The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-06-05
Hahhuilla 2d Diatrict-The resolutions of

Hebbville, 2d District.-The resolutions OF
coincidence adopted by the White Grounds htera-
ry association, and engrossed by Prof. burnett
were presented to Mr.. Luther Timanus and fami-
" on last Thursday night. Miss May Reese, of
Westminster, former critic of the association, was
present. R. NJ. G. Trainor made the presentation
address, which was responded to by Mr.. Timanus.
| Miss Blanche Zimmerman played dirge on the
organ The presentation and reception we're very
| solemn and will not soon be forgotten.
| 1t had been announced previously that ground
| would be broken for the new church on Monday
| afternoon at O'Clock, and all were invited to
come with pick and shovel to dig the foundation.
| So at the appointed time men, women and chill
| dren gathered from every direction. Miss Clara
| Macken, aged fourteen, made solemn address to
the people, then took the pick, dug upohe ground
and threw the first shoveful out, after which the
| men and bows pitched into the work with will.
| Messrs. I. H. Macken and f. Greenwalt, the lat
ter of whom has the contract for the stone work,
superintended the work.
Mr.. William E. Upton, while crossing the iron
bridge on the Franklin road, had narrow escape.
| He was sitting on the lazy board OF the wagon
| when the horses took fright and SHE'D. He in
| stantly beheld his imminent danger of being
| crushed between the wagon and the bridge and
| sprang to catch the top piece of the bridge but
| missed it and was thrown head foremost down.
ward. Fortunately he caught, in his decent, one
of the iron bars to which he chung until extrlca-
ted. Had he gone down to the rocks below, a dis
lance of about twenty-five feet, ne would nave
been crushed to death.
Mr.. Henry Clay, whose marriage was recently
reported in my letter, was robbed last Saturday
night. While he and his wife were in Baltimore,
some one pried open the shutter and entered the
house. The thief ransacked the whole house,
turned the beds upside down, broke up some of the
furniture and stole his wifes wedding ring, brace.
lets, etc., besides some silverware and gun, and
made his escape. The robber, who was seen by
several in the evening, was minus little finger.
The same night Mr.. Richard Mullinix, on his way
from the city, was stopped on the road, no doubt
by the same same party who robbed Mr.. Clay, but
by blow of the whip and quick bound of the
horse he escaped the robbers clutches.
The mate to the large crane, recently killed by
Mr. August Detmer, was shot the other day by
Mr.. Lee Zimmerman. Mr.. William Z. Upton
thought when he first saw it in the lower end OF
his meadow that it was deer, but perhaps he had
been sky -larking the evening before. Seven shots
| were fred before the huge bird fell.
Prof. Zimmerman last fall captured three of
those large light green worms so frequently seen
upon tomato vines and put them in his laboratory.
| The worms crawled up the wall, attached them
| selves and spun large cocoons This spring, or
very recently, large butterfly, of very brilliant
| hue, came out Of one of the cocoons. ltmeasured
| over three inches and is what is known as the
| Cecropia moth. The female lays the egg and pro-
| duces the worm and the worm spins the cocoon
| and produces the butterfly or Cecropia moth.
Mr.. Lemuel Waterman, while returning from the
city the other day. met with an accident just this
| side of the iron bridge on the Franklin road. His
saddle horse took fright and sprang across the
| road, which threw the off horse on wire fence,
cutting him severely, the driver narrowly escaping
injury.
Mr.. John A. Smith, who enlisted in the United
States regular service five years ago and went OIL
| to fight the Modocs, has returned home, his time
having expired. He looks better than he did
| when he went out and saos he never had better
health in his life. He gives thrilling account of
| the West-California, Nevada and Arizona-the
Indians, cowboys and the soldiers life generally
| The half of what he has seen in the five years
| would fill volume.
Mr. Joseph Emmart informed me the other day
that the cancer in his mothers breast, which has
been cut out twice, and which was noticed at the
time in my letter, has begun to develop again.
Mr.. Caleb Emmart, her husband, who lost his
mind from softening of the brain, remains about
the same.
Squire Fishpaw recently went to the falls fish
ing, hut made mistake and sat down by the side
of mud hole in proximity to the falls, and ished
for tadpoles a half day. "They wouldn't bite
worth cent" so he said.
Children's Day will be celebrated at st. Luke's,
next Sunday morning; at Emmarts and at Mt.
Olive in the afternoon. Each promises to be very
enjoyable occasions, as the programmes are good,
especially St. Luke's.
Mr. William Pel is erecting addition to the
east end of his house, preparatory to separating
his LIQUOR and grocery business. This the
understanding between him and his bondsmen
when he took the postofice. 1t is thought that if
he would separate them as far as the east is from
the west it would be benefit to the community
and his business also.
great deal of the spring planting, especially
of potatoes, have persisted in the ground during
the recent rains. Many who put in large crops of
early potatoes have plowed them up and either
replanted with potatoes or corn. There is every
promise of a very heavy yield of grain and grass
tbrou obout this section T.