The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-20


Gill, ESQ.,, prominent Baltimore lawyer. He
leaves wife and son.
Rev. j. B. Stti, who was so i'll in Hagers
town as to be unable to attend the late Confer
ence, is now much improved and will soon be well
He suffered from double pneumonia. His new ap
pointmeut is in South Baltimore, the church being
located on William street.
DIR. Edward Schwartz, q highly esteemed
citizen of Baltimore, died on the 18th instant
aged 50 years. The DIR. was married twice, hi:
second wife being a sister or Henry M. Fitzhugh
ESQ, of Baltimore, and sister in-law of Mr.. Jere
miah Yellott, of Dulany's Valley.
The report of the Hartford National Bank.
Belair at the close of business on the let instant
shows the affairs of that well managed institution
to be in a most prosperous condition. The lndi-
vidual deposits, subject to check, were S2OS
and the undivided profits were $22,67l.2O.
Mr.. Philip L. Moore, Reading Clerk of the
House of Delegates, who has been confined to his
residence here for about three weeks, was much
improved the early part of the past week, but on
Wednesday there was a change for the worse and
now much anxiety is felt on account OF his condl'
ton.
A colored female child, about three months
old, was found by officer Markey, on the Har-
ford road, near Halls Springs, on Friday morn
ing of last week. 1t was comfortably clad and
was wrapped in blanket. The officer took it to
Waverly station and from there it was sent to the
colored orphan asylum
Mrs Annie Campbell Gordon Thomas, wife
of DR.. J. Hanson Thomas, of Baltimore, died at
her residence on Mount Vernon Place, on Wednes-
day evening. She was a most estimable woman
and was active in all charitable works. The wife
of Col. John N Carroll, of"The Caves" Baltimore
county, is a daughter of Mrs. Thomas.
In order to encourage building at Glyndon,
on the Western Maryland railroad, that WIDE
awake company offers pass for one year to every
man who expends 81 900 in building at that place,
besides the additional inducement OF half rates
on all building material transported over the
road No wonder Glyndon is booming.
Mr., Frank A. Baden, of Lutherville, was
ono of the graduates at the 10th annual com
mencement of the University of Maryland, Fac
ulty of Physic, which was held at the Academy
of Music, Baltimore, on Wednesday last. Messrs.
Charles L. Mattfeldt and Henry G. Ollie, of Cations
Vile, successfully passed their examinations at
the same University.
Mr. w. Scott Whiteford, formerly promi-
nent farmer of Hartford county and who was pres
ident of the defunct Northern Hartford Packing
Association, last week made an assignment to
George L. VanBibber. Esq, for the benefit OF his
creditors. This association wrecked nearly every
one who was connected with it. Mr.. Whiteford is
now a resident of Florida.
The weather of St. Patrick's day-March
17th-was something worthy of special mention.
Usually rough, blustry and either snowy or rainy,
on Wednesday last it was simply charming, with
genial sunshine and mild atmosphere, more like
NAV than March. There is only one explana
ton of this There was no parade. If there had
been the conditions would have been different.
The Washington Annual Conference of the
Colored NJ. E. Church, which met at Charleston,
W. Virginia. made the following appointments for
Baltimore county: St. Paul's, James Thomas !;
Waugh Chapel, P. H. Matthews; Govanstown
and Lutherville, w. C. Cooper; Gunpowder, Geo.
W. jackson; Hereford, Joseph Henry; New
Market and Fairview, R. R. Biggs Reisterstown,
j. L. Evans.
The Baltimore Conference of the NJ. E.
Church South, which was held this year at Staun
ton, Va, adjourned on Tuesday. Among the ap-
pointments are the following for Baltimore c0un-
ty and adjacent circuits Frederick avenue, H.
B. Smith Reisterstown, J. Anderson Arlington,
j M. Mccormick; Taylor Circuit, G. l.. Dame
ron West Hartford, j. NJ. Hawley; East Har-
ford, O. C. Burgess.
A party of Turks-two men, four women
and number of children-with two bears, one
horse and two dogs, were in Towsontown on
Thursday, and were an awfully sorry looking set.
1t is believed that this is the same gang who pass
ed through here about two years ago and who
were accused of allowing the bears to devour an
infant which had died while they were camped
in the vicinity of Woodbury..
