The Baltimore County union., 1886-12-04

pleased with his new home and the people will
whom he has cast his lot. 1t is an excellent loca
tion for physician, and we hope he may do we'll
The DR.. was q classmate of our County Treasurer
DR.. H.. J. Hebb, both having graduated in 1872.
MIR Daniel Shamberger, formerly of ths
5th district, for some time a resident of King
William county, Va, has been spending week
in Baltimore county, visiting relatives and friends
and attending to some business matters. lie was
in Towsontown on Tuesday, on his way South
and called at The UNION Office. He is in good
health and his new home seems to agree with him
Mr.. H. l.. r. Woods, who was at one time
connected with the engineer corps of the Mary
land Central Railroad, died very suddenly at the
Hotel Baker, Hanover, Pa, on Saturday last, Of
hemorrhage of the lungs. He was superintendent
of the billiard and pool-room of the hotel, with
which he had been connected for year or two
Mr.. Woods was about 4S years of age and was q
on-in-law of Capt. Duvall, who lives near Falls
ton, Hartford county. He had many acquain-
tances in Baltimore and Hartford counties.
Mr.. Samuel F. Butler, contractor and build
err of Towsontown, is erecting very fine resi-
dence on the farm of Hon. C. Bohn Slingluff, on
Chestnut Ridge. The house is 40 feet front and
has depth of SO feet, and is being built after
plans made by Mr.. Butler. The house is roomy
and convenient and when completed will be a
very pretty and desirable country residence. On
this property Mr.. Slingluff has some 800 fruit
trees with a large vineyard and an endless varie-
ty of small fruits. In time it promises to be one
of the finest fruit farms in the county.
Mr.. William R. Hipsley, of the sth dis
trict, Baltimore county, has been appointed a
storekeeper in the Baltimore Custom House, vice
John L. Reese, removed. The salary is Sl,2OO.
He passed the civil service examination last May.
Mr.. Hipsley, who will assume the duties of his
Office on the 18th inst, is school teacher, civil
engineer and Justice of the Peace. His many
friends in the county will be pleased to learn OF
his success.
The strike of the quarrymen and others
EMPLOYED by Mr.. T. c. Blair, at Texas, N. G. Il.
R., still continues, the men refusing to work for
less than SI.5O and S1.25 per day. These men,
who are members of the Knights OF Labor, are
paid their regular wages by that order. Several
men were brought from Pennsylvania, to work in
place of the strikers, but after reaching Texas
thew refused to set in until the strike was ended,
and returned to their homes.
Two Towsontown sportsmen went rabbit
hunting last Saturday, driving some distance up
the country, carrying several dogs with them.
They brought home two rabbits which they prob
ably killed. The account for tho days sport
stands about thusly: Use of horse and wagon one
day, So OO loss time for hunters, say $500 each,
Sc 100; toll and incidentals, S1.50 forty shells at
4 cts. each, SLIGO; total Sl2.1O. Two rabbits, ~
cts each, 40 cts. Net gain (on the wrong side OF
the ledger Sl1.7O.
Our friend, Mr.. Joshua H. Parker, of the
10th district, will accept our thanks for copy OF
The Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser, da-
ted March 10th, 1885, 1t was published by Will
liam Gwynn, at the corner of St. Paul street and
Bank lane. Mr.. Parker found this paper behind
an old looking glass that had been used in his
family for many years. There are many adver-
tisements in it relating to Baltimore county, and
o1so &c ;nta hoo ri O upnn MARYLAND mat
ters fifty years ago.
"A gentleman in this town had as pets about
his house dog and cat and the dog, being
very playful, worried the life nearly out of the
cat by dragging it about the house by the neck.
He decided to get rid of the cat and last June he
put it in bag and gave it to one of the express
men, telling him to turn it out about Waverly'
The expressman did as directed and nothing more
was thought of the matter until last week, when
the identical cat turned up at the gentleman's
house, looking sleek and comfortable.
Quiet Wedding at ''Dumbarton." very
quiet but beautiful wedding was solemnized at
{" "Dumbarton," near Pikesville, on Tuesday after
noon. the bride being Miss Sadie G. Walker, only
daughter of the late Patrick Henry Walker and the
groom Mr.. Charles M. Shelton, who is connected
with the extensive fruit importing house of Henry
Bros. & Co., Baltimore. The ceremony was per-
formed in the spacious parlor by Rev. james Bris-
coe, rector of the Chapel of the Nativity. The
decorations for the occasion were exquisite. A
magnificent floral bell was suspended from the
center of the ceiling in place of the chandelier.
