The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-05-05
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM YORK, PA.
Fire Bugs Still at Work-Death of Judge
Fisher-The New Fair Grounds
Politics, &C., &c.

York, Pa May I'd, 1888.
MeSSrS. Editors The "fire bugs" have been
having quite picnic of it in this city for sew
eral months past. They have set fire to and
destroyed large amount of property without
detection so far. l see no special effort made
ON the part of the authorities to detect and pun
ish the parties. There seems to be a number
of them and from the manner in which they
operate they must be organized for that ,pur-
pose. There is considerable fear and complaint
manifested on the part of some of the taxpay-
ers that they are not better protected under po-
lice regulations.
Our venerable Judge Fisher has passed from
this world after spending fifty years OF his life
in public usefulness in this county. He was an
eminent Judge for thirty years and previous to
his election to the office of President Judge was
the leading member of the bar. He was 80
years ofage and was remarkable man in many
respects, which made him very popular i'll this
county. He never lost a friend when he gain
ed one. The people of this county held him in
such high esteem that but for his age and fail
ing health they would have retained him as
their President Judge as much of the fourth
term as he would have lived The county his
torian has kept him well in the front OF the
leading public men of our county. The people
of York county have met with great loss in
the death of Hon. r. j. Fisher. He was a
great friend of Hon. Adam Ebaugh late Asso-
ciate Judge, who is yet living and about the
same age.
last Saturday. The buildings and grounds a
acres) brought in round figures SCI 500. twill
require this sum to pay for the new grounds
and erect the new buildings which will be the
finest in the State. The track is being put in
order for training horses, and yesterday the
board of managers located and let the man
buildings to the lowest bidders. The buildings
are all to be finished by the first of next Sep
TENDER. The next fair in this county will be
held on the new grounds and it is predicted will
be the largest one that has ever been held in
this county. The board of managers have been
holding weekly meetings for several months
past and the committees have been hard at work
to get the new buildings under contract.
Our new postmaster has at last entered upon
his duties. Two of the letter carriers have
''smelt powder and resigned. Others have
been appointed in their place. The appoint
ment of Mr.. Small is the most popular appoint
ment the Administration has made for this
county.
The politicians of this county at the recent
meeting of the county committees of both par
ties did some funny things. Hon. c. f. Black
was defeated for delegate to the National con-
vention by John w. Bittinger, Esq, late can
didate for Judge, and Hiram Young, Esq, the
old war horse of the Republican party and edi-
tor of the Dispatch, was defeated for delegate to
the Chicago convention by chairman Lawyer
Schmidt, popular young Republican leader
in the party in this county. The Democratic
committee failed to endorse Congressman Marsh
as q Representative, nor did the Adams county
committee. The Cumberland county commit
tee by close vote, endorsed him, but he can
not carry the county. He will lose Adams and
this county. There is an organized effort to
defeat him and am not sure but that they will
succeed, for his conduct towards his friends who
sent him back second term has been so out
rageously mean that they are determined to de-
feat him if they can. X.