Perhaps the only instance on record where
the prisoners of Jail compelled the warden to re-
sign was successfully carried out in Towsontown.
The prisoners in the Jail here took violent dis
ike to Warden Orrick Enser and made it SO warm
for him that he had to throw up the job or run
the risk of having his head smashed. Mr.. Ensor
consequently retires in good order to the Sth dis
trict, and all is again quiet along the line.
On Monday last Mr.. G. w. Maslin was ap-
pointed traffic agent and assistant to the Receiv-
ers of Maryland Central railroad, and the posi-
tions of general passenger agent and general
freight agent were abolished. The latter were
held by Chas. A. Roe and E. Free Bond, respec-
lively, both of whom remain in the employ of the
company. Mr.. Masln, whose headquarters will
be at Boundary avenue station, has heretofore
been private secretary to Mr.. Samuel Spencer.
-Un Wednesday evening or last week an at
tempt was made to wreck q passenger train on
the Northern Central road, short distance below
Woodberry. Some miscreant had forced a lot Of
stones in the switchfog, causing the train to run
into the siding. Fortunately the engineer was
slowing up at the time for the station and this
most likely averted a serious accident The COM
pany should spare neither pains nor expense in
securing the arrest of the perpetrator Of so das-
tardly an act.
The "Auburn Monthly" is the name of a
neat little monthly paper, the first issue of which
appeared about ten days ago. 1t is gotten up in
THE UNION Office by Masters Edwin, Harry and
Douglas Turnbull, who do the editing and type
setting themselves. The subscription price is 80
cts. per year, and q portion of the net proceeds
are to be devoted to the "Twenty Minute Society,""
an outgrowth of Trinity P. E. Sunday school,
These bright boys are grandsons of Mr.. Henry c..
Turnbull, Sr., and their paper is named after his
country seat, 'Auburn."
The UNION stated last week that Miss
Fanny Louise Buckingham had been seriously
injured by being thrown from her horse, &c. The
La, 4 u,kI L,,k cbo,
carriage at the time and the accident was caused
by the horse taking fright at one of the motors
the Hampden electric railway and backing over
an embankment We hardly thought it possible
that any ordinary horse could unseat Miss Back
ingham, her reputation as a daring and accom-
plished equestrienne being we'll known. The ac-
cident was not very serious and she is now nearly
recovered.
Mr.. John E. Sheridan, who formerly con-
Quoted the blacksmithing business, died very
suddenly in this place on Tuesday night. His
health had not been good for some time, but he
was able to move about. On Tuesday he appear.
ed about as usual end partook of quite hearty
supper. Soon thereafter he was attacked by a
hemorrhage from the lungs and died about IL
o'clock. He was about AZ years of age and q son
of Mr.. James Sheridan, who until recently kept
the toll-g gate on the York road in Towsontown.-
During the late war he served in the Federal army,
being member of the Purnell Legion and after
wards transferred to the Sth Maryland Regiment.
The funeral took place on Thursday afternoon at
the NJ. E. Church, the services being conducted
by Rev. Watson Case. The interment was made
in the Govanstown Presbyterian graveyard.
Death of Venerable Citizen.-Captain
Isaiah Baker, one of the oldest citizens o: Balti-
more county, and well known farmer of the 18th
district, died at the residence of his son, the
Falls road, on Tuesday last, aged 81 years. Capt.
Baker was a remarkably vigorous man for one of
his years, and not until he sustained sunstroke,
about three years ago, was there apparent fail
ing of his vital powers. Until then he was an
active, engetic man, priding himself upon his
ability to surpass much younger men in feats of
strength and agility.
In his early days, being imbued with military
spent, Capt. Baker organized a company of infan-
try for the Mexican war, and was commissioned
Captain by Gov. Thomas G. Pratt, August 9th,
1885, His company was composed of fifty men,
with rendezvous at point on the Falls road, where
they awaited marching orders, but Maryland's
quota having been filled, the orders never came
and the company finally disbanded. About fifteen
of those whose names appeared on the muster roll
of the company are still alive.
For many years Capt Baker carried on the
blacksmith and wheelwright shops at Cross Keys
on the Falls road. Later in life he engaged in