The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-10-23
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM SHREWSBURY. PA.
Judge Letimer--The Glen Rock Failures
A Bad Stale of Affairs, &C., &c.

SHREWSBURY. Pa, October goth, 1885.
Editors Union The October term of our coun
ty court met on Monday last, with Judge Latimer
on the bench. The court appointed Capt. Frank
j. Magree foreman of the Grand Jury. Judge
Latimer has now been in Office nine months. Dur
ing this time his course on the bench has been
that of an honest, upright, conscientious and i'm
partial Judge, and he has the esteem and admira-
ton of every body. He is respected by all men
and members of the bar. Though Republican,
he has not permitted politics to interfere in the
least in his official discharge OF duty. am much
pie Ased with Judge Latimer and predict that he
has come to stay where he now is, on the bench of
justice in York county.
The failures in Glen Rock are much more dis
astrous to that town and neighborhood than 1 at
first thought they would be. But now the worst
is not half told. 1t reaches the fresdes of the
widows and orphans who entrusted their estates
to those people and lost them. Indeed the state of
affairs in and around Glen Rock at this time is
terrible. The bank will, informed by par
ties Immediately interested and in possession of
the facts, be compelled to pass into the hands of
receiver. There seems to have been a criminal
neglect of duty in the bank, which has been going
on for some time, and which has only come to
light since this trouble developed itself and the
affairs of the bank have passed into examiners
hands. The confidence in the Herbsts seems to
have been misplaced, owing, no doubt, to their
nlgn standing IN cnufcn. mere is, lie is aileSeu,
a large amount of fraudulent paper found in the
hands of innocent parties and in bank. Much
trust money will be lost through this break. An
effort is made to tide over this trouble but can
not see anything to base hope of success upon
Much of the deposit money drawn from the Glen
Rock bank has been brought here and placed on
deposit.
York, Pa, has a street railway in operation from
the city market sheds westward. The ancient
borough is to be organized into city in the near
future. They have resolved to build $780, 600
hotel. The York people are just spreading them
selves.
The old York Gazette passed intolnew hands on
Tuesday last, the owners having sold out to Mr..
Adam f. Geesey, ex-U. s. Revenue Collector and
Prof. Stephen g. Boyd. These men are enter
prsing and pushing and will make the Gazette
a powerful political organ in this county and
State. 1t now has the largest job printing patron
age in the city. 1 wish it success. I have been
the Gazette's correspondent from this place for
thirty years and to be welded to its interests
Since writing my last letter Mr.. Archie Thomp-
son, father of Mr.. William Thompson, Democratic
candidate for Register of this county, has died.
His remains were buried at Stewartstown last
Monday.
The Stcwarstown railroad continues to do a
heavy freight business
The new depot buildings at Pike Station do moi
appear to get on very fast. 1t seems that those
people are in no way in hurry to make for
tune. X.