The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-05-15

the truckers. OHo VI Tue idtlcI pIOpuScS tryiuS
a solution of Paris green around the roots of his
cabbage and other plants
The May ball of the Towson Guards, which
was held in their armory on Wednesday night
proved to be very pleasant affair and was much
enjoyed by large company. Prof. Wright's or
chestra furnished superb music and dancing was
kept up until near morning.
There is some talk of the Maryland Gen.
trail railroad extending its line to the Susque-
hanna river. If it could get connection from
the Pennsylvania coal fields it would do great
thing for itself as we'll as for the rich section of
country through which it runs.
Miss MAY Butler and Miss Alice Emory, of
Towsontown, having successfully passed all the
examinations at the State Normal School, will
graduate at the commencement which takes place
on the 9th inst. Both young ladies are graduates
of the Towsontown public school.
- Last week we recorded in these columns
the efforts of hen whose owner lives on the east
side of this town. Now we have to notice the feat
of a west side hen, owned by lady. At nine
o'clock few mornings ago she laid one egg, and
at 6 D. M the same day she laid another. Fact.
Mr.. George H. Butler, who died in Wash
ington on Tuesday, was a nephew of Gen. B. F..
Butler and one of the brightest journalists OF the
day. He was a graduate of st. Timothy's Hall,
Gainesville, Baltimore county, where he was a
schoolmate of Col. B. F. Taylor, of the 18th dis
trict.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
started a system of special baggage delivery, by
which passengers between New York, Pkiladel-
mia, Baltimore and Washington can have their
baggage collected, sent on in advance and deliv-
cred at destination, without the owner having any
trouble with it whatever.
The road bed of the Maryland Central rail-
road is now in good condition. The fills have
become so solid that heavy rains have very little
effect upon them, while the narrow cuts have been
widened, thus averting danger from land-slides.
A gang of hands is kept constantly employed
upon the track, trestles, &C.
The rain storm of Friday and Saturday of
last week was unusually heavy and on Saturday
morning the streams were very much swohen'
in some instances damaging roads and bridges
The Gunpowder was very high and the small
streams in Dulany's Valley overlooked their banks
and did considerable damage.
-Towsontown is now having 81 ,440 per year
of the county's money expended upon it, without
counting the sum expended on our avenues and
roads. The sanitary inspector gets $500; the gar
haze man $500; the night officer $500, and the
lamp lighter $40. Let us hope that we will re-
ceive much benefit for this outlay.
The taxpayers in the Belt are DESTROYS OF
having the County Commissioners designate the
streets in that section with sign boards at the cor
ners the same as in the city Now that the houses
are being numbered it seems to be more than ever
necessary that the Board should have the streets
designated by their proper names.
Thomas Kaufman, ESQ.,, of Monkton, has
been a Justice of the peace since 1853, and he is
one of the best and most reliable officers Of the
kind in the county. When first chosen to the Of
fee he resided in the 18th district and was elected
nv the peope Since then he has been regularly
appointed by the Chief Executive of the State.
when Belair formed its new base ball club
few days ago it very properly excluded the
newspaper men of the town. You know they
were afraid Mr. Baker might Mock the ball into
faroff STREET. and thereby seriously retard the
game. TP S.-A diagram of this joke will be
furnished upon application to The UNION Office,
and no questions asked.
MIR. Adam Dietrich, of the Frederick road,
writes us that he was down to the Gunpowder on
Tuesday and saw Messrs. George Collins and
Harry Owings make haul for herring. Among
the fish caught was German carp, which mea-
sured "a inches and weighed pounds. Mr.. D.
brought this monster fish home and presented it
to his friend, Mr.. Z. W. Stiefel.
The Hartford Historical Society is about
coming into possession of the records of Spesutla
parish church, probably the oldest Protestant
Episcopal Church in the State. Among the
treasures of the church are "Vinegar" Bible,
printed in 1717, and silver communion service
that has been in the parish since 1773. The bap-
tisms in this church date back to 1851.
