The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-12-18
Correspondents Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
Christmas Shopping-The Postal Stations
Divorce Laws-A Heinous
Crime &c
BALrrMoRE. December 14th. 1856

BALTIMORE, December 14th, 1886.
Messrs. Editors II have resided in Baltimore
good long time and / don't think have ever
seen the streets more thronged-especially the
prominent thoroughfares-tha they are to-day
with Christmas purchasers, buying rememberances
for the holidays. Baltimore and Lexington streets
are particularly so. The people, too, seem to be
purchasing extensively as if money was no object
to them. If the fine weather continues it will be
a remarkably good season for the op-keepers.-
The children of smaller growth will be out in full
force after the holiday in the several schools
fully commences. 1 suppose those Of the country
are animated with the same sentiment, and if SO
the county shop-keepers are likely to have pros
porous time also. So let those who have suitable
things to sell tell their customers through their
county papers where they can be had. 1 see that
several of them already doing so in The UNION.
We are coming near to the shortest day Of the
season. It will be here on about the 21st inst.
The days will be very nearly the same length for
two or three days and then they gradually begin
to get longer, though an old adage says Gas the
days begin to engthen the cold begins to strength
en-" which is apt to be the case for awhile. I
would not be surprised, however, if the present
mild weather was what they call ga weather
breeder" and that it were preparing for series of
rough diurnals.
Business of all kinds is rather quiet and will be
until after the holidays. Almost everything is to
some extent absorbed in preparing to close the
year and prepare for beginning the new. Mer-
chants are already beginning to fix up their ac-
counts so as to know how they stand, enter into
new partnerships, &c. I learn, however, there
will not be as many changes as usual on such an
occasion. Theyear's transactions have been fair
but not large. Generally speaking it has been of
a safe character with some heavy failures, but not
many.
Persons who keep drug stores, especially where
city post boxes located for mailing letters, pa
pers &C., to go by the regular post are generally
expected to accommodate the public with stamps
envelopes, &C., and go to great deal of trouble
otherwise for which they get no compensation
Would it not be but fair to allow them per-
centage on the price of stamps they sell so as t.
pay moderately for the trouble they obliged te
be at. People have been in the habit of going to
these places to mail their letters and naturally ex
pect to get stamps and envelopes at the same place
small percentage was at one time allowed FOL
selling stamps, but it has been abandoned. 1t II
a considerable trouble for which there ought to bt
some compensation.
There is still a great desire with the people o.
the northwestern part of Baltimore, somewhere
near North avenue and North street, to have fire
engine house and fire apparatus kept in thai
neighborhood. There is none now near it and Il
would be of great value to those owning property
see that Congress is again taking up the d
law national or universal SO far as the United
States is concerned. 1t is subject we'll worthy
of consideration and should be passed. The STATE
laws as they now are-many of them-are worth
less and shameful. The truth is they are worse
than nothing-rotten to the very CORE Let {
divorce be permanent, that cannot be broken will
impunity. 1t should be national law, only to b
annuled when there is cause therefore of the mos
indubitable character. The divorce of Sir Colir
Campbell abroad should teach lesson on this side
The murder of an aged white woman few day.
ago by three negroes, for the purpose OF selling
her body to dssect, is the most heinous offens'
heard of. The details are fully known and thu
culprits confess their crime. They should b
made terrible example of. It's bad enough t.
rob grave by ghouls, to sell the body, but t.
murder person to get the body for dissection ant
sell it, has no parallel in crime. IF such an ofens
| were overlooked or not punished to the extent o
the law, even those who permitted it would b.
| greatly to blame.
The poultry exhibition now in progress in GU
| city promises much success. 1t is the finest il
all respects ever seen in Baltmre 1t may be sait
indeed that Mr. George Cotton, president of GU
| Police Board, is actually the father of poultr.
| shows in Baltimore. He has taken great interes
| in them.
| Some of the city passenger railways are abou
to have their cars heated during cold weather will
| a new kind of heater. The company successful il
this will draw custom from the other lines who de
pend on heating with straw. NEsToR.