The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-05-08

the position of examining surgeon for the BALTIC
& Ohio R. R. Relief Association.
Mr.. N. Bosley Merryman having rented
from Mr.. J. FOLLY Worthington, the Shawan farm
has taken charge of the same. The farm embraces
about 900 acres and is one of the finest estates il
the county. Mr.. Merryman is son of the late
Hon. John Merryman, of Hayfelds.
Up to Wednesday of this week Col. S. N
Hyde, of Long Green Valley, had planted Al
acres of corn, and will continue planting at inter
walls up to the goth of June. The Col. is having
his dwelling and barn supplied with running
water, forced from distance by ram.
"A very fine grade of ore, now being mined
on the Tyson property, near Mechanicsville
Carroll county, is being shipped to the Ashland
furnace. These are perhaps the Oldest ore mines
in the country, having been opened by an Eng
lish company more than one hundred years ago.
The Postmaster General will establish o
postoffice at Willow Mill, on the Western Run
turnpike, as soon as suitable name for the Office
is agreed upon. 1t cannot be called Willow Mill
because there is already postofice by that name
in Calvert county, Md. How would "Tit Willow
do?
Mr. John D. Weakley has been appointed
agent for the Maryland Central railroad at Glen.
arm station, where he will open q store on the LIST
of June. Having formed partnership with Mr.
Troit, he will continue to conduct the store al
Sweet Air, under the firm name of Weakley d
Troit.
Rev. J. F. Goucher and wife, who few
days ago returned from a three months trip to
Italy, were given hearty reception at the new
First M. E. Church Chapel, in the Belt, on Tues
day evening. They were both greatly improved
in health, and their welcome home was most
cordial.
MIR J. Dixon Slade, postmaster at Long
Green has gotten up lengthy petition against
the change of the name of that postoffice to Long
Ridge. The majority of the patrons of the office
want the name to remain as it is, and the Post
not be changed.
We had pleasant call on Monday from
our old friend, Mr.. Thomas Ruskell, of Baltimore,
who was some years ago connected with the Go
vanstown Hotel. Mr.. Ruskell is now engaged as
agent for the purchase and sale of horses and car
riages, and his card may be found in today's is
sue of THE UNION.
Mr.. E. F. Kelly, q we'll known and enter
prising farmer and business man of the Sth dis
trict, has removed to st. Mary's county, where he
has purchased a farm of about 200 acres. We
are very sorry to lose so good citizen as Mr..
Kelly, but hope he may find his new home alto
gether satisfactory.
Mr.. David Owings, farmer living near
Owings' Mills, Baltimore county, died last Sun
day, in the 10th year of his age. He was cousin
of Mr. James w. Owings, of Towsontown, and
name who once owned large tracts of land in that
section of the county.
The funeral of Miss Hette Commit, daugh-
ter of Mr. John Commit, of this place, who died on
Friday evening, of consumption, took place at
St. Cyprian's Church, ON Sunday afternoon and
was very largely attended. The services were
conducted by Rev. Father Mead, and were i'm
pressive and beautiful.
Mr. John G. Cockey and wife, of Luther
I'll tad 6ffiath Of their
wedding on Tuesday evening, when they were the
recipients of a number of handsome presents
Many friends called to pay their respects. Mr..
Cockey is O retired merchant and the father in
law of Hon. j. Fred. C. Talbot.
The relief plan of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, which went into effect on the 10th
of February, has proven very successful. To the
31st of March over $4,000 had been distributed
in death benefits among the families of its en-
ployees. In sick benefits to the same date the
sum of S1,757.39 had been paid out.
Mrs. Walsh, wife of Rev. John l.. Walsh,
pastor of the NJ E. Church at Gainesville, died on
Wednesday, at the residence of her brother-in-aw,
Rev. J. st. Clair Neal, in Baltimore, in the 3lst
year of her age. Mrs. Walsh, whose death was
caused by consumption, was the youngest daugh-
ter of Mr.. John J. Brosius, of Hancock, Md.
The patrons of Upperco postofice, Balti-
more county, through Representative Shaw, have
asked the Department to change the name of that
Office to Arcadia, but the request has been de-
clined upon the ground that there is already an
office of that name in Indiana. Upperco is loca-
ted at Arcadia Station, on the Baltimore and Han
over railroad.
