The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1889-08-03


on Thursday. The fight was with light glove
and was to finish. The names of the partici
pants have been kept shady and it is not know
who the victor was nor what the mill was for
IA little child of Mr.. ]. M. Currie, o
Reisterstown, made a narrow escape few
mornings ago. A large patch ofthe plastering
Just over the child's crib, fell and pieces weigh
ing several pounds came within an inch or TIVE
of striking it on the head. Fortunately it wa
not injured.
Ion Sunday afternoon last the Loyal lie
gion of Towsontown held memorial services il
the NJ E. Church in honor of Mrs. Hayes, wifi
of ex-President Hayes, who was an earnes
worker in the cause of temperance. Miss Flor
ence Hook read an interesting sketch of the life
of the deceased.
THE second quarterly meeting of Grea
Falls Circuit will be held at Providence Chapel
August 18th and 10Th. Preaching on Sunday
by the Presiding Elder at 1870 A. NJ. and P. NJ
The meeting will be held in the grove adjoin
ing the church. and services will be continued
during the week.
MIR. John Treadway, who was well known
in Baltimore county, died at his residence, neal
Black Horse, Hartford county, on Saturday
last, in the S0th year of his age. Some time
ago he sustained painful injuries by falling
from q reaping machine and his death was the
result of that accident.
THE sanitary law for Towsontown pro-
hibits any one from having pig-pens within the
limits of the town, yet we learn that some peo-
pie defy the law and maintain these death
dealing nuisances on their premises. Would
it not be well for our sanitary inspector to en-
force the law against these offenders?
The deficiency for fire department, lamps
and street cleaning in the Belt amounts to only
S31 ,624. 5S-a trifle for city like Baltimore to
make fuss about. In the mean time the city S
employees down there are being paid off in GER
tificates and in order to get these cashed they
are obliged to submit to heavy discounts.
Nelson Homestead, colored, who was ar
rested last week on the charge of assaulting Mr..
Harry Phipps, toll-gate keeper at Towsontown,
was on Tuesday released under $500 security
for his appearance at the next term of court.
Justice Perrie also fined him 81 and costs for
disorderly conduct on the public highway. 3.
->Capt. Turnbull's battery formerly Ring
gold's) which was encamped last fall ON the
Timonium fair grounds, passed through Tow
sontown on Saturday morning last, on the
march from Washington to Mt. Gretna, Pa.
where it will go into camp with the militia of
that State Capt. Turnbull was in command.
"a member of the Franklinville Cornet
Band says that the picnic held on the 18th OF
July in Rumsey's woods, at which the shoot
ing took place, was not held by his organlza-
ton, but by the Upper Falls Orchestra. The
band holds picnic every year but has never
had any trouble. We gladly make the correc-
ton.
There was another flood in Herring run
on Wednesday morning and it rose almost as
high as it was on the 18th of July, intlicting
further damage upon the unfortunate people
living along the stream. Some of the tempo
rary bridges erected since the last flood were
carried away, causing much trouble andincon-
yenience.
> Last Sunday morning there was another
prize-fght between Baltimore toughs at place
called Hyde Park, on Middle river 18th dis
trict. The stake was 500 and seven rounds
were fought. Weare glad to know that Sheriff
Tracey has taken steps to break up these Sun
day fights, several of the gang having already
been arrested.
IA committee of citizens from Highland
town, 18th district, was before the County Com
missioners on Wednesday and made complaint
about the ineficiency fthe fire department at
that place. They also asked for the removal OF
Policeman Kennedy and the appointment of
ex-officer J. B. Miller in his place. The Board
will investigate both complaints
1.-The pretty residence of Mr.. l. r. Amos,
situated on the road leading from Lutherville
to Sherwood has lately been very much i'm
proved by the erection of porches, &c, and by
the artistic style of the painting. 1t is located
in a pretty grove of native trees on the north
side of Setter Hill and commands beautiful
view of the surrounding country.
Ion Sunday morning last Rev. A. {.
