turnpike between Towsontown and Govanstown
have we seen it in such condition from drifted
snow as it has been the past week. The snow
was so banked up in places that the road was al
most impossible, the drifts here and there being
higher than the fences. Unless we have very
mild weather it will be many weeks before these
banks disappear.
Cards are out for the wedding of DR.. Ed
VI.
berta Black, daughter of Rev. R. W. Black, Pre-
siding Elder of East Baltimore District, NJ. E.
Church. The ceremony will take place at the
First M. E. Church, Baltimore, on Tuesday even
ing next. The groom, who is rising young
physician, is a son of Mr.. John D. c. Duncan, of
the Sth district, and the bride is a niece of the
late Dickinson Gorsuch.
DIR. Gale, member of the House of Dele
gates from Somerset county, accompanied by his
wife and two daughters of Hon. Henry w. Archer,
of Belair, were among the snow bound passengers
on the $50 train from Baltimore, on the Mary
land Central road, last Saturday afternoon. Not
withstandng the fact that they did not reach
Belair until Sunday afternoon, they bore the dis
comforts of the tedious journey bravely. DR.. Gale
is brother-n law of Mr.. Archer.
Passengers for Towsontown by the York
road railway, who left Baltimore at $50 on Fri
day night of last week, did not reach here until
half past five Saturday morning. DR.. A. G. Nc
Curdy was among them and says he don't care
about having another such trip very soon. The
snow drifted as it fell and blocked the rails to
such an extent that the car was more off than on
the track. The car was heated by stove and
the passengers managed TO keep from freezing.
There was an elopement in Reisterstown
few days ago that gave the gossips something
to talk about. The parties were Mr.. Will Berry
man and Miss Lizzie Worrell, daughter of Mr..
Chas. Worrel. The parents of the young lady
objected to Mr.. Berryman's attentions, but he
was encouraged by her. Finally she slipped
away from the parental roof and they fled to Bal
timore where they were married. Now it will be
in order for the old folks to say "bless you my
children"
"A comparative stranger was passenger
on one of the snow bound trains on the Maryland
Central road last Saturday night. He had sus-
picious looking bottle with him, the cork of which
was driven in to stay. Desiring to remove it he
asked "Is there a gentleman from Hartford in
this carr" One from that county was pointed out
to him when he went up to him and said "Please
loan me your cork-screw." The instrument was
politely produced and the contents of the suspi-
cious bottle were forthwith sampled. No Har-
ford man considers his outfit complete unless it
includes cork-screw, and this fact seems to have
become generally known.
The snow drifts played the mischief with
the Maryland Central Railroad. The and $50
trains from Baltimore Saturday afternoon were
both snow bound and did not reach Belair until
Monday. The first named train, which was filled
18th r~son-sars, caught in a drift near
Hyde's, in Long Green Valley, and the passen-
gers had to stick to the cars until Sunday after
noon. AS soon the people in the neighbor-
hood learned the true state of affairs they focked
to the train and generously provided for the wants
of the passengers, who were made as comfortable
as possible under the circumstances. The $50
train stuck in the cut below Homeland Station
and did not reach Towsontown until after IL.
There were some thirty people this train,
among them six or eight ladies bound for Belair,
who did not reach their destination until Sunday
evening. Altogether their experience was most
disagreeable one and something very unusual for
this section of country.