The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-30

| The freight train on the Maryland Contra
road is now being run every other day and tn,
number of engineers on the road has been reduced
The passenger train which leaves North avenu,
at $50 p. m, and which formerly ran to Fores
Hill, now only goes as far as Beair.
"A number of prominent citizens of Cations
vile held meeting on Monday, at the Office Of Hon
Jas. A. Gary, in Baltimore to hear the report of tn,
committee previously appointed to take steps tc
secure the incorporation of the town. 1t was de-
cided to submit the question of incorporation to
popular vote, and if the result is favorable tn,
Legislature will be at once pettioned for charter
Mrs Mary G. Pfoutz, wife of Mr.. Martin
| Pfoutz, who formerly resided at Owings' Mills
Baltimore county, died at her residence, in Ian
caster county, Pa, on the 22d inst, in the 18th
| year of her age Mrs. Pfoutz who stricken
| with paralysis several weeks before her death
| was sister of Mr.. Benjamin F. Croft, proprietor
| of Owings' Mills, on the Western Maryland rail-
| road.
"A colored man named Henry Warner was
| killed at the Edmondson avenue crossing of the
Baltimore & Potomac railroad, on Tuesday even
ing, by being struck by the engine of the Annap-
oils express. county Justice of the Peace held
an inquest and the jury rendered verdict OF ac-
cidental death, generating the company from all
blame. Warner was sixty years of age and the
father of thirty three children
The UNION last week published an account
of the supposed loss of the Baltimore bark AIDE
laide, Thomas Bailey, captain. 1t is now thought,
from late dispatches, to have been the German
bark Adelaide, which was lost. The Baltimore
Sun of Friday says that Capt. Bailey has been
out about 80 days, and, calculating on the past
record of the Adelaide, he will soon be heard from
Rio Janeiro. A later dispatch received last night
from London announces the arrival at Falmouth,
England, of the crew ofthe German bark Adelaide.
EPSON Chapel, Towsontown.- On Sunday,
November 10th, 1889, Epson Chapel was opened
for public worship and dedicated to the service of
Almighty God, the Rev. Saml. Kepler, of the M.
E. Church. and father of the late DR.. Samuel
Kepler, wel-known in this county, conducting
the services. The lot of ground, containing ]
acre and 43 perches, which the Chapel is built,
was conveyed by deed to Board of Trustees from
the late Henry B. Chew during his lifetime, he
having inherited life interest IN the property
from his wife, who was o member of the Ridgely
family of Hampton. The Chapel was erected by
the citizens of the town and surrounding country,
and was the first church built in this immediate
neighborhood. 1t was intended as "free" church,
the second section of Gan act of incorporation of
EPSON Chapel providing that "said Chapel shall
be open to any Evangelical minister of the Gospel
of any Christian denomination subject, neverthe-
less, from time to time to control and direction
of the Board of Trustees, who alone shall have
power to regulate the preaching in said Chapel"
The trustees had great difficulty in securing the
services of ministers of any denomination except
the Methodist Episcopal. Things continued in
this way for several years when EPSON Chapel
was made one of the regular appointments on the
circuit of the M. E. Church, the circuit minister
preaching every other Sunday morning. The
intervening Sundays the Chapel was open for
ministers of other denominations but was seldom
occupied BY them. The circuit was then known
as Summerfeld, embracing q large portion of
Baltimore county, and as Methodism increased so
rapidly in the county the circuit was divided in
1854 and EPSON Chapel on what was after
wards known North Baltimore Circuit and so
continued until 1871, when the Methodist Episco-
pal congregation removed to the large brick church
in this place. Since that time the chapel has been
used as place of worship by the Methodist Prot
estant congregation
The original Board of Trustees consisted of
Henry B. Chew James Howard, John Ridgely,
Isaac Taylor, Sr., Joshua Stevenson, Amos Mat
thews, Edward S. Meyers, DIR. G. NJ. Bosley, o..
P Merryman and II. C. Turnbull, Sr. Several
vacancies occurred by death and resignation and
at present the only remaining members of the
Board are DR.. G. NJ. Bosley, of Towsontown, and
Mr.. O. P. Merryman, of Baltimore. Messrs.
Turnbull and Myers, who still living, resigned
and Messrs Chew, Howard, Ridgely, Taylor and
Stevenson are dead.
As the late Henry B. Chew had only life in
terest in the property, at his death the deed
veying the same to the Board of Trustees was void
and, as stated in last weeks UNION, Mr.. Samuel
Chew and others, the remaining heirs, for con-
sideration of S., decided to the Trustees of EPSON
Chapel l acre and 43 perches of land, called
"Ridgely's Conclusion" upon which the Chapel
stands.
The Board of Trustees had not held an official
meeting for upwards of twenty years, until a few
uha
met and filled up the vacancies in the Board by
appointing the following gentlemen: Messrs.
VIM. Grason, Charles R. Chew Joseph S. Bowen,
Joseph B. Mitchell, James E. Dunphy, Samuel E.
Parks and Jacob Wisner. At meeting of the
Board, held on Monday last, several changes were
made in the rules governing the Chapel and
committee was appointed to erect a fence in front
of the lot and make such other improvements
they may deem necessary.
They Want a New School House.-The
citizens of Calverton, Baltimore county, held a
meeting on Monday night last for the purpose of
taking action to secure from the Legislature the
passage of bill to enable the Commissioners to
levy $1,000 for the erection of school-house at
Calverton. Gen. E. b. Tyler presided, with L. F.
Bowen, Jr., as secretary. Mr.. James Broumel,
General Tyler, John Slack and others spoke of
the urgent necessity of having bill passed max
ing provision for the school building. A resolu-
ton was adopted stating that the building now in
for school purposes at Calverton is in a dlap-
idated condition, and unsuitable for the purpose
intended that the building is now partially &C.
cupied by one-fourth of the children of the loca-
ty and is unfit for the wants of the growing sec
ton, and that committee of seven be appointed
to visit Annapolis and urge upon the representa-
tives of Baltimore county to have the bill, now
before the House, passed. The following COM
mittee was appointed Gen. E. B. Tyler, G. F.
Fuller, Robert Gathers, L. F. Bowen, Jr., W. j.
Eney, Daniel Dryer and John Berner.