The piece was about five feet high and four feet in
diameter at the bottom. Evergreens were twined
around the silver candlesticks, and the lighted
candles threw tender light over the whole and
completed the picture. Shortly before three O'Clock
Rev. Mr.. Briscoe, in his surpce, took his place at
the side of the room and as soon as the immediate
relatives hsd taken their seats formed in q semi
circle ct each end of the room, the bridal party
entered. The groom and his best man, Mr.. Chaun-
cey M. Benninghaus, entered first, and stationed
themselves under the bell at the right. They were
soon followed by the ushers, Messrs. Frank c.
Bolton and O. W. Cook, and then the bride, lean
ing on the arm of her elder brother, Mr.. Noah
Walker, who gave her away. The bride, was be-
coming attired in faille francaise en- train, with
bridal veil, and carried a handsome bouquet OF
nephetos buds. The collation. that followed the
ceremony was notable for its magni6cence. The
large table in the dining-room was covered with
the finest art of the florist, as we'll as the caterer
At each end of the table was O floral swan, made
mainly of chrysanthemums, hyacinths, roses and
smilax. In the center of the table was double
epergne of ferns and flowers. The ices represented
pack of playing cards, birds, fruits, flowers, &c.
and the service was solid silver.
The presents were displayed in the large draw
ing room, and there were a large number of them
The groom presented the bride with a set of dia-
monds, consisting of earrings and a breastpin,
while the bride in return gave him a set of dia
mond studs. The brides mother gave the hand
soonest present of them all. 1t was mahogany
cabinet, with plate-glass panels, and with eleven
French bisque figures. A handsome bronze statue
of soldier, about two feet high, from Mr.. Hamil-
ton Walker, stood on a rosewood pedestal from
Mr.. Henry Walker, both brothers of the bride
Miss Emma Scott, of Richmond, Va, sent a finely
carved solid silver ladle. A handsome set of silver
spoons forks and knives, with pearl handles, from
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Hamilton Caughy, and very
valuable jeweled hand mirror from Mr.. j. A
Moore. Mrs. E. L. Atkinson, an aunt Of the bride
of Philadelphia gave beautiful set of solid silver
spoons. Mr.. and Mrs. Noah W. Caughy presented
bronze pedestal, with vase filled with artificial
flowers. A solid silver waiter and ice pitcher
from Dixon c. Walker, brother of the bride. A
solid silver set of forks, from Noah Walker; sci
of silver spoons, from Frank ]. Caughy; silver
set, from Mrs. Mary Shelton, and many others
numbering in all about one hundred.
Later in the afternoon the bridal party drove tt
Baltimore, and Mr.. and Mrs. Shelton departed or
a bridal tour through the North. On their return
they will reside at the new hotel on Eutaw Place
novelty was offered in the boxes of brida
cake The inner box was tied with satin ribbon
on the middle the date, and on the ends the name
of the contracting parties.
Marriage of a Government Omcial.-Mr
William J. Blair, formerly principal of the publi
school at Carroll, Baltimore county, but at pres
ent assistant warehouse clerk in the Baltimor
Custom House, and president of the local civi
service commission, was married at Grace P. e
Church, Baltimore, at $50 o'clock on Wednesda,
evening, to Miss Dora c. Stiefel, daughter of ex
County Commissioner Edward W. Stiefel. Th
handsome church was thronged with the relative
and friends of the young couple. The ushers wer
Messrs. W. McGann, H. II. Won der Horst, VIM
Redeman, E. S. Salisbury, B. A. Schneiderreitl
and Joseph Blair, the latter brother of the groom
The bridal party approached the chancel. preceded
by the ushers, the groom accompanied by hi
eldest brother and best man, Mr.. Alexander Blair
Jr., the BRIDE very becomingly attired in a dari
blue cloth travelling suit, leaning upon the arm o
her father. At the chancel they were met by Rev
B. B. Griswold, d. D., rector of the Capel of Hol.
Cross, Frederick road, (of which the bride is
member,) who read the beautiful service of th'
Episcopal Church in most impressive manner
At its conclusion the bride and groom repaired a
once to Union Station, where they took the 7.3!
train for the North. They will spend a week il
Philadelphia and New York, after which they will
return and take up their residence in pretty cot
tage on the Frederick road, near Loudon Park
which Mr.. Blair built and furnished throughou
during the past summer. Mr.. Blair, who is a sol
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