The merchants of Old Town, Baltimore,
will make an excursion to Glyndon, Western
Maryland road, on Wednesday, 10Th inst, and
the good people up there are preparing to give
them the warmest kind of a reception. public
meeting will be held in the new Opera House and
committee of prominent business men OF the
place has been appointed to do the honors.
p. B. McAulby, of Wilmington, Del,
baggage master on the Philadelphia. Wilmington
& BALTIC. r. R., was married at Perryville, on
IL fo Mics Ella r GillesDie.
daughter Of Mr.. James NJ. Gillespie, of the 18th
district, Baltimore county. After the ceremony
the young couple went to Wilmington, where
reception was held at the groom's residence.
On Sunday night last a deaf mute, who
lives at Homestead, on the Hartford road, and
who is called dummy" Caddin, made an attack
upon Rev. Father Ba tlett's residence, at St. AIMS
Church, on the York road. He apparently had
no object in doing what he did except that of
pure devilment, and it is likely he was drunk at
the time. Tho unfortunate fellow is now in Jail
here.
The First Battalion of Infantry, NJ. N. G.,
of Western Maryland, the Groome Guards, Bond
Guard, Governors Guards, Waverly Guards,
Towson Guards, the Howard Zouaves, the latter
of Baltimore, have been ordered to be formed into
a regiment to be known as the First Regiment of
Infantry, First Brigade. An election will be held
for colonel on the 29th instant. In the meantime
Col. H. X. Douglas will act as colonel.
Mrs. Eliza Wesley Watkins, died at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Ceilings in
this place, on Wednesday night last, in the SD
year of her age. She was the widow of the late
Munson Watkins, and was native OF Hartford
county, thirty one years of her life having been
spent in Towsontown. She leaves family OF
four children, Mr.. J. Maurice Watkins, one OF her
sons, being we'll known business man here.
-Towsontown is now pretty we'll equipped
with officers necessary to keep the place in good
shape and we want to serve notice upon them
now that they must perform the duties for which
they receive pay from the county or their short
comings will be shown up in these columns. The
time for mincing matters is past and if any officer
fails to faithfully do his work, he may expect
to hear from us, and we will not hesitate to
tell the whole truth, either
Representative Shaw, of this district was
at the Postofice Department on Wednesday and
entered his protest against the change of the name
of Long Green postoffice to Long Ridge. Nearly
every patron of the Office opposes the change and
why it should be done, in view of this fact, is
something that has not yet been explained. We
hope that Dr. Shaw may be successful in his efforts
and that the name of the postofice may remain
the same as it has been for more than quarter of
a century.
From the appropriation made by the last
Legislature for the State militia the Towson Guards
will receive between twelve and fifteen hundred
dollars. With portion of this sum the company
will be newly uniformed, the law requiring that
hereafter all militia companies in this State shall
be uniformed the same as U. S. Regulars. In
obedience to another requirement of the new law
the company, at its regular meeting on Tuesday
night, was sworn into the service of the State for
three years. Hereafter when out on law parades,
or if called into service by the Governor, each man
will be paid at the rate Sl.33 per day.
The Sweet Air postofice muddle has not
yet been settled to the satisfaction of all parties
interested. Delegations are forming to move on
the Department and it's toss up whether Mr..
Weakley holds on to the billet (albeit not par
ticularly soft one) or whether Mr.. Hillgartner-
the man who had it and then didn't have twill
yet have opportunity to lick stamps and per-
form the same pleasing duty for any one who may
say that he is not solid Democrat and don't
you forget it postmaster. IF Weakley gets left
he may charge it to his name, although it is re-
corded that the battle is not always to the strong
Mr.. Henry S. Fitch, who for several years
was proprietor OF a store and tavern at Owings
Mills, died on Sunday morning last, in the 69th
year of his age. He was well known in this coun.
ty and in Carroll, having conducted business in
both for many years. Mr.. Fitch at one time con-
Quoted hotel on the Joppa road, in the frame
house now standing on the brow of the hill a
short distance east of Sherwood station. He was
we'll known to most of our older citizen and will be