Barron, d. D., of Fulton Avenue Baptist
Church, Baltimore, preached an excellent ser
mon at Sater's Church, Chestnut Ridge. AL
though this church has been without a pastor
since the resignation of Rev. w. ]. Nicoll, there
has been preaching every Sunday morning by
highly acceptable ministers from the city.
IAN exchange makes this excellent sug-
gestion: eff our farmer readers who have
horses in pasture fenced with barbed-wire
would pillow furrow or two around the pasture
inside the fence, the danger would not be so
great as without. The stock will be able to
distinguish the line at night, and thus avoid
being horribly mangled and perhaps killed"
> County Treasurer Morgan continues to
hold on to the taxes collected in the Belt and
proposes to do so until the city agrees upon the
amount of commission it is willing to pay him
for making the collections. The sum in the
Treasurers hands amounts to about 10000.
An arrangement may be made by which he
will surrender all ofthe amount except so much
as he claims as commissions.
1.-THE very heavy rain of last Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning caused another
flood in some of the streams in this county and
much of the work that had been done in re-
pairing roads, bridges and fences since the
storm of July 13th will have to be done over
again. The frequent REPETITION of these freshets
is certainly most discouraging to farmers, many
of whom have lost heavily by them.
"A swindler down in Georgia preached to
the colored people and told them that the world
will come to an end on the 10th of August.
But this was not all. He also sold to his de-
luded listeners $50 pair of ''angle wings at
so pair, and then skipped. He ought TO
come to Baltimore county. He might be able
to do land office business here particularly
among the dummies who do not read the news
papers.
> Miss Bessie Jenifer, whose critical illness
was announced in THE UNION last week, died
at "Good Hope" the residence of her father,
Col. Daniel Jenifer, near Cub Hill, on Tuesday
last. Her funeral took place on Thursday
morning and the remains were inferred in the
family burying-ground at Loeb Raven. Miss
Jenifer was most estimable young lady and
her untimely death is great bereavement to
her family and many friends.
IA colored woman named Maria Fitzhugh,
aged 60 years, was found dead in her bed in
Baltimore. few days ago. After her death a
bank book showing deposits amounting to
So. 500, was found in her room. Maria was q
slave of the late Miss Charlotte G. d. Owings,
of Green Spring Valley, who at her death left
an annuity to each of her slaves and Maria re-
ceived S25 every six months as her portion.
She was laundress and carefully horded her
earnings.
Board of Health, paid visit to Pikesville a
short time ago, on the invitation ofsome of the
citizens, and found that place in a wretched
sanitary condition, with filthy hog-pens, foul
cess-pools and other things calculated to cause
sickness. There are number of cases of fever
anu uyS6ulcTN III lIdL NlCllllJy anu llc pcOplS
are naturally becoming alarmed. 1t is thought
that steps will be taken at once to better the
condition of affairs
LAST Tuesday morning two beautiful
bronze turkeys-male and female-were stolen
from the residence of Mr.. Henry Imwold, on
the Joppa road, west of Towsontown. The
gobbler was a splendid specimen and would
dress at least 80 lbs. Mr.. Imwold priced the
turkeys very highly and offers a reward of S25
for the arrest and conviction of the thief. He
has had number of turkeys stolen from him
before and one time a thief carried off beau.
tiful peafowl that had been on the place sixteen
years.
>Timbers are being gotten out just south
of Towsontown for the wooden bridge which
the Maryland Central r. r. Company proposes
to build over the turnpike in this place. The
structure will be on the Howe truss plan, with
timbers over head like the Gunpowder bridge.
1t is said the first agreement with the Turnpike
Company was that the bridge should be an iron
one, with nothing above to obstruct the view
of the road, or calculated to brighten horses
If this bridge goes up it will be worse OBJ
struction to the road than the present trestle is
Now let us see what is going to be done about it.
Orphans Court.-The following business
was transacted in the Orphans Court:
Ordered, that the first account of Joseph M
Mccain, administrator of Rosanna Mccain,
be passed.
Ordered, that the third account of Josiah w
Earl, guardian to VIM. ]. Meeks &c, be passed
Ordered, that the account of sales of the per.