The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1888-02-04
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM YORK, PA.
Heavy Loss by Fire-Suicide of James B.
Welsh-Suit on a Forged Note
A Successful Railroad, &c.
YnRK. Pa Fahrnarv I'd. ]

York, Pa, February I'd, 1855.
Messrs. Editors ON Sunday morning last
about one O'Clock, the York Daily printing estab.
lishment was entirely consumed by fire. Los:
about S20, 900; insurance $4,000. The insurance
was adjusted yesterday and the full amount paid
The proprietors are issuing the Daily from the
Age office regularly until new quarters can be Sc
cured. They have ordered an entire new outfit
for their printing establishment, which is already
on the way from the city, so that we may soon ex-
pect the Daily to appear in an entire new dress
to welcome its many readers. There is much
sympathy expressed among our people for the
propretors who sustained such heavy loss by
this fire, whch'is supposed to have been the work
of an incendiary. 1t is true a Waterman was en-
ployed in the building at night, but he asleep
and was only walked by the smoke of the burn
ing building. By the heroic work of the fremen
much valuable property was saved from destruc-
ton.
On Monday morning Mr.. James B. Welsh, aged
4S years, committed suicide at his residence in
this city, by shooting himself through the head
with pistol while laboring under a temporary fit
of insanity, produced from nervous trouble. The
deceased was son of the late Henry Welsh, and
a brother of W. H. Welsh, Esq, of the Treasury
Department at Washington, at one time connected
with the old daily Gazette of Baltimore, and OF
John B. Welsh, former owner of the York Daily.
The deceased was also brother-in-law of Judge
Wickes, now of Baltimore city.
Tho suit of the National Bank VS.. the executors
of the Peter Hershey estate was concluded yester-
day, the jury bringing in a sealed verdict this
morning in favor of the defendants. This was
suit pending a new trial granted, which was on
a previous trial given in favor of the defendants.
The issue was upon promissory note alleged to
have been forged by David Hershey upon his
father, Peter Hershey, both Of whom are now de-
ceased
The Stewartstown Railroad Company has es-
capped bonding its road for the balance of indebt-
edness due on account of its construction by SELL
ing stock sufficient to pay the debt. They also on
a stock debt declared 3 per cent. dividend. This
is a remarkably good showing for the new road.
1t will be question of good management and
liberaity towards the patrons of the road to make
the enterprise paying one. Mr.. Michael Schall,
of this place. has invested in the stock of tho road
to a very large amount, and was elected one of the
board of directors at the recent annual meeting
Mr.. Schall, being public spirited man and hav-
ing had good deal of experience in various ex-
tensive business enterprises, car building, &C.,
will add strength to the business management oil
the road.
We have been having some exceedingly cold
weather, also some snow and seighing, the latter
being spoiled by heavy drifting, blocking the
roads running north and south, and on others the
snow was blown all away, leaving the ground bare
We have no sickness Of any kind, though in
some sections of the county there is much typhoid
fever and throat troubles reported
Ny recent visit to Towsontown, though brief
was an exceedingly pleasant one, especially that
part of it which put me in the of the editors
of The UNION. don't think any person living
appreciates kind treatment better than your cor
respondent, hence I mention my last trip to Tow.
sontown and being placed under your charge fol
q short time. X.