The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-12-18

PRAYER meeting on wednesday evening, at =
o'clock, and class meetings on Thursday, at P.
m, and Friday evening, at q O'Clock.
Tr;n;ty p f. Church, MISUNDERSTANDING
Sunday BY the rector Rev. W. H. Il. Powers, at
II n. m. and s D. m. Friday-Evening Prayer
at 600 p. m. -,
There will be preaching at Luthervie, by Rev.
VIII. H. Powers, in the Public Hall, every Sun
day afternoon, at 81 o'clock.
Sater's Baptist Church.-Preaching every Sun
day by the pastor, Rev. w. j. Nicoll, at Saters'
Baptist Church. at IL a. m, and at Pikesville Bap-
fist Church at p. m.
EutaV N. p. Church, Hartford Road.-Preach-
ing every Sunday, by the pastor, Rev. ). M. GILL;
at ii a. m. All invited.
Mrs Augusta Smith, postmistress at Costa,
Baltimore county, has resigned.
George M. Ruhl has been appointed post
master at Mount Winans, Baltimore county.
1t is expected that the new uniforms for
the Towson Guards will be ready in few days:
-THE UNION may be found on the files OF the
Exchange Reading Rooms, Second street, Baltl-
more.
Rev W. II. Miller, of Bryn Mawr, Pa, has
bean called to the pastorate of Boundary Avenue
Presbyterian Church.
BRENT II. M. Reed, of Arlington, Baltimore
county, has obtained patent for metallic time
card for letter boxes
The public schools of the county will close
Friday, December 24th, ana remain cioseu until
Monday January Sd, 1887.
The next issue of The UNION will be dated
on Christmas day, and with it ends the thirty
seventh volume of the paper.
The colored public school in this place now
has UPWARDS of one hundred scholars, larger
number than it ever had before.
RoIl
ties have established telegraph office at Loch
Raven, and Mr.. Culver is in charge.
james Brennan, employed in Weems Bros.
factory. Homestead, had his right hand badly in
iured by circular saw on Monday.
The friends of Col. Harry Gilmor have SO
far raised $500 towards the erection of monument
over his grave in Loudon Park Cemetery.
Several thousand dollars of city paper was
offered for discount at our bank last week, but
verv little of it could be handled because of the
lack of funds. yves,
Mrs. Elijah Stansbury, of Lavender Hill,
Hartford road, is spending some time with friends
in Washington, accompanied by her NIECE MISS
Alice Beaver.
"A few days ago member of Mr.. L. Bosley
Merrvman's family lost valuable gold watch
and chain in the city, but was fortunate enough
to recover it afterwards.
"A burglar got into the residence OF Mr.. 4.
G. Addison, on St. Paul street extended, in the
Belt, Wednesday night last, and carried OIL about
$50 worth of clothing, &c.
The people who failed to harvest supply
of ice last week may not have another opportunity
this winter Then the I-told-you-so fellows will
dance with "ghoulish gee."
Mr. Joshua P. Benson, respected citizen
of Fallston, Maryland Central railroad, died on
Thursday of last week, of heart disease and drop
sy, in the 10th year of his age.
"A daily mail has been established between
han
the first named place each morning at $40 and
reaching Shawan an hour later
A German named Theodore Krampf, en-
ployed at Brehm's brewery, Georgetown, Belalr
road. dropped dead of heart disease while at work
in the ice house on Friday of last week.
Mr. William R. Hipsley, OF the 9Th dis
trict. who was appointed storekeeper in the Bal
timore Custom House by Collector Groome, as
sumed the duties of his office on Thursday.
1t is believed that if President Cleveland
would drink quantity of Col. Macgill's Strontia
water Ia product of Baltimore county,, he would
be permanently cured of his rheumatism. lie
should try it by all means.
Miss Ida Brown, daughter of Mr.. E. +.
Brown, of Towsontown, who has been teaching IN
the Reisterstown public school for three years, has
recently received the appointment of vice-princpa
of the school, vice Miss Houck, resigned
Mr.. John W. Mullinix has been appointed
agent of the Maryland Central railroad at Glenarm
Station, and not Mr. Richard Muliuix, as incor-
rectly stated last week. Mr.. M. comes from Har-
ford county and supercedes John D. Weakley.
"A mortgage, given by the Western Mary
land Railroad Company to the city OF Baltimore,
for 81 800 900, was lately recorded in the Clerks
Office at Towsontown. The paper contained about
1000 words and the cost of recording was about
$40.
Mr.. Thomas J. Naughton, a resident of the
Sth district and member of the county hre de-
riad
by the Rev. Father Lenaghan, to Miss Annie M
Fitzgerald, daughter of the late Christian Fitz-
gerald, Of Texas.
"A sleighing carnival is announced to take
place at Belair when there is another good fall OF
SNOW A handsome cutter will be offered as
prize for the most fantastic turnout, with the
usual prizes for other teams, from the one-horse
to the fourth hand.
Emanuel Wilhelm, who lives near Pot
Spring and who was thought to have been fatally
injured, as reported in THE UNION last week, is
now somewhat improved and his physicians
among them Dr. Jas. Ii. Jarrett, OF Towsontown,
think he may recover.
The Dacn, a paper published in the in
terest of the colored people by Rev. E. W. Scott,
has nearly one hundred subscribers at Towson-
town. 1t is quite an interesting paper and Mr..
Scott deserves much credit for the talent he dis
plays in conducting it.
Mrs, Sallie Emory, widow of the late Arthur
Emory, and a sister of the late Judge ID. Z: d..
Emory of Lutherville, Baltimore county, died at
her residence, Centreyie, Nd, on the 18th inst,
in I'D year of her age. She was highly esteemed
and had a large circle of friends.
The incorporators of the Deer Creek and
Susquehanna R. R. Company give notice that
books for receiving subscriptions to the capital
stock of the company will be opened in Belair on
the 18th of January. The prospects for building
this road appear now to be very good.
Tho Messrs Reckord DrODOse putting In
their new steam mill at Belair, roller machinery
and purifiers for the manufacture of corn meal by
the new process. They say that the improve
ments in this machinery have been almost as great
as in that for the manufacture of -four
"A horse belonging to the Messrs. Ditch,
Iiyerymen in the Belt, was stolen from the stable
of Mr.. Benz Forwood, on Fifth street, Saturday
night last. The horse, in very jaded condition,
was afterwards found by county policeman in
an unoccupied stable ON the York road.
The Powhatan Manufacturing Company
was incorporated last week with capital stock
of S65 900, in shares of 500 each. Messrs. Geo.
s. Campbell and VIM. H. Bayne, of Baltimore
county, are among the incorporators. The factory
ia situated at Powhatan, in the I'd district.
Mr.. James T. Quinlin, an active member
of the Dunkard church, has organized a congre-
CATION at his residence in the city and number
of persons have already joined. Within the last
two or three years this denomination has grown
quite rapidly in Baltimore city and vicinity.
-Charles Ekas, brother of Augustus Ekas,
wheewright, Towsontown, died at his residence,
on Chestnut Ridge, last Tuesday. About fifteen
years ago cancer made its appearance on his face
and it was this that caused his death. Mr.. Ekas
was a market gardener and successful fruit Gull
turist.
The County Commissioners will settle on
their appointments at their last meeting in this
year and they will be announced at the first meet
ing in January. There are good many rumors
as to changes in road supervisors, police officers,
&c., but nothing is definitely known as to what
will be done.
The officers of the Towsontown National
Bank are not pleased because the County Com
missioners have refused to deposit the county
funds in their bank It is stated that they offered
A. .:r, Al, oounty hond Of S500 100 for the safe