The Reading Circle of Towsontown public
school gave delightful entertainment on Friday
evening of last week, which was intended as a
compliment to the members of the Teachers As
ISOLATION which met here that day. Most of the
teachers having returned to the city, comparative
ly few were present to enjoy it, but the audience
was large and appreciative notwithstanding.
Mr.. w. J. Blair. who has taught the pub
lie school at Carroll, 1st district, for four years
past, has been appointed to clerkship in the
warehouse department of the Baltimore Custom
House at salary of 81, 400 per annum. He sue
ceeds Mr.. John H. Baker, of Hartford county.
Mr.. Blair passed the civil service examination
and obtained an average of about 80 per cent.
"A young lady who made her first visit here
to attend the meeting of the Teachers Associa-
ton last week, said that "White Hall is a better
town than Towsontown." Think of it. " hite
Hall is q little village on the Northern Central
railroad, in the upper end of the county. We
have had to put up with great many insults, but
this surpasses them all. After this we are pre-
pared for almost anything.
The Baltimore Annual Conference of the
A. NJ. E Church, which met this year in Annap-
oils, adjourned on Wednesday. Among the ap-
pointments the following for Baltimore county:
Waters's Chapel, D. p. Seaton Long Green, W.
NJ. Travers Gainesville, J. P. Cox; Randalls-
town, Samuel Butler; Ellicott City, S. c. Cassell
Quaker Bottom, j. H. Goldsborough; Carrollton
and Windsor, J. E. Williams.
Mr.. VIM. L. Seabrook, who was the re-
cever of Lee Scribeners circus, which wintered
at Westminster, sold the same at public sale last
week to satisfy creditors. He disposed of every
thing except two monkeys. These might be
bought cheap and utilized as assistants to GER
tain editor in this town, whose "monkey business,
while laughable, is scarcely realistic enough to
bear out the Darwinian theory.
Mr.. Edward P. Murray, son of Mr.. Thomas
Murray, of Towsontown, will be married in Tow
sontown NJ. E. Church, Wednesday evening, 10th
inst, to Miss Lizzie A. Causey, daughter of Mr.
Uriah Causey, of Timonium. The prospective
groom is very worthy young man and printer
by trade. He learned the business in Towson.
town, but has been employed in the Government
printing Office at Washington, for about two years
In the U. S. Senate ON Monday, Mr.. Cor
man introduced bill appropriating sl5,5O6 fol
indemnity and compensation to the heirs of thu
late Henry Leef, who live at Woodbury., Balt
more county, for loss and damage sustained dur
ing his life time by the seizure of the bark "Mary
Teresa" by the counsel of the United States a
Bahia, Brazil. This bill has been pending before
Congress a long time, Hon. J. Fred. C. Talbot
having worked energetically to secure its passage
The County Commissioners on Tuesday
went down to the Maryland Blind Asylum or
Boundary avenue, to inspect the ground through
which it is proposed to run North street in orde
to straighten it. A large number of interested
parties were present and thorough examination
was made and the subject discussed from every
standpoint, but the Board did not render de
cision. Messrs. D. G. Mcintosh and Jno.
Yellott represent the trustees of the asylum, ant
Mr. Winfield J. Taylor is counsel for the property
owners, who want the street to run through thu
asylum grounds.
Last Saturday young fellow, fresh from
the country, who wanted to be driver on tn,
York road horse cars, was given a car at the sta
bles, below Govanstown, and drove it up here
under the instruction of Tommy Ewing, an old anC
experienced driver. This would-be driver crea
ted quite sensation in Towsontown. He had OF
a long linen duster and white linen cuffs tina
projected about i've inches below his coat sleeves
He didn't look like car driver and from his &C
tions we don't think he would ever have mad
one. Evidently he thought so himself, for whel
he reached the stables on his return trip he CAV
up the job, got his trunk from the office and head
ed for the city. He soon saw that twelve hours
of that kind of work for $1.50 was not what hi
fancy had painted.
"A bachelor member of the bar, who is no
ted for his gallantry and who is mar excellence